Nero woke up startled to the sound of screaming from the nearby houses. As he was coming to his senses he could hear the sounds of gunfire, swords clashing, and shouting coming from outside. As terrified as he was he managed to climb out of bed and approach his window fearing the possibility of grimm attacking the village again. As he got closer he could see the glare of flames reflecting off the window of the nearby houses on fire. Finally arriving to the window he could see people lying in the streets not moving, and strange people dressed in black going from house to house grabbing his friends and shooting their parents in front of them.

Standing there in shook, Nero could only watch until he was startled by the sound of the door from down stairs slam open and sounding almost like a wild stampede. There were people rushing in to the house. Soon after he heard his mother shouting "Get the hell out of my house!" as he could hear the sound of glass breaking and other objects being thrown around. The sound of a gunshot rang throughout the house and then after a short second he heard something hard hit the ground with a sickening thud. "Search the rest of the house and grab any kids we are leaving after the next few houses. We don't have long before unwanted guest or the grimm get here!"

As Nero listened, he heard the men moving around down stairs he heard someone coming up the stairs. Knowing they would check his room he did his best to hide in the darkest part of the corner waiting for the door to open up so he could run out when the stranger walked in. As he was waiting he kept panicking, doubting his own speed, thinking he was not fast enough during the race. Cause of this the fear almost overtook him, knowing that he may not get away was overwhelming in his mind. Then as if time had stood still, he remembered what his mother had told him a few hours ago. "No matter what happens, never stop running even if the other kids are faster. Anything you set your mind on, embrace it. Even if it knocks you down then get back up and try again. Never give up or stop moving, for you can accomplish anything you set for yourself. Now stop crying you have to be strong and brave even in hard times like this ok." with that thought in his head he felt the fear ease from his mind regaining his focus, he was ready.

As the door swung open, the man took a few steps in to the room. His eyes squinted as he glaring over to the bed, only to find it empty. As he was about to say something he heard footsteps behind him running out of the room "The kid is running! Grab him!" Nero bolted from the room and rushed for the stairs devoted to get outside. Quickly descending to the bottom of the stairs he caught a glimpse of something fast and dark coming his way. The sheer speed of the object left him no time to dodge away as he felt the object hit his head knocking him to the ground. As he laid there keeping his eyes shut tight. His head pulsing from the pain, tears begin to fill his eyes.

He opened his eyes and tried to look around only to see a man in front of him looking down at him. "Now where do you think you're going." he said with a grim smile and false curiosity. Then he raised his boot and kick Nero's head, forcing his head to the side and making his body go limp. "Really Noct? Couldn't stop one kid?" the man questioned as he looked up to his friend "Hey! That little shit was hiding. Not my fault he wasn't in bed! Anyway, Giel grab him and throw him in the truck. I'll see if there are more kids here and then we can leave." Noct then proceeded to look around as Giel picked up Nero and said "Yeah whatever. Meet you outside, or are you going to lose another child?" he said laughing as Noct flipped him off.

After they finished bickering, they went back to work as Nero felt his mind fading in and out of consciousness. Numbness started to creep its way in his body as he tried to stay awake. Soon his limp body was being lifted up and carried outside. He could see the houses on fire and several black and white vans' that sat there out of place. Before he faded, he was tossed into the van where several other kids sat huddled up next to each other crying. Soon after, darkness took over and he was out.

Nero started to wake up from hearing a voice "Hey are you ok, wake up." as Nero started to gain consciousness, he looked up to see a figure who was gently shaking him awake. "Mom?" he groaned as his head was still throbbing. "No sorry but you are not at home anymore." The voice said with sadness "My name is Izabell." Nero started to focus on the girl. She had short pixie blond hair, lightly tanned and emerald eyes. She appeared to be human.

As Nero sat up off the floor, he looked around to examine his surroundings and listened to the other kids who were silently crying. There were bare gray cells that held ten kids each, including his own. They ran along a wall with a long hallway. To the one side, was a dead end and on the other was a door with no window. Outside of their cage he saw a cell that held a lone young boy on his side sitting in a far corner by himself with what looked like dirty blond hair that covered his face.

As Nero sat there he started to question several things. "Who are these people? What do they want with us? Who is that boy by himself?" With a confused outburst, Nero states. "Where is my mother?" as he looked towards Izabell, who didn't even look at him when she responded "If she was in the house with you then she's gone." She paused only for a minute before finally looking him in the eye's as she said in an apologetic tone "I'm sorry." Nero knew what she meant and felt tears beginning to form as he told himself not to cry. At that moment the door on the far end opened up blinding them with a bright light from the other side of the door.

As Nero covered his eyes he could hear what sounds like a several pair's of boots and one distinct sound of heels clicking, as they walked into the hallway and stopped in front of his door. As his eyes began to adjust to the light he looked up to see four armed men with rifles. They were standing behind a woman who stood tall with brown hair in a small ponytail. She was wearing black slacks with a white button up blouse and a long white coat. Wearing glasses and adorned with a nasty scar that ran down her right eye. In one hand she held a clipboard and in the other a lit cigarette.

As she took a hit from her cigarette, she then said "Hello, my name is Hazel and I'm here on a really important job and you have been selected to help me. Congrats children, starting today you will be helping me with my special science experiment that uses dust." She said with a happy tone. After looking at the kids she nodded to herself "Grab the wolf faunus, the blond girl and the tall boy in the back." Three of the guards who stood behind her moved forward to grab the three she called for. At that moment, Nero knew that whatever this woman wanted was not good and he felt all his emotions running laps throughout his head. As the guard got closer he could feel only one emotion, anger.

As the guard reached down to grab Nero by the arm, he leapt up and bit down on the guards forearm and held on. He felt a trickle of blood seeping out as the guard starting screaming from the pain. He was hit with the butt stock of one of the rifles. With a loud echoing thump, he was knocked down onto his back. Dazed from the pain, he could barely move even while the guard who he bit put one of his boots on his chest and pointed his rifle at Nero. "I'm going to kill you, you fucking animal!" The guard shouted as the other's stood there watching eager to see if he would pull the trigger. As Nero looked up the only thing he could see was the barrel staring him down. He could not pull himself away instead; he stared down the barrel with a look that held no fear.

"Enough!" yelled Hazel. "If you kill the lab rats you can explain to the Chairman why you thought it was a good idea to waste our resources!" as the guard pressed his boot harder into Nero's chest he replied annoyed. "Yes ma'am." he then looked down at Nero and said "Have fun you piece of shit." The guard then removed his boot from Nero's chest and kicked him hard in the gut. This made Nero gasp for air as he was then forcefully picked up by the scruff of his neck and then forced through the door by the guards to start their fresh new hell.

A/N

Hello dear readers I hope you enjoy this (even though its my first) but I hope you stay for the ride and bear with it with me :D. Also little note I redid chp.1 so give that a reread it's the small details but still tried to fix it up as best as I can.

Thank you for your time and patience