Chapter 6: Titan's Fall

I do not own RWBY, RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum (R.I.P.) nor do I own any media that may appear in the story. I only own the OCs. Enjoy! This will be a long chapter so buckle up, fuckboi!

Sunlight pushed through the window, illuminating the room and waking up Carmine. He stretched his legs and got out of bed, going to the bathroom to start his day. He turned the shower on, feeling the water heat up with his hand, he stripped from his pants and stepped into the shower. The hot water flowed over him, soaking his shaggy dark brown hair and running down his back across the scars he had collected from years of battle. Having thoroughly cleaned himself up, Carmine stepped out of the shower and grabbed a towel, drying off his hair and his body. He pulled on a pair of boxers and gym shorts he brought in with him, he combed his hair backward, bringing the wet strands of hair to attention but flattened them with his fingers and returned it to shaggy again, Carmine smirked at himself in the mirror.

He left the bathroom, throwing the towel and his dirty clothes into a laundry hamper, he went to the dresser and started to grab his uniform before he remembered that it was Saturday and he had no class. He closed the dresser and laid in bed, trying to think of what he should do today "I could go train in the Emerald Forest." He said to himself, deciding what to do on his day off as he got out of bed to get dressed for training in the forest. Before he left for the locker room, he grabbed Celadon's scroll from the nightstand, he connected his Aura vitals to his teammates scroll "Just in case shit goes south." Carmine said softly, setting the device back down on to the nightstand before grabbing a shirt and leaving for the locker room.

He closed the door softly and turned to face an empty hall, Carmine started down the hall toward the locker room. He reached the door to the courtyard which he pushed open to exit the dorm building and entering the courtyard, he turned toward the center of Beacon and started walking in that direction, eventually making it to the statue in the center which meant that the locker rooms were just on the other side. He kept walking and eventually made it to the locker room, he quickly found locker 245 and opened it, showing the custom arsenal to the Titan.

Carmine pulled on the hoodie and Heavy IBA, slipping his KVA's on over his gym shorts and pulled on the steel-toed Combat Boots. He inserted Mags into their holders on the front of his IBA, inserting his KA-Bar into its sheath with an audible click. He pulled out a holster and clipped it to his side, placing his MP7 into it and locking it in place, Carmine loaded spare mags for the MP7 into the side of the IBA along with two bricks of C-4 "Just in case shit goes sideways." He said to himself with a chuckle as he pulled out three M67 Grenades, placing them in their pouch. He pulled on his gloves and punched his fists together, the metal clanging together and echoing throughout the locker room which caused Carmine to smile "Oh yea, this is gonna be fun." He said to himself as he grabbed his mask and Scar, closing the locker and exiting the locker room. He turned toward the docks and made his way to an awaiting airship, he handed the pilot a couple lien "Drop me off in the Emerald Forest." Carmine said to him, the pilot nodding as Carmine took a seat in the back.

The airship took off toward the forest as Carmine requested, the ship quickly arrived to its destination and landed, letting Carmine out into a clearing. He slapped the side of the ship, causing it to take off back to Beacon and leaving him alone in the forest. Carmine began walking into the forest, taking in the surrounding area as he moved deeper. He pulled out his Scar and pulled back the bolt, loading a bullet into the chamber and readied it for combat.

The sound of snapping branches got his attention, he turned the safety off and faced the noise as a Beowolf exited the brush, snarling its teeth at Carmine. He raised his rifle and fired off two shots, dispatching the Grimm instantly but that only attracted more. Carmine turned his attention to two more Beowolves behind him, he was quick to turn and fire off four more rounds but only killed one, and the one he missed tackled him to the ground.

Carmine grabbed his MP7 and unloaded into the Grimm's chest, spilling blood all over the forest floor and Carmine. He pushed the now smoking corpse off of him and pushed himself off the ground, reloading the MP7 and holstering it again. He picked up his rifle as another Grimm charged him, Carmine delivered a swift kick to its jaw and sent it backward. Carmine shot off a round into its head and killed it, turning to face the other Grimm that surrounded and circled him. He put his rifle away and raised his fists, a Beowolf lunged at him but he countered it, grabbing its arm and snapping it. It yelped out in pain as Carmine drove his foot down onto its neck, snapping it and killing it. He turned the MP7 into a Bowie Knife and readied himself to take on the others, he charged one of them and drove the blade into its chest, twisting it and pulling it out to stab another one in the neck repeatedly, killing it swiftly and brutally.

As he fought the Grimm in hand to claw combat, he couldn't shake the feeling of being watched not by a Grimm, but by a person. Carmine punched a Grimm in the face, the sound of bone crunching beneath his fist echoing into the forest. He thinned the number of Grimm that surrounded him slowly, all but three were dead. He pulled out his rifle to finish them off, firing off two rounds into the first one killing it. He aimed at the remaining two but was stopped when gunfire came from the bushes, shredding the Grimm. Carmine laughed "Guys, did you follow me out here because you were curious?" He asked the bushes "You could say that, Carmine Sable of Wolf Pack." Said a suave voice, Carmine's attitude took a complete 180 degree turn, from lighthearted to pissed. "Who the fuck are you and how do you know me? Answer me or I'll fill you with bullets!" Carmine yelled but the voice laughed "Oh, but I have you surrounded so I'd like to see you try." The voice said, White Fang foot soldiers walked out of the brush and bushes with their rifles all pointed at Carmine, one of the soldiers kicked him in the back of the legs, dropping him to his knees and handcuffing him. They took his rifle and submachine gun as the voice exited the brush.

"Roman Torchwick, you son of a bitch! I should have wasted you when I had the chance!" Carmine yelled but a White Fang soldier started to choke him out, Carmine gasped for air. "Enough!" Roman shouted, the soldier dropped Carmine and backed away. "So, I've found the surviving thorn in my side, I can't wait to kill you and your little girlfriend too. What was her name now, Blake right?" Roman said, this pissed Carmine off more "Oh now you fucked up! When I get out of these, I'm gonna make your life a fucking nightmare!" Carmine screamed, but Roman backhanded him "Shut up, dog! You should have just died like your brother did." Roman said, pulling off Carmines mask "Now, let me see your face." He said laughing, Carmine tried to fight back but it was useless. "There, no more hiding. Now, let me see this." He said, pulling Carmines Ka-Bar from the sheath and placing it to his cheek, cutting him across the left side of his face. "Oh, I'm gonna have fun with you. Get his armor off." Roman said, White Fang soldiers started to take off Carmines IBA but he tried to stop them, his attempts were futile. They removed his hoodie as well, leaving him in his KVAs and Boots. "There, now we can have some fun!" Roman said laughing "But I don't want to get my hands dirty. Neo!" He called to the darkness behind him, a small girl with pink and brown hair skipped out and stopped in front of him, giving him a playful salute "You know what to do. Make him scream and beg for death." Roman said, handing her the Ka-Bar.

She nodded her head smiling and turned toward Carmine, strutting toward him while twirling the knife in her hand "Come on, cutie, you don't have to do this. You too adorable for this." Carmine pleaded, but she shook her head, smiling and placing her foot on his chest, pushing him onto his back. She straddled his chest, getting close to his face and placing a kiss on his lips. Carmine laid there wide eyed in confusion "What the hell?" He said out loud, Roman laughed "That's how she does her work. A kiss of death." He said grinning, just then Neo brought the blade across Carmine's chest, cutting him and drawing blood. He winced in pain as she dug her finger into the deep cut on his chest, she made another incision on his side in between his ribs. Carmine tried to fight back but again his efforts proved futile.

She drove the blade down into his thigh, causing him to howl in pain. The sound echoing throughout the forest, Carmine hoped someone would hear him and come rescue him but the odds of that happening were slim to none. She pulled the blade from his leg and lined it up with his upper arm, pulling it down and cutting into the tendon. Carmine yelled out in pain, lifting his leg to try and kick her off but she stabbed him in the other thigh, his leg fell as she pulled the knife from it. Carmine's scroll started ringing, Celadon was calling him. Neo grabbed it and answered it, covering Carmine's mouth with her hand "Carmine! Carmine, Are you ok? What is happening, your aura is dropping rapidly. Carmine answer me!" Celadon shouted over the speaker, Roman grabbed the scroll "Carmine can't come to the phone right now, if you would kindly fuck off so I can kill him in peace, I'd greatly appreciate it." Roman said sarcastically "Listen here you son of a…" Celadon began to speak but Roman hung up the phone "How rude of him, calling at a time like this." Roman said, tossing the scroll to one of the White Fang soldiers who caught it and put it in his pocket.

Neo got off of a now bloody Carmine, she wiped her forehead taking a break, Carmine chuckled and groaned "What's wrong? Not used to being on top?" He said with one eye open, his remark made Neo blush and turn back to him. She got back onto him and went back to work, she pulled out a set of needles and started pushing them through the flesh on Carmine's chest, slowly pushing them deep into his epidermis making him grunt in pain, he chuckled "I'm gonna enjoy ripping you apart, and I'll force you to watch me disembowel Roman slowly." He said laughing, his eyes glowing a deeper red causing her to gasp and step back "He's trying to get into your head, Neo!" Roman shouted, snapping her back to reality. Just then an airship flew over and landed in the clearing "Neo! Finish This!" Roman shouted as the White Fang soldiers ran to engage the occupants of the airship "Hurry! His vitals are fading!" Carmine heard Celadon in the distance followed by gunfire, he turned his head to face the noise but Neo grabbed his face and made him face her again.

She placed a kiss on his lips again as she brought the knife down into his chest, his eyes shot open at the painful sensation, she got off of him and walked toward Roman as Celadon, Regalia, and Laurel broke the treeline followed by Team RWBY. She blew a kiss to the two teams as she and Roman burst into shards of glass "Carmine!" Blake screamed, running toward him and dropping to the ground followed by Celadon "Come on Carmine! Stay with me!" Celadon shouted, Laurel ran up with a stretcher in tow "Come on, we have to get him back to Beacon, Stat!" Laurel shouted as Blake tried to stop the bleeding but it proved pointless as there were too many open wounds.

Blake started to breakdown, Regalia quickly comforting her "He'll be fine, He's a tough motherfucker!" Regalia said, turning her attention to a few White Fang soldiers who lay wounded on the ground, she let go of Blake as Yang grabbed a hold of her "I got her, you do what you gotta do." Yang said, Regalia nodded drawing a Beretta M9, pulling back the slide and walking over to the Soldiers on the ground.

She drove her foot down into a soldiers gut, pointing her pistol at him "Where did Roman go!?" She demanded, but the soldier just spat at her "I'm not telling you anything, Human trash." He said, she grinned and shot him in the leg, putting the barrel into the fresh wound "Where is he?" She asked as the White Fang soldier screamed in pain "I don't know! I don't know!" He pleaded but she backhanded him "Quit fucking lying, where the fuck is he?" She asked as she shot him in the other leg "AH! Vale Seaport! Warehouse!" He screamed out "Thank You." She said, placing the barrel into his mouth and pulling the trigger, painting the tree he was up against and put a round in the other two soldiers.

She walked back to the group as Celadon and Laurel loaded Carmine into the the airship, Yang grabbed the handcuffs and snapped them, freeing Carmine's hands. He was fading in and out of consciousness, his breathing ragged and labored. Blake grabbed his hand, holding him close to her as she cried.

"Don't….cry…. my... kitten. I hate … to …see you …. upset." Carmine said struggling with his words before slipping unconscious "Go! We don't have time!" Laurel yelled at the pilot, who took off as soon as everyone boarded, they made it back to Beacon in no time. When they landed, Celadon and Laurel grabbed the stretcher and ran toward the infirmary with Carmine, Regalia sprinted ahead of them and kicked the door down to the infirmary "We need the ICU Now!" She yelled as Celadon and Laurel ran in with Carmine, who bleeding arm was leaving a trail of blood. The doctors ran out with another stretcher and took Carmine into the back, the doors closing. Celadon leaned his back against the wall and slid to the floor, his face showing one of fear and shock. Laurel picked up the door Regalia had kicked off of the hinges. Regalia sat in a chair, her head in her hands. Team RWBY and JNPR ran in shortly after "Where is he?" Yang asked "They took him in the back." Laurel said now leaning against the wall "I'm gonna make Roman and Neo suffer." Celadon said, staring blankly at the wall. "Let's start with making sure he pulls through this first, then we can focus on vengeance." Laurel said, shaking his head.

Three hours later the ER doctor came out covered in blood "Well, I've got good news and bad news. Good news is he'll survive." The teams cheered but were cut off by the doctor "But, bad news is whoever did this was a professional. They slit his tendon in his arm and stabbed his ACL and Hamstring. It'll be a while before he's ready for action. Even then, I'm not 100% sure he'll be able to walk." The doctor said, causing everyone to gasp. Blake covered her mouth to muffle her cries, she turned and sprinted out of the infirmary, Regalia took off after her. Celadon looked to the doctor "When we be able to see him?" He asked but the doctor shook his head "We put him in a medically induced coma, so he can heal. He won't be awake for a while." The doctor said, causing everyone to sigh but the doctor spoke up again "Um, is there a Blake Belladonna here? He kept calling for her, he had tears in his eyes." The doctor asked, looking around "She just ran out of here, we'll get her back asap." Yang said turning and running out the door.

Regalia sprinted across the courtyard, chasing Blake down "Blake Stop!" Regalia shouted causing her to stop and turn around "Why!? It's my fault that he's like this!" Blake yelled, tears in her eyes. Regalia walked up to her and slapped her "How can you say that? You weren't there so you have no way of being responsible. The man that loves you was dying in the ER and you ran away. He needs you now more than ever." Regalia told her, Blake looked shocked but snapped out of it when Yang arrived "Blake! Blake, Carmine was calling for you before they put him under. So you need to go be with him, for when he wakes up." Yang told her, she looked shocked but nodded "Alright, lead the way." She said, following the two other girls back to the ER. As they entered, the doctor walked into the lobby "Are you Blake Belladonna?" He asked to which she nodded "Yes sir." She replied "He was calling for you when got him into the ER. You can go be with him if you feel up to it. You and his team are welcome back there." He said, Celadon shot up when he heard this.

The doctor led them back into the ICU, into a room in the back "Here he is, if you need anything we're just down the hall." The doctor told them, Laurel nodded "Thank You, Sir." He said, sliding the door closed. Regalia pulled out a large pack, opening it she pulled out his gas mask, Scar, and MP7, placing them on the counter. "Well, now is a better time than ever to do it" She said placing her hands together, causing them to glow purple as she rubbed them together, she ran her hand over his chest, the small wounds closing. She put both hands over the larger wounds, focusing her power to close them.

Carmine's eyes shot open as he started yelling out in agonizing pain, Laurel covered his mouth and nodded to Regalia to continue. She placed her hands on his legs, focusing the purple energy into his thighs "Come on you son of a bitch! Heal!" She growled as the flesh started to pull itself together, mending the cut hamstring. She moved to the other side and attempted the same process but collapsed from exhaustion.

Celadon caught her "You did good! This is perfect, now you need to rest, then we'll work on the other leg." He said to her, she nodded as she took a seat against the wall to rest, the doctor ran in "I heard screaming, is he ok?" He asked, Laurel nodded "Yea, she used her semblance on him to mend the hamstring. She'll work on the other one when she's rested up." Laurel said, the doctor nodded "Alright, let us know next time you decide to do something like this." He said, everyone nodded in agreement.

Blake was shocked at what she just saw "Uh, what was that?" She asked, Celadon spoke up to answer her question "Regalia has the ability to direct her aura into or onto anyone, in this case she used her own aura to heal his wounds. The cut hamstring was so bad that it took a lot out of her to heal it. When she's rested, we'll work on the other leg and then the arm." Celadon said, "So if that's her semblance, what is yours?" Blake asked curiously "Well, I have the ability steal a person's Aura and use it as my own or against them, and Laurel can nullify or redirect semblances, as well as read a person's mind, both conscious and subconscious. Combined with a leader who can basically create an atomic bomb, we're not a force to be fucked with. Roman Torchwich has fucked up, royally." Celadon said explaining their powers.

After four hours, Regalia had finally regained her stamina "Alright, let's do this. Laurel, cover his mouth." She said, Laurel nodded and covered Carmine's mouth as Regalia put her hands together, they began to glow purple again as she placed them over his leg "Sorry sir, but this is gonna hurt." She said as she focused her aura into his leg, once again his eye's shot open and muffled screaming could be heard from Carmine "Hang on sir, just a little bit longer." Regalia said, as the muscles under his skin began twitching and moving. After a minute, the glowing stopped "Is that it?" Blake asked eagerly, an exhausted Regalia nodded "Yea, when the leg or body part stops glowing, which means there is nothing left to heal." She said to Blake, she moved to his arm and charged her hands again, directing her aura into his arm, but it took no time for it to heal. "There, that should do it. He still needs a lot of rest though." Regalia said, taking a seat.

Blake sat next to the bed and took Carmine's hand in hers, interlocking her fingers with his, she felt his hand squeeze hers. She laid her head on the bed next to him, she could feel his body heat permeate out of him as she laid next to him.

She awoke a couple of hours later when he began to stir "Ugh, what happened? Where am I?" Carmine asked confused "You're in the infirmary, your Team and Team RWBY came to your rescue." Blake told him "Oh, hey Blake. I hope you didn't worry too much about me." He said with a chuckle. "She was really worried, she never left your side." Celadon said which caused Carmine to smile but it quickly faded "So what's the damage?" He asked with a serious look on his face. "Well, multiple lacerations, Cut tendon, two cut hamstrings, and the knife went into your left ventricle. They were able to remove it and repair the damage. Regalia was able to repair the hamstrings and tendon in your arm." Laurel explained. Carmine lifted his arm, flexing his arm "Wow, it's like it was before. Actually, maybe a little better." Carmine said, everyone laughed.

He pushed himself out of bed, Celadon grabbed his shoulder to steady him. He put pressure on his left leg, testing it then his right leg. He now stood upright, walking slowly around the room. "Still a little pain but that will go away." Carmine said "Now, where are my pants?" He asked, Laurel busted out laughing "Things you hear after a one night stand for five hundred." He said, laughing tossing Carmine his pants which he put on, one leg at a time and zipping them up. "Oh and here's this. I had Celadon run back and grab it." Laurel said, handing him his FiveSeven. "Thanks for everything, guys. That is the last time I go train solo." Carmine said putting the pistol in his waistband. "Oh, before you ask, your gear is back in your locker. Your rifle, Submachine Gun, and gas mask are behind you." Regalia said, pointing to the counter and handing him a bag. He nodded in thanks.

He put the mask and weapons in the bag, zipping it up. "Alright, I'm ready when you are." Carmine said, putting the bag on his back. Regalia slid the door open and they exited but were stopped by the doctor "I can't let you leave without an evaluation first." The doctor told him, leading him into a side room. Carmine groaned "I feel fine, I think everything is better. But one thing I can't figure out is why I couldn't use my semblance. If I could have, I would have blown them away." Carmine said, the doctor nodded "We found a toxin in your bloodstream that blocked you from using it. You lost a lot of blood a well, so when we did a transfusion, the new blood pushed out the last of the toxin." He told Carmine, showing him the blood test "Element three?" Carmine asked confused "Yes, that is what we're calling it but I'm sure it's Deathstalker Venom, which acts as a neurotoxin. If it had been left to circulate longer, it would have stopped your nervous system." The doctor said to Carmine. "So, am I good?" Carmine asked, the doctor nodded "Yes, Just take it easy for a while ok, you might not get so lucky next time." He said.

Carmine shook his hand and left with his team, his arm wrapped around Blake, holding her close as they left the infirmary "So, when are we going after Roman?" Carmine asked, everyone just stared at him "You just don't quit do you?" Laurel asked, shaking his head "Well, Roman killed Nightshade and Neo killed Onyx and she almost killed me, so I have to cut the head off of this snake before they kill someone else." Carmine said, Regalia stood in front of him "Well, I tortured one of his soldiers into giving me his whereabouts: Vale Seaport, Warehouse. That's where we find him, we'll strike once you rest up." She said, pointing toward the harbor. He agreed "Yea, I need to regain my strength."

As they walked, something was still on his mind "I can't wait to kill you and your little girlfriend too. What was her name now, Blake right?" Roman's words echoed in Carmine's head 'How did he know about Blake?' He thought to himself trying to figure it out, he was snapped out of thought by Blake "Carmine, you ok?" She asked him, concerned. "Yea, yea. I'm just thinking about something Roman said to me before he sent Neo to torture me. He said "I can't wait to kill you and your little girlfriend too. What was her name? Blake Right?" My question is, how did he know about you and I?" Carmine confessed, everyone stopped and looked at him in shock "Bu… But how did he know, there weren't many people who saw us together except. The waiter, remember how he looked at you in disgust. He was White Fang!" Blake said, suddenly realizing who had seen them together and would report to Roman. Carmine pulled out his FiveSeven and attached the suppressor "Excuse me, I need to go pay someone a visit." He said, pulling back the slide. Regalia grabbed the gun "Oh no no no no, No unnecessary conflict. You need to keep a low profile." She said, unloading the clip and unchambering the round, handing it back to Carmine.

"Fine, let's just get back to the dorm, I'm really tired." He said, walking to the dorm building. After walking for another five minutes, they finally made it to the dorm. The team walked inside, Carmine laying down in bed to rest up. Blake sat on the bed next to him "I'm glad you're ok, Carmine." She said, kissing him on the lips, he returned the kiss. "I'm glad you asked me to go to town with you." He said, making her giggle. She laid down in front of him, he wrapped his arm around her torso and pulled her in close to him, making her blush. He started to fall asleep with her in his arms, she had already succumbed to the warmth and comfort of Carmine and fallen asleep.

When he woke up, she was still with him wrapped in his arms. He looked at the digital clock that was on the wall by the door '4:46 A.M. Man, how long was I out for?' He thought to himself as he got comfortable again but his attention was peaked when he heard Blake talking in her sleep "Carmine….. No… Carmine, we can't…. I….. Love you, Carmine." She said incoherently, Carmine chuckled "I love you too, Blake." He whispered before going back to sleep.

The sun pushed through the window once again signifying that it was morning, Carmine stirred from the sunlight entering the dorm. He opened his eyes and was met with a pair of amber eyes looking back into his red eyes "Hey you." She said, kissing him. He kissed her back, he moved that he was over her and pinned her to the bed. "Hey you." He said, kissing her, she kissed him back. "Did you know you talk in your sleep? You say some pretty cute things in your sleep." He said flirtatiously, booping her on the nose causing her to blush "Wha… What did I say?" She asked, her face red. "Oh nothing bad, just how you love me." He said with a smirk, she hid her face in his arm "Oh no, that is so embarrassing." She said but Carmine stopped her "I feel the same way about you, Blake." He said, she was surprised "Re… Really?" She asked, He kissed her on the lips "That answer your question?" He asked smiling, she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into her kiss. He returned her kiss, placing his hands on her waist, she let out a light moan that was muffled by Carmine's mouth. He broke their kiss and looked at her with a raised eyebrow "Someone's having a little fun." He said causing her to blush "Your hands surprised me is all." She said, thinking of an excuse. Carmine laughed "Alright, whatever you say, cutie." He said, kissing her on the cheek before getting out of bed.

He walked to the bathroom to get ready for the day, he took his shirt off as he stood in the mirror. He traced his new scars with his fingers lightly, Blake walked up behind him and placed her hands on his back "Scars make you look so much sexier." She said with a purr in her voice, Carmine noticed it "You like what you see?" He asked her chuckling "Mmm Oh yea." She said running her hand down his back and wrapped them around his torso, planting a kiss on his back. He spun around so he was facing her and looked down into her soft, amber eyes. "I love you, Blake Belladonna." Carmine said, she giggled "And I love you, Carmine Sable." She replied, placing her head on his chest.

"Oh, get a room you two." Laurel called out from the other room, Regalia just looked at him "Are you serious?!" She exclaimed holding her arms out "We're in their room and their in our room, you idiot." She said playfully, getting up to walk into the bathroom with the newly formed couple "Let me check out your wounds." Regalia said, Blake stepped aside. Regalia ran her hand across his chest "The scar tissue is forming well, the stitching is holding as well." She said making her prognosis "Why didn't you work your aura magic on this one?" Carmine asked "Well, when Neo was doing her work, she inserted these small needle into your chest, they were also tipped with Deathstalker Venom. That was gonna be here final torture move, but when we showed up she drove your knife into your heart. So, since the the Deathstalker venom blocked your semblance, it also blocked mine. Hold still." Regalia said, raising her hands to his chest, her hands glowing purple.

Carmine grunted in pain as Regalia used her aura to bind his skin together, sealing the wound closed. "There, that should do it." She said pulling out a knife, cutting the stitches. One by one, she pulled out the stitches and tossed them in the trash.

Carmine looked in the mirror at his healed body "Damn Regalia, You do good work." He said thanking her, she bowed "It's an honor to serve you, sir." She replied, Carmine stared at the wall "It's funny, the last person who said that to me was Nightshade." He said, remembering the last moment he saw Nightshade alive. "I'm sorry, sir. He was a good man." Regalia said, Carmine shook his head in agreement "Yes he was." He said. Blake wrapped her arms around his torso again "We're not going anywhere, Carmine." She said, reassuring her new boyfriend.

He walked out of the bathroom and got dressed, putting on his black jeans and T-Shirt, followed by his black high tops. Now dressed and ready, he took Blake's hand and exited the dorm. She laid her head on his arm as they walked down the hall, she stopped at her dorm and knocked. Weiss opened the door "Blake! There you are! We were worried sick when you didn't come back last night." She exclaimed, Carmine raised his hand "Yea, that's my bad. Apparently I'm comfortable." He said, teasing Blake who smacked him on the arm playfully. "May we come in?" Carmine asked, Weiss stepped aside to let them in.

The new couple entered the dorm holding hands, Ruby jumped off of her bed and ran to hug Carmine "You're ok!" Ruby exclaimed happily, then she saw Blake and Carmine "And you're together now! This is sooo great!" She said excitedly, Yang laughed "About time Blake!" Yang said happily. Carmine spoke up "So, what you got planned for today?" He asked but they shook their head "Nothing at all. We were thinking about going to see the new arrivals for the Vytal Festival in Vale." Ruby said, Carmine looked at her "Well, now I'm interested. Let's go scope out the competition!" He said punching his fists together.

The group made their way to the airdocks and boarded an airship to Vale, they took a seat along the wall. The airship took off, making its way to Vale quickly. Landing in Vale, the group made their way to the docks "I heard a group from Vacuo are coming by ship." Ruby said pointing toward a large ship that was docked in the harbor, Carmine nodded "Uh huh." He said, distracted by a building in the distance, Blake noticed "What is it? Roman?" She asked, he looked at her "Yea, that's the warehouse there. He's in there, probably plotting his next attack. If I can get in there, I can stop him before someone else dies or gets hurt." Carmine said, clinching his fists, his knuckles cracking. He shook it from his mind "Sorry, let's go meet the competition." He said, forming a false smile.

"Hey! Stop that Faunus!" Someone yelled chasing a man with blonde hair and an open shirt "Thanks for the ride, guys" The Faunus shouted, giving them a two finger salute. He took off past the group, Carmine drew his FiveSeven and pointed it at the back of the Faunus's head but Celadon knocked in down "He's not a threat. Hold your fire." Celadon said looking at Carmine who nodded, holstering his pistol. "Sorry, this who thing has got me fucked up a bit. I'm just on edge." Carmine said rubbing the back of his head, disappointed at himself for drawing on a civilian. "They left all the money again." A voice said in the distance, grabbing Ruby's attention as she walked toward the voice "What's up, little red?" Carmine asked following her with the group. "Yeah, just doesn't make a lick of sense. Who needs that much Dust?" A detective said standing in front of a ransacked dust store, Carmine stepped forward "They left the money, but took all the dust?" Carmine asked the detective. "Yes sir, we think it might be the White Fang." The detective answered Carmine's question, he gritted his teeth at the answer "Torchwick." Carmine said angrily "Huh, you say something, sir?" The detective asked confused but Carmine walked away "Man, this whole Roman Torchwick thing is tearing him apart. I've never seen him this messed up about something like this." Celadon said, worried about his friend.

"Hmph! The White Fang. What an awful bunch of degenerates!" Weiss said, crossing her arms in disgust "What's your problem?" Blake asked her, somewhat upset at her friend's statement. "My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane." Weiss said stepping forward. "The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths. They're a collection of misguided Faunus." Blake responded stepping forward also, Weiss gasped at what she just heard "Misguided? They want to wipe Humanity off the face of the planet!" She said in retaliation.

Carmine walked back into the group "Actually Weiss, the White Fang soldiers are nothing more than subordinates, the real problem are the generals and leaders of the White Fang, some of them don't have a choice because they're doing it for their family. Some of the higher ups might threaten a Faunus's family in order to get them to act. Remember, I used to hunt the leaders down, I almost had Taurus but some girl in black stopped me. She gave me this" Carmine explained, lifting up his shirt to show a slash scar in his side.

Blake's eyes went large in realization of what Carmine had just said, she turned around and ran away. Carmine saw her and took off after her "Blake! Blake, where the fuck are you running to?" He yelled, he dug into his feet and started sprinting faster, passing her and skidding to a stop "Blake! What is wrong!?" He yelled, his eyes red as hellfire. She dropped to her knees in defeat "It was me. I stopped you from getting Adam Taurus." She said in a low voice, Carmine was taken back "What?" He asked, unsure if he heard her right.

"I stopped you on the train before you could get Adam, I'm the one who left that scar on you." She said, tears forming in her eyes. Carmine dropped to his knees to be face to face with her "Do you think I care about something that happened years ago? Besides, you and I were both different people back then and we've have both grown and changed as people. You worked with a psychopath and I killed people for Lien, but look at us now." He said, wiping away her tears.

She looked at him and smiled, hugging him. He smiled and wrapped his arms around her, holding her close to him "Now, I think we should get back to our friends." He said, helping her to her feet. She hugged him again "That is why I love you, Carmine." She said, holding him tight. He kissed her forehead, taking her hand and walking back to the group.

"So what was that all about?" Yang asked when Blake and Carmine got back to the group. Carmine laughed "Well, she realized that she was the one who stabbed me when I tried to kill Adam Taurus." He said laughing, the group looked at him horrified "She tried to kill you!?" Weiss shouted but Carmine waved her off "She was protecting her superior, besides I used to kill people for Lien. We weren't perfect but we changed over time. She saw the truth and I vowed to not take a life unless provoked or they were evil." He said looking at her with a straight face "If you say so, it's amazing how you can go from deadly serious to laughing something off." Weiss said shaking her head, Carmine grinned "Years of practice, snowflake." He said patting her on the head, she swatted at him for that. "So, where do you think stowaway ran off to?" Ruby asked, Yang pointed down the road "I think he went that way, lets go!" She shouted, the group ran in the direction she pointed to.

As they ran down the street, Carmine turned around and started running backwards "So, did anyone get a good look at this guy?" He asked, looking behind himself. "Yea, he had blonde hair, red gloves, and a tail." Laurel said to his leader. "Right, so what were gonna do is…" Carmine began to say but tripped when he bumped into someone. "Oh shit, who did I hit?" Carmine asked, picking himself up off the ground, there was a girl with orange hair and green eyes staring at him "Sal-u-ta-tions!" She said happily "Are you ok?" He asked her. "I'm wonderful! Thank you for asking." She replied still on the ground "Uh, don't you wanna get up?" Yang asked "Yes!" She replied before flipping to her feet.

"My name is Penny! It's a pleasure to meet you!" She said outstretching her hand, Carmine shook it. "I'm Carmine. The one in red is Ruby, Black bow is Blake, and Blondie is Yang." Carmine said, introducing himself and team RWBY, he walked over to his team "This is Laurel, Regalia, and this is my best friend and personal sniper, Celadon." He said, bumping fists with Celadon. "It is a pleasure to meet you all!" Penny said happily. "So what brings you to Vale?" Celadon asked curiously, "Oh, I'm here to fight in the tournament!" Penny replied, everyone looked surprised "Uh, I don't mean to be rude but you don't look like your ready to fight." Weiss said "Says the one wearing a dress." Blake retorted "Hey, it's a combat skirt!" Weiss replied, Ruby and Regalia joining with a unison "Yea!" "I'm Combat Ready!" Penny said to Weiss, "Anyway, have you seen a guy with blonde hair, a white open shirt, and red gloves?" Carmine asked Penny but she shook her head "No, sorry I haven't." She replied, he shook his head "Well, thanks anyway. We look forward to seeing you at the festival." He said, turning to leave. Ruby waved to Penny "Take care, friend!" She said, walking away. "Well, she was…. Weird." Yang said, walking next to Ruby. "What did you call me?" Penny asked, suddenly in front of the group.

"Oh, I'm really sorry, I definitely didn't think you heard me!" Yang apologized for her comment. "Not you, Blondie. You." Penny said, pointing to Ruby. "Me? I-I don't know. I, what I, um, uh.." Ruby stumbled with her words but Penny cut her off "You called me 'friend'! Am I really your friend?" Penny asked, getting close to Ruby who started stammering "Uuuum, Carmine, Help." She pleaded to him "Sorry little red, you're on your own with this one. The team and I are gonna go look for the Faunus." Carmine said, taking off with his team. Ruby still stammered "Uhhh, yes." She answered. "Sen-sational! We can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys!" Penny cheered but Ruby looked uncomfortable and looked to Weiss "Oh, is this what it was like when you met me?" She asked the ice queen who shook her head "No - she seems far more coordinated." Weiss replied.

Carmine and his team sprinted down the street "Laurel and Regalia, you two take the left side. Celadon and I will take the right side." He said to his team, they broke off and went their separate ways. Carmine rounded a corner sprinting and saw the Faunus. "You! Stop right there!" Carmine shouted running toward the blonde man, tackling him to the ground. "Get off dude, what is your problem!?" He shouted, Carmine pulled him to his feet "Why did you keep running, we were trying to talk to you." Carmine asked him letting him go. "I was trying to get away from the security guards. Why did you tackle me?" The Faunus asked Carmine who rubbed the back of his head "Yea, sorry about that. Force of habit, I used to be a mercenary. I'm Carmine, but some call me Titan." He said extending his hand to the Faunus. "Wait, Carmine as in Carmine Sable of Wolf Pack?! Dude, you're a legend in Vacuo! I'm Sun Wukong." Sun said shaking his hand excitedly "Everyone back in Vacuo talks about The Wolf Pack who took out leaders of the White Fang, until they were killed in battle. They say you walked out, leaving the camp on fire. Is that true?" Sun asked wide eyed, Carmine chuckled "More like rescued by Atlas soldiers and exfiled via airship." Carmine said laughing.

"Well, not as exciting but still awesome. Are you fighting in the tournament?" Sun asked Carmine as they walked back to his team "Yea, I just hope I don't go overboard and destroy the whole building." Carmine said making an imaginary explosion with his hands. "Hey guys, I found him!" Carmine said, calling to his team "This is Sun. Sun this is Regalia, Laurel, and this is my best friend and personal sniper, Celadon." Carmine said, bumping fists with Celadon again. "Apparently I'm a legend in Vacuo." Carmine told his team, but they weren't surprised. "Come on, we should find the others. It's getting late." Laurel said, gesturing toward the center of Vale. As they walked down the street, Carmine's scroll went off "Oh, it's a message from Blake. They went back to the dorms. Let's go back, Sun you coming?" Carmine asked him, he nodded in agreement.

After boarding an airship, they landed in Beacon and headed for the dorms. As they walked down the hall, they passed team RWBY's dorm and Carmine heard shouting "Well maybe we were just tired of being pushed around!" Blake shouted, storming out of the dorm. Carmine caught her arm "Hey, come on you can stay with me." He said consoling her, she nodded and walked with him, her arms crossed.

Carmine opened the door and let her in, following her and closing the door. "Now, what was that all about?" He asked her, sitting her on his bed. "Weiss, she kept calling the White Fang trash and scum, but she's wrong. It's Adam who is leading them down a bad path, maybe I can change them." She said but Carmine shook his head "It will take a Faunus of great standing to change the soldiers' minds because right now they follow fear of their superiors. I know what might help, did you know Keppel was a Faunus?" Carmine asked her but everyone heard him "Wait, Keppel was a Faunus?!" Sun asked loudly.

Carmine chuckled "Yea, when he joined he wanted to be a sniper since he sould see at night. He had canine teeth. He killed the White Fang because he saw what they were doing as wrong and he wouldn't stand for it. He willingly killed his own kind because what they were doing was wrong, he saw us not a humans but as his brothers and that's how we saw him." Carmine informed the room of his old teammate's true identity. "Wow, but what are you getting at?" Blake asked him confused.

"Well if the legend of Wolf Pack has spread throughout Remnant then maybe if we tell small sectors of the White Fang the truth, then maybe it might change their minds. Or I could drop a Daisy Cutter on them, followed by a thousand pound JDAM." Carmine said laughing, Blake just shook her head giggling "I sometimes forget your extreme side, but it's a side I also love." She said kissing his cheek. "Guys, that's it! A human and a Faunus, together. Maybe your relationship can change them." Sun said clapping his hands together.

"Blake, meet Sun. Sorry I forgot to introduce you, bro." Carmine said, introducing the blonde monkey Faunus who waved to Blake. "Anyway, maybe if they see that a Faunus and a Human can love each other then maybe they can know that not all humans despise them." Sun said returning to his thought.

"Well, it's a long shot but hey, you never know." Laurel said chiming in. "Or I could strong-arm them into surrendering. Two C-137 Goliath's and four Daisy Cutters should be enough to get them to stand down. I'll call Ironwood in the morning to make a request. We'll try my tactic first, meet violence with potential annihilation." Carmine said, writing down the munitions he'll need.

After a long talk, Sun said his goodbyes and exited the dorm, returning to his room. Carmine laid back in his bed with his hand behind his head, Blake laid next to him, her arm across his chest. "I need to take out Torchwick before he mobilizes, I have a feeling he is directly connected to the White Fang." Carmine said to himself, Blake yawned "We'll get him, don't worry, babe." She said, resting her head on his chest. "Yea, and I'll make him pay for everything ten times over." He said, closing his eyes.

(A/N: Holy fuck that was a long ass chapter, I was originally gonna make this two chapters but I just started back to college so I won't have time in the future. Anyway, as always remember to Favorite, Follow and drop a Review so I know how you like it so far and what can be done better or changed. Also share with your friends. This is Nightmare 6-4, Signing off !)