Prologue: The Beginning of Something Completely Unexpected
Somewhere between the Kingdoms, Remnant
Adam Taurus sat in his tent, overlooking the lay of Cinder's operation. It seemed that she was using the White Fang to protect her own associates, but he didn't know for certain, plus, people die.
"Brother Adam!" One of his followers barged in.
Adam got up, "What is it? I heard that warehouse got attacked."
"It did, Brother. We were attacked by a group of Huntresses."
"Where's the rest of your detachment?" Adam asked.
The White Fang warrior stopped to catch his breath, "I'm it, Brother. Lady Cinder ordered us to hold them off while she evacuated the rest of her forces."
"That's it…" Adam muttered under his breath, clenching the hilt of his blade tightly. "That bitch wants to use the blood of MY brothers and sisters to protect HER associates? HER profits? I will have her head on a pike!"
"You mean to rebel against Cinder?"
Adam nodded, "Precisely, gather my advisers. We have much to plan."
No turning back now, Adam was going to make Cinder pay. He would not allow a disgusting, selfish human being to be the reason his people were dying in droves.
Undisclosed Warehouse, Vale, Remnant
Roman entered the warehouse, cigar in hand, and lighter in other hand. "Did she have to send the kids?" he asked as Mercury and Emerald stood in front of him.
"You had a rat problem, Roman." Mercury replied.
"I had it under control!"
Emerald smirked, "A ticket to Vacuo says otherwise!"
"That's enough, you three." Cinder calmly replied as she entered the room.
Roman Torchwick spun around, "Cinder! What happened to one of our warehouses? Was it attacked?" he asked.
"Yes, but it's no matter. The White Fang defended it as valiantly as those mongrels could."
"Cinder! Stop throwing White Fang lives away! Adam isn't going to tolerate it!" Roman protested.
Cinder put her hand on Roman's cheek, "Dear Roman, Adam wouldn't dare defy me. And if he ever grew so foolish, I will make an example of him. Now, have the White Fang clear this warehouse too."
"And then what?" Torchwick asked.
"You'll know what you need when you need to know. We're moving to Phase Two."
Torchwick reached for his lighter, only to find it was gone. He looked ahead as Emerald held it in her hands. She stuck her tongue out at him and walked away with it.
Beacon Academy, Vale, Remnant
"So, everyone, school starts back up tomorrow! Let's start the day off with a bang!" Ruby squeaked.
"I like to start things off with a Yang!" Yang smugly responded, the rest of them burying their faces in the palms of their hands.
Blake shook her head, "No, Yang, don't say things like that."
"What about those criminals? Are we just gonna ignore them?" Weiss protested.
"Ah, who cares? I'm sure it'll work out." Yang dismissively replied.
Undisclosed Japanese Military Base, Japan, Earth
September 24, 2016
"What do you mean 'escaping'? Escaping from what?" Admiral Tanikaze asked.
"Well, I stopped Blackwatch from destroying Manhattan. And now, I'm wanted by the U.S. Government. So, I fled here." I replied.
"Why Japan?"
I sighed, "My girlfriend is in the United States Marines, and she's stationed here."
Admiral Tanikaze nodded, "Who is she?"
"First Lieutenant Samantha Taylor, she's stationed on the USS Titan."
"I have half of a mind to turn you back over the United States."
Fuck, either I'm gonna be stuck in a Japanese prison, or get sent back to the States. I thought to myself, but I had to respond. "What makes you say that?" I asked.
"You're a threat, why should I let you stay here?"
I scratched my chin, "I'm not here to cause problems, more to get away from them."
"You better not be lying to me, I have no tolerance for liars." Tanikaze threatened.
Admiral Tanikaze left the room, and the two soldiers grabbed me and dragged me with him. As much as I would have loved to break the cuffs, bust a hole in the wall, and book it the fuck out; I couldn't. So, I followed them.
Admiral Tanikaze said something in Japanese, he ordered the troops to undo my cuffs. I rubbed my wrists and he turned around. "I will let you stay here, but I will not help you with starting your new life. You're on your own for that."
I left the base without saying a word, preferring to get out of an armed military facility. I pulled my phone out and called my best friend.
One Month Later…
Undisclosed Location, Atlas, Remnant
"General, we've caught a break!" The Atlas soldier said as he barged into Ironwood's War Room. He saluted and handed Ironwood the file.
General Ironwood dug through the file, "A rebellion? We knew the White Fang was aiding and abetting Mr. Torchwick, but this is great news! Mobilize the military! I want that scumbag rotting in a prison cell by the week's end!" Ironwood ordered.
The soldier said nothing and left, leaving Ironwood on his own. "Your Dust robberies end now, Torchwick." Ironwood said to himself.
Tokyo, Japan, Earth
November 4, 2016
It's been a little over a month since I've left my old life behind. Despite calling my best friend every few days, I still am somewhat depressed. "I wonder how Mercer is doing." I said to myself. I thought of calling him, but he explicitly told me that I shouldn't do that. Boredom is my biggest enemy, plus the infection is causing me to behave erratic. I hear the voices of it when I'm out in public, it wants me to kill everyone and consume them.
The news isn't helping either, all this bullshit about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Each of them has a plan on what to do with Blackwatch, Trump wants to disband them because he recognizes them as criminals. Meanwhile, Clinton values their assistance, and thinks that sometimes unorthodox methods are needed to accomplish their goals.
"Our election this year is gonna be a cluster fuck." I said to myself, leaving my new home. I noticed something on my arm, a black smidge. But, it was glowing a faint red, I followed it up my arm and took my jacket off.
"Oh, that's just great..." I said sarcastically, eyeing the gross infected mass on my back, how'd that get here? And why is it only showing up now? I put my jacket back on, figuring it'd be best to hide it from everyone else.
Vale, Remnant
Two Weeks Later
"You've made a big mistake, Adam." Cinder darkly said, creating her bow and readying an arrow.
"You're like the rest of these arrogant humans! I should have never agreed to help you, bitch!" Adam replied, putting his hand on the grip of his blade.
"I will make an example of you, pathetic creature."
Adam pulled the trigger of his blade, his sword flew out of its sheath and smacked Cinder in the face. He darted forward and grabbed his sword, Cinder responded by firing an arrow from her bow. The fight went on for several minutes, until Adam impaled Cinder through the stomach with his blade.
Cinder fell to the ground, defeated. "You won't get away with this, Adam! She will not allow it!"
Adam raised his blade above his head, "Die!" he shouted right as he brought his blade down. His Semblance flared and his blade cut through Cinder's neck like a knife through butter. Her head rolled on the ground before her body fell over.
"No!" Someone shouted as they leaped from the shadows, Adam braced for the person's attack. Mercury's kick was blocked by his blade.
"You're gonna pay for that, Adam!" Mercury shouted, raising his leg trying to drop kick him.
An explosion deafened them, the Atlas Military was closing in. But, Adam was determined to kill Mercury. "You don't have a choice, Taurus! Either you let me go, or the Military takes us both!" Mercury said.
Adam sheathed his blade, "Fine! But know this, Mercury Black, if you cross my path again, your fate will be the same as Cinder's!"
The two of them went their separate ways, and the world of Remnant was spared a catastrophe the likes of which they've never seen. At least for now…
Atlas, Remnant
Six Days Later
"The Creatures of Grimm have been allowed to exist for too long! This was too close a call! Next time, we might not catch such a break!" One of the councilors shouted.
"We must wipe them out once and for all!" Another councilor bellowed.
"And how would we go about doing that?" the woman asked.
"Get every Huntsman and Huntress and get them out there! Take the fight to the monsters!" the Headmaster of Atlas's Academy said.
General Ironwood stood up, "Then it is settled, we will search every corner of the world. And we won't rest until we've wiped the Grimm completely from our world."
Tokyo, Japan, Earth
August 25, 2017
One Year After the First Blacklight Outbreak
I couldn't believe the news, Mercer went back to Manhattan and unleashed the virus again! I teetered back and forth on whether I should head back and try to stop him. Truth is, I was a little afraid, would I even be able to convince him to stop? And if I failed? I'm not strong enough to face him, all I could do was hope that this James Heller can stop him. But if he failed, I would head back and try to stop him. My only option is to wait, and hope it doesn't come to that.
(Lengthy prologue, I kinda had to. Plus I think it was a bit rushed, but I did that on purpose. I had to set up the events with this prologue, the events of Volume 3 differed greatly from this. And for those of you who are following this from the first story, I will go back to Warcraft in the next story. Two reasons why I did this, I really wanted to bring RWBY into it, and I want to expand and I'm impatient. Anyways, I got quite the story lined up, so stay tuned.)
