Red picked at his bacon, egg and cheese taco that Yuri made for him. Eating just wasn't on his mind at the moment. Akairo had a run in with that white weirdo and she seemed like she was in a foul mood even after the twelve hour sleep she had. She wouldn't even look at Scarlet.
Scarlet even felt like she was getting the majority of dirty looks from the Faunus too. She shrank in her seat and then decided to skip breakfast. She locked herself in Yuri's bedroom despite his protests to her idea. Akairo flung her chair into the table making it slide across the floor and hitting the counter. She went into their and slammed the door so hard, it vibrated through the house.
"Did I miss something?"Yuri asked.
"I don't know. Blanche showed up last night. Akairo has been pissy since she came home. She's not in a good mood."
Red stared down at his food. He wasn't hungry no matter how good it looked.
"Hopefully this whole thing blows over soon. I miss Rain a lot. She says she's doing fine but I know her... She'll never tell me otherwise."
Yuri picked up his scroll and tried calling Blake but there was no answer.
"I guess he must be busy. He's been super careful lately."
"Yea."
Yuri sat down beside of his little brother and put a hand over his shoulder.
"Things will be fine."
"No it won't because people are going to get hurt and there's nothing I can do to stop it."
"This is the life we chose."
Red pushed his brother off of him.
"I don't believe that."
Yuri crossed his arms.
"Red, this is hard no matter what. Even if Grimm didn't exist bad people still would. No matter what we do, there's always going to be some weirdo crawling out of the shadows acting like he owns the place. The only thing we can do is ensure safety no matter how brief it is. That is the life we chose. I'm ok with it because we can do something about it."
He looked out the window.
"The heroes in the books had the special fairy tale ending. There were some that different. Some ended up alone but they kept fighting anyways."
"I always grew up thinking Grimm were the bad guys. Not people."
"Me too."
He turned to face his brother.
"At least I have the ability to fight those bad people," Yuri said standing up, "It's about everyone else now too. Even if those Grimm came into town and cornered some low life, you would save them anyways. That is who you are. In the end, you are more of fairy tale hero because you believe everyone deserves to be saved. That is where you make the difference in this world."
Red said nothing as his older brother headed for the living room.
"I'm going out. Since Scarlet took my room and TV doesn't sound all that good right now."
"Alright."
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"This is it," Juno said looking at her husband, " If they come out again... We have to attack right?"
Wyeth nodded.
Juno brushed a few strands of hair out of her face.
"We promised to return home to our children. We are going to do that."
Wyeth smiled and took her hand, "I know this. I'll be by your side the whole way."
She smiled and squeezed his hand.
"We've come a long way after everything we did. I'm glad we are making a difference in the world around us."
Wyeth smiled.
"I'm glad too. I'm glad we are all still friends."
"Nero and Pyro have been traveling the world helping small villages. I'm almost jealous."
"Would you like to travel after all this is over?" Wyeth asked, "We can take a few months then head out."
"You would do that?"
"My queen, I will travel anywhere you want to go."
"I'm not a queen without the king."
Wyeth laughed, "A queen is a queen... She has absolute power. A man cannot be king without his queen. I will be relying on you to make it through this. You are the only one who can rival enemies stronger than myself."
Juno shook her head.
"I know you don't like it but... one day you will the only one who can stand up to the enemy without any help."
"Are you giving up already?" Juno asked.
"The opposite. I feel safe. I never imagined I would love someone so strong. I had never been more impressed than the night you took out those ten robbers by yourself."
She rolled her eyes and he tickled her side making her jump.
"Stop that."
"For now I will."
She giggled and kissed his cheek.
"Hey guys."
"Yuri! How are you?" Juno asked with a bright smile.
"I would be better but someone took my room."
Wyeth made a face, "What?"
"Scarlet took my room. Akairo is mad and Red is nervous. Akairo had a run in with Blanche."
"That's not good."
"Well, all these years, I have never seen Akairo more mad than I did right now. It seemed so normal it weirded me out."
The couple looked at each other.
"I don't think he is going to heed our warning. We may want to go home and get ready," Yuri said.
"What do you mean?" Wyeth asked.
"Go see your kids. I know you have a fast plane. Be back by eight. Midnight is the deadline."
Juno looked at Wyeth who looked paler than normal.
"Alright."
"Are you going to go see Rain too?" she asked.
Yuri nodded.
"See you guys later."
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A few hours had passed and Red hadn't heard anything from either one of his girlfriends. He was nervous because he had no idea what either one of them was thinking. He grabbed a bobby pin out of the bathroom and headed for Yuri's room. He messed with the lock as quietly as he could and the door pooped open.
Red looked at the bed but Scarlet wasn't there. He frowned. He headed around to the other side of the bed but she wasn't there either. He felt a breeze hit his face. He glanced at the window to see that the curtain moved a little bit. The color drained from his face.
He frantically looked in the closet but she wasn't in there either. He was so angry at himself for letting her be by herself. What if Blanche came and took her out of the room without anyone knowing? What if she ran off? He ran upstairs to their room and wiggled the knob but it was locked too. Red slammed his body against the door busting it open.
Akairo was asleep on the bed with a book on her chest.
"AKAIRO!"
She sat up and looked around frantically.
"What? What time is it?"
"Scarlet is gone!"
She stared at him dumbfounded.
"What?"
"She left out the window. I... I don't know when!"
Akairo closed her book and stumbled out of bed looking for her shoes.
"Give me five minutes! Call Yuri!"
"Alright!"
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"She left! Akairo was asleep and I never heard anything."
"Alright calm down. I'll go look in a little bit."
"Ok,if you find anything... No matter how bad let me know."
"Of course. Bye Red."
Yuri hung up and looked at his wife.
"What happened?" Rain asked.
"Scarlet went missing."
She looked worried.
"Red thinks she left on her own."
"Are you going to get help?" she asked.
"Yea. I have to head over to the night club. Blake is there."
"Blake is at the night club? Isn't that a little early?"
"He always calls me by midnight. We do it all the time as insurance. I checked his location and he has been at the club since last night and never answered my calls."
Rain frowned.
"I thought the tracker were emergency only."
"It was but I needed an update from his end. Jazmin never called and Eton said he couldn't reach her either."
He kissed Rain and he gone out the door.