It had been so as it had every night. Tossing and turning in his sleeping roll, waking up violently hearing her voice cry out to him. Steel! Help! His light blue hair cold with sweat as his wolf-like ears peaking above his hair, and eyes watery with tears. Something was wrong. Very wrong. He could feel it. What in Oum's name could it be?
Getting up he could see the sun peaking over the mountains that surround the kingdom of Vale. Better than the view of Vacuo. Cleaner and more protection from the elements and creatures of grimm. Peaceful. Packing up was simple as he likes to travel light. He had to. Being a faunus, he doesn't have the luxury of settling down. Especially lately as the White Fang had been raising their attacks. Checking his surroundings and pulling his hood up to hide his ears, he makes his way to the kingdom, trying to ignore the dreadful feeling. This made him on edge. Being ex-white fang, he has been targeted by both human and faunus for treason to either side. It didn't matter that he didn't do anything violent to humans. Once you join the fang, people never see you the same.
He entered a small coffee shop. It was a quiet place with a few customers. Books lined the shelves and a cute blonde-haired girl was behind the counter watching the news on a small screen in the corner. Steel orders a small coffee to help him wake up and sits near the exit in case of any trouble. Last time he had been to Vale, he and his sister Lilly were protesting faunus equality. He watches the news for anything on faunus activity.
There was always something to report on the topic. The new leader of the group has had new ideas on how to get quicker results. Violent ideas. Soon the familiar shade of red appears. The crimson shaded forest held an operation on the outer edge of the area for current white fang activity. But something seemed different. A line of humans and faunus on their knees with their hands tied tightly behind their backs. An execution.
Into the camera's lens came the black garbed faunus who was currently leading the vale operation: Adam Taurus. Steel growled softly under his breath as the bull faunus walked up, and then down the line of prisoners, red blade in hand. He called them traitors and cowards. That humans should serve the faunus race. Rambling on about the extreme view of the white fang. He then asked the faunus prisoners if they would rejoin the group. If any of them would like to save themselves. But none moved as they had a look of determination in their eyes. Adam sighed and walked to the first in line. A human girl who looks like she had just graduated hunters school. She looks deep into Adams masked eyes as he slowly pushes his sword into the girl's chest. She screams in pain, then goes quiet and falls to the ground as the murderer pulls his blade out. The next captive is a dog eared faunus. Adam then asks one last time for redemption. As he sees he won't get more members to his band, he raises his sword above his head. Steel couldn't watch as Adam swung his blade. A collective gasp fills the room as a young wolf faunus catches his blade between her hands.
Steel jumped at the sight. It's her! Lilly. His little sister. Steel watched in anticipation as Lilly tried to stop Adam from killing the faunus. However, in what seemed all too quickly, he shoved his sword into her abdomen and into the neck of his original target. Steel gasped in horror and ran out the cafe in tears. Trying to get as far away from the screen as possible. His sister had just been murdered on live television. He saw the life leave her eyes and the sword shove clean through her. And it was all Adam's fault. That murderer! Steel was in a raging fit. He knew now what he must do. He knew he would track down the scum. And he vowed that Adam would pay with his life.