Hello again, everybody! So sorry I haven't updated in...gee, how long has it been? Anyway, I was really torn as to how I was gonna write this arc in particular, as well as busy irl speaking as a month's worth of snow came in and I had to shovel it all up. Yeesh. Anyway, this should be an...well...interesting arc speaking as I'm honestly still running it through my head as to how it's gonna happen. So please, ENJOY!


Delta's POV


I watched Zwei chase his tail, causing me to chuckle as the dog quickly dropped in sheer exhaustion. Ruby giggled next to me, snuggling closer to me as the dog looked at us and barked, opting to chase his tail again. I then looked at Ruby, who had an eyebrow raised with a smirk, suggesting that she had no clue what he was doing.

"Is he always like this?"

"Always."

Because he had to leave Vale for a mission, Taiyang had entrusted Zwei, and Ruby for that matter, to me.

Ruby giggled and stood up, stopping Zwei to play with him.

I couldn't help but smile, imagining Zwei as a human child, but then was interrupted from my daydreaming by my scroll vibrating in my pocket.

"What the…?"

Pulling the item out of his pocket, he opened it, getting a wind of surprise that it was Lima, answering without a second thought.

"What's up, partner?"

"D…Del…ta…," Lima's voice cracked.

Oh no.

I looked at Ruby, shooting her a serious look, causing her to stop her activities as Lima's voice cracked, saying, "W…Wolx…he…he…!"

"Where are you?"

"D…Docks…!"

"I'm on my way!"


I turned one last corner, spotting my partner. Without skipping a beat, I quickly sprinted over to her, skidding to a stop and quickly assessing the situation. Lima's cries were audible as she caressed her brother, trying to find some form of comfort as she continued whimpering.

"Lima..."

Lima looked up, her eyes red from crying as she held her younger brother in her arms, bloodied and shivering in pain. The sounds of sirens filled the air as I immediately opened my scroll and called Sierra. Only to end up on dial tone.

God dammit! Answer!

I tried again, only for the same result.

Dammit, Sierra!

Once more, same thing.

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!

I angrily threw the offending item onto the ground as Lima continued crying, holding her brother close. Quickly, I ran down to her, looking at Wolx's condition as the sound of skidding feet sounded behind me. I immediately knew it was Ruby, who ran over immediately and asked, "What happened!?"

"Lima," I asked, "Where?"

Slowly, she looked up at me, her ears lazily folded down as in fright as she shakily pointed up at the direction of the warehouses.

"On it," I breathed out, making to leave, only to remember Sierra.

"Ruby," I stated sternly, receiving a flinch from her as I said, "When Sierra's finished doing whatever the fuck she's doing, tell her I'm not doing shit for her for the next month."

I then ran towards the warehouses, anger filling my system.


Over to an increasingly annoyed Sierra...


Sierra angrily tapped her finger to her arm, listening to Echo continuing his conversation with Herald. She could hear her scroll vibrating, which made her even more irritated due to the fact that she had given it to Echo, who was simply ignoring the call that came and went several times. If there was ever a time when she needed to answer a call, now was the time.

"Echo…," she said through gritted teeth, clearly irritated.

"I'm sorry, Herald," Echo said, ignoring his fiancé, "But Delta's engaged now."

"Even so, I still want to say hi to him," Herald continued arguing.

"Echo…," Sierra said again, the vibrating finally stopping. She could slowly feel her self-control slipping as the two continued going back and forth. Her scroll began vibrating again, still being ignored by Echo as he tried explaining the situation once more.

"Echo," Sierra sighed, closing her eyes in frustration as he went through the engagement, his and hers, Delta's and Ruby's, and finally the current situation with frustrations from Sierra's last mission. Before he knew it, Sierra had roughly shoved him and pulled the scroll from his pocket. Opening it, she saw it was Delta's number, opting to redial without a thought.

"What's up?"

"About time!"

Sierra flinched at the tone of Ruby's voice.

"Ruby? What's wrong?"

"Get to the docks! Now!"

Immediately, Sierra grabbed a knife strap and ran out the door.

Echo, dumbfounded, quickly apologized to Herald and grabbed her wrist, following his fiancé.


Back to Delta... (1st POV)


I darted from crate to crate, having spotted two soldiers that were dressed like members of the White Fang.

Knew it was too good to be true…should've known they'd keep up activities even after what happened….

I quickly darted to another crate, getting a glace from one of the guards, who let out a grunt of surprise.

"What's wrong?"

"…huh…thought I saw something."

Hehe. That's what I thought.

I grinned to myself, but quickly wiped it off as the two walked past me, allowing me to dart off towards another direction. I then spotted another two White Fang guards, causing me to duck beneath some more crates as they began having idle chit chat. It was then it occurred to me that, even if they were enemies, they still had lives to live outside of criminal activities.

"I heard you just had a child?"

"Yes! She was born just a few days ago, actually."

"Nice! What's her name?"

"Her name is…."

As the two continued talking, I quickly found myself thinking about mine and Ruby's future. I found myself relaxing my guard, causing me to sigh as I rested against the crate I was hiding behind. I flopped to a seated position as I looked at the wall in front of me, causing me to wonder if we made it through, how soon would we want kids?

"Hey!"

I flinched.

"You there!"

I looked over the crates, mentally sighing in relief that they weren't after me. However, I slapped myself mentally as I immediately recognized the auburn hair and glasses that belonged to one girl in particular. One that I had met while I was at Beacon.

"Freeze!"

God fucking dammit…as if my issues weren't tough enough already….

I slowly snuck around the crates, watching as the two began walking up to the spear user that was frozen in place. Keeping an eye on them, I glanced around, making sure they didn't have any backup before I pulled a sword out. The two White Fang members walked up to the girl, holding their guns to her as she dropped her spear and raised her hands, eyes wide with fear as they pulled out a walkie-talkie of sorts and said, "We have an intruder. I repeat: we have an intruder."

"I'm sorry, can you repeat?"

Shit shit shit shit shit shit!

I was suddenly stuck with what I could do. Should I save her? Or should I grab her later and risk having her immediately relocated elsewhere?

"We have an intruder," the White Fang member stated albeit slightly annoyed.

"There's too much interference; can you repeat?"

Fuck it.

"Grr," the lackey stated again, "I said we have an intru-!"

I slid the sword along the ground, catching their attention as I immediately teleported, hitting one man with the butt of the handle, then the other with the side of the blade to the temple, effectively knocking him out cold as I turned my attention back to the other man, hitting him on the back of the neck.

Grimacing, I immediately dragged the two bodies behind the crates, then turned back to the girl, sheathing my sword as I asked, "…and what the hell are you doing here for?"

"H-huh?"

"Aubrey," I stated, "I'm not here to tie your shoes every time you trip. Now what the hell are you doing here for, and where the fuck is your team?"

Suddenly, sirens went off.

"Oh, just my fucking luck," I sighed, grabbing her by the arm and saying, "Either leave as fast as you can, or stay on my ass. Got it?"

She nodded furiously.

"Good," I replied, taking off deeper into the warehouse.


Back to Sierra...


Sierra dragged her hand along the ground, skidding to a stop as Ruby continued trying to comfort Lima, who was miserably watching her brother being hauled into an ambulance.

"What the hell happened!?"

Lima looked at Sierra, albeit teary eyed, immediately jumping onto her team leader, who let out a grunt of surprise from getting tackled.

"W…Wolx…Wolx is…!"

"U-Umm…," Sierra stammered, stroking Lima's hair as she said, "I-it'll be fine! The paramedics! They'll take care of him!"

Echo caught up, catching his breath as Sierra turned around to glare at him. Echo blinked in surprise as Sierra nudged at Lima, who let go and walked back over to Ruby, as she stood up and walked over to him. Echo looked around at the paramedics and police that were gathered around as Sierra asked, "See what you did?"

"Wh-wha…?"

*SMACK*

Echo blinked, then felt his cheek stinging from Sierra slapping him.

"That's why I keep my scroll on me, faggot!"

Ruby blinked as Sierra continued yelling at Echo, feeling a slight breeze go through. She sighed, but then started paying attention to the breeze. Causing her to shiver. In no way shape or form was there a breeze just moments earlier less she had adrenaline surging though her system, which she clearly didn't. Her instincts screamed at her to look behind Echo.

"Wh…wha…?"

Ruby's heart began pounding. She found herself scared of looking beyond the arguing couple. Lima wasn't helping as she continued weeping.

"C'mon! Just do it!"

Closing her eyes, she forced herself to look up, her gaze meeting that of a plaxen blonde.

"H…He…rald…?"

"Hello, Ruby."