The Masked Killer Ch. 1

If anyone has read any of my previous stories, this will be a bit different. I'm normally a very dark writer, and this is going to be a much darker story. After reading stories like Blood Rose {Shoutout. Even though he has much more writing ability than me} I figured 'eh why not.' Read the description because that gives the best idea of what to expect.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own RWBY, just my one OC in the story.

He was waiting in his perch. It had taken him so long to separate team CRDL, kill the others so he could face Cardin. They were of no concern to him, all he wanted was Winchester. He was dressed in a black robe. He had a black mask covering his face, so all you could see was his eyes. He had pure red eyes, that hungered for blood. He had killed before, but none were enough to get him noticed. This would be his opportunity to get noticed. If not this, then he had another idea that would be executed one way or another.

"Russell?" Called out Cardin. "Hey come on man, where'd you go? You know we have class." The black masked man looked down at his victim. He jumped down and landed directly in front of him.

"Whoa!" Said Cardin. "Who are you? Russell?" The masked man shook his head. At that, he pulled out his sword. Cardin noted that the sword had no signs of being capable of being used as a firearm. "Jaune?" This was the only person that Cardin knew of that used a standard sword. The masked man shook his head again, and raised his sword up. An obvious challenge for Cardin to fight him.

"What did you do to my team?" Asked Cardin, as he realized that no one from his team had responded to his calls. The masked man twisted his sword, to show the blood stains on it. "You'll pay for that you son of a bitch!" Screamed Cardin. He looked around them and he saw a dome had been raised around them. Cardin didn't know it, but this dome was preventing anyone from hearing or seeing what was occurring with in the dome. The masked man's semblance. Cardin pulled out his mace and charged forward at the masked man. The man just moved out of the way and let the mace land where he was standing. Cardin raised his mace again and swung at the man again. This time, the man reflected it. He was becoming impatient and he knocked away the mace from Cardin. Then, in one swift movement he thrust his sword through the chest of Cardin. Withdrawing it, Cardin fell over dead. He looked down at his kill and smiled. He lowered the barrier and he left the bodies there. He would know who he would have to visit next, just in case these bodies weren't discovered.

An hour later

Ozpin was standing over the bodies of team CRDL. Two students that were combing through the forest had seen them, and reported it to Ozpin. He immediately called for help from teams RWBY and JNPR. They were already helping him solve some of the other killings going on in the campus. The bodies had clearly been move to be closer together.

"Only Cardin had his weapon out," said Glynda, who was also combing over the scene. "Same M.O as the other killings. But CRDL is one of our better fighting teams. That doesn't fit the bill."

"He's searching for more notoriety," said Ren. He was normally very quiet normally, so when he talked they all listened. "He's trying to prove himself to the world. His escalation will continue." The other just looked at Ren and nodded. It made sense to them, and to Ozpin.

"We'll try and keep this on the down low," Ozpin said. "I'll tell the two students who discovered them to stay quiet as well. We can't let the others know about this." The two teams nodded in agreement. "Get to work on trying to find out who did this."

Beacon Front Lawn

He was perched in one of the trees around the front lawn. He knew that his victim would be arriving soon. He needed someone memorable, someone that would affect the two teams the most. He had just the person in mind. She came walking happily to where he wanted her too. He then raised his dome to conceal them. Velvet Scarlatina, the sweet rabbit faunus. No, he didn't want to fight her. He just needed her for other purposes. He jumped down behind her, and when Velvet turned to face him she gave out a scream. But, she was quickly cut off when he beheaded her. The masked man dragged Velvet's body and positioned it where he wanted it to be, and then did the same with her head. He then started to write on the ground with her blood. Every time he ran out of the blood, he just made another entrance on her lifeless body to replenish the tip of his sword with the only ink he needed. Once he was finished with his message, he lowered the dome and left. Someone would find this soon, and Ozpin wouldn't be able to hide this.

10 minutes later

They were fighting their way through the crowd to get to the scene. When teams RWBY and JNPR arrived, they saw what had been described to them by Ozpin. Lying on the ground was Velvet's body, and her head was in her hand. Her eyes still wide with fear. This was the first person that the other teams had strong connection with. Pyrrha bent down and closed Velvet's eyes.

"You need to see this," said Ozpin. They went around to behind the body and saw the note that had been written in blood.

If you continue to pursue me, I will hunt all of you down RWBY and JNPR.

The Masked Killer

The others looked on the scene with horror. This monster knew who they were, and he was personally issuing a threat. Even his victim selection was lending to that.

"Do you want to stay on this?" Asked Ozpin. "Now that he's calling you out, I would understand if you don't want to continue." Ruby was the first to speak.

"This asshole won't get away with this," she said. "We're helping."

"So are we," said Jaune. Ozpin looked at the 8 of them and nodded.

"We'll find out who this is soon," he said. The others left the area, visibly shaken at what had just happen.

In the crowd

He was being shooed away from the scene by one of the people sent to control the crowd. So those 8 would stay on the job. He now would have the pleasure of causing them as much pain as possible. And he knew just the way to do it, and just the person to do it with.

Night of the incident

Nora was lost in her own thoughts, as she normally was. But the death of Velvet was constantly bombarding the normally happy thoughts of Nora. The note that was left on the ground also worried her. She was so absorbed in her thoughts, she didn't notice the dome that now isolated her. She walked straight into it, and then immediately turned around. Standing behind her was a man dressed in all black, with a black mask shielding all but his blood red eyes.

"Ren! Jaune! Pyrrha!" Called out Nora. She kept her eyes on the masked man in front of her. He calmly raised his hand up to his ear and pointed at the dome.

"We're silenced?" Nora asked. He nodded his head and drew his sword. Nora pulled out her hammer and raised it up. "You're going to pay you son of a bitch." At this Nora charged the Masked Killer and brought down her hammer. He raised his sword and locked the hammer's head in place. Nora pulled the trigger firing down at him. He unlocked the hammer head and dove out of the way just in time to avoid being destroyed by the grenade. He charged forward and quickly slashed across Nora's body. It wasn't a deep cut, but it brought them to a playing field where they were both injured. The grenade blast had taken his aura down a considerable amount, as had his cut. They both raised their weapons, and charged.

The Next Morning

Teams JNPR and RWBY were walking through the courtyard, talking wildly about the Masked Killer. Trying to figure out who he might be. They came across a sight that caused them to pause. Then Ren lost control and started to cry. He ran over to the body of his childhood friend. He put his head on her chest and just continued to cry.

He was watching them from a distance, smiling. They would either head his warning, or continue to pursue him. It was of little matter to him, either way he won.

End: No real emotional angst yet amongst them, but I had to set that up without going on too long. Any feedback is appreciated.