One Of Them

Grimm Farm

Y/N POV

I break my hug from Ruby and get to my feet. I grab my bag and begin walking with the others down a trail.

Qrow: "I don't think this snow is gonna let up anytime soon."

Blake: "Let's just get this stupid relic to Atlas."

Weiss: "I just hope we don't have to walk all the way."

Yang: "Didn't you say this trail would lead somewhere?"

Maria: "Do you always harass old ladies?"

Y/N: "Hush."

They be quiet and they finally hear that squeaking noise. We walk towards it to find a gate leading into a small estate. We walk inside and the first thing I smell is something rotting. I follow the scent and arrive at the bedroom. I open the door and see two rotting bodies in the bed. I then hear a scream making me look back and see Weiss on the ground. The rest of her team arrive and we escort her out of the room. As I leave I very faintly hear a voice.

Voice: "Let go."

I turn around but don't see anything. I hmm but leaving the room; I meet the others inside the living room where I see Qrow come in.

Ruby: "Well?"

Qrow: "No good, there're bodied in all the beds. It's like the whole place went to sleep permanently."

Weiss: "Then we're not staying here right?"

Qrow: "We don't have a lot of options. We either leave and freeze or stay and wait out the storm."

Ruby: "If these people never left then maybe we can use their supplies."

Oscar: "Yeah and maybe they left behind a car."

Qrow: "I'm gonna do another round of the grounds. No one is to leave without a partner."

Everyone leaves while I just watch the fire. After a few seconds I hear skittering and look to see that black creature from my memories.

Y/N: "What're you doing here?"

Creature: "I've come to monitor your progress and am anything but impressed."

Y/N: "Why don't you just leave me alone?"

Creature: "I granted you great power and you're doing nothing but squandering it by allowing yourself to mingle with these humans."

Y/N: "I can do with my power whatever I please."

Creature: "I made you powerful. I suggest you embrace your power or else I'll make you what you always were, a monster."

Y/N: "I'm not a monster, I'm a human being."

Creature: "You're a monster for killing poor Scarlet. You may deny it but you'll always be a monster."

The creature bursts into smoke when everyone arrives and begins eating a can of food. After that they all head off to sleep while I take watch. When the sun rises I wake everyone up and we get ready to leave. I watch as they rig up the trailer when a tire pops.

Yang: "I'm starting to think we're not meant to make it to Atlas."

Ruby: "It's only a flat."

Yang: "This isn't just about the tire, it's everything we've been through."

Blake: "I can't help but feel like we're fighting only to just get by."

Y/N: "But it's our job to save the world."

Oscar: "No we're trying to save the world, not just prolong the unavoidable."

Weiss: "Last night I couldn't help but think, why are we heading to Atlas?"

Ruby: "Because that's what we're supposed to do."

Yang: "Why? We could just toss the lamp down the well."

Y/N: "What're you saying?"

Yang: "It'll take them years to find. If we're lucky maybe not even in our lifetime."

I look at Ruby to see her unclipping the lamp from her hip and taking it to the well. 

She dangles it over the edge and begins to tilt her hand when she screams and fully drops the lamp.

Ruby: "No I didn't mean to!"

Yang: "It's done, now we can leave."

Ruby: "We can't leave without the lamp!"

I hop over the well wall and land in a small stream. I close my eyes and focus until I feel something calling to me. I follow it until I open my eyes and see the lamp. I grab it and look up to see lots and lots of Apathies looking at me. I slowly back away before bolting out of the corner to find the others there. 

Yang: "What's going on?"

Y/N: "We have company."

Maria: "We need to run now!"

I grab the back of her clothes and run us away from the area.

Maria: "I can run on my own!"

Y/N: "No need to thank me!"

We run through multiple blind turns until we finally arrive at a basement. I set Maria down and we head for the door when the Apathies groan and everyone falls down. I look at the Apathies and turn my arms to Beowolf arms. I rush forward and try to help take the Apathies down.