Where is she? It's been a couple of days since Blake has disappeared. The rest of Team RWBY and I have been searching for her for a couple of hours, and to save time and cover more ground, we split up. Yang and Weiss were together, Ruby was with Penny, who had kinda joined in earlier, and I was on my own. Ever since Blake has left and I told the others about my time in the White Fang, tensions have been pretty high. Ruby is always giving me weird, confused looks, but whenever I ask her about it, she blows me off. Yang so far has been pretty okay with it. She doesn't seem to care about what's happened to me in the past, just that I'm okay now. Weiss is just flat out avoiding me. Whenever I've seen her, she gives some lame reason for why she's busy and leaves. I sighed and looked around, realizing that I've not been watching where I'm going. I looked around to see the Docks nearby, not far from where we saw that Faunus Stowaway run off. I looked around until some Sailors walked by me.
"Hey, how much Dust do you think they had on that ship?"
"I dunno, maybe a couple hundred tons. Why do you care?"
"Just wondering, jeez." I looked at the two men. She wouldn't…..
"Hey! You two!" The two men looked back at me.
"Yeah, what'cha need, kid?"
"That Dust Shipment, any chance it was Schnee Dust?" The two men looked at each other and back at me.
"Uhhh, yeah."
"Mind telling me where all that dust is?" The two men looked at me suspiciously.
"Big warehouse on the south side of Vale. Why do you want to know?" I shrugged.
"No reason. I'm a Hunter-in-Training, it's good to know what's going on in the city." They seemed satisfied with that and walked off. I turned and started walking to the warehouse.
Okay, yeah. That's a lot of Dust. I had just made it to the warehouse. There were Freight Cars piled up outside, all with the Schnee Dust Company Snowflake on the side of them. I started walking around outside. Luckily there wasn't anybody around, so I could roam freely throughout the Docks. It took awhile, but after climbing ontop of one of the crates, I could just see two people sitting atop one of the warehouses nearby. One in all black, the other in white. Dammit, Blake. I quickly ran over to where they were and found a ladder on the side of the building. When I got to the top, I saw that the other person was the Faunus from the Ship. They hadn't noticed me yet, so I walked up behind them.
"So this is where you ran off to?" The two of them spun around, Blake pulling Gambol Shroud out of its sheath until she saw it was me.
"Zach." The sandy haired boy looked at Blake.
"You know him?"
"Yes." I spoke to her.
"What are you doing here, Blake?"
"I need to know if the White Fang is behind these robberies." There was silence between us before I walked over to them and sat down next to the ledge.
"Well, then let's do this." I looked up at them to see Blake watching me blankly, while the other boy looked at her, questioning for instruction. Blake then spoke.
"You…. Aren't going to drag me back to Beacon?" I looked at her confused.
"Why would I do that? It's not like you would have let me." There was silence as Blake nodded and sat down again next to me. The other boy just shrugged and sat down as well. I looked at the new guy.
"So, you are?" He smiled and put up a hand.
"I'm Sun." I smiled.
"Zach Milos." He nodded and the three of us fell into silence again.
Sun jumped back down onto the Warehouse with a bunch of fruit in his hands.
"Did I miss anything?" Blake responded.
"No, they offloaded the rest of the crates from the boat, now they're just sitting there."
"Cool, I stole you guys some food." He raised an apple in his hand. I smiled and took it, taking a bite. Blake just glared at him.
"Do you always break the law without a second thought?"
"Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?" Blake and I glared at him. "Okay, too soon." Suddenly, there was a huge gust of wind as a Bullhead started landing in the middle of the Docks. Once it landed, people dressed in uniform started pouring out of the large plane. I could hear Blake next to me.
"Oh, no." Sun squinted his eyes to get a better look.
"Is that them?" I saw the large Emblem on the backs of the soldiers and looked down in shame.
"Yeah, that's them." Blake looked like she was about to throw up. I looked at her nervously.
"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?" She responded.
"No, I think deep down, I knew. I just didn't want to be right."
"Hey! What's the Hold Up?!" I looked down surprised to see the guy Ruby and I fought when we met walk out of the Bullhead. "We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, why don't you animals try to pick up the pace?!" Blake and I looked at each other to make sure we just saw the same thing, Blake spoke.
"This is isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a Human. Especially not one like that." Then we heard another voice from the Bullhead.
"Hey, Torchwick. Show some respect! We don't need your insufferable comments right now!" My eyes widened as I recognized the young voice.
"No, it can't be. He can't be here, there's no way." The others looked at me confused as a young boy walked out of the Bullhead. He wore a long Green Cloak that went down to his ankles. He had long,straight brown hair that hung down in his eyes a little. Even from this distance, I could see the small, scaled horns that sprouted from his head. There was no mistaking it, that was Lukos Halcion, Son of Dracos. I got up and jumped down from our hiding place, despite Blake and Sun's complaints, and started walking towards the boy I had considered a brother.
"Lukos?" He turned to me and took a step back, obviously surprised to see me here.
"Z-Zach?" He then went rigid as he made a quick motion. A dagger then went flying past my head, barely scraping my cheek and slamming into a crate behind me. I suddenly stopped and put a hand to my cheek, surprised. He was glaring at me with ferocity. Then I saw Blake run forward from behind a crate nearby and put a sword under Torchwicks chin. Lukos hadn't noticed, though and was completely still in his stance after throwing the knife. Blake started talking to the other soldiers, but all my focus was on Lukos.
"Luke, what are you doing with the White Fang?"
"Don't call me Luke! My name is Lukos!" He was looking at me like I was the devil.
"Luke, come on. We were practically brothers! Why are you doing this?" His fists started to tremble as he stared at me menacingly.
"We were brothers until you killed my father!" He then went motion again as another Knife came flying at me. This time I was smart and moved out of the way of the dagger as it came to a stop next to the other knife in the crate. That was when I remembered the weapons his father used to use and jumped up, backflipping over the knifes as they flung back to their owner. I landed back on the ground as Lukos caught the two knifes he had attached to a string. I saw the two contraptions covering the boys forearms and remembered them as Dracos' own invention. Two knifes attached to a thread of string that spun much like a fishing pole on his forearms, so that the user can fling his blades around however they please. I looked to Lukos as he got into combat formation. I was about to speak when I saw a couple more Bull heads hover over the warehouses, and and explosion that blew Blake back. Lukos covered his face with his arms and looked back at the two of them as well. I took that time to unsheath Blood and Glory, as Blake dodged Torchwick's explosive flares. Lukos had then turned back around and threw one of his knives at me. I barely rolled out of the way as he pulled the dagger back at me, causing it to fling through the air and arc back at me. I turned as I stood up and blocked it away, sending it back at Lukos. I yelled at him as he caught the weapon.
"We don't have to fight!" He growled at me.
"I must avenge my Father!" He ran forward and attacked me. He swung at lighting fast speed, the two blades flashing with the moonlight as I dodged and blocked his attacks. Suddenly, he made a wild swing and I caught his arm, pulling it behind his back, the knife falling from his hands. I quickly wrestled the other knife from his left hand as I stepped on the right knife, stopping it from returning to his hand.
"Lukos, stop!" He growled as he tried to escape my grasp and I only saw one choice. I gulped and punched him in the back of the neck, knocking him out. He went limp in my hands, as I gently laid him back on the ground. "I'm sorry, Luke." I looked back at the others to see Blake and Sun dodge out of the way of a falling crate. All the foot soldiers were defeated, leaving only Torchwick. he was now aiming his cane at Sun as he was sitting on the ground looing up at the man. Then I heard something from the other side of the Warehouses.
"Hey!" I sighed. Ruby was stood atop one of the Warehouse with her Scythe at the ready. I could just see Penny behind her. Torchwick averted hi attention to her.
"Oh, hello, Red! Isn't it past your bedtime?" Penny stepped forward as Ruby looked back. Torchwick raised his gun to Ruby. I ran forward to stop him, but I was too far. He shot and knocked Ruby back. I saw red. I ran forward as Torchwick turned back at me, just to take a punch to the jaw, sending him back into the depths of one of the warehouses. More soldiers poured out of the Bullheads, but before I could turn around, Penny was on them. There were ten swords floating around her as she controlled them to attack the countless White Fang Soldiers. She took out all the ground soldiers as I watched in awe, until a couple of Bullheads rolled in and started taking fire on the two of use. I raised my gauntlets to protect me from the bullets as Penny spinned the swords to deflect them as well. I barely blocked them, and right as they stopped, I took refuge behind a couple of crates. I looked back to Penny to see her fly back to two swords that were sticking out of one of the warehouses. Then she kneeled down and the swords around her started to spin in front of her, creating a large green ball of energy. She then pushed her fists forward and a huge green beam flew out of her swords and cut clean through the bullheads. Thew flew over Penny's head and exploded in the ocean behind the warehouses. One of the Bullheads started to pull up with one of the crates, but Penny sent her words flying out to connect to the large plane. She then pulled back on the plane and brought it tumbling into the ground. Almost all of the forces were destroyed, but there was still two cargo Bull heads left. I just saw Torchwick stumble into one of them, with Lukos hung over his shoulder. Their Bullhead quickly took off, the other in hot pursuit.
Ruby, Penny, Blake, Sun, and I were all sitting on crates at the warehouses. It had been about an hour since the huge fight, and we were told to stay here until we could get questioned further later. Weiss and Yang then walked over to us from one of the Police Cars. Ruby and I stood up. I walked over to them as Yang rushed to bring me into a hug. That lasted a couple of seconds before we separated and turned to Weiss, who was staring at Blake. Blake spoke first.
"Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was with-"
"Stop." Weiss had cut Blake off. "Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you? Twelve hours! That means that I've had twelve hours to think about this and in that twelve hours, I've decided I Don't Care!" Blake looked surprised.
"You don't care?"
"You said you're not one of the anymore, right?"
"No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-"
"Upbupbupbupbup! I don't want to hear it. All I want to know is that the next time something this big happens, you'll come to your Teammates. And not some… Someone else." Blake looked back at Sun and then to Weiss. She wiped away a tear and nodded.
"Of course." Everyone looked at each other for a second before Ruby cheered.
"Yeah! Team RWBY is back together!" We all grouped up, my arm around Yang. Weiss pointed at Sun when he got close to her though.
"I'm still not quite sure how I feel about you!" He laughed nervously before I stepped forward and put a hand on her arm.
"Let it go, Weiss. Believe it or not, he's actually a pretty nice guy." She looked at me for a second before nodding and looking down.
"Yeah…." I frowned but backed up to where I was before. Then Ruby spoke up.
"Hey, wait a minute. Where's Penny?"
Hey, guys Guffey Manipulation here! Just wanted to say that I've been waiting to bring this chapter out for a while now. I couldn't wait to release Lukos to the Public! Now after writing the Chapter, I realized the Penny and Lukos's weapons work essentially the same way, but they are different. Lukos can swing his knives around like a whip, where Penny has full control over her swords. I really didn't mean to make them similar, just a mistake. I would also like to say that I am still accepting new OC ideas for the future. Nobody responded to the last call, so I don't really have any new ideas for new characters. Lukos was a character I've been waiting to release, but I don't really have anyone else at the ready. Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter! Guffey Manipulation Out.
