Chapter 23: Discoveries
I wake up next morning with Blake in my arms. I get up and out of her grasp and look at the time. 7 in the morning? I'm never up befor 7:30. 8 at the latest. I hear my scroll start buzzing and grab it, making my way out of the room. "Stack here." I say a bit tired.
"Sir. A man and woman are here asking us to take a job." Says Amy, The secretary for my company.
"Didn't I say you guys could handle it?"
"Yes but it's to find Blake Belladonna."
"For god- Okay. I said we can't 'find her'."
"But sir it's two new people. Not white fang members. Their saying they're her parents."
"Impossible. Blake said her family died a long time ago."
"They are insistent on this sir."
I sigh. "I'll swing by and see what's up. Make sure to keep them there. And remember manners. Snacks. Drinks. Yada yada yada."
I here a giggle on the other end. "Of course sir." I hang up and sigh rubbing my temples.
"I need coffee." I head over to the mess wing and start to make some coffee. As soon as it's finished I feel a pair of hands wrap around my chest.
"What are you doing up?" I hear Blake ask.
"Got a call from work. They never bother me unless it's something important so I answered."
"What'd they want?" she asks snugging into my back.
"Something interesting. I'm gonna check it out later." I turn around and wrap her in my arms.
"There's something else isn't there?" She mumbles with an all knowing yet sleepy look.
"Don't worry about it." I say as I grab my coffee. I put cream and sugar into it and look to see the time. 7:36. "It's too damn early for shit like this."
"Just go later. Come back to bed."
"I want to so bad but I have to deal with this first."
"Want me to come with?"
"Nah. I got this one. Just cover for me alright?" I say smiling. She kisses me and heads back to bed while I change into my usual civilian wear and go to the garage door. I hop in a warthog and drive out to the city of Vale.
I get to my company and park up front. I walk inside and buy a bagel before going up to Amy.
"Morning Stack."
"It's fucking eight fifty in the morning. Not a time for me to be up."
"Sorry but these guys were really insistent."
"They in my office?"
"Yes they are."
"Thanks Amy." I say as I open the door to my office. I walk in and see a man and woman on the couch. The man was tall and Very muscular with Black hair and yellow eyes. The woman had short Black hair and black cat ears with 2 piercings in the right ear and one in the left. She also had yellow eyes as well. I walk past them and sit in my chair. They look a little shocked that I would sit in the chair and just stare at me. "Welp. You woke me up at seven in the morning. What do you want?"
"I'm sorry but we're waiting for the Boss of this company." The man says while still looking at me perplexed.
"Like I said. I was woke up at seven in the morning."
"Wait. Your the boss of this company?!" he says a little shocked.
"Aren't you a little young to be in this kind of business?" asks the woman.
"I may look young but I'm more wise than most people. As for me being the boss, I am the boss. So how about some introductions?" I say taking a sip of my coffee.
"My name is Kali. This is my husband Ghira. We're looking to find our daughter. We told her to run a long time ago due to an incident and we can't find her anywhere now."
"What's her name?" I say sounding uninterested. I wasn't actually uninterested. I was just tired.
"Her Name is Blake. Blake Belladonna."
"Are you with a man named Adam Taurus by chance?"
"Has that bastard been looking for her too?!" Shouts Ghira.
"Honey. Calm down." Kali says trying to calm down Ghira.
"That man is nothing but trouble."
"Well that answers my question." I say in a monotone voice.
"Can you take this seriously!?" Ghira says while slamming his hands down on the desk.
"Yelling isn't gonna solve anything."
He scoffs and turns to leave. "Come on Kali. He apparently doesn't want to help."
"Who said anything of the sort? I didn't." He turns and looks at me. As if he was trying to see if I was serious or not. Finally, after about a minute, he sighs and sits back down on the couch. "Quick question. Do you guys have any pictures of her?"
"Only of when she was a kid." says Kali taking out a picture and handing it to me. It was a smaller Blake sitting on Ghira's shoulder with Kali on the other side leaning on Ghira with a warm smile.
"Well I'll be damned. Looks like you really are alive." They give me a confused look. "Blake thought you guys were dead this entire time."
"Wait. YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS?!" Shouts Ghira in surprise.
"Where is she? Is she alright?" asks Kali franticly.
"Calm down. Calm down. It's still too early for yelling."
"Please. At least tell us if she's alright."
"She's fine. She has a bunch of friends and a loving boyfriend. Although they help each other out a lot." I try to avoid telling them I'm the boyfriend. It's too early to tell them and besides. We just met. They'll learn eventually. Blake's parents smile.
"I can't believe she's alright. After all these years of searching we finally know our daughters alive."
"Do you know where she is right now?" asks Ghira, more calmly than before. Almost gentle.
"I do. I just had to make sure Adam didn't find her." I say. Ghira raises an eyebrow at that.
"Why's that?"
"I don't trust him. That and I still have a huge bounty on him to be brought back alive so I can kill him myself." Ghira and Kali look shocked at that. "Long story short. He killed a lot of people I care about. Just leave it at that. As for your Daughter. She's up at Beacon."
Their eyes go wide as saucers. "Beacon? As in the prestigious Beacon Academy?" asks Kali.
"Yup. On a great team too. Of course there's still Weiss Schnee on her team but she's nothing like her father. Which is pretty amazing." I stand up and crack my back. "Come with me." I walk to the door and they follow me. We go out to my jeep and I motion for them to get in. Ghira hops in the back while Kali hops in the side seat. She looks around and so does Ghira like they're looking for something.
"Where are the seat belts?" asks Kali.
"There aren't any." I say as I hop in the driver seat. "This is meant for our company but I use it as a normal car. Can't deal with seat belts in a war zone." They nod in understanding while Kali looks a bit nervous at that. "Relax. No one's died in one of these." She relaxes a bit at that. "Although Landmines are still a thing." She just Glares at me and I laugh. So she gets it from her mother. I chuckle and start heading for Beacon.
When we get to Beacon, Professor Ozpin was waiting for me. "Shit." I mutter.
"What's wrong?" asks Kali.
"I may or may not have left out some details on me."
"Such as?" says Ghira, motioning for me to continue.
"I'm also a student here and may have forgot to tell the headmaster what I was doing." I hop out of the car and the other two follow close behind. "Hey Ozzy." I say nonchalantly.
"Mr. Stack. Where, pray tell, were you for your morning classes?" He asks calmly.
"Work called. They only call when it's important Ozzy. They know I go here too."
"I take it that's where these two come in?"
"Bingo. Ozpin, meet Ghira and Kali Belladonna. Belladonnas, meet Headmaster Ozpin of Beacon academy."
"I take it your Ms. Belladonna's parents?"
"Indeed we are sir." says Ghira shaking Ozpin's hand.
"I see. I guess she can skip classes for today for this. Mr. Stack." He turns to me. "Please at least tell me if this happens again."
"Will do."
"Now if you would follow me." We all go to Ozpin's office.
Once in Ozpin's office, Blake's parents sit down in the chairs in front of his desk while I lean against the wall.
"Mr. Stack. If you could go and get Ms. Belladonna please." states Ozpin.
"Will do." I say. "This is gonna be a pain to deal with." I mumble under my breath. I see Kali's ear twitch and sigh. "I know you heard that." I say before walking out the door. I don't leave yet and just listen in.
"So how does Mr. Stack know about our daughter?" asks Kali.
"He's on your daughters team."
"What?!" shouts both the parents.
"He's also in a relationship with your daughter."
"God damn it Ozpin." I mumble. "Well. I guess this is his revenge for all the trouble I cause." I chuckle and go to Professor Goodwitch's Class.
"Mr. Stack. Is there a reason why your this late?" Asks Goodwitch sternly. I walk all the way up to her.
"Yeah. Blake's parents are here." I whisper. Goodwitch looks taken aback. "Listen. Ozpin just sent me down here to get her." She looks to see if I was lying and see's no indication.
"Very well." She responds calmly. "Ms. Belladonna. If you would please accompany Mr. Stack to Ozpin's office."
"Yes ma'am." says Blake as she looks a bit confused. She gets up and we walk outside. As soon as we are far enough down the hall she gets in front of me. "What did you do?"
"Whoa whoa whoa. What makes you think I did something?"
"Please. The way you went up to Goodwitch and talked to her so no one else could hear. What did you do?"
"Nothing. I just got a bit of a surprise for you in Ozpin's office."
"Why there?"
"You want the surprise or no?" I say while looking at her. She glares at me and turns to head back to Ozpin's office. I shake my head and follow.
We reach Ozpin's office and I knock. "Come in." calls Ozpin from the other side. I open the door and motion Blake to go first with a smile. She looks at me suspiciously but walks in and freezes. Ghira and Kali stand up and smile at seeing their daughter.
"Mom? Dad?" she says Shell shocked. Her eyes are wide with disbelief and I close the door behind me. I grab her hand and guide her forward but halfway she sprints over and hugs her parents. I stand by Ozpin and smile and the little family reunion.
"So how did you find her parents?" asks Ozpin.
"Didn't. They found me. Came asking for me to find their daughter. That's the business this morning. They weren't the normal people looking for Blake so my company called me."
"I see. Well I think this is good for her."
"Everyone is entitled to a little happiness Ozpin. No matter how small." He hums in agreement.
After the hug ended, Ghira turned to me with a glare. "So your in a relationship with my daughter?" Shit.
"Well would you look at the time. I got to go fine Devon and make sure he didn't kill anyone or vice versa." I try to walk past but Ghira grabs my shoulder.
"You're not getting away that easily." He says with a dark voice. This is gonna suck. "Just how far have you gone with my daughter?" Really gonna suck.
Hey all. It's been a while for this story but with season 4's into with Blake's parents, I just had to add them some way. Anyway. Hope you like. Till next time. Stack out.