I was right, Yang was the first to arrive, but she was not alone. Weiss had also rid with her, since they'd been together at the time. Since they had to ride here, it proved that they were not sleeping in team JNPR's room. I didn't bother asking where they'd been, it wouldn't matter anyway. Both of them were eager to know why I'd summoned them here, but I refused to answer any of their questions before Blake arrived.
It only took a few minutes until we were all in our room, me, Weiss, Blake and Yang. The situation was really awkward, both Yang and Weiss fell silent as Blake entered the room, she didn't look too happy either. Her gaze was locked on the floor the minute she entered the room. I know regret when I see it and this was it, in its maximum.
"Good. Now that we're all here we can begin", I gesture towards Weiss and the door, "Weiss, you're a neutral in this conversation, could you stand by the door and make sure no one leaves?"
She does as I ask without hesitation. She only looks slightly confused, but I'm sure she knows exactly what we're here to discuss. Weiss has always been a quick person, she always understands what people are trying to explain.
Yang looks a bit afraid, she's gone more white than usual. Her eyes quickly glance towards the door, I doubt she hasn't caught up with what's happening. Meanwhile, Blake's eyes are still locked on the ground, she seems normal from afar, but once you're actually close to her you can see that she's breathing faster than usual.
"I'm just going to go ahead and say it then", I start, "Blake, we all know that you attacked Roman today, which caused havoc in our team. We are willing to give you a second chance-"
"We are?", Weiss says amazed.
"- At least I am, but you have to tell us why you did what you did. Not just for Yang, but for me", and Roman, I add to myself.
Blake finally looks up at us, her face looks red and a bit more puffy than usual. Her gaze moves mostly to Yang, who's staring at her with an unhappy face. Blake lets out a huge sigh, then looks back at me.
"I'm sorry", she says, "I can't".
"Why not? Blake what are you not telling us?", Yang nearly screams.
Blake's gaze is still locked with mine, I doubt she has the capacity to turn it right now. She looks like she's on the verge of breaking to tears, which is rather unusual for her.
"Blake, you have to tell us", I say, "If you won't, we'll have to take this matter to Professor Ozpin, and none of us want to do that", I try to make it seem worth doing, and I feel like it's working.
Blake's whole face turns white, she's afraid. Telling Ozpin would definitely start an even bigger argument, which might end up getting Blake kicked out of Beacon. I'm pretty sure that's not what she would want at all.
Blake sighs again, "I have two conditions", she claims, "First, you are most definitely not allowed to tell anyone about this, and second", she pauses to sigh, "please try to be as understanding as possible".
The rest of us nod in agreement, even though we're definitely not going to take this well. If it's something to do with trying to assassinate Roman, I'm going to kill her myself.
I gesture Blake to begin, and she does, "Last night when all of you had fallen asleep, I decided to go on a walk, since I couldn't sleep. I left my bow between the main door so it wouldn't close behind me and I could return at any time. Obviously this meant that I no longer had anything to cover my ears-"
"Get to the point!", Weiss yells.
"Weiss, please!", Yang yells back at her.
Blake sighs, but continues her story, "Anyway, after an hour of walking I bump into this guy, he was also a Faunus. We started talking about the White Fang and how we believed that they were only misguided, not just plain evil-"
"Well that's nice!", Yang says happily.
I glare at her, she should know not to interrupt people by now. Blake however doesn't mind and continues her story, "That's what I thought too, until it turned out that he was actually one of the most high ranked White Fang members himself. I happened to follow him after we 'separated'", she made the air quotes, "he headed straight to the White Fang HQ. I decided that I should confront him, but it turned out to be a horrible idea".
"What happened?", Weiss asks in actual interest.
"He decided to blackmail me. He knew I was attending Beacon and that Roman was there too. The White Fang is after him and they needed someone on the inside to help them take him down, that 'inside man' is now me. If I don't do as they say, they'll come after everyone I love, showing no mercy", she broke down to tears and fell on the floor.
Yang ran up to her and embraced her in a tight hug, trying endlessly to calm her down. Even though their relationship was not in the best condition right now, I could see that they both still cared for each other immensely.
Blake didn't cry for too long, she gathered herself up and despite the throbbing of her voice continues her tale, "I am to kill Roman Torchwick, or all of you will pay the price. They will not stop until everyone I know and care for is dead, or he is", she pauses, "This morning when he came to our room, I decided it was my time to strike. I didn't take note that Roman actually had people who cared about him now, people who would do anything to save him", she looked at me, "I failed on my mission and now they're after one of you", I can see her eyes fill with the tears she's fighting to keep away.
One of my teammates is now in danger, none of us know who it is, but know we know why. Blake has most likely doomed us all, it's either everyone she cares about or her nemesis, the choice is clear. Blake isn't going to stop until Roman is dead.