Chapter 10: The Wolves
Fen Kuro
Ah! A new day, a new… life? Will things be different now I've got wolf ears standing up on my head? Let's find out! I decided to go and talk to another Faunus I know. A very conspicuous one!
"Velvet! Hey!" I said, walking up to the rabbit Faunus.
"Hey Fen what's OH MY GOD" Velvet pointed at my head
"Yeah, I know, ears. Don't ask. I'm just wondering, what's life like as…" I began
"A Faunus? Pretty normal, except for…"
"Hey freak!" Cardin walked up, and was about to grab Velvets ears when he spotted me "Huh? You're a Freak too?"
"No, I'm a Faunus. Problem?" I pulled shadows from the corners of the room
"Yeah, freak" Cardin raised his fist, then screamed in pain. He whirled around, and I saw a sharp-looking needle sticking out of his back. "WHO DID THAT!?" He walked away, looking around for people. Eugene then popped out from round a corner.
"Eugene? That was you?" I asked, still laughing
"Yeah, he wasn't being very nice so…" Eugene muttered
"Are you a Faunus?"
"Yeah, you are too by the looks of it" He replied, pushing his glasses up his nose
"You don't have any ears or…" I looked at his spiky hair "Oh, right…" He nodded and then walked back to his Team. I know it sounds stupid, but I wondered for a sec whether his semblance was super-speed.
Benny Stone
"Hey buddy, Whatcha doing'?" I snuck up behind Umar at his forge. He jumped and dropped a metal ingot.
"Ugh! Damn it Benny! That was…" he raised his hammer
"Whoa, I got it" I flicked my hand and moved the metal back into the forge
"Leave me alone will yah?" The big guy yelled.
Since I'm so heroic, I decided to back away. I walked down to see the rest of the team, and instead got to see Eugene actually being cool for once!
"WHO DID THAT?" Cardin yelled, storming across the room. Eugene was around the corner, peeing himself with laughter next to Fen and Velvet. I decided to go join the fun after Genie left.
"Sup Fen, nice ears" I said, casually walking up
"Wow, that's the first non-freak-out reaction I've had, apart from Cardin's" He remarked, high fiving me. "Thanks"
"No prob. Hey there Velvet" I said, waving to the Rabbit-Girl.
"Hi Benny" She said, then walked off.
"That was fun" I stated, sitting down on a nearby table and stealing some random kid's chip. "How's your day going?" Instead of giving me an answer, the Universe delivered me a white haired magician.
"Fen, I gotta talk to you in a minute, it's important" He looked at me "Who're you?"
"Benny" I said, smiling innocently
"Right…" he looked back at Fen
"Team CUBE, he's pretty cool" Fen remarked, I nodded my head approvingly.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Rowen. Now, Fen, this is urgent" He said nervously
"Ok, Ok, I'm coming" Fen picked up his pizza, half saluted at me, then followed Rowen out of the room.
Fen Kuro
"Ok, what's up?" I asked when we arrived back in the dorm.
"Look at this" He turned on the news
"Another demonstration from the treacherous Crime Group left detectives stumped today, as another example of the Forsaken Wolves arson attacks raged in downtown Vale. The criminals seemed to be burning a message into the rooftops of the buildings, here's an image of the destruction" The hologram switched to an image of a rooftop blazing.
"Ok, what's so special about that?" I asked Rowen
"Read it" He said nervously.
The fire was raging, but I could still make out what they were trying to write.
Give us the Sword, you know who you are.
HYDE WILL FIND YOU
Cold sweat ran down my face. The Forsaken Wolves were a group of ruthless thieves, assassins and thugs. Capable of really, really bad things. Even the Crime group me and Rowen belong to, the Merry Boys, wasn't that big. We'd been told to avoid anywhere with their symbol on it. A black wolf head burnt into the wall. They were as infamous as the White Fang, but no-one knew who they were, where they are or what they can do. One of their mottos reflected that, "The world can't see us, your Hunters can't stop us. We're invisible"
"You see?" Rowen said
"But, why do they want it?" I asked nervously
"We must've intercepted a courier when we took the sword from Fade…" he muttered
"Roman's men wouldn't have looked for the symbol… they're white fang, not thieves…"
"Also, who's Hyde? How can we turn ourselves in if we don't know where to go?" Rowen ran his hands through his hair. Just when things couldn't get any worse. The Boss called.
"Hey boys? Where are you? You didn't come back after that one job, are you alright?" The familiar voice came through my scroll.
"Yeah, Hood, we're fine, doing an undercover mission for Cinder" I replied
"You should pop over soon, have a beer!" another voice yelled
"I don't drink that stuff, Tucker, maybe Rowen will be in for it" I said, smiling over at Rowen
"No! I'm fine thanks!" He shouted, a bit too loud
"Ok, boys, do give us a visit soon though!" Hood said, ending the conversation.
The Mister
Fire? Those idiots, they'll never get anyone's attention like that…
Yeah, should've used blood!
Shut up, you violent creature!
That's not very nice
"Mister" Fade was back
"What happened? Cinder told the Wolves! If he hears about it…" I said
Ooh, is the all Powerful Crypt Okami afraid of the Con-man?
Be Silent you fool!
"She reported to her contact that we no longer had the sword…"
"AND HE PAINTED IT ON THE ROOFTOPS IN FIRE!" I grabbed Fade, throwing him into a wall "IF HE FINDS OUT THAT THIS, HYDE, IS AFTER…" I dropped Fade, regained my composure.
That was close there… you're losing it
"Sorry…" I muttered
"It's Ok Crypt… I know you…" Fade gasped
"Don't call me that!" I snapped
"Sorry, Mister. I'll leave…" He faded away
Come on old man, you can't keep this up… you know I'll win…
It's not over yet. As long as he doesn't come back…
How long can he be kept a secret? You couldn't keep it. The boy wants to be known…