Chapter 14 Trying to Find the Truth
Reaper paces in front of the counter of Junior's Club. Ever since he woke up he has been thinking of how to find who had been lying to him about his real family. Reaper thought back to four years ago when this all started, when his mother died and when Cinder-.
"That's it." Reaper said to himself after having the revelation. "It had Cinder. She told Roman that the Schnee's were responsible for her death and turned me against the schools were my blood family was."
Reaper stopped pacing and looked around at the club. In about three hours the people who had been using him would be arriving and Reaper wanted to get back at them. The only problem was how, Cinder used dust to fight and could easily kill Reaper and he knew that she wouldn't come alone so he would have to fight multiple enemies at the same time. An idea, a very drastic and crazy idea popped into his head on that if it backfires will most likely get them killed.
"Hey, Neo." Reaper said catching the attention of the ice cream colored woman. "I need you to do something I know you won't like. I need you to help Cinder while I find out who was truly behind my mother's and maybe even your parent's death."
Neo grabbed Reaper by the shirt and pulled him to with in an inch of her face. "The hell I will." Her eyes changed colors to were both eyes became pink. "They will kill you for desertion."
"If my guess is right they'll kill me either way. I want you to be safe, find out what their new plan is and we'll end it then fade out of notoriety and live calm lives." Reaper said before placing his hand on her cheek. "I'll be fine. I'll be in contact with some good friends and I will figure this out. I need Cinder, Emerald and Mercury to focus on me while you start to pick them apart from the inside." Reaper explained before putting his other hand on Neo's cheek.
Reaper pulled her into a passionate kiss, slightly surprising her. She closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Reaper's neck. For the two, the kiss lasted an eternity but in reality it was about minute before both broke away, needing air. Reaper hugged Neo before walking towards the exit.
After an hour drive into the outer edge of the city Reaper found himself at the hideout of an old friend. Constantine Purpura was one of Reaper's accomplices for several of his crimes. The hideout Constantine holed up in was a rundown and abandoned looking bar by the name of 'Geoff's Corner'. The bar belonged to the late criminal Geoff Ramsey who was killed by Ryan in a heist a while back. Reaper opened the door to see a deteriorating bar with tables and chairs strewn about. Reaper reached for the pistol he carried in place of Odium for now. He kept his arms down for now but walked into the bar with caution. Reaper walked over to the bar and knocked on it.
"I'll have the Coke and Rum severed with a black cherry." Reaper said loudly as he leaned on the bar.
The storage room door opened and a eighteen year old man walked out. He had purple hair with royal purple eyes and a scar under his left eye. He wore a white suit jacket over a purple t-shirt with a pair of dark purple pair of baggy jeans. In his hands was a shotgun and it was aimed at Reaper.
"Sorry, pal but we don't sell Coke and Rum." He said as he walked closer to Reaper.
"I'll have the house special, the 12 gauge whiskey." Reaper said not even turning around.
The man laughed as he lowered the shotgun. "Reaper! What a surprise. I thought you got arrested for that domestic terrorism thing like Roman."
"Constantine, you need to watch the fucking news, dipshit. You were there in Vacuo when we escaped the police department, so you know how I escaped." Reaper said as Constantine leaned against the bar next to Reaper.
"And you know how we got into that situation and what happens if Neo isn't close by to save your ass the next time you get busted? Anyways, why are you here?" Constantine asked as he placed the shotgun on the counter.
Reaper sighed as he tapped his finger on the bar. "I found out my whole life is based around a lie. I need your help to fix it and to prove that the person I believe is responsible is the right person. You remember what happened the last time that problem happened."
Constantine fell silent for a moment, remembering the event Reaper was referring to. "Yes, I remember. Alright I'm in. Should we get our 'band' back together?"
"No, last time I checked Juno and Theodora were getting married in Atlas. Also they decided to live normal lives and I think Theodora has a kid on they way." Reaper explained.
Constantine let out a chuckle. "Man why did the hot women that wanted to join us have to be lesbians. Well, I guess its just us then. So who do you think was responsible, then?"
Reaper got his scroll out and pulled up a picture of Cinder and showed it to Constantine. "Ever hear of a woman by the name of Cinder Fall?"
"No. But hot damn, she's fine. I really hope she's single." Constantine said as he examined the picture of Cinder.
"Yeah, she's hot, and by that I mean she uses fire dust and she'll flame your sorry ass like she did to Roman. Anyways I have two problems, one, she's currently at Beacon so she is currently untouchable and, two, I have no proof she was connected to my mother's death and deceived Roman and I." Reaper explained and tapped his fingers on the counter.
"I don't know were to start then."
Then an idea popped into Reaper's mind. "But I do."
Cinder entered Junior's club with Mercury and Emerald in tow. She noticed that Neo and the twins were sitting at the bar with Junior bar-tending. The three of them walked over to join the others. While they walked over Cinder smirked at the fact Reaper was nowhere to be found.
"So Neo, where's your little boyfriend?" Cinder asked as she closed in on Neo.
The girl with the ice cream motif just shrugged. Cinder grabbed Neo by the shoulder and spun her to make Neo face the criminal mastermind. She then grabbed Neo's chin, examining the facial expressions she gave off.
"He left, didn't he? And left you? Hmm, how unfortunate you two were a good couple. Now shall we discuss what to do next?" Cinder said in her normal, calm and slightly seductive tone.
Ruby was walking down the hallway when she felt her scroll buzzing. She pulled out the device and answered the call.
"Is this Ruby Rose?" A man, maybe late teens, asked.
"Uh...yes and this is?"
"The Reaper. Look before you try to, you won't be able to trace my call."
"Well, I wasn't because I don't know how to." Ruby stated before continuing. "Why are you calling me?"
"Once this call ends you'll be getting a picture that explains why you should help me. For now lets just say we share a common enemy. I need your help and if you want to save the city, you'll help me."
"But...we saved the city already, and put your boss in jail." Ruby said, confused.
Reaper chuckled. "First off, he wasn't my boss and second the real boss is still around."
Before Ruby could respond, the call ended and Ruby stood in the hallway musing over what Reaper had said. Her scroll buzzed again and she opened the picture message she got. As she read it, Ruby nearly dropped her scroll in disbelief. Reaper was Yang and her's distant cousin.
Reaper put his scroll into his pocket as he walked out of 'Geoff's Corner' with Constantine.
"So what's next?" Constantine asked as they enter Reaper's car.
"We're going to Atlas. One of Cinder's 'business' partners works in the SDC world headquarters there. I'll have a chat with him at gunpoint and then make sure he can't warn anyone allied with Cinder." Reaper explained as he started the car.
"And how are you going to manage that, genius?" Constantine sarcastically asked.
Reaper smirked. "Well the White Fang hates the Schnee's, I'm half Faunus and used to, occasionally worked with them."
"Wait, you used to work with the White Fang?"
"Lets just say I eliminated any SDC personnel or close friends to the Schnee's the White Fang couldn't." Reaper said thinking back to those missions.
"So where's Neo?"
Reaper sighed. "She's staying close to Cinder and eventually she'll help us kill Cinder. You know the old saying: 'keep your friends close and your enemies closer'."
"So who is this partner we will be seeing?"
"Ryan Haywood. He's poising as the head of security in the SCD headquarters but he and Cinder are the criminal masterminds and he most likely came up with the lie about my mother." Reaper stated, feeling his hands clench his fists tighter around the steering wheel in anger.
"Do you know any contacts in Atlas that aren't close to Cinder? We'll need a place to say." Constantine voiced his concerned.
"Unfortunately, no. Besides our old friends, I doubt any of them would help us. By now I'm sure Cinder is telling them I'm a rat or something like that." Reaper explained. "So we'll have to do what we did in Mistral last year and never stay in one public place for a day."
"Well lets hope this goes better than the First Bank of Mistral incident." Constantine hoped.
Reaper's face saddened. "Yeah I really hope so too."
Holy frick-frack! Its been nearly a year since I started this story. I haven't been uploading recently due to finals week is this week and I had a lot of work to do before my finals. So I'm really glad this story is well liked by the readers. This story is considered to be one of the best in one of the communities on the website. Anyway thank you guys so much for supporting the story and since winter break is coming up for me I should be able to post more. I'll see you guys in the next chapter which should hopefully soon