Author's note:
I'm back! Here's Chapter 6, things are going to start picking up real fast after this. Also there's going to be a Blake and Andrew moment in the beginning of chapter 7 in which I reveal about Blake's past in this continuity. No, this will not escalate into a Blake X OC, even though they shared the kiss in the first chapter they do not have feelings for each other romantically.
Without further ado, enjoy.
Chapter 6 Set-Up
I brought Sarah to the infirmary, driving through the busy streets of Vale. I let her put her arm around me as I supported her. The hospital was white and very roomy; it was the main hospital in Vale. There were chairs along the sides surrounding several hallways, two left and right and two down from where we were. The receptionist was in front and I made my way over.
As we walked in the nurse at the front desk immediately eyed Sarah, she buzzed for a stretcher and a team to take her to a room. Immediately a group of doctors came with a stretcher from the hall to the left of the receptionist. I helped to set her on the stretcher and saw her leave. She mouthed thank you to me as she left.
I sat in one of the chairs and pulled out my phone, I decided to text Yang to make sure that Ruby was okay. "Hey Yang, is Ruby okay?" I typed.
"She's fine, we're having a good time," She typed in a single text. "How much longer until you get home?" Yang asked.
"I honestly have no idea," I typed back. "I'll try to be home before midnight though," I continued.
"Alright, take care bro," Yang responded.
I looked at the clock situated above the receptionist's desk. It was around 9: 30 at night. I looked around at the boring waiting area and yawned, slowly drifting asleep.
When I did wake up it was 11: 00 and the lady at the front desk called me up. She was wearing a white nurse's uniform along with orange hair neatly braided at the back.
"Sir, the patient you brought in has told me that you want to interrogate her. I'm sad to inform you that she cannot leave the hospital until tomorrow," The nurse said.
"I need to talk to her, this is urgent business from Adam Schnee," I said.
Immediately as I said Adam Schnee she piped up, "Well, um, she can't leave the hospital but you can go talk to her now, she's finished in the ER room, she'll be in room 5 on the left," She said.
I walked down the hall way into Room 5 on the left wall. I headed in and Sarah was bandaged up, she had bandages on her forehead and chest. She also had a cast on her left foot which was supported by a carrier. She smiled at me as I walked in.
"Hey there Sarah," I said.
"Well hello detective, to what pleasure do I owe your visitation," She replied.
"Well I'm here to ask you some questions," I stated taking out a pad of paper from my pocket along with a pen. "Now you said Adam Schnee was behind this correct?"
Her face frowned slightly and went back to normal, "That's correct."
"Now any reason why?" I asked.
"I know perfectly why, we all created crimes against him. I was one of his accountants, but I was one of the most frequent ones at meetings to bring up workers issues, specifically Faunus rights," She replied.
"Right, now I'm assuming that Adam wouldn't want his hands dirty if that was the case," I replied.
"That's correct detective," She replied.
"Hmm," I said. This all seems rather unrealistic; Adam was always a kind man as far as I know. I mean I've worked with him for years and he has never shown any kind of malice at all. I mean his eyes were always calm and assertive but I never detected a hint of malice from him at all. That part just doesn't add up, but, the Faunus labour, that part I knew was true. They weren't paid as much as other labourers but they still made a rather decent living. A lot of this is contradictory.
"Now, how long has this been happening?" I questioned further.
"I don't exactly know but there were rumours about fired co-workers disappearing from the city over night," She responded.
"Interesting," I noted. "Is there anything else that you can tell me?"
"Nothing sir, this has only happened to me once," She responded.
"Very well, get better Sarah," I said leaving the room.
Hmm, this just doesn't add up. I need more information. I walked out and went over to my car. Almost immediately when I got in my phone rang, it was an unknown number but I knew instinctively that it was Blake.
I picked up, "Evening Blake," I answered.
"Evening Detective, did you learn anything?" She asked.
"No, all of this nonsense makes no sense, Adam is a completely trustworthy person and it'll take more than a single witness to convince me," I lashed out. I heard silence for a brief moment, my words stung to her, it seemed like she was banking on that one moment. "Sorry for that."
"It's fine, there's another place where you can learn more," She replied. "It's at the east dock; I'll be waiting for you at night."
"Hmph, fine," I replied.
"Good luck, and don't keep me waiting," She wished.
"Right," I said rolling my eyes.
I drove back to the station and filed a report for the chief, leaving the office I went back home. It was midnight and Ruby had fallen asleep. Yang was on the couch watching a sports game quietly. She was wearing a yellow t-shirt coupled with a pair of brown shorts. She noticed me and waved, turning off the TV in the process.
She jumped and hugged me gripping me into a bear hug. "Urgh, Y-Yang," I said being crushed.
"Welcome back bro," She said hugging me tighter.
"You don't have to hug me every single time," I panted between words.
"Oh but I missed you? Can't I just hug my brother?" Yang said pouting while still gripping onto me.
"B-B, Puu," I stuttered before she squeezed the last bit of oxygen out of me.
She finally let go and I straightened myself up. The house was in one piece so that was assuring. I proceeded to thank Yang, "Thanks Yang for coming on such short notice."
"No problem, I love being near my niece," she replied smiling.
"Still though, thanks, you've been a big help, sis," I replied. "So how was she?"
"Only the most adorable niece that I could ever ask for, I took her to the park after her homework was finished and we played. It was amazing, she's so adorable," Yang fawned.
"I know, she's the best daughter I could ask for," I said lamenting on Ruby. Truly she was the best daughter I could ask for; she was always smiling, cheerful and kind.
"Well, I best be off," Yang said going to grab her jacket.
"Thanks for coming by," I said extending my arm out.
We did a gesture where we grabbed each other's arm and bumped out chests together. It was primarily a male thing but Yang had a tendency to be more masculine than a feminine at times, this was one of them.
"See ya," she said putting on a pair of sunglasses even though it was dark out.
I laughed a bit and she smiled before exiting from my house. I closed the door behind her and went upstairs to check on Ruby, she was wearing a set of red pyjamas as she laid on her bed. Her covers were kicked off as she slept so I went over and put them back on. I then kissed her fore head; this caused her to smile as I left the room, closing the door quietly behind me. I rested easy that night.
I woke up very early and lied in my bed, today I needed to report to Chief Hart and tell him that there are two leads which I currently have. It would hopefully be able to convince him for the motive behind Blake stealing from Schnee factories. As well it should convince him that she has a particular preference for targeting them. I also needed to go and tell him that I would be meeting her today and to have the police on standby.
I turned and looked at the clock; it was six in the morning. I was rather tired so I decided to go back to sleep until eight when I needed to take Ruby to school. Before I went back to lie on my bed I wrote a quick note for Ruby and went downstairs quietly, making sure not to wake her up. I put the note on the dining table and went back upstairs to sleep.
I woke up later at eight, hazily opening my eyes I saw that Ruby was already changed. She was standing at beside the bed and prodded my shoulder. I shook my eyes open and glanced at the clock.
"Dad, we're going to be late," Ruby whined.
"Alright, get outside and I'll meet you at the car," I said dashing off to put on a set of clothes for work.
I tossed on a red dress shirt and black dress pants along with a black blazer. Dashing down I grabbed my hat, keys and dashed out. I dashed to the car, unlocked it and drove quickly to Ruby's school. I breathed an air of relief as Ruby just made it in by the first bell. I got back on the wheel and drove back to the office.
I got in and the lady at the front desk told me that Chief Hart was expecting me. I nodded and went upstairs to his office. Arriving at the office I knocked on the door, "Come in!" I heard him say.
I walked in and Chief Hart was looking outside of his window behind his desk. He turned towards me; he was wearing a blue uniform with several badges on his right. His hat was on his wooden desk next to his phone. On the walls were several bookcases of novels which were mostly about philosophical issues.
"Hello Andrew, come take a seat," He said, beckoning me to take a seat.
I set my hat on one of the hooks on the back of his office door and took a seat, pulling out my brief case. Hart sat down after me and held his hands together. "I trust you have some important information to discuss with me."
"Yes I do sir, now, this may not be settling but I have been receiving calls from Blake."
"What? Impossible," He replied stunned.
"Just hear me out, she told me to look into one of the cold cases. Specifically this one was about a kidnapped Faunus child," I continued.
"Yes, I remember that one, I was one of the investigators on the case before I was promoted to become Chief," he said lamenting a bit.
"Yes, anyways, I looked at the picture of the child and she seemed to have very similar features to Blake, they both had these exact same amber eyes. Although the face was more rounder than Blake's the child's other features were almost identical, they both had black hair along with black cat ears, now this may be crazy but I'm proposing that the two incidents are linked in some way," I suggested.
"Okay, I'm listening," Hart replied looking at me.
I breathed in before explaining to him my proposition, "Now, look at these here pictures on the wall." I said pulling out the pictures of the gashes on the wall. "Look at the pictures on the wall and remember the victims aboard the plane. Now, what I'm suggesting is that the gashes on the wall were created by some hind of wire. The cuts are too thin for any kind of blade. Also they seem to be fracturing the wall, unlike a sword cut. Now what I'm suggesting is that Blake had some kind of role to play in this situation."
"That seems plausible, but how is that going to help us catch her?"
"I'm getting to that. Now here's where I stretch the truth, assuming that Blake has been here and the White Fang attacked her she must've done something to anger the White Fang."
"Possibly, but why would the White Fang attack her, I mean she is a Faunus."
"That's where I've uncovered some information last night; it seems that the White Fang has gone to dispatching people from the Schnee dust company."
"I did hear about that on the news, so, how did it go?" Hart asked.
"Two were killed but I managed to retrieve one witness, her name is Sarah Vos and according to her it was Adam Schnee that sent the White Fang onto her. She claimed that she was to be executed for repeated crimes, specifically for speaking up on behalf of the Faunus labourers."
"That's preposterous, Adam would never do that, also, on top of that the Faunus are treated rather well there."
"I know, but here's the big news."
"Okay," Hart said raising an eyebrow.
"Blake called me today and told me that she wants to meet me at the eastern docks," I said.
"That's great we can arrest her then, I'll put a team together immediately," Hart said beginning to pick up the phone.
"Wait sir, you shouldn't send a team."
"Why not?"
"You see, Blake seems to trust me, if I can get close to her maybe I can arrest her without her knowing. I want a team on standby in the event that she does run." I said.
He contemplated for a moment before speaking, "Very well, you are excused," he said waving me out.
I exited and went over to my desk. First I called up Yang again to baby sit Ruby. Once that was finished I thought about the case. Great, we're finally going to catch her, but, something still doesn't seem right. It's as if there is an unfinished segment in the story, we don't know for sure her true motives or any of that, I still only have assumptions. I mean, it's assumed that she steals for the money but I believe there is more to this case than that. The missing case was from two years ago. Wait, maybe I missed a piece of information.
I pulled out my briefcase and looked at the case folder, opening it up I looked in the pictures, on the floor was a cracked plaque which read, In Schnee We Trust. This was a commemorate plaque given to all Schnee workers to be framed in their homes, most decided not to frame it but few did. Still though it was only given to Schnee company workers. Let's see the date of this picture, two years ago! Brilliant! So, assuming that Adam targeted the Faunus child they're involved in this incident somehow. This changes everything, but, Hart might not like seeing this, Adam was, after all, a good friend of his. I sat back and poured over the case for hours only occasionally getting up to grab a drink of water.
I felt a buzz in my pocket and pulled out my phone, I received a text from Blake, it's time, Blake. I put my phone back in my pocket and got out of my chair. Loading up a revolver that the Chief let me carry I packed up, leaving the office. On the way down from the elevator I called Hart telling him that she has called me to see her.
I left the office and proceeded to the Eastern docks. Arriving I parked my car to the side, the moon was rising as I stepped out, Blake was standing on top of a roof in her usual black outfit. I noticed her and she turned to walk away. I looked around for a ladder and I found one, it was a vertical ladder with a cylindrical top leading up to the roof that Blake was on. I climbed up and I saw Blake standing, watching over the docks.
"I see that you came," I said.
"As did you," Blake replied.
"I couldn't give up a chance to meet with the thief that I've been trying to catch for the last week," I replied smugly as I walked over. "So why'd you call me here for?"
"For that," She said pointing down. "Look at the workers."
I looked down and saw several Faunus labourers at the dock moving various crates of materials. On the crates it had the Schnee emblem, a snow flake. There were several Schnee enforcers; they wore white uniforms with black pants. They also had a cap on with the Schnee emblem on it.
"So? Seems like your regular kind of labour force," I said.
"Look closer," Blake said pointing at their sides.
They seemed to be holstering a collapsed rod which hung on their belts. I then noticed one of the workers being slow; the worker was an old Faunus most likely in his 60s. He moved a crate slowly as his legs shook; he stumbled onto the ground giving way to his sore legs. "Hmm," I said continuing to watch. One of the enforcers noticed and pulled their rod from their pockets.
I heard him yell, "This is the last time that you get tired on the job," the enforcer yelled extending the rod. On the ends electricity pulsed, he used the end to hit the worker on the back sending jolts of electricity through him.
"What?" I said shocked. The old Faunus got back up after being hit; he immediately pushed the crate frantically.
The other labourers turned to look but were frightened by the enforcer scolding them, "Get back to work!"
"Do you see the torment we're subjected to? An old man beaten for being too weak to work, do you really believe that this is righteous?" Blake asked.
"No, but I'm sure it's just a mistake by Adam," I said.
"A mistake?" Blake responded raising her eye brows. "You think that this hasn't been going on for years!"
"Adam would never enforce this, he's the one who wanted to enforce Faunus labour rights at his company," I stated. "There were never casualties before this at all, I'm sure this is a new occurrence."
"Casualties! Was my sister, a casualty?!" Blake yelled to me, her eyes full of hate for a moment before breaking down in tears. "My sister …" She murmured slumping down and crying.
Great, I thought. I kneeled down and went over to her. I hugged her in an attempt to comfort her, "Tell me everything."