Chapter 7
Missing Teammates
The next day.
Shade woke up to notice his teammate was missing.
His two other teammates began to wake up as well.
"Erika is still gone?"
Dawn asked equipping her two guns to her side.
"Yeah I'm going to go find her"
Shade equipped his Gauntlet and he and Dawn headed towards the door.
Hiroki tried to follow but shade put his hand up.
"Hiroki I think it's best if you don't look for her"
"Why not?"
Dawn stepped in front of the two
"Hiroki you really made her upset yesterday she wouldn't be too happy to see you"
Hiroki looked angry
"Fine see if I care."
Dawn and Shade left but ran into RWY.
"Let me guess Blake ran away too"
Ruby nodded to the team leader
"Erika ran away too."
"They must be together"
"Dawn's right we need to find them"
Yang led the group and they began there search.
Meanwhile
Hiroki was left by himself
"So why should I care if she's gone after all my only goal is to kill the white fang nothing else."
Images of him and his team being together flew into his head.
"Damn it"
Hiroki ran out of the room.
Two days past and SD and RWY were walking through the city.
"A member of the white fang right under our noses"
"Weiss shut up before I trap you in my shadow"
It was uncommon for Shade to be angry so everyone was shocked.
"I just hope there ok"
Ruby was worried
Meanwhile
Blake Sun and Erika were at a table sipping coffee
"So you want to know more about me?"
"Finally after two days you finally say Something though I didn't expect your friend to follow you"
Erika spoke up
"Blake's teammate as well as one of mine basically insulted us so I wouldn't leave her alone."
"Sun are you familiar with the white fang?"
"Of course, I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet that hasn't heard of them. Stupid holier than now creeps that use force to get whatever they want, bunch of freaks if you ask me"
"I was once a member of the White Fang"
"We both were"
Sun nearly choked on his drink
"Wait,you both were a members of the white fang"
"That's right I was a member for most of my life actually"
Erika sighed
"And they took me in after my home was destroyed"
"You could almost say I was born into it,"
Blake continued
"Back then things were different in the ashes of war the white was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between humans and the Faunus, of course despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate, humanity still thought of us as lesser beings and so the white fang rose up as the voice of our people. And I was there I was at the front of every rally, I took part in every boycott and I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimism, then 5 years ago our leader stepped down and a new leader took his place a new leader with new way of thinking. Suddenly our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refuse to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that use Faunus labor,and the worst part was it was working. We were being treated as equals but not out of respect, out of fear. So I left I decided that I no longer wanted to use my skills to aide in there violence,instead I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress. So here I am a criminal in plain view all with the help of a little black bow."
Erika put her hand on Blake's shoulder.
"Hey don't forget I'm the same except I joined the violence to. I just never killed"
Sun decided to speak up
"So did you two tell your friends yet?"
Meanwhile
SD and RWY were calling for their teammates
"Weiss you're not helping"
Weiss gave her leader a stern look
"You know who would be able to help the police"
Shade looked at Weiss
"You really need to shut up"
"It was just a thought"
"Yeah a bad one"
Dawn said walking in front of them
"We should at least hear their story first before jumping to conclusions "
Yang said following her
"And I think we hear you will realize I was right."
Weiss said following them
"And I think Weiss's hair looks wonderful today"
They all turned around Ruby responded
"Ahh Penny where did you come from?"
"Hey guys what are you up to?
Shade and Ruby looked back at one another than Penny.
"Uhh?"
Dawn spoke up
"We're looking for our friends Erika and Blake"
"Ohhh you mean the Faunus girls"
That earned a few confused looks until Ruby spoke up.
"How do you know that?"
"Uh that cat ears and tiger arms."
"What cat ears she wears a bow"
Yang just realized what she said while shade face palmed
"Why didn't I realize sooner?"
"Wait you all seriously didn't know?"
They all faced Dawn
"What my specialty is stealth?"
A long silence passed
"So where are they?"
Ruby spoke
"We don't know they've been missing since Friday"
Penny ran at Ruby
"That's terrible, well don't worry Ruby my friend I won't rest until we find your friends"
"That's really nice Penny but we're OK right guys?"
Weiss yang and Dawn left when she looked
"Yeah I'm here still" Shade raised his hand.
Meanwhile
Erika Blake and Sun were walking down the docks.
"So what's the plan?"
Sun asked the two
"I'm not sure the white fang is doing all this"
Erika tapped his chin.
"Your right Erika the white fang have never needed that much dust before."
Sun spoke up
"What if they did need it. I mean the only way to prove they didn't do it is to go to the place they would do it and catch them not doing it when there not there."
Erika was confused
"Blake you understand right cause I sure don't."
"The only thing is I have no idea where they would be."
"Well when I was on the ship I heard some guys mention unloading a huge amount of dust from Atlas"
"how huge"
"I've heard about it it's definitely worth checking out."
Blake faced Erika and nodded
Back with Shade and co.
"So Blake and Erika are your friends?"
Penny asked the two
"Of course just my teammate pushed her to her limit."
Shade responded
"Yes penny"Ruby responded
"But your mad at her"
"Yes no Weiss is"
"Oh is she friends with Blake"
" that's kinda up in the air right now"
"But why?"
Penny walked in front of the group
"And what about you is Erika friends with Hiroki?"
"I have no idea who even counts as being friends with Hiroki"
"And Blake might not be who we think she is"
"Is she a man?"
Shade almost fell laughing
"No no Penny I don't know what she is. She didn't actually explain before deciding to run off.
"I don't have a lot of friends but if I did I would want them to talk to me about things."
Shade sighed
"Your not the only one"
Nightfall
Erika and Blake are looking at the docks when Sun shows up
"Hey I stole you two some food"
He threw each of them an apple
"Thanks"
Erika munched at the Apple
"Do you always break the law without a second thought?"
Blake asked Sun
"Hey weren't you two in a cult?"
That earned Sun some glares
"Ok too soon"
A sudden wind hit them from a aircraft heading towards the docks.
The aircraft landed and there were white fang members
"Oh great there here"
White fang members began to exit the aircraft.
"So what do we do" Erika asked the two
"He what's the hold up?"
The three heard a voice from the aircraft.
We're not exactly the most constitues bunch of thieves."
Roman torchwick is revealed.
"So why don't you animals pick up the pace"
Blake stood up
"This isn't right the white fang would never work with a human especially one like him."
"Blake wait"
Erika followed Blake off the building.
When Erika made it to where Blake was she had a blade at Torchwick's throat.
Blake removed her bow
"Brothers of the white fang why are you aiding this scum."
Roman laughed
"Kid didn't you get the memo?"
"What are you talking about?"
"The white fang and I are going into business"
"Tell me what it is or I put an end to your little business"
A sudden aircraft blew wind into the area.
Roman looked up.
"I wouldn't call it a little operation."
Two large aircrafts hovered over the small group of people
Roman's cane fired an explosion that made Blake jumped back.
In another area Shade and the others noticed the explosion.
Roman began to fire at Blake and she dodged.
Erika tried to run at Roman when three white fang members knocked to the ground.
Erika reached for her weapon but it was kicked away.
She tried to manipulate nature around the area but there wasn't any.
One of the white fang was about to stab her with a knife.
"Damn it how could I let my guard down"
She closed her eyes and waited for death.
When she opened her eyes she couldn't believe what she saw.
Hiroki had protected her from the white fang members.
"Hiroki"
Hiroki tossed her weapon to her.
"I'll apologize later I think we have bigger things right now."
Ruby shade, and Penny arrived at the docks.
Roman noticed them
"Well Red and Green never thought I'd see you two here"
"Ruby are these guys your friends?"
"Penny get back"
Roman fired at them
Shade jumped down and aimed his blade at Torchwick
"Hope you like death Torchwick cause you will see a fate worse than that."
"Well green I would move if I were you."
Shade ducked and a bullet almost hit him.
He jumped back when Roman fired a his cane at him.
Shade noticed a large laser striking the aircrafts.
"Ok who the hell".
Shade then noticed that Roman had escaped in a separate airship.
"Damn it next time your going down Torchwick"
A few minutes later the police were here as well as the rest of the teams.
Dawn and Shade stepped away from Erika and Hiroki.
"Erika look I'm not very good at this but the white fang seriously hurt me I'm sorry that I said those things that offended you"
Erika had a few tears.
Shade and Dawn walked toward them.
"Erika you had your reasons to keep this secret but we should at least talk to each other as a team"
Shade spoke
"We all should"
They nodded at their leader.
"We're not a team separate"