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Blood Red Shadows

by The Destoyer

Chapter 18: Act I, Chapter 17: Beacon Of Hope

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Alex landed in Beacon Academy a while ago.

Now, he was sitting in the main hall, waiting for Wildcat and the others with Vanoss and Delirious. The two were currently engaged in some type of conversation.

"Evan, do you really think all this is a good idea?" Delirious asked Vanoss.

"I'm not sure. It's going to be hard explaining to 16,000,000 people where I was for the past few weeks, but it sure as hell is worth it." Vanoss replied.

"I don't know, man. Alex, what do you think?" Delirious asked him.

Alex thought back to that question. Not a day went by where he didn't.

"Take it from a guy who spent the last two months as an on/off fugitive. We really have no other option, at least, I don't. So why not at least try to make the best of it." Alex said.

"Eyyyyy! Evan! We're here!!" Wildcat yelled from across the room.

"Hey, guys!" Delirious shouted.

"Piggy!" Vanoss shouted, referring to Wildcat's pig mask.

While the others got acquainted, Alex sat down, watching the numerous students walk in and out of the school. Ruby and the others had told him that this is where warriors known as 'Huntsmen', or, in Ruby's case, 'Huntresses', went to learn how to fight those monsters. Alex didn't go to such a school, learning from a month's worth of experience dealing with Crimson, only difference was that he was being hunted during that time.

"Alex?" Ruby gained his attention, standing outside an elevator nearby.

Alex figured he should follow her, this may be important.

"What's going on?" Alex asked.

"Ozpin wants to talk to you, he also asked me to come with." Ruby replied. Alex still wasn't quite sure how to take this.

"Very well. Let's just get it over with." Alex sighed. Remembering full well the cycle that may repeat here.

"Something wrong?" She asked.

"Nothing that can't be explained once we meet with the Professor." Alex replied.

"If you're sure..."

The elevator doors opened, with Ozpin sitting at his desk, with another woman standing nearby.

"Mr. Walker, Ms. Rose."

"Professor." Alex nodded respectfully.

"Have a seat. Make yourselves comfortable." Ozpin said.

Alex went to a seat in front of the desk, Ruby sitting in the one next to him.

"How are you today, Mr. Walker?" Ozpin asked.

"Tired, mortified, slightly aggravated." Alex answered honestly

"Why is that?"

"Various reasons. I'm sure I'm supposed to tell you how I got here with Vanoss and the others, I'm assuming."

"Something along those lines."

"You sure? The full story is pretty long."

"I've got time, Mr. Walker. Don't be shy." Ozpin answered.

"It all started...Three months ago tomorrow. Terrorists attacked a place called the Bohemian Grove, a vacation stop for the most powerful men on my world. Of the 2000 that arrived, only about fifty left."

"How does this have anything to do with you, Alex, were you involved in this attack?" The woman asked.

"My neighbor said I looked like one of the police sketches of the perpetrators. They arrested me, killed my parents and burned my home to nothing but ash." Alex elaborated.

Ruby seemed genuinely shocked, Ozpin didn't even flinch.

"This asshole, Agent Winchester, who was in charge of my arrest, oversaw the torture, went on for about two months, even after he knew I wasn't guilty. Once he figured I was useless, he was about to have me executed. But that was when one of the perpetrators saved myself and others who were actually guilty." Alex continued.

Ozpin still didn't move, in vast contrast to Ms. Rose, who had him locked in a rib-crushing hug.

"Ruby...please...get off me..." Alex pleaded. Reluctantly, the huntress-in-training let go. Alex took a deep breath before continuing his story.
"Anyway... These guys, the Kahn Militia, they take me in, they help me, on the condition that I remain a blind follower, a soldier, if you will. We attacked Area 51, which was notorious for supposedly housing alien artifacts. Found a device called Die Glocke, an interdimesional teleporter if you will. A girl named Kat Anderson told me what the bosses were planning, escaped, and left me to get shot at. I escaped and blew the device up. I then landed in Equestria, the magical land of horses." Alex rolled his eyes at that statement.

"Go on." Ozpin nodded.

"After that, I landed in the hospital, with the knowledge that I could never tell them what happened to me. This went on until Winchester's men cornered me at a welcome party. I killed them all and met up with a woman named Karis. She wanted to help clear my name, so she cracked a plan that required me to steal intel on my case, and she built the armor that helped me survive that mission." Alex said.

"So it was there that you learned how to fight?" Ozpin asked.

"Not really. After that, I met up with Vanoss and his crew, who helped me hatch another plan; invade another castle and get out of there." Alex continued to spin his little tale.

"Wow..." Ruby gaped.

"So we get in, kill more enemies, and find another Die Glocke. I was about to get the last group of people to the device when we were stopped by an Inquisitor named 'Sigma'." Alex said.

"And she was the one who killed your friend?" The other woman asked.

"Yes." Alex answered.

"Do you have a description of this 'Sigma' character?" Ozpin asked.

"Sigma was an older girl, I would say very late teens to early 20s. Wore grayish-black armor that had some kind of orange glow to it, same with the eyes. She appeared to summon her weapons; two blades. I also noticed that she used a bow, and she could somehow manipulate glass." Said Alex, drawing from his memory.

"Odd. This sounds like the woman who I encountered when I first met Ruby." The woman said.

"...and the woman I fought at the communications tower!" Ruby exclaimed.

They had seen Sigma before!?

"What happens to me, now?" Alex asked.

Ozpin seemed to seriously think about this.

"You are a decent fighter, and I can tell the last thing you want is to have this escalate to a point where it is too much."

"True enough." Alex said.

"Your weapon already seems fit to handle Grimm, but it may be too little to handle opponents such as Ms. Rose, or Sigma."

"That is also true."

"Considering that, I advise you build a weapon, we have forges here that specialize in repairing weapons, but I can temporarily accommodate it for full weapon design." Ozpin thought.

"I have plenty of material to build such a weapon, and possibly augment my armor while I'm there." Alex contemplated

"Of course, Ms. Schnee will have to inform you about Dust weaponry."

"Yes, sir."

"I apologize that you had to endure such torment, but this is how children become adults."

"I understand." Alex lied, he was sure most children didn't have to take this kind of crap.

"You are dismissed, Mr. Walker." Ozpin said.

"Yes, sir."

"Ruby, you may go as well."

"Okay, Professor." Ruby said. Getting up just as Alex was walking out the door.

"Wait!" Ruby yelled, running over to Alex.

-Later-

Alex walked into the room that Ozpin set up, it was just a temporary room until he could find a job that paid well enough to get a house. The rooms were accommodated to handle four people, Alex was meant to sit in a room with Terroriser and Nogla.

"Fock sakes, Terroriser! Find yer own damn electrical socket!"

"Nogla, do you expect me to ask Mr. Death Machine over here to use his?" Terroriser said.

"...Fair point." Nogla responded.

Alex himself sat in his bed, drawing schematics for his weapon, apparently, since he had the necessary potential (killed more Grimm than anyone on his team combined), he was to have his Aura unlocked, which Alex figured was some sick double-entendre. Then he would be able to use a Semblance of some type, for Ruby, it was the flash-like super speed, for Weiss, it was those glyphs. He had no idea what his would possibly be, or if he had any of that at all, considering this was an alternate universe.

Back to the weapon. Alex usually did okay with every type of weapon, be it a spear or a halberd, but Alex set his sights on swords, he preferred them, it allowed more personal additions and had a multitude of applications, the sword he was drawing out was sort of a broadsword, but instead of one solid blade, it would be two blades that could become one large single. Since their weapons always had at least two forms, the sword would be able to convert into a large-caliber revolver, preferably the Kaiser .499 Magnum, Remnant's equivalent to the S&W .500. He was drawing out a rough sketch of his weapon when someone knocked the door.

After a brief argument, Nogla went to open the door.

"Alex! It's for you!" Nogla yelled back.

Who could it be? Alex walked up to the door, unsure as to who it was.

"HELLO!!!"

"JESUS H. CHRIST!!!" Alex leaped backwards at the jump scare before him. Team RWBY had the pleasure to introduce the other Huntsman teams, in front of him now was Nora Valkyrie from Team JNPR.

"My apologies, Nora wanted to meet you after she found out you were from an alternate universe." Nora's close friend Ren apologized.

"Noted, even I can hardly keep track of where I end up." Alex admitted.

The rest of JNPR followed suit, Jaune following Ren and Pyrrha not very far behind. They all met before, but this was their first time meeting off the record.

"What're you doing to me over here?" Terroriser asked, Nora had been asking numerous questions. The rest were a bit more mature...and overall less sporadic than their comrade.

Jaune seemed a little nervous, but gradually got more comfortable as Nogla kept talking.

Ren himself was keeping Nora in check near Terroriser.

Alex calmly sat down, drawing the rough sketch of his weapon.

"Ahem."

Oh, crap. Alex just realized that he was the only other person in the room not being spoken to, as while the others were busy asking and answering questions, Alex had completely forgotten Pyrrha. He respected the straight-forward mindset she seemed to carry, but would usually continue whatever he was doing to avoid social awkwardness.

"Oh, hello. Pyrrha, right?" Alex sat up, he was used to being around people who could kill him with their pinky finger in his time spent with Karis.

"Yes, you are Alex Walker, I assume?" Pyrrha asked.

"Yeah."

Neither had any real clue on what to talk about, Alex figured he may as well get this question out of the way now.

"So this whole 'Aura' thing... What is it?" Alex asked.

Pyrrha inhaled, which was a clear sign of a very long and arduous explanation.

"Aura is the manifestation of a person's soul. It shields out hearts and...."

Alex honestly didn't care about the technicalities, but he kept at least one ear open. He had become an expert at completely tuning out speech while looking fully aware.

From what Alex was able to muster from that complicated speech was that Aura was basically Remnant's equivalent of unicorn magic, most commonly defensive but occasionally used in offensive attacks.

Alex had a theory, Pyrrha had also said Aura could be drained from a long, strenuous duel, could it not be stored elsewhere, to be used at a later time? Or piled on top of normal levels to amplify performance? He would have to try that later, he had other, more important questions.

From what Pyrrha said, Aura had to be unlocked by having someone else unlocking it for you, but there were few people who had such ability.

"Wouldn't one have to unlock their own Aura before they unlocked the rest of the world's at one point in time?" Alex asked.

"In theory, it would be possible through deep meditation in a peaceful environment, but it would be a very strenuous process." Pyrrha said.

This held Alex's interest, it was almost sundown. He enjoyed that time, it wasn't like sunrise, where one didn't have to wake early to see it, or so ridiculously late where one would fall asleep waiting for it, and it was really beautiful.

"Do you know of anywhere I can meditate?" Alex asked.

"There is the back fountain, just behind the school. Usually children practice their fighting skills there, but it is much too late for any of that." She responded.

"Then that's where I'm going." Alex said.

"Are you sure?"

"It seems easier than finding someone who does know how to unlock it."

"Actually..."

"With all due respect, I have a history of managing things on my own, I'm still alive, am I not?" Alex retorted as he exited the room.

Author's Notes:

A little more RWBY related segments of the chapter.
I grow tired of asking you guys to leave a comment, so I'm going to try something.
WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT COMMENT!!!

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