Chapter 3: Who are you?
Coco sat in the lunch room looking at the tags she had from that night. She took a liking to them, but also they gave her a lot of questions which she pondered. 'The years these two were born would make them our age' she scanned over them again thinking about that night, 'Most of the soldiers looked our age come to think about it.' "What do you think Coco?" A small voice said interrupting her thoughts. She put the tags away turning to the red haired girl. "Am sorry Ruby, what did you say?" Coco asked. "I was talking about the attack on the city, what do you think it was all about?" Ruby announced. Ruby's arbutus sister Yang butted in before Coco had a chance to speak, "Still with those tags?" she asked. Velvet turned to her team leader, "You have been thinking about them a lot ever since we came back." She pointed out.
At this point the groups sitting around the lunch table broke off into different conversions but Yang wanted to know about the tags, seeing that they were enough to throw this seeming focused girl's mind somewhere else. "What's so important about these tags you have?" she asked. Velvet and Coco began to tell Yang about the mission they went on that night and how that area was destroyed, only one survivor they were able to find, "The weird thing," they both pointed out, "Was that every soldier there was our age, why is the Atlas bringing in such young people, are we going to war? And to my knowledge they were using bots to fight."
…A small amount of students started to run outside.
"Woa that is weird." Yang began. "And the soldier that we saved, was picked up by soldiers when we arrived to the city, I gave them the other half of the tags, but I kept this half." Coco said showing them to Yang.
...More students were heading out the door.
"So this mission left you with more questions than answers?" Yang asked. "Yes and it's driving me crazy, I can't seem to focus until I get them." Velvet looked at her leader then to Yang, "She has been like this for a while. It's not good I have tried to help her but so far nothing." Velvet said in a sad tone. "Well don't worry Yang is here to help, I can find anything." She announced pointing her thumb to her chest. "Thanks." The two said.
Almost all the students were running out at this time, the group turned to look what was going on. Ruby saw her friends from team JPNR running out as well. The group stop them "What's going on?" They all asked. Jaune the leader stopped to tell them. "A new guy just showed up, and got into a fight with two teams outside, and he is winning." The two teams run out to join team JPNR to see for themselves.
. . . Earlier…..
Vex's dropship landed at the school, he threw his bag over his shoulder, thanked the pilot, and got off. He saw a group of students arriving at the school as well so he tag along with them. Upon reaching a certain point he heard someone calling for help. Vex knew he was not supposed to get involved in anything, 'just to school, learn, leave' he thought to himself, 'but why not check it out' he also thought, "Screw it." He said under his breath and went to check it out. He saw a group of about eight people beating up a Faunus as well as a boy. Four of the guys were tell the on watchers that the Faunus were evil and needed to be taught a lesson and anyone who is with them should be dealt with the same. The other four were just beating the hell out of them, two guys beating on the boy, two girls beating on a female Faunus, one of the girls didn't seem to enjoy.
Vex joined the on lookers and asked what was going on. One told him that the two were just walking and talking, then the eight of them came out of nowhere, they taunted them, they threaten them, then when they tried to defend themselves, they were jumped. One boy picked the young man up and began to slug him. 'I can't get involved,' he thought.
Then they were about to do the same to the girl. "Fuck it," he said walking out of the onlookers. "What?" One of the boys said. "You want to join them? Trying to be a hero?" "No, of course not." Vex answered. "You see heroes would try to change your minds, reason with you some bullshit like that. But you and your friends seem to stupid to reason with." He pointed at the members in the group. "What did that punk just say?" they threw the two to the ground and walked over to him. The female Faunus crawled over to the boy who laid there. 'I remember this,' he thought, 'Smug, Charrette,' " I said what did you say to us?" One of the girls yelled at him. "Damn I didn't think you were that stupid to. Here let me break it down. You And Your friends...Are….Pathetic And….Useless." Vex said with a grin. "You little no good…." the boy didn't get to finish his sentence as Vex knocked him out cold with one hit.
The others looked at him "Now are you going to try and tell me something, or are you actually going to fight?" With that they lunged at him wildly. Jackel dodge, blocked, and waited watching the way they fought. 'The girls, when they make a punch they lean in to much, leaving their ribs completing unprotected,' He jumped backwards a boy threw kicks toward him. 'They try to go all out in their attacks these two, they try to give it their all and in doing so their energy leaves their body faster.' Vex then looked to the side saw the last three boys watching him. 'Their trying to figure me out, that's cute, haha'
The four were out of breath, "That all you had? That was it? Alright right then, my turn." Vex lunged toward them, now he was on the attack and knew where to go. One boy tried to send a high kick, Vex dodged it then sent a sharp kick to his exposed leg, with a popping sound he hit the ground, the other boy tried to ground smash Vex, thinking he would not move in time he put all his force and pressure into it. Vex knew and went into a quick hand stand shoving his foot into kids face, the amount of force generated was enough to put him under. The girls were at this point not wanting to fight seeing their friends on the ground, one missing teeth, the other holding his leg. The three boys that were watching on the side lines pulled their weapons out, the girls saw this and were about to do the same, when Vex stopped them. "You saw how I am without my weapons, what makes you think you have a chance when I draw them. Plus, I attack anyone who attacks me with no hesitation."
One girl put her weapon back in its holster, "You pussy." The other girl spat, then drew her weapon which was a single bladed dust revolver. She raised to Vex. He smile and drew his weapons, she let off some shots but hit nothing, at this point he was too close to her. He struck her knee, bringing her down, her hand, wrist, then elbow, making her drop the gun, then in a shift circle placed one of the combat stick to her head, then with a click the stick made a small sonic boom to the back of the girls head knocking her out and throwing her to the ground.
Other girl, with fear backed up, Vex looked at her, got up, and began to walk to her slowly. She took some steps back but fell. They kept eye contact, even as the three boys thought it was their chance and rushed him, he brought them down one after the other. While still keeping eye contact and walking towards her, to her it seemed like the world had stopped, for a moment it was just her and him. She didn't know whether to pull her weapon out or if it would make any difference. Then he stopped, "You came here to become a huntress, correct? One who protects the weak for what they can't protect themselves is that right?" He asked in a direct stern voice.
She shook her head frankly in approval that it was the reason why she came. "Then why are we fighting?" He turned to the crowd of watchers at this point, "Why do you all sit and let this happen?" He holstered his weapons and stuck his hand out toward her, "If we are here we are all on the same team, human, Faunus, male, and female. Our enemy is the Grimm, and those who threaten the safety of others, let's do our job and protect one another." After helping her up she led her the students she attacked.
The young man finally came to, waking up in the Faunus girls arms, "We win?" He asked her holding his head. Before she could say anything Vex stopped her. "Yes man you were kicking ass." He pointed to the students on the ground. "They did get the jump on you at one point which is why I jumped in." He stuck his hand out. "Jackson Vex." He said helping him up. "Thanks am Sam Keto." Vex then turn to the Faunus girl to help her up. "And you are miss?" He said taking a bow to her. She blushed and in a small timid voice said "Scarlet April, thank you for your help." "Anytime, by the way here is someone else who would like to say sorry." He stepped back and the once tough girl, didn't seem so tough anymore, " Hey, am Faith Jix, sorry about earlier, I just let those guys get all this nonsense in my head... can you." Before she could finish her sentence Scarlet put a hand on her shoulder. "Yes, don't worry about it." At this point Vex noticed a lot of people, and teachers coming, so in the middle of their conversation Vex slipped away, he reached for his bag and took off.
Little that he knew that some people were watching him. "You see that?" Yang announced, Velvet and Coco looked at each other. "It's him, the guy we saved." "He is cute, what's his name?" They looked at each other, "We don't know." Yang looked at them a smile came across her face, "Then how about we find out."
