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Twelve hours after waking up on the ship…

Location: Patch

Time: 15:30

Kyle wandered through the town the ship landed at dirt and dust coating over most of his clothing and exposed skin. As Kyle wandered the streets people gave him slightly sympathetic looks like he was some sort of stray animal causing his ears to flatten against his head hiding them emits his long bushy hair.

Kyle continued walking like this as he came across what looked like a school ground with kids playing in a playground which caused him to stop because he had never seen people this happy. What really caught his attention was two girls one with dark red hair almost black, with his same colored eyes hiding behind a not much older girl with blonde hair, purple eyes and a bit of a tomboyish look to her yelling at and chasing off a small pack of boys. When the girl with blonde hair turned away from the cowering group of boys she locked her purple eyes with Kyle's silver ones in a confused yet friendly way. When their eyes met Kyle turned away and tried to continue walking but stopped as he walked into a large man.

"Sorry," Kyle said keeping his head down and walking around the man he bumped into.

"No problem kid," the man said grabbing onto Kyle's shoulders gently. "Hey you don't look so well are you okay?"

"I'm fine sir," Kyle lied weakly holding himself up with the added pressure of the man's hand. Kyle truthfully felt like falling over do to exhaustion, hunger and dehydration.

"Daddy!" the red headed girl screamed hugging the man's leg. When the man's attention went elsewhere Kyle slipped out of his grip and ran as fast as his legs would carry him which oddly he felt kind of fast.

Kyle ran for what he felt was only a couple minutes before tripping over his own feet and tumbling over a few times before stopping at a dock flat on his back. "Ow…" Kyle whined looking up at the sky from where he was lying down.

"Hey you okay?" a feminine voice asked as a young girl with golden eyes short black hair that ran down to her shoulders and cat ears looked down at him in confusion.

"Blake don't run off like... that...," Kyle heard someone yell at the girl that must be Blake looking at him.

"Sorry Adam I saw him fall and I wanted to make sure he was alright," Blake stated folding her arms as a boy with bright red hair and bull horns walks into Kyle's view looking down at him.

"Are you okay?" Adam asks giving Kyle a hand to help him up.

"I don't feel so well," Kyle tries reaching for Adam's hand but all the muscles in Kyle's body tense up and his hand falls back down onto the pavement with a solid thump and he whimpers in pain.

"Blake help me get him to his feet," Adam said with a little concern reaching down grabbing Kyle's arm while Blake grabs his other one and they both lift Kyle to his feet.

"My book," Kyle said looking at his book which looked to be a good five yards away.

"I got it you think you can keep him steady Adam?" Blake asked looking past Kyle to Adam.

"Yeah I got him, he's not as heavy as he looks," Adam said as Blake let go and walked over to the book.

"What should we do with him?" Blake asked looking at Adam.

"Well the way I see it is our new friend here needs some rest," Adam looks at Kyle, "do you have anywhere to go?" Kyle shook his head mournfully 'no', "then he's coming with us."

"W-what?" Kyle asked shocked as they started to move.

"Why not it obvious you can't really move on your own, you might need a place to stay and who said you can't have too many friends?" Adam stated with a smirk.

"Thank you for your hospitality but I'm actually trying to find the White Fang," Kyle said trying to stand up and walk without needing Adam supporting him and failing miserably.

"Well you're in luck," Blake said happily to Kyle as she skipped alongside Kyle and Adam walking, "because we're apart of the White Fang." Kyle looked at Blake and Adam with a shocked expression.

"You... both of you... are in the White Fang?" Kyle asked shellshocked by the news.

"Yep by the way I don't think we got your name?" Blake pointed out and Adam nodded in agreement.

"Um well I'm Kyle," Kyle said after a couple seconds.

"I'm Adam Taurus you've already met Blake," Adam said as they walked into a large gathering of Faunus.

"Hey Adam who's the new kid?" a man asked as they passed him.

"New member sir we're going to get him some food and a new change of cloths," Adam stated standing a little bit taller showing pride as he still supports a limping Kyle by one arm. Kyle is set down at a table on what seems to be a ship.

"You two stay here I'll get us some food," Adam said walking away.

"Okay," Blake said with a warm smile to Adam as he walked off before turning her attention to Kyle, "I hope he brings a big plate of tuna."

"Hey Blake what exactly does the White Fang do?" Kyle asked looking Blake in the eye.

"Well let's see um... we do a lot of things from civil rights protests to raising money to build homes for the homeless," Blake said with a proud smile before frowning and drooping her ears, "but it doesn't seem to be working out the way we wanted it to, humans are too stubborn and bullheaded and we don't have enough support to do much of anything."

"I see," Kyle said as a tray of still steaming fish was set in front of him and Adam sat next to Blake putting a plate in front of her.

"What were you guys talking about?" Adam asked.

"Kyle was asking about what the White Fang does," Blake said after biting a chunk out of her fish with a smile.

"Well did she answer your... question…" Adam trailed off wide eyed as Kyle seemed to rip and shred at his food like a predator eating it's prey.

"Hm… you say something?" Kyle asked after inhaling half the food on his plate.

"When was the last time you ate something?" Adam asked with a heavy mixture of shock and worry. Kyle set his fork down gently thinking about the last time he really did anything but run coming up to the day that lead to all this causing his ears to flatten mournfully.

"I don't know everything been feeling like a blur for a while now," Kyle half lied looking at Adam and Blake with sorrow filled eyes.

"Don't worry about it we're all friends here," Blake said setting her hand between the three of them, "friends to the end?"

"Friends til the end," Adam repeated setting a hand on top of Blake's with a smile at her before turning his head to Kyle with a questioning look.

"Why not I could use some more friends," Kyle said setting a hand on top of Adam and Blake's, "friends wherever this takes us."

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Eleven years after joining the White Fang…

Location: White Fang Camp in the Emerald Forest…

Time: 10:00…

A seventeen year old Kyle with short black hair, Grimm mask which covered his head, black trench coat, black pants and a sword belt with sword and dagger sheaths attached to it storms through camp with blinding speed searching for his hent. When he reaches it Kyle pauses and looks around himself before heading inside finding Blake standing there reading a note over some bags.

"What are you doing here, Blake?" Kyle asked as he stepped inside the tent.

"I came to get you for a supply raid Adam's orders…" Blake looked at the bags and the note with a worried expression, "what is this? The camp doesn't pack up for another two days."

"I'm leaving Blake," Kyle said with his ears flattening.

"Were you transferred because I thought Adam liked to keep us close?" Blake asked with a confused expression.

"No… I'm leaving this whole damn mess," Kyle said removing his Grimm mask. His expression depressed and he looked slightly paler than usual.

"Kyle what happened?" Blake asked in shock after seeing Kyle's face as Kyle sighed and sat down on one of the bags refusing to meet Blake's gaze.

"Do you ever wonder why Adam keep's us next to him and refuses to let us join in with a lot of the missions with any other White Fang members?" Kyle asked hunching over a little bit with anger in his tone.

"Kyle what did you do?"Blake asked with fear in her voice.

"I snuck into one of the groups heading out on a raid," Kyle sighed but when Blake didn't respond to him he continued, "things were going as you would expect the standard droid group responding to hostiles, sneaking around gathering people up and putting them somewhere out of the way until the mission was complete but that changed quickly when the group's leader decided to order us to execute the workers-" he was cut off then by Blake.

"When was this? Did you tell Adam about this?" Blake asked placing a hand on Kyle's shoulder which he shrugged off.

"He said that was 'Adam's orders', and it happened a couple months ago," Kyle said with venom looking up at Blake with tears in his eyes, "I stood there and watched as innocent people, people with families and loved ones to return home to get gunned down like they were no more than cattle."

"I don't believe this," Blake said stubbornly with her clenched into fists, "Adam would never…"

"Let innocent people get killed?... yeah I used to believe that too, Blake," Kyle said as Blake's scroll went off with a message.

"Looks like the mission is about to begin we should get going if your coming," Blake said as she walked toward the tent flap.

"I'm coming but just to make sure you don't get yourself killed," Kyle said putting back on his mask and following Blake out of the tent carrying a small pack.

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Location: deep inside the Emerald Forest…

Time: 12:00...

Kyle and Blake emerged into an empty clearing with a large rock in the middle of said clearing. "He's not here," Kyle pointed out looking over the small clearing.

"Like usual," Blake said sitting on the rock.

Kyle made one last look around before sitting against the rock pulling out an old book to pass the time before Adam decides to arrive.

"Kyle?" Blake asks from her perch on the rock looking down at him.

"Yeah Blake?" Kyle asked in return looking up at Blake.

"Can you please remove that stupid mask I want to see your face when I speak with you," Blake sighed do too Adam's obsession with the damn things and also the fact that she didn't want another one to keep up that act even if he wasn't sticking around much longer. Kyle did as he was asked setting the mask next to his left on the ground.

"What is it you want to ask?" Kyle asked tilting his head to the side.

"Why did you stick around for this long after the White Fang went militarized if you plan to leave us all behind like this?" Blake asked her tone of voice and ears gave away her emotions.

"I stayed because at first I thought we were doing the right thing Blake," Kyle sighed his ears flattening as he remembered that eventful mission, "but I stuck around to keep you safe because you're the only friend I can trust now."

"Then why not stay now?" Blake asked.

"I can't take it anymore Blake each second I'm here I feel that another innocent life has just been lost do to my support of this whole mess… the blood is on my hands," Kyle explained looking at the ground.

"Kyle you don't know if it was Adam that gave that order," Blake said stubbornly looking down at Kyle.

"I guess we'll find out in a moment," Kyle said turning away from Blake setting his back to the rock and returning to his book.

A few tense minutes passed before Kyle and Blake heard movement in the tree line. Adam came out from it and Kyle stood putting his book away in his bag, hefting his bag over his shoulder and placed his Grimm mask over his face.

"Blake…" Adam said to get her attention before turning his gaze to Kyle, "... it's time to go." Adam turned away from them and walked back the way he came followed close behind by Blake and Kyle kept his distance as he followed the others. They took off at a run as soon as they reached the tree line.

I've got a really bad feeling about this, Kyle thought to himself as he followed ducking under stretched out branches and jumping over logs, rocks and twisted uprooted roots.

They ran like this for god knows how long before they reached a cliff edge and Adam jumped down with Blake at his side and Kyle close behind the two. They could see a train as they came down the slope and Kyle noted the Shnee symbol on the sides of each and every car loosening his sword in his sheathe as he and the others jumped to the top of the train unsheathing their blades and impaling the train car's roof with said blades so they didn't fly off the train. Kyle's sword consisted of two blades attached to it's slightly wider cross guard so both blades would fit to it with a full inch in between the blades of the sword. The blades to the weapon were a deep crimson red almost completely black in color with a slight golden glow surrounding the blades.

"Kyle open the hatch," Adam called back to Kyle when they stopped skidding across the roof of the train car. Kyle nodded completely silent as he opened the top hatch to the inside of the car as Adam jumped in not even giving Kyle one last look before jumping down.

Why do I feel something bad about to happen? Kyle thought to himself gripping his sword a tiny bit tighter as Blake jumped down to join Adam after giving Kyle a slightly sympathetic look before jumping down to Adam's location. Kyle followed down when he heard a gunshot and swords clashing finding Adam and Blake engaging droid defenders in the cargo cab. Kyle noticed a large group of droids run into the room behind Adam and Blake about to blind side them from the rear. Kyle took action activating his semblance and charging the droids head on impaling one's power cell on his double bladed sword like a shish kabob and using his knife to slash the cords out of another one's throat causing both to spark and shut down do to the damage. One of the remaining droids aimed a gun arm at Kyle as he yanked out the deadly blade from the droid he impaled and opened up a hail of fire as Kyle slid to the left leaving bullet holes where he once stood and activated his semblance to run at blinding speed grabbed its arm and used the automatic weapon attached to it to shoot down the remaining droids before stabbing the droid in the back power supply hatch with his knife and letting it fall.

"Kyle we're moving," Blake called to him as she went through a door to another car.

"On my way," Kyle said to himself as he jogged after them to find them engaging more droids. Droids it's always combat droids I'd thought they would pack something heavier with the amount of raids we've been doing. Kyle thought pressing a button on his sword that made one of the blades detach so he had two swords in his hands one held in a reverse grip and the other in a normal grip as he charged in to help. When Kyle got to combat he spun with his arms stretched out cutting five roids down to size in this motion before blocking another one's strike at him with the sword held in a reverse grip as he cleaved it in half with the other sword. Kyle rolled on the ground ducking under Blake's weapon as it flew over head decapitating the last droid before being pulled back to Blake with a ribbon.

"Thanks," Kyle called out as he dusted himself off and putting his swords together again to make one sword. Blake nodded with a smile as she turned and moved to the next car. When Kyle finished checking the car he was in for hostiles he joined up with Blake and Adam.

Adam moved to one of the Dust crates in the car opening it. "Perfect Kyle, Blake head to the next car I'll set the charges," Adam ordered with a sinister grin.

"What about the passengers?" Blake asked her ears slowly folding down against her head.

"What about them?" Adam asked cruelly turning toward a now petrified Blake. Blake turned her head toward Kyle the look of horror covering her features with her eyes saying 'you were right'.

At this moment Kyle took his mask off shattering it on the ground showing anger and remorse toward Adam. "No Adam you can't do this it's not right. I didn't sign up for this shit we're not a murderer's," Kyle said through his teeth with anger in his voice as Adam charged him with his sword drawn in a two handed grip over his head ready to cleave Kyle right down the middle but was completely stopped and repelled as Kyle used his twin bladed sword and immense strength to block the blow causing sparks to fly from the contact of the blades.

"Both of you stop it," Blake yelled out as a giant bipedal tank came out of the darkness of the car it's targeting lasers tracking and locking on the three person strike team where currently the two males of the group were fighting each other.

When Kyle broke away from Adam's attack he looked over to Blake and his silver eyes shot open looking at the monstrous machine behind Blake. "Blake! Look out!" Kyle yelled out kicking his semblance on and tackling Blake out of the way as a series of rockets exploded where she once stood.

"We'll finish this later," Adam said charging the tank.

"Yeah later," Kyle hissed as he stood up bringing Blake up with him. "You okay Blake?" Kyle asked her taking a dual wheeled bladed stance with his swords.

"Yeah I'll be fine," Blake said not meeting Kyle's stare.

"Come on we've got to take that thing down," Kyle said before charging at the tank as it threw Adam away. Kyle charged in using his speed to dodge around the Dust projectiles with Blake and Adam. Kyle knelt down when he reached the base of the tank allowing Blake to jump up using Kyle's back as a boost as she slashed at it's face while Kyle slid beneath the tank slashing at it's under belly before being kicked back the way he came with Blake slamming into him causing them to tumble back away from the tank hitting the far door where the next train car was.

"We need to get out of here," Blake groaned as she stood up bringing Kyle up with her.

"Yeah and quick," Kyle said rolling his shoulders with a loud pop as Adam joined them.

"Kyle get up there and distract it," Adam pointed at Kyle with anger as Kyle looked over Adam's shoulder seeing the tank's small cannons form into one large one gathering energy and light in the barl.

"Get down," Kyle said grabbing Blake and turning her away from the cannon shielding her with his body from the inevitable blast that tore apart the car and sent the three skidding onto the next flatbed train car. Kyle groaned on the ground his back smoking and his coat on fire.

"Kyle your coat," Blake said and Kyle slipped off the slightly burning and smoking coat revealing a white shirt underneath throwing it to the side as his picked back up his swords.

"Both of you distract it," Adam ordered as his semblance was kicked in.

"Are you sure?" Blake asked and Adam nodded angrily.

"Well no point in arguing," Kyle said reattaching his blades to make one sword and charging at the tank slashing away at it's legs as Blake attacked it's upper torso.

"Now!" Adam yelled out. Blake to flip away from the tank as Kyle got kicked back from it landing on his burned back with a hiss of pain.

"Kyle," Blake yelled out picking Kyle up by his arm and also grabbing his pack to his feet and whispering to Kyle, "come on we're getting out of here."

"Blake?" Kyle said weakly as she lead him to another flatbed train car and setting him softly against a crate.

"Don't worry just keep still," Blake said patting Kyle on the shoulder before walking over to the connector piece between the cars blocking Adam.

"Blake, what are you doing?" Adam asked tilting his head to the side.

"I sorry Adam I can't be apart of this anymore," Blake said preparing to cut the line.

"Wait," Adam pleaded but was already too late as Blake cut the line away as Kyle faded from consciousness.

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Location: Unknown…

Time: 15:05

Kyle groaned as he woke up to see Blake dabbing his forehead with a damp cloth in what looks like a cave. "Blake?" Kyle asked trying to sit up but Blake pushed him back down.

"Kyle stay still you took a lot of damage from that fight," Blake ordered looking at Kyle with worry in her eyes making Kyle feel guilty on the inside as he turned his eyes away from her to the ceiling of the cave.

"How long was I out?" Kyle asked tasting copper in his mouth.

"A couple hours I moved you off the train when I had enough strength," Blake responded, "how are you feeling?"

"Pretty good all thing considered," Kyle fround, "why?" Blake gave Kyle a confused look. "Why save me why did you leave?"

"You were right Kyle about Adam and the White Fang is something I have no desire to be apart of anymore and I couldn't leave my best friend behind like that can I?" Blake smiled at Kyle when she finished he statement.

"I guess not thank you," Kyle chuckled with a smile.

"Now get some rest you'll need it," Blake said smiling.

"If you say so," Kyle said as his eyes slowly closed again to the comforting darkness of sleep.

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