FINALLY! I got the chapter done! I am SO sorry this took so long...and even more sorry it's a short piece of crap, but, you know, writer's block...hate it...

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Ok, now to the next chapter, where Adam joins Maxivius's team...

Armiger: The Bull

Over the rooftops, Maxivius, Reviane, and Naomi pursued the 2 groups of White Fang members. As they continued, they tried to determine the make-up of the groups. The fleeing group was larger, but the pursuers were much better equipped. The leader of the fleeing group was a Faunus wearing a black and red mask, and had a pair of red curved horns on his head.

The leader of the pursuers was...

"Torchwick!" Naomi snarled, as she tried to charge, only to be held back.

It was Maxivius. "Hold on! We don't want to show ourselves until we can be assured we can to stop him...if we attack too soon, he's guaranteed to get away. If we wait, we might be able to trap him..." Naomi huffed, but understood, and stood down.

The group merely continued their course, following the 2 teams. After some time, however, they began to reach an area where the fleeing group would be unable to escape: they'd have to intervene. "So, what are we going to do?" Reviane asked.

"Wait here, let them fight it out?" Naomi suggested, with a tint of anger directed at the White Fang. Maxivius glared at her. "...What?"

"We don't know if both sides are still considering themselves White Fang: those individuals being chased could easily be defectors, and they could use our help."

Naomi glared at him, and Maxivius glared back...finally, Naomi relented, huffed, and they continued forward. Soon enough, they reached the area where there was no where for the White Fang Defectors to run. The trio overlooked the situation, and Maxivius nearly jump packed in, when Naomi held him back. "Wait!"

"What are you doing?!" the Turian snarled.

Naomi pointed to multiple areas of the field of engagement: too much space where they could get shot up, and how, behind the White Fang Loyalists led by Torchwick, there was plenty of areas to hide, but currently, Torchwick's forces would successfully flank them if they engaged too quick. "Not just yet..." Maxivius studied the battlefield...and gave the Turian equivalent of a smirk, which Naomi returned. So they sat...and waited...

Adam led his group through the massive amount of containers in the warehouse the group entered. They'd hoped to evade their pursuers in there, but it appears that isn't going to be the case. He knew they were going to be boxed in here: there was no way around it. He thought back to everything he did in the White Fang, all the people he killed...

He knew he probably wasn't going to leave this alive either. He was upset by this. He wouldn't get the chance to see for himself whether the Faunus would be able to earn their equality, he wouldn't be able to see things between the Faunus and Humans settle...he'd never be able to apologize to Blake, for everything...Blake, the one friend he had, and he as good as spit on what she believed, last time they saw each other. There was no pretending he didn't; he did, plain and simple.

...He couldn't let it end here, he wouldn't! It was then that he noticed the set-up in front of them, a massive amount of containers blocking their path. They'd never be able to climb over them. They had little option but to make their stand there. He nodded to his fellow renegades, who took positions there to defend themselves. The White Fang forces led by Roman Torchwick closed in on them, soon close enough to attack. Torchwick's forces began firing, as Adam's renegades fired back. However, Adam's force was taking more casualties, and soon, there was only a couple of them left. Torchwick's forces closed in...

...When suddenly...

*BANG*

Suddenly, a form rocketed off of the containers. The being was fully armored, armed with what appeared to be some kind of alien sniper rifle. It then switched to some other rifle, and began firing a flurry of shots into Torchwick's White Fang soldiers. The man was soon followed by some woman that looked somewhat like some kind of octopus Faunus. The woman glowed purple and black, and fired pulses of the energy at the White Fang. Finally, an armored and robed woman appeared, wielding what appeared to be a Rapid-Fire Cutlass Carbine, and using a Gravity Semblence-wait...Gravity Semblence?

Adam recognized the description of a robed female with a Rapid-Fire Cutlass Carbine and Gravity Semblence: the armor was new, but he knew the description of the young Beacon student Torchwick discredited and got thrown out of Beacon. He didn't know who these other people were or why she was helping them, but now he was somewhat worried, not just for what Torchwick did for the girl...but also...

He watched as the trio of individuals tore into Torchwick's forces: the being in the weird armor launching himself with propulsion jets, stabbing and slicing White Fang with arm-mounted glowing blades, while the octopus Faunus-like woman launching herself using her weird...Semblence?...at White Fang, before taking them down with a mix of martial arts and more of the powers. Finally, the girl directly challenged Torchwick, the 2 fighting on an even playing field...until Torchwick fired a cheap shot, and blew the ground under the girl up. Torchwick aimed at the girl again...and...

'NO!' Adam launched himself forward, and used his sword to block the red dust blast fired by Torchwick. He then charged forward, launching an attack on Torchwick. Torchwick, seeing himself outmatched, called for a general retreat. The White Fang pulled out as he fled as well, loading onto a Bullhead he'd hidden behind several containers nearby, opposite of the entry point of the unknowns. Adam watched as Torchwick left, seething: of the renegades he fled with, only he remained. He cursed himself silently about this. Then, when he looked up, he saw the 2 unknown beings approaching him. He turned to the girl, who he couldn't see the face of, her hood obscuring her face, not to mention the balaclava-like thing she had on her face.

He turned back to the unknowns, one of which, the armored being, said, "We need to talk."

Maxivius talked to the young man in front of him: apparently, this guy, "Adam Taurus", both according to him and Naomi, was a big-shot in the White Fang terrorist group. Adam filled in the gaps related to the chase he was caught in: apparently, some latent guilt over an incident that led to the defection of his partner and friend finally culminated into him betraying the White Fang, and, with several other like-minded Faunus, left the organization, who sent the other group to eliminate them. Naomi wasn't buying it: she had nothing against Faunus in general, but she held no love, no pity, and no mercy for the White Fang. However, Maxivius noticed something sooner: when Adam Taurus was revealed, Naomi started staring at him with a look of extreme hatred.

Maxivius looked between the human girl and the Faunus man, and frowned behind his helmet. 'Maybe this isn't such a good idea,' he thought, 'These 2 are probably gonna kill each other, more than they're gonna kill the Reapers...'

"So...what you are doing is taking on some kind of interstellar metal space squids-"

"Giant killer interstellar metal space squids," Maxivius corrected, somewhat jocularly.

"Right, anyways, we have to kill their minions, which are gathering in Emerald Forest, as well as having been sighted in Forever Fall?"

"Yes," Maxivius replied, "Since no one else on this world knows about them, other than our comrades, who we don't know where they are, then we have to get help from locals."

Adam thought for a moment, "You know...I remember Torchwick claiming he was attacked by a large green bug-man, just before the start of this year's Beacon classes. It might be the "Retribution" guy you mentioned."

"You sure about this?" Reviane asked, somewhat excited.

"Yes," Adam said, "He mentioned seeing him, as well as a cycloptic robot, a large armored creature, and a human in black armor with an "N7" on it, get escorted away by Beacon Professor Glynda Goodwitch. I would bet they are at Beacon Academy right now."

"Then we should contact Beacon Academy as soon as possible: at the very least, they may have heard where they are," Maxivius said, "I'll go: you guys stay here..." Maxivius then spoke in Turian, so only Reviane, using her Omni-Tool, would understand. "Keep an eye on these 2: something tells me they're more likely to tear each other apart, than they will the Reapers...and Naomi's probably gonna be the one to instigate it...' Reviane nodded, and Maxivius left.

The 2 Remnant natives stared at each other, looks of displeasure on the female's face, one of false imitation displeasure on that Faunus's. Reviane watched them, waiting for the inevitable powder keg detonation, and hoped she'd be able to contain it if it went too far...

Sure enough, as she suspected, Naomi began. "Why are you still here?"

"To make amends..." Adam growled.

"'To make amends...'...is that all you can say?" Naomi replied.

Adam scowled. "Is there anything else I should say?"

"How about what the White Fang is doing about all this? I mean, unless they ARE idiots, they should have noticed SOMETHING going on in the Emerald Forest," Naomi stated.

"They aren't paying any attention to it..." Adam plainly replied.

"Oh, that's rich, either they're complete morons, or you're still holding their secrets," Naomi replied.

"HEY!" Adam yelled, "I left because I no longer agreed with them. If they knew anything, I'd tell you guys what I knew..."

"And why should I trust with you?! Why should I not just take you down like the rest of you White Fang scum?!" Naomi shouted.

Reviane realized it was getting out of hand: she tried to cool the situation down, but no one paid attention. Adam was quite angered. "What the hell is wrong with you?! Yes, I get it: the White Fang are assholes, but why are you going out against me like this?! What'd I ever do to you?!"

That looked like the last straw for Naomi. Before anyone could stop her, she smacked Adam, hard, knocking his modified Grimm Mask off. "You bastards took away my PARENTS!" Then, weeping hard, she stormed off.

Reviane tried to follow Naomi, all the while leaving Adam to nurse where he was smacked, all the while feeling regret for what he had said. He didn't think that this girl could potentially have been a victim of the White Fang...and now he learned it the hard way...

There, that's it, sorry it's so short: writer's block is a bitch...

I'm sorry about how...jumbled...the last part is, I kinda felt rushed there. Basically: turns out that Adam Taurus, earlier in his White Fang career, was there when Naomi's parents were killed...and Naomi didn't forget...

This will make what I have planned for later all the more surprising, but...not gonna say anything else, because, you know, spoilers...