CHAPTER 1

They shouldn't have gone there, Weiss thought while they took cover behind a building. The hint they had found was so clear it was obvious this was going to be a trap. And it was. But none of them had wanted to take chances and had gone blasting into the empty warehouse hoping to find Torchwick and his men and instead they had found themselves on a deadly trap. Luckily they had escaped that place, but the only thing they could do now was hide because they were totally surrounded by Torchwick's men. And no one to help them.

"So it was a trap." Yang said.

"I told you." Weiss replied.

"We can't argue this right now, guys." Ruby said. "We have to find a way to get out of here or call for backup."

"There is no way we can call, Ruby." Weiss said. "We are trapped."

"Then we make our way out." Yang decided. She looked over the corner and fired. "But we have to do it fast, they are approaching."

The four of them ran straight to the henchmen; Blake jumped to a nearby wall and used Gambol Shroud to draw the attention of their enemies. They fired at her, but Weiss used her semblance to boost her out of danger. Meanwhile, Ruby and her super speed took out the firing men with the help of Crescent Rose and probably broke some of their bones too. But nothing matter when they were fighting for their lives.

Yang needed a close up to fight her opponents so she jumped right in the middle of the next group. They were so surprise that the first seconds they didn't react and Yang took advantage of that putting them into the ground before they could even rise their weapons against her.

They had won those battles, but they were outnumbered and the tiredness was starting to show up.

"We are never going to get out of here!" Weiss shouted.

Yang looked at her teammates. All of their faces showed despair, and little chances to escape the maze of warehouse they were at. They should've never come to this place, and now her little sister was in danger as well as her partner and Weiss. She had to do something, but what?

A storm of bullets came and they had to hide inside one of the storage rooms, a place full of thrash with just one exit acting as well as entrance. Now they were trapped like rats, and Torchwick's henchmen would not take long to come.

"Shit."

Yang heard someone curse and turned around to see Weiss holding her sister. "Ruby!" She almost threw herself at her sister. "What happened?"

"She was hit by a bullet." Weiss said in the verge of crying. "Hang in there, Ruby, please."

"It's not that bad." She said. But everyone knew she was lying, the bullet had hit her abdomen and was bleeding profusely. She needed medical attention now.

Yang was out of options so she did the only thing she could, but before she could talk, Blake spoke first. "I'll create a distraction so you can get Ruby to safety."

"No." Yang objected. "I'll create the distraction. You two get her out of here."

"But Yang, she's your sister." Blake told her grabbing her arm.

"I know, and that's why I'm doing this. You and Weiss thanks to her semblance are the fastest now, so you take her and get her out. And don't come back, I will get the hell out of here once I know she's safe."

"We will get her some help and we will be back." Blake assured her.

"Don´t, Blake. Just… don't."

She turned to the exit but Blake stopped. "Be back, Yang. Promise me."

Yang smiled. "I love you." And there she went.

The door went down with an explosion. "Hey there guys! I bet you can't even scratch my hair!" She shot down two men and flew over a group of them. "Come this way if you can!" Taking the dare, the group of thugs followed her.

That gave the rest of team RWBY an escape opportunity and they took it, going the opposite direction Yang had taken. Blake looked back but didn't turn, following her partner's request to help Weiss take Ruby out of the danger zone.

They encountered some thugs Blake easily defeated as Weiss was carrying an unconscious Ruby, but they had no problem in getting out of the maze. Yang had done a marvelous job clearing them an escape route, but it meant she was fighting every last of Torchwick's men. Alone.

As fast as they could they reached the nearest hospital and Ruby went immediately into surgery. Blake contacted Pyrrha so that team JNPR could stay with Weiss at the hospital while she went to help Yang. Pyrrha told her they would be there in fifteen minutes and Blake left Weiss in one of the waiting halls telling her their friends would soon be there, but she didn't think the heiress completely understood her. She was simply too worried about her partner.

But she couldn't waste more time. She left her friend there and ran as fast as she could back to the warehouses, where the fight was still going on. Yang's last words had been a goodbye, as she knew getting out of there would be impossible being just one person.

Even on the distance, she could see smoke and hear explosions from time to time. She speeded up to dangerous levels.

Blake found Yang fighting multiple targets at a time, firing to keep them away and punching the ones closest to her, but she was receiving more hits than she was able to land and Blake could see she was near to her limit.

She didn't think it twice. She jumped right when a henchman was about to hit Yang and sent him flying.

"Blake!" Yang shouted while still fighting. "I told you not to come back."

"And you also said you would fall back once Ruby was safe." She took another one out. "But I see you here."

"I can't leave." She simply said.

Blake first thought was that Yang was being stubborn, but looking closely how her partner fought she realized her ankle must have been twisted; she wasn't fighting as always. "Let's finish this quickly then."

They fought together, as they had many times before, but the crowd didn't seem to lessen. Apart from outnumbered, they were also being overpowered, just as they had been not too long ago.

Blake dodge an attack thanks to her semblance and at midair she fired her gun. Once on the floor, she used her speed and defeated three of the men, but more were just waiting to take their place.

"We can't win and we can't escape. Blake, I'll open a path for you and please, don't come back this time. It's better if just one of us makes it rather than none."

"NO!" Blake refused turning. But she got distracted and didn't see the bat coming straight to her face, which connected with a loud crack and left her unconscious.

She landed on Yang's foot, and in that moment Yang lost it. All the anger for her team being deceived, her sister almost dying, her many injuries and now her partner lying unmoving on the floor made the can explode.

She let a ferocious snarl and fire exploded around her knocking some of the men down. This wasn't Yang anymore, now she was like a beast, only blood on her mind. She attacked like an animal, charging on and paying no attention at her wounds. The men, scared, tried to fly away but Yang didn't let them. They were going to pay.

Blake awoke with her head throbbing painfully. She blinked rapidly several times, trying to discern reality from her dreams. Were those terrible screams true or was just her imagination? As she sat up she realized they were true and that she was sprawled on the floor on what seemed hell. There was fire everywhere and many of Torchwick's men were lying on the floor either asking for help or unconscious.

Blake stood up, the last straws of dizziness leaving her body. What the heck had happened? She looked around and found her answer in no time. It was Yang, beating down every last of the henchmen.

But… no, it wasn't totally Yang, Blake realized. This Yang fought furiously and without thinking, taking the blows instead of trying to dodge them. Her semblance was to get stronger with every strike, but she had a limit to where her body could resist. If she didn't calm down, Yang could die.

"Yang!" Blake shouted trying to catch her attention.

Yang's head turned to Blake, her eyes red and her humanity gone. She left the man she was beating down on the floor with a loud sound. Yang approached Blake slowly, like a tigress about to jump in her prey. She was bleeding profusely and her ankle had gotten worse, but she didn't seem to care. The flames were covering her as she came closer.

"Yang, it's me, Blake." She said with her hands in the air, not reaching for her weapons. This Yang scared her a little, but she knew Yang wouldn't hurt her; she was her friend, her partner, her lover. "Yang, you need to calm down."

But instead of listening to her words Yang threw herself to Blake, knocking her into the floor. She would've dodge it, but the sudden movement caught her with the guard down. She hadn't expect her to attack.

The flames were reduced, but it didn't mean they were not harmless, and they burnt gradually Blake's clothes reaching her skin when Yang sat on top of her. She wasn't still her, and Blake didn't try to get out of her grip, it would only make things worse.

"Yang, you have to snap out of it now!" Blake grimaced with pain as Yang grabbed her wrists and pinned them down over her head.

Yang moved her head closer, their noses almost touching and Blake swore she could see pain in her partner's eyes. "Yang, please." She begged.

If she couldn't make her stop and Yang awoke to see she had hurt her partner she wouldn't forgive herself. So she would endure the pain Yang was inflicting her and she would try to get her friend back.

"Yang… you have to fight it. Don't let the anger take you down, we are safe, don't you see it?" She talked between grinded teeth. "So you have to get back now!"

She hadn't meant to break her promise of not shouting, but unable to hold it back anymore she screamed, her wrists burning. "YANG!"

"Bla… Blake?" She heard.

She opened the eyes she didn't know had closed and looked into her Yang's lilac eyes. "Yang?" She asked tentatively.

"I'm sorry." She answered.

And then she fell unconscious on top of her.