Enjoy.
Her name ringing through my ears.
Please wash away all my fears.
Let us be together for all of our years.
Pain.
It only causes the monster to laugh.
My blades will carve through all in my path.
I scream for you in my dreams.
The screams.
The pain.
It's pleasure,
Beyond anyone's measure.
I own being this.
The monster within is honest.
I am stuck within.
But my soul is still alive.
I'll breathe until I save you.
Myself and the monster.
If it's a sin to change our lives end.
Come at me Gods!
For her, I awaken.
For her, I will take on the world.
For her, I will kill our gods.
For her, I will make Deathbringer will fall.
The blood dripped from Yami's finger as she finished her poem. The once white wall within her cell now stained with her blood began to darken. Pain wretched through the young girl's head as she soon collapsed.
A voice softer than the one within who always spoke to her came forth. "You wish to change your ends? Very well." It disappeared as suddenly as it came. Fire erupted within her cell, its power burned everything away. It faded as swiftly as it began. Nothing was in the cell.
Professor T stopped in her tracks. Her eyes soaking in the horrors in front of her. Blood soaked the tiles, bodies of armored guards scattered in the narrow hallway. T721. She thought as she slowly stepped forward.
The faunus remained still as the woman approached her. "Smell. Fear." She whispered to herself. A presence within began to claw and writhe in pleasure as the fear filled her nostrils. Enjoying what you have become? She questioned inwardly.
"You hear it. The voice within. Don't you?" Professor T questioned as she slowly continued forward. She knew full well what the answer was. T721 heard the voice, gained pleasure from smelling fear. It was only a part of what the experiments had done to her.
The faunus and the professor stood in the blood soaked hallway. The flickering lights barely illuminated the beast that was once had grown taller, her body was pitch black. The once filed down nails were now razor sharp claws. Eyes shined a dark menacing red.
Devour her. A deep voice bellowed within the faunus's head. It was angry. Very angry.
Before T721 satisfied the creature's wishes she heard the pounding of approaching footsteps, the stench of fear filled her nostrils. "More prey." She hissed before she turned away from Professor T and began to stalk forward.
The woman sighed in relief as the beast crept away from her. Though that relief disappeared as something stung her in the neck. She yanked out the small dart. Damn it, sister. That was her last thought as she fell to the floor. Before it went black the screams of a man flooded her mind. T721 had attacked another guard.
"Sorry, mister. I haven't seen any albino in a good number of years." The old man responded to Barry's question.
Another person who hasn't seen the experiment. In a way it was good, on the other hand, it was also annoying. How many people did he have to ask just to get a location his target? So far it was over a hundred. The actual number didn't matter to him.
"Thank you. Have a nice day." He said as he spun on his heel and walked off.
Before he got too far the old man spoke up. "Might want to ask the blonde man across the street. He generally comes across people who get lost or hurt. Maybe he knows something."
Barry paused and gave a thumbs up, acknowledging the information before continuing. He eyed the man across the street for a few moments. Every lead needs to be explored. Even if it's from an old fool. With a sigh of annoyance, he walked forward a few steps looking to make sure there was no traffic.
The blonde man looked over a piece of paper thoughtfully. His list was fairly complicated, hell half the things on the list were for Oobleck so he could continue his tests on Yami. Where would I find that? He thought for a moment.
"Excuse me." A voice spoke out to Taiyang. He looked around for a confused moment but it subsided as a tall, near blonde man approached.
"Yeah?" Taiyang replied. "Can I help you?"
Barry was already annoyed but he maintained his calm composure as he fished out a wallet sized picture from his coat pocket. He held it up "Have you seen this girl? She's dearly missed by her family."
Taiyang looked at the picture and instantly knew who it was. In the picture sat a girl on a chair in a small room. She was draped in a long white dress, her eyes were dark blue, markings riddled her arms and legs. The snow white hair seemed endless. There was no denying it.
In the back of his mind, the older man heard Yami's voice. Yami no has family. Something felt off about the photograph but he couldn't place it. "Sorry. I haven't." He lied.
Barry didn't buy it. Yeah right. No one stares at a picture blankly for over a minute unless they know them. "Okay. Sorry to waste your time. May I give you my contact information? Just in case." He smiled slightly.
.Taiyang didn't trust the man but it seemed like a good thing in a way. "Sure." Barry handed him a small card.
"If you see her, please give me a call. Her family would be grateful"
"No problem. Please excuse me. I got four teenage girls back home waiting on pizza." Taiyang excused himself as he hefted a large backpack and slung it over his shoulder. His hand reached out. "Nice to meet you…" He paused.
"Barry," Barry replied as he shook the man's hand firmly. "Private investigator."
They let go of each other's hands and parted in their own separate ways. Taiyang knew that the man called Barry was lying. That picture was convincing but Yami had mentioned she didn't have a family.
He looked at the card for a moment as he continued onwards pondering on if he should tell everyone once he returned. I'll tell Oobleck and Qrow for sure but not the girls. Not yet. With that, he slipped the card into his back pocket.
Thunder clapped overhead. The rain was coming, he had to get back home soon.
Being unconscious was not exactly Professor T's idea of a good time. And neither was waking to see her younger sister sitting on the edge of her desk. The antique was fairly expensive but that didn't concern T. "My notes…" She breathed as her dry voice exited her mouth.
"You mean MY notes." Her sister growled. "Y091 is MY experiment. Not yours." She smiled at her waking elder sister. "As a professional courtesy, I will leave them and the whore here."
"Shut up." T snarled in vain, she wasn't ready to fight her sister but she did attempt to at least scare her…"T721 is not a whore." It was no use. She tried to move but couldn't.
Kiuna shook her head at her older sister's words. "How pathetic. You defend one of our little torture toys." Her hazel eyes closed but soon reopened. "No matter. She's scheduled for more tests and an outing in three days. Don't make us lose our funds, Triska." The woman snarled.
Triska. T thought for a moment, then again. That's all she could do, think. I almost forgot my own name. Her attention turned towards a small cage being carried in by two large men. What the?... She thought but stopped herself.
The guards had lowered the cage by the antique desk. Just before it was gently placed on the floor Kiuna cut in, "No. Drop it. Don't lower it." The two men looked at each other than to the metallic box. Both were not wanting to wake whatever was within it.
"What is this?" T asked.
The younger sister knelt by her with a sadistic smile on her face. "You two seemed a little chatty in the hall. Thought it best you two continue your talk." She chuckled slightly. "Don't get any funny ideas though. There'll be two guards outside." Her smile disappeared and was replaced by a firm stare.
A loud thud shook the small room as the two male guards dropped the metal cage from near knee height. Shaking what was inside awake and sending its occupant into a frenzy of growls and hisses. This had caused the guards to back away with their rifles trained on the container.
T barely managed to move as she heard the safeties click off. She was angry at the thought of…."Leave her be." She demanded.
Kiuna smiled. "Lower your weapons. We're leaving." Her eyes turned pitch black as she looked at her elder sister. "Enjoy your time together." With that she stood and walked towards the door, the guards just behind her. She'll be dead soon.
The door closed behind the last guard who tossed T a small key. It landed just within arm's length from her, she knew what it meant. "I understand Kev." She whispered. Her attention turned towards the small cage next to her desk. "T721? Can you hear me?" She asked as she struggled up.
The faunus was silent for a brief moment. Eventually, she mumbled "Yes." It felt odd for her to talk to whoever asked the question.
"Okay," T responded. "We need to talk."
"Yami feel oddy" Yami said softly. Her eyes looking towards the dark clouds. It was about to rain, she could smell it in the air. The albino enjoyed the rain but it often made her feel odd for an unknown reason.
Ruby and Yami stood outside the house. Both looking to the sky. "Why is that?" She asked as she looked towards Yami.
Yami looked to the ground. Her bare feet in the dirt, it felt good to be somewhere the floor wasn't cold. Though she felt as though she couldn't say it properly. "Yami smell rain coming. Smell goodys."
At first, the red haired teenager was a bit confused but she had learned that there were things Yami couldn't or wouldn't tell her. Guess it's one of those things she said something about. 'Yami no can answer.' She thought for a brief moment but soon dismissed the rest of her thoughts as the first few drops of rain came down.
The two stood in the rain. Ruby noticed Yami had her eyes close, her head towards the sky, mouthing words in silence. It wasn't unusual, the young girl did some things that were odd to everyone else quite often. Then again she often said openly "Yami Yami".
"You two going to stand out there all day?" Weiss yelled. It was now pouring rain and neither Ruby or Yami noticed. "Its suppose to get really bad." She continued.
Ruby turned to see Weiss standing in the front doorway. She had heard what Weiss said. "Okay. We'll be in in a minute."
She said back then turned to see something out of a nightmare.
The chair behind the antique desk was fairly comfortable to T but it wasn't really noticeable to her, she was too busy reading through Y091's file. Occasionally stopping to write something down or turn to the small cage to her side and think for a brief moment then continue to read.
A small cage just large enough a child could lay down properly was nothing comfortable. Not for a young teenager. The cramped confinement was bad enough but being dropped onto the floor caused the faunus a great deal of anger and pain but the later thankfully subsided relatively quickly.
Terra looked out the bars of her confinement, towards the older woman. She remembered her but she couldn't place who she was. With a deep breathe and caution she asked. "Who are you?"
T didn't respond. She just kept writing her own notes and reading the ones in front of her.
The faunus waited for an answer. Nothing. "You said that we needed to talk." Still no response from the stranger. She just seemed to ignore her. "Can.."
"I did say we needed to talk T721. Please give me another moment." T interrupted.
"Terra." The faunus said softly. "My name is Terra."
"Very well. Terra." T responded. "Please give me another moment. My sister's notes are difficult at the best of times."
The room fell silent for a few long moments before Terra began to sing softly. "Yami protect Terry. Terry is pretty. Yami hold Terry. Terry is lovey. Yami always here Terry. Yami always here for Terry."
"Please stop Terra." T interrupted. She had turned to the small cage and sighed. "I am going to let you out of this confinement but please, just sit on top of it. I will explain everything in a moment."
The faunus nodded. "Thank you."
The Ursi's claw slammed into the ground, missing its target. The young white haired piece of meat wasn't paying attention but how did it move so quickly? Surely it was just luck. The prey would not be able to evade forever. It was so hungry.
Ruby reached for Crescent Rose but her hand found nothing. "Crap!" She screamed. "It's in the house." She had no way of taking on the Grimm. Yami on the other hand did. "Yami!"
Yami was just barely moving side to side, easily dodging the heavy claws as the Grimm attempted to land at least one blow. Nothing. It was growing angrier and angrier at this. A simple meal was proving quite difficult.
Fingernails raked across the sides of Yami's arms. Her blood blades were released from their captivity. She had toyed with her enemy long enough, now it was going to die. Her smile was hidden in the dark as she stepped back dodging yet another claw swing.
Ruby watched in amazement, the young girl looked like she wasn't even trying. Simple steps and she just dodged everything the Ursi could attempt at her. "Woah." She voiced softly.
The albino struck. Her blades digging deep into the monster's hide causing it to roar in agony. "Yami..." She paused and breathed deeply. Her soft high pitched voice was instantly replaced by a darker scream. "YAMI WANT BLOODY!" As the words escaped her body she lifted the creature and stretched her arms. Effectively slicing the monster in half. The dissolving corpse of the Grimm fell onto the ground only leaving behind a skull. A reminder as to what it was.
Weiss had rushed to see the end result but was met with questions. Questions she now had about what exactly the albino girl was. She was speechless. Then again so was Ruby. Yami just dodged every swipe of an Ursi and then killed it by cutting it clean in half with basically, her bare hands. Though it was not the oddest part.
Yami knelt in front of the Ursi skull and pulled off a single fang then began to mouth words. This time it was audible. "I claim your existence and control you. When I call, you answer." She then collapsed and began coughing blood.
Ruby and Weiss rushed to her side, both worried for their friend.
T studied the last page of Y091's file. Her mind slowly processed the information it was soaking in. "Y091 has displayed an unmovable will to protect T721 for an unknown reason. It is recommended that T721 be terminated or Y091 be moved to another division. This distraction will cost more than both the experiments are worth." She read aloud. It was a mistake.
Terra snarled openly. Her anger grew after hearing what was read. T held her hand up. "Hold on Terra." Her voice was calm. "There's more." She continued to read. "However it is also recommended that I take over Y091's future experiments and outings. Perhaps with proper direction, Y091 will break away from this emotional bond she has displayed for T721."
Terra sat on the outside of her cage in confusion. "What does that mean?" She questioned.
"It means the reason you became my experiment and Y091, Yami, became my sister's was to separate the two of you in an attempt to make you better killers. Though I doubt my sister could have known what Yami is." T replied as she sat the last piece of paper down. Her attention turned towards Terra. She now knew why Yami always desired to protect Terra.
The faunus looked down at her hands. Though they were clean she could still see it clearly. "Better killer?...I killed because I was angry and that voice enjoyed it." She barely managed. Her tears slowly falling.
"Unfortunately that's what this is. We create killers."T replied. She sighed softly and continued. "Yami was here before you were. This is all she knows. The reason she is always protecting you from the more horrifying experiments and brutal injections is that she doesn't want this for you."
Terra could only cry. She missed her friend. "Please wake up Yami. Please."
The older woman touched the faunus's head and softly rubbed her hair side to side. "That's what we're waiting for Terra. Yami to wake from her power's going into remission. She'll come for you."
Even though she felt good from her head being petted it still hurt knowing that her only friend wasn't with her. Terra's hand trembled as she rose it to her lips. Her mouth opened and she placed her teeth against her teeth then bit down. Trickles of blood began to seep out the wound at which she proceeded to lick.
"What you are doing now." The professor spoke as she continued to stroke the faunus's head. "Is a way to calm yourself. Yami insisted on you having a part of her within you. She does that to ease her fears sometimes."
The faunus stopped licking the blood. She was feeling slightly better but it wasn't enough to truly ease her fears. Her still watering eyes met T's. "What is Yami? Where is she?"
The woman sighed and removed her hand from Terra's head. She removed her glasses and placed them on the table. "Yami is Yami." She said as she unbuttoned the top of her shirt and revealed a small marking at the base of her neck.
"You've seen this marking before. Haven't you?" The small mark began to glow dark blue.
All the young faunus could do was nod slowly. She had seen it before. It was on Yami's neck as well.
"She's my daughter." T replied.
Yami sat under the large tree, her legs crossed. She looked at the dark figure approaching. Almost time Yami. Wake soon. A dark voice whispered as the figure disappeared.
She sat alone for long moments. Her heart raced at the thought of her blood blades being freed again, her rage being unstoppable once more, the blood coursing through her enemy's body being drunk. "Yami know, Yami feel." She spoke as she closed her eyes.
A voice called out to her. "Please wake up Yami." It was sad and afraid.
Another voice. "Yami!" This one panicked. She knew them both. Again it cried out. "Wake up Yami!"
"No yet." Yami replied as she raised her hand towards the sky. Tears began to roll from her eyes. "Terry. Yami come soon." She whispered. The blood trickled down her cheeks as it all darkened to solid red.
Barry woke with a groan of pain. It was a long few hours that he had decided to pass to await a single call. He had requested for special packages from his employer but she did not exactly take the request very well. If anything she was outraged.
His scroll vibrated as a call came through. 'Unknown Caller' flashed across the screen. It was his employer no doubt. Likely wanting to argue some more. He pressed the answer button the scooped the cellular device into his hand. "Yeah?"
"Your request is approved. Do not allow them to be taken from us." The voice said.
Barry was a little confused at that. "Taken from you?" He questioned. "What the fuck does that mean?"
"None of your concern. Be at the drop point in two hours."
The scroll went silent. It left a bad feeling in Barry's gut. Taken from you? What DOES that mean? Did she hide something about my target? There was only one way to find out for certain now. He had to find her and see how she reacted to the presents.
He took another cigarette from his pack, placed it and lit. "Alright." He said to himself as the young man began to stand. "Let's just see how special her escaped child is."
Asshole bad guy? Check.
Revelation? A bit early but check.
Next chapter? YAMI WANT BLOODY!
It was a bit of a stretch to do this chapter but...Eh. Enjoy everyone. Ice out.