Vanir Argent
I opened my eyes when the Bullhead hit some turbulence, trying not to vomit from being tossed around and not being able to stabilize myself. "Look at that, the big bad wolf can't keep his lunch down." One of the guards said while motioning at me with his gun.
"Just wait you fucking idiot, once these cuffs are off i'll-" I was cut off mid-sentence by Niren kicking me in the leg, the lizard faunus was looking at me quietly, his eyes narrowed, he knew that they were just goading me into a fight so they could beat me into a pulp. "That's what i thought, without that oversized knife of yours you can't do anything." The guard said, i took a moment to examine him and noticed that he was just a private.
"What would your sergeant say if he knew you were provoking a prisoner with a very long and bloody history of violence into a fight that would vent the entire ship?" I asked him with a grin on my face while his eyes went wide in shock at my knowledge of security measures, it was nothing new to me though, the Knights used the same trick on their transport ships.
"Can't wait to get rid of you two at Beacon." The guard said while looking away from the two of us while his comrades failed to keep themselves from chuckling at his now red face, clearly he wasn't used to being showed up by criminals, or faunus. "You don't enjoy our company? A shame." Niren said after opening one of his teal eyes and staring at the guard, i had managed to make out his rank, a simple Private. The private now aimed his gun at niren and said "Just be quiet will you?" Niren simply went back to his meditation, while i once again closed my eyes and began to count, it was the only thing keeping me from losing my mind at this point.
After a while i began to think about the events that led the two of us to this point.
Two Weeks Earlier
"Vanir, it's the building on the left." Nirens voice crackled over the small communication device in my right ear, which was set to the lowest volume possible, my hearing was to good for it to be any higher without causing damage. "I see them." I replied after standing up and unsheathing Gram, despite the rain and darkness of night, the both of us could see the thugs entering the building. "Move in, i'll cover you." Niren said, i noted the gleam of Gungnir's barrel from the next building, it was in an elevated position so he could take out anyone trying to get me from behind.
"I'm sick of this rain anyway, it's drenching my duster." I said while jumping off the roof i had been standing on. i landed in a large puddle, drenching my boots and jeans, at this point the only things that weren't drenched was my shirt underneath all the armor i was wearing, i sneezed once. "I hate the goddamn rain." i said only to hear Niren chuckle over our comms. "Be glad you don't have to worry about lying on your stomach for hours on end." I moved to a building on the corner of the street the target was on, i took a moment to look around it," No guards Niren, keep an eye out." I said before moving down the street, keeping Gram elevated so that it didn't make any noise other than a sharp whistle. "Right, keeping an eye out for contacts." Niren said before i reached the large double doors.
I took a moment by the doors to try and listen, i wanted to know if there were any guards by it, not that it mattered since in a few moments the walls would be drenched in blood. "Hey, you hear what happened to Aaron's group?" Someone's voice said near the door. "Yeah, completely wiped out, none of them were put in jail." Another voice said. This Aaron must have been the leader of the gang that Vanir and Niren had dealt with the night before. "You think whoever did it might come here next?" The first voice asked his companion. "They might, i mean the boss called everyone in, and these regular patrols?" The other voice said.
"Vanir, you're clear go in and start clearing the building." Niren's voice crackled over my communication device. "Roger, keep Nexus off the streets as well, just in case we somehow get captured." I replied to him, after a moment of looking in his direction i saw the faint green light signaling that he would do it. I stood up and held Gram in front of me, i stepped in front of the door and cut through it in a single downward slash, the blade whistled through the air and a thin line appeared across the door, i kicked it in and stepped into the warehouse, the two guards only stared in shock with their guns pointed at me, "Howdy." I said before rushing them and cutting down the closer one, his blood sprayed across my face, it was warm and made my blood boil.
"W...wait! Please don't kill me!" The second guard begged. I only smiled maliciously and decapitated him, Three other thugs had been drawn over by the noise and had me surrounded, they all dropped dead before a word could be spoken, bullet holes still steaming from the three shots Niren had fired, the rain and his silencer had drowned out the noise of Gungnir's high powered rifle. "Got your back brother." Niren said. I moved further into the building the next group of hostiles i engaged rushed at me from down the hall, Two of them had swords while the other began to fire off burst from their rifles, i impaled the first swordsman and tossed him into the second one, buying myself some time to move forward. "Kill him already!" One of the gunners shouted, by this time the second swordsman had managed to stand and was coming at me, his first attack was his last after i used Grams wide blade to block him and then cut him from shoulder to groin. "Oh my god." One of the gunners said before i sprinted the length of the hall and cut them down.
I soon found myself on the warehouse floor, several more thugs had managed to surround me. "Persistent bastards aren't you?" I said, my copper eyes gleamed with the thought of killing them all. "I think that you overestimate yourself, boy." A man said from one of the catwalk's i couldn't see him with the floodlights, but i knew who he was, Koro Yukki a member of the White Fang who was in league with the Knights. "wait…. you're a member of the Knights! Look tell your boss i will get him the money, i just need more time!" Koro said when he finally noticed the armor underneath my duster, it was standard issue for the Argent Knights, i did not have a chance to make a new set yet and had been using the very durable one from back then.
"I'm not here on business for the Knights, i'm here to bring a small amount of justice to this world for my sins…. and your's." I replied to him, before anyone could react or say anything, two thugs went down with holes in their throats and the power box on the far wall had been hit, allowing me to use the shadows to dispatch the last thugs around me, in the dark i could find my target and cut him down with ease, Gram whistled and hummed as it carved a bloody path through my foes, Koro was still standing on his catwalk, my night vision allowed me to see him, before i could find a way up however he clutched at his chest and fell from the catwalk, landing in a heap at my feet in that bloodsoaked room.
From there things became a blur, Niren yelled something about getting out of there and then i was surrounded by more armed men, these ones however fired multiple tasers at me until i was lying on the ground, twitching from the amount of electricity they had been forced to pump into me, when i had come to next i was in a cell with Niren, gram was gone and so was my armor, Niren was meditating and i was on a very uncomfortable bed. "Urgh, Niren… what the fuck happened?" I asked the Faunus sitting on the floor, he was silent for a moment before saying "Somehow the police found us, when they captured you i surrendered peacefully." I remembered the sensation of all that electricity and shuddered "On a brighter note, your eyes are no longer copper, looks like your Semblance has stopped for a while." Niren continued, he stood and stretched, both of us were still wearing the clothes we hand under our armor, my duster and boots were lying next to the bed, and nirens' cloak was sitting near the other bed.
"How long have we been here?" I asked him while stretching. "About twelve hours, they have kept us away from the other prisoners and i overheard them talking about interrogating us." Niren said while moving over to his bed and lying down. I walked over to the sink and splashed some water on my face, it was covered in crusted blood. "They didn't even wash the blood off my face." I said with disgust. Niren only yawned and said "Sorry, i should have handled that, perhaps you should meditate, it may calm you down." I only tossed my boots at him.
Two days later
The first time that we had been interrogated they went after Niren, though they soon discovered he would say nothing and moved on to me, hoping to find out who we were and how we managed to kill all those people. "Tell me what i need to know dammit!" The investigator shouted at me, he had decided to get in my face, rather than be polite. "Like i said, the two of us heard about a possible drug ring or distribution group and decided to put a stop to it." I would not mention Nexus to them. The investigator threw his hands in the air and started to pace back and forth across the room, i tried to move my hands in an attempt to make them more comfortable in the handcuffs. "You know what? No one would give a damn if i put a bullet in your head here and now faunus." The investigator said while pulling out his sidearm, he crossed the room and forced the barrel into my mouth. "Now…. tell me what i need to know and i won't kill you."
"You know, what?" I said after he removed the gun "Putting a fucking gun in someone's mouth doesn't always make them talk." Before anyone in the room could react, i broke the chain on the cuff and rushed the investigator and put him in a choke hold. "Either of you two try anything and i will snap his neck and rip your's out!" I said to the two officers who had pulled out their sidearms and aimed them at me. Before anything else happened a voice crackled over the intercom from the opposite side of the two way mirror. "Please… that's quite enough." A moment later the door to the room opened and a man at about the same height as me with gray hair walked in, he was carrying a mug with some sort of liquid in it. "Let the man go." The man said, strangely enough i felt compelled to do as he said, i let the investigator drop to the floor and the old man motioned to the guards in a way that said Leave.
As i took a seat at the other end of the table the old man simply smiled, if it was meant to calm me down, it worked very well. "Now, why don't you tell me what happened that night at the warehouse?" He asked me. "It would be easier to tell you if i knew your name." i replied The man raised an eyebrow and took a sip of his drink. "Very well, you may call me Ozpin." Now i raised an eyebrow, the Knights had Ozpin listed as a K.O.S. "My name is Vanir Argent." I said to him "You may want to get comfortable, this story will take a while to tell."
After a few hours i finally finished my story, i even told Ozpin about Nexus and were he could be found. "Would you and niren like to leave this jail and do something better with your lives?" Ozpin asked me, i took a moment to think about his offer, finally i nodded. "On one condition though, Nexus needs to be allowed entry to your school as well." Ozpin nodded, took a sip from his cup, and stood to leave, i only leaned back in the chair and heaved a sigh of relief.
Present Day
I opened my eyes when i felt the airship lurch to a stop, Niren did the same thing, we stood up when the guards stood, and walked down the ramp after it opened, this particular type of Bullhead was meant for military use, but had been given to the Vale Police in the event of a high value prisoner being transported. "Mind getting these off?" I asked the Private who had been a dick for the entire ride to Beacon, he only scowled as he undid Nirens cuffs first, then mine.
"Thanks." I said before headbutting him, "That, was for the insults." I said after bending over to look him in the eye. "Please Mr. Argent, refrain from doing that on my campus." Ozpin said, he was being tailed by a stern looking woman with glasses and two large duffle bags, both belonged to Niren and I. "Very sorry for my brothers actions sir." Niren said while rubbing his wrists and moving to get his bag, it made a fair amount of noise, and when Niren opened it he found his armor and magazines for Gungnir, when i opened mine i noticed that everything was how i left it, even my Scroll, i was wondering were Gram was when the stern woman said "Your weapons will be returned to you tomorrow, when you go through the initiation. "Fine by me." Niren said, i only nodded.
"Please head to the Auditorium, there will be a speech in one hour." The woman said to the two of us, we didn't bother with getting our armor on, it would take too long, we only nodded and began to walk in the direction. "You know, i'm surprised they have not put any form of tracking device on us yet." I said to Niren as we walked down the airship landing platform. "Most likely they hid one on our clothes or in our Scrolls." He said while looking around, the school certainly had a nice view and air about it. "Shall we go and see what this speech is about the brother?" I asked him, trying to sound excited for being stuck in one area for the next four years of my life, the Knights had always been on the move, so the idea of being grounded was….strange to me. "I think we shall." Niren said as we walked in the general direction the other students were moving in.
Note: Like i said, this is my first time trying a First person perspective, so it's a little... odd, anyway i hope you enjoy this story, it gives me something to do other than think about the terror that is Finals at school.