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"As I wrestled the fearsome beast down to the ground, it roared in anger!" Port said to his class that consisted of a classroom full of bored students, except for that one kid who was paying attention for some reason.
Ruby snored loudly and woke herself up with a startle and quickly looked around. She then realized where she was and rested her head on Vesh's shoulder. "I would just love to kindly and forcefully remove your head from my shoulder." He thought.
"How much longer till we're out of here?" Ruby wined.
"Ten minutes." Vesh replied looking at the clock.
"Ugh." The girl said as she dropped her head onto the pile of books in front of her.
"Thank Monty." The evil teen thought. "Maybe Port's story isn't so bad this time." He thought as he began to listen again.
"The mighty beast roared as I picked it up and threw it again a tree." The professor said as he continued to ramble on.
"Or maybe it is." The archer thought, as he propped his head up with his hand. Soon, he was beginning to drift asleep. Well, that is until someone hit his arm, causing his head to slam into his desk. The sound echoed through the room and interrupted Port.
"Ahem." Peter said. "As I was saying…"
Vesh then looked around him to see that his "friends" had nothing but annoyed looks on their faces. He turned around to see Cardin and his goons silently laughing. Vesh then looked at his desk to see that Cardin had thrown a book into his arm, knocking his arm down. Annoyed beyond belief, the teen's face twisted into a sick smile as he looked back up at team CRDL. The four students simply continued to laugh.
"Don't worry about them." Ruby said.
"Oh, don't worry, I won't pay them any mind." He replied.
Jaune then threw a piece of paper at Blue. He opened it open to see the words, "Want me to say something?" on it.
Vesh wrote back on it. "Don't worry, I can handle them." He then tossed the paper back to the blonde. Jaune held up the okay sign and returned to his usual bored self.
The bell eventually rang and the class began to clear out. "Coming, Ike?" Ruby asked as her boyfriend hung back.
"Don't worry, I'll meet you at lunch." He replied.
"Alright." The girl replied. She gave her "boyfriend" a quick kiss before exiting the class. Team CRDL then tried to slip past without being notice, but failed to do so.
"Hey Cardin." The evil teen said as he wrapped an arm around the team leader and walked beside him. "You guys are just the people I was looking for." He said in a creepily happy tone.
"We were?" Dove asked, confused.
"Sure were. I just wanted to tell you how funny I thought you hitting me with that book was."
"Oh, ya. Pretty good throw, huh?" Cardin replied with his usual cocky self. "Now, if you'll just run along and…" Vesh then interrupted him
"It really was. So good that I thought we should celebrate." It was at this point that CRDL picked up on the passive aggressiveness in Vesh.
"How were we going to celebrate?" Russel asked.
"Oh, I have a surprise." The evil teen said.
"I'm not one for surprises." Dove said as he backed up.
"Me either." Sky said as well, backing up next to his teammate.
"I forgot, I have a meeting with Ozpin soon, so I'll have to catch up." Russel said.
"And I should really get to lunch." Winchester said as he tried to escape.
"Nah!" Mers said as he pulled Cardin in closer. "You don't have to go to lunch right away. I have a special surprise, and if they don't want to join, I guess that just means more for you and me."
"Yay." Cardin said tried and failing to sound happy.
"HELP!" Cardin yelled from his position. He was currently being dangled outside his window being held up by Vesh, with one arm none the less.
"Now, how do I keep you up here?" Vesh thought out loud.
"KEEP ME UP!?"
"That's what I said, now shut up a little bit while I think here. What about if I use a rope?"
"No no no no no." The teen outside the window asked.
"I could just drop you."
"You wouldn't."
"I wouldn't?" Vesh said mockingly. He then dropped the teen quickly, before catching him with his other arm. He earned a short scream from Cardin in the process. "Aww, how cute. You scream like a girl when you're about to fall."
"I'm not the biggest fan of heights."
"You aren't? Well, you learn something new every day, but you know what they say, right?"
"What?" The scared bully asked.
"The best way to overcome a fear is facing it. I'm just helping you face a fear right now. Wait, I have an idea! Hang on real quick." He then tossed Cardin up into the air. As Cardin was in the air, Vesh quickly grabbed a pole from the room he was in. As he walked back to the window, he enjoyed the sound of Cardin's screaming. Just as Cardin passed the window, Vesh stuck the pole out the window and put the pole under Cardin's breastplate, catching him. "Hey, look what I caught. It's the biggest idiot I've ever seen."
"Very funny, now can you pull me in?" Cardin said aggressively.
"Nah, I have a better idea." Vesh then slammed the pole into the wall of the building. "I made a new flag!" The archer said proudly.
"Just let me back in!"
"Nah, I think I'll just leave you up there until one of your teammates finds you. Oh, and if you tell anyone I did this, I'll make sure next time is much worse." Vesh then began walking away. "Have fun Cardin!" Vesh called out as he turned the corner in the hall. Cardin continued to call for help as Vesh walked away. "Ahh, nothing like the sweet sound of panic." He said.
-During Lunch-
The teen sat, eating his cheese burger at lunch, when Pyrrha brought up the news. "Apparently, someone hung Cardin out a window by a pole."
"They called him a human flag." Yang said, laughing harder than she ever had. Vesh smiled as he remembering his work.
"Serves him right." Blake said with a hint of anger.
"Well, this is about the time Nora and Ren show up, with Nora telling one of her stories." Pyrrha said as she stabbed into her salad.
On cue, the bubbly pink haired girl and her stoic best friend sat down at the table. "Do I have a story for you guys!" Nora said happily as she sucked down a pancake.
"Do you only ever eat pancakes?" Weiss asked.
"So there Ren and I were, in the middle of an ocean." The girl started.
"Take that as a yes." Vesh said, answering Weiss.
The teen's scroll then rang out as the girl told her story, signaling he had a new message. The message read, "I heard you're the person to talk to to get a job done right."
Vesh thought back to Ike's days of less than legal activities and decided that a little money might be nice. "Depends on how much you're offering to pay."
"Meet me at this address in two hours and we'll discuss your pay. 2453 Torchwood Ave.. See you then."
"Well, looks like I won't be attending my afternoon classes." He thought.
"I have to head into Vale, I probably won't be back for a while." The archer said standing up.
"What about your classes?" Jaune asked.
"I'll be missing Oobleck's lecture and some target practice from Professor Burns. Who cares?"
"WHO CARES!?" Weiss said with a mix of anger and shock. "These are your classes! The classes that will make you a great Hunter!"
"Yes, because learning about why the Faunus beat the crap out of the Humans during the war is going to matter when an Ursa is trying to cut me and half." Blue said sarcastically.
"What about Professor Burns's class?" Pyrrha asked.
"Please, he's just going to shoot bullets around my head for an hour like he always does." Vesh replied.
"It's true, Ike had to act as a hostage for an entire class, while students shot at his kidnapper." Ruby added.
"I got hit four times!" Vesh said angrily.
"I already apologized for that!" Ruby whined.
"Didn't take away the pain from your sniper bullets." Vesh retorted, before he kissed the girl's head. "Just tell the professors I got food poisoning." He said as he walked away from the group and out of the cafeteria.
"Isn't Oobleck a doctor?" Nora asked the others at the table.
"Don't remind us." Jaune replied boredly.
-In Vale-
Vesh turned down the road and reached Torchwood Avenue. "2450, 2451, 2452, 2453. Here we are." Vesh said to himself as he stood in front of a broken down bar. The windows had been smashed, the door looked newly rehung judging by the cracks on the frame, and there appeared to be a bit of fire damage. "Hello?" The evil teen called out as he walked in. The inside of the bar looked even worse than the outside. The entire place was ransacked. "Anyone coming or did I just waste my time coming to this hell hole?!" Vesh asked angrily
"No, no I'm here." A middle aged man said as he walked down the stairs. As he descended, a jaguar's tail showed itself, identifying the man as a Faunus. "And you know, this place wasn't always a hell hole."
"Well, it is now." Vesh replied.
"You can thank those racists for that." The man then extended his hand out. "You can just call me Jay."
"Real name?"
"Of course not."
"Well then, call me India."
"Code name, I'm guessing?" Jay said as he sat down at the bar.
"You're good at guessing." Vesh replied as he sat next to him. "So, why'd you contact me?"
"I have a job for you."
"Obviously."
"You see this trashed bar around us?" Jay said.
"Kinda hard to miss." Vesh replied as he looked around. He did notice something quite peculiar though. There was a White Fang mask hiding on one of the shelves of the bar. It was obviously put there to attempt to be hidden, as it was placed behind a few picture frames, but it was a bad hiding place at best.
"Well you see, a few racists broke in here and began attacking. I'm fortunate to still be alive right now."
"So what's the job?" Blue asked starting to get impatient.
"I want you to eliminate this group of bandits."
"As in eliminate, you mean…"
"I want you to kill them." Jay replied.
"Wow, a bit harsh." The archer replied boredly. "I do have a question for you though."
"And that is?"
"Why are you lying to me?" Blue asked as he stared right at the man.
"I'm not."
"Oh really? That White Fang mask says otherwise. By the way, it wasn't that well hidden. So why don't you tell me what you really want me to do, or I can just call the police right now."
"You're quite the observant one. Yes, your right, you won't just be taking down a group of thugs. You'll be attacking the Schnees."
"That's a big target."
"It can be a big pay check."
"How big?"
"How's 20,000 lien sound?"
"Make it 25,000 and we have a deal."
"Sounds fair enough." Jay said, typing out a message to someone.
"So, what am I doing?"
"Just take this ear piece and listen to directions." Jay said, giving the teen the piece of equipment.
"Where am I attacking?" Vesh asked as he put in the ear piece.
"Dock 13. There's a Schnee dust company executive that we've been trying to kill for years and he'll be there to oversee a shipment, so take some dust as a party favor if you want to."
"Sounds fun." Vesh said as he stood up.
"Oh, and one more thing." The Faunus said. Vesh turned around just in time to catch the White Fang's uniform, complete with the mask. "You need something to disguise yourself. Change into those before you get there and make sure you keep the mask on. The Schnees are ruthless."
"I know that all too well." The archer said to himself as he walked out the door.
-Dock 13-
"Can you hear me?" A man asked through the headset in Vesh's ear.
"Yes." He replied. He was currently hiding in one of the shipping crates in the dock. The teen was wearing the uniform provided for him and had a bag on his back, in case he decided to take some dust with him.
"Good, I've got a good view of the dock from up on the roof with my sniper rifle, so I'll be directing you. Just do as I say and you'll be fine. Understood?"
"Understood."
"Perfect, I think we'll get along just fine. Now, the Schnee executive is in the building in the south side of the dock. That's why you've been hired. I can't get a shot on anyone inside and I can't see inside, so you'll be on your own in there. Outside, be quiet and don't raise any attention. On the inside, do what you want, but it'll be easier if you do everything silently."
"Got it, now what am I doing?" Vesh asked, ready to get started.
"When I tell you to, I want you to open the door to the crate and walk out. As soon as you do, close the door and stay there." After a few seconds, the man then said, "Go, now." The evil teen silently opened the door and walked out into the night. The only light came from the full moon and the few street lights lining the utility roads of the docks. "Alright, there's a guard on the right side of the crate, take him out."
The archer pulled out his bow, notched an arrow and looked around the corner. The guard was facing away from him, walking back and forth. The teen then drew back the arrow, and fired into the back of the man's neck, killing him. "Good kill. Now move forward to where the guy was."
Vesh moved forward to where he was ordered to. "Good, now there will be three guards ahead of you. I'll be able to take out the one looking at you, it's up to you to take the other two out."
"Alright, go on my mark." Vesh replied. He then moved through the shadows, until he was close enough to the two men. The archer then switched to his duel blades and prepared himself. "Fire" He ordered.
The shot was silent in the night as it collided with the guard's head, killing him. Before the other two could react, Vesh had snuck behind then and quietly stabbed through both of them, killing them as well. "You're doing good kid. Now hide those bodies. It'll be easy to find them if they're in the middle of the road."
Blue quickly began moving the corpses into the shadows. As he drug the last body over, he heard a voice ring out in the night. "Freeze!" a man said. Vesh turned around to see a guard with his rifle trained on him. "Drop the body and put your hands up!" The guard ordered.
Vesh did as he was told, but the second he put up his hands, a bullet passed through the man's head. "Hide him too." Vesh's helper said.
"Will do."
The teen hid the bodies and immediately got new orders. "There's a patrol coming your way. Climb onto the shipping crates and hide there. If they see the bodies, tell me and we'll take them out."
"Got it." Vesh replied. He then jumped up on top of one of the crates and jumped onto one of the crates stacked onto an adjacent crate. As he stood on top of it, he noticed there was an open crate next to him. The evil teen walked inside of it and discovered that it was filled with dust. Blue smiled just before he began to stuff the bag full of dust.
"Okay kid, the patrol passed, time for you to stop stealing and get back to work." The sniper said.
"Fine." Vesh replied. "Couldn't fit anymore in anyways." He said to himself.
"Alright, you're nearly there. Just turn right and move quickly to avoid the patrol. You should hit the building." Vesh did as he was told and hid at the corner of the building. "Good, now do you see the window above you?"
"Yes."
"Jump up there and the rest is up to you. Good luck."
Blue crouched down and sprang into the air, barely grabbing the edge of the window at the peak of his jump. He then pulled himself up into the window and stayed there for a second to observe his surroundings. Directly below him was the second floor catwalk. The bottom floor was covered by wooden boxes and people moving them. "I don't think I'll have to worry about them." Vesh thought. A steel catwalk wrapped around the edges of the building and ran through the middle. There were boxes on it that would provide cover for him. Luckily, the building wasn't perfectly square, so the corners of the building could also provide cover. There were a few offices on the sides, one of which the target was in.
"Alright, time to go." Vesh thought as he dropped in. He landed behind one of the crates, so he was hidden from view.
He waited for the guard to pass by him, before he slipped behind one of the corners of the building. As the guard approached once again, Vesh stabbed into the man. He then saw a man turning towards him. The teen quickly threw an arrow at the man, stabbing into the man's throat. Blue then pulled the man he was still holding around the corner and finished him off. "Better hurry." He thought. The teen then began to hop from cover to cover, until he reached one of the offices.
It had the name, "Mr. Wit." On the door.
"What's the name of the target?" Vesh asked the sniper.
"Wit. You find his office?"
"Sure did." The archer replied, as he pushed open the door.
"Good, finish this quick and get out."
The archer walked into the office and was greeted by a man working at his desk. "Jade, would you kindly… You aren't Jade." The man said, before his expression changed to one of horror. "Who are you?"
"I'm just a hitman. You're just unluckily the target." Vesh replied.
"Who sent you here?"
"The White Fang. Now, I need to get out of here quick, so it's time to end our little chat." The teen then quickly notched an arrow and fired into the man. Wit stumbled backwards and clutched his chest where the arrow had struck him. He then reached under his desk and pressed something, before falling. An alarm then blared throughout the building as footsteps could be heard outside the room. "Son of a bitch!" Vesh cursed before looking for an exit. The only one he could find was the window. And he used it.
The teen crashed through the window, and rolled upon impact. He then looked up to see guards staring down at him and yelling, before running away from the broken window.
"Of course we can't do this without incident." The sniper said. "You better start running kid."
Vesh began to sprint, weaving his way through the shipping crates as the sound of bullets hitting metal surrounded him. He dove over the head of a guard and stabbed an explosive arrow into the man's chest as he flew over him. Vesh then listened to the sound of the man panicking, before an explosion rang through the night. "Any ideas?" The teen asked the man, as soon as a spotlight shined down on him.
"Ya, I have one." The sniper replied before shooting out the light. "Turn right, I'm calling in reinforcements."
The teen turned the corner at the next shipping crate to find a group of five guards. "Really?" The teen asked.
The men then turned and aimed at him. "Freeze!" One of them ordered.
"Not gonna happen." Vesh replied before he began running at them. A hail of bullets passed by him as he jumped at one of the shipping crates. He then jumped off the side to the crate, launching himself at one of the guards. He grabbed the man, and used him as a shield from the bullets. He then tossed his human shield at the guard shooting at him, only for the man to dodge the human projectile. Vesh quickly punched the man in the chest, and knocked the gun out of his hand. Vesh grabbed the gun out of the air and sprayed bullets into the guard who owned the rifle, before kicking the disarmed man into another guard, smashing both of them against a crate.
With the two remaining guards firing at him, Blue quickly fired a fire arrow into the ground in between them. The blaze provided cover for the teen, who ran through the fire and landed a punch to one of the men's stomach. As the man doubled over, Vesh delivered a heel drop to the back of his head, sending him into the ground with enough force to cause him to bounce back up. Vesh then kicked the guard into the other one, sending them both sliding across the ground. "Well, you're little bonfire was enough of a signal for our pilot. Just sit tight for a second or two." The sniper said.
More guards then lined up in front of the teen and formed a firing line. "Tell your pilot to hurry up." Vesh said.
"He's working on it."
"Attention asshole!" One of the guards called out. "Drop your weapons now and you won't be shot to death… Tonight at least."
"Okay, time to end this." The sniper said, before firing a round into the man's head.
"Why would you…" The evil teen began to say, before the sound of a bullhead roaring overhead was heard and a hail of bullets erupted from the gun on the front.
"Jump onto it." The sniper said as he shot another round. Vesh quickly launched himself upwards, and grabbed onto the edge of the bullhead. An arm reached down and pulled the teen in.
"Let's go." The White Fang member who pulled him in said to the pilot, before the bullhead fled from the area. "Good job kid, you earned your pay check."
"Thanks."
-At Beacon-
Blue was walking over towards his class with professor Burns, when two familiar, but not welcome, faces walked up to him. "Hey, Ike." Emerald said happily.
"What's up?" Mercury asked as he wrapped an arm around the evil teen.
"What do you two want?" Vesh asked.
"Straight to the point, I like it." The girl said. "Here's the thing, we just want to make sure you don't squeal to the police about our little prom night raid, so we got a little incentive for you."
"Don't tell anyone and we won't show this." Mercury said, as he opened up his scroll and began playing a video of Vesh turning Cardin into a human flag.
"That's it? That'll get me detention at best. You still have nothing on me." The archer replied, as he brushed Mercury's arm off his shoulder.
"What about this one?" Mercury asked and he began playing security camera footage of Vesh's attack the night before. "Don't know about you, but I doubt that little white haired girl will be too pleased to see this."
"I don't think the police will look kindly on it either." The green haired girl added. "You should actually be happy we found this before the cops did."
"Please, you don't even know that's me." Blue retorted.
"Look at the weapons." The grey haired boy replied bluntly. "I don't think anyone uses weapons like that."
"So, do we have a deal? You be quiet about our illegal activities, you be quiet about ours?" Emerald asked.
"I suppose I don't have a choice. Deal." The archer replied.
"Perfect. You have a nice rest of your day." The grey haired teen said as the pair walked away.
As Vesh walked towards his class, he could only wonder one thing. "What did they do that they had to blackmail me? Probably something Ike knows."
Yay, blackmail! For once, I don't have anything story wise to write down here, so I'll just wrap up this chapter. Don't forget to go over to FictionPress and await my new story's debut. Anyways, leave me a review and send me a pm if you feel like talking to me, because I always love talking to my readers. I'll see you in the next chapter. BYE!