Paranoia started to set in as Orion ran across the rooftop, sure that he had heard another set of footsteps somewhere close behind him. He hadn't made it more than a few blocks when he had been stopped by a cop, asking him if he knew anything about the Dust robbery that had just occurred in the direction he had come from. After patting him down they found enough lien on him to make a convincing case and he took off, distracting them momentarily with his semblance. The roofs seemed like his best option to stay out of sight, but now he was more than convinced that he had somehow been followed. He reached the edge of his escape route and stopped, bouncing lightly on his feet and spinning around to face his assailant. There was no one there.

"What are you waiting for? An open invitation?!" He called out into the darkness. No answer. He peered across the roof, still convinced that someone was watching him, not letting his guard down for even a moment. He smiled to himself, reaching onto his back and removed a black kite shield with 5 yellow stars on it in the shape of a cross. It had been mounted magnetically to his back. Underneath there was a large, steel gauntlet attached, which he pulled onto his right hand. It covered from his fingers to his elbow, looking similar to what a medieval knight might wear. "If you were planning on an attack, you waited too long!"

The moonlight glinted off of his bronze colored eyes, and his black hair was a touch shorter than shoulder length, blowing slightly in the cool summer breeze. He had nothing on his torso, with the exception of leather straps that met and crossed in the middle of his chest, their only purpose was holding the magnet on his back. He had a black tattoo across his chest that was an emblem familiar to the people of Vale. He was in Mercury Black's gang, which had formed in the aftermath of Cinder's destruction, and the emblem was Mercury's, a boot with wings. On his left shoulder blade, a black tattoo of his own emblem, the stars shaped like a cross. His chest was mostly scarred from many close encounters with law enforcement and huntsmen. He wore black track pants and sneakers that matched.

"I saw what you did back there to those cops," a voice spoke from the dark. He chuckled.

"None of them were hurt. A blinding, concussive blast isn't really anything to get that upset about, is it?" He asked. "All that my boss was looking for was a little lien, and maybe some Dust, but none of that really concerns you, so why don't you run along, hm?"

"My father was a cop," the voice spoke again. This gave Orion enough time to determine that his stalker was a woman, and she sounded young at that. "He believed that men like you should be locked up. Sure, what you did back there wasn't that big of a deal, but it was still breaking the law no less. Robbery and resisting arrest? Tsk tsk. See, that's why it's my concern."

"Heh." Orion reached out, a small ball of light appearing in the middle of the roof, which lit the entire block. "You in my head girly? If I had to guess, I'd take a stab at the fact that you're a huntress. Now, don't you have bigger fish to fry? I hear things are looking rather grim on the south side of Vale, pardon the pun. Were you just wandering around the shopping district looking for petty crimes to stop?" He slowly walked towards the floating light, gripping his shield and preparing to be attacked at any moment.

"You're probably right," she admitted. "I could be somewhere else, taking care of things that the cops can't, but you seem pretty capable of outrunning them, and my father always told me that no matter how small the action, there would always be a reaction. That's just the way it works." Orion stood in the middle of the roof now, she had made the mistake of talking too much, and now had a good idea of where the voice was coming from. He grabbed the light with his gauntlet and it absorbed into the glove as he chuckled again, plunging himself into darkness once more.

"You'll have to do better than psyching me out from the fire escape!" He shouted. He thrust his hand forward, light energy blasting forth from it, slamming into the edge of the roof and destroying a good portion. The debris fell to the ground, he could hear it crashing off of the metal grates and ladders on the side of the building. That was it, she had to have been there. He walked towards the mark, making sure that she was dead. "I respect your efforts, they were most impressive. However, amateur little girls should not be trying to take on professionals…" He stopped short as he reached his destination. He peered down, unable to spot a body in the twisted metal and rubble that lay on the ground far below. "… Such as myself."

"Is that so?" He felt her breath on his neck. He activated his gauntlet. In addition to being used with his semblance, it had been designed with Dust combat in mind, the metal itself an alloy of steel and gravity Dust combined. The shock wave threw her away from him and he turned quickly to face her, her bullets ricocheting off of his shield.

"Finally she appears. Is there any chance that I could get your name? I like to know the names of my victims before I put an end to them," he told her. She smiled at him as she found her feet. She wore a dark pair of cargos and a plain black track jacket. Her hair was purple and a little longer than shoulder length, which was hard to make out in the moonlight, which glanced off of her green eyes. "Did you pick that outfit up at Stealth Wear for Beginners?"

"Elli. Eliana Latherus." She extended her hand, as though she were expecting a handshake. "Nice to meet you. I don't usually give my name out to strangers, but I like the criminals to know my name before I kick their asses, it makes it feel more personal." The two of them smiled at each other. Though they both fully intended to win, there was a strange yet mutual respect between them already.

"If you're finished with your pep talk…" He began giving her a slight bow "Shall we?" She nodded as she took a step back. She removed both of her pistols, gripping them lightly as they both waited for the other to make a move. He reached out with his glove, strands of barely visible gravity Dust flew towards Eliana, grabbing her and pulling her towards him. She thought quickly, she had taught herself to stay sharp in the heat of battle. His hand darted out to grab her and she ducked to the left, slamming her body against his shield. She wrapped her right arm around the edge of the shield, firing three quick earth Dust shots at his arm, coating it in stone and causing it to drop, the bottom of the kite slamming against the ground. She rebounded off, avoiding his attempt to grapple her arm, and he turned to look at the stone.

"You move pretty quick," He told her. He smashed the rock with his glove, lifting his shield again and charging for her. She leapt out of the way, not needing to waste her semblance on an empty attack. He turned towards her as he passed her, switching the shield to his right hand, and channeling the gravity through it. It blasted out in a shockwave, the arc too wide for Eliana to avoid, and she was thrown across the roof. She came to a stop and regained balance as he reached her, the shield slamming into her stomach and tossing her across an alleyway, on top of the next building over. He moved his shield back to his left hand again. "Not quick enough though."

"We'll see about that," she called out. A light formed in his hand and the glove absorbed it as he fired at her. She managed to dodge it with no problem, staying ahead of it as he followed her across the rooftop. She leapt back across towards him, quickly changing her magazine and firing wind Dust at him and forcing him to hold his ground by blocking his body and in turn, his line of sight. She loaded another magazine into the pistol in her left hand, choosing fire Dust and taking a few shots. They slammed off of his defenses, the last one finally forcing him to establish a footing. She took the opening, selecting gravity Dust and sending him sliding towards the edge of the rooftop. He was impressed.

"I have to admit, no one has put up this much of a fight in a while," he told her. A flurry of regular ammo ricochet and exploded off of his barrier. "I might let you live just so we can do this again some time." He placed his glove against the roof, sending a quake through the building, forcing Eliana to stumble, in just a few more feet she could have gotten in and finished him off with ice Dust, keeping him there until the police arrived. An orb of light sparked beside her, growing slowly until it was close in size to a baseball. It exploded and Eliana activated her semblance, creating a force field between her and the light. He stood there in shock for a moment, gifting her a new opening and she froze him in place.

"I'm sorry, what was that said before about me being an amateur?" she asked. He activated his gauntlet again, shattering the ice and allowing him to free himself.

"It's a shame that I don't have some more time tonight to enjoy myself," he told her as he walked slowly towards her. She kept her guns trained on him the entire time as he stopped a few feet from her. "Maybe we could have had dinner back at the station."

"You might want to step back from her," a voice came from the opposite side of the building. He stood slowly, stretching and cracking his back as he turned to face the challenger. "Elli, what happened to shopping?"

"Sorry Neela, I had a run in with this guy. He was robbing a dust shop, but I thought I'd say hi," she replied. He glanced at the two of them.

"Neela?" He inquired. "Neela Xiao Long?" She remained unwavering, holding her sword before her with two hands. "You are, aren't you? This night can't possibly get any better! Tell mom Mercury says hello, and no hard feelings. I almost regret having to kill you, but with being a child of Team RWBY members and what not, you had to expect this to happen eventually. You've earned quite the reputation for a huntress that I'm guessing isn't even attending Beacon yet."

He held his shield back towards Eliana knowing that she'd try to make a cheap shot on him, and he couldn't afford being taken down like that. This was the break he had been needing to be noticed by Mercury. Neela's sword formed into a bow, and she padded something into the electronic device on her left forearm and reached back for an arrow. He sneered, knowing that the arrow couldn't possibly reach him due to his use of gravity Dust.

"If you stand down now, I won't have to hurt you," Neela reassured him. He frowned.

"Thanks, but no thanks." She was quick, and she loaded a gravity arrow, firing the first with another close behind. He threw his hand up towards Neela, and wave of gravity energy moving out to block the arrows. The first activated, meeting the wall of Dust quickly and failing to pierce through, but providing a momentary pocket for the second to sneak by. His eyes became wide for a moment and he snatched the arrow out of the air, breaking it in half with his grip. This left him open to attack for a moment as his glove was occupied and she fired three more at the same time. He wouldn't be able to grab all three, and he swung his shield around, blocking the arrows as Eliana shot him with fire Dust, sending him tumbling forward towards a charging Neela. Her bow flipped back into a sword, crashing against his shield as she reached him.

He trembled against the force of her sword pushing back against his shield. She had tremendous strength, and he hadn't anticipated for such a thing. He grunted as he struggled.

"What's the matter? Never fought a girl like me before?" Neela asked him. She smirked as she pushed even harder, his feet sliding back. Something hit his back, what he assumed to be a shot from Eliana, and he pulled her towards them with his gravity Dust, launching her past and sending her flailing towards the edge. She stopped herself short with a forcefield. One of his light orbs appeared in his hand, and he threw it at her, watching as it crashed into her arm and exploded, jerking her back. Neela turned her attention to the side to check on Eliana. Orion took advantage of the distraction and shoved Neela onto her butt, taking off for the edge of the building.

"Well ladies, it has been one hell of a night, but I think it's probably past both of your bedtimes, and I have to get this lien back to my employer," He told them. He leapt off of the edge, his body turning into a ball of light and falling to the ground, before turning back into his human form. He looked up at them, nodding before sprinting down the road.

"Well, that happened," Eliana said as she moved over to Neela and helped her stand. "How did you know I was up here?"

"You weren't at the meeting spot when I showed up for us to go shopping," Neela told her. "Finding you wasn't that hard. I'm a tracker, it's what I do."

"Still want to go shopping?" Eliana asked. Neela rolled her eyes and cocked her hip.

"Does a Grimm dissolve when you kill it?" She asked. She walked to the edge of the roof, setting her grapple hook and grabbing Eliana by the waist, slowly scaling down the building with her.

"Yes…?" Eliana replied.

"Of course I still want to go shopping!" Neela exclaimed. Eliana smiled and nodded her head.

"Okay, good! Awesome!" Eliana replied. Neela retracted her hook and they slowly made their way back to the shopping district. "First we need to stop by the police if they're still at that Dust shop. That last shot that I hit him with was a tracer. I'll give the receiver to the cops and they can take it from there." Neela smiled back at Eliana.

"Nice, quick thinking Elli! Let's make it fast though. Tomorrow is our first day at Beacon, and if we're late getting home, our moms are going to kill us." Eliana nodded in agreement and stopped for a moment to look up at the shattered moon. This one's for you dad.

And thus concludes our character trailers! Sorry for the late upload, I ended up busy this morning and wasn't able to upload until now. Hopefully, you've enjoyed this so far and I'll see you all next week for the upload of the first chapter - Morning!

A big thank you to Diyaru4500, Demize00Zero, TheCipherNine, SketchHungry, Ookaminoki, Lightning-in-my-Hand, and Dishwasher1910. All of their artwork can be found at Deviantart, you can search Silent-Celica and under my favorites tab, I have a collection for NITE.

Until next week, stay classy!