A redheaded man sat behind his desk, staring intently at the paperwork on the table. His face scrunched up as he grew frustrated at the plans before him. "That woman is mad if she thinks she can enter Beacon this way."He mumbled to himself.
Torchwick raised his eyes to scan the warehouse's room, watching the few white fang members moving boxes of dust from the side of the room to the back door. "Animals, the lot of them." He mumbled out. Torchwick had sent most of the white fang members to Mountain Glenn to prepare for Cinder's plan.
`As soon as this is all over, I'll be rolling in it. I don't usually take a job this risky, but how could I turn down that sort of money.` He thought to himself. The sound of a box dropping snapped him out of his thoughts. "Hey, watch what you are doing. I don't want to be blown up before the job gets finished!" He yelled at the dear Faunus, who was picking up the falling contents of the box. `Another upside is, I don't need to deal with Red and her group of girl scouts when we get to Mountain Glenn.`
Another loud bang echoed through the warehouse. "Idiots, Did I not just say to be careful." He shot off his feet, slamming his hands on the desk. The white Fang members looked at each other, trying to spot the culprit, who dropped the box but could not see anyone. Torchwick raised an eyebrow suspiciously. However, the sound of gunshots coming from the hallway answered the question. "Oh, I wonder who has decided to drop by and visit us." Sliding back into his chair behind his desk and entwining his fingers.
Right on Que, the door to the room was blown off its hinges, revealing a blonde girl, her eyes blazing red and drilling into the man at the desk. "Well, well, goldie locks, what has brought you to my side of town?" He asked with fake curiosity. The girl answered his question by unloading her gauntlets and snapping new bullets in place. The brawler ignored the other people in the room, who were pointing their guns at her.
"Where is she?" The girl growled through clenched teeth.
"Red's not here. what's wrong, did she miss her curfew?" Torchwick smirked as Yang visibly became angrier. "Oh, come on. I've been good recently. I have stayed out of your way." She stepped further into the room but stopped when one of the Faunus's shots barely missed her head. If looks could kill, that Faunus would already be dead.
"I'm not playing around here, I don't care what you are up to I want that freak of an ice cream girl."
"I'm not playing around here. I don't care what you are up to, I want that freak of an ice cream girl."
"Perry," The redheaded criminal shouted at a male Faunus. " Why don't you get the cars, and move the shipment." The man opened his mouth to say something, but Torchwick cut him off. "Now, Perry, I'll deal with this one." The man nodded, commanding the rest of the white fang to follow him. Torchwick then turned his attention back to Yang, "Neo will be pleased to hear about this, you know she has taken a real shining to you." He smirked as Yang tensed at his words.
"If that's so, she'll be over the moon to know I'm here just for her," Yang said sarcastically. "Now, contact her before I decide to take everything out on you." She threatened, cracking her fingers as she clenched her fist.
"Why are you so angry? Things not going well back at that place they call a school or is your team getting under your skin." He said in a mocking tone, Yang gave him a hard look, trying to get across to him that she wasn't in the mood for his games.
"How do you know about that?" She asked suspiciously.
"Oh, come on. Who do you think gave the orders to inject that serum into you." He laughed as he stood up from his desk. "Though I didn't care who got the injection. However, Neo was adamant that it had to be you."
"What was in that syringe?" the blonde demanded. Earning a chuckle from the man. "I want answers now." She shouted, the brawler could feel her chest tighten, and her vision narrowing. Yang knew she was running out of time.
"Wow, calm down, blondie," Torchwick lifted his hands innocently. "Let's just say it had a dose of red dust. And a few other things, but I'm not 100% sure what else was in it. That's not my area of expertise. But what I do know is it can mess with one's emotions." He gave her a knowing smile. "So, what did it do for you?" He asked her, generally curious to know. "Did you blow up that school of yours. Oh wait, better yet, did you kill anyone in the team, please say it was the latter." Yang clenched her fists, her Jaw tensed as the man laughed.
"You have no idea what you have done." Yang roared, her voice echoing through the building, silencing the man. This caught the man's attention, Torchwick raised his eyebrow.
"Oh really now, why don't you enlighten me." He stepped around the desk, leaning heavily on his cane. Yang felt the fury intensify. Her chest tightened, and the adrenaline coursing through her veins was intoxicating. All she wanted was to give in to it, but she knew she couldn't. `He deserves it. You know he does, He did this to you. Just kill him already,` The voice in Yang's head was the loudest it had ever been, as it gave her demands.
"What are you waiting for, "enlighten" him" The voice hissed inside her head. In any other circumstance, she would have listened, but this time, Yang couldn't afford to lose control, because she knew this time there was no going back. "Shut up," she shot back.
"Isn't that a tad rude, after all, you came to see me. Kids these days have no respect for their superiors." He amide his cane at the blonde. "But, I can sort that." He pulled the trigger, firing at the blonde. Yang only had seconds to lift her gauntlets, shielding her head from any bullets.
The brawler jumped to the side of the room when the shot stopped, taking cover behind a crate of dust. Another barrage of bullets was shot her way. The only thing keeping her safe was the thick wood that the container was made out of. The blonde looked around, trying to think of her next move. "What's wrong, blondie, don't tell me you've given up already," Torchwick laughed, lowering his cane. This gave Yang enough time to jump over the box, firing her gauntlets behind her, she shot towards the older man.
The brawler pulled back her fist, slamming it back into the man's chest, Torchwick recoiled at the hit, before another pushed him backward. Yang continued forward, but the space she had given Torchwick gave him enough time to recover. Swinging his cane towards the blonde, who brought up her arm to block the metal from hitting her head. Metal clash with metal echoing through the warehouse. "Not bad, goldilocks, but let's see how you handle this." Yang gave him a confused look, unsure of what the man was talking about. However, a painful scream escaped her mouth—an electrical current shot through her body. Yang crumbled to her knees, Torchwick toward over her, twirling his cane.
"Like the new feature? I added it because of that Faunus's friend of yours, she has a bad habit of fighting close quarters." The redheaded man lifted the walking stick, pressing a button activating an electric current through it.
Yang let out a shaky breath. Her hands trembled, but it wasn't due to the pain of that last attack. Instead, the overwhelming energy now burning her from the inside out. The blonde clutched her chest, clawing at her skin. Torchwick placed his cane under Yang's chin, forcing her to look up at him. "Oh come on, I've seen you take harder hits than this." he pressed the trigger again, shooting another bolt of electricity through her. Yang's body seized up, biting her tongue until she could taste blood. The blonde's vision was going darker. With all her will power, she pushed herself forward, ramming her shoulder into the man's gut.
Tourchwick fell back with the girl landing on top of him, slightly dazed he glared at the girl who returned it. Yang grabbed his coat collar, dragging him to his feet. Torchwick could feel the temperature rise around him, he tried to pry her hand away from him, but her skin was too hot to touch. "I swear, this is the last time you will hurt my family." The brawler lifted the man off the ground, slamming his body through the desk, breaking it in two.
The wind was knocked right out of the man. She picked him up, rearing her hand backward. "Wait." The man pleaded, he then lifted his head to meet her eyes. "Why haven't you asked me if there's a way you can go back to normal?" The girl's scowl grew darker, her grip tightening on him.
"Because I already know there's no going back for me," she said coldly. Torchwick studied her face before something finally clicked.
"You've got to be kidding me, you have a corrupted semblance." The man laughed even harder. "Oh, this is priceless," he choked as Yang started to slowly crush his windpipe. "Do they know?" He asked, referring to her team. "They don't, do they? I can't wait to see their faces," he laughed even harder despite the lack of oxygen.
"Laugh all you want, but you and that ice cream girl won't be around long enough to see what happens next." Pulling back her fist Torchwick squeezed his eyes shut, expecting to feel excruciating pain. However, that pain never came; instead, he was roughly dropped to the hard floor. His gaze landing on the girl who's facial expression was now filled with shock.
"Wha..." Yang looked down to her stomach to find a thin sharp blade poking through the blonde's stomach. Yang slowly turned her head to see a multi-colored haired girl standing behind her, Neo winked at her while Yang Dropped to her knees. The feeling of defeat washed over her as she landed on her side. Her vision started to fade, but the voice grew louder. "My turn," it said darkly, the only thought left in Yang's mind was of her team and family each of their faces flashing behind her eyes. `What have I done.` Regret washing over her.
"Took you long enough." The man addressed the girl who joined them, Neo shrugged her shoulders, before her eyes landing on the blonde. "Oh her, restrain her. We'll deal with her when she wakes up."
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