[Somewhere in Menagerie]
Blake, Sun and Grif walked down the steps of Blake's home, "Okay, you guys ready?" She asked.
Sun had his cheer up in full force, "I beat up on giant monsters and robots more than once, I think I can handle getting a few signatures." He said.
Grif who was still tired smiled slightly, "Well, I'm going walking without any breakfast, I'll try to keep up." He said as he yawned.
Blake looked back and knew this wasn't going to be easy at all.
[After a few hours of walking and attempting to get signatures]
Sun and Blake had made it to the rendezvous spot where they all had agreed upon. Grif was running late but they still ordered him a drink when he would arrive.
"I don't get it," Sun said slamming his fist on the table, "How can they just sit around and do nothing with the White Fang getting ready to attack!?" He asked.
"I see you guys had no luck as well." Grif said as he walked towards the group.
Sun looked towards Grif, "So you got nothing?" He asked.
Grif smiled for a moment, "Oh I got something," He turned around to show his back was covered with different sharp objects, his smile went away as he explained, "I think that some of these are family heirlooms, y'know for people who don't want to fight, they seem to be pretty hypocritical." He said as he sat down as Sun began to pull out the blades and sharp objects.
Blake looked at both of them, "Because not everyone is like us. The Faunus here in Menagerie...the ones that weren't born on the Island...moved here because they were tired of fighting, of having to struggle constantly. Menagerie is filled with people that just want to be left alone, and here we are, asking them to put the rest of the world before themselves." She explained.
Grif looked away, "Like you're a draft, looking for someone to send to the front." He said as a suggestion.
Sun stroked his chin, "I guess I never really thought about it like that." He admitted.
Blake kept elaborating to them, "The problem is, whatever happens at Haven is going to affect them whether they like it or not. If Adam gets his way, and Haven Falls, it's only going to make things worse for the faunus, everywhere." She said.
Sun chose his next words carefully, "Adam, he's the guy you used to...work with?" He asked.
Blake knew what he meant, "Yes." She said with a sigh.
Sun immediately apologized, "Sorry, forget I brought it up." He said.
Blake sucked it up and began to relax, "No, it's okay. Have you ever met someone and thought to yourself, 'they are the personification of this word'?" She asked.
Grif and Sun looked at each other for a moment, "Uhhh..." They both responded.
Blake continued to explain, "Okay well, I remember getting to know Ruby and thinking, 'this girl is the embodiment of purity'. After awhile, I saw Weiss was 'defiance', Yang was 'strength', Church was 'defensive' and Tucker was 'determination'." She said.
Sun grew curious, "What are we?" He asked.
Blake thought for a moment, "Jury's still out on that one, but I'm leaning towards 'earnest'." She said as Sun sipped his drink.
Grif already started guessing, "Let me guess, 'moron', 'loser', no wait, 'husky'." He asked.
Blake shook her head, "I'd have to say, 'compassionate'." She said causing Grif to chuckle as he took a sip from his drink, she went back to her story, "At first I thought Adam was 'justice', then I thought he was 'passion'. But over time, I realized I was wrong. He wasn't any of those things. He was 'spite', not 'hatred', not 'rage', 'spite'. He won't accept equality, only suffering for what he feels the world did to him and his way of thinking is dangerously contagious. That's what worries me about Ilia. She's not like Adam, not yet at least, but I don't know how long that will last." She said.
Sun asked Blake another question, "She was your friend, huh?" He asked.
Blake responded, only a little more saddened, "She was. Her chameleon trait meant that she could pass as human, she could've lived a normal life if she wanted, but she didn't. I always admired that. She lost her family in a mining accident when she was young, and she joined the White Fang. Like me, she was more or less trained on the road alongside other faunus. She learned to survive, to defend herself, but as people like Sienna and Adam started to gain a following, she became more dangerous. I guess I did too. My parents tried to get me to leave with them, but I refused. I had Adam and Ilia after all." She said.
Sun then asked her another question, "Y'know we're going to have to face her eventually?" He asked.
Blake looked to the side, "I know..." She answered.
Sun looked towards Blake, "So, what are you going to do?" He asked.
Blake took a short moment to think, "I'm going to try to help her the way you all helped me." She said confusing the two in front of her, "You showed that sometimes you need to be there for a friend, even when they don't want you to be. I was drowning in guilt and fear, I tried to push you all away, but none of you gave up on me. And I can't give up on Ilia. It's about time I saved my friends for once." She said.
[End of a rather short chapter]
Now many of you were probably expecting this one to be about 3,000 or more words long. Now, I apologize for that, but you all should realize that Season 16 of Red Vs Blue ended recently. Many of you are wondering, "What the fuck that gotta do with it you lazy piece of shit." Now many most of you aren't saying that but still. After Red Vs Blue season 15 ended Volume 5 of RWBY started so it makes sense Volume 6 is around the corner, right? Right?? Also the way that shit ended, well uh, let's just I shouted the words, "What Da Fuq?" at 10:00 in the morning. So yeah, just putting that out there. Also, I already told you about the email problems earlier, so yeah. Plus I want to know who you people would ship together in this story, so yeah, let me know. Peace. Also as a side note: subscribe to FGB, I'm not on that channel, I just like and YouTube may be trying to get rid of them. So uh, yeah. See you again soon.