I hate it on how the world had came to be like this. The people being in fear; Grimm invading Vale and causing people to leave their homes. Our enemies got he best of us, and we knew they were here. And we barely did anything to stop it.
Told Ozpin that the enemy was in Vale. Up to something big, something that we didn't know and just had to stop it immediately. But hell, he told us that we needed to play our cards right and wait. And now the whole world is in a huge goddamn mess.
I'll never listen to him again about waiting. There is no way in hell that I'll ever wait again.
And here at this moment, I'm sitting at a bar with a large scotch mixed with rum in my hands. Fourth one? And I'm just staring at it, with all of these concerns filling up my head. These stupid concerns, damn it, they just keep adding up and it's becoming heavy on my shoulders now. I hate this.
I had this god-forsaken world. I just do.
Ozpin, he's gone. Left no clue on what happened or anything else about him, or where to even find him. And he left me with his work that is unfinished. I'll get him for doing this to me.
Yang, she's depressed and is starting to grow bitter. . . her right arm is gone, so her strength and using her weapons are cut in half. I saw her a while ago. . . she's a complete mess, and her dad is teaching her how to handle things with just one arm. I hope that in the end, she'll be Yang again.
Blake Belladonna, she's missing. No one knows where she even went off too. But I saw her eyes, she was scared, hurt and blaming herself. She was blaming herself for what happened to Yang, when she brought Yang to us. That memory, it still haunts me and I remember the conversation I had with her. Told her she could run away and figure things out, or, stay help end the fight and face the questions and explain things. She ran, and I made sure that no one followed her, till they realized that she was gone. And I never once spoke of my involvement to anyone. Not even to Yang.
Daddy came and got his little ice princess. And that angered me to a large extent, cause he was taking her away when her team needed ice queen junior the most. So I walked up to him, and told him off. Told him that she was old enough to decide for herself, and that she didn't need him to pick out what was best for her anymore. Even told him that he never did this Winter when she graduated Atlesian Army Boot Camp and entered the Specialist Training Program of the Atlesian Army. That got him mad at me, and he drew his long sword out. Three guards stood right behind him, ready to fight along side him. But before we got into our fight, Glynda stepped in and said all students were to return home.
"Not all students, Glynda. Pyrrha Nikos, she's dead. Blake she took off. Pretty sure that others aren't going to go home that easily. Some will be staying to hold what's left out Vale's grounds and reclaim what has fallen."
Weiss wanted to step forward, but her dad told her to get onto the ship. She listened to him, as two other guards came and walked away with her, the three behind her dad soon followed. He told me to stay away from him and both his daughters, and then they were gone. God, I hate him. I really wanted to punch him right then and there, but Glynda told me to go find Ruby.
Just after she said that, there was a large bright light coming shining off of the Beacon's Tower. It grabbed everyone's attention, and I ran. I just ran while screaming Ruby's name out. I tried to run all the ways up the tower, but the Grimm were in my way. Finally, I let myself fly up there. I could hear Glynda calling out to me not take my other form, but I didn't listen to her. All I could think about was my niece.
Please oh god, let her still be alive. Don't let me find her dead.
Someone accidentally hit my back, and it snapped me out of my thoughts. Looking behind me, there was a quick apology and the person was soon gone. Gripping my glass tightly, I quickly drank my drink and slammed it on the counter. Pulling out the money for my drinks, I laid it on the counter and walked out of the bar.
News was everywhere about the whole attack on Vale; how Grimm were invading the city but staying near the school and approaching no where else. Even going as far as to telling us that Vale was now going to become a city like Mountain Glenn. I grimaced at those words, and a few people around me flinched at the thought of Mountain Glenn.
Looking up to the sky, I stopped walking and people had to quickly dodge around me. It was the sky that had no problems, and that was free in the whole world. If I could right now, I would take form and fly away and not even care about what people say.
A single snowflake hit my left eye, and I blinked rapidly in response. The coldness was settling in on Mistral, and I started to walk with a small quicken pace. The snow had already begun to fall, and it gave me an idea that I thought would never come to my mind at all.
The Atlesian Army.
God, should kill myself while I got the chance.
Heading towards the Atlesian Bay of Mistral, I was already regretting my decision. As much as I hate the world falling into the palms of evil, I hated the Atlesian Army. Even if they are suppose to be the good guys here.
I must walked for at least half an hour, before the Atlesian Bay of Mistral finally came into view. The sky ships were loading cargo and other things upon the ships, and I saw Ironwood making sure that nothing bad was going to happen. All around, I didn't see a single android at all.
Guess he gave up on making his robots. Must have given him too much bad publicity. Good thinking, Jimmy.
Grinning, I launched myself up into the air and headed towards the docks. A few Atlesian soldiers noticed me instantly, and started to follow me. Already, I got myself into trouble. Oh well, not like I care.
I kept running around in all sorts of directions, laughing to myself, as the men stopped and run into each other. So far, got at least fifteen soldiers after me, and I'm having fun messing around with their heads. Just as I turned a corner, my chest slammed into a metal arm and the air was knocked out of my lungs. I fell hard onto my back and a small groan escaped my mouth.
"Qrow."
I gave him a weak grin, and he waved his guards away from the both of us. Getting off of the ground, I pulled out my flask and offered him a drink. He just shook his head, pulled out his own flask from his jacket and took a small drink from it.
"Get to the chase Qrow, I don't have time for you games."
"I want a ride to Atlas, Jimmy. And I know that you are the quickest way there, plus I'm looking for someone. And that person works with you, Jimmy."
He simply rolled his eyes at me, and started to walk away from me. Quickly enough, I managed to keep up with his pace.
"Look, you left after the city of Vale had been secured, so you probably don't know what happened."
"Vale is left abandoned, hundreds of people are displaced, and Beacon is lost. Plus the communication system is still trying to be put back up."
"Yeah, but something else too. Oz, he's gone, Jimmy. And not gone by the "hey I'll see you in a little while" gone, as in he's not coming back anytime soon."
"What do you mean?"
"That woman, Cinder Falls, Oz went against her. He went against a woman who stole the Fall Maiden's power. . . And he lost. He's not there; all I could find was his cane. That's it, nothing else."
Ironwood stopped short, and he just stared out in the distance. His eyes looked distant, and I knew that he and Oz had a good amount of history with each other and know each other well. Well enough, to almost be brother's at the very most.
"What do you need, Qrow?"
"Give me two days to talk with Winter, then I'll see what goes from there. Cause right now, Ozpin, he's left me with his mess here. Plus, we need to talk about what our next steps are. Glynda is still busy with Vale, and I can't just pull her away just like that."
"So you need to form your own group, just like Ozpin's?"
"Yeah, something like that. And I need you in it at the very most. If I can get Winter in on everything and to join this new group, then we can figure out the next steps. So what do you say?"
"Alright, you get two days to talk to her when we touch down in Atlas. That's all you get to talk to her. And if she still disagrees by the end of the second day, and you need her that badly, I will make it her new assignment to join you till whatever you need to do is done."
I simply nodded my head at him in thanks, and we stood there at the edge of the docks watching the dark clouds rolling in. Snowflakes soon began to fall and litter the ground with a white blanket. Everything just looked so peaceful, but in truth this was just to cover up the damage and traces of the destruction and hate that had happened and will happen again.
