"So… we are hiding things from Red now huh?" Jazmin asked giving Akairo and Scarlet a weird look.

"It's only for a short while ok?" Akairo pleaded giving her a puppy face.

Jazmin sighed and shook her head, "I'd love to watch Ash. It's been a while since I've seen the little shit. He reminds me of Crimson so much it's unreal."

Scarlet smiled sadly, "He does. He's so smart."

"I promise I won't say anything since you're doing a good thing but you need to calm yourselves down… Eton and I have been keeping the city down on the crime with our Sweepers. Please don't dig up old dirt unless you're saving someone important."

"Sweeper?"

"Someone who sweeps the city for those who need their asses kicked or their asses taken off the living plane."

Akairo grinned, "Sounds fun."

"The people we have are mentally more stable than you dear but we'll keep you in mind."

"Thanks."

Jazmin stared at them.

"You're the stable one and here you are wanting to be some vigilante," she said staring hard at Scarlet, "Crimson wanted you out of the game when he died and here you are going back on his word."

Akairo shifted uncomfortably in her seat. I didn't know he wanted her to stop. I would've never asked her to do that or even teased her into it.

"If that is the case, I'll go alone."

Akairo stood up and headed for the door.

"You're not going without me!"

The club owner sighed, "Really Scarlet?"

She didn't hear her since she was already out the door.

"Stupid woman."

X

X

"Alright," Blake said as he handed them a walkie talkie, "Let us know if you need us."

Akairo smiled brightly while Scarlet had her regular resting bitch face.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" he asked.

Red will be mad at me but Akairo begged me for this. How can I tell her no?

"The mission is the same. Get back to the shack and look around again. I am sure that they are there… I'm sure with your instincts and your brains you can get in there to figure things out. I had a couple of guys tell they saw some activity over here and it was teenagers trying to do it. Wanna look at the intel folder?" Blake asked holding out a manila folder.

Scarlet took it and started reading through it while Akairo groaned and moaned with her head on the table.

"Get over it. Last night we went in blind… Not today ok?"

Scarlet gave her Faunus girlfriend a dirty look until she gave in.

"Ffffiiinnnnneeeee."

Akairo took the folder and started reading.

"Scarlet? Can I speak to you in another room?"

"I guess."

They walked into another room. It was small and cramped. It seemed more like a coat or broom closet than an actual room but they were out of ear shot of Akairo. Blake scratched one of his ears like he was nervous to be there with her/. She arched an eyebrow at him. He cleared his throat.

"You know Akairo isn't taking her medicine?"

"Of course I do. She told me she stopped taking them months ago."

Blake stared at her.

"Do you know why?"

"Her therapist died. Plus, she's having a baby. She can't take her medicine."

"That's all she told you?"

"Um… yea?"

"You know she's depressed, right?" Blake asked.

"How can you tell?"

"She's always been the free type. She was never meant to stay at home and just stay. She's supposed to be out and doing what she wants."

"Are you suggesting Red and I dump her?" Scarlet asked.

"No… I'm suggesting she go out with him on mission a few times a year."

Scarlet made a face. That means she would be alone…. A lot.

"Are you saying I'm holding her back."

Blake avoided her eyes. That was a yes.

"It's whatever. If she needs to go then she can tell me herself. I don't need you saying shit to me because you're just speculating."

Scarlet stomped off back to her girlfriend.

"Are you ready?" Scarlet snapped.

"Y-yes!"

"Let's go then! We're wasting moonlight!"

Blake watched as his ex-girlfriend ran into the night holding Scarlet's hand. He was glad Akairo had a support system now but… It seemed like Scarlet was really just an anchor than anything. Maybe from the outside, they had taken pity on Scarlet and let her in. In his opinion… she didn't fit in with them.

Akairo and Scarlet reached the shack once again. It looked the same as last night. They stayed quiet the whole time as they searched up and down wondering what they really were supposed to be looking for. Scarlet walked across the floor again when she heard her footsteps sounded slightly different.

"Babe, I think there's a door here."

"Really?"

Scarlet stomped on it and it made a slight hollow sound.

"Bingo!"

Scarlet and Akairo played around in the dirt until they found the edges to the door and lifted it up. The both of them coughed from smelling the mold and dust coming up but it was definitely a tunnel. Akairo lifted the walkie from her belt and clicked the button. There was no answer on the other side.

"The light is on? Yea it is… Why isn't it working?" Akairo asked herself, staring at it.

"Let me see."

Scarlet fiddled around with the walkie. There was no window showing a channel or anything.

"I guess the batteries are dead."

They stared at each other.

"You think we should… go without backup?" Akairo asked.

"I mean… It might just be an empty tunnel?" Scarlet said.

"Let's go down… What could it hurt? At least we can tell Blake we searched the whole thing."

Scarlet jumped in first and landed ten feet down. I'm so glad I'm wearing sneakers. I really am…

"Here I come!" Akairo called in a sing song voice.

Akairo landed into Scarlet open arms by accident.

"Nice catch!" she said and kissed Scarlet on the lips.

"Easy there… It's been a while and I won't be able to hold back," she teased.

The red headed Faunus laughed and got down on her feet.

"Let's go!" she cried and Scarlet clamped a hand on her girlfriend's mouth.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Someone might be down here!"

They walked through the tunnel without much light. There were weird and disgusting smells. It seemed like it was getting worse as they got further down the tunnel. They both of them gagged a little bit but they kept pressing forward.

"I am going to be super pissed if this leads to a sewage plant," Akairo hissed.

Scarlet giggled a little bit but it didn't seem anything like a sewage plant. They hadn't passed any pipes of any kind. There was no water.

Sploosh!

They stopped and looked down. It was hard to tell but it looked like water. It smelled like chorine.

"Why the fuck does it smell like a pool? Are we under the community center of Vale or something?" Akairo whispered.

"I don't know…"

BAM!

They walked face first into a metal door. Scarlet stumbled backward and fell.

"Fuck my life!" Akairo hissed rubbing her face.

Scarlet got up and wiped her bottom. It was covered in mud and water. She pulled her cane from her side and aimed it at the door. Akairo pulled out her sword ready to strike when ready.

"Open it," Scarlet whispered.

Akairo ripped the door open but nothing was there. It was an empty room with lights that flickered.

"That's not creepy at all," Scarlet said staring into the room.

Akairo peeked around the door. The room had a chair in one corner and a toilet in the other that was over flowing. It definitely was weird but it sent them both to flashbacks of when Graylyn had kidnapped Scarlet. Scarlet shuddered.

"She's dead, remember?" Akairo whispered into her ear before walking into the room.

"I-I know."

"All we have to do is search the room and then leave… Unless we find another room…"

"Ok."

It was not ok.

This place makes me sick all over again. I don't want to relive this. I don't… I don't….

Scarlet snapped back to reality.

"Akairo?"

Akairo was gone. She started to shiver with fear.

"Akairo-

Everything went black.