Well I hope no one is too mad considering everyone knew what Akairo was capable of. I went from making Adam a victim and a great guy to a murdering psycho female go me lol Here's the next chapter :)
They rushed up the stairs with Scarlet leading the way. She felt sick to her stomach. She never thought she would even care enough for someone to go back and get them. Even she would've left Neo behind if the situation looked impossible. Wyeth had no problem freezing the White Fang members at the door way. As they reached the door they were all shaken up with fear. Blake kicked open the door and Juno screamed then puked onto the floor.
Akairo looked up at them with a surprised look. She had cut open Red's stomach and his intestines were starting to fall from his stomach. Out of nowhere with no warning Scarlet's aura flared up and the room became hot. Crimson shoved the others backward as Scarlet screamed.
Akairo had never seen Scarlet like this and this was her semblance. Her emotions overcame her common sense and she charged at Akairo. Akairo wasn't as quick as Scarlet was in that moment; Scarlet grabbed her cane and started firing shots at Akairo. Three shoots hit and knocked her into the wall. Neo grabbed his umbrella but Scarlet grabbed the handle and it melted from her touch then the material turned to ash.
Scarlet grabbed Akairo's weapon and thrust it through her stomach making the Faunus scream out in anger and horror. Scarlet picked her up and threw her out the balcony window. Neo took off after her dodging the punch Scarlet tried to deliver on him. Neo picked up the wounded Akairo and took up with some of the White Fang members behind them. The railing to the balcony began melting from being near Scarlet.
Wyeth fell to his knees in front of Red tears running down his face. Blake covered his face and looked away. Scarlet came back inside and shoved the heir to the side. She untied Red from the chair and laid him out on the ground. She pulled out the black case and set it on the floor.
"Crimson in the cabinet in the middle there's a medical kit. Get it. Blake hot water and rags. Wyeth hand me your jacket."
No one questioned her and did as she said. She opened her back box and pulled out a syringe filled with red liquid. She stuck Red's abdomen with it and Crimson opened the medical kit for her. Scarlet began placing his inside back in with ease carefully. She studied what Akairo had done to him but it looked as if she hadn't nick anything important.
Suddenly rose petals appeared around Red and he started glowing red. Your body has a lot of healing and work to do Red. As long as your heart beats even a little you will be ok. When this is over I will make it up to you Red. I will. Just please live.
"What's his blood type?" Akairo asked.
"He's type O negative," Wyeth said.
"Perfect so am I."
Scarlet pulled out a needle with a small tube connected to another needle. Red's body began closing up the smaller wounds but the one in his stomach was slowly getting there. She knew it was dangerously to do this but she had too. She pulled out a small machine and hooked it onto the tube. She took a deep breath and stuck herself then Red. Blood began filling the tube then she flipped the switch on the machine and it started humming.
"What is that?" Juno asked.
"It's a small machine I made just in case me or one of my partners got hurt. I create a lot of medical stuff just in case something ever happened. I never thought I would have to use it though," she whispered.
"Do you want me to do anything?" Juno asked.
"If you and Wyeth can put Red in the jacket. He's kind of warm but he'll need help so he doesn't get sick or go into shock and die. Check Neo's room please Crimson and grab pillows and blankets."
As Red's stomach healed up to a dark red scar Scarlet wiped off the blood that was dried up around it. She pulled out a bottle and an empty syringe concentrating as she did it. She knew he was going to need antibiotics and some fluids. Crimson brought out the pillows and blankets and Scarlet gave him a small smile.
"Get out the Iv bag for me. It's under that tray. It's small bag but it will work for now. Crimson what are you going to do about Vale Complex?"
"I will call some people and they can come help move the others to safe places. We will have to find another place to hide. Lucky for Red here I have a doctor who owes me a couple favors."
"I can help pay as well if you need some help with that," Wyeth said.
"Yea we might need some help with that."
"Call your doctor friend. Also your cleanup crew," Scarlet said.
Crimson nodded.
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Red was taken to the hospital and treated. His chances of making it was slim but without Scarlet's help he would've died. No one said anything to Scarlet or Crimson the whole time but it was all on their minds- who was at fault here? Crimson kept apologizing for sending her on the job and it was legitimate but it was Neo's con. Juno, Wyeth and Blake sat in silence staring at their friend.
"What do we tell Yuri?" Juno whispered.
"We lie. He's sick from the aura maturation and he would be stupid trying to go after that psychotic bitch."
"I agree. When he's in the right state of mind we will tell him. We can't take Red back to Beacon."
"Red might not be out of the woods yet," Wyeth said, "He may end up having his aura increase and that in itself will make him sick."
Juno nodded.
Scarlet looked at Crimson with gazed over eyes. He knew what she was thinking and he looked away.
"Scarlet I'm sorry-
"I should've just let her kill and rape me that day she caught me. There's nothing in this world that would make up for what happened."
"Why do you even care?" Wyeth hissed.
Scarlet said nothing.
"Because in case you have never noticed Scarlet doesn't hurt innocent people but if you attack her first then it's your problem. She might steal but she wouldn't hurt anyone. She won't steal from families or single moms but from rich corrupted people she will. She steals from your family all the time because of what you do to innocent Faunus."
"That still doesn't make it any better," Wyeth snapped.
"I had no idea Akairo was capable of such things. She had her moments but she didn't seem out there like that," Blake said zoning out.
Scarlet looked at him, "You honestly had no idea?"
"No."
"Red is the second person to survive her psychotic games that I know of. Akairo tortured me then tried to rape me. She had plans to do it again until he said he'd take my place and to let me go."
"But why would she want to something so horrible?" Juno asked.
"I haven't a clue. As smart as I am I can't figure it out. I don't know why and I may never know."
"So that's how you knew to do all that," she said smiling at Scarlet, "I'm glad we know someone like you."
Scarlet smiled back weakly.
"So you made that serum then," Wyeth said.
"I did."
"If you're so smart then why don't you get a real job?" Blake asked with annoyance.
"Because the people I would work with would be hurt by Akairo."
Crimson looked at Red at back at Scarlet.
"Do you guys want to go freshen up? We can go in groups," Crimson asked.
Everyone was covered in Red's blood.
"Juno I want you back to Beacon-
"That's not wise," Scarlet said.
"Excuse me?" Wyeth hissed.
"I don't know what Akairo might be planning but I can't risk you guys getting hurt too. Can one of you guys call someone to watch Yuri?" Scarlet said.
"I'll call Rain, Pyro and Nero," Juno said smiling.
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It had been two days since the incident with Akairo. Red got a slight infection but it was cleared up quickly and his body was returning to a normal rhythm. Crimson escorted the others back to Beacon the morning after just to make sure Akairo was gone for sure for the moment. Scarlet stayed with him barely leaving his side. She would even pee with the bathroom door open.
Part of her was compelled to turn herself in to the Atlas army but that wouldn't stop Akairo from going after Red again. She wasn't much worried about his body as much as his mind. It took Scarlet a little while to recover from the damage Akairo had done to her- not just physically but mentally. She had self-diagnosed herself and stole the medicine she needed.
She remembered every cut on every inch of her body. She pleaded and cried- she couldn't keep her mind on anything else with her father's death in her head. It was strange Red wasn't screaming or even in shock with what Akairo had done so he must've escaped his reality into his own mind. Maybe part of her stopped her from doing the same because no matter what she knew what going on.
Scarlet felt herself drifting to sleep when she heard the sheets on Red's bed shuffling. Her eyes widened as he twitched a little and the heart monitor went off beeping like crazy. A couple of nurses came checking his pulse and it was erratic like he was experiencing a nightmare. She felt herself wanting to break down and cry; she was seeing herself all over again. She had managed to drown out that part of her life for the longest time.
"I think he's having a panic attack at a massive level!" one nurse yelled.
"Red! You're in the hospital!" the nurse called.
Red began fighting them off. His eyes were panicked and he was sweaty bad. Scarlet jumped up and grabbed his face. His silver eyes stopped moving and locked with hers then they began to water. He broke down sobbing trying to fight the nurses off. Another nurse came in and injected a sedative into his IV. He calmed down within a minute and his eyes started to droop.
"Red, I'm here for you. She won't ever get you again. I promise that," Scarlet whispered.
The nurses left after checking everything and Scarlet laid her head by his side and fell asleep. She had no idea she was out until morning but she was. Part of her was hurting on the inside and she felt sick. Scarlet did her best to leave innocent people out and she never wanted Red hurt.
Red was an innocent boy out to be a hunter and obviously to help people too. That's why he stopped her at the Dust shop. She needed that Dust badly and she had no money and she chose to rob it. She was still in panic about Akairo coming around and Crimson was doing a mediocre job at making her feel like she was safe.
"Hey!"
Scarlet turned around to see the boy with black and red hair standing there with one hell of a giant scythe.
"What do you want?" she asked staring at him.
All the bodyguards she had hired were laying on the ground groaning in pain.
"I want you to give back all the Dust."
"No I need it."
"Then you buy it! Give it back to the old lady in the store!" Red said.
Scarlet smiled slightly amused.
"If you want it come catch me," she said playfully.
She slung the bag over her shoulder and ran for the building's ladder. Red hurried after her not wanting to hurt in the process as he put his weapon away. They got on the roof top and a Bullhead appeared. Scarlet pulled out a cane from her belt and started firing shots at Red.
Red dodged them all with ease and pulled out Crescent Rose. Scarlet threw the bag to the Bullhead and some man with yellow eyes caught it. Scarlet stepped forward with her cane raised. Red rushed in but with his weapon being as big as it was it was hard for him to move fast enough to battle her. Scarlet fired off a couple fire rounds when a blonde man dressed in purple and black showed up.
"I'll see you soon little boy!" Scarlet called out and jumped into the Bullhead.
Suddenly glass shards that were on fire started flying at Red but the blonde man snapped his riding crop and they began glowing purple. The shards hit the Bullhead as it was trying to get away and the yellow eyed man almost fell out. More glass shards came flying and the blonde man sent Red flying to the other side of the roof top to safety while he protected himself.
Little did Scarlet know, she would meet him again in an unlikely situation.
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Red woke up and looked around the room then he saw the familiar orange hair. He reached out and touched the silk strands. Scarlet didn't move as she was still asleep. Red looked down at the arm he was touching her hair and her name was carved into his skin. There was some scabbing but he could see the harsh pink scar tissue too.
His head flipped back to Akairo. She was nowhere in the room. Either Scarlet had killed her or as least scared her away. He hurt bad but it wasn't like when she cut open his stomach and started pulling his guts. He trembled thinking of her dirty hands squeezing his organs in her twisted assault. He took a shaky breath and laid his head back down.
"Starlla?"
Scarlet's head snapped up and her emerald eyes widened with shock to see him awake.
"Red-
"Are you ok?" he asked touching her face.
She nodded with watery eyes.
"I should be asking you that. I'm so fucking sorry Red I am."
"How did you save me?" he asked softly.
"I guess you ass dialed the angry one and he heard. His girlfriend and Blake came looking for you too. Blake found you because your blood was everywhere and the smell was overwhelming. I… I had to put you back together in a sense and give you some of my blood. They gave you a better transfusion when we got you here."
"Where's Crimson? Did you get back with him?"
"No. I was too worried about you to worry about being with anyone else."
Red grinned, "That's nice to hear."
"How can you smile after what happened to you? It's all my fault-
"I don't care. At least you didn't run away. I was sure you would be gone."
Scarlet laid her head on his chest.
"I'm so fuckin sorry Red. I never wanted you hurt. I never wanted anything bad to happen to you."
"I'm ok."
"Red-
"But you didn't have anyone with you when it happened to you. You're a lot braver than I am. If I would've woke up without out you I might've died. How did you ever make it?" he asked softly.
"I… I read up on it and stole some medicine to fix myself."
"Well I'm not surprised. You are really smart. I'm still here and that says something."
Scarlet nodded and started crying.
"Hey Starlla?"
"Yea-yea?"
"Will you go to the dance with me?" Red asked wiping away her tears.
Scarlet nodded, "Yes I will."
To the Guest, yes I do have a gender bend sun lol Calling him moon probably would've been a little better but I called him Skyla. Sage is Ivy and Scarlet is Sky. So they form team SCSI (skies) with Neptune being Cerulean.
I actually enjoyed writing chapter 9 and 10 even though it was torturing poor Red/Ruby.
To EnkyoStar I'm sorry lol I have to do it lol
Well its time for bed, until next time :)