Hello hello, and welcome back.
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years.
I know Weiss is the stereotypical 'bitchy' character in Volume 1, but here she won't be dressed as that. She'll still be 'bitchy' at times, but for the most part, she will be dealing with her inner feelings and thoughts. It's not necessary to know that for this chapter mostly, just for future ones.
One last things, my life is about to become hectic. In class were supposed to be writing our own plays and on top of that today we began practicing for our own school play. So updates will slow considerably, but I'll try and make the most of that.
Once last thing. I've read some other RWBY Fanfictions and for ones that deal with the time this story takes place are my personal favorites. But I absolutely hate it when they mess with the plot. Not to call out a story, but the reason why I'm saying this is because one I read had Yang calling out Weiss as a pervert and Jaune isn't even part of JNPR! I don't want that to happen to mine. So, if you think I'm disrupting the plot to much than please I beg you to message me and tell me.
On to the chapter!
Lindsay rushed over to the spasming woman. A large spot of blood was right in the center of her chest. She forced the clothing out of the way. The blood flow slowed as time went on but her spasming went on. A small metal object was seen in the bloody mess. Lindsay sucked in her breath and reached her hand down to pull it out.
She felt the cold touch of the metal surrounding the warm feel of blood. She pulled the bullet out and tossed it to the floor. Now standing, she called out for a medic to help. The medics loaded the body onto a stretcher and whisked her away to a hospital. Lindsay looked at the building where the Mimic was. She stayed like for several moments before Mark ran up to her.
"C'mon we gotta go find him." He said panting. Lindsay nodded and followed Mark, all the while looking at the roof.
Flame looked out across the square. People were tripping over themselves running away. A few souls even taking pictures as he stood on top of the roof. Slowly he stepped down from the edge and walked back to the ladder. Before he made it there he heard two pairs of footsteps coming from his right and left. Turning he saw Weiss approaching him from the left and Ruby the right.
"Dammit I forgot about RWBY's placement." Flame cursed to himself.
"Stop running, we have you outnumbered." Ruby called out trying to act tough, instead it came out as more of a plea. Flame smiled to himself under his mask.
Flame stopped. "Are you going to fight me?" He asked, his voice turned into a gruff man's voice by the masks voice enhancement.
"Y-y-es" Ruby stammered.
"Well come on let's se-" Flame started but found himself falling. He hit the ground with an audible thud.
Flame slowly stood up and turned as another, softer, thud landed right beside him. The thud belonged to Lie Ren. "You want something?" Flame asked clearly pissed someone crashed his party.
Ren responded by charging Flame. He discharged a clip from each of his SMGs.
Flame quickly pulled his sniper off his shoulder and morphed it into a bow staff. He swung it in a circular motion in front of him blocking the bullets from hitting him.
The bullets stopped when Ren started his attack. Swinging his weapons, he caught Flame's bo staff and was able to force it out his hands. The staff cluttered to the ground a few feet from him and Flame.
With an angry sigh Flame took out his two shortened swords. He thrusted them at Ren to which Ren blocked with a smirk. Under his mask Flame smiled at Ren's cockiness. "I'm not that easy to defeat." Flame thought to himself as he pulled the two hidden triggers on the sword.
Ren's face became twisted as the flames made contact with his outfit. The flames lapped at his jacket, some sticking and moving upwards.
Ren broke off his attack jumped back a few feet. He flared his aura and the flames disappeared. Turning towards were Flame stood, Ren saw he wasn't there anymore. He then felt a hand on his shoulder. As he turned to see who it was, a fist connected with his face.
Ren stumbled backwards. His hand shot to his nose and felt blood. Anger engulfed him as charged Flame.
Blindly charging into Flame, Ren unleashed a flurry of attacks. He slashed at Flame making contact with his swords and shoving them to his sides. Ren then turned his guns towards Flame and unleashed a barrage from centimeters away. Flame stumbled backwards his aura depleting fast.
Ren charged at the dazed Flame. The green clad teen jumped and kicked Flame making him fly back into a crate, but before could return to the ground safely he was thrusted into an adjacent wall.
Flame emerged from the boxes and walked towards Ren. He then felt a gust of air move past him. In front of him was Ruby.
Ruby unleashed a barrage of gunfire at Flame, to which he blocked with his staff. She charged and swiped at Flame.
Her scythe made contact with Flame and sent him skidding down the alley on his feet.
Weiss jumped behind the sliding flame. She hit him with an ice blast and sent him flying back towards Ruby, this time on the ground.
Before Ruby could strike, Flame hit her on the leg with his sword, knocking her off balance. She stumbled back almost into the now standing Ren.
Ren pushed passed Ruby and launched an attack at Flame. He fired at Flame with a full clip from his right SMG, hitting his target in the stomach, while swiping at Flame's face with his left gun.
The swipe at his head made contact and crack Flame's mask slightly. Flame jumped back behind the three teens.
"I can't risk them finding out who I am!" he said to himself.
He ran at Ruby and activated his semblance. He punched her in the gut launching her into the air and down the alleyway. When she hit the ground her aura ran out. Weiss ran after her fallen partner.
Ren watched Weiss run off and turned back to Flame.
Before he could strike he was hit in the leg by a bullet. His aura protected him, but he still felt the pain.
His face scrunched in pain slightly but fired at the charging Flame.
Flame didn't block the shots and let them hit him. The bullets hit his cloak and shielded him.
Flame's short swords erupted into fire. He swiped at Ren and made contact, burning his coat even more.
Ren's coat was in shambles because of the attack. The coat was burned beyond repair and had rips opening up throughout it.
Ren tried to counter attack but was thwarted by Flame. Ren swiped at Flame, to which he blocked. Flame grabbed Ren's hands and turned them towards his guts. He then forced Ren to pull the trigger and shot himself at point black range.
Flame then thrusted his arm out and Ren went flying and landed and rolled next to the downed Ruby.
Weiss looked at two of her friends who were knocked down by the man she hates.
She used a speed glyph to propel herself forward. When she was about 10 feet from Flame she stopped. She was suspended slightly off the ground. She panicked, until she looked at Flame who had an outstretched hand.
Flame dropped his hand but Weiss stayed where she was, unmoving unable to move. He walked up to her.
"Hmp, I thought the heiress of the SDC would be in Atlas, not training as a Huntress." Flame said.
Weiss was still in control of her head and spat at Flame, but missed and landed right in front of his right boot.
Flame just laughed at that. "My my, a lady shouldn't act that way."
Weiss spat at him again.
Flame decided to mess with her. "Your father would like you to act as a lady when being kidnapped."
Weiss immediately stopped thrashing at that, since she knew she was already on thin ice with her father.
"You really are scared of your father aren't you?" Flame said.
"N-no, i'm n-not." Weiss standard.
Flame decided to stop messing with the heiress and walked behind her. He reversed his semblance and Weiss dropped to the ground and was shoved on the ground at the same time. She dropped her Rapier a foot from her hand.
She looked at Flame and thrusted her hand forward but found it empty. She looked around her panicked and found it under Flame's boot.
Flame watched this with a smile on his face, though it was hidden under his mask.
He reached down and picked up Weiss by her collar.
"I knew of few people who would a pay a pret-" Flame started but stopped himself when he looked into her eyes. He saw the innocence of her and couldn't bring himself to complete the mission. He saw the hate in her eyes. But the Innocence and pleading of helplessness tugged at his mind. The face, a feared expression for what might come next. Her pale forehead, getting a few drops of sweat. Her lips pulled into a tight quiver.
She thought she was going to die right here, by the blade of someone to witch she hates. She thought her last memory would be with someone who she loves and married, yet it appeared to be with her worst nightmare.
Flame couldn't take it anymore, he couldn't fulfil his mission.
He dropped her and walked away.
"You're lucky you made it out the way you are." He said with his turned to her.
Flame then took a few more steps then his shoulder, chest and gut erupted into pain. He turned around and saw Blake and Yang firing their guns at him. Yang's hair was on fire and her eyes were red, while Blake's face was unreadable.
Flame fell to his knees from the pain.
Yang tried to punch him but he disappeared from sight. Yang and Blake were confused but didn't sense him anywhere. The two ran back to help their partners and Ren.
Yang went to help the knocked out Ruby and Blake went to the dazed, yet still conscious Weiss.
Yang knelt beside her sister and picked up her head. "I swear Ruby, if I get my hands on him he's dead!" Yang said furiously, punching the cement beside her sister's head cracking it in the process.
Blake knelt beside Weiss. "Are you ok?" She asked full of concern.
"I-I wasn't strong enough." She whispered but Blake heard it.
"Weiss are you ok?" Blake asked again.
"Why didn't he kill me?" Weiss asked.
"Weiss!" Blake yelled while shaking Weiss.
Weiss shook her head and snapped out of her mental lapse. "I-I don't know Blake." Weiss said while getting off the ground.
JNP ran into the alleyway. "Where's Ren!" Nora yelled. RWBY flinched at the angry bomber but pointed to Ren, who was unconscious slumped against a wall.
Nora practically flew over to Ren and shook him vigorously. Jaune and Pyrrha followed suit. "That bastard!" Nora yelled out.
"Come on Nora, we got to get him back to Beacon." Jaune said to calm down Nora.
"We need to get Ruby and Weiss back also." Blake said.
"Ok, I'll call Ozpin." Jaune said.
Suddenly Ruby's scroll went off and Yang fished it out and answered it. "Yes?"
"Yang, where's Ruby?" The other person asked.
"She got attacked and knocked out by the Mimic. Who's this?" Yang said.
There wasn't any response for a few seconds before the other person responded. "That Bastard! This is Mark by the way."
"Oh." Replied Yang.
"Have you seen Lindsay anywhere?" Mark asked.
"No, why?" Yang asked.
"We can't find her anywhere. Do you think you could spare someone to help us look?" Mark asked.
"I don't think so, Mimic beat us up. We need to get back to Beacon ASAP." Yang replied.
"Ok, you better get back to Beacon. We'll look for her some more." Mark said as he hung up.
Mark stood with Elizabeth, along with the heads of the Faunus movement. The body of the leader was on the ground while paramedics tried to save it.
Mark walked over to the body. "Any luck doc?"
The doctor looked up at him then down at the body. "The wound is cased in a poison that we have no medical knowledge of." The doctor said.
"So what's that mean?" Elizabeth said now standings next to Mark.
"It means that she is as good as dead." The doctor replied.
The rest of the Faunus in the room gasped at that comment. They didn't think anything like this would happen. At least not at a big public event, it daylight no less. Some gulped at the thought they were to be targeted next.
One man broke down and wept saying he just wants to see his wife's and kids to not be caught up in this mess.
Elizabeth watched the whole scene with regret. "They shouldn't have to go through all of this. All they want is equality. Now, there a shell of their former selves."
Mark broke her thoughts. "We should call Flame, I know Opzin has him doing some secret mission, but this, he should hear about."
Elizabeth nodded and Mark made the call.
On the other side of Vale, Flame stood in front of a dark building. The building was pouring out techno music out into the street. Flame clutched his gut which had dried blood and fresh blood on the bullet wounds he had. Slowly getting to his feet he stumbled into the club.
The pulsating lights of the club made him squint. He was suddenly surrounded by goons.
The goons all had a black hat with red tinted glasses. They had on a black jacket with a red tie.
They all pointed pistols at him.
Suddenly a tall man pushed through the crowd. He was dressed similarly to his goons. However, he didn't wear the hat or glasses. He had on a black sleeveless vest with a white undershirt.
"What do you want kid?" the man asked.
"Come on Junior, you know me. Why the hostilities?" Flame said with a slight laugh.
"Vale's on lockdown after your assassination." Junior said. "What happened to you anyway? It looks like you got really ruffed up." He said with a laugh. "What, no use of your prized semblance?"
"Three Hunters and Huntresses in Training ambushed me, and I wasn't ready for it." Flame replied. "So you gonna patch me up or what!?"
Junior nodded to his men and two of them picked him up and lead him over to the bar. They set him down in a seat.
Junior went behind the bar and made a drink. Once he was done he slid it in front of Flame. "So, the great and powerful Mimic let his guard down and was taken out by some measly Hunters in Training." Junior said.
Flame put his drink down. "I got taken out by three. I heard that you, your goons, and bouncers all got taken about one. And she wasn't even allowed into Beacon." Flame said with a smirk.
"Why I outta-" Junior said but was stopped when Flame held out a wad of Lien.
"You need this money Junior, don't blow it."
Flame's scroll rang. He saw it was Mark so he answered it.
"What's up Mark?"
"We got a problem." Mark responded his voice devoid of emotion.
Flame started to panic. "What's wrong?"
Mark took a breath then responded. "It's Lindsay, we can't find her. We think she might have been captured."
Flame's stomach dropped. "By whom?"
"I think it was by the Mimic. Though Elizabeth says she saw some White Fang grunts around so maybe them."
Flame stopped and thought for a moment. "Alright Mark, I'll finish up here then take a look around for her. You guys did enough for today. Get yourselves back to Beacon." Flame said.
"Ok boss." Mark responded before he hung up.
Flame sighed and turned around to look at Junior was listening in on the call.
"Tell me where the White Fang meet." Flame asked.
"Price?" Junior responded.
Flame put down a wad of cash and Junior smiled.
What happened to Lindsay!? Well, read the next chapter and you'll out.
Cliffhangers are fun.
I have a few ideas for the future, most of them are my own while some aren't. I am borrowing some things from other authors but recognition will be there when I use it or first show it. Though I have an idea that might interfere with the main plot a bit and I don't know whether to have it this Volume or the second one, nor do I have the full ideas.
If you have any comments questions or concerns about this chapter or my story in general just PM me or leave a review and I'll answer as quick as possible.
See ya next time folks.