Power

The pain I that currently racked my body was hard to stand as I kept sailing in the air. The only thing I knew was that I was In pain, lots of it. I began to feel the brunt force of slamming into branch after branch before I come to a slow stop, branches breaking my speed and me as I slowly tumble from the tree tops and down to the ever awaiting ground. I could barely breathe ,much less move from the spot I now lay upon. A familiar ding went off in my head as Sam threw up som screens,

(WARNING: You are in no position to continue this team scouting. Please give up and heal. It is rec-)

I cut Sam off as I cough up some blood and close my eyes,

"Give me a view of what the hell is wrong with me and how I can fix it, lets start with an overview of the damages."

Sam gave off a sigh before throwing up a screen of the damages, outlining major problems in red, minor in yellow and ok in green. My head, spine, neck, left arm, right leg and rib cage. Everywhere else was highlighted in yellow. I began feeling numb as I felt my stomach begin to rise, my mouth tastes like iron as I spit up more blood, unable to stop spitting it up.

"Sam, focus on *coughs up more blood as I turn to my side* the areas that are in most need, so spine, head, neck, arm and leg. I want you to throw most of my aura into protecting and healing those problem areas. Is there any other way to heal up quickly, at least to get me into fighting condition?"

Sam hesitated to answer as she began to throw up some indicators. I could feel my aura slowly mend my broken body as Sam started to go silent.

"Sam you've ignored on of my questions, what else can I do to heal me up faster? This forest obviously has Grimm in it and I need to defend myself!"

Anger began to bubble up inside me as I grit my teeth and tense up. The a sudden breath of wind carried a voice on it.

???: "You wish to fight? You wish to take down your enemies and destroy them? Then unlock the power within you and use it!"

A high volume of pain singed through my body as it force the breath out of my body. I tried to get up and breathe with no luck, this voice kept promising power,

???:"With me you could rule! You could all of Remnant, keeping balance under your iron rule!"

I could feel an immense heat that burned trough my body. I rolled over and painfully got on all fours, puking my guts up from pain.

???: "Do it and all the pain will cease, imagine the power you could have!"

Suddenly flashes of me on a throne entered my mind, women at my feet , begging for me. My throne sitting atop a mountain of gold, jewels and things of great value. All this was enticing but something screamed at me to not follow this voice, not to take its offer. I wanted it, I wanted it so bad but it felt so wrong! Alarms began to go off in my head as I slowly snapped out of the visions, all I could hear were loud alarms and Sam giving warnings. I slowly turned around and saw everything in slow motion. I could feel the ground shake beneath my feet as I saw a Deathstalker, charging towards me with its stinger at the ready. I rushed to my feet in a delayed manner and threw up a fighting stance. My stance looked as if a drunk man had stumbled out of the bar to brawl. I spit out some blood as I tried to keep my balance, stumbling side to side as it drew closer.

"Sam, what's the possibility of me killing this thing?"

(0%)

"What are the chances I live?"

(0.000258%)

"I'm not liking those odds, anyway I can up those chances?"

(No...)

I gulp and feel the stinger slam into me, barely being able to keep up a block with my gauntlets. I'm thrown back into a tree and slam into it, hurting my healing back. The Deathstalker kept tumbling towards me as I struggle to stand up. My life flashed before my life.... Damn all I can remember is the past three days, man I haven't had a life really. That's when time began to slow down and three figures appeared. One riding atop the Deathstalker, another standing beside the Grimm and another simply stood beside me. Each one had no face, no clothes, just silhouettes of different colors. The one riding the Deathstalker was black, the one beside it was white and finally the one next to me was a pulsating grey.

Black: "It's time for you to decide, you must choose. Life or death."

White: "We can't promise anything, only that with us comes power. This will save your life but you will carry a burden with us, depending on which of us you chose you will be bound"

I slumped against the tree as my body burned from within the inside, a great heat burning within me as all my muscles tensed up. I let out a groan as I turned my attention to the figures.

"Why do I have to choose! I refuse to be bound to any of you! My life is my own and I refuse! I'll get out of this mess one way or another!"

Grey began to chuckle as he leaned down and looked into my eyes. Silver, his eye color was silver and I knew that we had a connection.

Grey: "They don't understand do they? These two only believe in one side. The black one was the one whispering into your head about power, white sat idly by as you stuffed. But me? But me nothing, there is no me"

I shook violently as he smiled and the others began to protest.

White: "Don't listen to him! With him he sets you on no path!"

Black: "With us we grant power an a purpose! He-"

Grey: "I DON'T PUT MYSELF WHERE I DON'T BELONG! I step in as needed! You two have no place to step in! We are the same person! This body, I made it! This is me! Don't you dare ask me to do your guy's dirty work again!"

Grey once more offered me a hand,

Grey: "I bind you to no path, I ask not that you do my dirty work. I only as that you live your life as your own. With you here and with me we keep the balance. The power they both offer you I can give, I can give you both the power they offer and more, so take my hand and let us live."

All he said felt right as I reached up and took his hand.

Grey: "He has chosen, now leave for I am both of you but better!"

The two shook their heads and faded away.

Grey: "Now let me give you power"

With that the heat was no longer bearable, Flams erupting from my skin and engulfing me in a sliver flame. The column spews into the sky as I let out a mighty roar as I feel my mind set change. My gauntlets fall off and hit the ground with a thud, everything begins change as I feel everything change.

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Ozpin's P.O.V.

As Orpington sat on the hilltop and watched everything unfold, but his attention was caught by the flames barreling into the sky. He raised a brow as he made his way towards the flame and peered down into the forest to see two Grimes fighting but one was engulfed in the silver flames. A Deathstalker and a ... What Grimm was that? A humanoid Grimm was uncommon and this one was displaying a powerful aura which was even stranger, a Grimm with an aura.... The Deathstalker lurched forward and struck with its stinger. The other Grimm didn't even bother to dodge it, catching it within its clutches, his claws digging in to the stinger. With a simple jerk the Deathstalker's tail was ripped off from the base. It let out a high pichted screech as it flailed about and the stronger Grimm deveours its tail. Suddenly with a step and lightning speed the Deathstalker dispersed into a puff of black smoke as the other Grimm roared loudly. The remaining Grimm began to grow white plates along its body and a mask on its face, red intricate designs running along the mask as white horns begin to poke out from the hair of the Grimm. This is when I decided to deal with this powerful creature, walking towards it and drawing my cane, that is till the creature passed out and fell onto the floor, the mask and plates of white disappearsing in a black dust as the kid I met the night before lays on the ground, Seryy. I sighed as I looked over the child and began to ponder.