A/N Don't hate me too much , you will find out who is under the mask tomorrow.

Ch. 51 The Meeting

Not everyone was happy that the team wanted to go and meet this madman alone and with no weapons at all. The trip they needed to take would take them two days and the man wanted to meet in three. They could waste no time in getting what they needed together and started off. The second they left Ozpins office they went back to the dorm and started getting clothes and other things into travel bags. Once they had everything they needed they gathered it all and started out towards the front of the school. The plan was to jump on the train to Vale and then from there walk to the meeting sight stopping as they needed. The boarded the solo train car and the ride into Vale was quiet. None of them really had anything to say along the ride they just looked at the floor or out the window. Once the train reached its destination the group exited the train, and following Blake, started off towards the edge of the city. They talked very little as they made their way through the city, the only ones who did were Ruby and Wynne. Once they hit the end of the city Blake stopped and turned to rest of the group looking at each one of them. "Once we start out to the meeting there is no turning back." She watched the face of everyone there. "If you want to turn back, now is your last chance." None of the girls move and they all look at Blake.

"We are going with you. We want to see this to the end as much as you do." Yang said putting a hand on Blakes shoulder. A small smile comes over her face and then she turns back to the road out of the city.

"Lets go we have a lot of ground to cover." The group started their journey towards the meeting place moving as much and as fast as they could. They took a break when they felt like they needed too and when night fell they got ready to set up camp. Each one of them had their own job they knew had to be done and they each set to it right away. Yang started the fire, Wynne and Ruby gathered wood and Blake and Weiss set up tents. It did not take Yang long to get the fire up and running and she moved on the help set up the tents. Once the night was in full swing and they were all gathered around the fire Wynne tried to get them talking.

"What do you think this is all about?" Blake did not look up from her meal. Yang was the one who spoke first.

"I don't want to hazard a guess. The fact he did not want us to bring our weapons does not favour us."

"Yeah but everything in the reports say he never once hurt anyone unarmed." Ruby said through a mouthful of food.

"Then why drag us all the way out to the middle of nowhere?" Yang put forward a good question and no one answered at first. It was Blake who answered the question.

"My bet is he never thought we would come, so make it as hard as possible to get out if things go wrong." All the girls looked to her. "Think about it, if he was just bringing us out here to kill us why go through the trouble of coding the message? Why pass it through so that someone will know where we are at? Why tell us to leave our weapons but not our scrolls?" Blake waited to see if anyone could come up with the answer. "He does not plan on walking away from our little meeting." She watched as the idea dawned on everyone else's faces. "But for now we need to get some sleep we have another long day of travel tomorrow." The girls all moved to their tents and tried to sleep knowing the new info. Most were able to after a few hours but two stayed awake and only got what they needed. Blake and Wynne lay awake listening to the sounds outside thinking of what they had talked about. It was right around noon when they all started breaking things down and getting going again. The second days journey was harder than the first. The path to the meeting spot was through one of the more hilly areas of the countryside. This caused them to be slightly behind schedule making their way. Even being behind schedule the days travel went well, and the few stops they made caught them up. They set up for lunch around noon and it was quick. They wanted to get as far as they could and it seemed like somehow they would make it to the meeting point ahead of schedule. As night started to fall they ended up being right where they needed to be. Knowing they still had a day before the man would be here they set up camp just like the night before. They set up for dinner that night no one really saying anything at all. Once they were done and right before they all headed to bed the fire just went out. Blakes eyes adopted to the darkness fastest and started looking around to the other girls. Yang was trying to find someone close to her when she asked.

"Was that you Weiss.?" And before Weiss could answer someone else did.

"No I did." And when Blake caught the sight of the man standing on the edge of their camp she was mad she did not hear him. The darkness started to crept back into his arm as everyone stood and moved back a few steps. His voice was modulated to hide who ever it was behind the mask. "Don't worry if I was here to kill you I would have done it last night while you slept." This came as a shock to them.

"Wait what do you mean last night?" Ruby asked.

"I have been following you since you left the city, wanted to see if you were serious about meeting me." The man sitting in one of the empty seats. They all just watched as he moved. None of them knew what to say to the man until Blake walked forward.

"Why would you want to meet us?" She sounded slightly angry and looked the part. The man stood up out of the chair and reached for his mask. When he pulled it off the group saw something they were never expecting.