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Hitting the Fan

"Finally, they speak! Nearly two days and you both gave me nothing but small talk and weird looks!"

I glare at Sun in annoyance, seriously? "Yeah, like that." I look at Blake who just rolls her eyes at him, closing them for a moment before opening her eyes again...looking sadly. I look away and stare at my cup of tea.

"Sun... Are you familiar with the White Fang?" She asks

"Of course! I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me!" He replies, me and Blake taking a drink as we listen to him.

"I was once a member of the White Fang." She speaks up, looking at Sun he goes cross-eyed.

"I was a member one time as well." I state, Sun nearly spits his drink out in shock. Swallowing slowly before letting out a coughing fit, holding up a hand in the process. "Wait a minute, both you were members of the White Fang?!" He exclaims in shock.

"That's what we said didn't we?" I sarcastically ask him

"That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it..."

"As for me well...it was one thing I spent so much time in, my own world." I tell him, the good old days. Too bad that those are gone.

"Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus." Blake recalls, the days of peaceful protests.

"Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as the voice of our people. And I was there."

"Me too, my parents and I." I say quietly

"Wow...where're your parents now?" Sun asks curiously, I look at him solemnly

"They're dead." I simply tell him

"Oh...man...I'm sorry to hear about-"

"Spare me your pity." I spit at him, "They're dead. I don't want to have a discussion like this again."

"Alright..." He uncomfortably says, "You were saying?"

"Right, sorry. Blake?"

"I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimist."

I chuckle a bit at that, "And I was a visionary with a romantic view where everybody gets along...I was blind to what the world can really be like back then."

"Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking."

I shudder thinking back on it, I was one of the members who actually thought being more militant was the answer to our problems. How wrong I was.

"Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect... out of fear."

Damn it. Damn it all to hell, things must've gotten worse as I left.

"So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress. So here I am: a criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow." She finishes wriggling her feline ears behind her bow in demonstration. Makes me smile a bit

"How about you there Silas? Why'd you leave?" Sun asks, I sigh and shake my head. "Keep this between the three of us...alright?" I plead to him. He nods, looking to Blake who puts a hand on mine.

"Right: I...I was one of the people who pushed for ideas that made the White Fang what it is today." I breath out utterly anxious, "I honestly thought that if we did more then it would progress more for helping all Faunus, I thought that it would help...now look at it. I left because I didn't want to be a part of something that devolved into nothing more than a corrupted shadow of it's former self."

I pause for a moment, thinking of Adam.

"Had a friend in the White Fang, he and I well...he didn't exactly take too kind to me leaving."

"So... have you two told your friends any of this?" Sun asks

I look to Blake for a moment sharing a gaze before she just looks down in shame, I do the same as her.

In a way, we did.

Axel's POV

"BLAAAAKE!" "BLAAAAKE!" The sisters shout out

"SILAAAAAS!" I call out, no response

"SIIIII!" Uriah and Roy shout out along with us

We've been looking for them this day, hell all day. Weiss hasn't been a help at all and has been more of a tag-along than anything.

"Blaaaaaaaake! Where aaaare yoooouuuu!?" Ruby calls out again

"Blake!" Yang yells out

"Come on Silas!" Uriah yells as well, all of our shouts echoing through the empty streets. The echoes fading away slowly, Ruby turns to look at Weiss and whines.

"Weiiiiss, you're not helping!"

"Oh! You know what might be able to help?" She replies with fake cheer with her expression souring a moment later, "The police!"

"Are you serious?" I sternly ask her, Weiss merely gives me a glare. Yang crossing her arms to look at her with an irritated look

"Ugh, Weiss..." She says sounding just as irritated as I am.

"It was just an idea!" Weiss says in her defense, "Yeah, a bad one." Ruby scolds as we start to walk again.

"Oh that's where your wrong Ruby, it's a great idea! A fantastic idea! A genius idea!" Uriah responds with snark, "Tell the cops about not one! But two former members of the White Fang."

"Oh be quiet!" She snaps back at him

"Weiss, I think we should hear their side of the story before we jump to any conclusions." Yang says logically

"I think that when we hear it, you'll all realize I was right!" She almost smugly responds, I let out a weary sigh and put my hands in my pockets. "Give me a break."

"And I think Weiss' hair looks wonderful today!" A new cheerful voice lets out

"OHGOD!" I yell out jumping around to see Penny standing with her arms behind her back, Ruby adding in a startled yell along with me. "Penny! Where did you come from!?"

"And don't sneak up on people like that!" Roy scolds, "You could give someone a heart attack!" Hypocrisy much?

"Hey guys! What are you up to?" She cheerfully asks ignoring Ruby's question.

"Uhh..."

"We're looking for our friends Blake and Silas." Yang tells her

"Ooooh, you mean the Faunus girl and Faunus boy!"

"Wait, how did you know that? About Blake I mean." Ruby asks curiously

"Uhh, the cat ears?" Penny replies pointing to her head, Yang and I laugh a bit at what she said. "What cat ears?" Yang asks her

"Yeah! She wears a...boooohhh..." I say with a realization, Blake hid her cat ears using her bow. A tumbleweed passes by. Odd.

"She does like tuna a lot..." Ruby whispers

"And Cheshire always does seem to smile more than usual around her." Uriah says

"All in agreement that we were too stupid to figure this out at the start: say aye." I mutter out guiltily

"Aye..." Everyone mutters in the same tone as me

"So, where are they?" Penny asks curiously

"We don't know. They've been missing since Friday." Ruby states in full honesty, it earns a gasp from Penny. "That's terrible!" She says approaching Ruby and Roy, looking to Yang, Weiss and Uriah desperately we share a nod and leave the three.

"Alright." I say with relief, "Anyone have ideas where to ask about where Silas and Blake would be at?" I ask looking at the three. "Let's check a shop." Yang offers, I nod at her with a smile.

"Lead the way Angel."

Silas POV

Alleys are a fine place to get mugged, but me, Blake and Sun've decided to walk down this alleyway to get some more privacy. Sun casually holding his hands behind his head as we walk.

"So what's the plan?" He asks curiously as we stop, what is the plan.

Blake cups her chin in complementation, "I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies." She says aloud "They've never needed that much Dust before."

"I hate to be the cynic here Blake, but they're more than likely responsible for this." I state simply, she looks at me a bit frustrated. I shoot a look back to say 'I'm sorry'

"What if they did?" Sun asks, looking to him he starts to pace back and forth in front of us.

"I mean... the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there! Right?" He asks again following his theory, a criminal always returns to the scene of the crime for some reason.

"The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be." Blake says with a little head shake

"As much as I would love to know, I have no clue either." I state

"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas." Sun says, maybe?

"How big?" Blake and I ask him

"Huge. Big Schnee Company freighter." He adds in, jackpot.

"You're sure?" Blake asks, Sun replies with a nod

"Absolutely." He says firmly, no hint of a lie at all.

"Alright. We stake out the docks, and wait and see if the White Fang show up." I say looking between the two who nod in response. "We should get going." Blake says walking past us.

I start following but I feel Sun grab onto me by the shoulder...a bit to tightly. "You go on ahead." He says, "I just wanna discuss something with Silas here."

She looks back and nods, walking away and turning a corner. I turn around to look at him, he's not smiling at all. "I got a question for ya." He says firmly

"Shoot."

"Are you and Blake...you know?" He asks making a gesture, oh wait. I know what he's asking. "Yeah. We're in a relationship."

His eyes flare up for a moment before the light in them dims, "Oh..." He says quietly sounding a bit sad. Ah shit, he crushed on her.

I put a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry." I say to him apologetically, "But remember: 'It's always darkest before the dawn' and 'There's plenty of fish in the sea.'. Don't be mopey." I finish, he perks up a bit and sighs giving a small grin.

"Alright...also gotta say, good on you man."

I smile at him, "I'm a lucky guy."

He jogs off ahead, once he's out of sight I hear a dark chuckle. "To say something nice. I like that you're with Kitten now kiddo." The Black Dog says coming into view, I raise an eyebrow out of curiosity to it. "Why's that?"

"Well! That's because of-" it stops itself mid sentence, "Hmmm. I won't tell you quite yet." It finishes with a toothy grin, "It'll ruin the surprise."

Roy's POV

Seems like everyone left me and Ruby behind with Penny, this wasn't something I expected to happen. Another tumbleweed passes by. Why? I'm not sure!

"It sure is windy to day!" Penny happily states

"That it is!" I reply

"Soooo Penny...wanna help us find our friends?" Ruby asks, in response Penny gives a wide (well wideer) smile. "I would love too!"

"Great!" Ruby says nodding her head away, "Come on." The three of us start to walk down the sidewalk, "I have a question." Penny says as we walk together. "Uhhh, go on ahead." I tell her

"Yeah. Shoot." Ruby adds in.

"So, are Blake and Silas your friends?" She asks, I stop and look at her in a bit of confusion. Ruby stopping as well with a sigh

"Yes, Penny." She says a bit tiredly

"But you're mad at them?" Penny asks innocently

"Ehhh, not really." I reply back

"Yes." Ruby starts up, I look at her in shock

"Ruby?" I ask her in a worried tone, I know Weiss would be mad at them. But Ruby?

She shakes her head before speaking again, "Well, I'm not. Weiss is." I sigh in relief, good. Good. What was I thinking?

"Is she friends with Blake and Silas?"

"Uhhhh...Ruby? Helpmeoutplease." I whisper to her

"Well, that's kind of up in the air right now..."

"But why?"

"Ummm, you see Penny..." I start up

"Blake and Silas might not be who we thought they were..." Ruby says sighing again, Penny gasps at this and leans in.

"Is Blake a man? And is Silas a woman?" She whispers, if Uriah was around he would either snicker or make a sarcastic quip. Too bad he's not here for this.

"No! No, Penny. They're..." Ruby says before stopping with another sigh to speak, "I don't know what they are. They didn't exactly talk to us before the two of them decided to run off." She says sadly

"I don't have a lot of friends, but if I did, I would want them to talk to me about things." Penny replies a bit quieter, Ruby sadly looks down and mutters. "Me too..." And the three of us continue walking.

I should cheer her up.

"Hey ummm, Ruby?" I ask to get her attention, she looks at me curiously

"Hm?"

"You know, if it means anything...I would tell you stuff."

She smiles a bit and nods, "Thanks Roy."

Axel's POV

Coming in through the shop door with a bell ring, the old man shopkeep is there at the counter with his eyes squinting as he's wiping off the counter with a rag. Uriah clears his throat to catch the man's attention.

"Ahhhh, come in come in!" The old man says jovially, "Is there something your looking to buy here?"

"As much as we'd love to, we're gonna have to pass." Uriah says in an apologetic tone, the old man nods. "I understand. Why are you here now?" He asks

"We're looking for two people," Uriah says to him, "One's a Faunus: Wolf ears and tail, white hair, blue eyes. The other one's a girl: black hair, amber eyes, bow on her head...seen 'em anywhere?"

The old man shakes his head, "Can't say I haven't."

I sigh out loud, "Sorry to bother you sir. We'll be going now." I politely tell him as I open up the door the bell rings again and everyone walks outside with Yang waving at him, "Thanks anyway!" She tells him as I come out and the door closes.

"Well that was a bust." I mutter out, Yang sighs in response to it. "This is hopeless." She then turns her attention to Weiss who's nonchalantly looking around, "You really don't care if we find them, do you?"

"I could tell from the start." Uriah bumps in, Weiss doesn't look back as she speaks. "Don't be stupid; of course I do. I'm just afraid of what they'll say when we find them." She then walks away and gives a look over her shoulder, "The innocent never run, Yang!" She calls.

"How'd you know?" Uriah grumbles as he follows her, looking at Yang she looks down in thought. I put a hand on her shoulder to catch her attention.

"Don't be down Angel. We'll find them, count on it." I tell her hopefully. She sighs and shakes her head before looking at me with a smile. "Yeah, alright." She says

I smile at her, "That's the spirit." I then give her a kiss, it lasts a bit longer than it should have but I pull away...blushing out of embarrassment.

"S-Sorry about that." I stutter, she chuckles. "You're alright Axel. Besides." She then leans in with a more mischievous grin, "I'm your girlfriend. You can do plenty of stuff with me." She whispers. My face flushes up on that

"P-Perv." I stutter out again, she gives a little giggle and we rub noses. "You're cute when you're embarrassed. I smile at her, "And you're always cute."

She rolls her eyes, "You know just what to say to get to a lady's heart." She says half-sarcastic and half-honestly. "You know me." I reply

Axel.

Can't you see I'm busy Cain?

That isn't important right now. Come down the street on your left and make a turn into the alley.

Why?

Time you know what you're going up against

Fine...give me a minute.

Coming back to reality I pull my thumb back, "Yang. I'm gonna do a bit of solo searching, cover a bit more ground. Okay?" I ask her quickly, she gives an odd look before sighing. "Be careful alright Axie?" She softly asks

"You be careful too Yangy." I reply, I jog off down the street where Cain told me to go. Alright, and down the alley way I go. Once I turn down the alley I see the brown-hooded figure of Cain, and Dula in front of me.

"Alright, here I am. Time to show me stuff." I bluntly tell him, Cain nods and Dula hands him a rolled up piece of paper. Cain unfolds it to show five symbols: a graffitied jack o' lantern, a black horse with a grey mane along it's neck, a cloven symbol of some sort, a black butterfly, and one that sticks out is...a red wolf with barred fangs, three claw marks behind it.

"You're fighting against the White Fang?" I ask him in surprise, Dula scoffs and takes back the paper. "Hardly."

"The White Fang is a pawn in a much larger game." Cain says grimly, "I'm sure the Fire has told you about those who would arrive."

"That he did...so what are these five about?"

"They're groups that have a hand in this: the cloven symbol is one for a group led by a dark matriarch with both power and charisma, you know the White Fang, the horse is for a company called Stallion Industries that has popped up in recent years and has been rapidly growing, the butterfly is for the four Dula and I have come to call the Cabal, and the jack o' lantern is one for a gang who's leader you've met before. Roman Torchwick."

Well what do you know!

"Well glad to know at least one I can respect well enough."

"I know just how you feel!" Dula says, "That Torchwick fellow is so...fascinating."

Cain merely sighs, "Can we keep on track for this please?"

"Right. Continue Cain." I tell him

"Now. From what information I have gathered, the White Fang and Torchwick are now working side by side on this. And the White Fang is stealing a shipment of Dust from your friend's company."

"They're stealing from Weiss' family company?" I ask him

"Correct. You will have to disrupt this, and possibly capture Roman Torchwick." Cain says solemnly, "And be. Careful. Behind the affable facade of this man lies something more...twisted." He warns, I grin to him in response.

"Reward over risk." I chuckle, "Anyways. I should get going right now, still have to search for Silas and Blake."

"Of course. And one more thing: keep this a secret. Your friends can not know of this."

"What?...Why?"

"It's for their own good they don't have to suffer such horrors." He says with a sad sigh, "Of creatures born of the fevered dreams of madmen, the mind-shattering terrors from the unknown."

I sigh wearily and nod, "Alright. I'll try and keep it a secret."

"Good. Now go, your love is waiting for you."

I nod and run back around and get back to the group panting. "Where'd you run off to?" Uriah asks, "Ah...it's nothing you need to worry about. Come on. Let's get going."

Yang smiles, "Lead the way."

Silas' POV, Hours Later

I'm spying on the rooftop with Blake, me taking a knee while Blake is laying down flat on her stomach. The only sound filling the air is crickets chirping as we watch the docks for any further activity from the White Fang. Sun left ten minutes ago, said he had to go and pee in the streets and too...'Let you guys have some alone time.'

I sometimes don't know how to feel about the guy.

"Did I miss anything?" Well look at that, speak of the devil and he shall appear. I look back at him and shake my head, Blake looking to him as well. "Not really. They've offloaded the crates from the boat. Now they're just sitting there." She tells him, turning her attention back at the docks.

"Something's gotta happen eventually." I drawl

"Cool." He says simply, he holds out his hands which have fresh green apples in them. "I stole you guys some food!" He says happily, I give him a tired look. "Seriously man?" I ask annoyed

"What?" He asks in defense

"Do you always break the law without giving a second thought?" Blake asks him

"Hey, weren't you two in a cult or something?" He counters, I give him a sour look. Hit a bad note there man, "Okay, too soon!"

Right when he says that the wind starts to blow and the sound of turbines drown out the crickets, looking up there's a Bullhead flashing it's searchlights looking around for a place to land. It eventually descends down into the middle of the cargo containers, a ramp extends out. And a hooded and masked figure with a rifle in hand comes out.

"Awwwwww shit..." I mutter softly

"Oh no..." Blake says just as quietly

"Is that them?" Sun asks

The guy turns around, on his back is the bloody wolf of the 'new' White Fang. Causes me to clench my fist in anger. "Yes... It's them." She replies, soon enough more White Fang members come out of the Bullhead with the one who came out first motioning with his rifle. "All right, grab the tow cables!" He orders out, the ones who came out grabbing tow cables and attaching them to containers.

"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?" Sun asks, just when I was about to say yes Blake speaks up. "No." She says looking on to the scene with a sad expression, "I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right." She says closing her eyes in despair. I frown and softly brush her hair.

"I'm sorry Blake." I tell her quietly.

"Hey! What's the holdup!?" A new voice demands, snapping in attention back to the scene: there's a guy dressed in a suit and bowler hat, cane in hand making a wide gesture while he descends the Bullhead's ramp and the White Fang members watch him.

Wait a minute...that's Roman Torchwick. The guy Ruby and Axel said they ran into a month or so back.

"We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace?" He commands with distain evident in his voice. "This doesn't add up." I state outloud

"This isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a Human. Especially not one like that." Blake says, she takes a stand and unsheathes Gambol Shroud before walking off the roof's edge.

"Blake!" I call out in shock

"Hey, what are you doing?!" Sun calls out bellow, Blake makes her rush behind a container from the look of things up here. Shit.

"Sun." I say turning to him, "You stay here. I'm going to go and get Blake out of there before she gets hurt." I tell him, I unfold Waxing and Waning before following in suit of Blake. "Hey wait!" are the last words I hear from Sun as I get behind a different container from Blake's own. Looking around the corner I see Roman berating one White Fang member while holding a coil of rope.

"No, you idiot! This isn't a leash!" He snaps at him, and before the criminal knows it and even me. Blake is behind him with her blade right against his throat. "What the- Oh, for f-"

"Nobody move!" She commands, in response the White Fang members ready their guns and pull out swords in response.

Time to play hero.

I come out from behind with my shotguns in hand, loading a shot in each I point them toward the soldiers of the White Fang. "I'm pretty sure readying your weapons counts as moving." I sarcastically say coming in the opposite direction of Blake. One half of the soldiers turn around to aim their weapons at me, I shoot Blake a glance in time for a silent conversation.

'Reckless Blake, very reckless.'

'Look who's talking Silas.'

'Fair, but when this is over. I'm going to take away Ninjas of Love from you.'

'So you can see if it's like Geishas of Passion?'

'I-I read it for the plot!'

End conversation.

"Whoa! Take it easy there, love birds." Roman responds, the Soldiers start to come closer and closer to either of us. Creeping in. Then Blake removes her bow to show the cat ears of a Faunus. I merely fire off a warning shot at my approachers' feet.

"Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you aiding this scum?" She asks the group, they lower their weapons in response. Confusion maybe. Roman lets out a laugh in response to it.

"Oh, kid, didn't cha get the memo?" He asks smugly

"What are you talking about?"

"The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together!"

I growl and rush up to him and hold Waxing right up to his chest. "Bullshit!" I hiss

"Tell me what it is or I'll put an end to your little operation." Blake demands pushing her blade further up the criminal's throat, he looks up and the sound of turbines fill the air again.

"I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation..."

Looking up their's two Bullheads now, in distraction there's an earth-shattering explosion. Blasting me and presumably Blake back.

Axel's POV

The sound of an explosion makes me flinch a bit, looking around I see smoke rising up from where the docks are at.

"Oh God..." I mutter in unease, looking back to Yang, Weiss and Uriah I unsheathe Cerberus. "Go find the police." I tell them, "I'm gonna go and make sure Blake and Silas are alright." With that I run off toward the docks in a hurry.

Be safe. Everyone.

Silas' POV

A bit unfocused from the explosion right now, I think I'll live. One of the Bullheads is aiming toward me, it launches missiles at me. Time to run! I start to run in a circle dodging explosions that hit Dust containers which cause a larger explosion than a normal missile would.

I top and kneel, looking around to see Roman approaching a container. One with Blake possibly behind it. "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty..." He says softly in a taunt

I rush right in front of him and aim Waxing and Waning at him, he looks surprised for a moment before letting out a laugh. "Ohhhhh God..." He wheezes "A doggy protecting a kitty, that's rich."

I grin and my weapons transform into axes, "Woof." I charge him right there and unleash a flurry of chops and slashes at him, he either dodges them or blocks them mostly. I land one slash however that sends him tumbling back, when I try and chop again I get blasted by his cane. Sending me flying back through the air a good ten feet, I slam back to the earth on my back and gasp in pain. My vision hazy, ears ringing...I see Torchwick casually walk over to me.

When I see him he has a smile on his face, he then stamps his foot right on my chest...pointing the bottom of his cane right toward my face. Right when I'm about to die however:

A banana peel drops onto Roman's head, he looks up and growls in response.

"Leave them alone!" Someone shouts at him. Sun.

He leaps down from a container above and lands feet-first onto Roman's face, rolling up and getting into a combat stance next to me. He lifts me up and pats my back.

"You alright?" He asks sounding concerned

"I told you to stay back." I growl at him, but I smile afterwards "Thanks."

"You're not the brightest banana in the bunch, are ya, kid?" Roman sarcastically asks, "And you're not one for dying are ya doggy?"

"And you're one who just loves the sound of his voice, aren't you thugy?" I shoot him back, he gives an evil little grin in response. "Reminded me of a kid I ran into a while back. You got guts I'll give you that..." When he pauses White Fang surround us and stand by the crime boss.

"Guess you want them spilt don't you?"

"Bring it."

The White Fang start to rush the two of us, while I block strikes and blast a number of my attackers back with shotgun blasts. Sun dodges and beating back people with fists and kicks. He pulls out a collapsable staff and switches up the attacks with staff strikes, change is good when it comes to fighting.

I transform my own shotguns into axes and start the process of chopping, hacking and slashing. Sending some back and knocking others to the ground I finish with a knee to the jaw on one to send him back ten feet as a sort of shockwave blasts the rest back.

Another shot pops off from the sound of it, looking around I see just in time as Sun blocks it with his staff. "That's twice now." He says, I give him a frown in response. "What are we playing 'Ass saver'?" I sarcastically ask him.

And once the explosion occurs Blake comes into view and rushes towards Torchwick, "He's mine!" She shouts out before coming in close.

I'm a lucky guy.

Axel's POV

"Come on, come on!" I hiss to myself in worry, "Be alright you two!" Coming around a corner I run into someone...two someones in fact.

"Gotta get go-" we shout out simultaneously, looking at the people it's Ruby and Penny. "Ruby! There you are!" I say in a bit of relief, "Hey Penny." I say waving to her which she responds by waving back.

"Wait. What're you two doing? Where's Roy?"

"I sent Roy to go get you guys! What're you doing?"

"I'm trying to get to Silas and Blake to make sure they're not deaded!"

"THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING!" She shouts out

"LET'S GET GOING TOGETHER NOW!" I shout back in suggestion

"ALRIGHT THEN LET'S GO!"

The two, no wait- the three of us continue rushing toward the docks, we reach the docks just in time by following the sounds of explosions and fighting and the knocked out White Fang mooks. Ruby and I quickly heading up onto a rooftop, there we see what all is happening:

A cargo crate drops, when it falls Blake dodges by leaping behind it, Silas rolls out of the way, and...well look at that. The monkey kid from friday jumps forward, when he looks up Roman Torchwick is pointing the bottom of his cane at his face.

"Hey!" Ruby calls out, the two turn their attention away from one another and look to where we are. I can even see Roman waving bellow.

"Well, hello, Red! Isn't it past your bedtime?" He calls out in a friendly tone before slipping into sarcasm at the end, he then turns his head and he keeps waving. "Tangerine?! This is all just a happy little reunion isn't it!" He calls out mockingly

I smile and wave back, "I'm happy to see you too, you slimy snake!" I call back at him I hold out my hand and teleport his hat into my hand, he feels around on his head in confusion before looking back...even from here he looks absolutely livid.

"YOU LITTLE BRAT! GIVE ME BACK MY HAT!" He shouts out in utter fury, I can't help but smile. "You can have it back!" I call back in a cheerful tone before throwing it to him, "Doesn't suit my style anyway!"

"Ruby, are these people your friends?"

Looking behind Penny is right there, "Not exactly the time!" I tell her

"Penny get back!" Ruby tells her in a lot more concerned tone of voice. The sound of a whistle goes off, looking back just in time to see a shining blast coming toward me. Unlike the first time we met, Roman's blast sends me and Ruby soaring into the air and our weapons away. Landing to the ground with a thud. Penny coming right on time as Roman gives a damn good evil laugh

Shine on Roman Torchwick, you egomaniacal prick.

Penny turns her head to stare him down with a glare, turning to face him down. What the hell is she doing?!

"Penny, wait! Stop!" Ruby pleads holding out a hand

"Get outta here and get help!" I tell her, I don't want her to die. She may be odd but damn it if she isn't nice.

She doesn't look back before speaking, "Don't worry, Ruby and Axel. I'm combat ready!" She says with cheer and confidence. Her backpack opens up like a mechanism, and out comes a single sword. What? And the sword then extends and multiplies itself into several more swords.

What?

Using the blades as wings, Penny leaps from rooftop to rooftop. Throwing three blades out to incapacitate two White Fang mooks right before landing.

If Weiss was here she'd say that she was wrong about her not looking the part of a tournament fighter. And if Roy was here he'd be giddy as I am about seeing this.

She proceeds to fling the swords at one enemy, impale another to a wall, create a barrier of spinning swords against a running attack by one of the White Fang, leaping over a mook with her swords in tow, and finally making a wheel that she throws to knock multiple members of the organization off their feet.

"I want one." I whisper in amazement with a child-like smile on my face

In the sky three Bullheads show up and start to open fire, but Penny simply forms a shield of blades and launches two of her swords into the wall behind her, which in turn pull their wielder back with strings. When her swords swirl around her again, she makes a commanding gesture to open their points and build up a large glowing ball of green light.

What's gonna happen?! THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME!

With a punching action, several bright lasers crack the pavement when they fire at the transports and slice each one in half, causing several of the White Fang members inside to fall...I think I see a dinosaur fall out of it as well.

Weird.

Looking to the descending wreckage of the Bullhead, it lands in pieces behind Penny. Looks like she turned them into quarters. Penny aims her swords at the Bullhead carrying a Dust container which has two of her blades in it, looks like Penny is...pulling back...tugging the VTOL along with it.

"Whoa... How is she doing that?" Ruby asks in awe, I merely hold onto her beaming. "I have no idea, BUT I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!" I tell her utterly excited

Penny pulls back, and the Bullhead crashes into a stack of crates with a glorious explosion. I can only stand up and applaud

"YOU HAVE MADE MY DAY PENNY! YOU REALLY ARE COMBAT READY!" I cheer for her.

Silas' POV, A Bit of Time Afterwards

After watching Penny mop the floor with the White Fang, Roman managed to get away somehow. I'm guessing by a Bullhead. The cops arrived afterwards along with Roy, right now I'm sitting with Blake, Sun and Ruby on some crates. Axel is debriefing Roy about all of what Penny did. Blake gave a run down to Ruby about her and why she and I ran away.

Soon enough however: Yang, Uriah and Weiss arrive as well. Weiss looks toward the direction of me and Blake for a moment, a calm expression on her face. She walks over to Axel and Roy with Uriah.

Looking on, seems the two are talking. A moment of time later...my teammates approach me. Looking to them they all have blank expressions in their faces, even Roy...it's kind of scary seeing Roy without a smile.

"Silas." Axel says with dispassion evident in his voice

"Look. Guys." I start up, "Blake and I aren't in the White Fang anymore, so whatever you're thinking. It's-" Axel holds up a hand.

"I have something to say to you Silas. A reason I am very disappointed." He says in an utterly cold tone, my heart sinks right down into my stomach. I close my eyes and take a deep breath before bowing my head, time for a tongue lashing.

"Why didn't you save any of them for me?" He whines

What?

I look at my teammates again: Axel is pouting, Roy smiling happily, Uriah grinning. "W-What are you talking about?" I stutter

"You left no White Fang for us to beat down man. Makes me sad you got all the fun." Uriah says shaking his head.

"Y-You're not angry with me?"

"Pffft, water under the bridge!" Roy scoffs

"But I was a terrorist! I had to-"

"Shshshsshuuuuush Si," Axel says in a fatherly tone of voice, smiling warmly. "We're your friends Silas Silver: no matter what." He says utterly firm

I feel my lip quivering, a few tears streaking down my face. "Really? Even knowing who I was?" I ask with my voice cracking.

Roy nods, "That was then. This is now."

"Yeah buddy." Uriah says giving a thumbs up, "Give us a heads up next time you have an earth-shattering revelation to share, 'kay?"

I sigh happily and nod. "You got it."

"Awesome." Axel says, Weiss comes up behind him and gives a tap on the shoulder. Looking behind him for a moment to see her, he nods before turning to us with a sad smile. "Sorry Blake. Sorry Silas...Weiss has some words to say too, not sure what they'll be though." He along with my teammates slowly walk behind her,

"Look Weiss, it's not what you think, she explained the whole thing. See, she doesn't actually have a bow, she has kitty ears and they're actually kind of cute..." Ruby quickly explains to Weiss. The heiress however ignores her and squares off with me and Blake, a lump forms up in my throat.

"Weiss, I want you to know that Silas and I are no longer associated with the White Fang." Blake says calmly staring her down, "Back when we were with the-"

"Stop!" Weiss interjects, "Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you two?" She pauses, "Twelve hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this. And in that twelve hours, I've decided..."

I look to everyone else, they have worried expressions on their faces.

"I don't care." She says utterly honest, a smile creeping up on Weiss' face.

"Wait what?" I ask in shock

"You don't care?" Blake asks in surprise

"You said you two are not one of them anymore, right?" Weiss asks

"No, w-we haven't been since we were younger-"

"Ah-bah-bah-bah-bah! I don't want to hear it." Weiss cuts in to silence her, "All I want to know is that the next time something this big comes up... you'll come to your teammates. And not some..." She catches herself, looking back to see Sun behind her.

"Someone else." I haven't felt more proud for her at that moment, looking behind her. Everyone is grinning

And looking to Blakey, she has a tear running down her face as she nods. "Of course." She says softly, I smile at her and wipe the tear off her cheek.

"And Silas..." Weiss says, I look to her. "I...I just want to say that, well...that I-"

"Tututututututututut." I interject grinning, I look at her and hold a hand flat out. "Water under the bridge Weiss. You're forgiven."

She smiles and nods

"Yeah! Team RWBY and Team ASUR are back together!" Ruby cheers as she waves her arms around, the eight of us along with Sun gather around.

"One for all and all for one! Woo-hoo!" Roy cheers out pumping his fists into the air

Weiss points a finger at Sun in what may be accusation, "I'm still not quite sure about how I feel about you!" She says sternly, Sun lets out a nervous laugh. Uriah nudges him

"Don't worry monkey king. She'll grow on you." He says in honesty

"Hey, wait a minute... Where's Penny?" Ruby asks

"Hmm...I'm sure she's alright. Where ever she is." Axel says in confidence, I smile and shrug

Hmm, you are a curiosity. That much is certain.

A voice in my head speaks...not the Black Dog: this one is more...timeless, ancient, deep, rumbling

What...what are you?

That which is not dead may eternally lie. With strange aeons, even death may die.

Third Person POV, Beacon

Ozpin was watching the live-stream footage of the docks on his Scroll, he closes the video to open up communications with one of his inner circle: the Dusty Old Crow. Qrow Branwen has only one message for him: 'QUEEN HAS PAWNS'

And another from Cain, checking his message was...equally disconcerting: 'NOW WHEN I SAW THE LAMB OPEN ONE OF THE SEALS; AND I HEARD ONE OF THE FOUR CREATURES SAYING WITH A VOICE LIKE THUNDER, "COME AND SEE"'

"Hmm..." This is going to be...complicated

Third Person POV, Warehouse

Roman Torchwick has had a long day: a simple robbery of a metric shit ton of Dust got botched by a bunch of brats! Those mutts of the White Fang can just be utterly useless at times!

Roman makes it over to the table and lays out some contents, sighing out of being utterly wiped out.

Could be worse right?

"How very disappointing, Roman." A woman's voice said.

It always does doesn't it? Roman suddenly turns around and sees his...'associate' a woman in a red dress with flowing black hair, flanking her are a young man with steel-grey hair, and a girl with tanned skin and mint-green hair with blood-red eyes. Oh shit.

"Whoa!" He says in surprise with a nervous chuckle, "I wasn't expecting to see you guys so soon..." He says nervously, the woman gives a wicked smile that would kill if it were possible.

"We were expecting... more from you." She purrs with disappointment evident in her voice, "'We' in this case referring to you perhaps?" A new voice said.

From the shadows come four figures: the Shadowman, a possibly fifteen foot tall mass of muscle, an old man with balding hair and a bushy white beard, and a yellow-robed man with hazel brown eyes, slicked back black hair, and a neatly trimmed beard.

The woman looks to the Shadowman with a frown and sighs, "Why are you here Ash?"

"I'm just here to see Torchwick is all." Ash says in full honesty and a smile on his face, the woman rolls her eyes and groans. "Can't you take your group somewhere else?"

"Awwwww, you wound me Cinder!" He says with melodrama, "You would say such a terrible thing to your brother? Your own flesh and blood?" He shakes his head and sighs, "You truly are heartless."

"Is there another reason why you're here?" Cinder Fall asks her brother

"Why yes! I just came here to say this order." Ash looks toward the robbed man, "Schwarz. I want you to hunt down the kids...break their spirits." He then gives a sinister smile

"Better to let them suffer unending then to kill them painfully." He whispers, Schwarz nods. "As you wish."

"And remember sister!" Ash says holding up his index finger, "The idea is to not have a plan that secures your victory. But make sure the plan opens it up, to where all roads lead to victory."

Cinder scoffs, "That being said. We were expecting more from you Mr. Torchwick."

Roman lets out a laugh before snapping back at her, "Hey! You were the ones who suggested working with those stupid mutts from the White Fang."

"He is right you know. Faunus are as useless as parasites." Ash chides, Cinder promptly ignores him and lets out a dark chuckle.

"And you will continue to do so." She says, summoning a fireball in hand and stepping forward. "We have big plans for you, Roman. All we ask is..." She pauses for a moment and smiles, "a little cooperation."

(Phew! Nearly 8,000 words? My biggest chapter yet! Thanks for reading this, remember to review, follow, favorite, all of that jazz involving this story if you liked it. Please do so...I don't want to sound like a Youtuber as I keep writing this story.)