Author's Note: I Know it's early but I've been bored so Writing this is my entertainment for a day. Hope you guys enjoy this chapter ;3
Chapter 3
As dawn broke the skyline of the horizon the sound of hunting dogs in the distance disappeared allowing the assassin who failed her mission to kill all three of her targets groaned in pain as she felt droplets of blood flow down from her shoulder. For the one in a million chance to have the faunus hunter of atlas in the home of a target with incompatible odds. Unfortunately for her Adam's punishment is going to be far more severe compared to the wound in her shoulder.
"What should I do..." questioning her next move to either limp home praying Adam wasn't at the base or try to complete her mission that would likely end with her head on a stake. But among the decision one thing stood out vividly as though it was a lost memory or a dream long forgotten. The blonde woman in the picture by her targets bedside resembled the corpse she pulled a child away from all those years ago. "I need answers first. then I'll decide what to do." Blake convinced herself as she stood to her feet and began walking into 'New Patch' just past the forest line.
As she strolled into the local bar, 'Junior's Club and Bar' she could make out a red hood woman sitting alone at the bar. It was like someone above or below has given her another chance at her assassination target. As she approached the woman from behind she could hear her, "If you're going to kill me then just do it. I found out my father and sister weren't related to me by blood at all..." Stopping her weapon just above the base of her neck Blake could hear the sadness in her voice.
"Is that really something to die over?" Blake asked placing her clever back on her back once again as she took a seat beside the woman, "Hei one milk please."
"This is a bar why milk?" THe red hood woman asked with curiosity flashing over her dead silver-eyes.
"I can't handle my alcohol very well so Hei always places milk with a little whiskey in a glass for me." Blake spoke removing her cat-like mask placing it on the counter as the drink she ordered arrived.
"10 Lien miss." Junior asked as Blake placed the money on the counter before he disappeared behind the bar once again leaving the two alone. Pouring the large cup of milk and whiskey into a couple shots, Blake took a shot of the drink before sighing.
"Hard to think I'd find one of my targets here," She spoke again pouring another shot from the larger cup.
"Why am I a target?" The woman asked pulling her hood down revealing her deep red hair like it was stained with the blood of all her enemies. Blake felt a wave of deja vu slap her across the face as she just stared at the woman's hair color before her eyes met silver. "Do I have something on me?"
"Uh no you just remind me of someone I thought I knew from my childhood," Blake spoke taking another hit from her milk finishing off the glass of milk and whiskey. The deja vu she was feeling felt more and more like an old life she once had before Adam trained her to be his personal weapon. The only part that she couldn't put her finger on is where she met this red-head before.
"Why did you kill my captain miss?" The red-head spoke with a clear monotone voice showing no feeling of remorse towards the man she previously killed before being attacked by the faunus hunter. Before she could come up with an acceptable answer Blake could hear the hammer of specially designed desert eagle being cocked. "If I don't like your answer, I'll kill you and drag your corpse through these streets before getting back to camp as a sign to the rest of the faunus." Blake could hear the killer intent after she spoke, "Don't make another move or I'll blow your knee off before you can draw that blade of yours." Blake looked down to see the pistol repositioned at her kneecap like the redhead said.
"You know I hate humans who think they're all that." Blake spoke removing her hand from the clever on her back placing it back on the bar in view for the redhead, "If I don't kill my targets the man I work for will leave another mark in or on my body in some way as punishment before proceeding to more... fiendish tortures."
"Hmph. I hate faunus who can't even lie to save their own asses." The red-head spoke pulling the pistol's hammer back before slipping the safety on, "You know if we met under different terms we could've been friends."
"Me, friends with a human? You must be joking. Human's all reek of murderous intent." Blake stated standing to her feet indicating how offended she was, "Hell You were about to either cripple me or kill me just thirty seconds ago!"
"Ah but I didn't did I?" The redhead retorted turning to face Blake directly with a cocky smirk plastered on her face.
"There's another reason I hate humans! You all think you're superior to us Faunus! Like we're just tools to be exploited!" Blake exclaimed as her temper began to rise further and further while watching the red-head's smirk grow into a grin.
"I hate Faunus who take things too seriously" The red-head spoke taking another drink of her beer without dropping her grin for a single second.
"Why are you so fucking happy?! Just a few hours ago I had my blade against your neck! I WAS going to take your life away! Doesn't that scare you!?"
"To be honest it doesn't. Being in the sniper's nest since I was seven I've seen a lot of death as though my mentor was reaping souls before their own time." She deadpanned taking another drink from her glass, the grin she held for so long during this conversation faded fast, "Being a sniper or an assassin, We have to make the choice of taking a life before it's time. I learned that lesson when I turned 8. At 10 I lost the glimmer in my eyes, at 12 I shot all hope for the world clear through it's skull." Her voice sent shivers down Blake's spine as all her instincts began to scream for a retreat but her legs wouldn't move. "I'm surprised you haven't ran away. I hate Faunus who can't hold their ground."
"I'm just at a lost of words. To think you lost that innocence at such a young age."
"It wasn't my choice. I watched one of my friends get their head cut clean off by a black cleaver." Blake's spine felt another shiver hit causing her to take a step back out of fear, "I'm surprised you'd remember that one Blake."
"H-How did you know my name?" Blake spoke slowly creeping to the door before a gunshot flew past her calf barely scraping it.
"How can I forget the name of someone who saved me as a child then took the life of an innocent girl just two years later." The redhead rose to her feet slowly approaching Blake as her instincts were screaming at her to run away before it was too late. But it was too late already as Blake looked to see the redhead pinning her against the wall holding both of her wrists above Blake's head, "You know something Blake. You may have forgotten me but I never forgot you~. You saved me from the bombs that destroyed my sister's corpse and brought me to a different hell that let my innocent friend die by your hands. For that I hate you more than any faunus in this god. forsaken. world."
Before Blake could retaliate with her own words she felt the redhead's lips press against her in a drunken kiss as her tongue pushed past Blake's lips. The struggle Blake began to put up was useless as the redhead's hands kept hers in place before their lips part with a small strand of saliva. "My name is Ruby Rose incase you forget again." Without a moment of hesitation Ruby disappeared out the bar door leaving behind a small gust of wind, a few rose petals and a breathless Blake leaning against the door frame of the Bar.
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As she arrived at her doorstep, Ruby was greeted by the door being flung open and a very pissed off Weiss glaring daggers through her skull. Ruby with her buzz still going strong smiled at Weiss before the sound of slapping flesh echoed through the camp. Weiss now stood above Ruby with her palm bright red from slapping her overly hyper subordinate to the ground in front of Ruby's home.
"DDAAAMMNN Weiss I heard that from the can!" Raven yelled from the kitchen with clear laughter in her voice.
"You fucking dolt! Your killer is still out there and you decide to go to a bar this early in the morning without telling me or Raven?! Are you a fucking imbecile or something Ruby?!" Ruby lowered her head while letting Weiss rant herself breathless. After the whole retard comment, it was far easier to tune Weiss out than listen to the large rant she always did when Ruby was being stubborn. This was a type of defense mechanism she tend to put up towards any high ranking official ranting at her.
It didn't last long though for the sound of a .45 magnum with hollow rounds going off snapped her out of the auto tune out. Ruby's eyes shot up to stare at her aunt holding the gun at her smiling as though nothing happened. "So back to the real world now?" Her voice is as cheery as her fake smile, "Don't tune people out. Your mother taught you that before she passed."
Ruby nodded her head in a ridiculous amount causing Raven to laugh as Weiss exhale an irritated sigh, "Why are you such a dolt Ruby."
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Upon reaching the Faunus camp, Blake was cuffed and bagged before being taken to Adam's personal dungeon. Within seconds Blake felt herself fall against what she assumed is a wooden chair before feeling leg restraints on her ankles in addition to her arms being restrained by the chair arms as well. Feeling the potato sack being removed from her head, Blake looked around to see her two former teammates standing behind her watching, waiting for a reason to attack Adam's pet assassin. Minutes later the cell door swung open as Adam walked in with a cart of torture tools and a portable aura injector.
"You failed me Beauty. Now I can have my fun. You two are dismissed." Adam stated causing the other two faunus to leave the room but stick close to hear Blake's cries for help. They knew all too well what happens to the failures listening to hours of torment and punishment with just enough aura to force the injure to heal at a rapid pace. One assassin saw the delight Adam got when he began removing the fingers and toes of the failures just listening them count down as the bone, nerve center, circulatory system, muscle, aura system and skin grow back at such a fast yet painful way.
"You know you'll never break me Adam." Blake spoke in a superior tone as four paper thin needles pierced her skin reaching into her aura systems. The four needles were connected to small plastic pipes leading to the aura injector. Knowing his type of torment and torture Blake braced herself mentally for the small gashes he usually starts with before he proceeds to mass bone breaking then limb removal.
"You say that but," Adam spoke picking up a pair of bolt cutters placing Blake's right big toe between the blades before turning the aura injector on, "I'm not doing the usual with you. Now what's one thousand minus seven?" He asked chopping blake's right big toe clean off as she left out a long scream of pain. "I'm sorry I couldn't understand that. What's one thousand minus seven Blake?!" He asked again cutting her right pointer toe off causing another wail of pain from her.
"N-Nine hundred ninety three..." Blake whispered before feeling her right middle toe being removed in the same gorey manner, " N-N-Nine hundred eighty Six..."
"Yes that's music to my ears!" Adam exclaimed removing Blake's right ring toe and pinky toe in a single cut causing another scream of pain from Blake, "Whoops I got two piggies there. Hahaha." As Adam put the bolt cutters away he reached for a serrated army knife he nicknamed "Wilt" for his own amusement. "Seems like your toes are growing back Blake. Let's see how long you'll last before I brand you again."
"N-Nine Hundred seventy-night..." Blake muttered below her voice before screaming again as Adam slowly cut into her left faunus ear, "N-Nine hundred seventy-three..."
"Shhh it's almost... through!" With a fourth stroke and Adam's pulling the faunus ear off. Causing Blake to scream in utter pain again as she continued to count down from one thousand by sevens. "Seems like you still need more how about the other one?" Adam declared placing the blade against her other ear slowly dragging the blade through the tissue before cutting it clean off on the fourth stroke again causing blake to scream in pain again, Her once black hair now stained a dark red as her ears began to grow back. "Keep counting when I get back understand Blake?"
Blake didn't even nod nor recognize his presence leaving all she could think about was the utter pain of her limbs growing back one by one, piece by piece. The lingering pain slowly dulled out as her breath began to even out her eyes half-lid as the door reopened with Adam carrying a saw off shotgun, a case of fire dust bullets, and a blow torch in his arms.
"Seems like your ears and right toes are back. Shall we continue?" Adam asked as Blake's mind drifted away with her screams and the counting. The thoughts turn to the hate filled kiss she shared with Ruby as her bones were crushed, her skin was scorched, Her fingers and Toes removed violently, her faunus ears cut off and her teeth pulled one by one as the Sun long fell behind the horizon...
A/N: So Chapter Three guys. Been bored at home between college and the drive so this is done rather fast. Thanks to my editor Fallen Shadow69. Link to his page will be underneath this Author's Note. Check out his stories including the most recent ones. Personally my favorite so far of his stories are the Silent Aria Series and A Rose by Another Name which helped inspire this story now that I think of it. anyways go check his stuff, their all well writen and very enjoyable to read.
~Barbatos
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