Running.
That's what she was doing.
That's the only thing she was always good at.
At least, that what's Blake thinks.
She ran from the White Fang. She ran from Adam. She ran from Beacon. She ran from her teammates. She ran from her friends. She ran from Yang. She ran from Sun(Who honestly shouldn't be surprised at this point).
Oh, and she ran from Adam again.
Blake seems to have a thing for running.
The thing is, she feels like she has no other choice. She doesn't want any of her other friends, especially Yang and Sun, being hurt...or worse, by Adam.
"I will destroy everything you hold dear"
Well, those words weren't exactly something Blake wanted to hear, but are the reason that she's running and not helping fend off the Grimm.
At least, that's what Blake tells herself.
She's also telling herself that Adam's an asshole.
I mean, come on. He turned the White Fang to the path of violence, as well as cutting off the arm of her best friend, and countless other crimes Blake probably doesn't want to know about.
Needless to say, Adam is on the top of her "to stop" list, followed by Roman, that multicolored hair, short, multicolored eyed, girl that's always near Roman, and basically the White Fang in general.
But Blake's not stupid. She knows that taking down Roman would be much easier than taking down Adam, since Adam is pretty damn powerful.
While she's thinking all of this, she's running through a forest on the outskirts of Vale, trying to get far away from Beacon so Adam won't hurt anyone else dear to her. Smart thing to do, right? If Adam's hunting mainly her but also her friends, and that she's Adam number one target, then surely it'd make sense to get away from the rest of her friends?
Blake's friends might not exactly agree with that.
Blake comes to a halt as she hears rustling in bushes close to her. She quickly equips Gambol Shroud and prepares to fight whatever comes out of the bushes, whether it's Grimm, White Fang, etc.
Blake: Who's there! Come on out! Don't be a coward!
?: Ironic, isn't it? You, the great Blake Belladonna, calling ME a coward.
Blake: W-Who are you? What do you want?!
?: Ah, he was right about you, Kitty Cat. Don't worry, I'm not hear to hurt.
Blake: Come on out! Show yourself and prove what you say!
?: I see you're a feisty one. Though I suppose it won't hurt. Just don't die of shock, cause I must say that that's something known to happen. *chuckles* I'm kidding obviously.
*The figure comes out of the bushes and reveals himself to Blake, whose mouth drops in shock(Big surprise)*
Standing in front of Blake is a person wearing black pants, black dress shoes, a green jacket very similar to another jacket she's seen before, silver gloves, a silver scarf that's similar to another scarf she's seen another certain someone wear before, a black shirt underneath the jacket, and has silver hair going down to partially cover his left eye, opposite of another person's hair style that she's met before. The figure also is twirling a green scepter in one of his hands
Blake recognizes who this person is similar to and growls, before pouncing on the person and holding a sword to his throat.
?: Woah! Alrighty Kitty Cat! No need for such violence!
Blake: I didn't realize Torchwick had some family in the business!
?: So you recognized my resemblance to him, did you? Can't say I'm surprised. From what he's told me about you, you're a pretty smart faunus.
Blake: I'm not even gonna pretend how you know I'm a faunus. Who are you?
?: Name's Jade. Jade Torchwick. BUT before you make any wild assumptions, I'm not in the same business as my brother.
Blake: You're brothers?!
Jade: Well technically he took me in so we're technically stepbrothers but we're basically brothers by blood anyways, even if we're not technically DNA-related. But that's a story for another time, a time where I wasn't being pinned to the ground by you.
Blake: Why should I trust you not to try something funny when I let you get up?
Jade: Seriously? What's with the lack of trust?
Blake: Do you seriously need to even ask that?
Jade: I see your point. But seriously, why would I attack you? We haven't even met before, and I have no reason to attack you, even though you opposed my brother's operations.
Blake: Don't you mean, "oppose"? As in I'm currently opposing him?
Jade: Oh, you didn't hear?
Blake: *glares somewhat* What didn't I hear?
Jade: Funny, since you were at Beacon during the Grimm attack, I thought you would've heard. But anyways, from what I've heard, Roman, for all intents purposes, is dead.
Blake: *eyes widen a bit* Excuse me?!
Jade: I have no concrete evidence of this, but I tried calling him and he wouldn't pick up. Neither him nor Neo. They always pick up whenever I call them.
So that's her name, Blake thought.
Blake: Isn't she mute?
Jade: *laughs* Oh Oum no. She just doesn't like talking in front of others besides me and Roman. But yeah they never picked up so I have no idea where they are, or even if they're alive. I just said Roman was dead because he could be and I'm sure that'd make you feel better.
Blake: *softens a bit* Why do you care if it makes me feel better?
Jade: Because, Blake, despite my resemblance and personality you've seen of me so far, we haven't met before, as previously stated. And I'm reserving my judgments on you. Therefore, I don't hate you. I typically try my best to make people happy, whether it's them cracking up at my puns and jokes or whatnot. Also if rumors start spreading that Roman actually is dead, than that witch won't suspect a thing and his possible survival will be a surprise to her which will cost her greatly.
Blake: Who's this "her" you speak of?
Jade: You'd know her if you saw her. She's the one responsible for the Grimm attack that happened this year and before from Mountain Glenn. Basically, she's Roman's "boss" as well as a downright monster. Imagine the worst person you've ever met. Now multiply that by 100. She's a heartless bitch. Oh and her name's Cinder Fall in case you didn't know.
Blake: How do you know all of this?
Jade: Duh. Roman's brother.
Blake: Oh, right.
Jade: So if you don't mind me asking, what are you doing out here?
Blake: I-uh...I'm run-
Jade: You're running? Why? I've heard a lot about you and your life at Beacon, Blake. Your friends most likely need you. Why would you run?
Blake: You wouldn't understand...
Jade: Actually, I probably would.
Blake: Oh really?!
Jade: Yes actually. How about this: You tell me your story, and I tell you my story, and then you let me up so we can go help the world not be taken over by an evil witch.
Blake: Hmmm...
Jade: Come on. What do you have to lose?
Blake: *sighs* Don't make me regret this.
Jade: Oh trust me, you won't regret it.
