A Fallen Rose by any other name

Chapter 8 The cover story and a new beginning

Ozpin lays his head in his hands; He stares at his desk and wonders why this is happening. Rain falls from the sky, covering the school in a blanket of Darkness that seems to hold everybody in its grasp. After Team JNR and Team CRDL had returned from their missions, when there landed were all dragged into Opzin's office to give a detailed report on what happened. During the mission, Cardin and his team lied and explained that there where fighting grimly, and then out of nowhere, a colossal light filled the sky, reaching toward the heavens and blinding them for what seemed like hours, but it was only a few mins, so there decided to go and figure out what that was when there were an attacked by the massive army of grim, so in brass and in Cardin words, a heroic choice they decided to head back for the airship and hope to get Some backup which the rest of Cardin team agreed and confirmed Cardin story their explained that they bumped into Team JNR and there where not sure what happened to team RWBY but there hope there are alright. Team JNR said the same thing as team CRDL with the light and the grim fighting the army and the Cenitaur.

While this is happening, the Vale police, Investigate the Emerald Forest trying to find team RWBY hopeful alive. The investigation goes almost to the middle of the night when Ozpin gets the call which Ozpin picks up in a flash. "Sir, we found something, but it's not what we were hoping for," the officer says to Opzin, but what he hears almost makes the mask he uses to hide his feelings almost fall off. "All we found were some metal pieces from what looks like the girl's weapons and blood, I'm sorry to say, but I don't think team RWBY is with us anymore," Opzin kept a calm face when speaking to the officer. Still inside, he was screaming and crying, "Thank you, officer" he hung up and leaned back in his chair, wondering if this was another mistake he had made to add to the list; he stared outside as the rain got stronger as he gets himself ready for what he must do next—calling the families of team RWBY and letting the school know that there lost four students.

The morning after Opzin finds out that four of his students are dead, he calls a school-wide meeting to tell them that they lost four students today in the emerald forest and to keep them in their hearts as they keep fighting the forces of Darkness. Most students were sad there lost such a strong huntress, while others didn't know how to feel. PNR was distraught at the fact there lost their friends; Jaune was hit the hardest because he thought he could do more. Cardin acted sad but, on the inside, was happy for what he did; the rest of his team were not as glad as Cardin but kept their mouths shut as there feared what Cardin might do to them. Ozpin sends them all back to class.

Back at the JNPR dorm room, the team cried, stared at the wall, or kept to themselves. Jaune guilt was eating him up, and he thought of what he should have done or fought harder to go back and save rwby. Still, he left with everyone like a coward, and even when Nora and Ren tried to talk to him, he would not answer; Cardin, in his dorm room, was enjoying the fact he got rid of team rwby and even celebrated when no one was around, his teammates left to get some air in vale mostly to get away from Cardin. He sat on his bed blasting music while drinking a soft drink he got from the cafeteria, thankful no one was near team CRDL's room, or so Cardin though

A Chill fills the room as Cardin looks behind him to see the window to his dorm room is open, so he gets up to close it as the music begins to fill with stack, "What the hell going on!" Cardin yells. "Man, you're so damn loud" He turns to face the voice as J sits on his bed as she finishes off Cardin's drink, "J! What the hell are you doing here, and why are you drinking MY Soft drink" Cardin demands J. However, she ignores part of Cardin's question before answering, "Want to check in and make sure our deal is still in place and that you enjoy my gift," she asks, pointing to his mace with the orb placed inside; Cardin smirks at this, says to her "Ya I did! And with it, I be able to gain what I rightfully deserve!" his laugh hard as J keep smiling but add "Aren't you worried someone might find you out" the question cuts Cardin laugh off. He glares down at her. "What does that support to mean, you little bitch!" J gets up and looks right into Cardin's eyes. "I'm saying, what will you do if everyone finds out that you killed team rwby" Cardin angrily grows his eyeing up the mace by his bed. "They won't! Because no one will ever talk!" J smiles and continues, "Don't you think those teammates might talk? Maybe you should get rid of them before there do, Mr. big man" Cardin runs over to his mace and grabs it before running toward J and swinging down his mace, the orb glowing, adding more power to the swing, but J just blocks it with her pinky finger "What the Fuck!" J smiles grows more "Listen up, Ape boy, you better get your act together before it all vanishes in front of your eyes!" She swings her arm as Cardin gets a look at the black arm she has. "What's wrong with your arm," Cardin says, but J ignores the question before asking Cardin what he plans to do if his other team members do talk. "They won't not unless there know what's good for them" he was pissed off at J blocking his attack and confused about the arm. J just shrugged before walking toward the window and opening it before jumping out, vanishing, leaving Cardin alone in the room; he jumped on the bed crossing his arms.