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Past coming back to bite you
Yang Xiao long wasn't happy, sure she just participated in the food fight of the century and got away with it. But she can't get her mind of her male teammate and what he had said to her. Looking over the site of her bed she sees his backpack standing against the wall.
Getting out of bed and making her way over to it she gets out the box that nobody has yet to open. She doesn't have to worry about him finding out nobody has seen him yet today he didn't even participate in the food fight. Trying to open the box with all her strength but still failing. This box is quickly becoming her new worst enemy.
"What do you think you are doing?" The stern voice of Weiss comes from behind her making her jump a little
"Oh hey Weiss didn't hear you." She answers trying to hide the box behind her back but with no success.
"It is rude trying to open somebody else his personal objects." She says crossing her arms over her chest and looking straight at her. "Oh come on ice queen aren't you a little curious about what's in the box."
"Yes...but something tells me you are doing it for another reason." She answers accusingly getting closer to Yang. "Okay listen up back on Patch he told me some things and I don't know what to make from that. So I hope the answers are in this box." Yang admits in defeat.
"Well...seeing that Ruby and Blake are coming up with a plan for the investigation we could go to miss Goodwitch." Weiss suggest making Yang look at her like she just told a bad joke. "Don't look at me like that. The other day I heard her asking him some questions he refused to answer, maybe her semblance can open the box?" Taking a minute to think about it Yang nods and grabs the box.
Arriving in front of Goodwitch office the two girls exchange nervous looks with each other before entering. "Miss Schnee and Miss Xiao Long? What can I do for you."
"It's about our teammate, Drake he told me there are people out to kill him and also something about his uncle. But we don't know who or why so we hoped you could get us the answers by helping us open this box." Yang explains showing her the box before setting it down on her desk. They can she Miss Goodwitch think before she finally nods and uses her semblance to remove the top of the box.
"Pictures? He was so worried we would see pictures." Weiss says in disbelief taking out a couple of the pictures in the box. Showing them to the other two people in the room. The first couple of them is Drake with an older male or female who clearly are close friends. In all pictures they are wearing normal clothes and all of them seem pretty happy.
However the last picture shows Drake and what looks like a perfect older looking version of him both dressed in black armour and having a serious look on their face. "That is...that is Edward his uncle my partner when I went to Beacon. People thought he was dead but this picture clearly proves otherwise." Goodwitch says snapping the picture out of Weiss her hands and looking closely at it. She can't believe her eyes, her former partner is alive and well.
"But why is Drake wearing black armour? Isn't his metallic coloured." Yang thinks out loud making the others also looking at the picture closer and asking themselves the same question.
"What else is in there?" Yang asks looking in the box she sees more pictures but what catches her interest is something that looks like a complete face mask. Getting it out of the box she almost drops it when she looks at the front. A black mask with a red handprint, that is the symbol of only one group of people.
Throwing it on the desk so that the others can see it. Their reaction are similar and no one finds the right words to say. All three of them just look at the mask.
"It makes sense, he told me he killed people before he is on the same level of combat as full fledged huntsman and Blake said she doesn't trust him." Yang says breaking the uncomfortable silence. Glynda comes to the same conclusion and now also knowing what her old teammate has been up to lately. Weiss however is having a flashback.
The trapper that saved her life a couple of years ago is no one other than her current teammate. It all adds up the weapons he uses and the place of the big scar on his stomach. The same place her saviour got shot, she just can't believe it. Taking one of the last pictures out of the box it shows Drake and a couple of other people in black armour some wearing a mask when others are holding it.
"You think he still works for them?" Weiss asks looking at the picture with five trappers on it. "No he said his former friends where out for his blood. He also said when he would tell me he would be locked up forever." Yang answers still not completely recovered from the shock.
"Of course he would. No one has ever been able to capture a trapper, they come out of the shadows leaving only death and destruction before they go back." Miss Goodwitch informs them not knowing what to do with this new information. "You can go now, don't tell anyone till I informed the headmaster about this." She says sternly taking the mask and pictures and putting it back into the box before closing it and calling the headmaster.
Leaving the office Yang and Weiss don't say a word to each other. Both of them not knowing what to do , should they tell it to their other teammates or should they confront him. Also there is no saying in what Blake would do. She is former White Fang a Faunus and Drake was someone who hunted her kind killed them without mercy. Both of them had really no idea what they should do.
Meanwhile
"Ah Glynda what is it you didn't want to tell me over the phone?" Professor Ozpin asks sitting at his desk sipping some of his coffee. "It's about Drake Swart sir...there has been an interesting development." She answers not knowing how to say it. "We have strong reasons to believe he is a former trapper." She just says making Ozpin do a spit take.
"Are you completely sure?" He asks hoping this was some kind of bad joke or something. "Yes, we however also think he deserted. Miss Xiao long said that his former comrades are out for his blood." She answers showing him the pictures and the mask.
"Who all know about this?" He says seemingly in deep thought. "We and miss Xiao long and Schnee, I told them not to inform their teammates." She replies trying to see what Ozpin was thinking.
"Good know one else can know, when people hear a former trapper is at the school the media will be here and most students would want him dead. And I can only imagine what Atlas would do with him. He might be a murderer but desperate times call for desperate actions."
"Sir may I ask, what about all the information he knows about the red hand? He could be a treasure of information about their supporters, high ranking members and hideouts." He looks at his college before letting out a defeated breath.
"He might be a deserter by I highly doubt he would give us that information. This are probably people he spent a lot of time with and started seeing as family." He finally says looking at one of the pictures in the box.
Later that day
"The mission starts now!" Ruby exclaims jumping in the air. "I like that we are taking this serious" Weiss says sarcastically while crossing her arms. "Hey we have a plan that is moderately serious." Yang comes to the defends of her sister.
"Okay does everyone know their job." She continues completely ignoring Weiss. "Me and you will go to the CCT tower and check the Schnee data base for resent dust robberies. Seeing that I am the heiress that shouldn't be a problem."
"The White Fang holds regular meetings for new recruits. I will infiltrate and see what I can find." Blake says standing up. "I know a guy in the shady part of town. Getting information out of him shouldn't be that hard." Yang says next now everyone is looking at me.
"I am ninety percent sure I know where an old friend is hanging out tonight. He knows a lot of stuff about the Fang and other criminals." I say making Yang and Weiss look at each other and Blake frowns when she heard me say they are criminals.
"Okay go team RWBY!" Ruby shouts getting a 'yeah' from someone outside the window. "Sun? What are you doing here?" Blake asks looking surprised. "Oh I do this all the time."
"What!!!" Weiss screams hurting my ears. "I climb trees all the time." He added but I am not that convinced. "So are we getting back at this Torchwick guy?"
"We are as a team." Blake says in her most dead serious tone. "Sorry Sun we don't want to get friends involved." Ruby says trying to get him to change his mind.
"Pff that's stupid, you should always get friends involved that's why I brought Neptune." He replies making Ruby look outside the window to see he was indeed hanging from the side of the building.
After he is able to climb inside it was time to change the plan a bit. "Yeah you guys figure out what to do with idiot one and two I am going to see my...associated." Ignoring the 'hey' I get from the two idiots I leave the room going to the place I left 'my' bike.
After finally finding it I take of in the direction of an illegal strip club. Probably the best place to find Indigo where else could he be hanging out at this hour in Vale. Arriving at the club I only know about because I heard a guy on the street talking about it...Fuck you for not believing me.
"Go to your mommy kid." The bouncer said when stopping me from entering. "Fuck you to assholle. Now let me enter our you end up in the hospital." I say looking him straight in the eyes while grabbing his hand and applying pressure.
"I was only joking...go a head let yourself go." He replies trew gritted teeth. "That's what I like to hear." Letting him go and entering the club. I was greeted with the sight of half naked women and loud music. Looking around I spot my old brother in arms. Sitting at the bar hitting on the waiters.
"Indigo, we need to talk." I say, he freezes up and very slowly turns around looking at me with a neutral expression. "You always had a lot of guts. But I don't know if this is bravery or stupidity." He says gesturing to the empty chair next to him.
"I need to know the recent movements of the White fang in Vale." I state not wanting to let him side track me. "Not even a hello...and you deserted why the fuck would you wanna know that?" He questions looking down into his half empty glass of rum.
"Oh let me guess you are helping your teammate, a fucking stupid animal who is part of the fang! Did you fucking lose your mind." He says looking at me with anger and regret? "I thought you wouldn't fall that low. But hey at least your taste in women is still the same. Blonde pretty and big boobs."
"How do you know all that?" I ask probably already knowing the answer. "Really? We follow your every step, if you think we are here to kill you, you are thinking wrong. If we wanted you dead you would already be dead." He answers downing the last of his drink and ordering a new one and to my surprise also one for me.
"I am only coming back when we go back to only killing White fang. I don't kill innocent civilians even if they are animals." I say in anger trying to keep down my voice. "Now are you going to give me what I came for or what. Because if so I can go back hunting the real problem."
"Hmm...okay I will tell you but you have to stay here and enjoy the evening like we always did." He offers receiving a nod from me. "Okay listen up the fang is working together with a third party benefitter. This third party has access to military grade weapons and has enough dust to wipe Vale from the map. On top of that we have heard more and more White fang soldiers from all over Remnat are arriving at Vales borders. All of them talking about something big that's about to happen."
"This new player hired Roman Torchwick to do their dirty work. From what I've heard the guy is getting paid shit loads of money." He finishes talking and takes a sip from his drink.
"Thank you, now I guess it's my turn to complete my part of the deal." I say downing the glass of rum in one go and ordering a new one. "You know nobody knows this but sometimes I wake up and really regret ever leaving..." I want to continue but am interrupted by my scroll going of.
"Everyone we need he..." Blake tries to say something but Is interrupted by Sun screaming something about a big robot and Torchwick. "Well I guess you weren't lying about the military weapons." I say sarcastically standing up with the intent to help my teammate.
"And where do you think you are going. I think our deal was you stay here with me the whole evening." Indigo puts his hand on my shoulder forching me back down and offering me a cigarette. Taking the offer I stay drinking from my new drink and talking with my former comrade.
"You said something about we, who else is hunting me?" I ask curiously, like really who else did they send to find and follow me. "Ghost." Comes his short answer making me freeze in place. They really send Ghost after me. The man who can behead people in one swipe and the red hands master in infiltration. The guy has like more kills than me and Indigo combined.
"And where is he now?" I ask after finally having recovered from my shock. "Do I know...doing pest control or something." He answers with a grin on his face. Deciding that I better leave it at that we spend the rest of the night talking about the past and what happened to us when I left. It was two hour clock in the morning when I was finally able to leave the club and go and get some sleep.
The next morning I woke up to the faces of teammates looking at me with anger. "I can't believe it we go and fight Torchwick and you go and get drunk. Not even lifting a finger to help us." Weiss is the first to speak. After her the others wanna say something but I cut them off.
"Torchwick is hired by a third party who is supplying the fang with military technology. There have been reports that a small army of white fang soldiers is waiting outside the kingdom to attack when 'it' happens. You wanna stop this find out who the third party is."
"How do you know all this?" Blake asks completely taken of guard. "Like I said yesterday I know a guy who knows a guy." I answer rolling over in my bed to go back to sleep. "Okay...I wanna talk to him ask him some questions myself."
"That's a horrible idea, that guy only talks to me if you go you probably won't return alive." I warn her turning around and locking eyes with her. "He knows a lot, he also knows about your past and let's just say he isn't really looking forward to talk to White fang. He talks to me because there is mutual respect from both sides."
After that they all leave going to class. I said I would come if I slept a bit more.
The End
Chapter twenty is done, hope you guys enjoyed it. So yeah next chapter everyone is going to find out about his past.
See you guys next time.