Child of Omens: Ruination Part 2

Chapter 2: Behind The Mask

Pyrrha's eyes flicker open as the sun's light sneaks through the small opening of the tent she is in. As she slowly sits up, her body aches with pain as she inspects the multiple bandages wrapped around her body. She looks to see she is in a tent of some kind, medical equipment all around the small bed she is in. Trying to wrap her head around where she is and what happened, she failed to notice the figure walk into the tent with food, the aroma of it drawing Pyrrha back to reality.

Raven: "Good, you're awake." Setting down the bowl of what appeared to be grits. "You've been asleep for around a month now. I was beginning to think you'd be stuck like this forever. Here eat. You'll need to regain your strength."

Pyrrha: Cautiously taking the bowl of food before beginning to eat. "W-where am I? Who are you?"

Raven: "You are in the main Branwen camp, in Mistral. And I am the clan's leader, Raven Branwen." Taking a seat in a chair next to the bed.

Pyrrha: "So, your Hawk's mother?" Raven nodded.

To Pyrrha, this was much more of a moment of realization, like she'd finally put all the pieces together. She'd heard of the infamous Raven Branwen from her tournament days. How she was cold and ruthless, and how she could kill you just as fast as you look at her the wrong way. But seeing her now, Pyrrha realized that the rumors were only "partly" true. Raven sat with a sort of fusion of relaxation but also an eagerness for battle. As though she could go from sitting down to have a drink with you at a table to putting you through the table. Somehow this explained exactly how Hawk was during his time at Beacon, he always was relaxed around his team, but it always seemed as though he was faking it.

Raven: "You probably have a million questions, and while my son is away at the moment. It seems I'll be the one to answer your questions."

Pyrrha: "How did I get here? I remember fighting and then..a voice, then darkness."

Raven: "From what I was told, Hawk found you fighting the Fall maiden atop the central tower of Beacon. When he got there, you had passed out due to both exhaustion and your wounds."

Pyrrha: "And Cinder?"

Raven: "The Fall maiden? Hawk defeated her quite easily, as expected of my son." Pyrrha could tell Raven had very high expectations of Hawk.

Pyrrha: "Where is he now?"

Raven: "Handling business."

White Fang Outpost, a short distance from southern Branwen territory border.

A masked member of the White Fang's head rolls away from its body as Hawk sheathes the new blade he named, Jetstream. Around Hawk lay hundreds of pieces of White Fang members who tried to fight him. As he continues through the small compound they had built near the border of the Branwen territory, he cuts down more and more members trying to stop him.

Hawk(mental): "It seems they don't know when they're outmatched. They must be trying to protect something."

Dante(mental): "Or they could be leading you to a trap."

Hawk(mental): "Doesn't make a difference. They'll die either way."

Hawk enters a large storage area, the lights cut on, as what appears to be the rest of the White Fang forces of this outpost point their weapons at him.

WF Leader: "This your last chance, Talon! Surrender now, and we'll give you a quick death!"

Talon, a nickname he had taken when he was charged with ridding the White Fang from Mistral. Initially, it was created by Sienna Khan herself as they didn't know who was responsible for killing almost half their members in the territory within a couple of weeks. Those who managed to survive said he would almost fly around the battlefield and use his metal gauntlet like a claw to tear people in half. Hawk didn't really care for the name, but he kept it because Dante insisted he use it based on the sole fact that it sounded cool.