"Do you think he's had enough, Emerald?" Cinder asked.

"I don't think so. How bout we take a lunch break? Then we come back and beat his ass some more." Emerald responded.

"Perfect Idea."

Cinder and Emerald made their way towards the kitchen.

"Oh Thank Oum!" Mercury whispered, thankful for at least a few pain-free minutes. Unfortunately, while he was free of Emerald and Cinder, he was not free of everything.

"Well if it isn't Mercury Black."

"Oh damn it all to hell." Mercury said.

The voice, revealing itself to be Roman Torchwick, walked out from the shadows, apparently from no where.

"What do you want, Roman?"

"Oh nothing, I was just told that you were the one who lost that blond kid. Am I wrong?" Roman asked.

Mercury struggled to get up. "No you are not."

"Oh, good." Roman gestured to someone else "Have at him Neo."

Also appearing from the shadows was Neo, and she had a very angry look in her eyes.

"OH COME ON!" Mercury yelled.


"You sure this is the place?" Ilia asked.

"This was the location Jasper gave us." Sienna answered.

"Why are we going this far for just a child? A cute child I'll admit, but still a child."

"I like to know what goes on within The White Fang, and if it involves a human, even a human child, I want to find out why."

It was Sienna's duty to look into all matters related to The White Fang, and seeing the adorable human child was just an added bonus.

Right now, the two of them were outside of Cinder's base.

"Alright, out of the two of us, you're much better at stealth. So get in, find out what you can, get out. I'll be hiding out near that warehouse over there." Sienna instructed.

Ilia sighed. "Alright, I'll be in and out in no time."


Ilia didn't like to brag, but she did learn stealth techniques from her best friend, and he was considered the best in The White Fang.

"PLEASE NO!"

The scream got Ilia attention. She went in the direction of the voice, and found two humans standing over another, beaten up human.

"You lost the boy Mercury, and Neo here gets very mad when her stuff gets stolen."

"It wasn't my fault! I had no choice but to leave without Jaune."

The smaller of the two humans used her weapon to stab the other human. Mercury, Ilia guessed.

"Please, I'm sorry Roman." Mercury begged.

'Wait, Roman? That was the guy who hired Jasper.' Ilia thought.

"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to. Neo here had a lot of fun activities planned for Jaune." Roman said.

Mercury turned to Neo.

"I'm sorry Neo, is there any way you could forgive me?"

Neo instantly turned her head, indicating no.

"Guess I better look around some more" Ilia whispered.


Once Ilia got enough information, she returned to Sienna.

"So what'd you find?" Sienna asked.

"The boy's name is Jaune Arc." Ilia replied.

"Anything else?" Sienna asked, expecting elaboration.

"It's a long story."

"I have time."

"Well, from what I've gathered..." Ilia started the story.


"...And Mercury lost him to some girl wielding a hammer." Ilia finished.

Sienna had a face of intrigue.

"If a simple child could cause chaos like that, we should probably continue our search. Where should we go now?" Sienna asked.

"Our best bet, Beacon Academy." Ilia responded.

"But how do we get in?"

"Jasper posed as a student, maybe I could too."


Meanwhile, In Ozpin's office.

"It's so good to have my baby back" Joan exclaimed, hugging the life out of her son.

"It's good to see you too, Mommy." Jaune replied.

"We're all glad that you're alright Jaune." Pyrrha said.

"DON'T YOU EVER WORRY US LIKE THAT AGAIN!" Nora yelled. Unfortunately, this brought tears to Jaune's eyes.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean too."

Everyone present gave Nora death glares, even her beloved Ren.

"Hehe, I'll just go and get some-" Before Nora could finish, she quickly ran into the elevator and pushed the down button as many times as she could before the elevator doors closed.

"So, when do you plan to leave?" Ozpin decided to break the tension.

"We'll be leaving in a couple of days. Since I was too busy looking for this little guy, I never got a good look at the city. It'll be like a vacation." Joan answered.

"We're really going to miss you, Jaune." Pyrrha said, picking him up from Joan's lap and hugging.

This went on for 30 seconds.

"Pyrrha, you're making it awkward now." Ren informed his teammate.

Pyrrha refused to let Jaune go.

"OK, that's it." Joan got up and tried to pry her son from his partner. After several tries, Joan managed to release him from Pyrrha's hold.


"I can't believe I'm doing this."

"Calm down Ilia. If you draw any attention to yourself, you'll be in trouble." Sienna said through Ilia's scroll. "Look, all you need to do is get information, even if the kid's here, you just need information. For now anyways."

"Ugh, Fine." Ilia replied.

Ilia got off the Bullhead and made her way towards the building, complete with stolen uniform.

She got inside easily enough, but she had one more obstacle. Ilia spotted an old acquaintance, Blake, walking alongside a group of girls.

"Shit." Ilia whispered.

"What is it?" Sienna asked.

"It's Blake."

"Who?"

"Blake Belladonna."

"You mean Ghira's daughter?" Sienna asked.

"Yeah." Ilia answered.

"Make sure you don't get caught." Sienna said.

Ilia decided to try and find another route, preferably one without a lot of students.

"Calm down, Ilia." She whispered.

"Ilia?" Blake asked.

"Oh Crap."


I have no idea where this story is going, so if you guys have any ideas, I would very much appreciate it.