Hey, everyone, this is the first in a series of 'What if?' RWBY stories and one-shots. I hope you enjoy.
"But, Adam, this isn't right, and you know it!" Blake protested as she and Adam walked through the White Fang camp.
"Orders are orders, Blake." Adam said, "And we have to follow them."
"Protesting was one thing, but this is something entirely different!" Blake said.
"I'm not changing my mind." Adam said, his voice stern, "If you have a problem with that, you should just leave."
Blake stayed silent after Adam stopped speaking.
A few hours later, Adam and Blake were overlooking the railway that a Schnee Dust shipment was traveling on. As soon as the train was near, Adam and Blake slid down the cliff and leapt onto the train, using their swords to aid their landings. Adam opened the roof of one of the train cars and used the open panel to enter the train car.
"Looks like we're going to be doing this the hard way." Adam said as he and Blake landed in between two long rows of Schnee guard robots.
"Don't be so dramatic." Blake said, relieved that she had something else to worry about.
Adam and Blake stood ready as the guards prepared their weapons.
"Intruder, identify yourself." a guard robot said, aiming its weapons at Adam.
Adam smirked as he pulled the trigger on his weapon and fired the sword out, knocking the robot back. Adam then rushed over to his mid-air weapon, grabbed it and cut the robot in two.
Within the next minute, Blake and Adam had cleared the car out, using the last guard to knock the door down, letting them out.
"Let's do this." Adam said as more security robots ran at them.
Adam and Blake defeated the rest of the guards, making their way to the car containing the Dust.
"Perfect." Adam said, opening a container filled with Dust, "Move up to the next car. I'll set the charges."
"What about the crew members?" Blake asked.
"What about them?" Adam asked rhetorically.
Instead of staying silent like she did in Canon, Blake spoke up.
"Adam, robbing this train was one thing..." Blake said, consciously reusing her previous statement, "But killing innocent people is another!"
"There's nothing innocent about humans, they're all the same." Adam said, glaring at Blake through his visor.
"You don't know that!" Blake said, "Have you ever stopped to think that not all humans are bad?! Or that some might actually care about us?!"
Adam began to think about Blake's statement, but he was interrupted when a large, four-legged robot dropped to the ground.
"Adam...?" Blake asked.
The twosome looked at the robot as it prepared it's weapons. Blake and Adam battled the robot the same way they did in the show, eventually blowing them through the door.
"Buy me some time!" Adam said as the twosome got back up.
"Are you sure?" Blake asked.
"Do it!" Adam said.
Blake ran at the robot as Adam powered his Semblance up. Blake kept the robot busy for a bit, but it eventually hit her back by Adam.
"Move!" Blake said as the robot prepared to fire its main weapon.
A huge beam came from the robot's cannon and Adam's sword absorbed it. The robot ran over to Adam and leapt at him, but he destroyed the robot with the stored energy.
After the robot disintegrated, Adam sheathed his sword and ran over to Blake, who was on another train car. Unlike in Canon, Adam spoke up this time.
"Blake, what are doing?" Adam asked.
"I'm leaving," Blake said, "I can't do this anymore. It's important that the White Fang...not lower itself to bloodshed."
"Blake..." Adam said.
"Goodbye." Blake said, raising her sword.
Blake cut the coupler and the car she was on began to move away from the train.
Adam hesitated for a moment and then jumped into the air and onto the car Blake was on.
Blake stepped back, with her sword ready.
"Blake, I was thinking about what you said." Adam said.
"And...?" Blake asked.
"You're right, my judgement may have been twisted." Adam said, "So I'm giving humanity a second chance."
Blake smiled.
"But if you're wrong, you will suffer." Adam said.
Blake got a little nervous, but relaxed when the car came to a stop.
"What now?" Adam asked.
"We find the nearest civilization, but before we do that, you need to take off your mask." Blake said.
Adam sighed and took the mask off, revealing his green eyes (if this isn't the eye color, tell me what it is).
"I'll keep this close." Adam said, putting the mask away.
Blake and Adam set out to find the nearest civilization.
Adam and Blake walked past a sign that said 'Welcome to Vale'.
"So, what do we do now?" Adam asked.
Blake was about to speak up when she saw a poster for auditions for Beacon Academy.
"I think we have just found our answer." Blake said
That's it for part one. If I did anything wrong or need to change Adam's reason to follow Blake, please let me know. I hope you enjoyed this first part.
If you have any 'What if?' ideas, please PM them or leave them in the Reviews section.
I took an excerpt from the RWBY Manga when Blake was leaving Adam for this version of the story.
BTW, I will not be posting or adding chapters to "What-If?" stories as much as my other stuff, due to my many planned stories in this genre.
Powerhouse out.