Opening File: DexLabs
'It is always a fine day for science.'
This is the official slogan of DexLabs, one of the world's top research companies that responsible for most of the technology in the entire world. The company is officially stationed in the city of GrimmFall but has been making progress in forging partnerships with Fulbright Corporation and Sanban Industries. The company was founded by Dexter O'Reilly for the purpose of benefiting mankind and also to protect his family. The O'Reilly family is special due to the rare family Semblances they are born with: a Semblance that can naturally enhance intelligence and a Semblance powered by the imagination.
It was due to these family Semblances that the O'Reilly family was targeted many times and Dexter O'Reilly, wielder of the Semblance for intelligence chose to build a company to gain the resources needed to better protect himself and his family.
Close File
Xxx
"Family is what defines us. We share blood and flesh or in my case, programming and registry numbers. We must never forget the value of family." TOM said as the file closed. "Or we end up in a very dark place."
Xxx
Max Tennyson could say he had lived a very interesting life.
Well, as interesting for a Huntsmen that is, given the job description and life expectancy. He had traveled across the world, saving lives, battling Grimm and seen a lot of interesting things. The more interesting things though didn't come from Earth.
They came from outer space.
That's right, aliens were real and on more than one occasion had come to Earth and had been encountered by Huntsman and Huntresses, all of whom now embodied an independent group codenamed the Plumbers with the mandate of handling interactions between the few functional governments on Earth and alien visitors, both malevolent or benign. Max was one of those few and had met his fair share of friends from other worlds…and threats that had crossed the vast void of space just to cause trouble.
One of these threats, if not the greatest, came in the form of an alien named Vilgax.
Vilgax had been an intergalactic criminal and overlord, having already destroyed five planets and created a black hole by the time he had come to Earth to steal advanced Earth technology and Dust. Max had led the team of Huntsmen to stop him and it had led to an all-out fight which ended when Max and his trusty weapon, Rusty, had launched Vilgax into his ship and sent it crashing into the ocean where it exploded, killing the menace once and for all. After Vilgax was destroyed alien sightings on Earth had become less frequent to the point that the Plumbers had disbanded, returning to ordinary lives or continuing as Huntsmen. Max had officially retired from both the Plumbers and the Huntsmen, traveling across the country and following his favorite rock band.
Life had been peaceful since then.
And what was better was that he had two grandchildren he was planning on spending the summer with. There was Ben who was a little troublemaker at school, not really enjoying the peaceful life in Bellwood and would rather look at the latest Huntsmen articles and magazines. Then there was Ben's cousin and Max's other grandchild, Gwen, a smart girl with dreams of studying in college and becoming a top level Dust researcher. Both kids didn't get along very well and their parents hoped that a summer with their grandfather would help them sort that out and maybe have some excitement in their lives.
"But Mom, I don't want to spend the summer with Grandpa!" Ten year old Ben Tennyson complained as his parents pushed him out of the house.
Well, with Grandpa Max Tennyson there was always a chance of something impossible happening.
Xxx
A pair of red eyes glared through the glowing liquid of the tank as a robed man entered the room. "Speak."
The robed man bowed before the tank. "Our spies in Bellwood have confirmed that Max Tennyson is returning to meet with his grandchildren."
"Tennyson." The red eyes glowed with hate and rage at the mere mention of the name. "Keep them under surveillance. What of the other Plumbers?"
"Their equipment has all been locked away in the Huntsmen Academies. We are working on infiltrating these institutions but it will take some time."
"Continue with the plan."
"And Tennyson?"
"Leave him alive. I will be the one to end his life, personally."
"As you wish, Lord Diagon."
Xxx
"Benedict."
A young man with dark hair, dressed in a business suit stood before a large desk with a man sitting in a chair that resembled a throne. "Yes, Father."
"I have received news of your elder brother, Monty." The man in the chair smirked at the disgruntled expression on his younger son's face. "He has moved to America, taking up the position in helping train Huntsmen at their academy and foster better relations in with the Faunus community in light of recent attack by Satyra."
"But he won't succeed." Benedict said confidently.
"Won't he?" The elder man asked lightly, relishing at the confused look on Benedict's face. "You underestimate your brother, Benedict. He may not be like the two of us but he is no fool. How he resisted the call of the Flame still alludes me but I am more pleased with his strength then his misguided choices…Though I wish he let me see my grandson before he left."
Benedict could only gape at the seemingly sad look on his father's face. "Bu-But he turned his back on you!"
The old man scoffed. "Don't remind me. He may be soft in the head but he is no weakling and I sensed something in his son. He may have inherited our gift and yet there is something different. As if the Flame has somehow been altered."
"Impossible. The Flame has been the same since your father and has been passed down the Uno line for the last century." Benedict said, finding the entire idea ridiculous.
"Don't be so sure. Your brother seemingly did and it's possible his son did it and I plan to find out how." The old man stood up from his chair. "The Flame has been the symbol of the Uno family, the manifestation of our power and our symbol that we are greater than any other of the so-called Hunter clans in the world. Our passion brought to life as a force of nature, burning everything before us into ashes. An unstoppable force."
"And you think Monty's kid might have it?" Benedict questioned.
"As the patriarch of this family I can sense the Flame in all who carry Uno blood. Even if your brother's child is born from a woman whose Aura is so incompatible with the Flame he can still inherit the gift of the family." The elder grinned as he held up a hand, creating a small candle like flame. "Of course he needs to be properly baptized before he can be considered a true Uno."
"Baptized in fire." Benedict said, grinning softly now.
"Yes. In fire."
Xxx
"Ready or not, here I come!" Abby opened her eyes and turned around from the tree she had been counting on.
Her eyes narrowed as she looked through the park for the kid who was hiding somewhere. Tip toeing cautiously so she could hear better she hoped that the kid would be make a mistake and she'd hear it. It was funny, her sister taught her about how a Faunus could have superior senses to a human...She may have found him easily the first few times but each time it got a little harder until he was able to hide from for about ten minutes max.
"Okay...where'd you go?" Abby looked at the sandbox where she spotted a few kids but not the one she was looking for.
She peered around any tree to see if he was hiding behind them and checked any rock large enough to hide anyone. Even then she couldn't find him, just where did he hide himself this time? Looking up at the trees she wondered if he had climbed up one of the trees and used the bushes...The bushes!
"Abby's got you now!" The girl grinned as she climbed up one of the trees and started checking if the kid was up there.
When she saw that he wasn't there she climbed down and walked over to the next tree to if he was hiding on that one. Just where did he go? It's like he vanished from the spot she had last seen him at...
"The last spot!" Abby turned to the tree she had been counting against and just on the other side was Nigel reading a book. "Gotcha!"
Nigel looked up with a smile. "You found me, and it took you five minutes longer than last time. That's fifteen minutes now."
"How was I supposed to know you wouldn't move?" Abby put her hands on her hips.
Nigel smirked at her. "You've got those ears. I thought you'd find me faster."
"Abby's still training." Abby scoffed, referring to herself in third person.
It was a habit she picked up from her sister who did it to sound cool.
Nigel laughed and stood up, running a hand through his curly brown hair. "I thought you'd figure it out sooner. All right, I guess I'm it now so you got thirty seconds to go and hide."
"Yeah, yeah." Abby waved him off. "We'll see if you can do any better. Spoiler alert: you won't."
"Hey, just because you got those ears doesn't make you invincible." Nigel retorted.
"Ha, you just wish you had these ears." Abby replied, tapping one of her fox ears. "Ever hear a fly on the wall before? Abby has!"
Nigel still didn't entirely look convinced but decided to drop the subject. "Okay, your turn to hide."
Abby simply shook her head as Nigel changed the subject but decided not to press him for it. Nigel may be a bright kid but he was just so dimwitted when it came to himself.
Abigail Lincoln found her stay with the Uno family to be much better then she thought. The Uno family had been nothing but kind to her since her elder sister left her with them, even when she revealed herself to be a Faunus. She had been brought up in the middle of the feud between Humans and Faunus when her elder brother spread the views about Satyra, the group of Faunus extremists that used violence to try and force their views on other. It had been nearly a year now and by now the Unos had considered Abby to be part of the family.
Mr. Uno often tried to persuade her and Nigel to join him in fishing and music even though Nigel hated the sousaphone that his father enjoyed playing but they both had fun playing the crossword puzzle with Mr. Uno together on the morning newspaper. Nigel's mother was actually a college professor who read many books with Nigel and Abby and preferred the piano which was kind of a step up but Nigel and Abby had preferred the kind of instruments that kids liked to play. Nigel however had the most fun with wood working, which he picked up when a relative who worked at a toy shop in England visited them and showed Nigel how he made wooden toys for little kids.
Even though Nigel's mother was against her son working with dangerous tools her brother had shown him how to carve the wood with less dangerous tools and taught him until he was a natural at it. He once carved a small wooden chest for her that he made with his uncle to keep candy inside, a gift she kept next to her bed all the time. Nigel was like a puzzle to her sometimes, which is probably why she liked to hang out with him, to try and figure out what was going on in his head. He acted like an adult sometimes but at the very same time he would act like a normal kid around his parents and her.
His parents had been so happy to see their son trying so many different things at once but they were more pleased that he had a friend like Abby to play with and act like a normal kid. They were always happy to see her and often suggested she take Nigel out when he spent too time in his room reading books or watching TV. Abby was happy with them and she felt safe with them, considering them her second family. She mostly wore her hat outside the Uno home because she didn't want any unwanted rumors hurting the Unos but she felt save enough to not wear when she was just around them.
She liked to read like Nigel did and she showed she was a very smart girl despite her age, actually picking up on things faster than Nigel at times. Smart enough that Mr. and Mrs. Uno trusted her and Nigel to play in the park close by to the Uno home, safe enough from any Grimm attack.
"AH! RUN!"
"GRIMM!"
Both Nigel and Abby spotted a Grimm, in the form of a lion charging into the park and chasing any living thing close enough to it to draw its attention. It spotted the two kids and growled, lunging at them. Abby yelped and grabbed Nigel before jumping out of the way just in time to avoid being squashed or mauled to death.
The children attempted to flee, but the tiger Grimm chased after them, catching up with them easily. Abby tripped on a rock and fell face first onto the ground.
Groaning as she sat up, she angrily berated herself for making such a stupid mistake and then froze as a giant shadow hovered over her. She slowly turned around to see the Grimm standing over her, ready to pounce.
"Look out!" Nigel leapt up and latched onto the Grimm's head from the side, trying to pull it away from Abby.
"Nigel!" Abby cried out as the Grimm tried to shake him off but Nigel held on as best as he could.
The tiger Grimm growled as it slammed its back into a tree, hitting Nigel hard but he still held on so it slammed into another tree. Nigel gritted his teeth, crying out in pain but still held on. Then just as the tiger Grimm was about to slam him into another tree something happened. Nigel's hands started glowing blue and fire blasted from the palms, covering the tiger Grimm and Nigel before turning them both into statues of snow and ice.
Abby had turned away and covered her head when the blue flames exploded outwards. Once she saw what had become of both Nigel and the Grimm she gasped and scrambled to her feet. "Nigel!"
She and several other park patrons gathered around the frozen forms. Abby threw herself against it and slammed one fist down, receiving only bruised knuckles for her efforts.
"What happened?"
"They just…froze!"
"Someone get that kid out of there! Quick!"
Someone pushed their way through the crowd. "Everybody out of the way!" Someone gently pulled Abby away as someone stepped up to the ice sculpture. "Stand back people, I don't know if that Grimm won't still be in a biting mood if I miss."
Before Abby could inquire about what the man intended to do he held out one hand…and a weapon appeared in his palm. First a hilt appeared in a blaze of regular fire, red and orange, and expanded outwards to form a large sword. The shape of the blade indicated that it was built for chopping with one edge of stabbing with the tip, and the eerie glow it gave off…
"A Hunter…?" Abby whispered as the Hunter stabbed down into the sculpture, impaling the Grimm through the head and using the heat from his blade to melt the rest of the ice.
In moments Nigel fell into the middle of a puddle while the Grimm's body dissolved into ash on the wind, and then the ashes themselves faded into nothing. The Hunter dismissed his weapon and knelt over Nigel's still form, feeling for a pulse.
"…he's alive." The Hunter confirmed, picking Nigel up out of the mud. "But he's still freezing, someone get this kid some clothes and a blanket!"
Emergency crews had arrived in response to frenzied calls for help only to find the situation already handled, but were closely followed by Monty Uno who charged into the park and didn't stop until he found where Nigel and Abby were huddled together, waiting by the middle of the park beneath a blanket provided by a family. The Hunter who had freed Nigel from the sculpture was already gone after ensuring that there were no other Grimm in the area.
"Mr. Uno!" Abby called out before being picked up with Nigel and pulled into a crushing hug.
"Oh thank god…when I heard about what happened I-" Monty couldn't bring himself to finish that sentence.
He'd run through a thousand different scenarios in his head when he'd heard the words 'Grimm attack' and found out that it was occurring in the park where the two children liked to play. Even when he'd been told that the attack had been resolved it had done nothing to ease his racing heart until he saw both of his children safe and sound.
At the edge of the park, the Hunter responsible for freeing Nigel from the sculpture sighed and pulled out his cell phone. He dialed a number and waited several moments for the recipient to pick up.
"Status?"
"You're a sick, demented bastard and I regret this job." The Hunter deadpanned.
"Pleased to hear from you again too, Mr. Hunter. Now…status?"
"Your boys dropped the Grimm exactly where they needed to. No civilian casualties, and…his semblance activated." The Hunter, apparently Mister Hunter, slowly paced on the sidewalk. "He has the Flame, but is it supposed to freeze instead of burn?"
"Freeze? What…that's never happened before."
"And it isn't my problem." Mr. Hunter drawled, "I held up my end of the deal, so after this I don't want to hear any more of your precious offers. Got it?"
The other speaker chuckled. "Oh come on now lad, where would you be without my generosity? Still in the gutter with…how many siblings again? The leftovers of dead Huntsmen who didn't even think to leave you anything to support yourselves with once they bit off more than they could chew."
"I'll thank you not to remind me." Mr. Hunter replied bitterly, his free hand clenching into a fist. "The test succeeded, your grandson has the Flame and it froze a Grimm solid on contact and now our business is concluded for good, as per the terms of our agreement."
"Oh very well. But don't be afraid to come crawling back the next time the bills become too steep for you to handle alone…Carlos." The elder of the Uno Clan said the last word softly before hanging up.
Crushing the phone in his grasp, Carlos huffed and stuffed both hands into his coat pockets. "Don't count on it, gramps." He said, and dissolved into flakes of ash which were carried on the winds as one, leaving no evidence of his presence besides the remains of his cell phone.
Xxx
"He manifested the Flame?" Jennifer asked, placing a hand over her mouth. "Does this mean-"
"Not necessarily." Monty shook his head. "The Flame did not incinerate it froze the Grimm and kept him perfectly safe. There was not a scratch on him. It's almost as…If his Semblance was a pure opposite of the Flame."
"Is that possible?" Jennifer asked, knowing all about the Flame from her husband.
And what it meant to his family.
"I had not thought so but perhaps if I managed to resist the Flame and counter it perhaps it manifested as something different in Nigel." Monty rubbed his chin and scowled. "Perhaps the opposite of what he wanted."
"You believe that your family was behind that Grimm attack?" Jennifer said, scowling at the mere thought of it.
"A Grimm like the one that appeared could not appear in a populated area like the park without alerting security. It could only have been smuggled in." Monty explained, looking back at their son's bedroom. "They would have the resources to pull off something like that."
"They will not get a second chance, I promise you that, Monty. I will not let them come near our children again." Jennifer swore with a voice as cold as steel.
Monty didn't know whether to pity his former family or take part in the eventual Hell his wife would unleash on them.
He probably would do both since he would never let something like this happen again.
Xxx
Abby was still sitting next to the bed, watching her friend sleeping peacefully despite everything that had happened. Monty quietly walked into the room and stood next to Abby, taking note of her sad face as she looked at his son.
"I hear Nigel saved you from the Grimm." Monty said, looking to see what was on Abby's mind.
Abby sniffed. "We were playing…Having fun and then that monster showed up…And Nigel…"
Monty placed a hand on Abby's shoulder. "I know. It was brave of him and even luckier at what he did."
"How?" Abby looked up at Monty.
"I believe it was his Semblance." Monty answered honestly.
"Semblance?" Abby repeated in confusion.
"A power created by the inner thoughts and desires of all living things. One cannot be called a Huntsman without a Semblance. They are manifested once a Huntsman calls on the power of his Aura, granting him the strength needed to fight against the Grimm…Or any other kind of threat." Monty explained with a smile. "Nigel's desire was to protect you and his Semblance manifested. In the form of a Frostfire it seems."
"The blue flames." Abby recalled.
Monty nodded. "They did not burn the Grimm or Nigel or anything else they touched. A powerful Semblance."
Abby stared at Monty before looking back at Nigel. "Do I have a Semblance?"
"Maybe. But in order to have a Semblance you have to awaken your Aura and that takes training, perhaps years of training, Abby." Monty answered, knowing where this might be going.
Abby stared back at him in determination. "Can you train me?"
Monty nodded. "I can but it will not be easy, Abby. I imagine both you and Nigel will be training hard, especially since my dear boy has awakened a powerful Semblance."
"I know but I want this. I want to be strong enough…" Abby looked back at Nigel. "So no one will get hurt protecting me again."
Monty patted Abby on the shoulder. "Very well…But let's hold off on that for the night. My dear wife will probably have a heart attack when she hears I am training the two of you. Let me break to her in the morning."
The next morning breakfast would come to an end when Monty delivered the news.
"WHAT?!"
Xxx
"What are you working on, Simon?"
Simon smiled as Marceline tried to get a better look at the crown on his desk by trying to sit on his lap. "Well, Marceline it's a crown."
"A king's crown?" Marceline asked, staring at the golden crown.
"Maybe. All I know is that it's really old. So old I didn't think any kings existed around that time." Simon picked up the crown and allowed Marceline a better look. "If not for the fact we live in a world where humans have superpowers and battle vicious monsters I'd think I was crazy for saying this was made close to the time of the dinosaurs."
"Really?" Marceline stared at the crown. "How do you know?"
"The amount of dirt this crown has picked up over the centuries. I've had it analyzed over a dozen times now. This crown is from a time…Before the Grimm." Simon put the crown back on his desk. "Can you imagine, Marceline? A world without Grimm?"
"It must have been nice." Marceline whispered, burying her face in Simon's torso. "Simon, where did the Grimm come from?"
Simon picked up Marceline, knowing the little girl was tired. "That's a good question, Marceline."
He walked into her room and placed her on her bed, placing the covers over her. "Some say the Grimm were the true rulers of this world. Others say they were created by a God of Darkness and Evil, who hated how beautiful the Earth was. However the most well-known history is that the Grimm came from a comet that impacted this planet millions of years ago that released a deadly disease under the planet's surface. An Emperor tried to destroy this plague with a special potion."
"An Emperor is like a king, right?" Marceline asked.
"Yes, in a way." Simon nodded. "But when the Emperor tried to kill plague it morphed into the creatures of Grimm, fighting back and tried to destroy humanity. But lucky for us the Emperor learned how to unlock his Aura and Semblance, becoming the first Huntsman and taught many more how to protect themselves from the Grimm."
"Like you and Betty?" Marceline asked with a big smile.
"Well, Betty is the Huntress. I'm just an old man who likes collecting old stuff." Simon chuckled, rubbing the back of his head. "And rescues little queens on the way."
Marceline smiled and hugged Simon. "Thank you for saving me. I love you, Simon."
Simon hugged Marceline back. "I love you too, little Marcy."
Simon tucked Marceline in, leaving her to drift away peacefully into the land of dreams. As Simon left the room he spotted Betty at the door with a smile on her face.
"How long have you been there?" Simon whispered as he closed the door.
"The whole time." Betty kissed Simon on the cheek. "She is such a sweet girl. I wish we could do more for her."
"We've done all we can." Simon sighed sadly. "I only wish she could truly live in a world without the Grimm."
"She might have to endure but she won't be alone." Betty said, hugging Simon. "She has the two of us to help her."
"Yes, the two of us." Simon returned Betty's hug.
Xxx
She looked down at the giant crater, seeing the pool of black tar-like substance that was spawning an endless army of Grimm.
"Rise." A voice spoke at the edge of the crater.
She turned her head in the direction of the voice and saw someone wearing a dark robe with flaming green hands.
"Rise from your slumber, wreak havoc on the lands and destroy all life. Do not stop until everything is dead." The cloaked figure said in an eerie, dead voice. "There is no hope for this world. There is only darkness, only death."
She trembled as the figure turned toward her, glaring at her with glowing green eyes.
"Fall into despair!" The monster roared as green flames blasted from it and blinded her.
She saw nothing but fire…
And a giant strange owl staring at her.
"Big trouble coming."
Xxx
Marceline cried out, sitting on her bed and looked around her room, fearful of being attacked by the monster in her dreams. She clutched her covers closely as the door opened and in rushed a concerned Betty, wearing a night robe.
"Marcy, are you okay?" Betty was at Marceline's side instantly.
Marceline quickly grabbed onto Betty, hugging her tightly. "I had a bad dream. I saw Grimm coming out of some black stuff and there was a monster there."
Betty hugged Marceline back, rubbing her back to calm the little girl down. "Shhh, it's all right, Marceline. It was only a dream."
Betty stayed with Marceline, soothing her until she finally calmed down. "Can you please stay with me? I don't want to be alone."
Betty smiled and nodded. "Of course, Marcy."
Betty easily slid onto the bed, holding Marceline and pulled the covers over them. "Good night, Mary."
"Good night, Betty."
Xxx
Deep underground a small pool of toxic waste lit up the cave it resided in with an unnatural green glow.
"Yes…" A voice whispered from the pool. "The Ice Elemental is near. And yet I sense two signatures. It must be the crown."
The pool began to bubble.
"The Elementals trapped me here on the eve of what should have been the extinction of life on this planet. They forced the Grimm into dormancy for a thousand years before they were awakened again. The elixir given to the Emperor awakened them as I had planned but Humanity had managed to endure, creating new Huntsmen to fight. Once again the Progenitors have opposed my will." The voice became angry. "And yet the Grimm have yet to return to dormancy again. Something is allowing them to thrive and multiply. If so then perhaps this cycle will be the one to end all cycles."
The pool glowed brighter.
"But will it end in the salvation or the extinction of all life on this planet?" The voice was now amused. "I feel a great change on the horizon."
The pool shifted, showing many faces moving in the green liquid, all of them looking like they were screaming in agony.
But only one terrible laugh would have been heard if anyone else had been present.
Xxx
"Hm, I wonder what is taking so long for my dear wife and little Marcy to call me." Hunson Abadeer, Lord of Chaos and Ruler of the Nightosphere wondered as it had been a while since he had spoken with his wife and daughter. "Perhaps I should head over and see what has happened."
As much as he wished they could have lived with him in the Nightosphere they were actually safer on Earth, regardless of the Grimm.
Non-magical humans were not allowed to live in places like the Nightosphere for a reason.
Xxx
Jasmine Lee looked upon the many jade statues of her predecessors, having polished them again as the sun went down. It had been a long day of her working to stop another magical disaster in Orchid Bay City and with the possibility of a Grimm attack that was not easy. Fortunately Orchid Bay was relatively safe from Grimm attacks, the last one having happened three years ago. That was a blessing in disguise for Jasmine Lee who had enough troubles keeping anything magic related from happening too badly in Orchid Bay.
Given Jasmine Lee's ability some would say she was a Huntress and in some ways they would be right. But in reality Jasmine Lee was the Te Xuan Ze, translated as magical protector in English, the Human guardian of the magical world meant to act as a peacemaker between the human world and the magical world. It probably shouldn't be a surprise, given how Humanity had fought the creatures of the Grimm Horde in a never-ending battle for centuries now and having learned to become powerful without seeing magical creatures. The magical and the Human world once existed side by side but when the Grimm appeared and caused a planetary to break out.
To save all magical beings the magical Elders gave up their physical forms and empowered three touchstones, creating a spell for the Veil that would hide all magical creatures from human sight, separating the two worlds forever. However it seemed the Grimm were immune to the spell thus forcing the magical races to hide in the magical realm or even in the barrier surrounding Orchid Bay. The Elders then gave a piece of their essence to the Te Xuan Ze to hold everything in balance. Jasmine's family had been protectors of the magical world for centuries, fighting against magical threats and luckily they had all lived up to their expectations.
But Jasmine Lee was becoming tired of her responsibilities and not just because she was almost too old for this crap.
Of course there would be times when the duty of the Te Xuan Ze would be hard but Jasmine Lee had been doing it much longer than any member of her family. Her son should have attained magical awareness when he was a teen but he had remained completely unaware into his adulthood and was already married with three kids. Jasmine Lee loved her grandkids and felt blessed when they were born but was still worried. At the rate things were going she wouldn't be alive long enough to teach her son everything she knew about being the Te Xuan Ze.
And it didn't help that the Grimm sometimes made things harder. Even the Elders of the magical world had no idea where the Grimm came from but they knew that they represented an even greater threat than almost any other threat both worlds have faced. The very essence of the Grimm was pure darkness that could actually kill magical beings with a simple scratch and bite. If not for the barrier restricting the Te Xuan Ze probably would have been sent to try and end the threat of the Grimm long ago.
And yet Humans gained the power to fight them without the help of the Elders but Jasmine suspected that something magical had aided in the creation of the Huntsmen and even the Faunus.
There was just too much coincidence for there not to be magic involved.
Jasmine's phone rang and she quickly answered. "Hello."
"Hi, Mom." Her son's voice spoke. "Just calling to remind you that we'll be dropping the kids over tomorrow. Just to remind you, pop Dennis down in front of the TV and he'll behave, Juniper is a good girl, and Ray-Ray is…Just don't give him any sugar."
Jasmine smiled. "Don't worry about me, kiddo. I already raised a firecracker before. Have them over and we'll have a fun time."
"Okay, Mom. See ya tomorrow." Michael said and hung up.
Jasmine sighed as she put her phone down. "Maybe something will happen by tomorrow."
Jasmine Lee had no idea.