Alex was sitting quietly in the alley waiting to see if information he had gotten earlier was true. His cat ears twitched nervously on his head. He was staked outside of a dust shop waiting to see if Roman Torchwick would show up like he was told that he would. However, he had been waiting several hours already and was beginning to tire of just sitting around and doing nothing. He had resorted to sharpening his sword, Vindictus, to pass the time. His sword was long with a black hilt and a golden pheonix on the handle. He had always thought that his symbol of the golden pheonix reflected his situation well. Even when pushed to the brink of death he would rise again.

Eventually he heard footsteps coming down the road. When he looked up from his sword he saw Torchwick walking towards the shop with his cane. Alex decided to wait until after Roman had left the shop to confront him. Even though Roman had brought several of his thugs he would have no problem dispatching of them. After several minutes of Torchwick still being inside the store he wondered what could possibly be taking the robbery so long. As he continued to contemplate this further he heard the sound of glass shattering as two figures crashed through the window of the shop.

As he looked closer he saw the figure of a girl clad in red and black stand up over the unconscious body of one of Roman's lackeys. She seemed to be a couple of years younger than Alex. Suddenly the girl took out an enormous scythe. He could tell that the weapon was handcrafted from the details and the colors matched the girl's outfit. Soon many of the lackeys began charging at the girl in red. However, they were dispatched of quickly. This was the first time in a few years that he was vaguely impressed by someones combat skills.

Out of the corner of his eye, Alex saw another one of Roman's lackeys on the top of a building ready to shoot the girl. Alex used his semblance of weapon transformation to change Vindictus into the form of bow. With his semblance he was able to transform his weapon into any type of weapon that he had been trained in how to use. He focused and created an arrow from his own aura and pierced the man right between the eyes before he was able to get the shot off. The man dropped dead before he even knew what had happened.

Alex looked back to see that the girl had followed Torchwick up onto the roof of a building. He ran over to the ladder on the side of the building and made his way to the top of the building just as Roman jumped onto an aircraft carrier. Roman threw a dust crystal at the feet of the girl and shot at it with his cane. However, a woman came seemingly out of nowhere. The woman proceeded to hit the airship with a barrage of icicles. Then as it seemed the ship was about to be shot down a lady on the ship used fire dust to destroy the icicles. When Alex looked towards the lady his blood began to boil with rage. He recognized her as the lady who had killed his family. Alex vaulted into action as once again Vidictus had become a bow. He shot with deadly precision towards the woman on the ship. With his fifth shot he heard the satisfying sound of his arrow ripping through the muscle in the woman's shoulder as she let out a wail of agony. The airship sped off towards the skyline to escape. "Come back here you fucking bitch!" Alex yelled at the ship that was growing smaller by the second.

Alex knew that it would be pointless to try and follow the ship so he decided to give up on the pursuit for now. All he could do is watch it fly away. However, now he actually had a lead to find the woman again. Alex sighed in frustration and fell onto his back to take a rest. However, when he opened his eyes he saw another of eyes looking down at him. Reflexively Alex turned his weapon into a dagger and held it against the throat of the person standing above him. He would have killed the person had he not recognized that it was the girl in red. He removed the dagger and turned it back into a sword so he could stow it in his sheathe. He breathed a sigh of relief so that he would not have to kill again. No matter how may times he did it never got any easier.

"Sorry, you startled me" Alex said after putting his weapon away. "It's okay, I could have taken you if I had to" the girl said with a smile "My name is Ruby, Ruby Rose". "Nice to meet you" Alex said with a laugh. He realized that this may have been one of the very few times in the last few years that he actually laughed. "What's your name?" Ruby said out of curiosity. "My name is Alex Lace. Pleased to meet you." He replied.

"My name is Glynda Goodwitch. Did you know the woman on that ship" The other woman said for the first time.

"Yes... I did"

"How do you know her?"

"That's none of your business." He snapped with all the friendliness leaving his voice.

"I'm sorry for asking but I need to know"

"That woman killed my family in front of my eyes. Then she proceeded to torture me for several days before I was able to escape. That bitch will pay. I will take her life away from her like she did to my family."

The two girls could do nothing but stare at Alex. Glynda figured that the boy had known the woman,that she knew as Cinder,in some way when she saw him running after the ship. Even with her suspicions she was not expecting the answer that the boy gave. As she looked at the boy the only thing that she could notice was the hatred that burned in his eyes. Also, along with the hatred she could see a deep sadness that she could not even imagine. "I think you need to come with us" Glynda said after taking in this new information.

"I have no interest in coming with you. I need to get back to finding a way to make her pay." Alex said as he walked towards the edge of the building to leave.

"If you come with me to Beacon I can tell you more information on her. Such as her name for instance" This statement froze Alex in place. After a few seconds he turned with a look of determination on his face and replied "Show me the way"

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