RWBY: Lost and Forgotten

Chapter 31

Chrome

After another day spent getting nowhere with signatures, I stood at the railing of the balcony. "Chrome!" Blake shouted. "Get ready and let's get going!"

"Be right-" Placing my hand on the railing, I felt my fingers graze what felt like a piece of paper taped to the underside of the rail. "There..." pulling the paper free, I unfolded it to see a note written.

C

Things are going too far.

I'm not sure what to do.

Find a quiet spot,

I'll find you.

Come alone. Please.

-I

Staring at the paper, I quickly reread it before folding it and putting it in my pocket. "You coming or what?" Sun said as he poked his head around the corner.

"I need to take care of something real quick." I told him. "Tell Blake, I'll catch up."

Minutes later

Walking down a darkened alleyway, I held one of my swords at the ready. "Ilia, you out here?" I called out quietly.

"Right here." I turned around to see her emerge from the shadows, holding her hands up. She dropped her black camouflage and stopped a few feet away.

"What did you want to talk about?" I asked, not lowering my weapon.

"Could you lower the sword?" she asked politely.

"Not until you give me a reason to." I growled.

"I just want to talk."

"I'm not keeping you from talking." I replied. "This" I gestured to my sword. "Is just a safety measure."

Sighing, she looked me in the eye. "I'm sorry, Chrome."

"If you're truly sorry, you'll help us take down Corsac and Fennec." I replied, lowering my weapon slightly.

"No." she shook her head. "I'm sorry." her tone was hostile as she closed her right fist. Hearing quick footsteps from the rooftop, I looked up to see a winged Faunus drop down.

Rolling out of the way, I saw him land right where I was. "Guess I was right not to trust you." I told Ilia as I kept my eyes locked onto the winged Faunus.

He smirked as he began circling me. Mirroring his steps, he stopped in front of Ilia. "It's over." he told me.

Suddenly, I felt something wrap around me tightly. Losing my grip on my weapon, I felt the substance tug, causing me to fall to my knees. Looking down, I realized it was spiderweb silk around me. "I've got him." the spider Faunus growled. Glancing behind me, I saw another Faunus by the spider Faunus.

"Well done, Sister Trifa - and to you, Ilia." the winged Faunus said, tossing Ilia her weapon.

Ilia looked at me and I glared back at her. "I tried to warn you, Chrome." she said. "I'm-"

"The hell you are!" I shouted at her.

"But I am. I am sorry it has to be this way, but you and your family are holding the Faunus back!" she told me.

"My family is trying to protect innocent people!" I yelled at her.

"There's no such thing as innocent!" Ilia shouted back. "There's no right thing to do! Only what's best for us! There's the humans that still hate the Faunus, and there's the others who stand by and let the hate happen! But you know what snuffs out hate? Fear. I don't like hurting people. But I'll tell you this..." she pointed her weapon at me. "...it's gotten us results.

"Yeah, look where it got you." I retorted.

Ilia's eyes widened at what I said before she shrugged it off. "We all have to make sacrifices for the greater good, no matter how much it hurts."

"You think killing me is for the greater good?" I asked.

"No, but getting rid of your family is." Ilia said.

I was taken back by what she just said. Shaking my head, I started fighting against the webs. "I'll kill you before you have the chance!"

"I know." Ilia said softly. "That's why you're being sent to Mistral."

Feeling the web wasn't breaking, I hung my head in defeat. "What happened to you?" I asked her. "This isn't you."

"Yes. It. Is!" Ilia leaned forward, meeting my eye level. "But I guess back then you were too busy to notice." I stared at her, confused. "I always tried to get your attention." her spots and eyes turned pink. "For you to look at me the way you look at her." she reached into her back pocket and pulled out a photo of me and Yang at the dance, throwing it in front of me. "But we can't always get what we want!" her eyes turned back to their regular color as she cut the picture in half with her whip. "Yuma, with me. You two, get him to the docks."

"Let's go, traitor." Trifa pulled on the web, yanking me to my feet. Turning around to follow the two Faunus, I heard a series of quick footsteps on the rooftops.

Looking up, I saw Blake and Sun jump down and onto the two Faunus. Blake turned to me and cut me free of the webbing as Sun knocked the two Faunus out. "That was a dumb idea, Chrome!" Blake said as she handed me my sword. "You should have told us what you were up to!"

"I know, I know!" I replied. "But right now, we gotta get back to the house!"

"What's going on?" Blake asked.

"Ilia and the other White Fang members are about to attack our home!" I said as I began rushing back home, Blake and Sun following me.

"Sun, call the police!" Blake told him.

"Right!"

Running back home, the three of us finally made it. Seeing dad fighting Corsac and Fennec through one of the windows, I took a step towards it but Sun rushed in. Bursting through the window, I saw Sun knock a White Fang soldier to the ground.

Blake loaded a magazine into her weapon before following Sun and jumping in through the window. Jumping in as well, I rolled next to dad and quickly drew my swords.

Looking over, Corsac and Fennec brought their weapons down on Blake, only for them to get stuck as Blake created an ice clone around their weapons. "Dad! Where's mom?" Blake asked as she landed next to him.

"I'm not sure, I got ambushed right away."

"Once we take down Corsac and Fennec-"

"No, go now." dad interrupted me.

"But-"

"Blake, you keep assuring me your friend isn't a complete waste of space! Let's see him prove it." dad said.

"We got this, guys. I've wanted to sock these creeps since the day we met!" Sun smirked.

"You'll have to get in line." dad told him. "You two, go!"

"But-" I placed a hand on Blake's shoulder.

"They got this. Now, come on!" I turned around and rushed out of the room, hearing Blake following.

Coming to a forked hallway, we could hear fighting to our right. "This way." Blake said, pointing to our left.

Nodding in agreement, the two of us rushed into the next room. Bursting through the door, I saw movement on the balcony and looked up, seeing Ilia crounched down, her White Fang mask covering her eyes.

"Go find mom, Blake." I said as I drew my swords. "I can handle this."

End of chapter 31