Chapter 111 - 106 - Below The Surface (1)

Shallot dropped his spatial crush on himself to move as quickly as he can and gathered everyone next to him. He surrounded them all in a ki dome blocking all the flying debris and them and making sure everyone is ok.

The building came crashing down onto the barrier. Shallot could still hear explosives going off and then the ground beneath them was crumbling also.

Shallot: 'This was a pretty good plan and would most likely kill any other hunters. Too bad I'm here.'

The ground collapsed under them and they fell into a ravine under them. Shallot had the ki dome expand around them and turn into a bubble to keep everyone together and safe.

When they landed on stable ground Shallot could feel something brushing against his nose. Shallot looked down and saw that Velvet was in his arms with her ears rubbing against his nose. Her face was bright red while looking at his face.

Velvet: "Yang was right. I do feel safe in his arms."

Velvet was mumbling under her breath. Shallot was looking around to make sure that everyone was ok. Ruby was floating inside the bubble while carrying Yang while Blake was holding Weiss. They floated down to the ground while Jaune was on the ground with Nora on top sitting on him while she was holding Ren.

Pyrrha had used her semblance to make herself float by manipulating the iron on her body. Coco, Fox, and Yatsuhashi had enough experience so they were fine and landed agilely.

Shallot: "Did you say something Velvet?"

Velvet's face was bright red and shook her head.

Velvet: "No, I didn't say anything!!!"

Shallot slowly let her down onto the ground. Shallot was checking the now ravine they were in from the explosion and thought about how much work Dr. Merlot went through just to do this.

Shallot: "I wonder how mad he would be if we just fly everyone out of here."

Everyone could see that the building had collapsed and there seemed to be more underneath the building itself. Ren got out of Nora's hands while also standing up getting up off of Jaune. Pyrrha came over to check on Jaune.

Pyrrha: "Are you alright Jaune."

Jaune: "Uhhhh... I would like to get the license plate of the vehicle."

Pyrrha: "You weren't hit by a vehicle Jaune."

Jaune: "What was I hit by then?"

Jaune was groggy and looked as if he was almost knocked unconscious from being fell on.

Nora: "Thanks for the cushion Jaune!!!"

Everyone could hear a static sound coming from their comms with broken words coming through before they could hear it clearly.

Oobleck: "Students, report in!"

Everyone: "We're ok."

Oobleck: "That's good children. I couldn't contact you at first and I feared for the worst. You all have two options. You can try to come back up and end this mission or you can continue. There is a signal coming further in towards where you all are located. The choice is up to you young hunters and huntresses."

Nora was up and looking around seeing that the only way forward was through the pathway on the opposite side of them.

Nora: "I think we need to go that way."

Nora was pointing towards an entrance further into the crevice and seeing that there were more Grimm that way means that more excitement is nearby. Nora got a running start and jumped the mini gap that was separating the two sides.

Shallot: "Well, I guess that decides that. We'll be heading forward Dr. Oobleck."

Coco: "It seems so."

Oobleck: "Ah be careful... Err... I'm afraid you're now in Mountain Glenn's subterranean levels. This area has become even more dangerous since our last... err, visit... so be careful since you will be continuing!

The others followed behind Nora since they saw that the only way out was the way Nora went unless they could fly out using Blake, Shallot, Ruby, and Velvet.

They just decided to move forward since Shallot knew that they still had another two days before they had to be finished with this mission. It had only been a couple of hours and the sun was still in the sky.

They followed the path seeing an entrance that leads to two different pipe tunnels. One was on the left and the other was on the right. They made a right and skipped it altogether and continued running.

They kept running seeing another tunnel but this one seemed like a proper one and they went inside it. When they came out of the other side what they saw was another city that was above ground but this one didn't seem as damaged as the one previously.

Coco: "This must have been where the people of Mountain Glenn escaped to when the town was overrun with Grimm. The buildings don't seem that bad but since it's underground they could have opened up a tunnel to anywhere. Them blowing a hole open towards an underground army of Grimm could only be due to unfortunate events.

Fox: "Sounds like a ghost town down here."

Shallot: "This is why everyone should be trained to fight. When it comes to living depending on others will always leave you vulnerable."

Ruby was looking at the railroad tracks that are across the ground and saw that this must have also doubled as a mining area also. Black was looking around and wondering why they haven't seen some Grimm down here since this place would have been overrun by them.

The others were thinking the same thing and kept their guards up. They continued moving and followed the tracks and made it to another tunnel but the tunnel was already caved in and they couldn't go through unless they blasted their way through.

Shallot: "I could blast us an opening."

Coco: "But that could bring down the rest of this place. I've seen your blast and they are far stronger than some TNT."

Blake: "Why can't we just take the open path to the right of us."

Blake pointed towards the open area which looks like it leads to somewhere else.

Shallot: "You're just ruining my fun."

Blake went closer to Shallot and kissed him on the cheek.

Blake: "I just want to get finished with the mission so we can snuggle."

Blake whispered in his ear where no one else could hear her... well except Velvet. They nodded at Blake's decision and walked toward the unblocked area.

Nora: "A.. I wanted to see something go boom."

Fox: "I don't think the bright light would be good for my eyes."

As they were walking through the walkway the first Grimm they came across and it looked quite different. It looked like an Alpha Grimm but it was releasing a type of green gas from its body.

*Screech!!!!*

Fox held his ears hearing the high pitched sound along with Velvet, Blake, and Shallot.

Shallot: "Bastard."

Shallot lifted his hand and fired a ki blast at it destroying it. Shallot looked at the body that was still not disappearing and thought it would just take a while. They waited for a bit and realized that it still wasn't disappearing.

Coco: "That's strange?"

Ruby: "What's strange."

Ren: "Grimm usually disappear after they die. They leave nothing behind which is why some people make replicas of Grimm masks since the body disappears into smoke. This one however isn't disappearing."

Shallot fired another blast but weaker and it just sent the Grimm body flying but it didn't move.

Shallot: "Yeah, it's dead or it's playing the best possum that I have ever seen."

Yatsuhashi: "What's possum?"

Blake: "He means it's playing dead."

Yatsuhashi: "Ah, that's clever."

They looked at the Grimm corpse and walked past it.

Ruby: "So... why do you think it was different?"

Dr. Oobleck came in over the comms again since he was capable of reconnecting and seeing things from the gear they have.

Oobleck: "It appeared to be a creature of Grimm, but modified... mutated. This will require further study. It's fascinating... but very, very troubling. Excellent work, team. Shallot do you think you can examine the next one that appears so we can document it.

You killed it so quickly we could see what it was capable of. Information is important for hunter and huntress, so every new thing you come across can you document it."

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