Chapter 21
A Long Awaited Payback
Shen's Point of View
Elizabeth was next to me as she started to get teary-eyed. "G-Grandfather….wh-why?..." Dalumis just laughed, "What naivety…to think someone like you would one day run our glorious company. You would just run it into the ground."
"What are you talking about?" I asked in fear.
"You wanna know why Shen? The reason why I would kill my own son? For years our family has been purebred humans. For years our company has been making and selling weapons for Hunters and Huntresses. But lately, ever since the White Fangs appeared, business has been booming!"
"You mean…" My eyes widened at a sudden realization.
"Don't you see boy?! Money isn't made in times of peace of love! Real money is made during times of war! Wars like what the White Fang is creating! That petition this idiot son of mine made would've ruined all of that! It would've ruined his future! My future!" My teeth never gritted so hard before. I have never been so angry at one person ever… "As soon as you were born, I knew the change that happened in Alexander's heart. I knew that things went wrong when he knocked up that Faunus skank!"
Elizabeth's Point of View
I….I don't know what happened. One moment Shen was right next to me. The moment he was gone. Before I even realized, Shen was decking Grandfather in the face. Everything seemed to have gone in slow motion from when brother's fist connected. From Grandfather's hand the gun fell down as for some reason I reached for it and aimed it at the man who raised me. Shen was just wailing on him, I didn't know what to do?
"Elizabeth! Help me! Help the one who raised you!" Dalumis was calling out to me. My hands were shaking with the gun in it as I was just about to point it until…
Shen's Point of View
My fist was stopped. Someone was holding my arm back as all I was seeing was red when I was looking at Dalumis. When I looked back, the red went away as I stared at my father's face. "It's over Shen….let him go…" My eyes were red again, but this time for the tears as I hugged my father. "I'm sorry father….I'm so sorry…."
"I should be the one apologizing my little raccoon." I felt his warm hand on my head as he started rubbing it, running his hands through my hair. "I'm sorry for everything Shen…I just wish your mother was here too…"
"Father…" My hands tightened onto his shirt.
"Oooh what a sappy ending…" Me and father looked over to see Joker holding the gun up to Elizabeth. "I hate sappy endings…"
"Elizabeth!" I tried moving, but Joker then pointed the gun at me, "Hehe…right back to square one it seems. Now….the real petition." I sighed in anger, "Guys…" I held my hand out as the real bag was thrown to me. "Easy does it now…" Me and Joker started walking towards each as I held one hand out with the bag and the other to get my sister.
We were now inches from each other as for some reason, me and Joker had the same thought pattern. When both our free hands reached, we bothe kicked each other's chest, making the bag fly to the right and Elizabeth fell down to the left. Joker yelled out, "Grab the bag!" From out of the shadows, dozens of black cloaked soldiers it seemed, jumped out as now we were playing a little game of "Grab the Bag".
Both me and Joker reached for the bag, grabbing the sling at the same time. First I tried pulling it, then he did, both not showing any resolve of letting go. We both then started going at each other with our free limbs as Joker went to hit me with one of his legs. Everyone else was fighting just to try and occupy each other's attentions. I eventually got a kick at Joker's hand that was gripping the bag making him release it, but he was a bit of a sore loser. He kicked the bag out of my hands as it went flying up. Snatching it mid-air was Kat as now my full attention went to Joker, who was pulling out his flame chains.
Kat's Point of View
I dropped down, gripping the bag tightly as one of Joker's soldiers down at me. I quickly formed one of my arm cannons on my free hand as I blasted him back and any other people who tried to grab it. It wasn't good though as I soon found myself surrounded. "Kat I'm open!" Oni kicked one of the soldiers in the stomach as Oni jumped off that said soldier's back. I quickly threw the bag.
Oni's Point of View
Catching it, I rolled over, catching someone's fist who was trying to get a cheap shot in on me. I just smiled as the guy was launched up into a balcony by a well-placed foot to his chest. Soon though, things got heated up as I saw Joker using his chains flames on Shen, who fortunately was able to dodge the attacks so far. I need to get this bag out so I can help him. Yet I found even more soldiers standing in my way. Sadly, I couldn't take them all on, so I searched and saw Asa running towards the door way. "Asa! Catch!"
Asa's Point of View
I veered my head back to Oni as his arm looked to have already thrown something. I quickly looked up to see the bag as I jumped off of a metal support towards it. I reached out, but I was quickly brought back to the ground by an interfering soldier. The bag slid as I sighed in relief to see Elizabeth heading towards it. Look ing at the man, who was trying to choke me with his arm, I stuck my special "Jet Kunai" through his back as the jet booster it held flew the guy off of me.
Elizabeth's Point of View
It was there! It was right there in front of me! I quickly grabbed the bag while gunshots were being fired all over by brother's friends and that Joker guy's thugs. I then made a break for the door, smiling that I was actually doing something to help. It felt short lived though as my arm was soon grabbed by one of the thugs as he was reaching for the bag. However, the thug soon released as I looked back to see he was launched back a few feet by a punch. "Keep your hands off of my daughter…"
"Father!" I hugged my father tightly as he picked me up and ran out of the warehouse with me and the bag. "Father, what about Shen and his friends?!"
"Don't worry Elizabeth, your brother is strong. He won't let himself be beaten by terrorists like them."
Shen's Point of View
I saw Joker's eyes widen as he looked behind me to see my father and the bag get away. "What?! No!" We broke off from our deadlock as I gave him a smug, innocent smile. "Why don't we call this a draw Joker?" Joker was now on the receiving end of a jolt of anger as his teeth began to grit so hard I swear I could hear each individual tooth grinding against the other. "If you think I'm going to let you leave after humiliating me…YOU'RE DEAD WRONG!" Joker started to spin around with his chains flailing as flames began to spurt out, forming a tornado. "AGNI TWISTER!" The tornado then began to spiral at me as I took a sprinting position. "After what you did to my family…" I bolted off towards the oncoming flames. "An attack like that won't stop me from taking you down!" With my staff held in my hand, I began to spin as well, launching forward with my staff twirling in front of me, ricocheting the flames off in different directions, successfully penetrating Joker's flame wall. "I-Impossible! Wh-What are you?!" My staff, still twirling, whams into Joker's face at full speed and power as he was knocked up into the air. "…My name is Shen Lon…" Joker lands behind me with white eyes, showing he was unconscious. "And no one fucks with my family."
Hours later; Outside of Warehouse 87
Shen's Point of View
Everyone was outside as the cops arrived and began to take both Joker and Dalumis over to whatever slammer they belong in. After what Dalumis tried to do, he was definitely not going to see the light of day for a looooong time…Man, I'm starting to sound like my character now. "Brother!" I looked over to one of the ambulances as both my father and sister were wrapped up in blankets as everyone from the teams seemed to be doing their own things, whether it was helping to round up the unconscious goons or to reporting back to Headmaster Ozpin. "Nice to see you two are safe."
"And so is this~!" My sister proclaimed as she held out the brown satchel with the petitions. Both my father and my hands gripped onto the satchel with my sister's hands. "Father…your family is indeed going to do great things in future what with a brave and brilliant girl like Elizabeth." Father's eyes widened. "What do you mean Shen?" I looked up at him smiling, "Heh…I may be a Myer's by blood, but all in all I'm still a Lon. And I have my own fate and destiny to follow back at Beacon." Father looked up as he saw everyone from my school looking over at us. All he could do was smile in return, "I see. Hehe…Just always know Shen." He placed his hand on top of my head again, "Just know that forever and always, I'll always be proud of you, whether you consider yourself a Myers or a Lon." I gave my father one, final hug as my sister joined in.
The Next Day; On a departing plane from Mistral Airport
I never would've thought I'd be so sad to leave this place that once harbored so many bad memories for me. Starting today though, I'm leaving with more than just a few good memories. I'm leaving with both an old family refurbished and the new one I made back in Vale.
I look out the window of my passenger seat on the plane as Elizabeth and Father were standing at the Airport's viewing window only a couple dozen feet away. With one final wave, the plane finally took off, back towards Vale.
Heh…never thought I could be anymore happier than I already was. After all, I'm a Lon, a Myers, a fellow Hunter at Beacon, and a member of Team KAOS.
-END PART 1