2 Semblance Revealed and My Gain

~pew ~ Exu shoots a bullet and Mercury puts his metal leg in the trajectory of the bullet. The Bullet bypasses all defenses and embedded itself in Cinder's gut. Cinder growled.

'So that's her semblance! When she coats her aura on her bullets it passes through any and all defenses but it would seem there are limits. If she had a bigger gun I wonder just what she would be capable of.' Cinder grins and then frowns because she sees her aura not healing her like it's supposed to.

"No use trying to force your Aura to heal yourself... You figured out my semblance good job. But there is a secondary effect once my bullets make their way into your body... It prevents you from healing at all and it starts to make other body parts bleed from the inside without me needing to shoot a second time. So you die here." Exu points her gun at Cinder's head from point-blank range.

"Hehe... Do you actually think I will die? There is a goddess behind me and she is already here!" Cinder coughs out a lot of blood since Exu's aura is wreaking havoc across her body.

"If you know what's good for you you will release your aura's effect on my subordinate." a projection from an orb-like Grimm shows a woman with pale skin and red veins on her face.

"Heh... And what if I simply let her die from it? What then? Are you going to kill me? Hate to break it to you but I'm not that easy to kill I'm stubborn like that." Exu watches in delight as Cinder writhes in agony.

Cinder starts to remember not-so-pleasant memories of her childhood... 'NO! I refuse to be this powerless! Just you wait Snow Phantom I will get you for this!' Cinder continues coughing up blood. Minutes later the next stage of her Aura effect called bleeding has Cinders blood unable to clot which means she has mere minutes to live. Cinder shows a look of desperation with a hint of begging an expression she hasn't shown in a very long time.

The Orb-Grimm shoots its tentacles out so fast that Exu barely reacts in time but still gets caught.

"Release her or die Exusiai!" The tentacles squeeze with great strength despite their thinness.

"I don't cave under pressure so easily pale looking bitch!" Exu grits her teeth in pain.

"I will forgive that remark since I have uses for you and you will work for me regardless of whether you spare dear little Cinder. But you will suffer torment like no other if you do not let her go this instant!" Salem starts to feel great anger. Exu is very attuned to emotions and releases her aura out of fear.

'What... Me being fearful!? Who is this bitch and why is it that she gives such a... Such a... Such a disgusting and scary feeling.' Exu glares in defiance when gazing at the orb Grimm as if trying to burn the image of Salem out of existence.

"Why should I work for you? I admit you are pretty damn scary... Even the Titan I have faced didn't phase me this much... You give off a sickly disgusting aura along with something else that just causes fear... Oh, Oh I see now... You are some sort of Grimm huh?" Exu laughs as if she unveiled a very big secret.

"Being too perceptive or smart will get you killed little Exusiai. I suggest you not delve any deeper until you are brought before me. You the mint haired one... Make sure Cinder recovers and you the male one make sure this snow phantom doesn't escape my grasp or there will be consequences!" Salem disappears from the globe.

A few weeks later Cinder is well enough to travel and glares at Exu who is in cuffs and for extra measure rope around her legs as they drag poor Exu through the snow. Exu rolls her eyes at Cinder's glare as she has faced worse than this flamboyant raven-haired bitch.

"Why do you keep glaring at me like that you raven-haired whore. You can even thank me as this brush with death can elevate you to new heights of power." Exu has a mocking expression on her face as she says the latter part of her sentence.

Meanwhile, at the castle, the entire council indirectly met their newest member when Salem showed the 'footage' of Cinder's encounter with the Snow Phantom.

"Well, she was certainly... Colorful." Arthur Watts says with a grin.

"Mm, I don't like her. Can't I kill her when she arrives?" Tyrian normally would have been outraged at Exu's lack of respect but Tyrian can tell she isn't an easy opponent to face. He can see that she is his direct counter. She makes his agility and skills worthless since her ability can just go right through his weapons and himself and then he will simply die in agony. Tyrian is a little fearful of Exu.

"She is a wild card and needs a tight leash. You saw it yourselves she is very unpredictable and her playful nature is anything but kind" Hazel throws in his opinion. Hazel can see the playful glint in that child's eyes... But those very eyes also have a sinister gleam to them as if to tell them any game she decides to cook up will result in nothing more than a massacre.

"You all make excellent points but I have decided to have her take up the role of our second assassin. Tyrian can't be in two places at once. Before there were no others that are similar to Tyrian but now she has appeared and rather abruptly. She craves fame and fortune it's why she displays her abilities so blatantly that even Dear Ozpin wanted her to attend his academy but she turned Ozpin's little bird away." Salem says with a dignified but solemn voice.

"Ozpin finds her to be a dangerous element and wants to make use of her talents correct?" Hazel says with a calm voice but underneath that calm persona is rage.

'How many gifted people do you intend to kill Ozpin!' Hazel seethes.

"Calm yourself, Hazel... And yes you are correct. But his loss is my gain." Salem leaves the room which signals the meeting is over.