Being outside the kingdom meant that Pyrrha was met with the rare treat of all the stars appearing in the night sky, untouched by the light pollution of the city.

Ever since she'd been a little girl star gazing had been one of her favourite past times.

But still, she was supposed to be on guard duty, not star gazing.

So Pyrrha levelled her gaze back to the ground and looked for any Grimm, but fortunately there were none to be found.

And so she continued to sit and watch.

"Bark!"

Pyrrha jumped at the unexpected noise and turned just in time to see Zwei jump out past her and out into the ruins.

"Zwei!" Ruby said whisper yelled as she went next to Pyrrha, but before her partner could chase after him, Pyrrha stopped her.

"Don't worry, I'll get Zwei." Pyrrha softly reassured her. "Just go back and get some sleep."

And she meant it as Ruby looked exhausted from the constant nightmares she always now seemed to have while sleeping.

Slowly, Ruby nodded. "Alright, thanks Pyrrha."

With that Ruby retreated back in to get some much needed sleep, while Pyrrha grabbed Miló and Akoúo̱ and ventured out to look for Zwei.

"Zwei!" She called out. "Here boy!"

It was just a little bit from the campsite were she found him reliving himself.

"Found you." She said relieved and with a smile on her face.

She knelt down beside him and scratched behind his ears. "You know, you should be a lot more careful in a place like this."

"Bark!" Zwei replied.

"Well then lets head back to the others and-" But Pyrrha was cut off.

"Help!" A faint, but familiar voice called out in terror.

Pyrrha stood up as quickly as she could and tightened her grip on her weapons. She knew that voice, but it was impossible for him to be here, he was supposed to be all the way in Vale.

"Help!" The voice called out and Pyrrha's heart sank as her suspicions were seemingly confirmed.

Jaune was somehow in Mount Glenn and he needed her help.

But before she could sprint off to save him she needed to do something first.

She knelt down next to Zwei again. "Could you do something for me?"

He barked an affirmative.

"Right, go and wake up Ruby and the others and lead them to me and Jaune could you?" She asked.

Zwei gave a doggy nod and set off, leaving Pyrrha to do the same.

Pyrrha sprinted off in the direction of the voice, keeping her eyes open for any Grimm.

"Please someone help!" Jaune cried out again, much closer this time.

This time Pyrrha replied back. "Jaune, it's me, where are you?!"

"Pyrrha? Is that you? I'm in a building, I need help!"

The urgency in his voice made Pyrrha run even faster, worry rising in her thoughts. And soon she arrived at the building Jaune was in.

"Yes quickly, I'm in here!" Jaune's voice called again.

Without thinking Pyrrha rushed in, only to find the building empty and barren, she raised Miló and Akoúo̱ tensely, something was not right.

"Jaune, where are you?" She called out tensely.

"Well, he's not here, and that's all you need to know."

It was Jaune's voice that spoke, with only the accent being ever so slightly different. The voice itself came from behind her, but before she could turn around Pyrrha felt a sharp pain on the back of her head and the dark of unconsciousness took her.

Agent Washington was now filled with pure dread as he watched Pyrrha crumble to the floor.

He'd decided to follow Pyrrha in order to stretch his legs, then when Jaune's voice called out he'd immediately been suspicious.

He hated that those suspicions were warranted.

"Felix." He said tensely.

"Hey Wash." Felix greeted casually. "It's been a while."

"What are you doing here?" Wash demanded.

"Well I'm currently doing work for a group called the White Fang." Felix looked him directly in the eye. "I guess you could say I had an ulterior motive for doing so."

It was at this point that Pyrrha gave an unconscious groan causing Felix to poke him with his foot.

"To be honest I was expecting a fight, not to get her out with the first hit." Felix admitted, some slight disappointment slipping into his voice.

Wash tensed up. "Don't touch her."

"Or what?"

Felix's body language was supremely confident and his voice infinitely smug.

"Oh, wait that's right, you've got nothing." Felix taunted. "How does it feel to see your greatest enemy and to be incapable to do anything to stop them?"

"You tell me, I seem to recall that you weren't able stop me and Carolina from beating you and Locus."

He could practically see Felix's expression darken under the helmet.

"Oh yeah?" Felix said darkly. "I wouldn't be saying things like that when..." He pulled out his pistol and lazily raised it to Pyrrha's head. "...I have all the cards."

Wash went silent.

"That's better." Felix chuckled.

"What do you want?" He asked quietly after a moments silence.

"What do I want, I want you to suffer." Felix said simply. "I want you to feel pain, I want you to be in anguish. I want you to feel like you've lost everything."

"You'll lose." Wash told him.

"Maybe, but for now I'll take this. Now run away Agent Washington." Felix said mockingly. "Go back and wake little red up, tell them what happened. But of course if you want to stay I can accommodate that as well."

Damnit all.

Wash turned and ran for Pyrrha's sake he had to wake the others and start a rescue.

He could only hope that he wouldn't be too late.

Slowly and surely Pyrrha woke up.

Her head was pounding, but still she opened her eyes to find herself in an abandoned building.

Attempts to move proved futile as she found herself tied to a plastic chair.

"So you're awake huh? That's good, being unconscious after being knocked out for too long is typically not a good sign."

It was that voice.

The one that sounded like Jaune.

Pyrrha tested her bonds and found herself disappointed to see that they were strong.

"I wouldn't bother, we were very through." The imposters voice called out, and Pyrrha's heart sank as the mercenary Felix emerged from the shadows, a nasty looking knife in hand.

"What have you done with Jaune! Where is he?!" Pyrrha demanded.

"Absolutely nothing, this is just how my voice normally sounds, your booty call is probably safe in his little bed right now." Felix chuckled. "And I just have to say, looking at you right now, listening to your voice, you really are just a young Carolina aren't you?"

"What?" Pyrrha asked, confusion clear in her voice.

"What, didn't she tell you?" Felix asked back. "Didn't little Ruby Rose tell you about the people living in her head and the wonderful world they came from?"

Pyrrha blinked in confusion as she remembered back to the intervention.

"Ruby can see four soldiers from an alternate universe, all of whom have died, and they appear as ghost like entities with no real influence on the rest of the world. There are four in total, Caboose, Sarge, Agent Washington and Church."

That's what Penny had said, and Ruby confirmed it.

She was telling the truth.

But Felix continued on while Pyrrha's mind raced.

"You know, this is probably for the better, gives me a lot more to work with." Felix said mostly to himself.

Then as quickly as a flash Felix changed tracks and held his knife out in front of her.

"You see this knife? This knife came with me from my universe." Felix explained. "And with it I can channel my semblance, wanna see it?"

Before Pyrrha could even consider answering his rhetorical question his hand moved as quick as lightning and a quick pain flashed across Pyrrha's face.

"Notice that, my knife just plain ignored that precious aura of yours."

And Pyrrha did as she felt blood slide down the cheek he'd cut her on.

"Very useful let me tell you." Felix continued like they were in a café waiting for coffee.

Pyrrha looked up defiantly. "I won't talk."

But to her surprise Felix went into hysterical laughter.

"You... you think that I kidnapped you for information?" Felix said breathlessly between laughs. "That is just rich."

Once he'd calmed down enough Felix continued.

"I've been watching your group all day, I know whose with you, I know where your group is and I know what equipment you have." Felix listed off. "So, no I don't want information."

"Then what do you want?" Pyrrha asked rhetorically. "To kill me?"

"Kill you?" Felix shook his head like a teacher scolding a student. "No, no, no, well... not yet anyway."

It was at this point Felix decided to give in to his love of hearing himself talk.

"You see discount Carolina, I'm going to let you in on a little secret." Pyrrha could imagine him grinning conspiratorially under his helmet. "Your team is going to win today. Just like their supposed to, they'll find you, they'll stop this little operation and the 'bad guys' will be beaten." He gave a harsh laugh. "Then as the months roll by you'll recover, you'll get better. And then I'll be back and the kingdom will burn, you're friends will be dead and we'll find ourselves in this position again." Felix's voice reached a dark pitch. "And then and only then I'll kill you."

Pyrrha looked at him with abject horror.

"You're a monster."

"Not the first time I've been called that." Felix tilted his head. "It won't be the last."

Felix clapped his hands together. "Now, we probably don't have much more time, so I'm going to ask you just one question."

"You think you're fast?"

Pyrrha stared him down defiantly. "Faster than you."

The glee was palpable in his voice. "I was hoping you'd say that..."

His knife plunged down and Pyrrha's screams filled the compound.

Notes:

And that's the end of the chapter.

Well... sorry Pyrrha, but I must say I had lots of fun writing this chapter.

As always I'd like to thank everyone for reading with extra thanks to you Guys/gals/misc that review/comment, you're all groovy.

Next time the gang confronts Felix while team SALN plus Tex and Qrow run into an unexpected problem. But till then I'll catch ya'll on the flip flop.

Review replies:

Annonamous Elephant: Yep, we're nearing the end of vol 2, but don't worry there are a good many chapters to get done yet.

ReaderWarrior: Well such an event might be closer than you think...