Chapter 10

The Disastrous Dance

Jake and Blake were ready to dance when they realized that neither of them knew what to do. "How do we do this?" Jake asked. Blake just shook her head. Two warriors that are ready to face an onslaught of Grimm, but they don't know how to dance formally.

Weiss and Xavier groaned at their teammates' lacking in etiquette. The two white-clad warriors approached their Faunus friends and instructed them on what to do. The two cats were embarrassed and they could hear some of their friends stifling laughter in the background.

Jake looked over his shoulder and found that Ruby and Relic were doing a perfect job dancing on their own. "I'm getting the feeling that we're the only ones who weren't prepared," Jake muttered. "Coming to a ball without knowing how to dance," Xavier moaned, "How foolish could you possibly be?"

"I believe I speak for both of us when I say that we'd rather face a Deathstalker than this," Blake commented.

"Hey, guys have you seen this view," Ruby said, pushing Blake to the windows, while Relic did the same with Jake. "Yeah, it's amazing isn't it?" Relic exclaimed. Ruby and Relic had saved Blake and Jake from that painfully embarrassing situation. "Thanks guys, I owe you one," Jake whispered.

"I never want to dance again," was all Blake could say at the moment. Relic and Ruby chuckled and grinned as we got to the windows. "You're right, Relic, it is amazing."

At that moment, the four of them noticed a glowing red light in the distance and it soon got bigger and bigger. "It's a dust flare! Get down!" Relic pushed them all out of the way and jumped back as the windows shattered.

Next thing they knew, grappling hooks were thrown into the ballroom and members of the White Fang had climbed up into the building and begin beating on the students before the teachers and staff fought back.

Jake stood and helped Blake and the other on their feet. Amidst all the chaos, Prof. Oobleck had shouted to the students, "Flee to the dorms and grab your weapons, now!"

Jake and the others ran as fast as they could to get to their dorms. HIJX managed to make it to their dorms first. Jake grabbed Storm Bolt and immediately headed back to the dorm room. He decided to cut through the cafeteria to get to the ballroom faster.

Bad move.

Jake found two White Fang grunts accompanied by a red-haired Faunus with horns. What stood out about this man was that he wore a red and white mask over his face. "You're one of the failed experiments, aren't you?"

"You must be the Jake Martin, right? You're going to have to come with us now," the man said. Jake pulled Storm Bolt out of its sheath and pointed the tip at the Faunus. "I'm not going back there, I'm not going to end up like you in those godforsaken experiments!"

The man snapped his fingers and the two grunts rushed in and attacked him on both sides. Jake pressed a button on the hilt of his sword and his sword split down the middle into two separate weapons. He blocked the attacks of both the WF grunts and responded by sending lightning down his weapons and into the Faunus, forcing them to back away.

Blake burst into the cafeteria to see Jake fighting off the White Fang. She looked at the Faunus that was hanging back and enjoying the show and recognized him. Adam Taurus, her former partner in the White Fang. He was the last person that saw her before she left them.

Her weapon took on its gun form and she threw it at Adam, hanging onto the cord that was attached. The horned Faunus blocked the attack with his katana. She rushed in and picked up speed, striking him from all sides, leaving afterimages in her wake. Adam seemed to have no problem fending off her attacks.

Jake zipped in and slashed one of the grunts across the chest and fired a ball of lightning at the other. The grunt stepped out of the way, but as soon as the ball of lightning was directly next to him, it burst into an electric storm which struck the poor guy from all sides. He fell to the ground, his body burned to a crisp.

Adam had grown tired of simply defending himself and decided to take the offensive. As Blake came in to strike his chest, he pulled the trigger on his sheath and the katana shot out of and hit her in the face with the handle.

As she recovered from the blow, Adam came forward, grabbed his weapon and attempted to cut her throat. Jake sped in deflected his strike, taking the opportunity to kick him back. "Get out, Taurus; I'm not coming back with you!"

"You don't have a choice in the matter. As for you, Blake, I was sad to see you go. Your skills were a great help to the White Fang."

"I don't care. I don't regret leaving, and I never will!"

"Well spoken, Ms. Belladonna." That voice was distinctly female and it sounded familiar. "The White Fang have turned into full-blown criminals for what they did. I don't blame you for leaving." A blade was suddenly placed up against Adam's throat as a woman appeared from the darkness. "As for you, Jake, it's good to see you again. Although I wish I could greet you under better circumstances."

It was Jake's mother, Melody.