chapter 2: risen

230 1 1
                                    

Grima pov

I walk down the grass forest and head to the bandits base. As I walk I see some bandits fighting black furred and bone wearing animals. The three bandits were outnumbered and soon overpowered. Once they were dead the animals ate into them as I watched. Once the bandits were all bones I stepped to them. The animals look towards me as I saunter pass them. The animals sniffed me then moved on. Once they were gone I looked down at the skeletons.

"I'll need risen if I'm to get Tiki safely", I thought to myself as I started marking the ground with a dark magic circle. I did a small invocation while the circle glimmers purple. Once done black smoke spewed from the circle and seeped on the bones. The three risen bandits slowly rose grasping at their swords and strange item. One fully standing the risen eyes glowed red like the bone animals. The three risen groaned and grunted as they bow to me.

"Risen... kill those bandits", I order my risen. They stood up then shamble toward the bandit camp.

I sat on the branches as the risen hobbled closer to two of the bandits holding swords. "What's that? Oh, hey guys how was the patrol?... guys?" One of the bandits spoke making my risen stop. My two risen with swords ran at them. The first bandit blocked and locked swords with one of my risen. The second bandit looked to his partner and turned back to be ran through with a sword. "What the hell? What are these things?" The first one yelled as he pushed my risen than ran cutting into its side "ha, die undead freak". Cracking was heard as my risen turned its head to see the bandit. The first bandit turned his head to then watch as my risen's sword slash his head off in one violent motion. The second bandit was soon gutted as my risen kept walking in the camp.

I hop down and look to the two bodies. "I need to make my circle to make these bandits risen faster but how?" I ask myself as I look around. I think for a moment until the familiar voice of my creator spoke startling me. "You are made from dark magic... use your broken parts", the demon alchemist spoke. I look to myself and then to my once dismembered arm. I rose my arm upward and thought of what I needed for the risen circle. My marking glowed as my arm cracked into multiple pieces and spewed a black mist covering both corpses. Once the mist covered the bandits the smoke rose only one of the corpses as the other one couldn't without a stable connection. Once the ritual was done my cracks fused back and my marking stopped shimmering. My arm turned back to normal and I told my new risen to join his brothers.

I listen to more screaming and yelling. I walk along the trail and look to some of the bandit corpses. I then turn to one of the buildings with its door ajar. I stepped forward and pulled the door open then peered in. Inside was crates with a snowflake painted on them. I leave as it wasn't what I was looking for and keep moving. I saw my risen using that weird item as some automated crossbow and firing on what was left of the bandits' corpses. "Risen", I ordered "find Tiki".

The risen shambled to one of the buildings as I grab one of the swords off the ground. I look at the blade then chuck it. "Iron, not good enough", I say as I head into another building. I enter the first room and get attacked by a barrage of little crystals from 4 bandits using those automated crossbows using crystals as ammo. Smoke from the red crystals covered the radius around me.

"Did we get him?" Asked one of the bandits.

"I thi-" one of the bandits spoke until I interrupted by casting waste to hit all four of the bandits.

"Pathetic worms... you never stood a chance", I said and saunter past them then open another door. I enter another room to see a bunch of people caged. "Please... help us", one of the malnourished people in the cages asked holding out their hand.

I kneel down to meet the person's eye level then asked, "sure but have you seen a woman; she had green hair and blue eyes, her name is tiki".

"Y-yeah.... but please help us", the person asked. I sighed then fluxed every lock to all the cages. Once all the bandits' prisoners were freed they followed me outside. I looked to see my risen dragged its legs to me. "N....o.... Ti....ki... there...." my risen spoke.

"Then it has to be at the past building, come on you're taking the front", I told my risen. He obeyed and walked to the last building with me.

My risen kicked down the door which activated some ability called "raid". My risen then shot up 2 of the bandits and reloaded. Before he could get another shot my risen got stabbed through. My risen then sprayed the bandit away and shot one more bandit before dying and turning to smoke.

I step in after and see the room cleared. I let the people stay outside as I bust through another door into a hallway. On the opposite side was a pretty big bandit holding a large axe.

"So you're the one making all that ruckus? You dare betray us faunus brother, then I will have your head!!!" The bandit yelled as he slammed his axe to the floor. "Faunus? I am Grima" I spoke back, "and I serve no one... but you all will grovel to my feet worm".

"Gggrrrraaahhhh, that's it die betrayer!!", the bandit yelled as he jumped at me with his axe above his head. I side step them place my hand to his chest and whispered, "ruin".

Tiki pov

I sat in a cage and tried to kick out one of the bars while my cage roommate sat there. "It won't work, if you get out they'll just harm you", the person spoke as they sat. "I must believe, there is always hope. Even in darkness there is kindness", I said getting tired. I hear a warcry then a huge thump. I stop to be safe then stare at the door as it opened up to reveal GRIMA!

"Grima is that you?!" I asked in shock. Grima just chucked as he walked to us then said, "yeah... I think I got some upgrades".

Grima fluxxed the padlock shredding it then opened the cell. I ran out and hugged him. "Thanks Grima, you really are a good person", I said as I let go of him.

"Oh, thanks but what should we do with all the people that were trapped by these bandits?" Grima asked. "Maybe some proper authorities can get them, but you need to explain how you got your arm back and are using black magic without a tome", I sternly say.

"Haha, yeah, that's a long story", Grima laughed.

/////

How was the chapter guys?

Grima and Tiki in remnant (fire emblem awakening x rwby)Where stories live. Discover now