Blaine's ears perked up, hearing a scream from behind where he had left his men with his client, Weiss Schnee. He was hired by Weiss to accompany her through the snowy forest, not knowing he was a faunus. He had left them in a small clearing to go scout ahead and look for any creatures that may be looking for a snack. Then the scream came, Blaine deployed his staff and bolted through the woods until he had come to the clearing where he had left his men and the heiress. There were five men, all cloaked in black with white gloves and masks. three of the men were sliding Blaine's men off their blades, their hoods and jackets caked in blood, while the remaining two, both fairly large men, were moving towards Weiss, blades unsheathed and ready to strike, not with the blades though, but with the hilt to knock her out. Weiss prepared to unsheathe Myrtenaster and prepared to defend herself. But before she was able to ready her weapon, the masked figures had closed the gap between them and the larger of the two men had struck her in the side of the head with the hilt of his sword. Blaine rushed the men as they picked up Weiss' unconscious body to take her away and struck the smaller man in the ribs setting off a small explosion. "Weiss, wake up!" Blaine shouted at the still unconscious heiress as the second, larger man dropped her and drew his sword to fight Blaine. "Three of you were no challenge for us, I'm sure that beating just one of you will be a piece of cake." The man said smugly to Blaine, who was waiting for the right time to strike. "My men may have been easy to defeat, but I'm better then my men, so you'll be disappointed to find that beating me won't be so easy." Blaine spat back at the assailant. The man just smiled. "You're cocky, too cocky. Time to teach you a lesson." The man said, rushing forward, hoping to catch Blaine off guard, slashing furiously to his left and right. Blaine just twirled his staff and deflected the hits with ease. The man broke off his attack, knowing that he would have to find another way to get around Blaine's staff. "You underestimate me." Blaine said with a smile on his face. " You can't hope to beat me alone." That was when Blaine was hit on the back of the head, hard. He looked up, and through blurry eyes saw the man pick Weiss up and begin to walk away. Blaine attempted to get up, but was pushed back down by something on his back. "Just stay down" Said a voice. He felt the pressure leave his back and saw the second man walk by, holding his ribs. Blaine felt the back of his head, and was not surprised when his hand came back red with blood. Then, his vision blacked out.