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Chapter 3: Escaping to Familiar Faces
The bird faunus laid there asleep in the cage on her side with her hands still bound behind her. One of her legs then twitched alive before she slowly opened her eyes and became conscious . Her eyesight was blurry and she had a slight headache from the discomfort of the cage. The only thing she was able to make out was the darkness, How long have I been out? She asked herself. She either slept for a few hours, or slept a whole day, but she didn't even know. She started to regain her eyesight and she then heard voices coming from outside of the tent, but it was faint and she couldn't make out any words. She slowly got to her knees, and stayed in that position for a bit before she stood up to her feet which seemed to have more strength in them than before.
"I have to get out of here," she muttered to herself. But how? she thought to herself while walking over to the door of the cage slowly, and trying not to lose her balance. As she reached the door she put her hand against it, and tried to push it open. The door didn't move an inch and soon realizing that there's no point in trying anymore.
"Hmm…" She thought to herself while backing away from the door, trying to come up with something. Out of nowhere her wings started to make a few beeping noises while the lights on it started to blink a bright white. After blinking for a few seconds her wings then made a powering up noise and soon the lights stopped blinking, and stopped beeping. The lights then stayed a solid white and she felt like she had full control over them again. The huntress was caught off guard by this, but also felt relief.
Huh? she thought in surprise as she she looked back at them. "Seems like they only temporarily disabled them" she said with relief. Now I have some kind of chance of getting out of here, she thought with a small smile.
She then had an idea and she started to wiggle her bound hands down to clear them from her wings. By doing so she could be able to spread them without dislocating both her shoulders as her wings opened.
Just a little more, she told herself before she was able to bring her hands down far enough and she instantly spread her wings open when it was clear to do so.
Now to just get these binds off, she said thinking as she wiggled her fingers. She then looked at her wings, these blades are pretty sharp, they should do the trick. She then positioned one of her wings down against her back with one of the blades facing towards her and she slowly got the binds closer and closer until they have made contact. She then started to rub the binds against the blade which then started to cut through it..
"Ugh...come on…" as the young huntress struggled to cut the binds off from her having to stretch her arms to be able to make the cutting motion.. She then heard the voices go quiet that came from outside, and she stopped what she was doing. She stared out at the entrance where a faint light could be seen sneaking in from the outside. A few seconds past, and the only thing she could hear was her heart beating against her chest, but soon the voices then started to pick up again
Whew….. Got to be more quiet Angel. If you get caught there's no chance of getting back to Beacon, the winged huntress told herself. As she continued to cut through the binds with the blade she could then feel them weakening and becoming less constrictive to the point of them almost being off.
"That should be enough," she said as she started to pull her hands apart, soon the binds lost their grip and ripped apart where she had cut them. The binds fell to the cages floor with a small thud.. She put her open hands out in front of her with her palms facing her and then turned them around showing the back of her hands. She then stretched her arms out with a few cracks and pops coming from them.
"Done, now to get out of this cage," She told herself while looking around and then faced towards the door of the cage. She saw a square of solid metal that was held between the bars and next to the door.. Huh? She walked up to it and looked through the bars to see the other side of square. It was hard to see, but she was able to see a keyhole, which meant it was where the locking mechanism was for the cage.
"Now what is the quietest way I could do this?" she said thinking with her arms crossed over her chest and with a finger against her chin.. She had thought for a good 10 seconds, or so. Hmm...this doesn't seem like strong metal, She then pointed one of the sharp ends of her wings towards the locking mechanism. She then slightly pressed it against and as she put more pressure onto it started to pierce through it as if it was butter. Soon the point of her wing went fully through it, and she then sliced down slowly while trying to keep it as quiet as possible.
"Almost...there," she said as she grunted and continued to slice down, almost making it to the bottom end. She struggled a little bit, but she soon reached the bottom end of the lock. There was a large slice that came from the middle to the bottom end. She then grabbed the bars that made up the door and got ready to give it a few good pushes. The first push it wouldn't budge at all. She then gave it a second push, and a cracking noise could be heard from the locking mechanism. She noticed the noises and knew one more good push could break the lock and get her out of here. She then pulled back on the door and gave it one more good shove. From the force the door came flying open, and she grabbed it before it could make contact with the cage, so it wouldn't make any unnecessary noise.
"Bingo,"with excitement in her voice, and quickly stepped out and made her way towards the slit in the tent. She peeked her head out from the opening and saw three white fang members surrounding a campfire with each one sitting down on a different bench and facing the fire. One had his back towards her, while the one next to him on the right had his side towards her, and the third one was facing her, but had his head down looking into the campfire. She looked around at the camp and there were tents surrounding the campfire, except behind the third white fang member. The thick forest was wide open behind the member, with nothing blocking the way except them.
She smiled, "I just have to get past them and I'm home free,.." She then noticed that there was a rifle next to the third member which was loaded with dust. Her left hand twitched a bit, I need that dust in that gun, she desperately told her self while locking her wide eyes onto it while it just sat next to the member. She then noticed the other two members had swords on their hips with bright red blades and black handles, but she was mostly focused on the dust.
She took a deep breath,"...well, here goes nothing," she said while she slithered out of the tent and into the open staying low. She slowly made her way towards the member with his back towards her, trying to keep hidden and silent.
"Hey...what do you think is going to happen to that bird faunus we caught..well..he caught?" said the first member, and the second member just shrugged his shoulders.
The third member looked up at the member who asked, "I don't know..and I don't care honestly. All I care about it is that she's in that cage." He put his hands together, and looked back into the fire. "All we need is for her to get out, and cause problems...he's not here, along with Adam, so if she gets out then we're screwed."
"Yeah,..but she can't be that strong..right?," retorted the first member with his arms hanging off his legs as he sat.
"From what I've heard she's a new full huntress...but she's a bit weaker than your usual new huntsman and huntress," the second member explained.
"But it doesn't matter...we are still out of her league by a far margin," the third member said sadly.
The first member looked at both his partners, "I don't think that's going to be a problem though...I mean she looked pretty messed-up," he said as the bird faunus knocked him out cold his her bare fist. He fell straight to the ground face first and motionless. The other two members looked up to see what happened and in shock they stood straight up from where they were sitting, not aspecting the huntress.
The huntress looked at the two members, shooting daggers towards them, not saying a word.
"You're gonna pay for that!" said the second member, unsheathing his sword from his hip. The huntress faced him as he swung his sword towards her. She went under the attack and came up with a right hand uppercut to his jaw, making him stumble back. She then came back with a loaded left haymaker, landing it to the front of his face. The blow knocked him down to the ground and with his sword hitting, and sliding across the ground.
The third member stood there in doubt, knowing he's in no match with her. He looked over to his rifle, quickly got hold of it, and gripped it tightly in his hands. He raised his rifle and aimed it at her with his finger on the trigger. The young huntress looked at him and quickly lunged across the fire toward him. She grabbed the barrel of the gun, and raised it up into the sky as he pulled and held onto the trigger. The gun started to continually fire off rounds into the open sky, and making a ton of noise. The the whole camp was soon alerted by the gun fire. Other white fang members started to rush out of their tents, coming to see what's making all the ruckus.
The huntress stared deep into the member, and all her could do was make a nervous smile. "Stop wasting my dust," as she front kicked him in the chest, knocking him back onto the ground. The member lost his tight grip on the gun as he was shot back from the kick. The huntress stood there, holding the rifle by the barrel, and looked around her
All the members got into position with their weapons,"You're not going anywhere," said one of the many white fang members. She was surrounded by the faunus except in front of her where the open, thick forest was. She then grabbed the magazine of the rifle and pulled it straight out, and dropped the gun in front of her. She stood there, holding the magazine in her other hand, and her eyes were fixated on it.
With uncertainty in her voice, "well...here goes nothing," She hesitated, but then emptied the dust into her left hand, and threw the mag onto the ground where the gun is. Her tattoo on her left arm started to slightly glow an amber color as the dust sat on her hand. She took a deep breath before she clenched her left hand tight with the dust between her fingers. The tattoo on her left arm started to glow brighter with her aura starting to glow bright. She started to grit her teeth, and groan as dust was being absorbed and pumped into her body. The members just stood and watched, not knowing what to do, or what was happening.
ughh... I never liked this feeling….it feels so wrong….but….it feels sooo good. As a creepy smile grew across her face. Her aura then started to dim down, but her tattoo continued to shine bright. She held her eyes closed, and faced the white fang members slowly with the smile glued across her face.
"Get her!",As all the members charged at the huntress at once. She slowly opened her eyes and looked up at the hoard of faunus closing in on her. She kept her arms to her sides, and fire then started to cloak around her left arm as her tattoo got brighter.
With the sight of the white fang, her face grew angry and full of hatred. She then raised her arm cloaked with fire, "Get...AWAY FROM ME!" as her left arm swept across with fire bursting off of her arm and flying towards the members. From the sight of the attack they all stopped short to avoid it. The fire made contact with the ground in front of them, and caused a wall of fire, blocking their way.. Her fire cloaked arm was still held out in front of her, aimed at the members. Her hand was held open, and her eyes locked onto them with a death stare. She then started to load up for another attack.
T-that's enough!, she thought to herself. She struggled to get back control of her body to stop herself. She then gained control of her other arm and then grabbed her fire cloaked arm, trying to pull it down.
"But...isn't this what you want?..they've caused you so much pain, but…. now we can get them back for what they've done...right?" The young huntress said, seeming to be talking to herself. "Now...just let it happen"
NO!...I won't-"Let you!" as she quickly pulled both her arms to her body, as soon as she did the fire around her arm dispersed, and her tattoo slowly dimmed until it was no longer lit. She breathed heavily and some sweat coming down her face. She looked at both her opened hands, and then closed them. "...that...was a close one" as she looked up and saw the sight of the wall of fire.
The white fang members stood frozen from what they've saw. "What are you guys doing?! Go around and get her! Our heads will be on a pike if he finds out that she has escaped!" The members hesitated for a second before they've gained their feet back and went around the wall of fire
"Oh sh-" looking as if she was a deer caught in headlights. She quickly turned around towards the forest and booked it as fast as her legs could take her. As she made contact with the forest there was thick brushing and tree limbs that were slowing her down. There are a few leaves on the ground, and it was pretty flat as far as she could tell, but not sure. As she made her way deeper there was distant footsteps that could be heard behind her. The sound of crackling leaves, and leaves moving on branches followed her. It was still dark out, but she was still able to see from her being a faunus.
"Come on, she's going this way," could be heard behind her. As she continued to run a tall, thick tree with a lot of branches on it came into her sights. She had an idea, but wasn't sure if it would work. She didn't have a lot of time to think as she was coming up to it pretty quickly.
"...screw it," she said as she leaped up towards the tree, grabbing a branch. Luckily it was strong enough to hold her weight and she then started to pull herself up onto the branch. The footsteps started to close in on her, and she started to climb higher up the tree. She got up high enough to be able to see the top of some of the other trees around her. She then sat on a branch and leaned against the the tree.
Soon the footsteps were right underneath her and then got quiet. "We'd she go?" One of the members asked in frustration. "I thought she went in this direction," said another member. She looked down and saw the member's right underneath her. Her heart was beating fast due to all the running. They were looking around and seeing if they can hear leaves crackling, or brushing being pushed. The young huntress covered her mouth with her cupped hand, trying to suppress her breathing.
In the distance brushing could be heard moving around."Come on, this way!" said a member as they rushed over to the noise. A whole horde of members could be seen running past the tree that she was in. They headed over towards the direction where the noise came from. When the last member ran past she listened, and when she could no longer hear their footsteps she quietly climbed down from the tree, lightly planting her feet down on the ground.
"Whew…" as she took a deep breath. "That was a close one," she said under her breath. The broken and cracked moon was directly overhead of her, and the moons light pierced through the forest. It was quiet with a few crickets chirping their songs and a very light breeze. She then started to wipe off all of the dirt that is on her that came from her climbing up the tree. She started to make her way through the forest, going in the opposite way that the white fang members went in. She wandered through the forest for about 20 or so minutes, losing track of time, and not really knowing where she's going, or where she is going to go.
She looked around before saying,".ugh...I'm lost…." She admitted to herself. As she walked the forest started becoming less dense with less trees and brushing. She then found herself in a forest opening, she stopped walking and moved her head around, looking around. The sky clear and was filled with stars that went from left to right, not leaving any blank spots. Her hair sway back and forth from the breeze, and it was dead quiet, no chirping, or anything, but the sound of leaves lightly swaying from the weak wind. She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath,and taking in the moment, the moment of finally having some silent and peace. She then slowly opened her eyes, and finding her body more relaxed and free. "Well….time to get going, staying here won't get me anywhere," She said as she took a step forward. Out of nowhere an explosion went off in the distance, causing a loud booming sound in the sky.
"Huuh!?" She said as she was dazed from the loud sound from the random explosion, trying to process it in her mind. She frantically looked up in the sky, seeing a huge smoke cloud in the distance. There were then smaller explosions, one being red, and the other was a light blue. She stood there frozen in place and screams could be heard in the distance from where the explosion came from. The creams filled her ears, and her body tensed up on its own. A black figure flew across the sky, over her head and seemed to be heading towards the black smoke. She studied the black figure, and soon realized what it was, a nevermore, a bird as dark as the night, and as big as a two story building.
Without thinking she started to make her way towards the black smoke that covered the sky. She ran carelessly through the forest, being smacked over and over again from branches that were attached to trees. There were small holes and dips in the ground which caused her to almost lose her balance. As she drew closer the screams grew louder, and the smell of wood burning filled the air, filling her nose. The sky was completely covered with smoke, covering the stars, and part of the moon.. She soon reached an end of the forest and found herself out in the open.
A couple hundred of feet in front of her was a decent sized village. She quickly made her way on the path that lead her towards the village. Her eyes focused on the village, and she then open her wings wide, ready to attack as she made her way. As she reached the entrance she saw the horrid sight of grimm attacking innocent people. She was able to see the center of the village where there was a 15 foot tree in the middle which was completely on fire and was causing the black smoke in the air. She ran into the and soon, saw a beowolf chasing after a younger man. She intervened, the grimm cutting it straight in half and turning it to black dust.
The trembling man looked at the huntress as if she was God himself, coming to help. "Miss Huntress thank god you're here...these things just came out of nowhere and started attacking us…" he explained quickly. " Please you gotta help us you gotta" tears started to come down the mans face and breathed quickly. "W-we we-"
She placed her finger on his mouth to shush him. "Everything is going to be fine...trust me" As a warm smile was on her face with a few teeth showing themselves.
Tears raced down the man face and cheeks, but somehow a smile was able to sneak onto his face . "T-thank you miss thank you" with his hands held together. She nodded to the man and started to walk forward. The man watched her walk off and then shouted towards her, "Please be careful! there's another huntsman here but I don't know where he went..or what happened to him."
She looked back at the man and nodded again with a smile. She killed off a few more grimm who were going after people as she made her way. There was a group of beowolfs blocking her path and noticed the winged huntress and started to charge. She got her hands up and her wings ready, waiting for the first one to reach her striking distance. As it got in range she stuck the shape edge of her wing straight into its head. The blade went right through it's head with no problems, ending it quickly. The second beast was right behind and slashed at her, but she swung the blade of her wing with no hesitation. The strike sliced its arm right off, causing it to yelp. She then pierced both the edges of her wings in its body and then spread her wings apart, ripping it right in half as if it was nothing. The rest of the beowolfs stopped and looked at each other and then looked back at her.
A half smile appeared on her face, "not so tough now are ya?" She then lunged at them, slicing each one of them to pieces. After she was done with them she continued to run towards the middle, soon making it to the center where the 15 foot burning tree was. As she walked closer towards the tree an Ursa came crashing down about 10 feet in front of her, with it's back towards the tree. It roared loudly and has its eyes locked onto the bird faunus.
"Let's go big guy," as she cracked each of her knuckles and getting into her fighting stance. The Ursa roared one more time as it got onto its hind legs with its head in the air and it's big claws held in front of it. When she was about to attack there was a barrage of bullets going through the Ursa with black dust coming out of the hole that the bullets made in the bear grimm.. It then fell straight down and turned to dust as it made contact with the ground. She saw that there were a bunch of bullet holes in the tree's trunk, and before you know it the tree started to fall to its side. It made a loud bang when coming into contact with the ground, and a bunch of embers went flying everywhere. On the other side of the tree there was a man holding a rifle over his shoulder that resembled a HK416N with a red dot and foregrip along with a 10 inch blade on the bottom of the barrel. The man looked at the bird faunus and gave a little smile.
"Well...it's nice to see a familiar face around in these parts," with delight in her voice.
Her eyes went wide from the sight, having to look twice to make sure that she was seeing right. The man had dirty blonde hair that was about medium length and messy. He had light brown eyes along with a tan skin complexion. He's wearing a brown and black short sleeve shirt with a black tactical vest that is holding magazines and different colored grenades that hanged from the front of the vest. He's wearing black tactical gloves with the finger cut half off. He has brown cargo pants that has a small, silver chain hanging from the belt loops on the right side. He has a black utility belt where he holds more of his ammo and two 6 inch combat knives, with one on each hip that had a black blade and brown handle
He then stepped over the burning tree without hesitation and as if it wasn't covered in fire and smoke. He came face to face with the faunus girl, leaving about 5 feet between them and said,. "And a pretty one too"
She couldn't help, but smile, putting her hand over her mouth to hide it, and crossed her other arm over her chest. A bit of blush found its way onto her face. "Well...it's not that pretty-but...it's more prettier than yours." She jokingly said.
He held a hand up with his palm facing the sky, closing his eyes,"Well...can't argue that." as his smile stuck to his face, and opened his eyes back up, looking straight at her.
She laughed a bit into her hand and then placed it on her hip, 'it's nice to see you again, Lucas," as she looked back at him, with their eyes locking.
And that's the end of chapter 3. Also, if you want your oc in this story then please pm me all the details about them. When it comes time for a new character(s), good, or evil then i'll try to implement them in the story. It's kinda hard to make up characters on the spot, so anything will be appreciated. Until next time :)