Here I am again, and let's get right back into the fun stuff. Decided that for right now I am going to be going for a chapter for fanfics every other week, that way I get more than enough time to write another project of mine, the one I've told you all about before. Bear with me for about another month or so, and I'll be back to weekly updates for all my fun fanfics.

Beta: CrowSkull

YBWR

Chapter 14- Forgive and Forget

Pyrrha's eyes slowly slid open and viewed a sky of white light which made her squint and look away with a groan. The question of where she was immediately got answered as the familiar scent of sanitizer and cleanliness invaded her nostrils. The memory of why she was there came back to her immediately, and she sat up abruptly with a gasp, green eyes wide and red hair frizzled from nervous sweat. She looked down at her body and saw that she was still in her armour, and the sun was still out. Which meant that it must have been the same day!

"H-Hello?" She called out to the infirmary room. "A-Am I back at Beacon?"

"Oh, you're awake." Pyrrha followed the source of the voice to a silver-haired teenage boy who must have been around the same age as she was. He wore a white doctor's coat, and when he walked toward her the metallic clank of his visible cybernetic legs made her absentmindedly stare down at them. The apparent doctor or nurse taking care of her chuckled when he followed her gaze. "Ah, yes, my legs surprise everyone. I'll just answer the question I know you have in your mind, yes, it hurt losing my legs, and yes, I can feel the robot ones."

"I-I'm sorry!" Embarrassed from being caught being so rude, Pyrrha looked away and covered her face. "I've just never seen anything like it before…"

"That's perfectly okay," The silver-haired boy stepped closer to the side of her bed. "I am Nurse Black, but you can call me Mercury. I am a Doctor in training under the mentorship of Doctor Marcus Black, who happens to be my father. I've been taking care of you since you were brought to from the Forever Fall Forest."

"A-Ah, thank you, Mercury." Pyrrha gratefully bowed her head. "Wait, am I hurt?"

Mercury laughed. "Are you hurt? Bah, if you count being utterly drained of all stamina with a few bruises and scrapes as hurt, then yes. But from my perspective, all you need is a few days to recover from the sore muscles you're going to start feeling once the pain suppressing drugs kick in."

"Pain suppressing drugs!?" Pyrrha started sweating nervously. "So I am hurt!"

"No, no, no, let me finish," Mercury placed a hand on her shoulder and set her back down before she could panic. "Your body is… well… to put it as politely as I could, not as conditioned as it could be for a huntress in training. You've torn your muscles far more than you likely ever have before, and it's far from unbearable, but for an inexperienced girl like you, I decided that I would spare you from that pain."

"Oh… I see," relieved and far from offended, Pyrrha released a sigh. "That's good to know. Will it wear off soon?"

"It will, later tonight," Mercury explained. "By then it should be much more bearable, but I'd recommend only light exercise and training if you want to continue doing so if only not to damage your body anymore."

"I understand, thank you, nurse, I appreciate what you've done for me," Pyrrha said with a bright smile. "I know you must know my name already, but I'm Pyrrha, Pyrrha Nikos."

"And even though I already told you my name," They both shared a laugh when they took each other's hand and shook it. "My name is Mercury, Mercury Black."

"Good to meet you, Mercury," Pyrrha added.

"To you as well. Now, I am going to notify your teammates about your awakening; they are waiting in the waiting room outside down the hall, but before that, there was someone who asked a special favor of me to allow her to see you first since they are afraid they'd never get the chance to if they don't take it now." Mercury explained. "I'm sure you know who I am talking about. This is why I want to make sure it's okay with you first before I let her alone in this room with you. If anything happens, don't be afraid to shout. I may just be a nurse, but all the staff here in Beacon has to be trained in martial arts in order to be accepted into the role they wish. Now, are you okay with letting Cassandra Winchester come to speak with you in private?"

Pyrrha looked down at her sheets and clutched them in her hands. She could refuse her and likely would never have to face the consequences for it. But that was not how she was raised by her mother and father. Steeling her resolve, Pyrrha looked into the black eyes of her nurse and nodded her head along with her answer.

"Yes, let her in."

Mercury nodded back at her and walked to the door to her room. He opened it and Cassandra was already on the other side waiting. She thanked the nurse and used a crutch to help her hop into her room, and for once when their eyes met, it was Cassandra who was the one who couldn't meet her eyes. Mercury scanned over the room, offering a seat to Cassandra so she wouldn't have to stand with a broken ankle, before leaving them alone with a warning that they only had ten minutes to complete whatever conversation the large brute of a girl wanted to have with her.

"Cassandra," Pyrrha greeted her with a nervous smile. "H-How is your leg?"

"Ankle broke when you threw me against that tree," The Winchester said with a sigh. "But it's not anything I can't get past. I'll heal quickly… Was that your semblance? I felt myself get picked up by my armor."

"Semblance…?" Pyrrha blinked her eyes, confused. "I don't know… I was just… angry, and I lashed out…"

"Hmph… yeah, you were angry," Cassandra confirmed. "But it wasn't without a damn good reason. I made your life a living hell, and I paid for it. I didn't know you could say those things, though. That was a surprise."

Pyrrha looked away. "I'm sorry I hurt you… I shouldn't have lost my temper like that."

"Oh, don't give me that crap." Cassandra snapped. "Let's stop pretending what I was doing to you was anything close to fair or actual things friends did with each other, okay? I'm done with the tricks, the clever lying, and the manipulation. I was bullying you, there's no other way around it."

Pyrrha remained silent for several seconds. She wanted to keep staying silent, but that question that has been echoing in the back of her mind was never louder than it was in that moment. After taking a deep breath, she asked the question.

"Why?" She said. "Why were you doing that to me? What did I do to deserve the treatment you gave me for so many weeks?"

Cassandra looked away and down to the ground. "There was no good reason… honestly, I was just bored, and I found an easy target. You're like, really bad at fighting, you know that right? That's not even me trying to make fun of you, I'm just stating a fact."

"Yeah…" Pyrrha sadly accepted the fact. "I know."

"But, you are also damn good at killing Grimm, apparently." Cassandra continued. "Even after everything I did to you, blackmailing you, humiliating you in the spars, making Professor Fall disappointed in you more and more, and everything else… Why did you save me?" She suddenly asked. "I know you said it's because we're supposed to be huntresses but… I didn't deserve that," Even Pyrrha could tell that she was biting back tears, the large girl tried but failed to hold them back forever. They eventually began trickling down her face, to which the large girl worked to wipe them away as quickly as they flowed. "You had me dead to rights, I couldn't move, I couldn't reach my weapon, even my own teammates abandoned me to that Grimm, but you? You stayed, you defended me with your life, and you went as far as to go save it, why?"

"So I can prove to myself that you have a heart," Pyrrha said after giving some time to think for herself. "So I can see the good person in front of me that I see now. Other than that… I couldn't just stand back and let someone get killed by a Grimm just because they pulled a few childish pranks and tricks on me. That isn't me, I signed up to become a huntress not only just to make myself stronger and…" She decided to omit the other true reasons. "But so I could protect people. Besides, I put you in that position, I may as well be the one killing you if I just ran off and let the Grimm get you."

"Fuck, you are still too nice for your own good," Cassandra said with a forced laugh. "But still… thank you, Pyrrha. Thank you for saving me… I… won't bother you anymore," she continued. "I won't get near you anymore, I won't talk to you anymore, and as of right now I never overheard what you were talking about with your partner up on that roof above my room. It's the least I can offer you after what I've done."

"We can be friends if you'd like that better." Pyrrha offered with her usual friendly grin. "We can become proper rivals, even. I still am going to be put up against you in combat class, after all. We may as well-"

"No," Cassandra cut her off. "Look, I get what you're getting at here, and it's not a bad idea but… no, not now. Maybe next semester, maybe next year, but I can't allow myself to let you call me your friend after everything that's happened. The past doesn't just erase itself, and besides, do you really think your teammates and other friends are going to ever let me close to you after what I've done?"

Pyrrha sagged her shoulders. "Perhaps you're right… but if we can't be friends," A smug grin stretched across Pyrrha's face as she swung her legs over her bed and stood up with only slight trouble, and opened up her arms. "My father always told me the best way to make up is to hug it out."

Cassandra narrowed her eyes at her. "You have to be joking. Right?"

Taking a page out of Yang's book, Pyrrha simply replied with, "Nope." and was extra cautious to add that specific pop of the 'P' syllable.

"Ugh… I guess I can't really say no to you after what happened, can I?" Pushing herself up with her crutch, Cassandra stood and moved over to Pyrrha, letting the smaller redhead push in and wrap her arms around her body. Without her armour, Cassandra got to feel an uncomfortable amount of body warmth she wasn't used to as Pyrrha made sure to make the hug a long and tight one. By the time they were finished, Cassandra staggered out with an embarrassed expression on her face while Pyrrha simply smiled even wider, pleased with the results of their make-up hug.

"See you in class!" Pyrrha called out innocently as Cassandra limped her way out of the infirmary with her crutches.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." The Winchester girl returned as she disappeared around the corner.

Pyrrha was pleased with herself with the results of their conversation. They wouldn't be able to call each other friends anytime soon, but she was eager to give her another chance once the heat died down between her and her teammates. It was almost like she just put a friend on hold for now, like they weren't friends now, but they silently agreed to become friends next semester. Hopefully, that would come to fruition someday. Pyrrha was very forgiving, and the concepts that she had adopted from her parents and sister were proving to become more and more useful with each passing day. If she just pretended the last few weeks of stress never happened, that is. She would have a positive ratio of success with her strategy. When Winchester left, Mercury peeked his head back into her room, and she gave him a thumbs-up, to which he eagerly returned. Well, she at least did make another new friend, Mercury Black, the nurse of Beacon's infirmary and a doctor in training. She wondered what his father was like.

Her own teammates and friends barged into the room as soon as Mercury went to retrieve them. The first one to pick her up in a bone-crushing - or in this case, bone-squeezing - hug was Lie Ren, and the next after that was Ruby when she remembered that she had a speed semblance. After that, it was hard to tell, as the only ones who didn't involve themselves in the jumbled mess of limbs and body heat were Blake and Weiss, who stood awkwardly back closer to the door and away from it all.

"Ah, Pyrrha!" Yang exclaimed, squeezing her cheeks since that was the only part of her body she could reach over Jaune's shoulders. "I'm so happy you're okay! It would have sucked if my first Beacon friend died from fatigue!"

"I was joking when I said that!" Nora shouted, pinned between Jaune and Ren, she was involuntarily a part of the group hug. "Pyrrha, I am glad you are okay but if you could spread your legs apart just a little so I can escape?"

Pyrrha laughed as she felt Nora do just that and squeeze between her legs quickly. The group hug was separated quickly, and she took a seat on the bed next to her partner as Ren splayed out across both of their legs while Nora joined Blake and Weiss in the back of the room. Yang and Ruby, however, sat in the same chair that Cassandra had used just a few minutes ago.

They talked and caught up about a few things, and Pyrrha apologized to her teammates about never being the leader she was meant to be. She was forgiven of course, but she couldn't fully forgive herself until she explained to everyone that didn't know the truth of why she was letting herself be bullied like that for so long.

"I cheated my way into Beacon…" Pyrrha explained with a sorrowful sigh. "I forged my transcripts, and I was accepted. I talked about it with Jaune, and she overheard. That's why I was letting her do whatever it was she wanted from me…"

"She was blackmailing you!?" Yang angrily exclaimed. "That's it, I am gonna challenge her in Cinder's class next time! I'm gonna make her pay, I swear!"

"W-Wait! We just made up! She talked to me before you guys had the chance, and she apologized and everything."

"She did?" Nora asked. "That… doesn't sound like Winchester."

"Yes, well, you can even ask Mercury - he's the nurse here - he's the one who let her in to talk to me, and she agreed never to bother me or anyone again." Pyrrha pouted. "We even hugged it out!"

"Wait, you're serious?" Ruby asked, barely able to contain her laughter. "Oh gosh, I don't think she's lying guys."

"Wait, wait, wait," Pyrrha stopped them all before they could continue with that train of thought. "What about my cheating into Beacon? Aren't any of you going to ask me about that?"

"Pyrrha," Weiss was the one to call out to her after several moments of awkward silence. "We all already knew that you must have cheated your way here."

Pyrrha blinked her eyes, shocked. "W-What!?"

"Everyone in this room has been training to become a huntsman or huntress ever since they were five years old, maybe older or younger." Weiss continued. "Do you really think we wouldn't have been able to recognize someone who hasn't gone through the same training we have?"

"I-I…" Pyrrha let her face fall into her hands. "But if you already knew… than the teachers…?"

"Why do you think Cinder keeps putting you against Cassandra?" Nora said next. "She's easily the second-worst in the entire school. Well, maybe not that bad, but she is close to your level of skill."

"But why am I still here if I am apparently this obvious!?"

"We don't know," Yang shrugged her shoulders. "Ask Salem."

"Oh my god… this entire time, I was so terrified that the secret would get out… the blackmailing… was that just another prank that she was playing on me?"

Everyone burst out laughing at her unintended joke. Soon enough, Pyrrah joined them in it, finding it hilarious that after all this time, all the fear she felt about her secret coming out was all for nothing. Why was she so worried in the first place? But that begged another question; Why was she accepted into Beacon in the first place? Or better yet, why was she still here? As Yang said, that may be a better question to ask Salem, the headmistress of Beacon, who was the one who signed the letter and accepted her into the school.

Before that, however. She had to handle things with her friends and teammates first, but most of all, with her partner.

Pyrrha took Jaune out to the same roof that he had taken her to before to continue where they left off. She was surprised that he was so easy going into accepting a private conversation from her, but she was just grateful that he was there with her. She was still wearing her armour, while Jaune was still in uniform.

"What did you want to talk about?" Jaune asked with a friendly smile. His blue eyes stared into her green with so much kindness and politeness that she caught herself realizing that he knew exactly why she asked him to speak with her in private.

"Well…" Damn, she already felt like she was being put on the spot. "I wanted to say sorry… I've been a terrible partner to you lately, and an even worse leader. What happened the last time we were on this roof, I didn't let you help me as you offered it, I was stubborn, and I'm sorry."

"I forgive you," Jaune said suddenly. "About everything. I thought I already said that I forgave you back in the infirmary? Ah, anyway, I forgive you."

"Eh? Just like that?" Pyrrha asked.

"Just like that," Jaune confirmed. "So, do you want to accept my offer to start training you? Or is there some other reason that you brought me up here in the middle of the night?"

"W-Well…" Pyrrha blushed, she was so caught it wasn't even funny. Jaune must have been having a blast with her if the amused expression on his face was anything to go by. "You've caught me," Pyrrha said hopelessly. "I'd like to accept your training… if you'd accept me as your student and allow me to call you my master…"

Jaune widened his eyes and blushed madly. "Woah, woah, woah! You don't need to try that hard!" He said before laughing hysterically. "I always intended to help train you, Pyrrha. Don't call me master though, please, that's the one rule I will enforce if I have to. I am the same age as you, I don't need to have such a title so soon."

"S-So you'll teach me, sensei?"

"Okay, now you're just messing with me." Jaune laughed, putting his hand on Pyrrha's head and ruffling up her hair. Pyrrha laughed and pushed it away, before suddenly finding herself knocked on her butt was Jaune stepped in and tripped her, but caught her before she could fall any harder and potentially hit her head. "First things first," Jaune said as he helped her back up to her feet. "You need to work on your balance. Since you're going to be training with your spear and shield with me, you're going to need to learn how to balance your weight on each leg in a proper stance and keep your distance. Your body is physically weaker than almost everyone in the school, so you don't want to get into any locks or holds with anyone."

"Hence the spear style you want me to learn…" Pyrrha said humbly. "Is there any particular reason why you want me to train with my spear instead of my sword form? I've been figuring out how to shift the weapon, and I can go back and forth from the two forms if I want to now."

"If you want to try to learn two styles at once, plus how to aim with your rifle, all at the same time. Then, by all means, I'll do my best to help you." Jaune said. "I know how to use a lot of traditional weapons, and sure I can show you how to use a sword style, but you are better with your spear. Besides, you have that spear-throwing technique that is actually already really good. I want to strengthen your strengths while also destroying most of your weaknesses. So for right now going forward, you are going to master the way of the spear." Jaune said as he stepped back and took a simple stance. "Now come on, I'll give you a few more pointers about balance before we head back to our room. To where I am sure Ren would make a few jokes about us returning all hot and sweaty after our little private conversation."

Pyrrha laughed nervously as she tried to mimic Jaune's stance. It was polarizing, actually becoming a student of someone who was so great at combat. Jaune Arc was the proclaimed champion of an entire Kingdom, which meant that he had to be one of the best fighters in the world, even if he was only just a huntsman in training, give him a few more years, and he'd be at the top easily. No question about it.

The thought of her reaching a similar level made her excited, as well. She couldn't wait to get as strong as Jaune, perhaps stronger! Okay, definitely not stronger, but right now, as Jaune knocked her on her ass over and over again for the next half an hour, she definitely started feeling like a huntress in training. Her butt was feeling it too, it was definitely going to be sore if she kept landing on it like that…

It was now the weekend, and Yang Xiao Long wanted to bring her team into Vale. It has been too long since Team YBWR had been able to spend a good amount of time all together on the same day. Usually, on the weekends, everyone had their own things that they wanted to do. Blake always went to the CCT to talk with her Adam friend - or boyfriend, as Yang always teased her about. Ruby wanted to go get some new parts to upgrade Crescent Rose and everyone's weapons that she was able to get her hands on when no one was looking or paying attention, and Weiss just… to be completely honest Yang didn't know exactly what Weiss went to do on the weekends. Most of the time she just stayed in the dorm reading books without covers so she couldn't read the titles of them, and other times she read those books in the library where usually none of them ever went on weekends.

However, today Yang made sure everyone was together. Ruby wasn't going to run off, Blake had no reason to decline her offer when she had nothing else to do today, and with the three of them together Weiss didn't have any room to argue. So now here they were, on the sidewalk on their way to the pier so they could watch the ship's anchor and dock. Students from all the other academies from all over the world were coming to Vale to stay in Beacon in order to participate in the Vytal Festival tournament. Once she mentioned that part, Blake became more eager to scope out the competition as Yang put it. She knew Blake wanted to do that, in all honesty, she just wanted to see if she could meet some new people with her friends.

"So what's the big deal with this Vytal Festival thing again?" Weiss asked as they walked down the sidewalk.

"What's the big deal about it?" Yang replied. "Only the one event that comes every two years that comes with an awesome tournament that is always a blast to watch! I've always wanted to participate in the tournament, I've been watching it ever since I was a little kid!"

"The Vytal Festival isn't just about the tournament," Blake pointed out. "People from all kinds of cultures and dialects from all over the world are going to be coming to Vale, all collected in one spot united under a single banner. There will be dances, concerts, shops, and all sorts of festivities. The amount of organization required for it is exhausting."

"Oh Blake, don't talk like you've always been interested in that kind of thing," Ruby teased. "I remember you being disinterested in coming out with us when Yang asked, but the second you heard about other students from the other academies arriving today, you were all for it."

"I'm not sure what you mean, you weapons maniac," Blake said coldly. Though an intended insult like that meant nothing to Ruby, it may as well have been a compliment. "I was dragged here by my partner, as she usually does."

"Don't lie, you're having fun. You even bought us ice cream!"

"You all had ice cream, I just paid for it." Blake pointed out. "And I still think ice cream is a bad diet idea for huntresses in training. You're going to throw up if we have to fight."

"Fight? Pft, fight about what? With who? When?" Yang inquired. "There are no fights starting anytime soon."

"Didn't you get into a fight with Neo and her whole gang, not even that long ago?" Ruby remarked.

"Hey! Don't bring that up when I am trying to make a point here!" Yang wailed. "Ugh, it's not like I looked for them or anything, they just showed up and I had to defend myself."

"It's also not past midnight," Weiss pointed out next. "Thieves like Neopolitan would be foolish to start a robbery in the middle of the… day…" her voice trailed off as the group came to a stop in front of a yellow crime scene tape. An officer noticed them and walked up.

"Move along girls, nothing for you to be concerned about here-" The police officer saw Ruby and frowned. "Ruby, what are you doing here? Don't tell me you committed another crime again."

"Is that any way to say hello to a dear old friend, Seth?" Ruby asked in a chuckle. "Also, what crime? Last time I checked, parking tickets weren't crimes, but violations."

"They're the same thing," Seth said. "Also, not paying them is a crime."

"What? I thought Mom paid those for me!"

"You thought that Raven Branwen would pay for your parking tickets?" Seth laughed out loud. "Good one. You're lucky I'm terrified of her. But still, you four shouldn't be here."

Behind him, a man wearing a blue mask carved to look like some kind of positive energy Grimm was escorted out of a store that was broken into. There seemed to have been a firefight just minutes before that ended before Yang and they got in range to hear the shots, but thankfully it didn't seem that anyone was mortally injured. The most was a small splatter of blood, which must have come from the mask-wearing terrorist that Weiss was staring at strangely. It was odd, seeing Weiss react the way she did. She saw the man glance in their direction and hid behind her partner, who was the tallest out of the four of them, and tried to make herself an unknown. Weird, but Yang could get it, she wouldn't want to be associated with criminals here either.

"What happened here?" Yang asked Seth as she peeked around his body, watching as the man was shoved into a police car.

"Agh, if I tell you what happened will you all leave us to do our jobs?"

"Sure."

"There was an attempted robbery here. Well, I say attempted because the money never left the register. All the dust was stolen and his comrades left this guy behind. Neo's doing, as you can imagine. Didn't think the Blue Revolt would be interested in working with the likes of her, though." Seth explained.

"The Blue Revolt?" Yang raised an eyebrow as she was lead away by her other teammates. "Oh, is that the group that used to be peaceful a while back? At first, it was called the Blue Protest, right?"

"Protest, Revolt, they can call themselves whatever they want. They're terrorists all the same." Seth replied.

"They're not terrorists…" Weiss said slowly.

"Hm? What was that?"

"Nothing, we were just leaving, sir," Weiss said, dragging Ruby by her hood while leaving Yang and Blake to decide if they wanted to ask more questions or follow their lead. They opted for the latter, leaving Seth to do what he needed to do as they went off to catch up with their other two teammates.

"What was that all about?" Yang asked as Weiss suddenly took the lead. "You're not usually like that, Weiss. Everything alright?"

"Of course," Weiss said, raising an eyebrow as she looked over her shoulder. "I just didn't think that we needed to be there any longer. We are here to watch the ships anyway, right?"

"Yeah, but the second he mentioned the Blue Revolt, you just up and left." Yang pointed out. "There a reason for that?"

"No," Weiss lied obviously. "I just didn't think it wise for us to waste any more time there."

"Is there also no reason for you thinking that the Blue Revolt aren't terrorists?" Blake asked suddenly. Weiss' eyes widened slightly at being called out like that. "That's right, I heard you. I have an extra set of ears, after all. Do you think their cause is just? Do you think them assassinating politicians and assaulting patrols is all for the sake of what they believe is right?"

"Don't say it like that!" Weiss exclaimed suddenly. "You don't know what they are fighting for, do you? Every single day, the villages in the outskirts go ignored by the kingdoms, most notably by Mantle. The Grimm prey upon them, and when they tried to appeal to the higher authorities for help and to ask for room in the safety of the walls of the kingdom, they were laughed out, ridiculed, and humiliated."

"Oh dear, you sympathize with them don't you?" Blake asked, rolling her eyes and sighing explosively. "No wonder you've had a problem with me from the start. Are you from one of these villages, perhaps?"

"More than that, my village was the first to be assaulted and razed to the ground," Weiss said. "And people like you, faunus, but more so Belladonna continued to not only ignore that issue but sought to make money off of it!"

"Hey, hey, hey," Yang got in between them before they could start shouting at each other. "We didn't come out here so we could argue like this, did we? Come on, let's just try to have fun for the rest of the day, and when we get back to Beacon we can continue this conversation. Doesn't that sound fair?"

"I happen to agree, it does sound perfectly fair." A boy's voice piped up suddenly. "I certainly hope we can come to some sort of accord here."

"That's right!" Yang exclaimed, elbowing the boy in the shoulder. "This guy is right, let's stop- Wait for a second," Yang pulled her arm away and jumped away from the boy with a shocked squeal. "Yah! Who are you!?"

"Oh me?" The shirtless boy with rippling abs and a moving blond monkey tail replied. "I'm Sun, Sun Wukong, I'm from Mantle, and I've been following you for the last two minutes and thirteen seconds and I must say, friends, should never argue with each other."

Sun Wukong from Mantle smiled brightly and robotically stretched his hand out before him, stiffly standing up straight as the four girls looked at him with a range of confused expressions.

"I'm also a huntsman in training," he added for effect. "Which means that I am combat ready!"

Was going to write more, but I am tired, and I figured that this would be a good spot to end the chapter. Sun appears, and as I will confirm now, he has been role reversed with Penny. Just like Mercury and Marcus Black are now the opposite of assassins, and are sworn to save lives as Doctors of Beacon. More role reversals to be revealed in the next chapter, so stay tuned!