The Knights of Grimm - Act 2 - Captured

Chapter 14 - Formido Falcem

Yang

Her lilac eyes meet the glowing gold eyes of the Knight of Fear, who stares straight into her eyes, taking a few steps back from her as he begins to walk around. Yang stares at Emerald and she is looking at her in return. "We trusted you..." Yang hisses, but Emerald just looks away. The three of them were more confident with themselves before Salem, before the Fall of Beacon for that matter. Fear looks at them as he paces around with his scythe in his hand, dragging it into the grass. His very presence causes the once calm birds to fly from their homes in the trees, abandoning the Emerald Forest.

"Seems like we were not the only ones who came here, seeking the secrets of the Visionary Book." Fear chuckles as he walks, and Hazel pushes away from the tree to approach them all.

"What did you see?" Hazel asks them. Everyone looks around, staring at the many enemies that surround them.

"How did you get here?" Yang asks them.

Fear chuckles. "Well...when we figured out that you had met dear Kragen, we realised that he would have told you about the Visionary Books." He explains to them, his hands moving around as he speaks. "I felt...since we asked them to find you, I would lend them a hand." He says to them as he shrugs his shoulders. Jaune looks around, because he knows that if they are here, then so must the Onyx Phantom.

"What about the Phantom?" Jaune questions.

"Oh...she's around." He assures with a smirk.

That adds a new level of fear to their situation, realising that they are not alone here. That the Phantom is likely to be around here, in the forest with her orange eyes watching them all. Loss paces around them with her Bow drawn, aimed straight at all their heads and ready to release the arrow when needed. Qrow stands behind Yang with his hand near her, because he knows what Fear is capable of. Fear looks at Qrow and he smiles. "Look who it is...it is Mr Branwen." He announces with a smile.

"Fear." Qrow greets as he stares straight at the hunched over Knight as he walks around, spines protruding from his back as he walks, the cowl pulled over his head, concealing most of his head in shadows, his eyes glowing through the dark layer.

"Hope our last meeting didn't give you any bad memories." He hopes as he walks towards them all with his scythe in hand, flies surrounding both him and the weapon itself. Qrow looks at the Scythe and Fear immediately notices it and he holds it up with one hand as he points at it. "Oh, you like this?" He asks as he walks towards them and he holds it up to them, showing it before them all. "Say hello to Formido Falcem!" Fear says extravagantly.

"Hello." Neptune greets and Weiss rolls her eyes as she looks at him and he just shrugs.

"How polite." Fear snickers as he stands upright again, which is odd since he is usually hunched over. Only now do they realise that the hunched over side to Fear is just an act, one that he does to create more dread from his form, to make himself look more disturbing as he walks. "This baby has served me well, I'm sure your daughter would greatly enjoy looking at this scythe." He says.

Everyone gasps in confusion when he says that and he stops when he notices it and he sees the anguish on Qrow's face, his eyes shut and his realisation that they all now know the truth. He looks at them and then at Qrow and he covers his mouth in shock. "Oh..." He drags out from his rotten lips, walking around, waving his arms around like a bird from excitement. "Wow, what did he tell you guys?" Fear asks him with a laugh.

Yang looks at Qrow and she can see the legitimate defeat in his eyes. "Uncle Qrow? What's he talking about?" Yang asks him with real worry in her eyes, Raven and Winter stand there and they know what Fear is about to bring up, but they can't stop him.