RWBY: The Dark Hunter

Chapter 26

"Alliance"

[June 13th, 2558]

[Beacon Academy, Kingdom of Vale]

[8:26 PM]

The pelican dropships ferrying the members of RWBY, JNPR, and Blue Team drew near the Academy's air docks and slows its speed for final approach, the huntsmen were exhausted and aching from this day and couldn't wait to find their beds for the rest of the night. Professor Ozpin, his assistant Goodwitch, and General Ironwood, along with a detachment of Atlesian troops, all stood patiently watching the hulking crafts turn their hulls about before extending their landing gears and open their rear bay doors. From one dropship they could see the children exiting the vehicle, some were showing scars but it was Ruby who had taken the hardest hit when she had gotten too close to Deimos during his fit of uncontrollable rage, her clothing was torn and tattered in certain spots mainly around her abdomen where she had taken the blow and her skin was bruised and scarred much like everyone else. After the last huntress steps out, the rear doors seals shut and the dropship promptly lifts off and flies away into the evening sky back to its command ship, FFG 143 Hand of Midas, that had just arrived from the battlefield.

From the other pelican, the members of Blue Team along with Sandra and Farley steps out of their vehicle as well and began to walk calmly towards the three adults that stood waiting. The troopers kept their eyes on the SPARTANs but dared not make a move towards them, not wanting to chance causing a firefight that would almost certainly break down the fragile relationship that was already standing between Remnant and the UNSC.

The children motions past the adults but Ozpin stops them with a question "Are you all alright?"

"Just… a little roughed up Professor…" Yang answers whereas no one else did.

"I see, all of you deserve some much needed rest, you may go…"

Without question the students moved on but Ruby remained, despite her condition she asks "Professor Ozpin? Is it alright if I come with you to your office? I know you probably want to talk to them…" she motions to Blue Team who now stood before them.

"Miss Rose, you're in no condition to keep standing, please go see the infirmary…" the headmaster encouraged with a gentle smile.

"I can manage Professor, besides I think you'll want to hear what we have to say…"

"Is it really that important Ruby? You're barely standing as is…"

Finally Sandra chimed in as she stepped towards young Rose "No need to worry Sir, I'll hold her hand…"

Feeling like he won't get any farther with the conversation he gives a small sigh then turns to Blue Team "Very well… would you all kindly follow me?"

[Ozpin's Office]

"Before we start" Ozpin begins as he settles down into his seat with both Ironwood and Goodwitch flanking his sides "May I ask for your names?"

The olive drabbed figure, the Master Chief, steps forward and introduces his team "This is Petty Officer, First Class Kelly, Blue-2. Lieutenant Fred and Petty Officer Linda, Blue-3 and 4. Warrant Officer Rose and Special Agent Raphael, 5 and 6."

"And you are?"

"Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, most call me the Master Chief."

"I see… So you're the legendary Master Chief I've been hearing of, we're quite fortunate to have you here to help us with this situation."

"We'll do everything we can to help Sir."

"I'm grateful to hear that, this has been the first set of good news since this whole problem began. Now, please explain to us what happened during the conflict in detail… specifically when you were fighting Deimos…"

Without another moment of thought Chief began his briefing "Upon Blue Team's arrival we engaged hostile insurgents and began making our push towards their lines at the outskirts of the forests surrounding the town. With assistance from the children, we managed to secure a portion of the enemy's lines before we were fired upon by our primary target however enemy reinforcements were inbound and we needed to hold our position so that allied support could take over. Blue-5 along with Yang Xiao Long and Pyrrha Nikos proceeded to pursue the target into the forest afterwards, we were to follow them in once the area was locked down."

Ozpin's eyes glanced to the black titanium clad figure with red trimmings, the one known as Rose, which prompted her to step forth and stood next to the Chief.

She begins "We chased Deimos into the forests away from the main AO, Yang Xiao Long and Pyrrha Nikos were accompanying me. We came into a small clearly a few klicks out from the battle where Deimos had laid a trap for us, afterwards we engaged Deimos using what we had available but he was harder to kill than expected. Blue Team and the children arrived to provide backup but two unknown individuals arrived as well to assist Deimos, with our forces divided we couldn't bring them down… that's when Deimos lost it."

"Lost it?" Ironwood queried.

"He was targeting Ruby Rose specifically, before he could land a final blow he… he just fell to the ground screaming… as if he was in pain. He was yelling at someone or something to 'get out of his head'. Ruby attempted to capture him with an armor restraint, but instead Deimos countered with some sort of attack we've never seen before and the resulting blast blew us apart. By the time we recovered, the two unknowns had bugged out and Deimos was making another attempt at Ruby but fortunately Fred and Kelly were close enough to retrieve her. Once we regrouped we noticed multiple unidentified creatures surrounding Deimos, the kids were certain they would kill him, but… that didn't happen at all."

Ozpin's eyes narrowed on Rose "What do you mean?"

Ruby Rose spoke up "They acted like Deimos was their leader, Professor Ozpin… he can control the Grimm…"

That took the adults back, Ironwood evidently had a heart skip judging by his facial reaction, Goodwitch eyes widened as she turned to Ozpin who had to let out a worrisome sigh.

But much to his disliking he asks "Is there more to the report?"

Spartan Rose continued "He ordered the Grimm to engage us immediately and we were able to hold them off until evac would arrive, once it did we extracted from the AO with the frigate Hand of Midas commencing bombardment of the infested village once all friendly assets were evacuated."

The room fell quiet afterwards, Ironwood was carefully looking around glancing at each face for validity or even hints of a plan to counter the ever growing threat. Ozpin then silently sighs and stands up from his chair before walking around his desk and approach the Spartans until he was merely feet from the soldiers.

"You may not be aware of it" he begins "But the Grimm has always been humanity's greatest threat for as long as history has existed. They were always disorganized, uncoordinated, but they have always shared one goal and that is to see the end of our own existence. But now with Deimos' new semblance he is more than capable of launching an effective and devastating assault on our city, the Grimm now controlled by a single mind will come crashing through our walls and defenses and put hundreds of thousands of innocent lives in danger. Surely you all realize how much is at stake here."

The Spartans made no reply but it was clear that the headmaster has their full attention "You claim to be the best that the UNSC has to offer, that there is no other force in the entire known space that could rival you. Yet, with recent events, I'm not quite fully convinced… so far it is Deimos who has been living up to the reputation of a Spartan and he is currently a broken man who has gone rogue."

Goodwitch, Ironwood, and Ruby watched with silent stares as Ozpin called the Spartans out on their claims, he was essentially handing them their asses on a silver platter through words and not action.

Despite his intentions, Ozpin remained calm "Deimos has managed to maintain a low profile for years if not decades on Remnant without revealing even the slightest hint of his existence to us, he has killed a number of people I dare not imagine including two of your own kind, he has proven to be more than a match towards some of our elite warriors, he has launched what is certainly the most successful attack on one of the world's leading academies for training all future hunters and huntresses and left an entire kingdom in a state of panic singlehandedly, and he has finally obtained the ability to control humanity's mortal enemy presenting himself to be the gravest threat to the four kingdoms…"

He fixes his glasses and stares directly into the Chief's visor "So tell me Master Chief… what is it that you have done?"

Chief made no motion, no indication of defense or retaliation towards the headmaster's attacks, instead he spoke with a calm demeanor "We will find Deimos and we will bring him the justice he deserves."

"You say that, but I only hear empty words…"

The Master Chief then reassures him "I promise, and when I make a promise, I intend to keep it."

Ozpin studied the Spartan's body language, still and firm but with a sense of calm all around it, Chief was making a soldier's promise…

"Thank you…" Ozpin said kindly "That is all I needed to hear… tomorrow Ironwood and I have an important meeting with the Vale Council and I would appreciate it if you and your commanding officer will be there with us to help explain things. As for the rest of your team I suggest they go around and make themselves feel welcomed with the students and faculty, Teams RWBY and JNPR can help you along with that."

Chief nods in confirmation "We'll be there."

"I'm looking forward to it.."

General Ironwood then states "After the council meeting I'd like to have a formal talk with your CO, if that's possible."

The Spartan then shifts his eyes to James "I'll send word of it."

Ozpin then clasps his hands "Good… today we rest and tomorrow we'll talk politics, then the real hunt begins…"

[8:45 PM, Dorm rooms]

Weiss fell back onto her bunk bed, feeling somewhat relieved that the day has finally come to an end especially after enduring a grueling engagement with the rogue and the White Fang "Ugh… I didn't think I could've been more happy to see my bed again…"

Yang does the same acknowledging in agreement "Me too…" as she climbed into hers.

Sandra found herself leaning against a wall stating "I'll admit that today was a bit too rough for my liking… I can manage a Spartan throwing fire balls… but now… It's not getting any easier for us."

"No it isn't… Deimos is constantly getting stronger and now he has the entire Grimm horde to use…" Blake adds "How're we supposed to fight that?"

"With a bit of luck and careful planning. That's about all we got left now."

Yang sits up from her bed wondering "But we got the UNSC helping now, we got the Master Chief so that's good right?"

"The UNSC hasn't encountered an enemy like this before, sure we dealt with worse but this brings us to a whole new playing table that we're not quite familiar with. What makes it worse is that Deimos knows our tactics and strategies and has the muscle and numbers to overwhelm ours."

"So what do we do?" Weiss queried.

The door creaks open showing Ruby entering the room, bandages and medical wrap were found around her body as she quietly walked over and sat down next to Schnee, she briefly looks at everyone in the room then asks "What're we talking about?"

"The usual" Sandra replied.

"Oh…"

"Yeah, right now we're trying to come up with a way to get an edge over Deimos and his newfound armies."

"Oh… um" Ruby thought for a moment then suggested with some hesitation "Well… I think I know who we could ask that knows quite a bit about Deimos, maybe there's something he didn't tell us."

Sandra's body language shifted from relax to concerned and curiosity "Who?"

Yang intervenes "Ruby you sure?"

"Yeah I'm sure."

Sandra's voice begins to become more serious "Who are we talking about?"

Rose gets up from Weiss' bunk and begins reaching for hers, specifically under the blankets until she grabs hold of what she was looking for and produces an ORACLE-N optics package from the covers, she then sits back down with the scope.

"You sleep with a rifle scope? I know you're into weapons but isn't that a bit much?" the lieutenant questions.

"It's not just a scope… c'mon BB, we need a little help."

"BB? Is there something I'm missing?"

Then to the Spartan's surprise, a voice emanates from within the scope "Yes, but that'll be explained in a moment…"

Sandra became completely dumbstruck, her eyes darting between the scope and the girls then demands in a stern voice "Alright I want an explanation right now. Who is he and why all of you were hiding this from me until now."

"Sandra this is BB, he's an AI inside of Deimos' scope. He's…" Ruby tries to explain further but then she was at a loss for words "Uh…"

"An ONI liaison tasked with observing Deimos and keeping an eye for any… undesirable behavior."

"So you're with Section 0." She notes, but then sets her sights on the girls "Why haven't you told me anything about this?"

Sheepishly Ruby answered "We were afraid that if we told you then BB would be erased by ONI… but I guess that's not much of a big issue anymore is it?"

"Of course not… Secrecy was thrown out the window long ago, I'm now here to help in whatever capacity I am able in."

Sandra lets out a tiresome sigh rubbing her the front of her forehead with her fingers "Alright… we'll just have to sort this out tomorrow, we've had a long day and we need some rest…"

She takes her helmet from the desk and makes her way to the door, entering through, and closing it behind her.

[9:04 PM, White Fang Camp]

Night was settling in over the campsite, after the hard fought battle the men were getting their well-deserved rest and celebration. The camp was a little more lively than usual due to the sudden rise in morale thanks to their efforts. Cinder and Adam were quite pleased as well with the results of today's hard work. But despite the celebrations, there was one figure unaccounted for, and Fall knew where to find him. Subtly displacing herself from the crowds she makes her way to a tent in the middle of the encampment pushing aside the flaps and entering to find Deimos, sitting idly atop his crate of equipment and deep in his thoughts. In his open hand she could see the small engraved flip lighter lying within his palm.

She takes a step forward but immediately stops upon hearing a low muttering growl from an unknown source very close to her. Upon glance she finds a calm Grimm beowolf lying down looking up to her with its orange fiery eyes shortly before laying its head back down and go back to resting.

She notes "Your power has grown much faster than I had anticipated… I'm impressed."

"As am I… a day does not go by without me furthering my own strength."

"Yes, the ability to control the Grimm is fascinating and a very rare trait indeed. I can't say I've heard stories of people capable of such…"

She steps next to him and kneels placing her hands on his shoulder and forearm, she then looks down at the lighter and studies the engravings for a moment before asking "It belonged to someone important hasn't it?"

Deimos made no motion, his eyes firmly locked on the object, "… Very important…" before he wraps his fingers around the lighter in a fist.

She motions him to stand, to which he obliges, and stands in front of him "You've proven yourself to be very instrumental in our goal… we couldn't have done the things you have… and for that we a very grateful…"

Her hands now found themselves on his shoulders as she moves herself closer to him "So much so that we could form a more… permanent partnership. One beyond the association with the White Fang and our quarrels with the world."

This remark subtly aroused suspicion within the Spartan "Taurus and his men have proven themselves.. what do you really see them as?"

"Toy soldiers and an asset that will outlive his usefulness, but you are something much more. With your semblance you've become an unstoppable force and a valuable ally to me."

Deimos stayed silent allowing her to go on as she lifts the hand that held his lighter within "You are powerful that is certain, but there are heights that exceeds far beyond what you can do now… But it would seem that your past… is the only thing that is stopping you…"

The rogue rebukes "She is what makes me strong…"

"No…" she retorts sharply "She is what makes you weak and broken, you hold onto her as you fight your foes with such reckless abandon, such value is not to be wasted."

She moves her hands to his helmet, caressing the alloy plating within her fingers, "She is holding you back, you need to let her go…"

She moves to remove his helmet but she was quickly stopped once she felt a firm grip around her right wrist, finding it engulfed tightly in his hand, she tries to withdraw but his grasp wouldn't budge an inch.

"No…" he responded calmly but with a sense of authority as well, this sparked some disturbance from the beowolf who looks up with a low grumbling hiss.

Cinder, now trapped, looks to him and demands with a firm tone of her own "What're you doing?"

"How long will it be before you find me nothing more than wasted breath? Will you toss me aside like you will to Taurus? We're nothing more than pawns to you… no… something isn't right…"

Fall attempts to free herself but then the Spartan seizes her other wrist and now looks her dead in the eyes through his helmet "What do you really have to gain from all this? Seeing Vale burn isn't just some lust for violence…. You're after something…"

"You don't know what you're talking about" she defends herself.

He takes a moment to ponder on her response the states "…. I see… you seem to have so much faith in me but yet you restrain yourself from telling me anything worthy of trust…"

The wolf stands up on all fours and carefully moves itself into position behind Cinder.

"I suppose it's clear that you already have plans to kill me… to make sure I don't become a threat to you or your plans…"

She could feel the heat building up in his hands meanwhile the air around her began to chill to freezing levels.

"Deimos… don't do something you'll regret" she warned with a now confident tone that she normally exhibits.

His faceless glare now locked on hers "… We're done."

As cued the wolf releases a horrendous snarl and pounces towards its victim, however she with the aid of her powers augmenting her strength spins Deimos around throwing the soldier into the wolf giving out a pained howl.

She opens her right palm aiming it down on Deimos, but he aims his own hand towards her, and the two briefly developed a small energized ball of aura before firing them off on one another at point-blank range. The two projectiles collided with another and fused to create an immense fiery blast that engulfed the tent and everything within a twenty foot radius. The resounding blast sent the entire encampment into frenzied panic and confusion with men rushing to extinguish the flames.

Amongst the commotion another ball of fire shoots out from the inferno and not too soon after Fall's body was thrown out of the fire with Deimos pacing after her with no concern for anything else around him. Cinder pushes her hands down against the ground, pushing herself back up in a quick cartwheel, and readies herself.

The Spartan promptly breaks his steady pace into a full offensive charge shortly before engulfing his right hand in searing flames, cocking his arm back, and launch it towards Cinder. She deflects the blow with her left arm but it didn't stop him from beginning a barrage of flaming fists that came streaming towards her body. She deflects further strikes in a similar manner with steady speed and grace thus forced her attacker to switch to a new approach, starting with yet another right hook before a left hard-hitting spin-kick followed up by repeated high-kicks with each slamming into her right arm with breaking force. Despite countering the attacks Fall was now further pressed back as Deimos launches yet another strike from her left leading with a full-forced knee into her side then another high kick sent crashing against her forearm but finally complimented with a one-two punch, the first landing against her battered arm sending it aside with the second connecting squarely with her shoulder.

While he appeared focused on offense she attempted to retaliate with a speedy right hook which found its mark against the lower half of his helmet causing his head to coil back but only for the briefest moment to which he responded a fast and low blow to her abdomen forcing her to kneel before him as he cups his hands together and brought it over his head. Fall spots the incoming attack and materializes an energy barrier in front of her just moments before the hammer came down with staggering force. Deimos became an uncontrollable brute.

Several repeated strikes later and with one final right-handed blow the barrier shatters leaving Cinder exposed, Deimos welcomes the opportunity with a left open hand aimed down on his opponent as a small ball energizes itself into existence right in front of her face. Deimos became ready to end the fight but was thwarted when he felt a powerful force slam into his side and send him sprawling through the air crashing into a nearby tent.

Cinder looks up to find her savior to be Mercury who extends his hand down to help her up "Poked the bear a little too much don't you think?"

Cinder takes his hand and hoists herself up to meet Emerald coming to her, then afterwards the tent Deimos had crashed into was set ablaze from inside as he himself walks out to meet his former associates.

"Is he going through a mood swing or is this for real?" Sustrai questioned with laid back voice.

Several White Fang soldiers recognized Deimos as a serious threat and trained their weapons on him but he draws upon his magnum and effortlessly drops each individual before they could've pulled the trigger. He then shifts his aim on the trio and opened fire sending rounds downrange but his shots were ultimately dodged or blocked prompting Mercury and Emerald to move in and engage the Spartan directly.

Black reaches his target first and leaps into the air opening up with a swinging sidekick directed towards Deimos' face but the soldier ducks below the leg finding Sustrai right behind her partner and sends a right fist her way but she skips out of the way and cleaves her sickles into his side cutting into his shields. The Spartan only grimaces in pain but swiftly responds with a wide right-handed swing of his arm to which Emerald only ducks to avoid. By this point Mercury has already positioned himself for another strike and intends to go for a low blow directly for his target's ankles. He moves in and with a quick burst from his boots he goes into a hard power slide before shooting out his right leg to catch Deimos off-balance, this however did not come to reality as the rogue notices him and fires a ball of fire into the ground beneath Black. However Mercury was able to deviate from his path and save himself as the ground which he was once upon melted into nothing but charred dirt and glass. With a new target in sight, Deimos lunges forward towards Black and sends forth a volley of attacks forcing Mercury to fall back on defense, deflecting blow after blow with his legs and occasionally his arms whenever a strike came too close for comfort. This gave Emerald a moment to flank the Spartan from range and open up with her dual revolvers that pinked against the soldier's energy shields but withered them away to the point they finally failed and now only Deimos' aura was protecting him.

This forced him to draw his magnum and return fire sending heavy rounds back at Sustrai who dives for cover all the while still laying down fire on him. Mercury took this moment to throw a hard roundhouse kick into his opponent's back causing him to stagger and quickly place his attention back on Black who then begun to leap into the air to attempt a dropkick, but despite this Deimos was quick enough to grasp onto one of Mercury's ankles and slam his body into the ground like a hammer leaving him in a daze. Then in an effort to finally disable him Deimos proceeds to raise his left leg and with his might he sends his foot down onto one of Mercury's lower legs smashing every bit of it with brute force, enough send Black into a state of agony as he screams out in utter pain.

Seeing her partner in serious trouble, Emerald moves in switching her revolvers into sickles and attempts to engage Deimos at close range. However this proved fruitless when she swung high prompting the Spartan to duck beneath the blades and immediately shoot up seizing her neck within his hands holding her up above ground. She struggles to free herself but he resisted her efforts before planting his free hand against her abdomen and develop a ball that swiftly blasted Sustrai's body from him sending her crashing into the ground several meters away.

His motion sensor catches movement from behind prompting him to turn around to find Cinder standing ready, not wanting to grant her the chance to strike he develops a singular ball of intensifying energy between the two palms of his hands and sends it hurtling in her direction. She readies herself to take the hit but to both Deimos and her surprise, an unseen and swift force cuts through the sphere like a hot blade through a watermelon.

The rogue took a moment for a second look and finds Adam Taurus blocking his way to Fall, his sword sheathed away for the next strike.

"I'm going to enjoy this more than I should…" the White Fang leader remarked as he stares down the Spartan.

Deimos then with a single thought materializes a single tomahawk out of hot shards of glass, taking notes from his multitude of training sessions with Cinder, and readies himself.

Adam's grin turned to disdain when he looks over his shoulder and asks "Is there anything you haven't taught him?" but he received no response from Fall, instead he starts to hear rapid heavy steps charging him.

He faces forward just in time to find Deimos already in striking distance with his axe in full swing aiming for his sides, Taurus instinctively skips back letting the tomahawk to swing past by harmlessly. In retaliation Adam unlocks his sword from its sheath and with a single swift motion he brings the blood red blade from its holdings and takes a speedy slash at his opponent who reacted without thought bringing up his own weapon to block the attack. The two clashed with weapons scraping against each other in a subtle display of power, sizing each other up, before the duelists backed away and waited for someone to make the first move.

Emerald motions to Cinder "He's going to need our help."

But Fall protests "No.. this is all too interesting to stop. Go help evacuate the camp."

Adam waited patiently with his blade stowed away but his hand firmly gripped around the handle, Deimos stood silently anticipating and calculating a proper course of action.

"C'mon freak… I don't have all day" Taurus taunted.

Deimos obliged, he immediately breaks into a dead sprint towards his target. Adam braces himself by readying his sword for his next strike watching the rogue come at him like an enraged bull. The Spartan rapidly closes the distance until comes within meters of his target where he then lashes out with his axe in a full upward motion attempting to gut Adam from below. However Taurus anticipated this possibility, drawing his blade in a swift fashion and countering the axe before it could have caused damage. Without thought, Deimos reaches out with an open palm and fully grasps Adam's face before throwing his entire body aside.

Taurus corrected his fall and lands firmly back on his feet several meters away but Deimos gave Adam no chance to ready himself for the next assault. The rogue swings low with the intent of taking his opponent's legs in a single cut of his axe, but Adam leaps over the Spartan and lunges his sword at Deimos' exposed back. The tip of his blade pierces through what remained of the soldier's energy shielding and clashed against his aura, Deimos only grunted in pain but he comes back around with his magnum shown in his left hand now trained on Adam. Taurus skips back just as his attacker begins to squeeze round after round out of his sidearm but Adam was more than capable of stopping each round with his weapon. Deimos begins marching towards his adversary, briefly reloading his weapon before firing again forcing Adam to continue defending himself, until he comes within range to swing his axe towards Taurus' sides. However Adam, not wanting to let Deimos have the initiative, ducks and rolls beneath the axe until he came up behind the Spartan and attempts to slash at his back. Deimos instinctively reacts, immediately coming around and blocking the sword before it could have done damage and brings his magnum up to Taurus' head. Adam had anticipated this little move and before Deimos could've pulled the trigger and kill him, he brings his scabbard rifle, Blush, right up to his opponent's chest and fire multiple consecutive rounds with each having the stopping power to knock the Spartan back a few steps and lower his defensive aura to a dangerous low.

Seeing his enemy now weak and near vulnerable, Taurus holsters his rifle and sheathes his blade before darting towards his target with haste. Deimos soon recovers from the shots and catches Adam swiftly closing in on him, realizing close quarters combat was a failing strategy and his conventional magnum insufficient, he tosses his axe aside letting it disintegrate in mid-air and clasps his hands together mustering his energy to form two energized spheres of searing heat. Once complete he hurls the scorching projectiles towards Adam who cuts through the first and then slides beneath the second now meters away from finishing this fight.

Coming down last ditch efforts, Deimos ignites his own hands and charges leading with a fast and devastating right hook. But Adam circumvents the soldier and attacks from behind, however this was quickly countered once Deimos turns on his heels and deflect the blade with his right forearm, damaging his own aura and retaliate with a heavy jab from his left fist connecting firmly into Adam's gut knocking the Faunus back several steps and leaving him almost winded. Deimos pushes his attack, prompting Adam to stow his blade and wait, and once he came within striking distance Taurus aims and fires the hilt of his blade out the barrel of his rifle sending the chokutō slamming against the Spartan's helmet. Taurus catches his weapon and brings down a swift slash across Deimos' chest cutting the last remnants of his aura away and leaving only his armor as a means of defense.

Deimos backs away, his anger boiling up inside, while Adam deposits his weapon back into its sheath and yells "C'mon! I was hoping for a better fight than this!"

The Spartan made no motion allowing Taurus to continue "You want to know what I despise about you the most? You. Have no loyalty! You turned your back against your former allies and now after giving you a chance with us you decide to turn against us and for what!?"

"I refuse to being used like a tool anymore… this time I serve no one but myself." His tone lowers to something near inhuman "And I'll be damned if I let any one of you try and stop me"

"Are you being serious right now? You know what… it doesn't matter now because I am going to kill you right here and now."

A thick black essence begins to develop around Deimos "You'll die trying…"

Taurus examines the black aura that surrounds the Spartan and takes a step back with caution, Deimos then holds out his hand "What's the matter? Did you suddenly lose all that bravado?"

Adam knew this was all wrong, he swore he had cut away the energy shielding and aura so what was this blackness coming from? He could feel the raw energy radiate from the soldier and it was almost disturbing for him.

A white fang soldier runs up to Adam informing him "Sir, outer perimeter patrols are reporting multiple Grimm moving on this position, we can't stay here much longer…"

"Have the men grab what they can carry and move out, tell the patrols they'll need to guide everyone out and to the emergency rendezvous point."

"Cinder and her people are already getting everyone evacuated, you're one of the last people here."

Adam looked around him, the camp was already set ablaze and burned to the ground leaving hardly anything that was salvageable. His gaze then shifts back to Deimos who stood there silently among the flames and bodies of the white fang, patiently waiting for whatever Taurus may do next, there was nothing else he could do…

Adam cursed himself under his breath and muttered "Alright… there's nothing left for us here…" he then turns about and evacuates the destroyed camp with the remainder of his forces.

One by one the soldiers disappears into the surrounding forests but coming from it were the creatures of Grimm, allured by Deimos' radiant anger, with an alpha beowolf acting as leader as it came and yield to its new master. Deimos looked about the monsters that surround him, all look at him with an unquenchable thirst for blood, carnage, and the very destruction of their enemies.

Eventually a male voice calls out from a distance "Hello!? What's going on!?"

The Spartan looked towards where the calls for help originated and begins walking towards it with several wolves walking alongside him. He soon comes across his crate of equipment amongst the smoldering remains of his personal tent, he wasn't surprised that it had survived the initial explosion that ignited the following fight. He grabs one of the handles and starts dragging it along until he reached the voice's point of origin.

"Hello!?" the voice rang out.

The voice was coming from a partially scorched tent that was still burning, Deimos walks through the flaps and finds a person he hasn't seen for a while "Hmm.. I almost forgot about you."

The man he was speaking to was Spartan Joel, leader of Fireteam Raptor, still restrained by the armor lock restraint still planted on his chest and tied to a metal chair with metal chains.

Joel looked up and groaned "Oh shit…"

Deimos' first thought was just to simply kill him, seeing no immediate use for him, but then something came across his mind.

He then spoke "You can relax, for once I don't plan on killing you just yet. In fact I have a message for you to deliver back to your friends at Beacon Academy."

He leans in and removes the restraint allowing Joel to break free from the chains and stand to moving his arms and legs feeling his muscles ache from a week of immobility, distastefully he asks "What is it?"

"Tell them that I look forward to seeing them again at Beacon real soon. And to a young Ruby Rose, I have some news she might find surprising."

Deimos haves an approaching ursa pick up his crate and as the Grimm and their leader begins to leave Joel stops them "What makes you think I'm just going to let you walk away right now?"

Deimos turns to face Joel stating "Because you and I both know I will kill you if you try. You can stay here and wait for Atlesian and UNSC forces to arrive or you can head eleven klicks south where you'll find the academy, your choice."

Joel halfheartedly stands down, allowing Deimos and his army to vacate the remains of the White Fang camp, leaving him alone with a message he now has to take back to his allies.

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