Chapter Six: Wrapping it up

As Yang leapt up into the air she scanned the skyline for any sight of her little sister to see if she was flying around at Mach speed. She managed to catch the apparent end of the fight Ruby was having with some kind of large metal robot thing, Yang bore witness to her precious sister blasting the metal robot with an unbelievable amount of power from her chest and then slam into the robot, unfortunately Yang was too far away to see how Ruby had taken the other thing to the ground, but if she had to guess it would probably be a drop kick. Yang then landed on the ground and jumped towards where the two of them had impacted the ground, which was quite a ways from the mansion.

As she was a lot closer now, she spotted Ruby looking around at her surroundings and then at the downed body of the robot and bend over to pick it up, most likely to carry it back to the mansion and place it with the other attackers. While it was a smart thing to do as they would at least know where everyone was once the robot was brought back, Yang would change a couple of things about how she would do it.

"HEADS UP RUBY!" Shouted Yang as she landed right on the robot, not at full force like she had with Pyrrha a couple of times but still enough to let chrome dome know she meant business.

"YAAAAAANNNNNGGGGGG!" Whinned Ruby as her head piece opened up so that Yang could see her sisters smiling face. "I was trying to carry him back."

"Opps?" offered Yang with a shrug of her shoulders and an innocent smile on her face realising her blunder. "Wait him? Isn't it a robot?"

"No it's the guy with blue hair."

"Ohhh the one that really should have thought things through before they walked out the door."

"Yep."

"Cool, so I'm going to rip some of his amour off so that he can't use it against us and try to escape."

"Yang, look at me and then look at yourself- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN- do you really think he could beat us both?"

Yang's sarcastic and jokey response fell flat on her tongue, damm Ruby and her ability to sense her jokes coming, does nobody around here appreciate comedy?

"No but it couldn't hurt." Yang suggested as she began reaching for one of the large robot arms.

"I think it might hurt him." Ruby muttered.

"Details." Was all the blonde had to say in reply to that, and then she began to start pulling off the man's plates and amour pieces very easily as thought they were made of paper, which for Yang was most likely the case. In fact it was always difficult for her ever since the accident, she felt like she was living in a whole world of paper and as ironic as it sounded, it took all of her strength to stop her from breaking everything around her.

"I wonder how Ren is doing?" pondered Ruby as her sister ripped the man's amour off him.

'FUC-' "I thought you would be faster than that, special agent Ren." Taunted Dove as a knife embedded itself into Ren's shoulder. It wasn't the first time that Ren had been stabbed; hell he had had so much worse things happen to him: shot, blown up, burned, drowned, electrocuted, broken bones, hair ripped out, nails ripped out, internal bleeding, hit by a car, thrown about by his teammates with super strength and also had to endure a nine hour lecture about proper work ethic from Deputy Director Agent Goodwitch. Needless to say Ren could handle a knife wound, but that didn't mean it was painless as it still stung like a bit-

"And I thought I had the reputation of being the silent one." Quipped Dove

Ren pulled the knife out and bounced it off the ceiling towards Dove and it landed close to his foot, only close as he had to take a step back to avoid losing his toes, however this momentary step put him off balance enough for Ren to vault over his cover and grab whatever was on the counter to use as close combat weapons to try and end the fight as quickly as possible.

Looking back on all of his worst moments he might have to add hitting someone around the face as hard as he could with a leek, while it might not be as embarrassing as getting hit with the food, it was still strange for him to even use such a weapon in that way. Still it served its purpose, Ren struck Dove around the face with the leek in his right hand, bringing it across his own body in a diagonal motion so that his hand then ended up by his left hip. Now that his right hand was chambered and ready to be released, Ren stuck simultaneously and brought his left arm down in an overhead chop with the vegetable, while his right hand swung back out from his hip and used the power of his turn from that strike and sliced Dove across the throat, now obviously it was just a leek so there was no damage other than to his pride.

After Ren finished the simultaneous strike he noticed that his grip on the veg and the force in which he struck Dove had destroyed the leeks, which seemed appropriate as they were only food and not exactly hardened weapons made for extreme combat. Throwing the green mush to the side Ren then delivered a right front kick and right back fist to Dove's already broken nose, but now it was damaged beyond repair. His last strike was a strong left palm strike to Dove's exposed chest, which created a very satisfying thud and a slight crunch sound that greatly pleased Ren's ears and sent Dove sprawling over one of the kitchen counters around the room, as he crashed into the floor he then threw a plate at Ren which curved around like a Frisbee and missed Ren completely, he didn't even need to move out of the way.

Ren was confident in the fact that Dove couldn't turn projectiles into a boomerang like that guy in the comics he read a long time ago, however if he had the powers of the protagonist in that comic the fight would be over in a flash. So instead Ren just stood there whilst Dove glanced from Ren back to his hands and then started shaking hard and growled out in anger.

"I…MISSED! I never miss." He panted out as best as he could, and then he looked utterly feral and was about to dive at Ren and try to end the fight, but that obviously would not go in his favour as he had now lost control of himself and thus would lose the fight, and while he was clearly motivated, he would not be controlled and would most likely fail.

Nora hit him on the head with a water melon and knocked him out.

"Thank you."

"OH MY DAD YOU WERE SO COOL RENNY, YOU WERE LIKE POW WHAM BASH AND HE WAS LIKE NOOOOOO VEGATABLES AND YOU THEN MADE HIM MISS AND STOOD THERE LOOKING SO HANDSOME AND STRONG, NOT THAT I THINK YOU ARE HANDSOME BUT YOU ARE AND I DO THINK THAT BUT YOU'RE MORTAL AND I AM A GODDESS AND IT WOULD BE WEIRD WOULDN'T IT YEAH MAYBE BUT HEY WE CO-"

"Nora."

"Yes Ren."

"How do you know what vegetables are but not pizza?"

Nora got a far off look in her eyes and then spoke with a greater wisdom than Ren would possibly see in all the years of his life.

"I have been to many Realms and many Places and three things are common; Love, Death and Vegetables. Mum made sure."

Ren considered this for a moment and then nodded, because who was he to argue with a goddess?

"Wait, weren't you fighting with Jaune and Yang?"

"ohh yeah it was so cool, Jaune is really smart and Yang was so strong, she went to go and find Ruby while Jaune stayed to fight Pyrrha."

Ren was not very happy to hear that and couldn't imagine that Jaune was enjoying himself right now. Pyrrha was a world renowned fighter, as the kingdom of Mistral had kept the gladiator matches alive for years ever since the war had been over, and Pyrrha had managed to win four times in a row which was a new record in history before she stopped and joined the air force, where she made an even bigger name for herself and then the rest was all classified information that Ren had managed to find out through some extensive digging. Needless to say she was a tough opponent before she got her abilities and now only a select few could possibly rival her and beat her, Ren was certain that Jaune despite being a man of legend might have a very slim chance against her.

Right now Pyrrha had made a promise to herself in silence as she walked behind Jaune Arc; for as long as she lived she would never do anything to harm this man. For whatever reason she couldn't think of right now he had saved her, when she didn't even know that she needed saving. Yes she had been excited when she won her first gladiator match back home in Mistral, and her second, and her third and then her fourth. But with that fame and the riches came a crippling loneliness, everyone assumed she was too good for them, nobody saw Pyrrha Nikos the kind woman, they saw Pyrrha Nikos, the undefeated warrior in the arena and pride of Sanctum air force. Right from the start she knew which one she would rather be known as, but that didn't mean she regretted her victories in the slightest, it was her choice to fight the first time; the others were all chosen for her by sponsors and brands that wanted her to try out different weapons and outfits for them. Right now however, she knew who she really felt like and it was her choice.

Together the two walked back through the forest and Jaune lead the way, with his back to Pyrrha and his shield slung over his shoulders. This gave her another chance to study the man in-front of her in a more detailed way after she had seen him and felt him while they were fighting. It was clear from the start that he was a very strong individual and the punches he gave showed that, they didn't hurt her, but she could feel them and the force would have taken down anybody else if they were in her position. He also held a commanding position amongst his teammates despite having only been out of the ice for three days now, he might not be the leader but if the so called 'Hunter's' went on more missions, he would defiantly be the one who came up with the plans.

'Attractive too' she thought absent minded, but then realised how strange it was to think that about a eighty or ninety year old man.

Moving on from that distracting thought and forcing her eyes upwards instead of looking at the delightful view below, she studied his shield and then the back of his head. He hadn't turned around to look at her once since he had helped her up with a smile and then said they should head back to the others. Was he testing her to see if she would attack him while his back was turned? To see if she would run away; leave him and the others? No, that didn't fit the stories that she had read about Captain Vale, the man was someone who spent his days on the battle field inspiring men and women to fight with everything they had and never give up, and it was more likely that he just believed in her to not try to hurt him or anybody else.

He believed in her to be Pyrrha Nikos, and for once it wasn't because of her fighting, it was because of her not fighting.

Jaune was very glad that Pyrrha had accepted his offer to stop the fight between them, he knew in his heart that she was a good person, he could usually tell immediately which people had an easier time helping out people and who needed help being placed in the right direction. There were no bad people in his book; just misguided and while he might have referred to Dr Watts and Mercury Black as being bad people, he knew that deep down they had the capacity for good, but a series of tragedy's and trauma throughout their life had turned them on the wrong path. He could only hope that he could guide everyone that he met along the good path, the right path, and now he saw that he had been given a second chance to do right in this world, and that started with Pyrrha.

He knew that she might have a little bit more to go in her journey as she would have to permanently leave General Ironwood and his army and then decide what it was that she wanted to do for herself. Maybe she never got the choice in her life time to make her own decisions and just followed along because she thought that it was the right thing to do. Either way Jaune was going to help her along and she might stumble and lose her way, but that doesn't mean that she would be lost forever, there was always a chance for people to see the light and come through for the world, and while the people might not always say thank you, Jaune would always do his best to let her know that he was appreciative of the effort she was putting in.

The walk back through he forest was nice and Jaune almost forgot about his companion who was being so quiet that when Jaune focused back in on her, he could hear her thinking over everything and while that was a good thing, he knew the hard way that overthinking often lead to anxiety and panic, and the last thing he needed was for a good woman to start panicking and do the wrong thing like hurt someone. The perfect opportunity came up when they found a fallen tree in their way, Jaune stepped over it and the offered his hand out to Pyrrha, maybe the small act of kindness would help clear her head, it was a flitting thought but right now Jaune only had the chance to help in little ways, besides she was wearing heels.

'Well at least women being fashionable hadn't changed throughout the years.' He thought as the heels did suit her quite well, they brought her just below Jaune's height of 6"1. Although she probably wouldn't be 6 foot without her heels on a small part of his mind reasoned.

"Oh." Pyrrha breathed out as she gazed at the hand held out in front of her to help her over the fallen tree, most likely from either her doing or Yang's doing. It was such a small gesture and also unneeded as she could fly over the tree or step over it on her own or even walk around if needed. It was such a simple gesture that she had seen a lot of couples partake in and nobody had ever offered her something so simple as the few dates she had been on tried there hardest to impress her with what they could do and never thought about how they could help her or make her time enjoyably.

Pyrrha grabbed Jaune's hand extremely quickly after she let out the near silent breath she probably thought he might not notice. Grasping it firmly she allowed him to help her over the tree, blushing lightly from the contact with a very attractive and kind hearted man. His hand was warm to the touch and was also rough and had several calluses indicating that he worked with his hands a lot, most likely fighting as the three days he had been out of the ice were probably not enough for him to start doing weight lifting, which was a usual cause of calluses for people willing to stay in tip top shape.

"T-thank you Captain." He shot her an endearing smile, something that was truly honest and comforting to her.

"Never a problem." He responded in his lovely voice, Pyrrha reckoned he would be a fantastic singer if you gave him a guitar or if you asked him to sing really quickly. They then continued the rest of the walk back in silence and Pyrrha already missed the warmth of his hand, as he had retracted it once she had stepped over the tree.

As they reached the clearing where they could clearly see the bullhead that Pyrrha, General Ironwood and the other uninvited guests had arrived in, they also say Yang and Ruby standing over two bodies on the ground, one of them was Russel laying sprawled on his back, and for the first time since Pyrrha had known him, he wasn't wearing the creepy smile he usually wore. The other was clearly Sky in his advanced amour, but judging from all of the damage to it and that Ruby Rose didn't have a single scratch on her amour, Pyrrha could guess that his amour was nowhere near as advanced as hers. The only people missing from the group that Pyrrha came with were General Ironwood, Cardin and… Dove.

Just as the two of them walked up to Yang and Ruby, Pyrrha noticed how tense Yang was and that Ruby's amour seemed to glow brighter the closer that she got to them, she could have sworn that they were going to actually attack her if Jaune had not stepped in-front of her and smiled at the two ladies and calmed them down before another fight broke out.

"It's okay, we talked it out." Explained Jaune

"Are you sure?" Asked Yang, looking straight at Pyrrha eyes glaring into hers not giving an inch, and for the second time in her life Pyrrha looked away from a person's eyes as she began to speak.

"I'm sorry." She muttered softly, and then she swallowed and looked back up into Jaune's eyes, which were full of understanding, and offered a small supportive smile and nod. That was enough for her to realise that she was currently doing the right thing and needed to continue with her apology.

"I'm so sorry." She said, this time speaking louder and less choked up than before, and while the message was meant for Yang as she was the one who Pyrrha had probably hurt the most, she directed it all at Jaune; her eyes never leaving him for a single second.

Jaune placed a hand on her shoulder and suddenly she felt leagues better about herself, her head felt clearer, she felt rejuvenated and had more energy. It was like his very presence was calming and inspiring, she knew before how he was able to command army's into wars and win battles, but now she understood why people followed him; his very being amplified everything and everyone around him to try harder and do their very best.

"I forgive you." Jaune says back to her with complete and utter sincerity, Jaune might not know much or understand anything about this new world, but he still believes in people and 'the more that the things around them change, the more they also seem to stay the same' was how an old saying he knew went by.

Ruby relaxed slightly as she would take Jaune's word for now, but the moment Pyrrha showed even the slightest sign of deceit and deception then Ruby would strike fast to stop her from making off with her sister. Yang on the other hand stood as close to Ruby as possible and continued to glare hard at Pyrrha which was making her slightly nervous and agitated, but Jaune then positioned himself closer to Yang and whispered something to her that Pyrrha couldn't quite hear, and when she then realised that she was actively trying to eaves drop on Jaune and Yang she became a tad more embarrassed and tuned them out completely as she knew how rude it was to listen in on others conversations.

Just as the two blonde members of the team converse, Nora and Ren come out of the mansion, with Nora carrying Dove in one hand. Well carrying might be a loose term, what Pyrrha actually saw was Nora dragging Dove across the ground by his leg; the man in question was out cold and covered in dust, blood and what looked to be watermelon and leeks? How on Remnant had that managed to happen? This just left Cardin and General Ironwood unaccounted for, and then the party was complete.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." Screamed a voice from above, as a solid metal object fell towards the ground at an astonishing speed, faster than any military plane that Pyrrha had ever flown before in her life. Judging from the screaming and the metal, the falling body must have been Cardin as he was the only one that Pyrrha knew who could transform his body into different substances.

"Oh yeah, I forgot he was up there." Said Nora dismissively as Cardin plummeted to the ground, but then stopped on a lien just before he smacked into the ground, as though being held inplace.

"So you gonna change back or what?" asked Nora, except that Pyrrha knew it wasn't a question, she was simply giving Cardin the best option to have and telling him what she wanted to happen. For once in her life, Pyrrha hoped that Cardin would be okay as she could see the glint in Nora's eye's and felt fear ripple through her. She was so glad that she didn't try to fight her and Yang together, along with Jaune; there was no way in this world that she could possibly have won that battle, she silently wondered who could ever keep Nora in line or hold her back to stop her from going too far.

"Nora, let the man go." Ren said calmly as he checked on Dove's pulse to make sure that Nora hadn't killed him as she dragged him along.

"Okay." And with that she dropped Cardin who immediately changed back to his human flesh and scrambled away from Nora as fast as he could and looked away from the dead stare of Ren, Nora might have been the scariest person in the area, but Ren was the person that the scariest person listened to and that sent a lot of shivers down his spine.

"We got more incoming." Ruby's voice came out to her fellow teammates, as they witnessed a second Bullhead fly slowly towards them; this one had the BEACON insignia on it and had already made contact with Penny before it entered the airspace around the mansion and after a quick scan it was revealed that there were only two heat signatures on-board.

As the Bullhead landed next to the Atlas one, a ramp descended from the back and the two people walked down, a slight tap of a cane and a small sip of coffee could be heard as the leader made his way down the ramp, completely relaxed. The other person however was very tense and was muttering to herself as she clenched her fists as hard as she could.

"ONE DAY. Just one day without having to deal with these people, is that so much to ask? I need a holiday." Glynda muttered to herself as she grit her teeth, fortunately nobody decided to call her out on her statement, less they feel her wrath.

"Hello Ozpin, how are you today?" Ruby asked cheerfully with an awkward wave at Glynda after greeting the director.

"I am well Miss Rose, I must say, you are having an eventful few days are you not? I do wonder what is in your future; I imagine it will be something amazing or magical, as seems to be this group's specialty." Ozpin responded as he looked over The Hunters, and then his eye's settled on Pyrrha and he moved forward to shake her hand.

"Miss Nikos." Ozpin regarded her for a moment and his eyes saw right through her for a second and Pyrrha felt worried that he knew all of her secrets. "Apologies, Major Nikos. General Ironwood always does keep things close to the chest." And with that strange statement he walked right past her and over to the fallen bodies of her squad, taking an extra hard look at Dove.

It was at this moment that General Ironwood then came stumbling out of the front doors of the mansion and Pyrrha had to supress both a gasp of shock and then a slight giggle as she took in his appearance. Usually the General was the sharpest dressed man in Atlas, his white military suit was pressed and flawless, his hair immaculate and regulation length, his trousers clean and practical and his boots would always be the infuriating colour of white no matter where he went.

Right now however he was… well less than impressive. Pyrrha didn't really want to go in to detail about his attire, however his face was turning every shade of red, unfortunately that also included her own hair colour, under the sun from either anger or embarrassment.

"Ozpin, I DEMAND THAT YOU HAVE MISS ROSE AND HER ASSOCIATES ARESTED RIGHT THIS INSTANT! NIKOS TAKE THEM DOWN NOW!" General Ironwood at everyone present, this caused Yang to tense up and Nora to heft her hammer. However Pyrrha only really looked at Jaune, sure she noticed the others any warrior worth their salt would still be aware of their surroundings, but she was mostly focused on the Captain and when she spoke it was to him.

"I'm sorry General, you are out matched, it is time to go." Pyrrha stated, making sure to purposely say the words that way so that she could convey a message to Jaune that it was 'them' and not 'us' as it used to be. Jaune allowed himself a small smile in Pyrrha's direction before she boarded the Bullhead that she arrived in, Yang and Nora decided to be nice and throw the bodies of Sky, Dove and Russel up the ramp and Cardin ran full sprint away from the crazy ginger lady, muttering about stupid hammers and … pigeons? Either way Pyrrha was slightly glad to be leaving the mansion, it was like she was leaving that part of her behind and moving on to the next chapter of her life, the next step was simple; leave the Atlas military, preferably on good terms but she would be leaving.

As Ozpin watched the Bullhead fly away from the mansion he took a look around the garden and the roof of the house and noticed the damage done to it; scorch marks, craters, fallen trees, torn pieces of metal, rubble all over the floor and he suspected the inside of the house to be no different from the outside, although minus the fallen trees.

"Good day?" he asked rhetorically and with a sly smile on his face while Glynda clenched her teeth in the background, frustrated that he was entertaining these children in their destruction. If they behaved this recklessly with their own property, then how would they fair others property or even BEACON's?

"YES! Ren kicked all kinds of butt against a hundred ninjas, I got to hold a guy up so high I think a bird pooped on him, Jaune and Yang beat up the pretty red haired girl and the Mohawk dude, Ruby blasted that guy with the power of the sun and then we defeated a thousand soldiers all at once, and I was like: NORA SMASH, wait Yang you should say that not me. My bad." Nora then fell silent as she was thinking of awesome things they could say before they battled, meanwhile the rest of the team just exchanged looks and Ruby shrugged at Jaune who turned back to Ozpin.

"It was un-eventful sir." Jaune responded, to which Yang snorted in laughter, Ruby chuckled, Ren gave a small smirk and Nora laughed a full belly laugh. Ozpin smiled very slightly behind his coffee cup and took a small sip. 'This is shaping up to be a very interesting year.' He thought to himself.

"Very well then, I guess that myself and Agent Goodwitch are no longer required, we wish you a good day, Hunters." They then turned to leave, one far more egger than the other, but before they boarded the Bullhead Ozpin turned back to the team and spoke out to them. "The offer to join BEACON still stands, in-case you are interested."

"Actually we would like to offer you something." Ruby said. "If you need us, just call. We are here to help, but we do it on our terms; no secrets."

Ozpin smiled again, but it was a pleasant surprised smile, these Hunters were earning his respect far faster than any other group out there and they kept surprising him, he hoped that in time they would change the world. His expression then grew serious, 'after all, it will need to change for what is coming' he thought sombrely.

Mercury was furious.

Mercury was livid.

Mercury was rage incarnate.

Mercury had also killed about twenty seven people in one sitting; however this didn't really appease his anger. Oh how he wished his father was still alive, killing him again would make him satisfied. Right now he would have to settle for killing these drug dealers and prostitution racketeers; 'I mean, I know I'm a mass murder, but have a little respect for women won't you.' He thought as he brought his boot down on the ring leader's skull, shattering it completely and creating a loud squishy crack that filled the office.

After his failed attempt to kill Arc for the second time, Mercury was feeling a deeper rage that he had ever felt before, sure his father had made him mad at time- actually all the time, but with Arc it was different. He had to try and be righteous and good while they were fighting and only try to send him to prison, at least when he fought his father would fight him he would spend his time trying to beat him black and blue until he could no longer stand on his own legs. But Arc constantly held himself back, out of some misplaced self-righteousness, Mercury would not give him the same opportunities for survival and he could not understand why Arc would ever give him the option. It just didn't make sense in any way to the master assassin.

As he made his way back out of the office he passed a number of dead men and women that had tried to stop his rampage. Now the dead women might seem a little hypocritical to the statement he mentioned earlier about respecting women, but if someone was trying to kill him they would die before they even tried to. He would never however force himself on a woman or pick up a prostitute, or even do drugs; other than the ones that Dr Merlot gave him to keep his heart going once every ten years to stop the poison from killing him. You see when Arc launched Mercury into the electrical current, several vials of experimental Grimm and dust energy also went into his body causing untold amounts of pain, the good doctor managed to find a way to ensure that Mercury would survive the new substances in his body; however he couldn't remove the pain…

The agony that followed him

Every

Waking

Moment

Right now he was headed back to talk to Dr Merlot, if he was going to kill Arc and end this rivalry of theirs then he needed others to fight off his new friends so that he would have a chance at the Captain. It was now clear Arc would always be with others, the cat woman was evidence of that, and if her peed and suit were anything to go by she was clearly an enhanced individual much like him and Arc. While she was fast and strong, as well as extremely agile and skilled in hand-to-hand combat, it was also clear her suit was impervious to damage as his boots impacted things very hard, and she barely let out a cry of pain when he managed to land a hit on her, the suit seemed to absorb the damage, he was just lucky that was all it did. It was also clear that some of Arc's new friend might not share his view of no killing as she was aiming for the vital areas that he would really miss if she got to them. Now about those 'friends' the good doctor promised him.

"Ahh Master Black, back at last. And how went the hunt for the Captain?" asked Dr Merlot sarcastically as he had already heard the news before Mercury arrived about an explosion at the graveyard, but with no casualties.

"Now is not a time to test me." Growled out Mercury, with balled up fists as he glared daggers through Dr Merlot's mechanical eye. Due to the passage of time affecting Dr Merlot like it did with most normal men, he was forced to adapt and fill his body with multiple metal components and cybernetic limps and organs, truly he was more a machine than a man.

"Very well; why have you returned?"

"I wish to speak to your… employer, if I wish to kill Arc, I will need 'friends'." Mercury spat, with venom.

Dr Merlot considered this for a moment and then chuckled slightly.

"I imagined you would say that, he is currently asking one of those so called 'friends' to help you out. Just try not to be green with envy over his choice."

Adam Taurus leaned back on his throne, considering the proposition from the person before him. It was an interesting one, of that he was certain, and it would provide him with the means to expand his boarders and make a real difference in Faunus history and in the worlds history. However, this man didn't really consider the immediate impact this would have against his country and the people in it, sure he saw the big picture and the reward at the end, but Adam suspected that the man also didn't care how many Faunus lost their lives for his crusade. If this war was going to mean something then Adam would only act when he was assured of his victory, and right now he knew that the forces of the Atlas military, BEACON and Mistral army would overwhelm his own forces. He did however know of an alternative…

"I'm willing to … give you someone who would be willing to help. But I need you to do something for me first of all." Adam said cryptically, the man before him was clearly experienced, you could see it in his eye; he knew when he was being tricked, it was after all his profession.

The man tilted his head in expectance, waiting for the offer before he made any sort of deal with the king. 'Give them the illusion of control, make them feel powerful and important. Then take it away in one fell swoop.' He remembered the day an old friend had offered him that particular advice, right before he died.

"There is a Faunus." Adam began carefully, struggling to not let the rage appear on his face as he thought of the one he spoke of, the one who would risk himself to help and protect humans. "He resides in Vaccuo … he is a mockery of everything we stand for here in Fort Castle … kill him and I will consider your request."

The man looked as though he was pondering this for a moment, when in reality he was actually searching his pockets for another cigar to have. He mocking bowed to the so called king and then turned to leave, making sure to twirl and tap his cane against the ground loudly to irritate the Faunus with heightened hearing. He didn't care for these animals after all, they were nothing to him. There was only one person on this planet that had any sort of significance to him right at this moment in time and he would be dammed if he didn't try to make their life a living hell, as they had made his.

So the Faunus king wanted one of his own kind dead, big surprise! The people here were always killing each other for some reason; more likely than not just for something to do. Obviously killing this animal was beneath him in all aspects, but he knew the perfect person for the job.

There was a man on this planet that he had heard of; a man so deranged that even other maniacs called him crazy. So blood thirsty, that war chiefs and mercenary's told him to calm down. Far more brutal than was deemed necessary. However he was only a man, not even a Faunus, and it stood to reason that Adam would most likely wan the rebellious one to be taken down by a Faunus.

And he knew that to catch an animal, you had to make an animal. Now what was the best thing at hunting Monkeys?

A Vulture? No they prayed on the weak and on the dead, and the Faunus that Adam wished taken care of was neither. A Rhino? No to destructive, and it wouldn't really do much good to have someone blindly charge at someone else who showed such agility and dexterity. A Scorpion? Now that was promising, strong, fast and agile, add in poison and it was a deadly predator, but no it wouldn't work. This particular Faunus had shown a surprising level of intelligence against the common types of Faunus, so he knew what he would have to make; a monster.

He wondered how the world would feel about…

Goblins?

Pyrrha left the meeting feeling better than she thought she would; it was a lot of General Ironwood screaming at her about duty and oaths, but she had taken no oaths and her duty was now to protection of the people and not to subjecting innocent women to numerous science tests. When General Ironwood had almost threatened her to stay, she calmly replied with what army. He didn't seem to like that response, however Director Ozpin managed to change his mind as he had sent an e-mail halfway through the meeting, with a list of warehouses full of STRQ weapons and said that Miss Rose now had the location of one of them and if he didn't let Miss Nikos go then she would gain the location of the others.

Pyrrha felt a great weight lift off her shoulders as she walked down the hallway to her room, she would have to thank Director Ozpin profoundly when she next saw him as he was the reason she had left without a fight. Although it would probably be after she thanked Jaune massively for giving her the courage to leave.

'I met Jaune Arc today' she thought to herself, if you had told her six years ago that she would meet one of the key figures of Remnant vast history, both normal and military she would have scoffed at the idea, it was ridiculous. But now; she was giddy at the thought of talking to him again, he was the one person in a very long time that had treated her with compassion and humility. She could honestly say she had never met a man like him before.

As she reached her door she noticed that it had been left ajar, powering up her fist she stepped into the room and scanned it, ready to defend herself at any cause, what she found however was Dove laying down on her bed flinging a knife lazily between his hands, when he heard her come in and aim her fist at him he just shrugged and turned his attention back to his knife.

Pyrrha gulped and lowered her hand, she then closed her door and took a deep breath, when she turned back he was already in-front of her and caressed her cheek, his face not betraying anything, not the hint of emotion.

Out of everyone she worked with, he unnerved her the most. All because he knew. He knew something that she had never told anybody on Remnant, and it terrified her. Could she beat him? Without breaking a sweat, other than Yang, Jaune's shield and Nora, Pyrrha doubted that there was something out there that could cause her harm, that wasn't to say that she couldn't be hurt in other ways.

"So I hear you are leaving."

Pyrrha managed a nod, and let out a shaky breath. 'Please stop' she begged in her head.

"Try not to forget your … friends" Dove said as he passed her and made for the door, but before leaving he turned to her one last time. "After all, I am sure your new friends would love to know why you are really here, P'yrr'a" he finished using her real name that caused her to let out a small gasp of fear.

Long after he left Pyrrha stood in the same spot, tears fell from her eyes and down her cheeks, it wasn't until the cleaner came around that she quickly packed away all of her things and she left the base. She then realised that she had nowhere to go, and due to the time difference, nobody would possibly still be awake at the mansion, and she wasn't sure if she would even be welcome there by everyone other than Jaune just yet, Yang especially might try to attack her the moment she showed up. So Pyrrha just decided to to the thing that she had done ever since the day that she was born.

Fly

Fly high.

Been a while I know, sorry. Work and life get in the way as they do.

Now I wonder who the mystery man is talking about, and who does Adam want dead?

I mean, I know but I'm hoping you guys guess it.

Little bit of a short one I know, but the next chapter is going to be a long one.

I promise.