Countermeasures

Chapter 8, titled "Countermeasures", is the eighth chapter of the original published version of The OMEGA Subject. It was published on July 11, 2019, on Fanfiction.net.

Summary
The chapter begins with Yang comforting Ruby while everyone is in the auditorium in Beacon. Ozpin and Glynda step onto the stage, and Ozpin explains that a full team's worth of students has been killed. The crowd erupts, but is quickly quelled by Ozpin hitting his cane against the stage. After giving a brief apology, he continues in his explanation. He eventually reaches the subject of Apollyon, though his true nature remains unknown. Ozpin sets new rules in place, and the assembly is ended when Glynda messages everyone present with a digital packet of the new rules and an image of the Grimm responsible. Weiss and Ruby quickly realize it is the same Grimm they ran into, and inform their teammates of their close encounter.

Some time after the assembly, Apollyon awakes in his den and steps outside. Almost immediately, he detects the smells of four humans and a faunus. He tracks them down and sees that they are a group of huntsmen- and huntresses-in-training, led by one fully-fledged huntsman. After watching them dismantle a herd of boarbatusks, he decides to engage them. After that, the chapter ends.

Major Characters

 * Apollyon
 * Blake Belladonna (First Appearance)
 * Glynda Goodwitch
 * Ozpin
 * Peter Port
 * Ruby Rose
 * Weiss Schnee
 * Yang Xiao Long (First Appearance)

Minor Characters

 * Students of Beacon
 * Team BLAC (First Appearance)

Trivia

 * This chapter was released just two days after the author's birthday.
 * All of the members of team BLAC are named after different flowers. Bruno Orantius is named after the Brunello, Lily Brooks after the Lily, Alta Vanil after the Altari, and Claude Shride after the Claude Shride.