*Deep breath* Alrighty ladies and gentleman, I am back with another chapter of Unlikely Hero! Or UH, that works to, anyways, I am back. Since literally no one said anything about me writing a side story about what Adam has been doing during the events of UH while he was on his own, I am here to ask once again. Adam hasn't been in the story since the battle of Haven, and has only just appeared to be revealed to have been in "hiding", would you guys like to read a side story of Adam and what he was doing for the year he was missing?

Now let us get to the reviews!


CinderFall201: Hector will get something other than Kaioken, and I agree with you that he has been relying on it waaaay too much, something is coming. I can promise you that much. Can't say anything else besides spoilers.

SuperKaiokenGoku: I agree with you, especially with this most recent episode. Something has to be going on with the silver eyes of the RWBYverse.

Zeldawolffang: I am glad you feel that way!

TigerVolcano5000: Hell is going to have a pretty surprising role, and he will become much more dangerous. Neo has returned! Yes, finally, woohoo! You're missing a small problem with Neo and her joining Hector, you'll realize it soon enough I am sure. I hope you enjoy Adam's redemption, because I have quite the plan for him.

Kage-Kitsune9001: Ugh… you know how I feel about that already. Neo is of course going to have a lot of fun with not just Adam.

Guest: Huh, I think I might have liked to have Adam be redeemed rather than Ilia, but than Blake would have the issue of choosing Sun or Adam as a love interest. RT made their decision though, so nothing can be changed now unless they retcon a lot of things. Just means I get to write my own redemption story!

Thank you all for the reviews!


Now did any of you notice that Adam ditched his mask in the forest after the battle of Haven in his character short, and then the next time we see him in Volume 6 he has it back. I was a bit confused by it, they might have had something going on with him, and they keep wanting to hide the rest of his face with that very mask. If you haven't realized it by now, I am a small supporter of the Adam secretly having silver eyes theory, I am not crazy about it, but what other way could I have brought Adam back into the story?

Also, since the relics appearances of the relics have been revealed in the cannon, I am going to be changing what the relic of creation looks like. So instead of the paintbrush like I previously predicted, it is going to be a staff. Just look it up if you want to know what it looks like now.

Okay, I've said enough. Let's get back to the story!


Chapter 48- Foreshadow

"Hello, Hell." Salem greeted with a small, slightly forced smile as she sat on her throne, one hand on the seer to her left.

"Mother." Hell got down to one knee, and bowed down to her, his snow white hair flowing over his forehead.

"I see that that Doctor Watts' experiments were successful." Salem pointed out.

"They were, I now have a soul, and thus I am now capable of generating my own aura. I have been told that you already know the rest of the details." Hell said as he tilted his head up just enough so that his Grimm eyes met the Queens deathly pale face.

"Hell." Salem said suddenly in a darker tone. "How do you… feel."

"I… I don't understand what you mean." Hell said with a perplexed tilt of his head.

"Hm." Salem stood up, and stepped closer to Hell. "You have a soul now, Hell. I trust that you remember what I told you the day you requested permission to gain such a thing?"

"I haven't dared forget." Hell nodded his head, he wouldn't dare forget something like that… even when he was incapable of feeling fear, or should have been anyway. The way Salem glared at him and said what she said…

It scared him.

"And what did I say?" She asked, looking down at him both literally, and figuratively.

Hell hesitated for a moment, but in the next he repeated her words.

"The moment my desires rise above your own… that is when they are lost to me."

"It wasn't a threat." Salem added. "It was only the truth." She stepped backward, and sat back down in her throne, but kept her glare transfixed on Hell.

He was trembling.

"I will not lie to you dear, I have some concerns for this new predicament I have thrusted upon myself." Salem said, only adding to Hell's stress level. "Without your soul, you were much easier to control, and I know you know who holds the leash even now. Let me explain;" She cleared her throat, even though she really didn't have to. "You were able to slay Raven Branwen, who was the previous Spring Maiden, and while that was certainly something that needed to be done eventually, in the end our enemies still hold the power of not only the Fall Maiden, we can thank dear Cinder for that mess, but the Spring Maiden as well."

Hell gulped nervously, knowing what comes next.

"Then you were defeated by the very being you were created to destroy." Salem chuckled, it sounded, dark and empty, filled with malice. "I expect that you will not fall a second time, will you?"

"No!" Hell exclaimed, than caught himself before he could raise his voice against her any more. "No… I intend to be what you created me for."

"And what did I create you for?" Salem inquired.

"To be your… monster." Hell answered obediently, and bowed his head.

"Good." Salem smiled, satisfied with the result she has gotten. "Now, I assume you are here to acquire your next task?"

"Yes… I am to go to Vacuo, and retrieve the Summer Maiden, while also leaving Hector with an ultimatum that he shan't refuse." Hell repeated the same words Arthur told him back when he had no soul. "Also, I am to-"

"Stop." Salem ordered, holding one hand up.

Hell ceased speaking immediately. Then waited for Salem to speak to him.

"You are not going to go to Vacuo, the plans has changed."

"W-what?" Hell stuttered.

"You won't be able to defeat Hector, much less him and his allies. Let us remember that just because Ozpin is torn, and in a state of depress, that his current vessel did not lose any of his intelligence or fighting strength. Stack this with the fact that he is already stronger than you as you are now, he wouldn't need to go as far as he did before to defeat you." She explained.

Hell disagreed.

"But Mother-"

"Do not interrupt me!" Salem screamed, stood up, and held her hand out to magically squeezed Hell's throat with a disgusting black mist, cutting him off from the precious oxygen he has become accustomed to breathing in. "You do what I say, without question. I have been more than patient with your sudden bravery in questioning me. You will not just listen, you will obey, or you will die. Understand?"

Hell nodded his head frantically, black tears threatened to fall from his eyes as he struggled for breath. It was this moment where he realized just how vulnerable he really was.

Salem released him, and he coughed and hacked as he finally regained the ability to breath. He wiped his face of the black tears that almost escaped his eyes, and prostrated himself before the queen, more scared then he has ever been before.

"You will search for the Winter Maiden in Atlas; Hazel, Tyrian, and Marcus Black will be your allies for this endeavor." Salem said in a calm dark voice, that did nothing to stem Hell's fear and stress levels. "I will send you to Marcus Black myself with a pool of Grimm." As she said this she opened up said pool of Grimm, the disgusting putrid goo bubbling with evil energy. "I will have you find the Winter Maiden, kill her and any allies she may have with her, and retrieve the Relic of Creation. At that point you may come into contact with me once more, and I will retrieve you. Is that understood?"

Hell looked up to Salem, with a red face still prevalent after nearly being choked to death. What a way for a biologically immortal being to have been killed. His neck was bruised badly, leaving a black and blue mark around almost his entire neck, the residue from the Grimm mist still on the tips of his fingers as he futilely tried to pry it away from his neck.

He didn't speak, he only nodded his head.

"Good, now for the reason I am not sending you to Vacuo like I originally planned." Salem sat back down in her throne with a sigh, she figured she might as well explain it to him, but it was just boring to her. He should have known this anyway. "Not only will you not be able to destroy Hector like I thought you would."

Hell whimpered quietly at the jab to his pride. Wait… he has that now?

"But it is safe to assume that Ruby Rose has improved herself with her ability to use her eyes in combat. If that is the case, which would be very likely, then all she would have to do is stare you down and you will burn away." Hell slumped down, she was right in totality. "Not to mention that he would have both the Fall and Spring Maiden with him, you wouldn't stand a chance I'm afraid."

"I… understand." Hell whispered just loud enough for her to hear. "I will do as you say… but if I may." He flinched when Salem held her hand out again, but only for it to be waved at him to give him the okay to speak. "What of the Summer Maiden? I am the only one capable of defeating her am I not?"

"No, you are not." Salem said with a terrifying grim smile. "You are not the only one in my possession capable of defeating a Maiden."

Hell widened his eyes, and caught her meaning immediately when he saw her look at a magical flaming ball of black and red flames.

"I am more than capable of handling that task myself."


Hazel sat around a fire, with a sleeping white haired man name Marcus Black asleep in the makeshift tent to his right. Marcus went to find him after it was reported that Hazel was injured in his battle - if it could be called one - with the Winter Maiden. In other words, he got completely destroyed, and the missing pinky and ring finger on his left hand was a constant reminder to him that he should not pursue a battle with her a second time. Even though the first one was one that he wanted to avoid completely, he just tried to convince her that he wasn't there to kill her like she accused him of.

She left him stranded in an ice cavern for days straight, he would have died if it weren't for Marcus Black appearing in a cloud of smoke, and whisking him away with him, saving his life in the process. The bastard wouldn't let him forget it, which made him even more irritating than he originally thought he could be.

He snuffed out the thought of killing the man in his sleep, only because he owes him, and in all honesty needs him for this. The Winter Maiden stole the Relic of creation from Atlas during the battle, they need that staff in order to proceed with their plans, and Marcus is more than adept at sneaking around and stealing things. It was literally all he did in his life besides kill people and abuse his family.

The sound of something ruffling in the frozen bushes not too far from him caught his attention. Marcus' hand on his shoulder let him know that he was ready for it, how he woke up and accessed the situation so fast is something Hazel is not concerned with. The bushes ruffled some more, and Hazel stood up in his thick winter outfit, and turned his body toward the foliage.

"I know that you are there, come out and we can settle this peacefully." Hazel called out.

"Or don't, and I kill you, please choose that option." Marcus said with a sick grin.

A healed up scorpion tail poke out from the bushes, a normal one that is, and that made Hazel both widen his eyes, and then sigh in disappointment.

"HA!" Tyrian, now wrapped up in a white fluffy winter outfit jumped out of the bushes, with his weapons cocked and ready to go as he easily parried Marcus' kick and wrapped himself around Hazel's large midriff.

"Ah! Hazel my old friend." Tyrian cried. "It has been so long since I last seen you! Oh have I missed my dear killing buddy."

"Do not call me that." Hazel said as he threw Tyrian off of him. He flipped off his newly healed tail and landed on his feet an elegant bow.

"Oh, ho, ho, just as charming as the last time I saw you. Tell me, why didn't you ever visit me while I was oh so tired?" He asked with a crazed grin.

"Hey, weren't you killed already?" Marcus asked before Hazel could reply. "I mean, I've seen a lot of you die actually, even killed some of them myself. Made for some good practice."

Marcus blinked once, and Tyrian was up in his face with yellow eyes staring right into his black ones. He jumped back and got into a fighting position, ready to kill him for daring to startle him like that.

"Hm, I was told about you." Tyrian said as he intertwined his fingers behind his back and shrugged, unimpressed. "Uninteresting, just by getting a good look in your eyes I can tell your true goal does not lie with us."

"Tch, that's my business you insect." Marcus growled.

"Arachnid, actually." Tyrian correctly with uncharacteristic politeness. "Of course, of course! You business lies within your son! Am I right?"

Marcus yelled out as he fired a smoke blast at the faunus, which he dodged effortlessly.

"Hah! People always get upset when their feelings are guessed correctly." Tyrian said with a sick ear to ear smile and widened yellow eyes, his wrist blades cocked out to his sides as he gets ready to tear the robotic legs off of him.

Hazel sighed and shook his head, tuning out the rest of their back and forth banter as he sat back down by the fire.

"I would prefer it if my colleagues did not kill each other." A new voice said as he stepped through the trees, his snow white hair moving about with the wind as a set of black and red eyes looks about the group he is going to be working with.

"Ah, look who it is! The prince of the Grimm himself, I was wondering when you were going to show up." Tyrian said as he mocked a bow toward Hell.

"Ugh, you really do have the same face as that other guy." Marcus huffed as he stuffed his hands in his pockets.

"I was conversing with my mother about the plans, I am to align myself with you all, and find the Winter Maiden. Kill her, and retrieve the Relic of Creation." Hell said as he stood into the center of the camp.

Hazel remained silent, he knew of Hell's existence, but he does keep in mind that he doesn't look how he thought he would look, given the fact that he is technically Salem's son because of the DNA they share. He would have to speak with him on his own in order to understand exactly who he is working with when he gets the chance.

"Oh, goodie! I get to have some fun, hehehe." Tyrian cackled as he crouched down by the fire, and comedically warming up his tail rather then his hands.

"Possibly, but I doubt that after the last "Attack" that she is going to be alone this time, so be ready for a fight." He didn't sound as hostile as Hazel thought, even though he noticed the slight jab at him for letting the maiden know that they were after her. But she wouldn't be expecting the amount of power they would have behind them this time. "Rest up, we are going to be searching for her as soon as the sun rises." Hell ordered.

"Hey, scorpion dude. Is this the real you or just another clone?" Marcus asked as he bit into a piece of meat. Ignoring the order that was just given to him.

"Nothing is better than the original~" Tyrian said with a giggle.

"Eh, fair enough." Marcus shrugged, and then looked to Hell. " Hell right? Since you're ordering us around and everything, why don't we come up with our own team name, eh?" Marcus suggested with a chuckle as he sat down on a log. "I mean, there's four of us, and all the cool kids are doing it, we might as well have some fun of our own. You even get to be the team leader!" He pointed to Hell.

"That's childish and immature." Hazel commented.

"C'mon big guy, I saved your life! Work with me here." Marcus laughed as he pat the larger mans back.

"I am already working with you, I am neither agreeing or disagreeing with you." Hazel said unenthusiastically.

"We got two on board now." Marcus laughed as Hazel growled quitely.

Hell sighed. "If all three of you want it, than I'll come up with one."

"I have an idea!" Tyrian exclaimed as he rose his hand, and tail.

Hell sighed again, it looks like they were getting a team name. "Yes, Tyrian?"

"Team HHBC, or Havoc for short. Eh? It's got a good ring to it." Tyrian suggested, adding his own amused laughter at the end of his sentence.

"Hey… that's not half bad scorpion dude. I like it!" Marcus said with a nod. "Makes us sound intimidating."

"How do two H's, a B, and a C make 'Havoc'?" Hazel asked.

"Bah, don't think too hard about it, thinking was always Arthur's job." Tyrian said with a wave of his hand.

"What about you Prince? Or do you prefer Hell your majesty?" Marcus sarcastically asked.

Hell ignored his quip, it wasn't worth killing him for it, not when he needed his skills. But he was thinking about the team name that Tryian of all people suggested for them, it wasn't too bad, even if Hazel was right about how the name doesn't really work with the letter they have to work with… but than again, since when are such rules beholden to them?

"Havoc… I like it." Hell said with a nod. "Team HHBC it is."

"Hell yeah!" Marcus exclaimed, and Hell looked at him for a moment, thinking that he was called for, before coughing into his fist and ignoring the questioning look on his face.

"Alright, so leader." Marcus leaned in on with his elbows on his knees, saying the word with a good amount of sarcasm that even sounded forced to Hell's ears. "I got a question for ya, something I've honestly been wondering for a very long time. Since you've been so very kind to us so far, I thought I would ask you such a thing."

Hell was just a bit weirded out, but he shrugged it off and joined the group, trying to hide the fact that he also enjoyed the heat that the fire did give off. "Go for it." He said with a flat expression on his face.

"Great! So, this is what I've been thinking, so it is no doubt that you have a bit a Salem in you, is that right?"

"Correct."

"And you also have a bit of Hector's DNA in you, is that also correct?"

"Unfortunately so. Is this going anywhere?"

"Weeell." Marcus made that word last hang in the air a bit, adding to the 'suspense' in the air. "Since you are made up of both Salem's and Hector's cells… and you call Salem your mom… than that means."

"Don't say it."

"Hector would technically be your…"

"Stop."

"Daddy." Marcus finished as he bursted out in laughter, and Tyrain couldn't help but join in on it.

To Hell's horror, he actually blushed a bit in embarrassment. Realistically Marcus would be wrong, but technically… He didn't want to think on it any further.

"Stop laughing at such an immature claim! I have his cells and nothing else! He is not my father!" Hell yelled at the hysterical white haired man.

"Yeah but… you've got his face and everything! Than you got Mama's hair color… and the whole veiny thing she's got going on, and than those eyes are just unmistakeable hers. But, everything else… belongs to daddy." Marcus laughed even harder even as he was punched right through the tent he set up for himself.

"You think you're so damn clever do you?" Hell's answer was just more laughing, and it took an astounding amount of willpower not to kill Marcus on the spot, and then kill Tyrian for laughing as well. At least Hazel kept quiet, that was his only solace.

"Ugh, I'll be walking around. Get some sleep you damn fools." Hell demanded as he sent himself off on a trip into the snowy forest.

Team Havoc was off to a great start.


"You drunken insufferable fool!" Winter shouted to Qrow as he drank from his flask and sat around the fire he made that has lasted until morning.

"What did I do now, Ice Queen?" Qrow asked with a grunt as he stuffed his flask inside of his coat pocket.

"That criminal you let keep watch overnight is gone!" Winter exclaimed angrily. "I knew we shouldn't have trusted him, why did you place so much in a man such as he?"

"Eh? That's what you're worried about?" Qrow asked with an amused snicker. "I sent the kid out to run some laps."

Winter sighed and pinched her nose. "You sent Mercury Black, to do 'some laps', in the snow?"

"Yeeep."

"And you didn't care enough to tell me about this sudden turn of events?"

"Nope."

"Why?"

"For this exact reason Ice Queen, you overreact with everything, and you should know by now that I don't play by the rules." Qrow said with a chuckle. "The fact that you keep trying to play the leader here is hilarious by the way."

"Well someone has to be the leader around here since you are too busy being useless." Winter said as she started packing their camping equipment.

"Why are you packing everything?" Qrow sighed.

"Because we have to continue our search for the Winter Maiden Qrow, and sitting around isn't going to do anything for us in terms of progression." Winter explained. "But I doubt you would remember that."

"Nah, I do." Qrow sighed and begun to help her tear down the temporary camp. "I don't think we are in the right are to look for her."

"How would you know that?" Winter asked bitterly.

"Because I can fly snowflake." Qrow reminded her. "What? You think I was sitting around doing nothing during the nights? You have that little faith in me?"

Winter's silence was telling.

"Wake up call Winter, I am a huntsman to. I don't always sit around and do nothing." Qrow said in a calm tone as he tore down his tent.

"I know… I'm sorry I've just been… not myself ever since the attack." Winter hesitantly shared her true thoughts.

Qrow understood her meaning, he knew why she has become more antagonistic ever since the attack on Atlas. Which was why he has turned it down a lot of notches when it came to teasing her, in fact he can't remember the last time he did so. She had to kill her dad, and even though the bastard deserved it for everything he did, it doesn't mean that she isn't suffering for it. He has noticed how withdrawn she has been, even around her beloved younger sister, Mini Ice Queen.

But in a way, he can relate to her, on a lot of those things.

"You weren't the only one who had to do something like that y'know." Qrow said without turning to look at her as he folded up the tent poles.

Winter remained silent, but widened her eyes at him and stopped what she was doing.

"Raven, and I… when we were younger, you think you're dad was bad? Well, imagine both parents being twenty times worse." Qrow chuckled darkly as he roughly shoved the poles into the tent's bag. "We had scars to remember them by, before and after we killed them both." He revealed as he zipped up the bag, still not looking at her. "Let this old man give you some advice Winter, treasure the family you have left, because before you know it you might be the last one left, and not even all the money in the world can fill that void."

Qrow was the final surviving Branwen, his only blood related family left in the world was Yang, and she has grown so fast that before he knew it, she didn't need him anymore. Ruby didn't neither, she could not only take care of herself, but she had Hector looking after her, even if she didn't know that. He lost two out of three of his teammates that he graduated with from Beacon, and the last one is handicapped.

His tribe was destroyed, he went back to check while Hector was in his coma, all he found were bodies and Grimm there, so there goes that family to. Even if it wasn't exactly 'legal' family.

He was a very lonely man, Winter realized. His semblance certainly didn't make anything easier.

"I'm back." Mercury said as he jogged into camp, his breath visible in the cold air as he huffs and puffs.

"Ah, there he is. Come help us out will ya? Carry the heaviest bag for me." Qrow ordered as he threw a sixty pound bag with all sorts of tools and gadgets in it. Mercury blew air out of his lungs as he caught it, the surprising amount of weight nearly making him trip over before he caught himself and slipped the heavy bag on over his shoulders.

Mercury didn't say anything when Qrow wiped tears off his face, thinking that no one saw him. In truth, he overheard the whole thing, he couldn't help but be curious. It makes him both respect and worry for the man even more than he did before. Because in all honesty.

He thinks that Qrow has nothing much else to live for.

"You good Winter?" He asked, tearing his eyes away from Qrow's back.

"Y-yes, thank you for your concern." Winter said kindly as she stood up. "Lets go, we have a Maiden to find."

"Read my mind Ice Queen." Mercury chuckled when Winter glared at Qrow, and his laugh almost made him forget that the man before him was hurting so much inside.

Almost.


"We're here." Hector said with a tired yawn as they approached the gates of Haven. Blake, Neo, and Adam trailing behind him. The latter two the farthest away. He stopped before the guards could get a sight on them, they would let him and Blake in easily, there was no doubt about that in his mind. But Neo and Adam? Neo could get in, but Adam sticks out like a sore thumb, he could probably sneak in as well, but that won't gain the trust of everyone if he snuck past all the guards and surprised everyone at Haven, no, he would have to walk with them, and if that happened than he would be arrested on the spot, being the most wanted man in three- no four kingdoms now if you count Menagerie.

"Adam." Hector called to him, meeting silver eyes with his sharp blue. "Sorry to do this to you bud, but we are going to have to get a disguise for you."

"I expected as much." Adam sighed. "What do you have in mind?"

"Neo?"

Neo perked up, and placed a hand around her ear to show that she was listening.

"Does your semblance work for other people? As in could you disguise other people to look different like you can do with yourself." He asked as he yawned once again, being awake for twenty seven hours straight sure is tiring.

Neo thought on it for a moment, she has never tried it before, but that shouldn't mean that it is not possible. She holds her hand sideways to Hector, palm down, and tilts it side to side like that.

"Well, unless we have some hair dye somewhere Adam is going to stick out like a sore thumb, just do what you can for now." Hector said as he crossed his arms with a smile. Whatever Neo had on her mind for a disguise for Adam, he needed to see it.

The way Neo smirked and looked toward Adam with a smug expression did not make him feel any better about his current situation, he wants to argue that there has to be some other way, but a silly disguise would be the least of his worries if he made Blake any angrier than she already is at the moment.

With a sigh, he let Neo get in close and place a hand on his forehead, feeling an odd sensation over his whole body as he is enveloped in a light pink aura.

Hector tried his best to stifle his snicker, and even Blake had to look away to hide the small smile on her face. Neo looked so happy with what she did that she gave herself a round of applause, and Adam looked down at his body to see that he was no longer wearing black, but a mixture of pink, white, and brown. Upon looking at Neo, and then back at himself, he instantly realized what she just did to him.

His hair was just like Neo's in way, he kept his brown hair, but instead of neon red highlights, he now has bright pink in its place. His skin was slightly paler than before, and instead of a dark blood red color, it was now an adorable bright pink. The only semblance of what he looked like before was his silver eyes.

"Neo." Hector said with a loud laugh as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "You did fantastic, I have never been so proud of you more than I am now."

Neo smiled and fluttered her eyelashes, flattered by the compliment, even though this is literally the first time Hector has ever been proud of her, ever.

"Do I even want to ask… even if I already know the answer?" Adam asked as he rubbed a hand down his face.

"Nope, but you look like Neo's older brother now, or should I say younger?" Hector looked at Neo for confirmation, who just shrugged in response. "Twins it is, congratulations Adam, your new new name is… uh… Blake any ideas?"

"Why would you think I care?" Blake hissed.

"Okay, not asking you that again, Neo any ideas?" He looked to the shorter girl beside him.

Neo held out a sign that came out of thin air, and on it in bold black letters said:

Politan

"Politan? Neo seriously- wait…" Hector thought to himself for a few seconds. "Neo… and Politan… Nice one. What do you think Adam?"

"..." Adam could only stare at his beloved sword that has been changed to a color he would have never worn on his body normally. "I am content." He said instead of driving his adorable sword into Neo's body.

"Glad you are." Hector smirked. "Lets go, this day is far from over."

"The sun literally just rose." Blake pointed out.

"Like I said, far from over. Also shut up." Hector said all with a smile.


They all walk the rest of the way there in silence, but this time the group walks much closer together, almost shoulder to shoulder. Upon seeing them the guards question them, but once they see Hector, the hero of Mistral and Atlas, they let them in. Knowing that he is pure of heart and wouldn't hand around with anyone who would pose a threat to the kingdoms. How ironic and brave of them to think that.

Hector got continuously more sleepy as time went on, and they were barely ten percent closer to the Academy itself when it started to show in his movements. Not only has he been tired, but he hasn't eaten since he landed in the kingdom, nor has he drank. Blake noticed the way he was moving lethargically, but it was him almost tripping over his own feet where Neo had enough.

Without any sort of warning, she pushed Blake into Hector, causing them both to fall over, than grabbed 'Politan' by the wrist and pulled him until they were all touching each other.

Before Hector could ask her what she was doing, he found himself in the hall of Haven, a place that has been forever burned into his memory.

"Neo." He groaned as he rolled onto his back and looked at her.. "Why didn't you do that like five hours ago?"

Neo simply shrugged, the most likely case was because none of them bothered to ask her if she could do that.

"Whatever, we are going to have a talk soon anyway." He said as he pushed himself back onto his feet, Neo nodded her head, expecting something like that to go down. "Let's go see our darling friends-" He cut himself off as he turned around and a young black haired girl barreled into him.

"RJ!" Rhea exclaimed as she looked up at him from his chest.

"Ogh, hey Rhea. Missed you too." Hector said as he hugged her back, his long arms wrapping around her and relishing in the warmth that she provides. "How is everyone else?"

"Eh… we're fine for the most part. Yang trained me while you were gone, and Ruby has been…" Her voice trailed off, and she broke away from the hug with a flushed face when she saw that they weren't alone.

Neo made an adorable silent aw sound and placed her hands over her heart. Adam didn't really know what to do, so he just smiled and tried to look friendly. Blake smiled as well, but stepped away from Adam a few feet out of spite.

"Missing me? Angry? Going to kill me when she sees me?" Hector listed off possible outcomes without asking Knolly.

"All of the above…?" Rhea said with an apologetic look on her face.

Hector sighed and shook his head, that was something that needed to be handled as soon as possible. "That's what I get I guess. Where are they right now?"

"They told me that it was the room and that you would know which room to go to." Rhea explained simply.

"Got it, let's go everyone, I am sleepy and I would much rather get on with this sooner rather than later." Hector said as he followed Rhea out the doors, faintly remembering the time he charged into the room to punch Cinder in the face. Good times.

As they walked, Rhea leaned closer to Hector. "Is that the guy that you went to go look for?" She asked, referring to the male Neo death glaring Neo in the back.

"Yup, he's Adam, he should be okay for now. But I don't want you around him without someone else with you okay?" Hector said in a firm voice that betrayed how tired he looked.

"O-okay." Rhea obeyed right away. "He doesn't look that scary though."

"Hah!" Hector laughed. "Yeah, you can thank the other girl behind me for that one, she's Neo by the way." Neo happily waved at the young Fall Maiden as he introduced her. "She's okay, you can talk to her, I can trust you not to try and kill my step daughter right?" Hector asked as he looked over his shoulder.

Neo put a thumbs up.

"Yeah, she's fine."

"Where did she come from? She's adorable!" Rhea exclaimed, and Neo somehow managed to fake a blush rushing up to her cheeks.

"She just sorta… showed up. I didn't really think much of it, and I decided to let her stick around. She's better a friend then an enemy anyway."

"Well I think me and her are going to be great friends." Rhea said innocently as she went to go chat with Neo, and quickly realized that she was mute and just tried her best, which only made her even more adorable than before.

She was precious, and he would be damned if he let anything happen to her.

He made sure to send Neo a warning glare, which was well received if her soft smile was of any indication.

She then stuck her tongue out at him, which made him wonder just how old she is.


"Alright, we're just a few doors down, you all can do your own thing if you want, but Politan," Hector smiled, amused with the fake name still. "You're gonna stick with me for now, I don't know how the others would feel about you just yet, I am sure you know what that means."

"Okay." Adam said without any real emotion in his voice.

"Neo… don't kill anyone, please." Hector practically begged with his hands clapped together as if he was praying.

Neo pouted, but nodded her head to his request.

Hector turned to find Blake, but found her already walking past him and into the room. He knew that she wasn't angry with him, might be angry at Neo, but it is mostly because of Adam. He noticed the dark spots under her eyes, indicating just how tired she was. He could understand that very well.

He also noticed the way Adam, or Politan, whatever you would prefer to call him. Look at her as she pushed by him, with a sad expression on his face. He hasn't looked at her, much less even try to talk to her ever since they found him and Neo. He deserves this kind of treatment after everything he did, he knows it. But it doesn't make it hurt any less for the ex-high leader of the White Fang.

Neo stuck by him, seemingly deciding to stick around for now, and not going off to do whatever she does when she is bored. Hector didn't think much of it, if she suddenly had a change of heart and was willing to work with them, he wasn't going to question it. But the matter on if she still blames Ruby for the death of Roman is another matter entirely. She must know that she is here, that much has to be true. At this point though, Ruby should be able handle herself against her, but as she is right now? She is in a weak emotional state.

Hector is willing to keep her around, but won't hesitate in casting her out if she threatened Ruby's safety.

Rhea reminded him that she was there and snapped him out of his thinking process when she grabbed him by the elbow, and pulled him gently to the room where his friends are no doubt waiting for his return.

He nodded toward her, and flicked his head to the other two young adults behind him. Then before he knew it the door was opened, and he was met immediately with the faces of all of his friends, including a smiling Ruby, whose eyes lit up upon seeing him. He didn't know what to do at first, since all of their eyes seemed to have been averted to the male Neo behind him, at least that was the case until Neo took off the disguise for him, revealing him to be the same Adam Taurus that helped changed all of their lives at the fall of Beacon. His neon red hair unmistakeable.

Yang scowled at him, and her human arm twitched out of PTSD from remembering the pain of losing her other arm that she was born with. It was going to be very difficult for her to get used to having him of all people as an ally. She stared him down as he made his way to a isolated part of the whole room, and sat on a small couch in the corner of the room. The darker lit part made it look like his hair was glowing, but his silver eyes was much more enticing.

To add even more to their surprise was when Neo twirled out and bowed toward all of them, looking at all of them at the end of her bow with a smirking face. Amused with all of their surprised expressions.

"Yeah… she's a good guy now too apparently." Hector said weakly, not really knowing how to explain recruiting the help of not only a former terrorist, but the help of a still active criminal who also helped make their lives a living hell.

Neo danced her way to the circle of sofas, and happily plopped down on the only empty one, and Rhea flew over to join her, much to her excitement.

"Am I missing something?" Nicholas Arc asked. "I understand the terrorist over there, but what's wrong with this one?"

"Why did you have to ask that?" Hector asked from within his mind as he visibly flinched when Yang growled loudly and stomped toward her room, slamming the door shut. Blake sighed and followed her in.

'Even without Qrow, it seems like you have your own way of finding bad luck.' Jinn helpfully quipped.

"Long story Nick, I am just tired right now." Hector stepped forward, his tired face and demeanor much too obvious for them to not notice. He looked to Ruby anyways, who just looked back to him, and he never looked more nervous than he had before around her, which was both adorable and sad to her.

"I-"

"I'm not mad at you." Ruby said before Hector could try to make amends for leaving her in such a weak emotional state like he did.

"Yeah Hex, why would Ruby of all people be mad at you for doing something you had to do anyway?" Nora asked with a wink.

From the corner of his eyes Hector could see Neo waggle her eyebrows at him teasingly.

"Y-Yeah, silly me." Hector was horrified by the yawn that escaped from his mouth the second he finished that sentence, but everyone just laughed at him for it and invited him over.

"I'll be around, just got to set things up for the Bullhead to take us to Beacon. Call me if you need be kids." Nicholas said as he noped out of there.

"He always does that, are we doing something wrong?" Ren asked Jaune.

"Nah, he is bad with people younger than him except for his own children." Jaune laughed as he made room for Hector to sit next to Ruby.

He fell back in the couch, and instantly almost fell asleep. His legs felt so heavy and his eyes closed almost automatically. But he forced himself to stay awake even as Ruby rested her head on his shoulder within the same second he sat down.

"I got plans for what we're going to do, I just need you guys to-"

"Nope, we can worry about it tomorrow." Ruby cut him off with a flick to his nose.

"What?" Hector asked stupidly.

"You're tired, and you can barely keep your eyes open. You're going to go to sleep right here."

"But-"

"No buts!" Ruby raised her voice, and Hector shut his mouth right away. This is what he gets for doing the right thing at the wrong time. The very wrong time.

"I don't have much time for rest."

"That's your problem." Jaune spoke up. "You don't let yourself have time for rest."

"You're always doing something." Ren continued for him. "We rarely ever see you sitting down for more than a couple of minutes, you're always planning, training, raising Rhea, or talking to Ruby. "

"Don't think we haven't noticed that the last time you had a full nights sleep was the first night we left Atlas on the Bullhead." Nora finished.

Hector sighed, he lost this argument hands down, only because he didn't have the energy to argue back. He looked to Ruby, who despite the last twenty four hours, is still not any less happy to be around him, if anything, she is more happy to see him than before.

"Pleeeeease?" Rhea nailed the final nail in the coffin with the most adorable puppy eyes face he has ever seen. Even Neo was taken aback by it and nearly fainted.

"Alright, alright, fine. I'll take it easy the next few days." Hector surrendered finally, and relaxed his shoulders. Took his tongue out from the roof of his mouth, and let his eyes gently close. "Just… be… quiet for…" He fell asleep in seconds, inadvertently trapping Ruby beside him since her arms were wrapped around one of his unless she wanted to stand up. She wouldn't stand up.

No one saw it, but Adam snickered quietly at the display. It was like they completely forgot that he was there for a few moments, but he would stay there until he was called upon. His own legs were tired, but he wouldn't dare falling asleep with the company he is with. But he feels as though a tense conversation with the blonde one, Yang, is in order.

But he felt something in the back of his mind, a warm sensation behind his eyes as he looked into Ruby's silver, a sense of familiarity, despite never really meeting the girl in the flesh before. He passes it off as being something that involves his silver eyes, and rests the back of his head on the wall.

If they all wanted to rest, then he would not get in the way of that.


Well, a lot of things happened this chapter, possibly the most characters I have had to write in a single chapter since the battle of Atlas. A lot of foreshadowing, a new LOOOONG arc is on it's way or has already commenced, and this AU Volume 7 is just getting more and more exciting for me to write. Two arcs happening at the same time is going to be challenging, but I relish in the challenge!

What do you think of this chapter? The way I wrote the characters, about Hell specifically? I put more effort into him this chapter than in any other I feel, even with his epic battles. He is going to learn that having a soul is just as bad as it is good, because now he has something to lose.

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