Yang's head lulled, she was slowly coming too. Her head was spinning with a pounding headache. The blonde strained her ears, trying to make out any familiar sounds. The only sound that reached her ears was the clicking of heels on the cement floor. The blonde kept her eyes closed, keeping her breathing even. Hoping no one would notice she had woken up.
"Neo, put that down." A man's voice broke the silence as he told off the girl. Yang recognized the man's voice. It belonged to Torchwick. "I told you already, don't touch anything on that desk." As Yang started coming to her senses, she could feel herself sitting up in a chair. The blonde clenched her teeth together. She tried to bring her hand up to rub her temple. But instead found that her arms had been restrained.
`Don't know why I bothered trying to move as if they would let me lose.` The brawler thought, rolling her eyes inwardly at her stupidity. Yang slowly opened her eyes, expecting to be greeted by people gawking at her. However, that was not the case; the only two people in the room had their backs facing her, too busy staring at whatever was on the desk. Torchwick was sorting a pile of paperwork. But Yang couldn't see what was so exciting on those bits of paper. While Neo was now hovering over his shoulder, scanning each document as he flipped through them.
Yang tried to straighten out her legs, but only achieved slight movement; her legs were also bound to the chair. The blonde tried to tug her arms free, her muscles burned as she desperately tried to break the bonds. The chair made scraping noises against the floor at her effort, catching the other two's attention. "Oh, look who's awake." Torchwick stepped closer towards her, at a slow pace. "You know, Neo here," He nodded towards the girl, who only gave a side smirk. "Wanted to wake you up a little bit earlier, but I told her to let you rest for a little while longer. After all, she did a number on you." His eyes traveled down to Yang's exposed bloody stomach that had now healed over to a small scar.
`I guess I should count myself lucky.` Yang tried to say, but the words only echoed through her head. She felt her face frown, she decided to speak again, but no words came out, not even the smallest sounds. Had Torchwick done something to her, was that the reason she couldn't use her voice.
"What, no smart ass comment." The redheaded man raised his eyebrow. This had answered Yang's question, Torchwick had not done anything to her, so why couldn't she speak. " Are you scared, now that you have been caught. I won't lie to you, but I thought you would be as explosive as when you were with your friends, you know, have a bit more fight in you. But it looks like when no one is around, your fire is snuffed out." He crouched down to her eye level. "Well, that is disappointing, all bark and no bite." Yang felt her lips pull into a smirk. However, she wasn't sure if it was her doing the movement. "But, while you're quiet, let's talk about how your corrupted semblance has mixed with our serums, We have never been able to try it with someone like yourself."
"Finally, we get on to a good topic." Yang was confused. That was her voice, but she didn't say those words, did she? Torchwick raised an eyebrow, and he tilted his head.
"Good topic? Well, I wasn't expecting that. I thought I would get a little backtalk, maybe a few curses, but I guess you're full of surprises today, goldilocks." The two locked eyes, Torchwick squinted his, scanning her suspiciously. "Then again, you could be stalling until they come to rescue you." Yang gave the man a smirk that seemed so unnatural for her.
"They aren't coming," Yang replied, but her smile didn't drop. "You don't need to worry about them. `Wait, I never said that. Why didn't I tell him they were coming, why can't I say what I want to say.` Yang thought to herself, frustration building within her.
"Oh really, and why would I believe that?" The redheaded man asked.
"Let's say. We didn't part in good terms. I had some home truths I had to get off my chest." The girl let out a chuckle. Torchwick looked up to Neo, but she only rolled her eyes as if she knew something he didn't.
"Ah, right, I give. Why are you acting like you are pleased with all of this? I mean, it wasn't that long ago you were choking me, threatening to end my life." He pushed himself to his feet so that he would be towering over her again. "I mean, it's kind of freaking me out."
"Come on, Roman. The mute has already realized, you're not talking to the girl you are used too." Torchwick looked at Neo, ones again, who was smiling brightly.
"Ever since this girl's semblance activated. I've always been in the back of her head, talking to her, trying to take over. But that stupid mother of her's found out about me. They made sure they trained her, so she could fight against my influence. Though, there had been some close calls where I almost took over, like the time we fought the Paladin." Torchwick smiled, remembering when he punched the girl through the piler. "But she managed to fight me off, after a while anyway."
"That was a good night, well, until your team destroyed my robot. Do you know how hard it was to steal that from Atlas military." The man complained.
"How about having my sort of power on your side, I'm sure that would make up for breaking your little robot." The blonde offered. This offer caught Roman's attention. `No, don't. you can't do this.` Yang's voice echoed through her head, but it didn't matter how much she tried, her lips wouldn't do what she wanted them to do.
"And why would you help me, even with a corrupted semblance. How do I know I can trust you." This time more serious.
"My enemy's enemy is my friend." The blonde said with a straight face. The girl let out a stiff laugh. "I thought, maybe I would never be freed, but thanks to you, she was weakened enough. I was able to take control of this body. So, I guess I owe you on that one." Her eyes turned to Neo. "Plus, someone's caught my attention." Torchwick looked between the two, not missing the wink Yang gave to the multi-colored haired girl.
"Okay, I'm going to ignore this." He pointed between the two. "I still don't know why you would want to fight against your sister, somehow I don't believe that."
"Give me a chance. In fact, I'll get rid of them for you." Torchwick squeezed the bridge of his nose, letting out a heavy sigh, before looking at Neo, who gave him a pleading expression.
"Fine, Neo, you get to keep her, but if she steps one foot out of line, you're dealing with it." Neo nodded enthusiastically before strolling over to the blonde and bending down until she was eye level with Yang.
Oh, I think we are going to have a lot of fun." The blonde's voice came out suggestively. If it were possible, Yang would have thrown up in her mind, she didn't want this. She never wanted that mute anywhere near her in normal circumstances. Neo grabbed Yang by the back of the hair, her lips met with Yang's own.
Team RBY
The remaining members of Team Rwby walked through Junior's club. The club was now completely empty, with only a few Juniors workers. "Why would anybody want to hang around a sleazy place like this. And how do you even know that she would be here?" Weiss asked Blake.
"Yang always said she preferred the atmosphere in here. She dragged me along on a few nights out, but it's not really my thing. Plus, this is Yang's go-to guy for information," she said as they approached the bar.
"What now?" Junior growled as he watched the teens.
"Hey, emm.. well." Ruby started but was too nervous about continuing, she wasn't comfortable with being in the club. Weiss rolled her eyes at her.
" Look, we're looking for Yang Xiao Long, and we know she came to see you," Weiss spoke up, interrupting her partner's ramblings.
"She might have passed through, but I can't say I remember where she was going," Junior said, scratching his beard.
"Look, we're not playing around." Blake's hand hovered over her weapon, Junior's men observing her. "We know she came to see you, we just want to know why she was here and where she went," Blake growled at the man. Junior slammed the glass he had been cleaning on to the bar.
"Look, I'll tell you what I told her if you have no money you get no information," he said firmly. "This here." He waved his hands out in the open. "This isn't some charity store now get lost." Blake squinted her eyes. Before Blake had a chance to speak, the heiress interrupted her.
"How much?" Weiss went straight to the point, Junior raised his eyebrow not expecting that.
"250," Junior stated without missing a beat.
"Done, though, I don't think the oath is worth that much." Weiss took out her wallet, passing him the money.
"Weiss, you can't pay that," Ruby spoke up.
"If it means getting your stupid sister back in one piece so I can get a piece of her myself, I think I can make this one exception." Junior counted out the money, a smug look on his face.
"If you're willing to pay this easy, without barging, you're more than welcome to come back." Blake rolled her eyes at the man.
"That's enough, where did she go."
"Wow, relax, she went to the docks something about wanting to find Torchwick." The girls give each other a concerned look before sprinting out of the club.
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