"You are nothing. But not to me."
His words cut into Blake like a knife, as she rode in her black and white speeder ship, out of the White Fang base, and off into the sky. She glanced over the world of Remnant as she flew over, seeing her former home in the far reaches.
All of them worked for the White Fang at this point, there was no going back.
Her thoughts were clouded, as she thought about what Adam said, about her parents, about herself. She forced herself to stop thinking about it, deeming it to be very selfish, as she landed at the White Fang base in Argus.
Meanwhile at the rebel base in Atlas, Jedi masters Weiss Schnee and Ruby Rose stood outside, gazing at the skies. They had just sent Yang Xiao Long off to find a map of Salem's kingdom. It was just the two of them, under the cold skies.
Ruby shivered, causing Weiss to roll her eyes. She scooched close to Ruby, a smile hidden by her default frowning face.
"Aw! Thank you!" Ruby smiled.
Weiss lost the game, her smile coming out at the sight of the young Jedi.
"You smiled!" She pointed out, grinning at Weiss.
"Hush, you." Weiss said, gazing off at the sun, obscured by snow clouds. The two were joined by Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren, who sat down next to the two.
"I wish this peace could last forever." Nora said, her head resting on Ren's shoulder.
"What peace? We're rebels?" Jaune asked, raising his eyebrows at Nora's comment.
"I mean this peaceful day. Where nobody knows where our base is, and we're free to do what we want for now." Nora elaborated.
"I guess that's good." Ruby said softly. "But it's ending soon, you know. Yang's off sneaking to find the map, so…"
"We can do this, Ruby." Jaune assured the young jedi.
"Hopefully." Ruby said, gazing at the skies.
Her mind flashed back to the night that the original rebel base was attacked. Pyrrha. Penny. Even enemies that she had tried to bring into the light. Roman.
"I miss her too." Jaune said, seemingly knowing what Ruby was thinking. Pyrrha was so close to Jaune.
"Us too." Nora spoke up, Ren and Weiss nodding in agreement. They all hugged, as the sun shone over them.
"One strawberry sunrise, no ice." Yang Xiao Long leaned against the counter of a space bar, her trooper uniform resting in her ship. Thugs, both human and faunus glanced at her.
"You're a pretty little thing~" A man said, sitting down next to the blonde.
"Yeah. Sure." Yang promptly ignored the man, wiping dust off her brown leather jacket.
"Hey! I'm talking to youuu~!" The man slurred, reaching out to touch Yang's hair. She grabbed him by the wrist, her eyes narrowed.
"Man, you sure are a charmer." Yang scoffed, tightening her grip.
"OwOwOwOw!" The man cried out, trying to free himself.
"Firstly, I'm not a 'pretty little thing.' And secondly-" Yang threw the man by his wrist to the other side of the bar. "-Go fuck yourself." Yang said, taking a drink, and leaving money as she got up to leave.
"Hey!" A few thugs said, getting up.
"Fight it among yourselves." Yang scoffed, leaving, as a bar brawl broke out.
"Thanks anyways!" Blake sighed, exiting the base. She sighed from inside her helmet, walking past fearful citizens.
She hated this feeling, it made her gut wrench, causing fear in people.
She noticed a bar up ahead, and smiled. A drink could take her mind off stuff.
Blake rushed back to her ship to discard her uniform.
Yang exited the bar, slamming right into Blake.
"Hey!" Both yelled at the same time, angry at first, but their looks softened when they saw each other's faces.
"She's hot." Blake thought to herself, admiring Yang's chiseled abs that could be seen from under her white t-shirt.
"Oh jeez, I'm sorry." Yang mumbled awkwardly, helping Blake to her feet.
"No-no, you're fine." Blake responded back. It was weird not being feared. A good weird.
"Here, let me apologize…" Yang took out her silver lien card. "With a drink."
"Wow, very forward, aren't we?" Blake smirked, but nodded. "Very well then."
The two entered a different part of the bar, where no fighting was permitted. Blake sat at a stool, smiling at the blonde.
"So, what's your name?" Yang asked, her eyes glossing over the big black bow on her head.
"My name is uh." Blake froze. People across the land had to know her real name, as she worked for the most feared faunus on Remnant. "Belle."
"Belle…" Yang smiled at her, leaning over to the bartender. "Give me a drink for this lovely woman!"
"What about you?" Blake asked, not wanting her to overspend.
"Just had a drink, and besides…" Yang smirked at Blake. "You're worth it."
"Okay, this girl is definitely tipsy." Blake thought to herself, but smiled. "What do you reccomend?" She asked Yang.
"Usually, I get a virgin strawberry sunrise, but today was a rough job." Yang kicked back in her chair. "You do you, though."
Blake wondered what job she had, as she ordered the same thing Yang had, and as it arrived, the drink began to kick in.
"Shoulders back!" Winter Schnee shouted, standing in a hall full of young hunters and huntresses. Winter was one of many Jedi trainers, and she had her students mimic her movements, brandishing her blue lightsaber.
From the other side of the room, Weiss and Ruby watched, having come in from their outing.
"It's nice to see Winter training again." Weiss said, smiling at her partner. "She's been really invested in helping Robyn with the rebellion."
"Yeah, I suppose so…" Ruby remarked as she took a seat from the side of the room. "They do need all the help they can get after all."
"Aren't you supposed to be the cheery one?" Weiss jokes, taking a seat next to Ruby. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, it's just...I don't know.." Ruby sighed, leaning her head back.
"If you're worried about Yang, things will be fine." Weiss assured her.
"Yeah?" Ruby glanced over.
"Yang is tough as nails, no nonsense, and strong." Weiss smiled at Ruby. "She's fine."
Yang was completely wasted, having drunk another drink with her date, who was feeling the buzz as well.
"God. You're so pretty." Yang slurred, smiling at Blake.
"Oh god, she's drunk. But she's so pretty…" Blake thought, her mind racing. But Adam! She was with Adam, wasn't she? Or maybe not. Maybe it was just out of fear that she was with him. Either way, didn't stop the impending kiss that came from Yang.
Bumblebees fluttered in Blake's stomach, buzzing and flickering as the blonde kissed her. And she enjoyed it!
"Sorry…" Yang mumbled, pulling out of the kiss, looking away.
"No- no!" Blake stuttered. "It's fine! You're fine!"
Yang looked away, blushing heavily.
"Here, actually!" Blake smiled at Yang. "Let's go to my ship."
Yang looked up, and smiled. They got up, and left the bar, arm in arm.
The two went back to Blake's ship, and Yang snapped out of her drunkenness, noticing what Blake arrived in.
"Belle…" Yang said slowly, looking up and down the ship. "Are you-"
"Surprise!" Blake took her helmet out of the ship, smiling meekly.
"You…" Yang was at a loss for words, and quickly took out her blaster.
"Wait!" Blake was cut off, quickly being shot with a tranquilizer dart.