Zach: Guardian of the Multiverse

Chapter 18: Of Gods and Monsters

"A Minotaur?! What the hell is that?!" Screamed Qrow as the hulking monster walked ever closer, its size radiating pure intimidation and bloodlust. Ruby tried to shoot it, but the shot bounced off its muscular chest. The attack only seemed to annoy it as it continued to walk towards us.

        "It's a monster from a myth! It's half man, half bull! It is as deadly as it is animalistic. Also, it feeds on human flesh, preferably maidens and young men. I'll explain later! For now, run!" I say as I instinctively put my guard up and set my sword to laser edge. Yang screams and runs to the monster head on, her gauntlets raised and she lands a blow directly to the monsters head.

    You might think that that attack would have hurt the Minotaur, it surely would have knocked me out for two days, but the only thing that attack did was break one of the horns on its head and fell off. That might have made it angry, and by that I mean it grabbed Yang's leg and flung her hundreds of feet through the air and through several dozen trees. It wasn't just mad, it was enraged. I sprang to the beast, as did Qrow and the rest, but we couldn't get within a few feet from it when it lowered its head and charged at us with enough force to level a ten story building. Luckily we all managed to dodge it and I landed besides the monsters fallen horn, which gave me an idea.

    "Qrow! Quick, have the girls stall it! I have a plan!" I said.

    "And why should I trust you? You haven't been telling the truth the whole time we knew you!"

    "Just do it! We need to work together to beat this thing! Just knock it on its back and I'll handle the rest!"

    "Fine, but after this you owe us an explanation." He quickly gathered the girls and they set to work on stalling the Minotaur. Blake and Ruby were laying down some cover fire as Qrow and Weiss were using their abilities to keep it in place. Weiss and Ruby then put together an attack that would knock the beast down. Weiss summoned a black magic circle and Ruby launched off of it like a bullet out of a AK-47. Ruby then turned herself into rose petals to daze the monster. Once dazed, Qrow slashed its legs and it fell flat on its back.

    I quickly took this opportunity to jump on its chest and plunge its own horn into its heart. The monster roared in agony and squirmed until it stopped moving. The monster then dissolved into  yellow powder, leaving its horn in my possession.
Once everything was calmed down, Qrow landed a hard punch to my left cheek. "You mind telling us what the hell that was about?!" He screamed. Judging from Ruby's reaction, I don't think Qrow has been this mad before.

"Fine. Where I come from the Minotaur is nothing but a myth, a legend, a fairy tale passed down through millennia of story telling. I didn't think it was real." I explained.

"Well, I'd like to hear this myth for myself. I don't trust anything you say. Besides, who doesn't like a good story?"

I sigh and start talking. "The Minotaur is the child of a human mother and a bull sacred to the gods. The mother also happened to be the wife of a cruel king of the land the legend takes place. Legend has it that once the king knew of this child, he had the greatest inventor of the time fashion a labyrinth under his palace that was inescapable and hid the monster in there. In order to keep the beast fed, he ordered that once a year he would force seven men and seven maidens from a neighboring kingdom to be placed in the labyrinth with the beast in the center. The prisoners would be locked in the labyrinth and would be hunted down and eaten by the monster."
"So if it happened thousands of years ago, how is it still alive?" Asked Qrow.
"That's the problem. It shouldn't be alive. A hero snuck into the labyrinth and killed it. I have no idea how it is still alive today." I said.
"So tell us the truth on where you're from. There is no place on Remnant with that story."
I then explained how I'm the Guardian of the Multiverse. Even Qrow looked surprised on my story.
"Well, that explains why you don't have Grimm. And how that explosion happened."

After that, everyone went to bed with an awkward and tense feeling. I didn't sleep that night, and neither did Blair. Instead, we snuck out and once we were close to the exit of the inn, Qrow showed up.

"Where do you think you're going?" He asked.
"I think its time I left this world. I have caused too much trouble for people not to notice. Soon there will be rumors of me." I said with a solemn expression.
"I promise none of us will tell a soul about what happened here. But if you have to go, I won't stop you. I'm gonna get a drink." And with that, he left for the bar for a drink or five. As we left the inn, I noticed a woman standing about fifty feet away. She had black hair, grey eyes, and wore a long, white dress. As I approached she met my gaze and smiled.

"Congratulations. I never would have expected a mortal to see a Minotaur, let alone kill it." She said. She had a regal aura to her.
"Just who are you?" I asked, raising my guard.
"Right to the point, huh? Very well. I am Athena, goddess of wisdom and war."

Mind. Blown.