Chapter 4

Wolf meets dragon

Walking into a hotel room with Blake behind him, Loki led her to a bed where a pre-packed transcript for beacon sat, picking it up he held it to the cat Faunus who took it in silence, looking to Loki he had a smile before he began to set things up for her arrival to Beacon.

"I'm not being ungrateful for your assistance but, why are you helping me, we're complete strangers" Blake questioned with Loki sighing, walking he held a scroll to her with an encryption chip inside.

"We may be complete strangers Blake belladonna, but I know the old leader to the Peaceful White Fang had a family, you fit their descriptions like a puzzle, and plus, Ozpin taught me to help others, now since it will be one day until Beacon starts I'll leave you to this wonderful establishment a friend of mine owns, also if you need any assistance my scrolls number will be in the contacts" Loki said with Blake looking at the scroll as he left the room, the door closing making Blake perk up and turn she went to chase after him by opening the door, looking down the hallway she stopped in surprise to see him gone.

"Who are you?" Blake questioned before looking to the scroll, smiling slightly she closed the door behind her.

Walking on the darkening streets of Vale with a determined look in his eyes, Loki walked among the crowd with a few people giving him worried looks that had diminished as he entered the lower district of ale where all the shadow business' went on, approaching a Club to meet up with an info broker, Loki ignored the Bouncer as he did his job, not even paying attention to the crowd of impatient night goers he saw the bartender, Hei "Junior" Xiong standing at a bat with a familiar mop of orange hair leaving, looking as Roman and Junior spoke he looked around the club before he noticed the twins checking him out, making him wink at the one in white who blushed as he continued looking for his Informer.

Feeling his ears twitch he caught the sound of a motorcycle outside, making him frown he checked his calender to see the date, frowning he sighed as he moved to a bar to sit down.

Gaining the attention of Junior and Roman Torchwick they looked to see Loki turn to them before gesturing for them to continue, looking away in silence as the two continued talking before Roman left, allowing Junior to serve Loki who sat up.

"I take it Neo isn't in?" Junior questioned with Loki shrugging, grabbing the offered glass.

"She's most likely working a job for orange drama queen wanna be that just left" Loki said as he took a swig of the glass, noticing the double doors of the club opening again Loki's eyes couldn't help but linger on the blonde bombshell that would be known as Yang Xiao Long, fair-skinned with purple eyes and bright golden hair worn loose that fades to pale gold at the tips with a cowlick sticking out at the top.

Wearing a tan jacket that bares her lower stomach, with golden brown piping and short, puffy sleeves with black cuffs that feature two gold buttons. Underneath this she wore a low cut yellow crop top with her emblem on the left breast in black.

She also wore a brown belt covered by a pleated brown piece of material reaching from hip to hip around the back of her waist, with her emblem emblazoned on the right-most pleat in gold. Underneath this is a longer, white, asymmetrical piece of material reaching to her knee on the right side, as well as a pair of black mini-shorts. She wears brown, knee-high boots and orange over-the-knee socks, with the right sock pushed down just below the knee. A lavender bandana is tied around her left knee. An orange infinity scarf and black fingerless gloves complete her outfit.

Walking to the bar Loki noticed her eyes lingering on him as he took another drink from Junior, now don't get him wrong, he may not be a drinker but he'll drink when he feels like it.

Letting out a sigh he listened to the two speaking in silence.

"Strawberry Sunrise. No ice. Oh, and one of those little umbrellas." The blonde said with Junior raising an eyebrow.

"Aren't you a little young to be in this club, Blondie?" Junior questioned as Loki took another drink.

"You let puppy here drink" the blonde said with Loki choking on a laugh, making the two turn to him as he let out a choked laugh, wiping his mouth of the drink as Yang turned back to Junior.

"But anyway, aren't you a little old to call yourself Junior?" Yang said as Loki grabbed a cloth to dry his shirt.

"So you know who I am. You got a name, sweetheart. And also don't ask me about my naming, I get enough from "Puppy" over there." Junior said with Loki shrugging as he continued to drink calmly this time, looking around the club he turned after hearing Junior cry out in pain, turning he winced at seeing the bartender being held crotch point, with yang looking to Loki with a wink, making him smile unsure of how to take that wink.

"Now, People say you know things" pulling out a scroll Loki saw the picture to be of a black haired woman with the same features as Yang, Raven Branwen, pathetic excuse of a mother to Loki.

"Tell me where I can find her and I'll let you go." Yang said with Loki keeping his mouth shut, seeing Junior in a hostage situation he looked to the thugs in the club.

"I don't know where she is, I swear" Junior groaned in hysterical pain, making Yang narrow her eyes as she squeezed tighter.

"Excuse me?"

"I swear, SIR!" Junior said with a strained voice as his eyes went cross.

Looking around to see the thugs gathering Yang perked up as Loki spun in his seat, resting his left leg on his right knee casually.

"You both seem to have gotten a crowd" Loki said as Junior growled at him.

"I don't see you doing anything about this" Junior growled with Loki frowning.

"Hey, you got yourself in this mess you can get yourself out" Loki said as he took another drink.

"This must be kind of embarrassing for you, huh? Awkward..." Yang said with a small laugh that Loki chuckled towards.

"Listen, blondie sir. If you want to make it out of this club alive, I suggest you let me go. Now!"

"I suggest doing that, he still works here" Loki said with yang obliging with Junior sighing in relief, walking ahead he turned to the two.

"Your gonna pay for that, and you kid, why didn't you help me with that?"

"Well, Jun-"

"Have you seen her looks, she's got abs on her abs… and a nice ass" Loki said with Yang giving him a look with her cheeks reddening, making him wink at her.

"Whatever, you'll pay for it on your way out" Junior said while turning to walk away.

"Oh Junior, I was just playing with you! Don't be so sensitive! Come on, lets kiss and make up, okay?" Yang said with Loki instantly knowing what she was planning, gathering ash under his clothes in case.

Watching Junior turn to Yang in stupidity, watching the two lean in for a kiss until Yang sent him flying with a punch, making Loki burst into motion to catch Junior by the collar as he flew over the crowd of night goers, dropping him on a couch Loki looked to Yang with his eyes glowing.

Watching the blonde bombshell take down Junior's thugs he turned to see the Malachite twins step forward to confront her until he stopped them.

"Miltia, Melanie, make sure your uncle is fine, I'll handle this one" Loki said as he stepped forward while the twins went to help Junior, making Yang reload her shotgun gauntlets and smile at Loki who shrugged, replacing his clothing with a shroud of ash before it settled into the form of a loose white shirt that held two side arm holsters, black jeans with black bandages wrapped around his right ankle and left thigh, finishing this look he wore leather gloves on his hands.

Stepping forward with his eyes glowing he watched Yang smirk at him, but mostly to his well endowed muscles, smiling widely with his canines growing Yang blinked as she watched in shock as his body was covered in ashes, flowing after his movements like water his eyes glowed within as he lifted one of his hands up, making a come at me motion with yang narrowing her eyes towards in challenge, rushing forward she lunged forward with a fist cocked back she threw it with it hitting, expecting Loki to fly back she was stunned as his being exploded into a cloud of ash that surrounded Yang, making her look around frantically before she felt her right shoulder grabbed.

Feeling herself thrown out of the cloud of ash she watched it reforming into Loki whose eyes glowed as his clothing sprinkled ashes in his movement, seeing the skin around his eyes cracked and glowing he smirked.

"This can go two ways, I beat you to the ground and kick you out of MY club, or we could speak like civilized people and not go into violence like you did with Junior" Loki said with yang narrowing her eyes before sighing, disengaging her Ember Celica she stepped forward with her hands raised, allowing Loki to relax as he stepped forward, seeing her about to talk he walked to the bar before he looked to the thugs.

"What are you all looking at, make sure your boss is okay?" Loki yelled with the thugs moving to help Junior who sat up with a groan.

"Junior, take five, I'll handle this?" Loki said with the club owner giving a weak thumbs up as he was guided to a sitting position.

Sitting on a stool with Yang cautiously following suit he took another drink.

"So, what can I help you with, I wasn't paying much attention when you interrogated Junior before" Loki questioned with Yang avoiding eye contact.

"I'm looking for a woman, this woman" Yang said as she showed her scroll.

Looking to the image of Raven Branwen Loki's right hand clenched slightly in anger before he sighed, looking to Yang he spoke.

"I take it this woman is your mother who left you?" Loki questioned with Yang's eyes widening, nodding slowly to answer his question he turned and took a drink.

"Than your better off without her" Loki said with Yang glaring at him with red eyes, making him stare back with his own red eyes that glowed.

"Excuse me?" Yang questioned with a strained voice.

"Your mother, if you can call her that, left you to join her supposed, true family… a tribe of bandits that should have been put down when she left to serve as a warning to her. Don't get me wrong, but you look a lot more attractive than her by a long shot" Loki said with Yang's eyes showing shock and horror.

"She along with them have caused nothing but pain to small villages, so be glad… that she didn't raise you" Loki said as he stood up, throwing the cup into a filled sink he called out to Junior.

"Junior, bars all yours" Loki called out with the Bartender giving a thumbs up as Yang sat there.

Walking out of the club with a look of anger in his eyes Loki let out a snarl while punching a wall, just as his scroll rang, looking to his pocket he inhaled calmly before answering.

"Hello?"

"Loki, I have a bit of news for you?" a females voice called from his scroll, making Loki sigh.

"Neo, I was at the club, what happened?" Loki questioned before his scroll pinged.

"That isn't important, what is important is that you get to one of your safehouses, the White Fang have found one"

"Which one?"

"The one near Beacons pick up point for the other students" Neo said with Loki rushing towards the pickup point.

"How'd they find it?"

"I'm not sure, but whoever is working with them is making sure they don't have any distractions, the woman is called Cinder Fall, and she has Roman wrapped around her fingers like a puppet… Shit, I have to go, be safe Loki" hanging up his scroll and pocketing it, Loki scowled as his face gradually grew fur, narrowing into a canines head he lurched forward with his clothes vanishing under a coat of fur.

Running on all fours to quicken his pace Loki leaped up a wall to get short cuts.

Bursting through the heavily armored door, a White Fang Lieutenant and a platoon of Thugs rushed in with weapon drawn, looking around to see a bland room the Lieutenant called to the group with him.

"Secure the building, collect anything of value… even information on the terminals!" the Faunus yelled out as the Grunts ran to the terminal system, walking to the middle of the room he looked around before he spotted another room with an arsenal of weaponry.

Stepping into the room his eyes widened at the sight of so many weapons.

Bringing out a walkie talkie he went to speak into it to request for more men until he heard a cry of surprise and pain.

Walking back out he stepped into the main room to see one of his men lying on the ground writhing in pain.

"What happened?"

"Sir, the terminals are booby trapped, a switch released lightning dust into the system" looking to the terminals to see the entire hard drives were wiped from the damage.

"Damn it, well no matter, we have a full armory in the other room, gather whatever you can and load them into the trucks" the lieutenant said before they turned at the sound of the glass roof shattering, making them freeze as a lycanthropic being stood up from a crouch, snarling at them with a scowl of rage the Lieutenant held up his chainsword in defiance.

Standing up fully in his werewolf height Loki let out a roar, making half the White Fang run in fear while those stupid enough rushed forward, swords raised they were instead backhanded, clawed into and bitten with no mercy, leaving only the Lieutenant who stood in wait.

Staring each other down with a struggling WF thug in his right hand Loki crushed the poor fools head with little effort, baring his teeth with a growl of untold fury the Lieutenant gulped as he began to back away.

Running for his life as Loki stepped after him with his claws glistening in the moonlight.

Hearing the door slam shut in the next hallway Loki turned back to the terminals as his body reverted back, cracking his neck Loki went to a terminal before feeling his right foot grabbed, looking down he stared at the woman begging for mercy, seeing her chest bleeding heavily Loki knelt down, holding his right hand up with ash particles flaking off of his skin he placed them on her wound with the woman choking as the wound healed.

"We are not animals, prove to humans we are not what they say we are" Loki said as the woman let out a gasp as her wound healed, falling unconscious Loki went to the Terminal once more, booting up the system he placed his hand on a scanner to show the system still functional.

Placing a hard drive into the port he loaded all files into the device, while that was going on Loki walked to his collection of weapons, standing at the doorway he sighed as tendrils of ash rose from him, latching onto the many firearms he willed the ash to break them down and absorb them. Making Loki grunt as his nose began to bleed, ignoring the strain he focused on the last weapon before he let out a sigh of fatigue.

Leaning onto the doorway he leaned his head against the wood frame before he heard his scroll ring, making him sigh he lifted it up to show the contact to be the man who he called father.

Answering the call he spoke.

"Hey Oz, what can I do for you?"

"Loki, it's time to come back to beacon, it's not safe in Vale anymore" Looking back to see the corpses and unconscious woman he looked to his Terminals to see the upload complete.

"I'll be there dad, also, if you see a news report about a White fang raid, let it be known I had nothing to do with it" his only response was a chuckle from the other end, one bitter and knowing.

"Like the time you nearly toppled the CCT with your ash bombs?"

"Hey I was trying to stop a White fang attack thank you very much" Loki said with a smile as Ozpin let out a laugh.

"I'll be there in the morning"