Ch. 25

They walked to Ozpins office, holding hands the entire way. Neither said a word, not sure of what to say. Sam had no idea what had just happened, but whatever it was he liked it. They arrived at the professors office and pushed open the door, still with their fingers clasp. The rest of SPHR and WILW, along with Ozpin, Professor Goodwitch, and Yang. It appeared as the older female teacher was reprimanding the younger one, who stared down at her shoes. Everyone stopped talking and watched as the pair of hunters stepped into the room, the door closing behind them. Goodwitch turned her attention from Yang, who seemed a bit relieved, and focused on Sam.

"Now that you're awake Mr. Arc, would you like to explain to everyone here what you were thinking when you led your friends into that warehouse?" she demanded, her riding crop thumping against her leg.

"Professor, it wasn't Sam's fault," Paige said.

"It was all of us!" Robin added.

"We went with SPHR because we wanted to," Will said. The rest of WILW nodded in agreement. Even Iggy whispered a yes.

"All of you be silent. I will get to you in a minute, but it was Mr. Arc who led the team, and it is Mr. Arc who will answer my question," the white haired woman said sternly. The only person in the room who seemed calm was Ozpin.

"You're right Professor. It was all my fault. I tricked my team and Willow's into going to the warehouse with me. What happened is my responsibility, and I am solely to blame," Sam said.

"Bullshit!" Will cried, but he quieted down once Goodwitch raised her riding crop.

"Enough Will!" Sam said. "I got you caught, and I killed those men."

"And how did you kill those men, Sam?" Glynda asked. "Even you couldn't have taken out that many alone. All footage of the docks was wiped from any and all servers." She glanced at Ozpin, who remained emotionless. "Almost every eyewitness is either dead or in too much shock to speak. The only ones left are your friends here, and they refused to give a statement until you woke up. So, what happened Sam?"

"Leith, was your scroll recording?" Sam asked. The techie always seemed to have cameras around him, so if anybody had footage it was him.

"Are you sure that's a good idea Sam?" Leith asked. Sam nodded. "Though I advise against it, I was recording. No one, not even me, has watched it yet." He pulled out his scroll, and touched the screen. "Professor Ozpin, I just sent you a secure file. It's the video." Ozpin raised his eyebrows, then touched his desk. The lights dimmed, and the windows displayed a video screen. Another tap, and a video started playing. It must have been shot from Leiths position, because it showed three men sneaking up on whoever had the camera and disarming them, along with a partner. They were marched into the warehouse, along with the others minus Sam and Robin. You could see Zander and the other people in suits, along with the countless guards and thugs. There was no audio, so you couldn't hear Zander calling out for Sam and Robin, but soon they were on camera, surrounded by guards. Zander pulled Robin from Sam, then started hitting her.

Yang gasped, and ran over to her niece, hugging her and checking her face. Even Glynda seemed to tear up watching the huntress in training being beaten. That's when the video started becoming fuzzy. The camera panned over towards a pile of guards, Sam at the bottom. White light began to emanate from the bottom, smoke rising. The guards scurried off one by one, parts of their clothes on fire. The warehouse began crumbling, rubble falling from the ceiling. Sam stood up, his entire body glowing brighter and brighter. He could see his lips moving, and the camera moved to, heading towards the exit. That was when Zander and one of the men he was meeting with disappeared, and Sam started glowing brighter, his cloak billowing behind him. Then his green eyes burned gold, there was a flash of light, and the video cut out completely, leaving a terrifying image of Sam shrouded in white aura, preparing to destroy everything.

"You looked a lot cooler in person," Will said, breaking the awkward silence. Willow gave her brother a dirty look. "The golden eyes are really badass." Professor Ozpin cleared his throat, drawing everyone's attention.

"Will, please shut up," the professor said. "Am I wrong in assuming that the man dressed in that atrocious red suit was Martin Zander. The same man who's companies dust has been going missing over the last few months. Those other people he was with I recognize as well. They are all members of an anarchist terrorist group. And the one Zander took with him was their leader. I assume they were discussing whatever it is they were stealing dust for. Before you were captured, did anyone hear what it was they were planning?"

"Ozpin! That is not what we are here to discuss," Goodwitch proclaimed.

"Yes it is. There are bigger things at stake here than discipline. Sam, Robin, everyone, I need to know everything that happened." They spent the next two hours telling Ozpin and the other two teachers what had happened in that warehouse, even describing the plan to kill Weiss Schnee. When they had finished, Ozpin dismissed everyone but Sam and Robin. "You two have more reason to be afraid than anyone else. Robin, Zander is after your family. And Sam, they have seen what you can do. People like that, they are they type we talked about before, the ones who will want to capture you. Are you both willing to risk everything to take them down? Would you be willing to kill?" Ozpin had suddenly become very dark.

"Sir, why are you asking us?" Robin asked.

"Because we're the only ones who can stop them. And their death is the only way to do so," Sam answered for the professor. Ozpin nodded. "I'll do it. I'll do it alone. Leave my team out of it."

"I cannot. They are already involved, and despite what you may think, you cannot do it alone. SPHR will save our world, together, or not at all."