Hey there my friends, another chapter of Reap What You Sow up and running! First off, review responses! Silent Howl; Reaper may very well 'kick Cinders burning ass' as you so delicately put it. OutlastTheDark; Yeah I certainly get where you're coming from with Cinder...someone other than me give her a hug for crying out loud! 'Magical Dagger with inlaid gems'...That thing was magical?! I was going for ornamental! And if Reaper is anything like I think he is, he'll take his sweet ass time to 'savour the moment' as it were. And Thaqif, I didn't post your review because it seemed kinda random, I was actually wondering if you'd posted on the wrong fic. And I have no idea what 'Gate' is so I wouldn't do a fic on it. If you feel the way you do, then why don't you write that fic? Now, on with the show!

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Chapter 14- House call

Winston let out a sigh as he continued to flick through the security feeds on the console before him, sniffing loudly as he willed himself to stay awake. Soldier 76 had left earlier that day, hoping to maybe find some answers after the unfortunate incident with FRYA. Not only that, but it seemed the Reaper was a technical wizard of sorts. When they had returned to the control centre all the files on the Reaper had been deleted. Video footage, documentation, all of it!

The only thing that had been salvaged was the attack on Team LYON Soldier 76 initially gave him, and he'd only just managed to get past all the fail safe bugs today! He'd opted to wait for Soldier 76 to return before they could analyse what they had, though he doubted they would find anything of relevance. Though honestly, he was more worried about what they could find. If it was him, after all these years...he didn't know how Soldier 76 would react. Or more importantly, how Jack would react.

As he continued to flick through the security footage, something caught his eye. An entire row of 'Bastion' units that had been but a second ago standing strong, were nothing but a pile of scrap metal. Winston narrowed his eyes as he continued to flick through the security cameras, until he saw two individuals running through the corridors.

One was male with silver hair and pale skin, wearing black and silver clothing with what appeared to be Shotgun boots of some form. How such a device worked was beyond him. The other was female with mint green hair and tanned skin, wearing a green and brown outfit with a pair of Kusarigama's strapped to the back of her hips.

"Where are you going…?" Winston whispered, flicking through the multiple feeds of the security footage as he followed the pair. It didn't take him long to piece the puzzle together, they were headed for him. Grunting slightly, Winston reached for his Scroll, quickly typing a command in on the device before placing it to the side. Hopefully Soldier 76 would see the message before things got messy. They were only young from the looks of it. Quickly grabbing Lunar Storm, he quickly bounded forward, ready for the coming fight…

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"Those things were damn easy!" Mercury snorted, quickly turning right as he followed Emerald. "Best Academy my ass!"

"Well, they were over twenty years old, and there are two of us so..." Emerald began, trailing off slightly as Mercury rolled his eyes.

"Please, that's no excuse!" Mercury responded, causing Emerald to roll her own eyes instead. "So, where's the control centre?"

"Second left then straight ahead." Emerald replied, nodding to the aforementioned passage as she spoke. "We grab any data on the Reaper and get the hell out of here."

"And if we encounter Mr. Furry?" Mercury asked, raising an eyebrow as he spoke.

"We question him if possible, but don't get carried away!" Emerald replied, turning the corner as they quickly approached the bend, the control centre just ahead.

"Since when have I ever gotten carried away?" Mercury asked, stopping in his tracks as he faced the former thief. Emerald merely gave Mercury a questioning stare in response. "All right, point taken. This it?"

"Yeah, this is it." Emerald replied, nodding to a closed door that stood before them. Mercury stepped forward, but stopped when Emerald held her arm in front of him. "Wait! It could be rigged!"

"Rigged with what?!" Mercury hissed, brushing past Emeralds arm as he sauntered towards the door.

He moved towards the control panel of the door, a single button on the device. Grunting to himself, Mercury pressed the button, a large amount of grinding emanating from the door in response. The door slowly opened, revealing a large room with a large number of computer screens nearby. Mercury slowly walked in, looking around before turning around to face Emerald, holding his arms out either side.

"See, no-one here! Real shame, would've wanted to have a chat with Monkey boy..."

Suddenly, a large hand grasped onto Mercury's scalp before pulling him up, alighting a surprised shriek from the silver haired assassin. Emerald quickly drew her weapons, looking up slightly as the sounds of muffled combat sounded before growing silent. Seconds later, two forms burst through the ceiling, grappling with one another as they spiralled forward, Emerald just managing to roll out of the way in time.

As she regained her bearings, Emerald watched the two forms as the larger of the two managed to kick the smaller combatant off, who managed to land on their feet and skid to a stop. The smaller she could instantly recognise as Mercury, his hair slightly ruffled as he had a less then pleased look on his face. The other was big, almost too big to be true. They wore white armour with a large gun of some form in their hand. They also had tufts of black fur sticking out here and there, as well as a pair of glasses that rested on the bridge of their nose. The figure roared at the two, pounding his chest with his free hand as Emerald and Mercury backed away slowly.

"You okay?" Emerald asked, never taking her eyes off of the angry Faunus in front of them.

"Yeah, no thanks to King Kong here!" Mercury replied, rolling his shoulders as he entered a fighting stance.

The Faunus growled yet again before hefting the gun in his hands up, the barrel of the weapon arcing with electricity.

The two simply nodded at each other before initiating their strategy. Both split as Winston fired Lunar Storm, the arc gun hitting the ground between them and sparking violently in all directions. Emerald quickly switched her weapons to their pistol mode, firing a few Dust rounds at Winston who merely staggered at the shots, aiming Lunar Storm at the thief who quickly rolled to the side.

Mercury took this as his opportunity to strike, using his leg enhancements to leap into the air before spinning mid leap, ready to strike down with his heel. Winston turned at the last second, raising his free arm in defence as Mercury's leg struck before he swiped with his right hand, managing to claw slightly at Mercury's trouser leg as the assassin leaped backwards.

As Mercury landed, Emerald swung her Kusarigama's out at Winston, the blades flying from the grips, attached to long black chains. Winston lifted his left arm, letting the blades wrap around his wrist. As Emerald attempted to pull Winston forward, the Faunus simply tugged his arm towards his chest, pulling the thief forward before delivering a punch to her stomach, knocking the wind out of her as she was sent flying back.

Mercury growled and charged forward, using his leg enhancement to once again jump into the air. Winston saw the move coming a mile away and leapt to the side, Mercury impacting with enough force to crack the floor. As Mercury turned to leap again, Winston quickly grabbed Lunar Storm and fired a quick bolt at his legs, short circuiting them immediately.

"Wh-what the hell?!" Mercury stammered as his legs suddenly became useless, collapsing on the floor immediately.

"Mechanical legs, and strong ones too. I must admit, I'm impressed." Winston chuckled, before grabbing hold of one of Mercury's legs before he proceeded to swing the assassin around like a rag-doll. "Still won't stop me from doing this!"

As Winston finished his sentence, he flung Mercury forward, sending him both flying and screaming towards Emerald, who only had the time to look up before the assassin unintentionally hit her head on, sending both to the floor again.

"Man this ape is starting to piss me off!" Mercury muttered, hitting his legs as they slowly buzzed to life again.

"We need to rethink our strategy!" Emerald replied, quickly picking up her Kusarigama's from off the floor, the blades quickly reattaching to the grips.

"Right, what do we do?" Mercury asked, re-entering a combat stance as Winston began to charge the pair.

"You distract him, I have an idea!" Emerald replied, quickly running into the shadows.

"Right...wait, what?"

Mercury didn't have a chance to ask further as Winston leapt into the air, ready to slam both hands down on the assassin, who quickly rolled to the side. Winston then swung both arms sidewards, mercury managing to flip between the two arms before leaping backwards as Winston followed through with another swipe from his left arm.

"What's the matter grandpa? Can't keep up?" Mercury taunted, giving a mock salute which only seemed to anger Winston further.

The Faunus roared again as he leapt forward, swinging his fists wildly in an attempt to hit Mercury, who managed to dodge each and everyone of the blows. Eventually, Winston managed to strike a blow against the assassin, who hit the floor with a loud thud.

"Emerald?...Whatever you're doing, you better hurry up!" Mercury whispered quietly, backing away as Winston began charging again.

However, something seemed off as he charged forward. It looked as though he was trying to fight something else as he was running. Mercury glanced to his right and spotted Emerald, exiting the shadows as she stared at the Faunus with narrow eyes, her face wrought in concentration.

"Bought time you did something!" Mercury shouted as he hefted himself off the floor, casually strolling forward as the Faunus continued to stagger forward in confusion, still attempting to fight the invisible foe.

"Shut up! I can't keep this up for much longer, he's stronger than he looks!" Emerald seethed through gritted teeth, never breaking her gaze from the Faunus.

"Right right, allow me." Mercury replied, bowing in a mocking manner as he approached the Faunus. When Winston was close enough, Mercury delivered a scissor kick to Winston's chin, sending the Faunus spiralling backwards, propelled further by the Dust infused round that accompanied it.

"Glad that's over..." Emerald murmured, rubbing her forehead slightly before gesturing to the control room that laid untouched. "I'm gonna go see what they got, you take care of him."

"My pleasure..." Mercury chuckled, casually strolling towards the Faunus who quickly shook his head, looking up to face Mercury as he heard him approach. "Well, it's been fun Donkey Kong. You'll be known as the guy who almost got the better of us...almost."

Mercury quickly raised his foot over the Faunus' head, ready to deliver an execution blow when he glanced to the side and noticed something. His glasses, just out of arms reach. Mercury let a cold smile grace his face as he lowered his foot onto the ground and strolled over to the glasses, the Faunus watching with a worried look on his face. Mercury pivoted his right foot over the glasses, before bringing them down with a satisfying crunch.

The next thing Mercury remembered was being sent flying across the room where he loudly impacted the main computer screen in the control room, causing Emerald to jump back in shock.

"What the hell!" Emerald stammered as she slowly backed away. "What happened?!"

"I got carried away..." Mercury groaned, causing Emerald to simply stare at the assassin in confusion before he pointed behind her. "Look!"

Emerald turned and stood back as she gasped. Winston was once again up and standing, and he looked pissed. His skin had turned red and his eyes golden, electricity arcing off his body as he let out a primal roar, charging forward faster than a Borbatusk.

"We have to leave! Like, right now!" Emerald stated, quickly pulling Mercury off the computer screen as both made their way to the doorway, Winston getting closer with every passing second.

"What about the mission?!" Mercury asked, managing to stagger forward as they made their way out of the room.

"Forget the mission! Just run!" Emerald shouted, sprinting down the nearest corridor as Mercury followed, Winston only just managing to stop himself from crashing into the wall as he skidded to a stop.

The thief and assassin continued to run through the corridors, glancing over their shoulders every so often to see how far behind the rage fuelled Faunus was. Eventually, the two stopped to take a breath, glancing around for any sign of the Faunus.

"You think...you think we lost him?" Mercury panted, leaning on his knees as he took deep breaths.

"I...I think so..." Emerald replied, wiping her brow as she felt sweat drip down.

The sound of a weapon clicking quickly gained both their attention, causing the two to turn in the direction of the noise. Before them stood a man in blue and white clothing, a faceless mask covering his face as he aimed his weapon at the two.

"I don't remember you two being around here..." the man commented sarcastically, the weapon still aimed at the two. The sound of a roar caught all three's attention as Winston skidded around the corner, a primal look on his face. "You might wanna run..."

The two intruders quickly rolled backwards as Soldier 76 fired at the two as Winston leaped into the fray, relentlessly pursuing Mercury as Soldier 76 concentrated fire on Emerald, who returned fire with her dual pistols. Mercury attempted to leap onto Soldier 76, hoping to get a jump on the vigilante. The veteran Huntsman saw the incoming strike, shifting Helix Strike into its Machete form as Mercury rebounded off of the flat of the blade, sending him flying back slightly. Soldier 76 then leapt into the air, slashing upwards and severing one of Mercury's robotic feet.

"My foot!" Mercury wailed as he watched the robotic appendage sail away from his still flying form. "You bitc-"

Mercury was cut off as a hand grabbed onto his face, Winston flinging the assassin towards Emerald who only managed to dodge the projectile. Quickly hefting Mercury off the floor, Emerald sprinted away as fast as she could, glancing behind her when she heard Winston approaching.

"Let 'em go Winston..." Soldier 76 murmured, causing the Faunus to sharply turn and face the vigilante. "They aren't worth it..."

Winston let out a sigh as his skin slowly returned to normal and the primal fire in his eyes snuffed out, before snorting loudly as he sauntered forward. "I suppose you're right..." Winston muttered, continuing forward before stopping, turning to face Soldier 76 with a wide grin on his face. "What took you so long?"

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"That bastard chopped off my foot!" Mercury shouted as he examined the amputated limb, growling in annoyance as sparks shot out the wiring. "It's gonna take like, a weeks worth of wages to fix this up!"

"Your legs will be the least of your worries when we go back to Cinder empty handed!" Emerald replied, pacing wildly in front of the assassin who merely rolled his eyes. "She's gonna roast us alive when she finds out!"

"Speak for yourself," Mercury stated rather confidently as he pointed at himself with his thumb. "I think I'm pretty safe myself!"

"Yeah? Why are you so confident?" Emerald asked, crossing her arms over her chest in an exaggerated fashion. She was genuinely curious, she knew Mercury was well aware of how vicious Cinder could be. So she wanted to know what exactly Mercury was so confident about.

"Look what I managed to swipe off of the big KK!" Mercury stated proudly, holding up an electronic device no bigger than a book. "His Scroll."

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"Lost something?" Soldier 76 asked, turning to face Winston who was frantically searching for something.

"Yes, my Scroll." Winston replied, a new set of glasses perched on his nose. "I swear it was here a moment ago..."

"Do we need it to see what you wanted to show me?" Soldier 76 asked, moving forward as he also began searching for the device.

"No but still..." Winston sighed, shaking his head slowly. "We can use one of the monitors I guess."

Soldier 76 nodded as the two approached a nearby console, Winston switching it on immediately. As the computer began to power up, Winston pulled out a small device, slotting it into the computer with a small clicking noise. A video soon popped up on the screen, the quality somewhat grainy yet still it could be made out. Four young men in a warehouse, one knelt on the floor and using a stick to trace a battle plan on the muck filled floor. They appeared to be in the middle of discussing the tactics when one of them spoke up.

"Guys, you hear that?"

The group looked around as their hands went to draw their weapons, only to realise they hadn't brought them. Then, it started. A black mist landed in the dirt, quickly taking on the form of a black robed man with a skull shaped mask. The Reaper.

The group quickly recovered from the initial shock, the closest running forward as he raised his right fist to deliver a punch to the Reaper. The Reaper parried the blow with his left arm before grabbing the wrist with his right, pushing it against his left arm until the bone snapped, causing the Huntsman to scream in pain. The Reaper then swiped out with his right hand, slashing the students throat with the tip of his claws, silencing his screams. As the student grasped at his throat with his left arm, the Reaper swung his right arm down against the students neck. At first glance, one would assume the Reaper meant to elbow the student but missed. One quick glance first at the students neck then at blood covered spikes that ran up his gauntlet would correct that mistake.

As the first student dropped dead, the second charged, hoping to tackle the Reaper to the ground. The Reaper quickly kicked the student in the gut, causing him to stagger back in response. The Reaper then pulled the student by his shirt, and began to mercilessly punch him in the face. Even after his face was nothing but a bloody pulp he continued to pummel them. Eventually, when the student let out a pained moan, the Reaper relented. Grabbing the student by his jaw, the Reaper then pulled the jaw open, stopping only when he heard a sickening snap.

As the second student fell dead, the last two charged together, praying that they could catch him unawares. The Reaper kneed one in the stomach, sending him to his knees as he quickly performed an upper cut on the fourth, sending him sprawling on his back. Before they could rise again, the Reaper, stamped on their stomach, causing them to groan in pain and slump back down before the Reaper brought a heavy foot down on their head, crushing it immediately.

Turning now to the last who still cradled his stomach, the Reaper slowly approached him from behind, grasping onto his head and digging his clawed hands into the students eyes, causing him to scream in pain as he grappled onto the Reapers wrists. Seconds later, the Reaper snapped his neck, letting the fourth and final member of Team LYON fall to the floor, dead. The Reaper stood still for a second, taking a deep breath before letting out a sigh of relief. Then as if caught by a gust of wind, the Reaper disappeared into his now infamous mist like form, slipping away into the shadows.

Winston sighed as he switched off the computer, turning to face Soldier 76 who's hands were balled tightly into fists.

"It's him," Soldier 76 murmured, his eyes glued to the now black screen. "He's back."

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Hope you enjoyed the chapter, same time next week for chapter 15 of Reap What You Sow! Liked it? Feel free to leave a review and constructive criticism is welcome. Any questions? Leave either in your review or PM and I'll answer next chapter in the case of reviews and whenever I can for PM's.

Raging Archon out.