IT'S ALIVE! ALIVE MWHAHAHAHHA! Ahem, sorry about that. Anyway LightDusk16 here with another chapter!

I'll have more to say at the end of the chapter, so with that said on with the chapter!

Episode 3: A Robbery Gone Wrong

You know how in movies where a person gets held at gun point? You know those scenes where the good guy is surrounded by guys with guns and he's slowly putting his hands up to surrender, but it's only a trick to get the bad guy's guard down before he pulls off some awesome trick to kill them all?

Or those scenes that has the bad guy held at gun point by the good guy, but he's all cocky and just asking to get shot (sometimes literally) to rile the good guy up so he makes a mistake? Then he does make a mistake and the bad guy takes advantage of that to wound the good guy and run away, you know those scenes?

Well, this was not one of those scenes. In fact, if I were to describe the predicament that I had found myself in that night I would describe it as the complete and utter opposite of those scenes.

I was a complete and utter mess. I was sweating up a storm and was looking around at everything but the guns staring down my face. I remember thinking something along the lines of 'Oh God I'm gonna die' over and over again like a mantra.

But could you really blame me? There I was, a normal everyday joe from Earth in Remnat being held at gunpoint by one of Roman Torchwick's goons; with said man in the same room with his bazooka cane in hand.

Oh, and let's not forget that there were at least four goons with guns that looked like they would rather kill me than hold me hostage. Add in the fact that I had no aura so instead of shrugging off any bullets, I would have died instantly if one of those guys had shot me.

So yeah, I had plenty of reasons to be in 'piss pants' mode that night. Not that I did piss my pants that night, far from it!

…

Okay so maybe a little came out, but that's beside the point!

So yeah, there I was. Being held by gunpoint by an infamous crook and his cronies and maybe pissed pants. So want was the first most ingenious thing I did? Well I threw my hands up into the air and practically yelled,

"DON'T KILL ME PLEASE! I MAY LOOK YOUNG BUT I HAVE A WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN TO FEED! TAKE THE DUST AND LEAVE!"

…

Yeah…I'm not so good under stressful situations, so I had thought playing the panicked sympathy card would work. Then again, now that I think about it, I should have said I was just a homeless guy who came in to rob the joint considering how bad my clothes smelled, but oh well.

Anyway, Torchwick gave me a sly smirk before he said,

"Shhh, shhh, shhh, shhh, calm down, we're not here for your mo-wait a second."

Torchwick gave me a confused glare before he said,

"How did you know we were here for the dust and not your money?"

I remember my eyes widening in shock when he had said that, and I had realized I had goofed. I had said dust instead of money. And as far as I knew nobody knew it was Torchwick who had been stealing only dust from shops and leaving money.

I remember panicking internally as I thought,

Not good not good not good NOT GOOD! What the heck was I thinking!? Now they're kill me for knowing it's them! Think Chris, think! What can I do to save my own hide!? Wait…maybe if I…

Luckily for me I was a fast thinker, the only problem with my little plan was I didn't know if there had been other dust shop robberies. The downside of not having enough money to afford a scroll or t.v. But I had figured that I might as well give it a shot since I was dead either way if I was wrong.

So with a plan in mind I said,

"W-well there have been a lot of dust shops being robbed recently, right? The reports said that they only stole the dust, and left the lein. S-so I just assumed it was you guys, cause usually only really desperate people rob a shop so close to the red-light district. You guys look way too fancy for that so ye-yeah."

Torchwick just gave me an amused look before he said,

"Well aren't you a clever little shop keep. Now what was I saying...oh yes," he turned to the other henchmen as he said, "Grab the dust already."

When he said that two of the grunts went to some of the displays and had begun to fill some bags with the dust. The other two stayed behind with Torchwick, one was aiming his gun at me while the other slammed a briefcase on top of the counter.

He opened the briefcase to reveal places to put crystal dust as he said,

"Crystals. Burn. Uncut."

Since I didn't feel like dying I complied with the henchmens demand and started to put in the crystal dust from behind the counter into the briefcase. This went on for a while and the whole time I thought for sure I was gonna die if I so much as spoke.

Of course the universe just hates me and decided to make things worse.

Halfway through filling the briefcase I heard one of the grunts shout out in alarm. I glanced out from the corner of my eye to see what had happened, and I almost passed out from what I saw.

One of the grunts taking the powder dust had knocked down one of the pyramids he was working on. Lucky for him and everyone else in the room there was only a few left from his ransacking and he managed to catch them before they hit the floor. While the rest of the grunts let out a sigh relief and Torchwick just made an annoyed tisk, I did something completely stupid…

I stopped putting dust into the briefcase…and yelled at him.

"ARE YOU A BLOODY IDIOT?! YOU COULD HAVE GOT US ALL KILLED!"

In hindsight, yelling at the scary robber who wouldn't mind killing you probably wasn't the best idea at the time. But in my defense he had done something incredibly stupid, two somethings now that I think about it.

The first thing he did was be careless around dust and almost got everyone in a three-mile radius killed. The second thing he did to piss me off was messing with my work.

Now I may not act like it, but I take great pride in everything I do. Especially when it involves something I put a lot of time and care into. So when some idiot decides to mess up that work, I get pissed and vent out my frustrations on the poor sap unlucky enough to piss me off.

In this case, a dumb grunt knocking down one of my dust pyramids that took forever to stack.

So you can understand why I decided to yell at the idiot, but you should also probably realize that was probably not the smartest thing to do. I wish I did, since the grunt had gotten an annoyed look on his face and started to walk over to me. I, on the other hand, was too busy mouthing off to him to notice it.

"Seriously, are you an idiot? If you're robbing dust, then you must know just how unstable it is! I mean I know grunts aren't the smartest people out there, but come on! It's one thing to be dumb, another to ignore common sense. Just how dumb are yo-"

*Whack*

It was at that point the annoyed grunt had reached me, and decided to shut me up with a good old pistol whip to the face.

Now let it be known that being hit with pistol like object, especially if it's the barrel they hit you with, hurts like hell! It feels like you've just been punched by some guy with a metal hand who's also wearing brass knuckles.

So it's understandable that when the guy hit me I fell onto the ground while shouting in pain.

Now most people after being pistol whipped would probably go into shock, shut up, and stare blankly into space for a few moments before getting up and listening to what the nice gentlemen who hit you says to avoid another whack.

Sadly, for me, I'm not like most people. I was shocked, don't get me wrong, but I didn't shut up.
Oh no, I just kept going on and on as the reality of the situation hit me as I was slowly getting up.

"Oh god…I just got pistol whipped by a low-tier grunt. This is real…I'm really getting robbed by Roman Torchwick and his goons on Remnant. This…this is unreal. This is just impossibl-"

"I said SHUT UP!"

*Whack Crack*

Apparently while I was having my mental breakdown the jerkbag of a grunt got impatient and decided to hit me with the barrel of his gun again. The second hit actually managed to crack my skull that time and drew some blood.

Now that got me to shut up real quick. I had fallen to the ground again, but the grunt had other plans in mind as he lifted me up and aimed his gun at me. I wasn't really all there at the time, cracked skull and all that, so I don't remember exactly what the guy said. I think he mentioned something about tanks and a girl named Shelia.

Well, whatever he said must have been pretty threatening since he was aiming the gun at my face. I think he had a sadistic smile, but like I said, having a cracked skull makes things hard to concentrate on.

He was probably going to pull the trigger and kill me right there and then, if it weren't for Torchwick smacking the back of the henchmen's head. Pretty sure the henchmen dropped me in fear at this point. I mean if Roman Torchwick just slapped you on the back of the head, I imagine you'd be pretty freaked out.

I was still pretty dazed, so I don't really remember what happened after that. The grunt was staring at Torchwick while said man was glaring at him while talking. This went on for a while till finally the grunt just nodded and walked out of my downed view, probably went back to stealing the dust now that I think about it.

Anyway, Torchwick stared at me for a bit before looking off to the side and calling out to someone. A few moments after that one of his goons was next to me with his hand over my face.

Few moments later I felt less groggy and was able to stand up on my own. When I looked around I saw that the henchmen were back to robbing the joint, as if what happened never…well happened.

Torchwick noticed my confused look and told me,

"Sorry about all that. You see he has some…anger issues, please do try not to anger him anymore unless you want a bullet in your head."

I remember just giving him a confused look as I asked,

"Wh..why did you have one of your grunts heal me? Wouldn't it make more sense to kill me, you know, no witnesses?"

Now I know saying that was probably not a good idea at the time, but hey I figured if they bothered to heal me they must want to keep me alive for at least a couple more minutes.

"Oh that's quite simple really. You see I am a businessman, and therefore I must abide by the terms set by my partners. One of those rules being not to harm the shop clerks, something about 'instilling fear into the hearts of citizens' or something like that. I would hate to have to ruin that partnership by leaving a body behind."

I figured he was talking about Cinder, but I couldn't really wrap my head around the fact why she wanted him to keep people alive. I mean if she wanted to strike fear into the people of Vale, wouldn't it make more sense to kill people?

Oh, you're all probably wondering how that grunt healed me right? While I didn't find out until later, the dude used Aura to seal up my head wound. From what I've been told you can train your Aura to not only heal your wounds, but others as well.

The dumbed down version I've been told is that you have to imagine that your Aura is like a Band-Aid and that you're just putting it over a scratch. I don't know how that makes any sense, but then again I'm from a world where high school students are hanging out at the mall and not training to hunt monsters. For all I know that explanation is what they tell little kids when they ask.

Anyway, back to being held at gun point. I was just about to ask Torchwick another question when he interrupted me by saying,

"Besides, Grunt already has four murder charges on him, I'd rather he not get anymore."

Any and all questions I had for Roman about how keeping me alive caused more panic were thrown out the window when he said that. Instead the only thing I could say was,

"Wait…Grunt? Your henchmen's name is Grunt?"

This actually caused Torchwick to send me a confused look before he said,

"Er...yes. That is his name."

Now I know what you're thinking, probably something along the lines of "what's the big deal about this guy's name?" Well it's just that this guy's name was Grunt, and his job was being a grunt for Torchwick. I mean you can't just make this kind of perfection up!

I had decided to share my astonishment with Torchwick when I said,

"Wait, so your telling me that your henchmen's name is Grunt, which is also a synonym for henchmen."

Torchwick just continued to have a confused look on his face when he said,

"Yes, that's his name. What is so strange about that?"

I honestly started to question if this was really happening. I mean a grunt's name being Grunt, there was just no way. As I was questioning this in my head, a thought occurred to me. One that was just so beautiful that I needed to see if it was true. So I asked Torchwick with a completely serious tone,

"What *snicker* what's Grunt's full name?"

I remember Torchwick just giving me a suspicious look before he said,

"Well…not like knowing his full name will do any harm. He's already on the police's wanted list. His name is Grunt L. Henchmen."

I will admit when I heard that I started to laugh uncontrollably, tears and all. Torchwick just gave me a weird look as I continued to laugh my heart out. I know I should have been scared and not laughing at the scary grunt's name, but I couldn't help it! I mean when are you gonna meet someone who's name pretty much destined them to be some low-life's goon. It's too good a laugh to pass up!

Of course I eventually wised up when Grunt started to give me a glare that would most likely freeze hell. So when I did eventually stopped laughing Torchwick just gave a sigh before he said,

"Right…well the show's over! Get back to grabbing that Dust!"

And like that the goons, who had stopped loading Dust due to my outburst, went back to work. Grunt continued to glare at me for a while before he too went back to work.

After that the next few minutes went by slowly as the grunts did their jobs of stealing the dust. Torchwick would go from watching me to making sure his men were working.

While all this was happening I couldn't help but feel like I was forgetting something important. The little laughing fit I had managed to clear up the rest of my senses and I also calmed down enough to think rationally.

But as I was saying, it felt like I was forgetting something. You've all probably realized what that something is, but sadly for my past self he didn't figure it out till the front door opened and all the grunts and Torchwick stared at the entrance as the bell chimed.

And who walked in but Little Red Ridding Ho-I mean Ruby.

If I recall correctly she looked just like she did in the first episode, wearing her trademark red hood and her headphones blaring music so loud I could hear it! She didn't appear to notice the robbery going on as she had her head stuck in a Weapon's and You magazine.

As she came into the shop she called out without looking away from her comic,

"Hey Chris! I'm here for my Dust lessons!"

There was a tense silence that follows before Torchwick gestured to one of his grunts to handle Ruby.

The grunt he gestured to, let's call him Grunt #1, walked over to Ruby and pointed the sword end of the gun at Ruby before he said,

"Alright kid, put your hands where I can see 'em!"

Clearly this grunts IQ wasn't very high considering the fact the idiot couldn't tell that Ruby couldn't hear him nor see him I was going to comment on that but the stupid grunt said this before I could,

"Hey, I said hands in the air! You got a death wish or something!?"

That must have been the last straw for Torchwick as he said,

"Oh for the love of-She can't see you you idiot!"

Grunt #1 looked at Torchwick before he grumbled something I couldn't hear and then proceeded to smack the magazine out of Ruby's hands.

Now if there's one thing I've learned about Ruby in my time here is this…

Don't.

Mess.

With

Her

Weapons magazines.

I'm serious! I don't know if this was an actual part of her character or if it's the Butterfly Effect messing with people, but Ruby get's freaky scary when you mess with her magazines!

Case in point, one-minute Grunt #1 was standing there about to yell at Ruby, the next she's behind him with the barrel of her sniperscythe pointing where the grunt was and said grunt was set flying out of the store window.

The remaining grunts had gone on the defensive when she did that and aimed their weapons at her. I'm pretty sure I even saw Torchwick's eyes widen in surprise at what happened!

Ruby, on the other hand, just took off her hood and headphones before she shouted at the most likely unconscious grunt,

"AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU MESS WITH A GIRL'S MAGAZINE!"

I remember Ruby huffing after that and turning to face the rest of the grunts. From what I remember her eyes widened in shock when she saw me and the armed henchmen.

Apparently I still had a trail of blood from my injury on my face so Ruby started to freak out, but before she could actually say anything Grunt grabbed me and pulled me over the counter. He then proceeded take me hostage as he said,

"Alright girly, why don'tcha drop the big gun and put'cha hands up in the air. Unless yous wants your friend here brains blown out his head. But by all means don't, cause I've been dying to blow this punk's head off! Just give me a reason!"

I still to this day can't figure out what kind of accent Grunt had. It sounded as if some Italian mobster was trying to sing a punk rock song and failing miserably. It honestly made it kind of hard to understand him, but I guess Ruby did since she started to put down Crescent Rose.

Now when that started to happen, I knew I had to do something and fast. By this point I knew anything could happen but canon. The Butterfly Effect made sure of that with having Ruby facing off the grunts toward the store, plus me being a hostage wasn't helping.

What I mean is that in the show Ruby sent the grunts flying outside and away from the shop. The grunts inside followed her out and proceeded to get their butts kicked. You've all probably seen that episode by now so you understand what I'm getting at.

Thanks to the Butterfly Effect, not only was Ruby unable to fight back due to the risk of a Dust explosion from the fight happening in the shop, but she also had a hostage that could be killed if she made the wrong move.

To sum it up, the situation was pretty bad. But luckily for me I had a bad case of paranoia.

You see back on Earth I was a whiz when it came to chemistry. It just came naturally to me when it came to mixing them up. I always knew just the right amount needed to make sure nothing exploded and knew what chemical combinations made what.

You needed a stink bomb to prank someone? I made ya a stink bomb that can cover the entire building that took three days to wear off.

So yeah, I knew my chemicals. So when I found out through constant research that Dust is pretty much chemicals in powdered form, well let's just say I had a blast.

Now add in my natural paranoia and the Butterfly Effect paranoia I gained since I got to Remnat, and you had one dangerous combination. You see I always made back-up plans when it came to everything. So I figured that something like being robbed would happen to me, so I came prepared.

Now you all know how ninjas used smoke pellets right? Well I took that concept and applied it to Steam Dust. Now it took me awhile to make it work, and a lot of burns, but I finally managed to replicate them.

I would have used them before when Torchwick first showed up, but I was too scared to do anything. I may have planned for the situation, but I hoped I'd never have to go through it. That's why when it actually did happen I was too panicked to use them. That and I forgot about them after the whole pistol whipping incident.

I only remembered they existed when I felt them move around in my pants pocket when Grunt grabbed me. So when Ruby started to surrender, I knew what I had to do.

So while Grunt was distracted with Ruby I slowly reached into my pocket and pulled out one of the pellets. Now I should probably mention I had never tested them before, I figured after the dust stopped burning the outer casing it would work.

Now you'd think I'd say some badass one-liner before I dropped it, but this was reality. So instead I just shouted at Ruby while flinging the pellet down,

"RUN FOR IT RUBY!"

When the pellet hit the ground, I had honestly thought it was just gonna blow up and kill us all. But to my surprise it had actually worked! Smoke went flying everywhere as soon as the pellet hit the ground. The grunts and Torchwick started coughing, which also meant that Grunt loosened his grip on me.

I took the advantage I had and elbowed the jerk in his ribs. He let go of me and I made a run for it. I had never run so hard in my entire life, and if it weren't for the smoke you'd probably have seen that as I was breathing really heavily.

When I ran out of the store I dashed towards a nearby alley and hid behind the corner. Ruby on the other hand had gone straight out in the open. I was gonna try and tell her to hide as well, but Torchwick's grunts had already exited the store and began to attack her.

Now their attack went just as you'd expect, they got their butts' handed to them. And let me tell you it was freaking AWESOME! It was just like in the show, but ten times as awesome. I mean I thought it was awesome when I saw it on my laptop back on Earth, but seeing it for real was just freaking awesome!

It was so awesome that when Ruby was done kicking their butts I ran out to congratulate her. But of course I wasn't paying attention to my surroundings and ended up being grabbed by Torchwick and got used as a hostage…again!

In fact, if I remember correctly, the exact words I said when he grabbed me were,

"Oh you have got to b-I'M A HOSTAGE AGAIN?! I JUST ESCAPED ONLY A FEW MINUTES AGO, HOW THE HELL DID I GET CAPTURED AGAIN?!"

To which Torhwick replied,

"Cause you're an idiot who ran right by me, now shut up!"

I of course listened to the orange haired robber as he looked at the knocked out grunts before he said,

"You were worth every cent. Truly, you were."

I remember him dropping his signature cigar and crushing it with his cane. It looked like he was about to say something, but was stopped from the distant sound of police sirens. Now I was both happy and upset at this.

Happy cause this nightmare would be over soon, and sad cause I knew what was coming up and I did not want to be around anymore than I had to. Being held hostage, twice, by Roman Torchwick is one thing. But having to deal with Cinder Falls is something I had hoped would never happen.

Sadly, for me the universe just loved to make my life a living hell and that she-devil would cause trouble for me. But that happens later, back to being held hostage by Torhwick.

So yeah, sirens in the distance and all Roman can do is sigh before aiming his cane at Ruby as he said,

"Well, Red, I think we can all say it's been an eventful evening, and as much as I'd love to stick around...," the bottom of his cane opened up when he said that to reveal a rifle with a cross grid, "...I'm afraid this is where we part ways."

I remember he smirked as he looked at me and then back to Ruby as he said,

"Unless, of course, you want your little friend here to be hurt."

I remember Ruby grimacing at that. I also remember freaking out a little bit as I asked Torhwick,

"Bu-But you said your partner didn't want any killings!"

Torchwick just smirked at me before he said,

"Situation's change. I'm sure my partner would understand if one death occurred. Causalities are only natural when civilians get caught between two fighters."

I remember just gulping in fear at his statement. I mean who wouldn't when the guy holding you hostage just said he could kill you and label it an accidental death?! So it's pretty justifiable that I made a very unmanly 'eep' sound.

Anyway, Ruby lowered her weapon as Torchwick began to drag me towards the ladder that led to the rooftop where Cinder would pick him up. This is where I had the terrifying thought that if Torchwick did manage to get away with me as a hostage, I would have to deal with Cinder face to face.

Now seeing as I had the natural drive to live to see another day, I tried to think of a way to get out of this situation,

Oh god I need to think of something quick or Miss ShipRuiner is gonna kill me for sure! Maybe I could try the pellets again? No that wouldn't work, he knows I have them so he can prepare a counter attack. Maybe I could…no that wouldn't work…but what choice do I have?

And what brilliant plan did I come up with you ask? Well it started off with one brilliant question, and that question was…

"Hey Torchwick, you're a dude right?"

Now it's understandable that Torchwick stopped dragging me and gave me an 'are you stupid' look before he said,

"Wha-of course I'm a male! What kind of question is that?"

With his response I proceeded to do what I still consider the stupidest yet awesomest thing ever since I got to Remnat. I gave a nervous chuckle before I said,

"Oh just making sure, also please don't kill me for this!"

"Kill you for wha-*smash*"

That smash would be my head colliding with Torchwick's face.

Now let me just say that headbutts never win. It may hurt your opponent, but it also hurts you. Plus, I still had that whole head injury, so let me say that it hurt like hell when I did that. On the plus side I broke Torchwick's nose, so I added that to my list of accomplishments.

Anyway after I headbutted him he let me go to hold his face in pain, and when he did that I turned around and kicked him in the balls.

…

…

Look I was desperate to get out of that situation so I went for every man's weakness! I have no regrets! None I tell you!

Now my karma may say otherwise as you all will learn later, but I still regret nothing!

Anyway, there was a tense silence after that till Torchwick let out a high pitch scream. I used that to my advantage to run away and get over to Ruby, who was holding in her laughter.

When I reached her she was giggling like mad and she had this to say,

"That was hilarious! You just kicked Vale's most wanted criminal in his private place! Oh I can't wait to tell Yang, she's gonna love this!"

I would have responded to this if it weren't for the large explosion that almost killed us if Ruby didn't tackle me out of the way. When we got back up we saw Torchwick standing on top of the rooftop with a glare my way and a hand cradling his balls.

I'll admit I laughed at that, but I quickly shut up when his glare got even more intense. But luckily for me he hobbled off on the roof. Ruby gave me a determined stare as she said,

"I'm gonna go after him, okay?"

I just nodded dumbly as she sped up the ladder. Now after that I sort of just stood there as the events from the show played out. There were explosions from the roof, the Bullhead with Cinder driving showed up, Glynda shows up, and awesomeness happens.

After everything died down and the Bullhead left I decided to go and check on Ruby and Goodwitch. When I got to the top of the ladder I saw Ruby giving Goodwitch her puppy dog eyes.

I couldn't help but chuckle at the scene, which made Goodwitch notice me. She glared at me and asked,

"Who are you and what are you doing here?"

I'll admit I made another 'eep' sound, but only because Goodwitch is really intimidating and I was scared of her little wand!

Ahem…so I answered with this,

"O-oh me? I'm just the part-time worker at the shop that was getting robbed, that's all! No need to bring me into questioning seeing as how the shop is still standing and all the Dust is accounted fo-"

*BOOM*

And that is when Ye Olden Dust Shop was blown sky high by a dust explosion. I would later find out that Grunt had left a little "surprise" for me when I threw down the smoke pellet. He apparently left a lit match next to some Dust containers and well…boom.

Luckily the explosion wasn't as big as I thought it would be. It only took out the shop and half of the buildings next to it, which were abandoned so thankfully no one was hurt.

Well…I lost all the food and clothes I kept in there, which was also everything I owned at the time.

…

Yeah, I really hate Grunt.

Anyway, after the explosion I just chuckled awkwardly before telling Goodwitch,

"On second thought, I'd like to report an incident. My place of work just went up in flames along with all my food and clothes. Who do I meet to report this to?"

And that's how I ended up in the back of a squad car with Ruby to meet Ozpin for the first time….

Anyway, after some boring police stuff that I won't bore you with me and Ruby were escorted to an interrogation room with Goodwitch.

After that the episode played out from there. Ozpin showed up, mentioned Ruby's eyes and all that. I kept quiet most of the time to avoid saying or doing anything to make Ozpin notice me. Cause you see I had a list of people I wanted to avoid no matter what, and on the top of that list is good old Ozzy, Cinder in second.

Sadly, for me, Ozpin decided to bring me into the conversation when he asked me after allowing Ruby into Beacon,

"Now that that's cleared up, let's move on to our quiet shop keep. Now Mister Chris,"

I will admit to gulping in fear when he said that, and even started to sweat when he started to read off his scroll,

"According to your profile you used to live with your family in a village from the Outer Wall. After graduating High School, you left your village for Vale to get your dream job as a private investigator. You left behind your signal mother and a younger sister, and you haven't made contact since your bankruptcy due to very few people hiring you. You've been living on the streets ever since and have recently gotten a job at Ye Olden Dust Shop, which to my knowledge was destroyed tonight by a Dust bomb."

For all you wondering about what the forger made of my background, here you go! Anyway I sighed, and tried to ignore the pitiful stare Ruby was sending my way, and said,

"Yes, that's all true. Thank you for bringing up my past in front of my friend Ozpin, would you also like to mention my deepest darkest secret to the entire Vale Police Department while you're at it?"

I know snapping at Ozpin wasn't the smartest idea, but I didn't like how he brought up my fake past that I had to explain to Ruby later. Which by the way was very awkward by the way! But I digress, apparently what I had said just amused Ozpin as he just chuckled before he said,

"I'm sorry, but I was just checking the facts. Now a-days it's very easy to fake someone's identity. Now if you could just give use a recap of what happened tonight. Ruby you are free to leave."

With that said Ruby left with a reluctant look, and I spent the next five minutes stuck retelling the events of Torchwick's robbery to the headmaster of Beacon and one of its teachers.

At the time I was wondering why they needed to know all this, but I just thought it was because Cinder was involved.

If I had known the real reason, I would have lied by ass off.

But I didn't, so I answered to the best of my abilities and then they let me leave.

But that wasn't all that good either. My place of work got destroyed and Old Man Fuller wouldn't be back from his trip for another month, so I was stuck without a way to earn money for awhile. And with all my food and clothes, which I had to store there after the laundromat closed, gone I was in a tough pickle.

It wouldn't be till a week later that my salvation came in the form of our favorite Red Riding Hood and her team.

It wouldn't be a week…till I got kicked in the balls, slapped, and almost stabbed.

….

Yeah that week really sucked.

And that's the third chapter!

Sorry for such the long delay. I wish I could say the reason was due to some big reason, but in reality my procrastination and school starting up is the true culprit. Hopefully 6,096 words are enough to make up for it.

Hopefully I'll be able to post a new chapter every 1-2 months, but we'll just have to wait and see.

Sorry if any characters were OOC and for any spelling/grammar mistakes. If ya can point them out so I can fix them I'd really appreciate it!

Once again, the Dust logic used, as well as the Aura logic, in this fic is purely head cannon, so if you don't agree with it then that's fine. It's just how I see things.

A shout to all you awesome people who decided to fave and follow my story! My pride as an author has reach a whole new level!

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This has been LightDusk16 signing off!