:An. Here we go! Another day another chapter! This time we see why sometimes all you need is a pep talk good advice and good cooking to get you back on your feet! And how a warm shower solves almost all of life's problems! We also see how sometimes no matter who you are overconfidence is the greatest killer of combatants in all history.
"Um... Are you ok?'
Blake asked the downed man in the alleyway. Who laid flat on the asphalt moaning loudly and smelling of hard liquor and cigar smoke. She had tentatively approached the inebriated man after he was thrown out of the bar and slammed to the ground.
Blake saw that he was a tall, well-built man, with thick biceps and chiseled abs show off from his loose white shirt as he stirred.
"Vernal! Vernal is that you!?"
The man said in a slow haggard voice as Blake's eyebrows raised up.
"Umm no? I'm not Vernal. Who's Vernal?"
"Vernal! Get over here dammit! I neek a damned bloddy marry!"
The man said as he groaned in pain as Blake grimaced. "I'm not Vernal. Who is that? Do you-
"She was supposed to be the ticket to the easy life! She said she was a maiden! Spring maiden my ass! God dammit! We raided Haven for nothing!"
The man said as Blake cocked her head.
Haven? The hunter academy? Blake thought as she heard rumors that Haven was in some kind of crisis.
"Are you trying to go home? Is so-
"Home! Yes! That's where I need to go! I need to get on my feet."
The man said as Blake reached down a hand helping him to his feet. Grimacing as her faunus enhanced nose caught on the tsunami of alcohol and hard liquors that reeked off of him.
Making Blake dry heave as she struggled to lift the man to his feet.
He's heavy! Blake thought as she helped the man up grimacing as his weight almost crushed her.
"Where are you going?"
Blake asked the man struggling to stay up as the man fished out a scroll.
"Here! Take me there! She's waiting for me!"
The man yelled pointing to a location on his scroll as Blake blinked.
"Who Vernal?"
"Vernal!? Dear Oum no! Why would I go anywhere near her!?"
The man said breathe his awful liquid filled breathes making her nose scrunch as Blake saw an address on his scroll three blocks away. Blake sighed to herself content on saving this man as she began dragging him down the street.
Two. Hours. Later.
Blake hated everything. She hated the sun in the sky, she hated the smell of rotting vegetation that filled the air. She hated the fact that people looked at her like she was an extra from a B grade horror movie. And she absolutely hated the man on her shoulder who made the last two hours of her life awful.
As she stood in front of a small grey and silver apartment building panting, tired and covered head to toe in mud, filth, and refuge. The cat girl was already dead tired and filthy dirt and wanted nothing more than to drop off this drunk of a man and take a nice hot long shower.
Her already ripped and torn clothes were now purely filthy. Her once pristine uniform now a tattered mess of shredded fabric, pulled buttons and was now coated in mud and dirt.
Evey since dragging the drunk human less than three! Three blocks everything that would go wrong did go wrong.
She tripped on her weapons rope three times, falling in two separate full dumpsters, one compost bin full of rotting vegitation, and was pushed into four separate mud puddles by passersby and in the end, even had a dump truck cover her and the man in trash as they sat in the mud!
As Blake panted heavily, golden eyes burning with equal parts anger and exhaustion the man grumbled in his low gravely voice.
"This! This ish it! We just go to go inside...
"Do you even have a key?"
Blake asked her patience now long gone as she just wanted to find a warm place to sleep and take a nice hot bath.
"Sure do! She wouldn't let me leave home without it!"
"Vernal?"
"NO! Not her! The other woman in my life! She's a bit chilly, but I'm sure you'll love her! Whoever you are nice faunus lady with cute ears.'
"My names Blake Arc-
"Arc? The hell? They don't have faunus daughter. Unless Nicholas is more of a player, then I thought."
"My father never cheated!"
Blake said harshly as Qrow brought out a small key as the tow walked up to a small red door unlocking it as they stepped inside.
"Honey! I'm home! I brought company! Her names Rake!"
"Blake. It's Blake."
Blake said as she stepped into the oddly well-furnished apartment. As she walked in, she saw that it had hardwood floors, with red carpets. Old pictures dotted along the walls, along with many other smaller pieces of furniture filled the area as the man grumbled.
"Qrow! What took you so long!? And where the hell did you go!?"
A shrill, sharp voice yelled as a figure came out of the hallway and Blake gasped.
"Weiss?"
Blake asked as she swore to Oum himself that she was staring at an older version of Weiss. The woman was tall with long flowing silver hair, snow white skin. Crytal blue-eyed and a rather impressive bust that stretched out the fabric of the opaque evening gown that she was wearing.
Why does everyone else get the good genes?
Blake mumbled in her head as Qrow spoke up.
"Winter! This is Blake! Blake this is winter! She has amnesia, so she doesn't remember who she is! The last thing she remembers is me pulling her ass from the snow waste of Atlas!"
The man Qrow? Said as Winter glared them with an all to familiar icy glare as Blake balked.
She was literally Weiss but older. The same face, the same hair the only real difference being her height and size.
That along with the strange scar on her forehead. In was a long dark red mark that ran from her temple to beyond her hair as the woman began to speak.
"Blake. Thank you for returning Qrow. As he so tactfully said, it is true. My only memory is me waking up int he snows in a damaged Paladin. I know nothing of myself but my name as it was on my chest at the time. Pleased to meet you."
She said as Blake nodded back to her.
"You too!"
Blake said nervously batting her eyes as her cat ears went flat on her head, as she did not like meeting new people. Especially being in a new person houses as Winter? Sighed.
"I apologize for this. He usually only gets drunk here but now? You both are a mess. If you want to take a shower downstairs, I can wash him off upstairs."
Winter said walking over to Blake in a perfect type of the Weiss walk as she took Qrow from her arms as he groaned.
"OH! Sexy time!"
Qore said winking seductively at Winter who coughed and blushed.
"That was a one-time thing Qrow!"
"That's what you said the time before that. And the time before that remember? I know you have amnesia and all but-
"Qrow!"
"Ok! Ok! I'm just a drunk bird trying to stay afloat! And Oum kill me I. Kill me now! I'm going to hurl."'
He said as Blake panicked moving away from her as Winter shook her head. Her opaque evening dress shaking as she rubbed her head.
"I'll take him from here. The shower is down the hall to the left if you'd like you are more than welcome to spend the night. In fact, I insist that you do. It's the least I can do for you."
"That's ok I should be going-
"Please stay. I know how hard it is to be homeless. Qrow and I were like that for some time before we found this place. Please stay the night and get yourself warm."
She thinks I'm homeless!? I don't look that bad! Blake thought as Winter continued.
" I know living on the streets is hard so don't feel bad about staying in our apartment. Our house is yours; you saved his life after all." Winter said in a calm, neutral tone as she dragged Qrow away.
"The shower is down the hall use it as you see fit. There is a change of clothes in there. They used to be Vernal but she...
"She will no longer be needing them."
Winter said as Blake nodded and walked down the hall.
The shower was surprisingly lovely, filled white tiled floors. White counter with dresser along with a mirror and-
"My face!"
Blake yelled as she saw herself and she did look that bad. Blake was a mess. Her body was covered in trash and mud. The once pristine Beacon unform torn ripped and coated in drying mud and dried blood.
As her face was so thoroughly covered in muck and grime as Blake did in look homeless. She looked like she had never had a good meal in her entire life and she was indeed worse for the ware as Blake sighed.
"I guess I might as well take a shower.'
The cat faunus said once stripping form her clothes as she stepped inot the shower.
Sweet Oum! I needed this! Blake thought to purr in ecstasy as the ward shower flooded on her. She left like heaven as she was covered in warm water.
The warm liquid spilled over her kissing her flesh and washing away the filth as the faunus sighed in contentment.
Blake had not shower in at least a week, and after being cover n mud, blood and every other type of refuge the fact that she was finally being cleansed as she let herself go. As the hot steam rose from, the shower and the warm water covered her Blake took stock of her body and grimaced. She was hurt.
Her legs both had twin bullet holes in them as well as her back. The projectiles that entered her body left deep marks and ugly purple bruised on her flesh.
Another reason for Jaune not to think I'm attractive. Blake thought sadly her ears falling flat on her head before she shook her head.
That doesn't matter! Jaune will love you with or without the scars! Her inner voice told her as she sighed once again takin in a mouthful of warm water and rinsing herself off.
As the showers end, Balke had rinsed, lathered and completely clean herself as she left the streaming shower door.
Taking time to enjoy the last vestiges of the steamy fingertips of the shower as she left the shower.
Where did Winter say the clothes were? Blake thought as she bent down picking up a pink towel from the line of the shower door. Drying herself off before opening a small shelf in front of her as she saw a pair of word closed.
"This will do. I guess?"
Blake thought as she dried herself off as she changed. Her new clothes were much to her displeasure as all to a revealing pair of shortcut of jeans. That went barely past her upper thighs. And hugged her lower half like a second skin.
As the jean rode up on her making her blush as it showed off far to much skin. As she put on a top of a ripped puff coat and blue jacket.
Blake sighed as clean clothe beat dirty clothes, as she wrapped up her old clothes ad stopped outside.
"Blake. The couch has been laid out for you; please feel free to use it as you see fit."
Winter said as Blake spied the woman at the end of the hallway. Sitting on a small brown table by herself as she now wore a blue nightgown and was reading a small book.
"Winter? Where is Qrow?"
"He's asleep. He was a bit vigorous in his bath, but now he is resting. If you'd like the couch has been made out for you."
Winter said pointing a pristine white finger to a medium size brown couch, with several smaller blankest and twin comforters and pillows laid out on it.
As Blake felt a growing sense of weariness overcome her, she sighed in admittance as she nodded her head.
"Thanks. I'll do just that."
Blake said as she walked over tot he couches wrapping herself int he covers allowing a content pur to exit her lips as she let them wrap around her and letting sleep overcome her as her world went black.
"Good night Blake."
"Goodnight Winter."
Blake said as her world went dark...
"Hey...
"Cat. Wake up."
A dry gravely voice said as Blae amber eyes shot open as she saw Qrow in what looked like the same clothes standing over her.
"Qrow? What are you-
"Who are you? And why did you help me?'
Qrow asked in an oddly stern town as his red eyes glared down to Blake making her eep!
"I saw sone in danger! And as I'm an Arc-
"You? Arc? No way. Nick didn't have a faunus kid. Unless-
"My dad didn't cheat!"
Blake declared beating down her sleepiness and beating the man to the punch as Qrow stared her down.
"Were you adopted?"
"Yes...
"That makes sense. Juniper always did love the children. Shame that her own son's dead. Anyways! Thaks for saving my life. I am eternally grateful! And as a Branwen, I am in your debt! And a Branwen always repays their debts! Or we kill the people we owe money too. Usually both. " The man admitted bluntly as Blake narrowed her eyes at him.
"Are you asking what I want you to do to pay me back?'
She asked the older human as he nodded.
"Sure am!"
"And if you don't want to pay me back."
"Then I'll kill you! Simple as that."
Qrow said his voice going deathly quiet as he flashed Balke a penetrating stare that made her shiver as a cold hand grip her heart and-
"Stop that!"
FWAP!
A voice yelled as Winter smacked Qrow in the back of the head with a thesaurus making him crash to the floor.
"Qrow! Don't threaten our guest! Especially after she saved your life!"
Winter yelled as Qrow grumbled.
"Why do you have to hit so damn hard?"
"Becuase you can take a pounding that's why. Now, Blake, I apologize for that. Qrow can be a bit rough in the morning and will he's just a bit different."
Winter admitted grimacing as she started at the down human who was still moving.
"Why a thesaurus? Why not just a piece of paper or your hand."
"Becuase you seem to like things right and that' the only way you learn."
"You're one to talk about liking it rough. Especially after last night? Hell kid I'm surprised that your fancy ears didn't pick up the thumps let alone the moans-
"Qrow!"
Winter snapped striking the man with the books, as her face grew to the color of Rubys' cloak as Blake's cheeks turned pink.
"Um... I don't mean to sound rude but Mister Qrow-
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! What the hell did you just call me!?"
"Oh, lord...
"Mister Qrow-
"Kid, do I look like a mister to you? If anything call me Qrow, but I am not a mister! Not yet at least."
"Ok... Qrow... Are you huntsmen?"
Blake as Qrow's face became unreadable as he gave her an enigmatic look.
"What if I am?"
He asked red eyes scanning Blake like she just asked for his credit card number.
"Then I want you to train me!"
Blake yelled as she bowed her head.
"Please! Please teach me to fight!"
"Why the hell do you want o know how to fight?"
"Becuase I'm weak. I hate to admit it, but I am. I'm on a team in Beacon-
"What?! Beacon let someone like you in!? What happened to standards?"
"Qrow!"
FWAP!
"Enough with the hitting! Jeez! But seriously kid you? Beacon? How the hell did the happen? Please tell me you're not a leader."
"No.. I'm not my fire is my leader, and my partner is my best friend."
"Well, that's one calamity put away for now. So you want to be stronger for your team eh? Sounds good to me. Must be one hell of a team to make you wanna change though."
"They are. I love them with all my hear. My lear is younger than me, but she's fantastic! Smart and talented! My partner is a bit rough around the edges and a bit blunt but she's the best! And I love her!'
"Heh. Sounds like my sister. Rough around the edges but a big softie on the inside."
"That's her! She acts tough but shes co carrying it's not even funny!"
Blak admitted as the man chuckled.
"Hell if they are tat alike then maybe they are related. Now, tell me about the third member of your merry gang."
"The other teammate is Weiss-
"The Schnee?"
Winter asked In a neutral tone as Blake nodded.
"Yeah her. You know you look like her. A lot."
Blake said as Winter nodded.
"Qrow thinks we might be related, and I would be remiss if I say I don't see a resemblance. But either or I have no memory of her or my past, so I do not know."
Winter admitted in a neutral tone as Qrow nodded.
"Anyways! So you got a younging a hot head and a princess on your team? Sounds good! It looks like you got some good people backing up so why train? You don't need to pull extra weight now do you?"
"Because I want to! I can't let Ruby or Yang-
"What did you say?"
Qrow asked as his eye became sharp as dagger as Blake found another cold hand grip her heart.
'"I said-
"The names! What were the names of your teammates! the young one and the hot head!"
The man suddenly yelled as Blake stuttered out her reply.
"They are called Ruby and Yang."
"Ruby... Rose?"
"Yes! That's her!"
"And is the other Yang Xiao-Long?"
"Yeah... how did you know that? Do you know them?"
Blake asked as the man went quiet for a moment as his eye began to shimmer as some kind of emotion well up ins him before he cruse it under his foot.
"It doesn't matter. What does matter is you. Me and you have a lot of training and if going by your looks a lot of work to do. So let's get started."
Qrow said with a deadly serious glare as Blake nodded.
"Again."
The man said as Blake charged him teleporting away to reappear behind him in a puff of smoke as Qore shot out and gripping the girl's arm and smashing her into the ground making her gaps.
"Predictable! Don't always use the same attack! Just because you can teleport doesn't mean you should! Try to mix and math and for Oum's sake don't always appear out of the same place!"
Qrow demanded as Blake grimaced attempting to set as the blunt part of the scythe hit her in the face sending her scattering back across the apartment roof. Sending Blake sliding backward as she groaned.
"Again."
Qrow said as Blake stood up on groggy legs as she eyed him. This was the same training for her that had been going on for the last two days. And so far Blake's time was up.
She had been granted three days by Neo and so far? So far she had spent her time with Qrow on the roof training with him as he and her went about her sparring. As the two sparred Blake had been slowly getting better. Working with the man as her taught her how to fight mean. As he called it.
Blake had to admit that living with Qrow and Winter was far from terrible. Winter was an amazing cook. And was one of the most compassionate people Blake had ever know. She was kind and loving in all regards and made Blake fell more like a daughter then a freeloader getting training from her boyfriend.
She cooked for Blake and Qrow every day for every meal. Breakfast lunch and dinner, she washed clothes cleaned the house and were a general mom.
Qrow, on the other hand, was her tutor. And he was unique in the way he taught fighting. Mainly when Qrow taught you to fight he taught the Branwen way of combat. Which was simply fight to win. As the only type of unfair fight was one you lost. And if you didn't win you would more than likely end up as Grimm food.
From the beginning, Qrow knew he had his work laid out for him. Blake was a good kid. And good kid's tend to get killed. As life had shown him time and time again as he saw potential in her. Not a lot but some.
As the girl lacked everything but a semblance. She had some stance but not enough. Her body was weaker than it should, and she was so clumsy she literally got tripped up on her own weapon there!
And don't even get him started on her weapon Obscurus. Qrow knew that kids tended to be individual about their weapons nowadays but this? This was ridiculous! It was like someone said hey you know what sounds cool? What if I took a sword, and duck taped a gun to it! And then decided to toss a rope on it so that it would look cool.
And even if she somehow was able to utilize it in combat was a testament to her will. And she did have that, despite her various other issues the will of Blake Arc was never put into question.
She was strong in spirit. And no matter what Qrow put her through she refused to give up. Qrow liked that in her. And if she was on a team with his nieces, then he was happy for that.
"Use your legs! Don't tense up!"
Qrow said sweeping the girl off her feet as she slammed down on the stone of the rooftop as Blake hissed.
"Fine!"
She yelled teleporting away in a puff of purple as Qrow waited.
"There!"
He shouted striking out a scythe only for Blake to bend around it as she slammed into the floor of the roof before being her legs and leaping at him claws out.
"Good! Mix it up a bit! Variety is the spice of life so mix and match!"
Qrow said before slamming a fist into the top of her head slamming her into the ground. Making her cry out in pain before he delivered a punishing kick to her face sending her skittering back.
"Remember kid! You need to use your head! If you can't beat them fair and square you got to improvise! Fight dirty! Get creative!"
"An Arc fights with honor!"
Blake shouted back as Qrow sighed.
"Kid. Honor is a quick way to an early grave. Don't be stubborn, be practical! Fight to win nothing less."
Qrow said as Blake gritted her teeth before attacking him again.
"So kid be honest. Why are you trying to get better?"
Qrow asked as he and Blake sat alone on the apartment roof overlooking Vale and staring up at the Beacon tower Blake's home was somewhere under it in team RWBY's dorm.
"Becuase I'm sick of being weak. I don't want to be a burden to my team."
Blake said calmly as the two sat under a moody overcast sky as Qrow nodded.
"No one wants to be weak. I know that, trust me. But you need to learn how to be practical. Even if you don't want to be weak, you need you also need to understand what being strong really is."
Qrow claimed as he yawned deeply taking out his silver flask and taking a swig as Blake raised her eyebrow at him.
"Isn't strengthen the lack of weakness?"
"You sound like my sister!"
The man said slapping his knee laughing raucously as he sighed heavily.
"Kid you want to be strong that's good. But you need a reason to be strong. Besides being better for you team."
"Why not? I love them, and I want them to respect me. If I don't get stronger then how can I earn their trust or respect?"
"You see that's where you have your first problem! You are doing the right things for all the wrong reasons!"
"All the wrong reasons?"
Blake asked as the man nodded taking out his silver flask and drinking deeply from it.
"Kid. You are never going to get far by doing things for others. Don't get me wrong! Doing things for others is good and all but it's not what really matters."
"I don't get it."
Blake admitted as he nodded.
"Kid the number one thing that you need to learn is that if you do everything for others. And dedicate your life to others you will eventually fail."
"Why?"
"Because no matter what. There is one person that you need to listen to no matter what. If you don't do things for them, then you will always, and I mean always hit a wall. If you don't know this, then you need to."
"I'm still confused...
"It's your kid. You need to do things for you. What do you want to do? Getting strong for others is good but is that what Blake Arc wants? Dose Blake Arc just want to get stronger for others? Dose Blake Arc only want to get strong for the sake of pleasing others or is there something more in there?"
The man asked as Blake blinked owlishly.
"I... I always thought that I needed to be strong, that I was the weakest out of everyone. From my family to my friends. Even if I didn't have many of them. I was always weak."
"And?"
"And I didn't like it. I felt like a burden to my family. And Beacon only made it worse. I found myself surrounded by people who were leagues above me in every level and I was lucky to be in the same room let alone the same team on!"
"People that should barely spare me a glance now call me friend? And one of the even might be more than that...
"The Jaune kid right? Seems like a good kid. Even if his fathers a bloody idiot."
The man mumbled the last part under his breath as Blake went on.
"Yeah. He's... he means a lot to me. He took time to help me. To take me form nothing and try to make me something and I keep thinking I'm letting them down. All of them. Not just Jaune, but Yang, Ruby, Weiss. No matter how better Ig et I'm never good enough to-
"Screw em."
"What?"
"I said screw them! Blake don't worry about others. Worry about yourself! If you keep judging yourself not to the standards of other you will never get anywhere. You need to judge you by you! Forget what Jaune or Ruby or Yang want from you! Or what they might think of you! Ther real question is Blake, what do you want? What does Blake Arc want from herself?"
The man asked as Blake grinned.
"I want to be a hero. I want to be a true huntress who will save everyone!"
"Then do that! To hell with what anyone thinks about you!"
Qrow said as Blake nodded before jumping up from the roof as he raised an eyebrow
"The hell are you going?"
"I need to be a hero!"
"Now?! Winter's making dinner and-
"Qrow. Thank you. Honestly! I could not have done this without you, but I need to go! I only have one day before I half to go back to Beacon and I need to get better! I need to prove myself to me!"
Blake said as the man nodded and sighed heavily.
"Then go for it kiddo. Be the best you that you can be."
The man said as Blake nodded stepping over to the roof's edge and-
"Blake... those teammates of yours... Ruby and Yang... How are they?"
"How are they?"
"I mean... dammit.. are they doing ok? Are they adjusting to Beacon well? Is Yang starting fights at the drop of a hat? Can Ruby keep eye contact for more than half a minute without bailing and talking about guns? Are they eating right?"
"Qrow... do you know them? You sound like you are close...
"I... No, I don't know them. I'm just a dirty old bird!"
The man said flashing Blake a self-depreciating smile she nodded.
"Qrow. You're great."
Balke said rushing forward hugging the man, making him freeze before he eventually put a hand on her and returned it.
"Say bye to Winter for me. Tell her thanks for all the food."
"Stay safe kitty kat. If I know Yang, and I think I do if anything happens to you she won't forgive you."
Or me.He thought as Blake nodded.
"Don't worry Qrow! You'll hear from me soon!"
Blake said as he vanished in a puff of smoke leaving the man alone on the roof.
"Kids...
He said with a light smile she walked back down to his busy girlfriend...
"Penny?"
"Friend Blake! I see you have also decided to go into Vale! Oh, stupendous! Oh, wonderful! How are you doing? I'm assuming your trip to Beacon was a success after our success at escape."
The girl said still dressed in her tattered blue jeans, severely ripped green shirt and shining green eyes. That flashed red on occasion as Blake nodded.
"I... I haven't' been back to Beacon Penny...
"Really? Why not-
"Blake! You have projectile trauma in your legs and lower back! When where you shot?!"
The girl said as Blake sighed and explained herself to the ginger.
"So you wish to be a true hero?"
"More than anything."
"Are you willing to do anything to do it?"
"Yes."
"Anything?'
"Anything."
"Well, then I can be of assistance!"
The girl said before-
"Blake!"
A booming voice shouted as Blake turned around to see a mountain walking towards her.
He was a giant. A literal mountain of a man dressed in green walked forward to her. He was at least seven feet tall and almost half as wide. He wore light armor, with a green tea color scheme. And was bulging with muscles.
His hair was a short buzz cut black, with lightly tanned skin. He wales with and an easy walk swinging back a massive claymore as he stalked up other.
"Umm... Who are you?"
Blake asked the mountain of flesh and muscle his ball eyes glared down other.
"My name is Yatsuhasi Daichi. And you are coming back to Beacon. Your friends and teammates are worried sick."
He said in a firm tone as he picked up his scroll and dialed
"Coco? This is Yatsu. I found her. Yes her. I'm bringing her back as we speak. Blake, your friends, want to-
"BLAKE!?"
The voice of Yang called from across the scroll as giving Blake a near heart attack before she gave a sad grimace before standing her ground.
"Yatsuhashi. I can't go back to Beacon. Not now."
Blake said with a steely tone as the boy paused as a gasp came from the school as Yatsuhashi put a massive gauntleted hand to it.
"Or not. I will call you back with an update on my progress."
"Yats! Don't let her out of your sigh-
The boy hung up as he glared at her. His dark black eye unreadable as he stared at Blake ina impassive manner.
"Your eyes speak of tremendous pain and self-loathing. What is wrong with you?"
The man asked as Blake sighed.
"Yatushashi I need to be here in Vale tonight-
"And tonight we all will be heroes! I have found something!"
Penny said happily as she held up her scroll to the two as the three students looked down it and gasped.
Vale was an interesting city. Despite being one of if not the place to live in Remnant Vale had its fair share of problems, issues, and eccentricities that set it apart from the rest of the civilized world for example. In Vale, there is one newsroom. Now that sounds strange, seeing how a major city should have at least three primary news stations. As well it normally would Vale was a rather sheltered city.
As the city only had one Newscast Vale nightly with one ace Reporter Lisa lavender. A silver-haired woman who was now broadcasting live to all of Vale with a special broadcast and the report of the year if not decade that was about to be shown to every scroll, television set and tablet in a twenty-mile radius.
"This is Lisa Lavender reporting form Vale Nightly! This is breaking news announcement! I am here with the story of the decade if not the century! As tonight we will be here to witness a fight between hunters from Beacon and white fang terrorist!"
The woman said as her cameraman shifted to his left as a scene came into view.
It was an old abandoned industrial zone in Vale. An old processing plant that had seen better days as was thought abandoned by the public at people came to scrap large ships. As old and obsolete, or even mothballed ships came to be torn down and made into scrap or recycled.
As the camera showed a gutted great war, warship that was on dry dock having its metal torn apart, and was currently crawling with white fang operatives. Dozens of dozens of white-masked figures works like a small ant hive as twin observers oversaw them.
"Careful! Careful! You almost dropped that you know?"
One observes yelled, as he looked down to a panicking white fang grunt as he sighed heavily and shook his head slowly. He was a tall man in a light silver-grey jacket and black pants, he had shiny silver hair and a calm easy voice as he scored a grunt.
"Sorry, sir!"
"Don't be sorry get working!"
"Yes, sir!"
The man yelled as his second gave him an annoyed look.
"Why are you an ass today?"
His other supervisor was a woman with green hair and brown skin, that showed in patches through a fang uniform. Like her double, she was also whit masked and looked irritated as she walked up to him.
"As you know me Em baby! I'm just joking right?"
"You do know that even if you were joking that you are not funny right?"
"For your information I am hilarious!"
"That's one opinion. I guess."
"Hey! I am the most charming man you know!"
" I highly doubt that. Even if I don't know a lot of people. You are most definitely not the funniest by far and above."
"Hey! Don't say that! You like these mask right?"
"No. Why the hell are we even wearing them in the first place?"
"It inspires the men!"
"You've spent to much time with Roman."
"And you spend to much time with Cinder! I know she's beautiful and all but come on!"
"...
"What cat got your tongue I know I know she's good looking and all but-
"Stop talking. And look."
"Look? At what?"
Silver said as his partner grabbed his arm and pointed.
"At that!"
She said as she pointed forward as the came panned forward. As the camera panne doubt, almost all of Vale that was tuned in saw a sight fo sights. As everyone from enigmatic masters to overworked staff. To worried sick friends, and all the way to villains saw an odd image.
Three Beacon students where waling up o the fang body. Uncaring of being outnumbered over five to one as the three students walked forward to the terrorist in a wedge formation. As the trio walked forward looks of stern determination on Golden, green and black eyes as they two walked up playing music?
"~Knock! Knock! Open ut the door it's real with the nonstop pop pop! Of stainless steel~!"
Up front leading, the trio was a cat faunus with black hair and gold eyes. She wore a pair of tight blue jack along with tong puff coat. And a pair of short jeans shorts that definitely showed off an Arc rear. As she walked, she carried along sword that she held in one hand.
To her left was a mountain of a man. A monster of a student with a massive claymore and green colored armor. He had dark black eyes and short hair as he walked with the speed and power of a glacial glaring at the terror.
Next to him was a ginger girl Bouncing up and down skipping happily as she followed her comrades into battle.
"Penny. Why are you playing music?"
Blake asked the girl blasting rap form her scroll as she hummed to herself.
"It helps to set the atmosphere for a showdown!"
"Penny turn it off I can't hear them talk."
Blak said as one of the potential leading fang looked down to them.
"Who the hell are you?"
The boy in with silver hair asked as he and his partner stared at the hunters.
"My name is Blake Arc! And you are all under arrest!"
The apparent leader of the trio a cat faunus with the long sword with what looked like but simply could not be a duct taped pistol on its side said as the boy coked his head.
"Are... Are you serious? You just come here asking us for our surrender? You do realize that you are outnumbered here right?"
"That doesn't matter! We fight for the side of Justice! And you will face trial for your actions!"
Blake yelled as the boy looked dumbfounded at her, confusion showing through his Grimm mask as the mountain walked forward.
"It is as she says. Surrender. You are all in severe violation of Vale laws. Surrender now, and you will be treated peacefully."
The man said as Penny began to jump up and down.
"Oh! Oh! She's going to do a superhero landing!"
The girl squeaked as Blake cocked her eye to her.
"Superhero landing? What does that mean?"
"Look! She's about to do it!"
Peny yelled as the green haired girl jump down from the crate causing a small crater form on the ground as she did.
"See! She did a superhero landing! Just like I said!"
Penny claimed as Blake nodded.
"Look I don't know who the hell you guys are or why or who you found us but turn around now and I don't kill you. K?"
She asked drawing a pair of green pistols that had long serrated hooking scythes attached to a metal chain knockin her fist together threateningly as Blake grimaced.
"Never! We are hunters, and we are here to administer justice!'
"With what? You say you are going to do justice! Whatever the hell that means but you only brought a diversity hire and the school geek? How the hell do you plan to fight us with that?"
"That's why I brought him!"
Blake said pointing to Yatsu again as the boy sighed and began to walk forward unsheathing his sword as he grimaced.
"My name is Yatsuhasi second-year student of Beacon and member of team CFVY Daichi of Beacon. Surrender now, and you will be treated fairly."
"Sorry strong tall and dull! You are really not my type k?"
"I'm not here to talk. I'm here to enforce justice."
"Justice? With what? That useless sword?"
"My sword is-
"Yatsu? Who the hell are you talking to?"
Blake asked as the boy looked back to her blinking owlishly.
"To the terrorist. Why?"
"There is no one there."
Penny said happily pointing in front of her as he watched her vanish in mid-air.
"What in the-
'Over here!"
A voice yelled as the green haired one appeared out of now where punching the man in the face with the force of a semi truck and sending him flying back as if he was made of paper.
"Yatsu!?"
"Bitch please~!"
"Penny!"
"Sorry!"
"Yatsuhasi! Are you ok!?"
Blake asked as all of Vale watched her confidence dropped by half, as all of Vale saw a once confident cocky hunters lose half her strength as he legs began to shake.
"Aww! I thought he was your muscle! Isn't that why you brought him?"
Green asked sauntering forward sashaying her hips as Blake gulped.
"I mean! That's why I bought her?"
Blake asked pointing to Penny who jumped up happily.
"Hello, Friend! How are you doing today?"
"Really? That? This is supposed to be? It looks like she ready to go to drama club not fight."
"For your information friend! I'll have you know! That despite my friendly and non-threatening appearance I am fully prepared to fight and I am combat ready!"
The girl said jumping up and down, as her once green eyes flashed red as a pair of honeycombs appeared on them as she flashed her a devilish grin making green cocked her head.
"What the hell-
FISHT!
A beam of green light struck into her chest. As several swords flew out from her back hovering for a moment before firing an asterisk of green lasers at the girl shooting her in her chest and knocking her off her feet and sending her flying backward in a pile of scrap metal as her partner cried.
"EM! You fuckers! Kill them! Shoot!"
He yelled as the previously silent and placid fang raised their guns and opened fire.
"I will handle these menials, Blake! You fight the one with silver hair!"
Penny declared as Blake nodded.
"Sure thing! I can beat him easy! No problem!"
Blake said with a false grin as Penny nodded to her sending out her swords before jumping forward swords firing a barrage of green light inot a wall of bullets as the area descended into chaos.
"So! Are you a huntress huh? Got to say you look pretty cute!"
The silver-haired man said as he and Blake circled each other. All around them the harsh bang! Of gunfire along with the screech of metal on metal filled the air. As a thick layer of acrid smell ozone entered their nostrils as the residual spilled over from Penny's laser shots. As the screams of dying men and women filled the air.
"Surrender! Or I will be forced to use force!"
Oh, Oum! Please give up! I can't beat him!
Blake thought he grinned.
"Well since you see me so nicely! Let's play!"
He says da forward as Blake gritted her teen and charged.
Ok, Blake, you can do this! This is why you are trying! If you can't be a good guy and beat the bad guys what use are you!?
She thought as she charged the boy. As he flicked his hair back once, in an overly dramatic fashion as he began to charge her.
Look at his feet! That's a boxing stance! He fights just like Yang! You just need to block your self from his punches, and you will be fine! Blake thought as a grin appeared on her face.
This will be easy! The first though the man got closer as she raiser her sword to block what she knew would be a punch only for her golden eyes to shoot wide as dinner plates as she got kicked.
All the air left Blake as roundhouse kick landed straight at her temple sent her flying.
As the boy kicked his boot up in a blur of silver as it collided with her skull making a solid thud! Noise as her attack was arrest and she was lifted off her feet.
As she was sent scattering.
"Owie!"
Blake yelled as she felt her ears ringing as she hit the ground. Coughlin violent and sputter as she tried to get up.
A metal boot connected with her face sen her rack back as her vision turned white. Her memory op as free blood flowed out as the boy kicked her.
She hit the ground in a tangle of limbs as she cried out in pain. As her vision cleared, she saw to her horror. A splatter of blood on the gravel of the docks, that was her own blood and was covered in shiny white objects.
As Ble felt an excruciating feeling of agony exploded from her mouth as her tongue explored several uneven surfaces. She gasped as she saw twin broken canines in the blood as she realized that she had gotten her teet kicked out.
"Really? Is this all you can do? I expected better from Beacon."
He said in a smug tone as Blake hissed at him. "It' not over ye-
She never got her word out as he kicked her windpipe causing the girl's eyes to bulge out. As she hit the deck and curled up in felt position gasping for air as he chuckled a dark laugh.
"Oh, this... This is going to be fun."
The boy said as Blake shivered...
FESHT! FWANG!
"That all you got? I thought huntsmen were supposed to real skill!"
The green haired terrorist yelled to the mountain of an opponent that she was dueling with on the docs.
"Hold still!"
Yatsuhasi yelled as he swung his claymore down only for the terrorist to dodge out of the way of his strike. Slipping forward raising her pistols and firing into his face.
Bang!
Twin shots fired as Yatsuhasi grimaced as twin ballistic impacts rocked his forehead. Making take two steps backward as he glared at her woman.
The terrorist was proving to be more than a nuisance for the large man. He knew that fighting a terrorist would be much more extreme than fighting Grimm or training in Beacon. As so far Yatsuhai had landed no hits to the woman and his aura was in light yellow. The woman was far too nimble for him to strike as she dipped and slid out of his attacks, and was treating him like a wild beast fling and swinging wildly how could never land a hit and her a dancer.
Although most of the dancers Yatsu had known did not carry twin pistols and scythes and most certainly did not try to kill him at every opportunity. He thought before grimacing as a blur of green shot past his guard wrapping a long chain around his sword.
"Gotcha!'
The thief yelled as she used the chain like fulcrum swing forward on it delivering another haymaker punch to his face. knocking a plentiful amount of spit, from his jaw and sending his aura clean into the yellow and making him lose a mouthful of air.
"There! Now, why-
WHAP!
The fiefs words where cuts short as Yatsu glared back and reared back a fist punching her square in the face with a massively armored gauntlet sending her slamming inot the ground. And crashing into the earth as she gasped for breath as her aura popped!
"Gotcha."
Yatsu said spitting out a bit of red spit onto the ground as he glared at the stricken girl.
"I just want you to know if you really do not stand up I will kill you. Ok? Although if you do stand up I will still kill you so... yeah!"
The cocky terrorist said flashing a Cheshire grin to the down faunus as he yawned deeply. As he shook his head internally grimacing at his opponent.
And he used that word generously as calling what was happening to him and her was about as far from a fight as a battle between an Ursa and a toddler.
Seriously? Is this is? I thought Beacon students were supposed to be good! I mean I know that they were just kids but this!? This is pathetic! She can barely take a punch let along a kick!
Mercury thought shaking his head as the faunus stood up on shaking, quivering legs, as crimson liquid spilled from her mouth as tears fell from her eyes. As she stood back up gritting her teeth and her longsword as she took an offensive stance.
"There we go! That's the huntress spirit! Now let's have some fun. K? I really need a workout."
Mercury said yawing once cracking his neck. He had resigned himself to killing the girl in front of him, and as much as it pained him to kill such a looker, she knew a bit too much about their operations so she needed to die. Now.
Although even if she was terrible that ass. Mercury thought taking a moment from cracking jokes and yawning to sit back and enjoy the beautiful in his opinion flawless rear end that was wonderfully highlighted by her jean shorts that clung to her almost like a second skin as she glared at him.
"You won't win!"
Blake said glaring at him, as she took her stance doing her damned not to cry out in pain.
It hurts! It hurts! It hurts so much! Blake thought fighting past the searing white hot pain in her jaw. My teeth! I lost my teeth! Will aura even regrow them!? Will I need implants will I-
Enough! Don't daydream you are in a fight! What did Jaune and Qrow teach you -
"Don't daydream to much kid. It's not good for you."
The man said as he kicked into the air send a blast of air!? At Blake who froze as she saw a blur of white shot at her before, the compressed air slammed into her face with the force of a gunshot.
Breaking past her aura popping it in a second before smashing into her face yanking her off her feet and slamming her face into the ground with a decisively unhealthy splat! Sound as she hit the gravel and laid still as the thief yawned.
Blake cried out in fresh agony. As her hands flew to her face trying to cover it as more blood and teeth flew from her face. Making her panic as she stood up-
"Open leg."
Mercury said racing forward to the stunned girl with a grin on his face. His plan to slam her with an air shot to break her aura open like a tin can. As she flew to the ground in an instant before as he predicted standing up. As she fought to keep her with, only for him to deliver a blinding kick to the faunus' leg making her freeze.
there as was audible Snap! As Blake's eyes widened to the level of dinner plates as Mercy smiled under his mask as his kick connected right to her now aura less legs. As he delivered a vicious kick to the side of her knee with his augmented legs and snapping her femur in one swift motion snapping it in two.
As Blake felt her leg shift. Followed by an entirely new level of agony filled her nerves as a tidal wave of agony welled up inside her as she fell to the ground where she saw a visible split in her leg bone making her cry out in torment as the man sighed and walked forward to her.
"Sorry. That hurt? Don't worry I'll make it better."
He said cracking his knuckles and leaping forward.
"This is amazing! I can't believe I get to meet such wonderful people!"
"Stay away from us!"
A man yelled before a sword took his jugular slicing it open spilling out bright fresh blood as Penny ended him.
"Ah! I wish that the others could see me now! So many new things so many new people!"
"Back away!"
Another woman yelled before a sword shot out piercing through her skull silencing her before she was tossed to the side like a rag doll as Penny sighed.
It is wonderful to have my combat system back to full operational capacity again. I was quite befuddled without them! But now?
"Wait! I surrender!"
"Denied."
Penny said slicing him in two killing the faunus as she walked forward. Penny was at first not sure of the plan today. As the fang operation was well known to Penny and she was going to go to the local authorities Blake had begged her to let her handle this.
She was determined to prove herself and be seen as strong. Though Penny had done her best to reassure her that she was strong. And that any perceived lack of strength she was perceiving was just her lack of prior experience.
Blake was running at her own pace and for her, she was doing above expectations.
"Kill her!"
"Highly doubtful. As you are already dead and I am not technically alive."
Penny said as a laser ended the man. A thought entered her head as she did. The fang forces had been reduced by sixty percent, and at this rate, Penny would kill the last in a matter of minutes. Kill...
Is that what I am? A killer? The girl thought as she decapitated a bleed woman in an off-handed manner. I kill people. I know that. It's what I was built to do. To kill. Or was it?
I wonder if this is what they thought of me when I was constructed? Is this what father wanted? Or Ironwood?
Father? Why do I call him that? He is not my parent for I have none. At least not in the traditional sense. I was built into the world not born. Or I was built in this world. I was born in others.
Penny thought as she fought her way through the fang. The terrorist was well trained but they were simply humans. Or faunus, though to be fair faunus and humans ability to interbreed with one another and produce offspring capable of reproduction meant they had to be the same species and one was simply a subgroup of the other. Though that was an argument for another day.
She's dying. Penny thought as her scanners pick up Blakes spiking heart rate. Something was crushing her lungs and her blood loss was substantial. The other human Yatsuhasi was also in bad shape, though his opponent was also near death so that was good.
"FIRE! Everybody bring her down!"
A lieutenant yelled as more bullets flew into Penny making her sigh.
"If you would all simple let me execute you this would be far easier."
She said as she was fired on two fang cowards broke their cover and ran, only for twin sword to shot out taking them at their knees before stabbing them in their spines.
"Don't run! You'll only die tired."
Penny said as the men and women faired at her and she sighed.
"Waring. Priority target marked. Seek to engage."
Penny's internal systems said as her eyes locked onto the ship the fang was targeting. As it turns out the fang had not quite stripped it and its old fusion core was still freshly exposed making Penny grin.
"Terminating."
She said as raised her swords and fired as an asterisk of green hit the exposed reactor making it glow brightly before a second sun filled the docs as they were washed in fire.
"You are tougher then you look."
Yatsuhasi said spitting out fresh blood as he looked at his opponent.
"Same... Same to you! You big shit...
The girl said panting equally as roughly as she spat out her own long line of crimson. Both opponents were incredibly damaged and nearing their own deaths. Yatsuhasi's face was a black purple mess. Filled with two black eye swollen busted cheeks, and spilt lip. As Blood flowed freely from his face along with several deep gashed in his arms and his legs, side and chest bleed freely.
Though he was in dire straights his opponent was faring no better. As quick as she was, she lacked the ability to take a hit. Her mask was cracked in several pans showing beautiful mocha colored skin beneath it. Well, beautiful was subjective as it was now covered in purple and black. Her right cheek spilt in two as deep rich red liquid poured out of it.
Her body had twin glancing marks on it where his sword broke through her guard slicing through her aura making her body gain twin deep gashes running from her upper neck at lower left side. And one from her right breast to her left knee. As fresh blood leaked out from both of them as the two opponents reached their end.
"How about we end this in the next round big guy? Let's see what you got."
The woman said coughing up a lungful of blood and spit her lags wavering showing her that she was near the end of her life as Yatsu grinned.
"Sounds good to me. Try not to die before I pass out alright? It would be a shame if I did not see the final moments of a worthy opponent like yourself."
He asked as his own blood loss and approaching death from loss of blood made his vision swim.
"Deal."
The thief said as she bent her knees and the two charged.
"So that burning feeling in your chest? That's me crushing your lungs. If you didn't know."
Mercury said forcing his metal foot on the girl's chest taking his time to crush her lungs as the faunus claws shout out her nails as she clawed out at his legs pathetically.
"You know? I just gotta ask! Why us? You knew that we where here I get that. I don't know how you knew but you know and then you just attack? I mean if you brought your friends, the cops hell maybe even Oz himself that makes sense! But alone? With just you three? That was a bad idea."
The man said forcing his foot down on her chest as she cried out treat streaking from her face as he twisted his foot.
"What's that? You trying to say something? Sorry, it's a bit hard to hear you through your crushed lungs. Here let me help."
Mercury said removing his foot making her gasp in pain as she curled up in a fetal position as he signed.
"You know you do look good. If you would just join a certain group that I know of you can make some good coin and-
"AHH!"
A voice yelled to he left as Mercury looked to his right and froze.
"Emerald?!"
He yelled as he saw his best friend cut down by her opponent's claymore as he sliced downward slicing her through as she stabbed him in the neck with her Sickels making them both fall down in a growing pool of blood.
"NO!"
Mercury yelled releasing the dying faunus as he saw his best friend fall to the ground in a puddle of blood and lay still.
No! No! No! NO! NO!
Mercury thought to drop the faunus like the dead weight she was and running full speed toward his friend.
Please be ok! Please be ok! Please-
"Don't turn your back on me!"
The girl yelled teleporting on his back and biting his neck. Blake appeared from nowhere in a ball of purple some landing on the man's back bowling them both over and sending them tumbling into the gravel in a pile of twisting limbs and curses.
"Get off!"
Mercury yelled as the two fell to the ground in a tangle of limbs as she dug her claws into his skin before she actually bit his neck making him howl in pain as her jagged broken teeth sunk into his flesh making him cry out.
"Get OFF!"
He yelled flipping her over on her side punching her in her face, breaking even more of her teeth only for her to bite into his fist making him grimace as he straddled her glaring raw hate into the burning pain streaked amber eyes.
"Out of my way!"
Mercury shouted before-
FWOOM!
The doc's exploded. As a wall of fire came from nowhere as he and the faunus were forced down one on another.
"Fucking animals! Can't even scrap a ship right!"
The boy yelled before gasping as a flash of green light flew at him from his side.
"Fuck!"
He yelled as laser slammed into his side taking his aura down and shattering part of his mask exposing it to the burning wind and searing heat before-
FISHT!
"The fuck!?"
Mercury yelled as the faunus literally thew gravel in his now exposed eyes. Blinding him temporarily as-
SLHT!
A burning sensation entered his stomach as Mercury looked down eyes shaking as he saw that the cat girl had struck his stomach, running it through with her sword making him snarl.
"You bitch!"
He yelled reaching into his side pocket drawing a silver combat knife and stabbing her in the side of the neck.
The faunus gasped as the stell entered her throat making her eyes widened-
FISHT!
Suddenly the weight on her was gone a laser sniped Mercuyroff her as Penny flew to her side.
"Friend Blake you are dying. We must go. Now."
Penny said as she shouldered an inquired Yatsuhasi as Blake gave a feeble nod before Penny slung her over her shoulder and her world went to orange as a massive fireball filled the docs as they ship went critical covering the docs with fire as flames as a fireball cover the docs as Vlae watched what they thought to be three students snuffed out in a blaze of fire, as eyes watered books fell and a mug shattered...
"WHAT! IN THE EVERLOVING FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!?"
The furious form of Neo clad in a white mask raged as Blake sighed.
"I'm sor-
"Don't! Don't even start with I'm sorry! Do you know how much shit I went through because of you!?"
Neo typed into her scroll as Blake sighed on her metal cot. She was currently at an undisclosed location but Neo had informed her that she was in whit fang base. A fact that Blake had initially reacted predictably too. Panicking before Neo claimed her down saying that her mom and father of all people wanted to thank her appropriately for saving their daughters life. And that her parent where connect to the peaceful parts of the fang. Not the violent one.
A claim that Blake was dubious of at best and downright disbelieving at worst but she was in no mood to complain. She hurt. everything about Blake hurt. Form her freshly healed leg, to her numerous scars and bruises dotting her body. Every part of her felt like she had been through hell in back as she lad back on her metal cot Neo kept up her lecture.
"Seriously! Blake! They saw us! They saw me and you come back to Beacon together!"
"What!? How?"
"Cameras! Ozpin has them everywhere! And do you know what happened when I came back to my team's dorm where not only was all of JNPR but RWY along with Ozpin, GoodWitch, Port and Oobleck were waiting for me! Do you want to know what they asked me?"
"Not really...
Blake admitted as Noe's green eyes became sharp as daggers.
"They asked me where their damned cat was! They wanted to know why I just let you leave! I told them it was simple. Went o go look for you. I found you. I brought you home! You didn't want to stay so I let you leave! Simple right? Wrong!"
"I almost got killed! Every last one of them acted like I signed your death warrant! And if it wasn't for your damn partner shaking me so hard that my stitches opened up causing me to bleed all over the place I would have probably died!"
"She did that? I'm sorry about that. Are you ok?"
"I am but Yang almost lost her head."
"Yang? Why?"
"Jaune did not take kindly to someone, anyone making his sister bleed. And seeing as he was already worried sick about you it didn't take long for the room to erupt in a disagreement if you would. A rather violent one at that."
"Jaune's worried about me?"
Of course, he is! He hasn't slept for days! And your team is worse! Your leader blames herself Weiss is about to exhaust her fortune trying to find you and Yang literally spends half her nights looking for you! Oh, they found Bumblebee by the way. It got chopped."
"What?! Yang's going to kill me!"
FWAP!
Neo slapped the faunus girl maker her cry as her thankful regrowing teeth shuttered.
"Idiot! She doesn't' care about the bike! She cares about you! They all do! Now stop moping and let's go! You are going back to Beacon. Now."
"Do... Do we really have to go back? I mean can't we stay a bit longer."
Blak eas as Neo shot her a warning glanced.
"Blake. Because of you, Jaune yelled at me. ME! His daring perfect sister treated like a harlot because of a selfish thieving cat! If you don't come willingly I will hot tie you and drag you so come on!"
Neo demanded making Blake sigh as she swung over her cot as her neck throbbed in pain. Memory from the knife impact still fresh in her mind as she got up.
Her body tense in pain as her still freshly and very improperly heald leg hit the ground making her wince.
"You ok?"
Neo asked as Blake nodded once as she supported the girl.
"Thanks."
"No problem. Don't stress yourself ok? You're in enough trouble as is."
Neo said as Blake sighed.
"How bad is it?"
"B. A. D. You are in for a world of hurt when you come home. You and Yatsu. He's still in a coma though so he'll be brought back before we get to Beacon. He'll live. Barely."
Neo said as Blake sighed as she got up.
"Here. Take this. It will make things a lot easier."
Neo said hand her a fang mask as Blake grimaced once and put it on.
"What-
THUMP!
A low thump filled the room rattling the walls as the concrete ceiling shook.
"The hell was that?"
Blake asked before covering her mouth for language.
"Sorry! It slipped out and-
"I don't know."
Neo said as several more loud thumps! followed shaking off crumbs of concrete from the walls like small hail as low explosions filled the area.
"Are those explosions!? Neo?"
Blak asked as Neo pulled open her scroll as a panicked voice rang through it.
"Intruder! Ther' an intruder in the base! It's a huntress!"
A panicked voice yelled as Blake and Neo heard the sound of sporadic gunfire fill their ears. As the rumbling sound of explosions and gunfire filled the air grew closer and closer to the door as-
"BANG!"
The door exploded out. Flying of its handle as it blew off its hinges slamming into the wall behind them with a loud THUD! As it barely missed decapitating them as a figure walked through.
"Ruby?"
Blake asked as a par of familiar silver eyes glared at her.
"Ruby? When did you change your cloak?"
Blake asked as for some reason Ruby had changed her coak form red to white as she had also somehow grown a half foot as she grinned at Blake.
"Who are you?"
Blake asked the doppelganger of her leader and friend as the woman shot her a warm all to familiar smile that made her skin crawl.
"My name is Summer Rose! And you are all under arrest, terrorist!"
She said flashing out a bright golden huntress badge and drawing a dual pair of swords advancing on the two as Blake and Neo balked...
: Well that's it! Our girl's alive and all is not well! This is the second to last Arc for this story! After this, it's Mount Glen and then the finale! Of this tale! Followed by the next story to replace this one which was voted as a yandere Harem... Well, I am a man of the people so yeah! So keep your eyes out for Lovestruck a tale about love loss and why you always! Always read the instructions on strange items bought from an old man before you come to Beacon first! Coming soon!
Until then we have Qrow and Winter living in Vale. A few teams worried sick, and Ozpins down another mug. Dear god.
Until next time where will have Neo and Blake versus Summer Rose! Take care and Omake.
Omake. Guardians of Remnant. Parts Seven The plan.
"We're going to kill everybody!?"
Blake asked incredulously her faunus ears shooting up as Ren sighed.
"That is what I said. If you deliver the stone to Adam he will give it to Tai-Yang. Who will then use it to kill millions if not billions."
Ren said calmly in his prison cells as Panny balked.
"I am Penny! I am Penny!"
"I know! I know! We won't turn him in! But shit! How can we evade Adam and Tai!?'
Blake asked as Jaune spoke.
"Look. I know Adam. I was white fang before this. If I can talk to him maybe I can get him off of our backs."
Jaune suggested as Blake nodded
"Fair enough but even if we do that we still need to get the hell off this station!"
"I thought you where the breakout pro, not us. So how the hell are we getting out of her?"
Jaune asked the faunus as she grinned.
"I'm going to need some supplies first." Blake said as she grinned ear to ear.
"Look the wires I get. The circuit breaker I get. But why the hell did I need to take somebodies leg?"
Jaune asked tossing the bionic leg on the tablas Blake balked.
"You took his leg?!"
"Uh... Yeah? you said we needed his leg so I took it."
"The hell!? I was joking!"
"At a time like this!?'
"I didn't think you would literally steal a person's leg! The hell is wrong with you!?"
"I am Penny!"
The robot girl said tossing the last piece of hardware onto the table.
"Thanks, Penny! Now, remember! When I say go you take out the control counsel in the middle of the guard tower! That will break the containment on the gravity dust they used to keep this place floating so until then-
"I! Am Penny!"
She said running off as Jaune sighed.
"Ok boys an girls listen up! Here's the plan!"
Blake said as Pyrrha, Ruby, The form glaring longingly at Jaune who looked a bit uncertain for her as Ren stood next to the blonde.
The plan was east. They would break the container on the prison gravity dust use that to cause a temporary gravitational singularity allowing them to float to the top of the guard tower. Where once there Penny would break in and deactivate the security systems. They would them go to rearm themselves before going to Jaune's personal impounded bullhead the Verperia and leave the place.
Now, this plan required perfect precision timing! If one! Just one thing did not happen exactly as planned then-
"Blake Penny's about to start the plan."
Jaune said pointing to his left as the man pointed to a grinning robot who was about to smash the console with a sword.
"Penny! NO!"
Blak yelled before the girl waved at her.
"I am Penny!"
The girls yelled as she shot a sword into the console and sent the whole world upside down.
"This is fun!"
Ruby yelled as Penny finally brought back gravity as the adult slammed inot the floor of the security console as they all groaned in pain.
"I am Penny!"
"I know what I said! I'm asking you why you can never wait for directions!"
"I. Am. Penny."
"What!? That doesn't even make sense!"
"I. Am Penn."
"Where are we going to get food at a place like this!?"
"I am Penny!"
"Girls. Security. Please."
Jaune said as he and Pyrrha fired capture rifled into a growing stream of guards as Blake sighed.
"Penny?"
"I am Penny!"
The robotic girl said as she put her prongs into the console as she shut down the security as every door in the prison opened as the world turned into chaos
"Remind me to kill him."
Blake said as Jaune flew into the side of the Vesperia. The ship that only he! Could activate as the man had literally gone back into the prison for a pair of damned headphones!? Blake thought as Jaune flew inside.
"Took you long enough."
Blake said as she grinned.
"Can't leave without my music!"
"If we don't hurry we will not leave at all."
Ren said neutrally as Jaune sighed jumping into the cockpit of the Vesperia power up the bullhead and flying the ragtag team of escapes off into the night of Atlas...