(Vale)
In a small cafe in downtown Vale, Alex sat across from the recently reviled Blake hadn't spoken since the night prior, obviously trying to collect her thoughts on what had transpired leading to her outburst. Overall Alex was just happy she trusted him enough not to bolt off when his back was turned given how anxious she seemed to be about her situation. That being said he waited patiently for her to gather her thoughts which surprised and equally unnerved the girl. with one last sip of her tea the quiet girl found her voice.
"how long?" she asked
"hmm" Alex replied
"how long have you known I was a Faunus? "Blake asked
Alex mewled over the possible answer he could give. But honesty seemed to be the best choice in this situation "Ever since the incident with Velvet and Cardin after you asked why I stopped him your bow twitched slightly" Alex said
"Why did you never bring it up?" she asked
"You had a right to your secrets as I had a right to mine, I thought you would tell us when you were ready" Alex said
"Doesn't it bother you? What I am? What I've done?" She asked
"Blake I have nothing against you for who you are, it would be rather hypocritical of me if I did, a lot of friends of mine back on earth would be counted as a Faunus" Alex said
Blake was quiet for a moment" Do you miss it?... Your home your friends?"
"Yeah, I do...but one good thing came out of it, I don't have to put up with Ben's terrible pun's honestly he and yang must be related somehow" Alex said
"As for you being a part of the white fang ever story has two side's, I'd like to hear yours." He said. The raven-haired girl sat there speechless was she really that used to prejudice from humanity, so now that one of them wanted to hear her out she had no idea how to react.
Would he still think the same after she told him?
Blake sighed" I was a member of the White fang for most of my life actually. You could almost say I was born into it. Back then things were different. In the ashes of war, the white fang was meant to be the symbol of peace and unity between Human's and Faunus. Of course, despite being promised equality the Faunus were subjugated to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser Being. And so, the white Fang rose up as a 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 optimist..." Blake explained
Alex listened closely to her story as she continued
"Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader with a new way of thinking. Suddenly our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us. Hijacking Cargo from companies that used 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 I no longer wanted to use my skills in their violence. and instead I would dedicate my life to becoming a huntress. So here I am. A criminal hiding in plain view all with the help of a little, black bow."
Alex was silent the White Fang they reminded him to much of the forever knights god the bloodshed that would happen between the two groups if they ever met. But what really confused him was the petty reasons why with a comm on enemy like the creatures of Grimm, Alex couldn't for the life of him understand why they would be at each other's throats
His silence only fed the Faunus girls paranoia so after a moment of mewling over the answer in his head he spoke "what you've done... took courage more than the average person could ever hope to have. even more so to try and redeem yourself for what you did in your past honestly it's commendable" Alex said
Blake sat there in utter silence he just accepted her like that "huh?" was all Blake could say
"I said it's commendable you saw the wrong you were doing and have been trying ever since to make things right" Alex continued "so what will you do now"
"I can't go back the others probably warned the teachers there's no place for me at beacon anymore" Blake said
"Blake I may have only known them for a few months, but I know the other would never do that there probably worried sick that you and I up and vanished" Alex said
Blake almost scoffed
"Yeah, right Yang-"
"Is your partner and a reasonable person under all that recklessness" Alex interrupted
"Ruby?" she said Alex looked at the girl giving her a look that said it all 'You're an idiot'
"Are we seriously talking about the same Ruby the girl who doesn't have a single bad bone in her body you seriously think she has anything against you" Alex said
"Weiss?" Blake said
"I'll admit she probably isn't taking this well at the moment but remember she has been a victim in all this. Her temper might be a problem, but I'm shore she has had enough time to cool down. Blake just talk to them; Blake at least give them a chance" Alex said
Blake sunk back into her seat "I can't...at least not until I'm shore the white fang is behind this even with their tern to violence this many Dust store robbery's doesn't make sense I need to find out" Blake said
Alex stood up" then where do we start" Alex said
Blake looked up at him surprised "we?"
"You really didn't think I'd let you do this alone did you?" Ale asked " the others would kill me if something happened to you"
Blake smiled slightly "Thank you Alex?"
"Don't mention it now I'll say again where do we start?" Alex asked
"Maybe I can help" a voice asked
The two turned to find the same monkey Faunus from before hanging from the balcony in a flash Alex grabbed him by the collar and pinned him to the table
"Whoa easy! easy! I'm here to help!" The Faunus said
"Why were you spying on us" Blake said while giving Alex a look telling him to stop "what do you want?"
"Ok, let me start from the beginning. Hi, my name is Sun, Sun Wukong I noticed you were a Faunus the other day I was wondering why you were hiding it, and when I saw the two of you go into the cafe so I kind of decided to see for myself. I overheard what you guys were talking about I think I can help" Sun said
"How? "Alex pressed
"I figure the best way to see if the white fang are behind these robbery's, would be to find something they would steal, and I heard from one of the guys on the boat that there just so happen to be a huge Schnee Dust Company shipment coming into Vale tonight" sun explained
"How huge?" Blake asked
Sun spread his arms out to emphasize his point" Schnee Dust Company freighter"
"Sounds like a good plan we stake out the delivery and wait and see if the white fang shows up" Alex said
"Alright" Blake began" but why are you interested in helping us?"
"Well" his eyes darted between the raven-haired girl and her companion "isn't it a hunters job to stop bad guy's"
"You're a hunter-in-training" Blake asked clearly skeptical about the monkey Faunus claim
"Yep, straight out of Haven academy, Sun Wukong leader of team SSSN" he stated proudly
"So, where's your team?" Alex asked
"Heheheh still back in Minstrel" he said embarrassed " I kind of wanted to get here ahead of time, you know see the things for the vytal festival being set up" Sun said
"So, you stowed away on that ship" Blake said
"I'm not exactly one for following rules" Sun admitted
"It's your call "Alex said turning to Blake
"Alright let's go" she said
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Later in the evening, the trio found themselves on the rooftop of a warehouse overlooking the dock's where several large containers with the SDC logo on the side were deposited, waiting to see if their quarry would take the bait.
Sun jumped up to the roof a bundle of apples in his arms "Did I miss anything?"
"Not much they offloaded the crates but that's pretty much it" Alex said
Sun nodded and said "cool. I stole you guys some food"
"Do you always break the law without a second thought?" Blake asked
"Hey, weren't you in a cult or something "Sun said
Blake glared at him Alex face palmed "to soon, man too soon"
Sun gave a nervous laugh looking over at Blake "Yeah, sorry"
The wind picked up around them as a Bullhead flew overhead moving to land in the center of the shipping yard below. The cargo ramp descended, several armed personnel stepped forth, the uniform and white mask's left little to imagine who they were.
"It's them "Blake said disappointed
"You hoped you were wrong, didn't you" Alex said
"No, I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right." Blake said
"Hey what's the hold up!" the three turned their attention to the bullhead figure emerged from the ship Alex fist clenched Torchwick
"We're not exactly he most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace" begrudgingly the White fang troops obeyed
"This is wrong, the white fang would never work with a human especially one like that" Blake said drawing Gambol shroud, Blake leapt from the roof making a bee line for Torchwick
"Oh, great " Alex looked over to sun "go help her, ill deal with any back up they have"
"On, it!" Sun said leaping off the roof into the fray
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Blake moved up along the side of a shipping container closing in on her target "No! you idiot! This isn't a leash"
Blake darted out grabbing Torchwick from behind holding Gambol shroud to his throat " What the? Oh, for f-"
"Nobody move! "Blake said standing before her former brethren all of which had weapons draw aiming at her
"Whoa! take it easy their little lady." Roman said
Blake reached up removing her bow reviling her feline ears for all to see" Brothers of the white fang. why are you aiding this scum?"
"Heh, oh kid didn't you get the memo?" Roman said in a mocking tone
"What are you talking about?" Blake demanded
"The white fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together." Roman said
"Tell me what it is, or I'll put an end to your little operation." Blake said edging the blade closer to Romans throat
The thief looked up as the roar of engines filled the air " I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation " as two more bullheads appeared overhead taking advantage of Blake distracted state roman fired a red dust round at the floor blowing her back
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Alex drop kicked the last grunt into a crate rendering him unconscious, looking back over to where the bullheads were hovering just as a large explosion shook the ground under him
"Oh, shit" Alex whispered under his breath, sprinting back towards Sun and Blake a wind morpher appeared on his wrist. "NINJA-STORM RANGER FORM" He cried
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Across Vale
A white portal opened up in an alley a figures exited from the swirling vortex a young man around the age of nineteen he wore black pants, a red belt with a yellow buckle, an orange straitjacket which the long sleeve been torn out to make it look like a t-shirt, a grey vest with the collar up and black leather gloves with a red spike on it, his shoes were black on the bottom and yellow on the top along with dark red lines.
"Now where are you" He said before a column of smoke rose in the distance
"There's a start" He said before darting of in its direction
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After the shot form roman Blake managed to get back to her feet just in time to avoid another shot from roman's cane Blake continued to doge the shots using her shadow clones before vanishing out of sight
"Here kitty, kitty, kit-ough!" A yellow streak shot out slamming roman into a container to his right
"Pick on someone your own size!" Yellow Wind Ranger said his ranger suit is primarily yellow with a large white Lion emblem on his chest his sleeves are grey leading down to a pair of white gloves and yellow Armor across his forearms his helmet is primarily yellow with bronze armor surrounding his black visor
Throwing a punch roman ducked down avoiding the fist that slammed into the container behind him swinging his cane Yellow wind ranger easily blocked the strike kicking Torchwick in the gut pushing him back
"You again, do you really think some fancy get up's gonna help you?" Roman said aiming his cane at Yellow Wind Ranger when suddenly a banana peel landed on his hat Sun leapt down from above kicking him" leave my friends alone!"
A group of white fang grunts dropped down from the bullhead Above surrounding Sun " you aren't the brightest banana in the bunch are you kid"
The White Fang members charged foreword at him as yellow wind ranger charged at Roman who turned around only to be kicked int eh face" never turn your back on an opponent"
Blake leapt out from the shadows" he's mine" she yelled swiping at roman using her shadow clones to avoid and counter each of Romans strikes, having finally caught her out, Roman struck Blake with his cane throwing her back, Sun leapt foreword clashing against him his staff switching into a pair of shotgun-nun-chucks, Blake jumped out from behind sun and knocked him back
"I could have handled that" Yellow Wind ranger said
"It doesn't matter let's finish this" Blake said
Before any of them could react roman fired a round up at the container above them severing the chains holding it up. Blake and sun leapt to the side out of its path Alex smirked behind the visor and caught the container the weight pushing him down on one knee, slowly he rose holding the container above his head much to everyone's shock
"Think fast!" Yellow Wind Ranger yelled throwing the container towards the master thief
A familiar voice called out "hey!" It was Ruby standing on the roof of one of the warehouses Crescent rose drawn "Oh, hello Red! isn't it past your bedtime?"
Penny walked out from behind Ruby... wait PENNY!
Ruby turned towards her and Roman took the opportunity firing a shot hitting the young reaper throwing her back, Yellow wind ranger charged roman only to receive a shot point blank throwing him though two of the containers behind him
Penny stood on the rooftop above them her backpack opened as almost a dozen blades flew out extending fully leaping if the building landing blows on the white fang
Two bullheads came overhead their guns firing apron the girl bellow two sword shot back embedding themselves in the wall behind the slender wires pulling her back out of the line of fire landing
Taking aim, she fired a blast through the swords cutting the bullhead in half the crew and wreckage landing in the water before grabbing onto a Bullhead with her swords pulling it down causing it to crash
"These kids just keep getting weirder!" Roman said as he boarded A bullhead suddenly there was a bright red flash a massive form roars out from behind the warehouse It's massive maw opened chomping down on the escaping bullhead
"What the hell!" Torchwick exclaimed thrown back by the jolt
Those on the ground looked up at the creature in absolute shock its was large standing around three stories tall it stood on four legs with six slightly shorter arms, three on each side of the body with dark black spikes running up its back leading up to a red skull like head, its red eyes pulsing.
"What the hell is that thing!" Sun yelled
"Koan "Yellow Wind ranger said
Tyrannopede bit into the bullhead tearing it in half before throwing it to the ground the screeching to a halt It turned towards the group on the ground it's body glowed a bright red shrinking down before a blond teen around there age emerged
"You owe me big time Alex" He said
"You know him?" Blake asked
Alex de-morphed chuckling slightly "you can add it to the list" he said
"number twenty-three if I remember correctly" Koan said as the two walked up to each other
"I could have handled it" Alex said looking back at the downed bullhead "think he's still alive?"
The hatch on the side of the bullhead opened up as Roman flopped out onto the dock groaning" that's a pretty safe assumption" koan said
"So, are you going to introduce me to your friends?" Koan asked when suddenly Ruby appeared in front of them
"That was so Coooooooooool! you were all like Raw! and they were all like ah no! That was amazing how did you even do that!" Ruby fired off, stars in her eyes
"Is she always like this?" Koan asked smirking at the young girls antics
"Who is this" Blake asked walking up next to Alex when suddenly Koan was right in front of her " Kaon Seinaruyami, at your service " He said giving a small bow.
"Easy Romeo" Alex said pulling him back much Koan's displeasure, it wasn't every day you see a hot girl with cat ears, why dude?...why?
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A pained his slipped past Romans lips, rolling onto his stomach he began crawling from the wreckage of his bullhead.
Today was just getting worse first he's dealing with kitty and her friend then ninja boy showed up how many costumes does that kid have and now he's lying in the dirt after some kind of bug-T-Rex tried to eat him
"Well, what do we have here?" Roman looked up only to find a pair of black boots with white armor and red highlights on the shins before everything went blank
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Blake, Ruby, Alex, Koan and Penny were sat around on some crates Romans bullhead had crashed yet he still managed to get away with a container full of dust.
Yang and Weiss arrived heading straight for us Ruby began talking to Weiss "Look, Weiss, it's not what you think she explained the whole thing you see she doesn't actually where a bow she has kitty ears and there actually kind of cute" Weiss stopped directly in front of Blake
"Weiss. I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was-"
"Stop." The heiress said putting a stop to Blake's apology. "Do you have any idea how long we've been searching for you?" Blake was silent "Twelve hours that means I've had twelve hours to think about this. And in that twelve hours I've decided...I don't care"
"You don't care?" Blake asked
"You said you're not one of them anymore, right?" Weiss asked
"No, I haven't been since I was a younger-"
"Upupupup! I don't want to hear it. all I want to know is that next time something this big comes up you'll come to your teammates and not some... someone else" Weiss said sparing Sun a glance.
Blake wiped away a few tears "Of course."
"Yeah team RWBY is back together" Ruby cheered
Weiss then pointed at sun" I'm still not shore how I feel about you." Sun laughed nervously at the statement
"And who are you?" She asked raising a slender eyebrow the blond shapeshifters way.
" Koan Seinaruyami pleased to meet you" Koan said
"Hey, wait a minute where's Penny?" Ruby asked
"Maybe she went home we probably should do the same its way after the curfew at beacon" Alex said before turning towards Koan
"You coming man? "Alex asked
"I'll catch up new world new city I'm gonna check this place out" Koan said
"Just try to stay out of trouble" Alex said, it was pointless to argue with the guy, he'd just sneak off and do it if he said no anyway.
Koan smirked in response "No promises" he said giving a salute before heading off towards the city
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In an undisclosed location, Cinder accompanied by her enforcers Emerald and mercury awaited any sign of a certain red-haired master thief that was in their employment.
"Where the hell, is he" Emerald snapped her arms crossed as she paced back and forth.
"The firefight at the docks is all over the police scanners there talking about some giant Grimm, maybe we got lucky and it ate him "Mercury said as he sat on a nearby table
"Quiet" Cinders calm but assertive voice said silencing the two as she continued to look down at her scroll. All her messages and calls had gone unanswered and she was quickly losing her patience with the criminal she had brought into her fold.
She knew for a fact he wasn't dead, several of her contacts had told her about what happened at the docs the boy from the dust store who managed to hurt her had ally's powerful ones at that. She knew despite what happened Roman was intelligent and knew how to get out of bad situations. Along with knowing better then to keep her waiting.
Which meant something had happened.
Cinders scroll lit up informing her of an incoming call, The ID being one of Romans burn numbers. "Roman you better have a good explanation for not being here." she said sharply into the device.
The line was silence for a few second before she heard someone speak, that someone was definitely not Roman "Now, now sweetheart there's no need for that " The condescending voice of the unknown man spoke up
"Who is this?" Cinder demanded "Where is Roman?"
"Oh, don't worry about him, he's doing fine. In fact, he should be there right about-" a burst of dark energy filled the room with a violet light the three preparing for a battle when Roman was thrown out of the vortex landing at Cinders feet he looked like he received medical attention after he crawled out of a battlefield
"Easy you dumb animal the suits been through enough already" the master thief said getting back to his feet staggering slightly still healing from the crash
"Like I care " Fury said as he exited the portal much to the rooms occupants surprise
"He was mere moments away from capture we saved him, and now we return him to you as a jester of... good faith" the voice said over the open line " as for your earlier question who I am is no concern to you, know that I am someone who has the information and the resources that could prove useful to your little operation"
Looking at the beast that stood before her with a calculating eye she turned her attention back to the scroll" and what makes you believe we would be willing to make a deal with you?"
A red dot suddenly appeared on her chest, Cinders head snapped up her eyes scanning over the surrounding buildings, her gaze landed on the source of the beam and widened exponentially.
Psycho red stood on a roof top across from the building his future partner was currently in the scroll resting on his shoulder as he held the RPG in his hands it's laser sight pointed directly at her chest lifting one hand he gave a mocking wave
"You've been a very busy woman, Cinder Fall gathering these resources and recruiting aid from the White Fang, but you lack the proper means to get the job done. I can help you with that" he said
Cinder was curious, whoever this man was he knew too much for his own good. The fact he could get the drop on her and her people so quickly, meant he had the skills to back up his claim.
"You have my attention" Cinder stated, she could o little but comply in this situation, a single shot from that weapon and both she and her plans for vale would go up in flames.
"What I want form you is simple, a meeting between you and myself at a time and location of my choosing. we can work out the details of our agreement there" the laser locked onto Cinders chest vanished "oh and fury if you would" Fury nodded throwing a black duffel bag onto the table in front of the four criminals, before taking his leave through another portal.
"Just in case you decide to try and do something stupid." Psycho Red said
The four criminals looked at the package wearily, Cinders eyes narrow before turning her gaze to Mercury "Open it" She instructed her silver haired subordinate.
Mercury took a step towards the bag slowly unzipping it, the young man backed off as the smell of death filled the air. "Damn" Roman said his eyes wide Cinders usual stoic look was broken as she stared at the bags contents
"Those are the heads of Vales white fang lieutenants, that took me two hours; want to see what I can get done in a whole evening. Make no mistake, I'm not asking you to attend, I'm telling you." The call cut off
Mercury ran a hand through his hair, as he turned back towards cinder " What the hell just happened?"
Cinder didn't respond staring down at the Scroll Curiously as it pinged indicating she received a message. A date time a coordinate that she logged to memory.
All the while wondering what would come of this so-called partnership