The Knights of Grimm - Act 3 - Shattered Memory

Chapter 57 - The Knight of Vengeance

Ozpin

The Professor strikes forward with his huge staff formed from cogs and green lightning in his grasp, smashing it straight towards Vir Nominis Umbra. The Soothsayer takes his two swords forged from darkness and he slashes them straight across his sceptre, which creates a powerful blast of wind from the impact. Sparks fly into the air from that attack, and Umbra already takes the advantage, smashing his boot down against the Knight of Vengeance's head and pushing him across the ground.

Tarmac cracks and crumbles from beneath the Knight of Time, sparks bleeding from the contact of metal against the gravelly tarmac of the courtyard. Vir Nominis Umbra laughs deeply with a gritted smirk on his face, his eyes glowing bright red with hot vapour trailing from the irises. "Oh how I've missed this – I've been itching for a good fight for hundreds of years!" He laughs, grabbing Ozpin by the throat and launching him straight through one of the Colonnades. The stone pillar shatters like glass, toppling over and crumbling into large hunks of rock.

Dust plumes out from where he landed, and Umbra smirks as he stands there, whilst the other attempt to flee from the scene. Hazel immediately runs to Taiyang and he picks him up, whilst Qrow picks up poor Oobleck and the Architect picks both the executed members of Team B.R.N.Z to get them to safety. The Knights of Grimm clench their hands into fists, they may not like serving the mysterious force of evil that is Vir Nominis Umbra – but they have a duty.

Kragen remains on his knees, his silver eyes glaring at the stains of blood on the ground, tightening his fist more and more as the tattoos of ancient hieroglyphics on his arms begin to glow, and so do his eyes. Death jumps in the air behind him with Ferrum Arctus held above his head to cut his head off, until Kragen's staff comes flying towards him and into his hand. He used his silver eyes to pull it straight to him, and he stops the sword with the Isomacium Stick with a bang.

Kragen glares to Krekras with an emotion he has rarely ever expressed.

Rage.

The three other Knights rush towards him but he spins the staff round with such speed that the other end clatters against the huge black blade and causes the Knight of Death to stagger. Immediately spiralling back round to clatter Fear across the jaw and kick Loss in the knee to bring her down. His eyes glow brighter and brighter as he blasts a powerful beam of white light into Fury's chest. The Knight roars with anger as he is pushes back by the solar energy from the old man's eyes.

Then he steps back, white flames trail from his eyes and Fear chuckles, resetting his jaw with his hand with a horrible crunch. "Still got it, old man." Fear chuckles, spinning Formido Falcem through his fingers and unhooking his crossbow from his shoulder, the broken wood creaking in his grasp. Kragen glares the four of them down, looking at Starla who of all of them looks the guiltiest of them all.

"How can you stand there and support that monstrosity?" Kragen snarls, with disbelief in his voice when he speaks, and Starla lowers her head with shame in her blue eyes.

"It is our duty." She states, unable to find another answer.

"And your burden." Kragen adds, as he stands defiantly before the four Knights of Grimm. Rylen grins as he stands there.

"You really think you can take all four of us on, Kragen? You're all alone." He states.

"No he's not." Yenna's voice suddenly appears behind him and Fear raises an eyebrow and slowly turns around to see Yenna stood behind him. Her long black hair blowing in the wind as she glares with glowing violet flames from her eyes. Then Fury hears Cinder clear her throat as she appears as well, her eyes burning too.