"You mean to tell me Velvet's behind all of this?" Weiss questioned in disbelief.
"It'd make sense why she never got killed and never told the police the murderer's identity," Blake sighed. "But that's not like her, she's such a sweet girl."
"Velvet couldn't have pulled this off, not by herself anyways. She would've needed a lot of help from someone stronger. Besides, how would she know her way around Signal? She may be behind this, but she's had help," Yang reasoned. "Someone who knows this school like the back of their hand."
"I don't see how Velvet escaped the asylum," Blake said, looking around.
"Asylum?" Yang asked.
"Yeah, she lost her mind after the killings, suffered pretty bad hysteria," Blake explained.
"If she was that bad off, I don't see how she'd pull off this maneuver," Weiss commented.
"Who knows, but we should be able to track her down with this sample of fur, right Blakey?" Yang asked.
"Yeah, I should be able to track her down, or at least I'll try," Blake answered, taking a sniff of the fur sample and sniffing the air. Blake started to walk down the hallways, eventually finding a bunch of brown hair lying on the ground outside the school. On one of the long strands of hair was dripping crimson. Blake lead the way leading up to a big read message.
Written in blood, on the sand near a shack, the words, 'Enter If You Dare', was written. Weiss backed away from the shack a bit.
"This isn't a very good idea. We should call the police before we enter," Weiss insisted.
"Why? It's not going to get any worse," Yang said as she walked into the shack, slowly opening the door, making a loud creaking noise that pierced Blake and Weiss' ears. Slowly, Yang slipped inside the old shack, Blake following behind.
"Blake, don't leave me out here!" Weiss exclaimed, charging after Blake into the shack. Inside was several chainsaws hanging up among other odd objects. One of which was some rope thing that couldn't end well. Yang bent down after noticing a loose board and found a hidden stair case. The three women climbed down the staircase, the floor creaking and moan with each step they took. Slowly, the vision of red appeared. Sprawled out across the floor was the rabbit faunus suspect, dead, with chunks of brown hair ripped out and fur missing from her ears. A sticky note stuck to her left ear, the words written in crimson blood 'Go Home Or This Will Be YOU'. Yang crumpled up the note and tossed it on the floor before heading upstairs to call the police. Weiss quickly picked up the note to read.
"We better keep this," Weiss commented, sticking it in the pocket of her jacket. Blake kneeled next to Velvet and sighed.
"Why would somebody frame Velvet only to kill her?" Blake questioned.
"Maybe he never finished her off in the first place," Weiss said.
"You think it's the killer from two years ago?" Blake asked.
"I really do," Weiss nodded as she crossed her arms. "And I think if we're not careful we'll be the next target."
"We're already a target, Weiss. We were a target the moment we set foot on this island," Blake reasoned, standing up.
"Then why hasn't he killed us yet?" Weiss asked.
"Probably to scare us more," Blake answered before climbing up the stairs again to the top and out the door. Weiss followed until they were at the edge of the road.
"Well he can try to scare us all he wants, but we're gonna get rid of him, whether he likes it or not," Weiss said confidently.
...
Nobody could've expected what would happen next. Who'd die next. The third day in Patch arrived with a terror. Several minors were found dead in their homes. Parents were obviously drugged, they never heard any screams. To add to the situation, the youngest sibling of the dead minors was missing. Weiss and Blake went to investigate the case only to find mangled corpses and another sticky note.
'Still here?'
"Yeah, we're still here, and you're still a sicko!" Weiss screamed at the note before sticking in her notebook where she had put the other note. Blake put a hand on Weiss' shoulder before walking over to investigate the victims.
"How could... How could this all be done in one night?" Blake question. "Primarily, it'd take a pretty long time to do so much damage so how could one person kill all of these kids in one night?" Blake questioned.
"I always knew Santa was evil," Yang scrunched up her face.
"Shut up, this is a very serious situation!" Weiss exclaimed, slapping Yang slightly. Yang held her cheek a bit.
"You're acting like you knew these people, what's the deal?" Yang scoffed.
"Yang, there's a serial killer on the loose and they were just children, how could you possibly not be disturbed?" Weiss reasoned.
"Well you know what, nobody went boohoo when the others died and they did a lot more for the world. Especially Ruby. I get it. You'll mourn strangers but not your own friend, got it," Yang snarled before walking away. "You just got yourself killed 'cause I ain't gonna jump in and save you, bravo."
"Give her time, Weiss, she'll calm down," Blake put a hand on the white clad woman's shoulder as Yang disappeared down the road. An hour past of investigation before the huntresses decided to leave.
"I just feel like something's off with her," Weiss commented.
"She hasn't been the same since Ruby's death, that's all," Blake assured, grabbing her bag and heading towards the death trap Weiss ended up renting them to drive. The cat faunus climbed into the driver's seat and put the key in the ignition as Weiss stared out the window.
"I sure hope that's the case," Weiss sighed.
"Weiss, Yang might be different, but she's not a monster. I don't think she could do this, she's too emotionally fragile after everything that happened," Blake reasoned.
"Blake, all the girls disappearing, their names start with the letter 'R'. Not only that, but all the older siblings are being killed. And the students killed, the first letters in their name spelled out our team name. This just seems to point to Yang or-"
"Taiyang. It could easily be him. He's been leaving threatening notes to us and Yang. Not only that, but he seems rather out of his mind. According to Yang, they are close in strength, so he could've easily pulled this off," Blake said.
"Wait, but if he's killing all of the young girl's older siblings, wouldn't that mean he's going to kill-"
"Yang..." Blake finished, a look of fear stretching on her features. "We have to go now, he could be going in for the kill as we speak," Blake put the van in reverse and turned to drive towards the direction Yang had been heading, speeding and passing everyone by. Blake slammed on the brakes upon seeing Bumblebee, Yang's bike, in a ditch. The two huntresses exited the van and ran to the ditch to see the motorcycle with smeared blood and a trail that lead to a cute house surrounded by forest. The women stormed into the door to see Taiyang stumbling around with a knife in his hands. Weiss ducked under the stairs to hide while Blake launched herself in to the corner of the ceiling, standing on crown molding to stay in her elevated position. Suddenly, the two heard thrashing and screaming from the other room. Blake unsheathed Gambol Shroud and inched her way to a living room. There was a fairly decent TV, a game council, an old couch, and several ropes suspended from the ceiling. Hanging by her wrists, Yang thrashed around, trying to break free with no avail. Just as Taiyang raised his dagger, Blake tackled him to the ground, attacking the madman. Weiss ran into the room and tried to cut the ropes with her rapier, but not even a string came loose.
"What gives, why won't it cut!?" Weiss questioned.
"If it could cut, I would've broken it long before you two showed up," Yang hissed in frustration.
"How can these ropes possibly; Are they infused with dust?" Weiss questioned.
"I don't know, you tell me," Yang rolled her eyes. Weiss sighed before standing on the couch to untie the ropes around Yang's hands.
Meanwhile, Blake had successfully knocked Taiyang out and used the ropes tossed to her by Weiss to tie him up. Yang clenched her side as she walked towards the phone on the wall.
"Yang, you're bleeding!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Yeah, he shot me off my bike then stabbed me in the side to try and restrain me. I guess it kinda worked," Yang chuckled.
"How long were you here?" Blake asked, leading Yang to the couch to lie down and hopefully patch up the wound.
"Twenty minutes. Twenty five if you count getting drug here," Yang replied, starting to look a little pale.
"How are you not dead by now?" Blake asked.
"I was using my aura to try and stop the bleeding. I overused it trying to break free, it's dropped pretty low," Yang responded with a grin.
"Why are you smiling?" Blake questioned.
"Well seeing as I, the Yang Xiao Long, was nearly killed, you should be ready to take the first flight out of here, am I correct?" Yang asked.
"Was he the killer?" Weiss asked, having hung up the phone.
"At least one of them," Yang replied, pressing a blanket against her side. "Do you think he could kill all those girls in one night? Not even I could pull that off. There's gotta at least be two of them, and seeing as we've caught one, we need to getting cracking on the others. That is, if you two aren't leaving."
"No, we're not going to leave until we get to the bottom of this," Weiss said in a convinced tone.
"Wow, you two are more persistent than I thought," Yang rolled her eyes.
"You really want us to leave, don't you?"Blake asked.
"It's for your own good. We've got targets on our backs and if you leave, it'll just be me in danger," Yang explained.
"Why us?" Weiss asked.
"Well..." Yang sighed. "You too are trying to track them down. And I'm obviously in the way too. Besides, these people obviously have an unhealthy obsession with Ruby."
"Wait, you're right, didn't the killer spell out her name in the arms of the dead students?" Blake asked.
"Yeah, and a lot of 'R' named girls are disappearing, specifically girls with the name Ruby," Weiss added.
"Dad kinda lost it after Ruby was killed, he'd never say, but she was his favorite. I guess it was because she was always such an obedient girl," Yang commented. "Ruby used to have some friends in these parts. And then there's our uncle, Qrow."
"You think that Qrow might be behind this?" Blake asked.
"It's got potential. He spent a lot of time with Ruby, taught her how to use Crescent Rose correctly," Yang commented. "I'm only so helpful, I'm sorry I can't give you two anymore info for now."
"The medics are here, " Weiss exclaimed, along a medical team to rush in.
Blake looked around the house a bit. On the wall hung a picture of Taiyang, Yang, and Ruby when the family was young, and the destruction was minimal, or so Blake assumed.
' W HY WO N ' FOL L WAR N INGS ? NE XT I' M G OI TA KE WE I SS Y. Y OU SH OUL D' V E RA N WH I COU LD.'