Hello Everyone! Its good to see you all again. I have a few things to talk about, new story, updates to old stuff. I will talk some more down below so for now Please Enjoy!
Hunter from the Void.
Corvo is laying in his bed resting, his family and friends are around him for his final hour in this life. While his hands are not clean, he has saved more lives than took. Killing only when necessary. Yet he never could forgive himself for not saving his love. He was her protector but she still died in his arms. Her daughter… their daughter stolen to be a pawn in a game of corrupted leaders. A warm hand brushes against his clenched fist. The women beside his bed has seen the look on his face before, she was always there to help calm him down. She is now Empress of the land, he taught her many things and she became a strong and loved ruler. Emily grew up faster than he'd like but she found peace, love, now was with child and happy.
Corvo relaxes his hand, he does not want the last thing she sees of him to be a tormented man still scared by his past. She smiles but Corvo can see the tears falling down her cheek. He squeezes a little and smiles back. He looks around the room one last time, each person here has earned his trust and friendship. They will look after his daughter and her child in his place. Content, his breathing slows, his eyes feel heavy. They close the last thing he sees is the faces of his love ones. The last thing he feels is gratitude, than nothing…
Cold
The world gets colder and the people around seem to be frozen as they were leaving. The room is now twists and broken. Corvo knows this place, this coldness. A new figure walks into the room. The man has not aged a bit since they last meet. His face still calm and neutral as ever but a hint of sadness could be seen in his black eyes.
"Hello old friend, it has been some time since we last meet." The outsider looks around the room, pausing on Emily for a moment. Corvo follows the gaze. She is being lead out of the room, a tear on her face but her head held up high. Pride for his daughter who became the Empress he knew her to be. Outsider then turns back to Corvo. "You know if the Witch choose to freeze you instead of Emily I would have visited her instead. It's funny how the choices we make can change so much."
Corvo remembers that day the feeling of fear once again. The day he almost lost Emily once more. Hearing the Outsiders words he also remembers the days he spent training her. He made sure she knew how to fight, she knew all the skills he had gained over the years. She could hold her own. He smiles as she finally passed all his tests, to be him if he could not be there, he was glad that it never came to that. The people around them would take on that burden for her.
"Reminiscing about days long ago, are we? You really are an old man." The Outsider chuckled noticing how Corvo stared off. "Must have pick that up from you. All those constant speeches about the past, you rubbed off on me." Corvo chuckled back as a smirk formed on the Outsiders lips before fading into the void.
He appeared in the chair next to his bed. The smirk turned back to the natural mask. "On this, you're last moment in your life I come to pay my respects. I have watched many from the void, appearing before only a few, but you Corvo have lived a very interesting life. You grew up off the street, fought your way into the ranks of the palace. You fell in love with the Empress, raised a child together." The Outsider fades again appearing in front of the portage of Jessamine hanging on the wall.
His hand ghosting over her image, then clenched into a fist. "But she was betrayed Dying in your arms." Grief filled Corvos being "You were to be their pawn as was your daughter. Yet you fought breaking the strings and hunting the traitors. You saved the Kingdom you saved your daughter, twice when the witch came to usurp the throne." Rage burning inside Corvo the memories of his enemies
The Outsider fades again into the void. Appearing next to a chest on Corvo's desk. His finger trails the dust from the top before opening it. "Dishonored but never beaten." Inside he pulls out the mask that Corvo wore, the sight of the mask brought back the weight it had on his mind. "But not even you can beat old age my friend."
The outsider fades appearing in the chair again. "I waited for this moment to come to you one last time. To ask you at the moment you said your good byes and were ready to move on." The Outsider pauses turning around looking at the empty space that was behind him. "Another Witch has entered the Void and took something that should have stayed here. Leaving something that does not belong here in its place. Using magic from her own land she broke into the void, claiming a piece and distorting it to fit her plans. You know what happens when someone taste power. And she is going to get more using it. She is isolated in her world but I don't like it when people steal from me. So I would like you to go to this world and stop her. The people there do not have the strength to fight her, left alone she will consume everything and let it rot. I offer you the chance to tip the scales as you see fit. Help them reach salvation. Or leave them to there fate. The choice is yours, as this is your final moment in this world, no matter what your time here is over."
Corvo listens to the Outsider. "For as long as I known you, you were always content staying out of the events of the world this one or another, only ever being an outside force. There is more to this than what you're telling me. But why me? You choose many before me and I will not be the last to receive your gift. So I repeat why me?" He asks returning the neutral look.
Again the Outsider looks behind him, and signs. "I see you gotten sharp with age. I think it's time you meet who was left in place to fill the Void. May I introduce Mrs. Summer Rose." Gesturing behind him white petals appear growing into a shape of a women. She wore a white hood that made up her form, her raven hair and silver eye standing out as her other eye is covered by the hood.
"You and Summer have a lot in common Corvo. Both of you become pawns in an unwinnable game. Only she did not have my gift to stop it. Now she fears her daughter will follow her fate, as she was sacrificed and forced to be trapped here, becoming a part of me. The reason I cannot choose another is that I do not have the power to travel to her world, but in her soul is a powerful magic that can change reality allowing the Void and her world to merge for a moment. If this witch discovers her daughter she will do it again and tear into the Void once more taking from it."
Summer floats towards Corvo taking his hand in hers. "You know the pain of being used, of having your child being used. She cannot help her daughter but she is putting her faith in you. She will use that last of her power to send you there with her memories in hopes that you can stop the monster that took her life and save her daughter."
Corvo has seen the look in Summers eyes before, it was the same his own eyes had when he was locked in prison helpless to save Emily. "So will you accept my offer?" The man extends his left hand to the old man. Corvo pauses for a moment looking back too Summer, than grasps The Outsiders hand. Summer smiles tears fallen from her eye as her hands shacks around Corvo's. The Faded Mark on his left hand begins to glow again, the coldness of the Void rushes thru him. As quick as it appeared the sensation is gone.
Corvo looks to the mark surprised that the scared and wrinkled skin is now young and clean. Touching his face more of the smooth skin is there. "You would not be very helpfully if you had to be carried everywhere as an old man." The Outsider smirked. Feeling strength that was once long forgotten, pain that wore his joints still now gone. Corvo understood why so many wished to fight against time.
"Along with your new youth I changed a few things with your mark. Delilah only had the Void but this new witch has the magic of her world as well you will need this gift along with this new power." Shifting his body Corvo triggered his mark, the power burned within his hand was familiar, yet the fatigue that followed was not there. He could feel his old powers; Blink, Dark Vision, Time Stop, Possession, and Wind Blast. But Devouring Swarm was replaced with something new.
"This new power Rend will allow you to tear into the Witch and take back the Void she stole. This will kill her but also allow you to return here where you can free Summer, and she can leave. Summer will give you her memories leading you thru her world. Once you go you will not be able to come back any other way. Are you ready?" The Outsider asks holding the mask out to Corvo.
Taking the mask in his hand he turns it over looking at it before putting it over his face. "Once again old friend."
Summer comes over to his side taking his hand, tears still stain her face. "I promise to save after you daughter." Corvo says. She smiles and whispers her thanks closing her eye, removing her hood the covered eye is reveled to have been torn from her face. Her remaining eye opens and a blight light spills from it filling the Void.
Memories fill Corvo's mind, images, sounds, feelings from Summer pore into him, he feels her Pride of becoming a Huntress of being part of a team, the fear of fighting her first Grimm and losing those she cares about, the weight of learning about her heritage, the love of having a child and the grief of the burden her child will have to bear. And the rage of fighting her enemy, their faces burn into his mind like they did for her. "Salem"
Then nothing.
Corvo hears the wind swaying the trees, he feels the grass against his hand. Standing up he looks to see a grave. With the name of Summer Rose marked on it. He stares at the grave as it all sinks in, till white rose petals fall around him, one landing in his hand. Looking at the petal he remembers the last feeling Summer had.
Gratitude
The petal leaves his hand floating towards the city the grave over looks.
Then he disappears in a Blink of an eye.
Wow it feels good to write again! I missed this feeling haha. So This is my new story a little cross over from one of my fav shows and fav games. While I have been gone for a while writing this the ideas just flowed and came together like when I started my first stories, I see why some writers do multiply stories now its mixes things up and fresh.
So onto the important stuff, Hunter of the Void will take place at the start of Rwby but I will be telling it from the prospective of Corvo as he travels the new world and tries to find out more about Salem and her inner circle, So there will be elements from season 4 in here. He will interact with the main cast and be part of the events that happen in the show but he is more of an Outsider To them. haha. The Corvo I choose from the game is the neutral run story line. Were he can kill people but does not have to. So again some killing some rough stuff. Corvo will not be over power but will be keeping to the shadows and using his powers to get around and stay one step a head of his enemies. He still has his fighting and free runing skills but will be more stealth, planing and information gathering. I also plan to have a few OC's in the story to be part of the outer circle of Salem so people to face Corvo besides Cinder group and the White Fang. Over all I am really excited for this story and will probably rotate between updating this and my other stories.
Speaking of Broken Fang, and The Boy that smelled of gold both are still alive and I will be getting to updating them soon. I learned a few things over the months one part taking criticisms better. So for now I will stop here as its 4 in the morning when I wrote this and College starts today...
So I hope you all enjoyed this Chapter, Big shout out to everyone that still follows me, and Here's to starting a New Year! Thank you all!