What's up guys. Sorry for the late update. I was debating in Gainesville this weekend, so I was busting my ass. Anyway I finally got some time and am ready to post the next chapter. Ginger, thanks again for the praise and advise. However, I'd really appreciate it if some more of you would leave a review or even a PM that tells me what you think. I know there are at least 12 of you who read this story, so if 5 of your could leave a review that would be most appreciated.
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2 days later
Allister awoke this morning with a yell… and a thud, as he rolled off of Yang's bunk. "You know, this is probably why you should sleep in your own room." Weiss
chastised. Allister stared up at Weiss from the floor. "Well Maybe I should just tie myself to the bed then." Allister retorted jokingly. "I'd be happy to help with that."
Yang answered, almost too earnestly, from the top bunk. Allister laughed before rolling over and standing up." Well I'm gone." Allister said. Allister meandered over to
the door and slipped out, not giving a fuck who saw him. Weiss shook her head and turned towards Blake. "So, we didn't see you around much yesterday. What did
you do?" Weiss asked. "Not much. I was just hanging out with Kenneth. Talking about old times." Blake answered, with a yawn. "And how late were you two out?"
Weiss asked again. "Yes we were out fairly late but that's irrelevant. MOM." Blake sarcastically responded. "I just want to make sure everyone is ok." Weiss defended.
"Weiss please be quieter. It's still early. "Ruby complained. "Beside's classes don't start for a while anyway." Yang agreed. Weiss looked over to her clock and saw
that is was still 5:30 in the morning. "Oh," Weiss gasped. Weiss walked back over to her bed and threw herself on it, hoping to also take advantage of the extra time
to sleep.
A few hours later, the girls sleep was interrupted again. This time, Kenneth came stumbling into the room, looking like absolute hell. Kenneth stepped into the room
before collapsing against one of the desks. "Kenneth." Ruby called out before rushing to his aid. The rest of team RWby was quick to follow. "What happened." Yang
asked genuinely concerned. Kenneth reached out and grabbed the front of Weiss's nightgown. "You've got to help me. PLEASE! Hide me or something. They can't find
me. They're fucking crazy." KEnneth said. "Who?" Blake asked. "Team ENDD. They woke me up this morning for some 'training' I don't know how the hell they're not
dead." Kenneth continued to ramble, hysterically. "Ah there you are." Kenneth screamed as Zade entered the room. "Oh get up you big baby. You'll be better for it."
Zade said. Against all protest Zade reached down and grabbed Kenneth before teleporting away. "Well that was awakening." Yang stated. "But I'm not sure I'll ever
be able to sleep again." Ruby continued. The four girls stared as the feathers left behind by Zade's semblance floated softly to the floor. Suddenly, Jaune and Pyrrha
came bursting into the room, weapons drawn. "We heard one of you girls scream. Is everything alright?" Jaune asked. "That wasn't us. That was Kenneth." Yang said.
Jaune looked aghast. "Why would Kenneth scream like that?" Pyrrha asked. "Apparently, Kenneth doesn't fit with ENDD's training regimens." Weiss elaborated. "Ah."
Jaune understood. Jaune placed his hand on Pyrrha's shoulder as the two left the room. "Fuck this I'm taking a shower." Yang declared, walking off." The rest of team
RWBY shook their heads before starting to clean up the numerous feathers covering their floor.
The rest of the day was a lot less… exciting. Teams ENDD, RWBY, and JNPR all sat in the middle of whichever class they attended, while the other students sat in a
long circle, leaving them stranded like an island. In combat class, every other student vehemently denied any offer to fight one of the 3 teams. While the rest of them
tried to brush it off, Allister was noticeably starting to anger. It was at the school cafeteria where Allister totally lost his shit. Allister stood up and stared at all the
kids. Teams RWBY, JNPR, and ENDD were stranded in the middle of the cafeteria while everyone sat around the edges, eyeing them carefully. "What!?" Allister yelled.
"What the fuck?" Zade and Max simply placed their hands in their palms. "What the fuck is everyone's problem?" Allister demanded. "Maybe it's because you guys are
fucking psychopaths." A familiar female voice called out from the side. Allister turned to see Chelsea standing before him. "Oh, It's fucking you again." Allister
growled. "Yeah its me. You guys shouldn't be suprised everyone is nervous as hell to fight you. All hunters in training mission reports become part of the public
record. We've all seen what your team, what You did." Chelsea yelled. "What I did was what I needed to do to keep others safe. I don't just mindlessly kill people for
my own pleasure." Allister responded. "Don't you?" Chelsea implied. "And what the fact is that supposed to mean. Honestly, What the fuck is your problem with us.
We; never talk, we don't have any classes together, why the fuck do you give us such a bad rap, for fucking killing bad people, that literally is our job, to kill bad
people." Allister retorted. "But, you don't just kill bad people." Chelsea answered. By now their little debacle had attracted the attention of everybody in the room.
"Who, Who the fuck have we killed that hasn't 1: Tried to kill one of us. 2: Ben some type of horrific monster, or 3: a grimm?" Allister asked incredulously. Angry
tears streamed down Chelsea's face. "You fucks killed my father." Chelsea seethed. Allister looked stunned. Everyone in the room cringed as Allister just got verbally
bitch smacked. Allister turned towards Max. "Did we?" Allister asked. Max placed Titan's briefcase on the table and began looking through Titan's memory. "Wait… Oh!
Yeah this was us. You don't remember this one?" Max stated. Everyone glared accusingly at Allister. "Remind me." Allister said. "Uh, I'm not sure that's the best idea
with her here." Max answered. "I can take it." Chelsea said. "Show me your hypocrisy." Max shrugged. Max continued typing on Titan, and soon a 3d holographic
image appeared for all to view
"Mission log # 376"
Team ENDD gathered around a campfire deep in the forest. While Allister, Max, and Zade cooked some raw animal over a fire, Darron sat reading some file. "That a
new job?" Allister asked. "Absolutely. Work work work!" Zade answered. Darron smirked and nodded. "This one is going to suck." Darron stated. "Why?" Max asked.
"You'll see." Darron added morosely, Allister, Zade, and Max looked at each other worriedly.
Suddenly the video fell to static. As it returned Team ENDD was standing in front of a small suburban house. "This is the place." Darron stated. "Xavier heessen."
Zade and Max walked up to the door. Max revealed a small screen and waved it across the house. "No alarm system's detected. Xavier isn't home either." Max stated.
"Move." Darron commanded. Zade immediately disappeared. Zade reappeared as he opened the door from the other side. Team ENDD silently entered the house.
Zade quietly moved towards the stairs. At the top Zade began inspecting each room. The first room was a simple disjointed bathroom. Next, Zade looked through a
door to reveal a bedroom. Zade silently entered the room. The moonlight bouncing off the blue walls made the room look serene. Zade looked upon the bed in the
room at a young chelsea. Her hair draped across her face. (this shit is getting creepy quick) Zade bent down and slightly brushed away the hair in front of her face.
Zade managed to get a close look of her face without waking her. "Darron, I got nothing on the daughter." Zade whispered into his scroll. "Fuck. we need to find
something. We are not killing this guy unless we get some damned proof." Darron spoke back through the scroll. Zade stood up and continued to search the upper
floor. A few minutes later Zade's scroll activated again. "Yo, I got something." Max's voice came through. Zade teleported downstairs. The four grouped in the house's
study. "What?" Allister asked. MAx pushed on the bookshelf. The bookshelf slid back to reveal a drop down. Darron, without hesitation, jumped down the hole. Team
ENDD chuckled as they followed their leader. All laughed immediately stopped when they reached the bottom. The basement was a pure abomination. Mutilated
bodies of faunus lay all over, in pools of their own blood. Others were hanging from meat hooks. Numerous tables and other torture devices were scattered
throughout the room. "What the fuck" Allister stated, walking around the horrendous sights. Suddenly, Darron took of bolting across the room. The rest of the team
followed after him. Darron made his way towards a surgical table at the back of the room. Laying upon it was a young boy, naked, and with both of his legs and arm
surgically removed. Darron stared at the boy with pure sorrow as he coughed weakly. "Help me." the boy called out. Darron draped his coat over the boy gingerly.
Darron pulled the boy close to his chest. "I want my mommy." The boy cried out. Darron Just held him closer. "Shh, I'm here. It's going to be ok." the rest of team
ENDD could barely contain themselves, The boy was barely 7. "I'm cold." The boy complained, growing weaker. "Shhh, don't speak." Darron said. Darron continued to
comfort the boy and even began to sing a little lullaby. Hush now my baby
Hush now my love
The angels are watching
From heaven above
They know that I love you
They know that it's true
I'll stay here beside you
Whatever you do
When I wake beside you
I feel like I shine
I wish you forever
And ever be mine
A new day tomorrow
When you open your eyes
You let in the sunshine
And all darkness dies
Blake felt her eyes water as she recognized the song as one Darron used to sing to her whenever she would be sad and missed her father.
As Darron's song ended he looked down with sorrow at the lifeless boy in his arms and began to cry. The rest of the team stared somberly. Darron gently laid the boy
down and put his coat back on.
The video crackled again and it showed Xavier stalking down the street on a late rainy night. Xavier quickly turned into the alleyway to try and avoid some of the rain.
Xavier immediately felt himself slam into something hard. Xavier looked up at the daunting figure of Titan. Suddenly, Darron's blade ran through Xavier, piercing out
the front. Zade, with a quick flick of his wrist, severed Xavier's arms. Allister ripped off Xavier's head from behind. Allister threw the head to Max, who caught it and
smashed the head. Team ENDD disappeared into the night and the video log ended.
Everyone sat in perpetual shock. The stun was borked and Chelsea fell to her knees, bawling. Allister moved, cautiously, to comfort her. "I had no idea." Allister
whispered. "STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!" Chelsea screamed as she slapped Allister's hand. Chelsea turned and raced out of the cafeteria, leaving a trail of tears
behind her. "Fuck!" Allister shouted as he kicked over a nearby table, and raced after Chelsea. Max and Zade just sat there totally not awkward. Kenneth and team
JNPR just continued to stare. Weiss, Yang, and Ruby had engulfed Blake in a massive group hug. Zade stood up and addressed the rest of the students. "Yes, we may
have been killers before we became hunters. But we do not mindlessly slaughter. Just as everyday people, fear these corrupt and horrific individuals, Those
individuals fear us. We travel, not for the money, obviously not for the fame, we did what we did to purge this world. To rid it of those who harm others and attract
the grimm. I implore you, do not blindly judge us by the face of our actions, Look at our hearts. Look at why we did the thing we did and to whom. I sincerely hope
you can find it in yourselves to accept us." Zade spoke, eloquently. The other students began to whisper among each other. Zade sat next to Max, with a smirk on his
face. "I think you made an impression." Max said. "Hopefully it was one enough." Zade responded.
Later that night:
Chelsea tucked herself away on the roof of one of Vale's dust shops. She curled up into a tiny ball as her tears fell. As she sat there in silence she failed to notice
Allister slowly walking up to her. "You're a hard girl to find." Allister stated. "What do you want?" Chelsea Asked, mumbled. Allister could hear the sadness in her
voice. "Look." Allister said softly. "I'm sorry. About everything. I didn't know that we had killed your father, and I certainly didn't to bring up such a dark past in front
of you." Allister said. Chelsea kept her face hidden and ignored Allister. Allister sighed. "I know this is obviously tough, having to learn about your father in this way. I
just want to tell you… That I understand what you're going through. " Allister said. Chelsea looked up at Allister with bloodshot eyes. "How could you possibly
understand?" She choked out, through her tears. "Because, you're not the only one who's father is a monster on the inside." Allister answered. Chelsea looked at
Allister sternly, trying to determine whether or not he was lying. "I'm sure it wasn't mentioned in the official mission report." Allister continued, "But, the leader of
that enemy faction we killed… was my father. I stood there and murdered him. It sucked. That's all there is to say. Learning that you have the blood of some human
atrocity running through your blood can never feel good. My father wished to destroy everything I had managed to build on my own without him. And I would gladly
go to hell and back before I ever let him. Still, Killing your father, or even having a father die… is like losing a part of you that you'll never get back. I'd never tell
anybody this but, even today, I still wonder what it would be like to live a normal life with him and my mother. I guess I'll never get that chance." As Allister
continued musing, he had sat down next to Chelsea. Allister suddenly stopped, when Chelsea rested her head on his shoulder. "To be totally honest." Chelsea began.
"I'm not even mad at you for killing him. I saw what was on the video, and ,despite how much I may want it to be false, deep down I know it's real. My father
deserved what he got. I'm just mad that he lied to me. Pretended to be the nicest father a girl could ask for. That he hid his true form from all of us." Chelsea said.
Allister pulled Chelsea in tightly. "Then just do what I did, find a new family. One that will never abandon you, never give up on you." Allister said as he stood up.
Allister reached a hand out to the sitting Chelsea. "And you could do me the honor of letting me be the first person in that family." Allister asked. Chelsea stared at
Allister's hand for a moment before reaching and grasping onto it. Chelsea wiped away her teams. "Friends." She asked. "Friends." Allister confirmed. Suddenly, both
warriors were knocked unbalance as an explosion rocked the building they were on to of. "The hell." Allister said as the two ran over to the edge. Behind the back of
the building 3 white fang trucks were parked as the occupants were raiding the dust shop below the two. "We need to stop them!" Chelsea declared. Chelsea whipped
out her scroll and called her kusarigama to her side. Allister decided to waste less time and immediately called forth his holy dragon's tail. Chelsea was just about to
jump of the roof when Allister grabbed her shoulder. "We need a plan." Allister demanded. Chelsea signed in defeat. Allister held one palm out in front of Chelsea.
Allister's palm began to glow and Chelsea found herself wrapped in a dim glow. "Holy Dragon's barrier." Allister said. "Use this go out front and distract them. The
barrier will protect you from getting hurt." Allister instructed. Chelsea nodded and jumped off the front of the building. As she landed, Chelsea could see the white fan
members loading up all the dust. Chelsea waited for one to get close to the window before tapping on it. The white fang soldier looked at her and immediately
regretted it as the ball on Chelsea's kusarigama came crashing through the window into his chest. The whitefang soldier flew back and slammed into the shelves,
falling unconscious. The other whitefang members became aware of her presence and began opening fire. Chelsea managed to dance around each bullet gracefully.
Some bullets that were lucky enough to hit her, however, were deflected by Allister's enchantment. Chelsea continued to dance weaving in and out, dodging bullets
and slamming enemies with her ball and chain.
Once the fighting had begun Allister counted to 30. Allister jumped down on the opposite side ot the building. Allister immediately set to work, flipping the white fang
escape vehicles upside down. Once they had been dealt with Allister walked inside the establishment. Immediately, a grunt charged at Allister with a sword. Allister
swiftly and decisively cleaved the soldier in two with his lance. Another Soldier began firing his automatic assault rifle from down the hall. Allister simply tossed his
lance, impaling the soldier. A third enemy rush Allister from his side. Allister merely picked up the footsoldier and choked him until he felt limp. Allister allowed the
body to fall to the floor as he took of in pursuit of the rest of the offenders.
Nearly an hour later the police were finally loading the last of the 20 captured white fang terrorists into police vehicles and the 8 dead ones onto coroner's vans.
Allister and Chelsea Turned towards Professor Ozpin, who was called to come collect his students. "You two did well." Ozpin congratulated the two. "Anytime
professor." Allister responded. "Actually Professor is there something we could talk about?" Chelsea asked. "What is it?" Ozpin responded. "I've decided I want to
transfer to the atlas academy. I want to become part of their military, so I can do more than just fight the grimm. I want to help protect the world from its own
monsters, like my father. "Chelsea revealed. Ozpin nodded, understandingly. "If that is what your heart desires, then so be it." Ozpin admitted. Chelsea nodded at
professor Ozpin, gave Allister one last hug, and walked off to go and prep herself. Alastair and OZpin remained standing alone in the street. "Well I wasn't expecting
that." Allister stated. "Yes, well. You still did an excellent job." Ozpin said. "Yeah, but despite that, why were there so many white fang. This number has never been
seen before." Allister asked. "That is can only mean that our enemies are planing something big and that we must be prepared." Ozpin said. Allister chuckled. "My
team is always here when you need us." Allister stated. " And you've done a fine job as their leader." Ozpin complimented. "You'll make me blush." Allister joked.
Ozpin gestured for Allister to follow and the two began down the street back to beacon academy. "So, What do we know. When are we getting Darron back?" Allister
asked. "Soon, but as of now we have more important missions to attend to." Ozpin answered cryptically. Allister rolled his eyes, followed the professor, and wondered
if he'd ever see his leader, his best friend, again.
