Chapter 17

Helping the strayed

Letting out a yawn of waking up, Gabrielle looked over her sleeping team members with a small smile, but as soon as she looked to Loki's bed, she frowned in worry at his absence, the only thing missing was a pillow which Nora took to comfort her in her sleep.

This had been a recurring problem ever since Loki went after Blake on Saturday, a problem that Gabrielle put blame towards Weiss having heard the two arguing that night.

Getting up from Odin's sleep induced embrace she took out her chosen clothing before going to the shower of the dorms room, so far when word got out that Loki had gone after Blake, Weiss had been on the receiving end of very dark looks which she tried to ignore.

Closing the door behind her Gabrielle stretched her arms forward with joints popping at being used in the morning she stepped into the shower to feel the warm water running down her back she let out a sigh.

Opening her eyes with her head down Gabrielle had a look of determination.

After waking her boyfriend and his sister from their sleep, Odin had given Weiss a cold shoulder at meeting up with what remained of team RWBY, Yennefer simply followed after her brother as he followed a worried Yang and Ruby, leaving Weiss with Gabrielle.

"Typical" Weiss muttered before Gabrielle scoffed as she followed after the four.

"What was that for?" Weiss demanded with Gabrielle turning to her.

"Faunus aren't the evil ones here Schnee, Blake was correct when she said humans are evil, your discriminatory just may put your team at risk" Gabrielle said before running after the others with Weiss left there in deep thought.

Waking up on the couch with a small yawn, Neo blinked the sleep from her eyes with the Tv still playing she blinked as she stared at a sleeping Sun she smelled the air to get the scent of bacon being cooked, looking to the kitchen area she saw Loki at the stove with a frying pan in hand, along with the sizzling strip of bacon in his mouth.

"Could use a few more seconds" Loki muttered to himself as he finished eating the strip as Neo stood up, looking to the blanket she smiled warmly to Loki until Sun stood up from the couch he was sleeping on.

"I smell Bacon?" Sun yawned with a stretch before he looked at his surroundings, seeing the interior of the building he saw Loki finish cooking the bacon he set up a table with plates holding eggs and bacon.

Watching Loki walk to a guest room Sun went to a plate to eat, followed by Neo following after him to the kitchen table.

Walking to the room where Blake had slept in last night, Loki knocked on it twice.

"Blake you got Bacon and eggs as room service" Loki said before opening the door, seeing the Cat Faunus sleeping he set the plate down on a desk.

Turning back to the sleeping form of Blake Loki nudged her shoulder lightly.

"Blake, time to get up, we have a lot to do today" his only answer was a soft groan from the girl which made him chuckle, looking to the Bacon he smiled in mischief.

Catching the strong scent of bacon with her nose, Blake's feline instincts roused her from her sleeping form towards the smell of bacon she blinked the sleep from her eyes to stare at a strip of bacon being held in front of her face, looking to who was holding it she instantly began to blush at the sight of a smiling Loki.

Placing the strip of bacon back onto the plate he smiled.

"We got work to do today so eat up and be ready" Loki said before he left Blake in the room with the plate of her breakfast.

Seeing Sun and Neo waiting for him at the table he sat down before them with full attention.

"Alright, Sun, what do you got for us on the White Fang?" Loki questioned his friend with Neo turning to Sun.

"Not much, but Sienna Khan has been sending more troops to their Vale's branch my sources have been telling me she's been doing it begrudgingly because of a Adam Taurus and some human woman being somewhat persuasive" Sun said with Loki frowning in thought as Neo spoke.

"Her name is Cinder Fall, got Roman wrapped around her finger since day one of us working under her, had me actually working around the clock on loose ends Roman had left, now she's having me hunt after runaway White Fang members" Neo said with Loki narrowing his eyes in thought.

"I've heard that name before, some of my own contacts have been saying her name along the lines of missing in action Huntsmen and Huntresses" Loki said with the two frowning in worry before Neo's scroll went off, making the two look to her as her eyes widened.

"Well, one of my contacts just updated the going on's in Vale, your two friends… they have a third one now" Neo said with Loki frowning.

"They said they'd be gone in two days, it's already been two" Loki said while rubbing his chin in thought, before the three turned to see Blake stepping out of the room with an empty plate.

"Thanks… for the breakfast" Blake said with Loki nodding.

"Any time, now get changed so your harder to recognise, the others will be looking for your look as we speak" Loki said with Sun's scroll pinging, making them turn to him.

"Got a possible target for the white Fang, Schnee dust shipment… Freighter scheduled on Sunday night" Sun said with Loki turning to Neo who nodded in confirmation of the news.

"It's true, most of the talk at Roman's hideout have been about the freighter… and this unknown that's even got our current boss lady spooked" Neo said with Sun adding something interesting.

"It doesn't help the fact the new guys looks like Loki just an adult"

Turning back to Neo Loki spoke.

"Alright, Neo get back to Roman so he doesn't get suspicious and connect dots, Sun, where exactly is your team?" Loki said with Sun slightly laughing until he saw Loki's look of annoyance.

"They're still at Shade academy" Sun said with Loki pinching the bridge of his nose with a sigh.

"Just stick around until we're done, Stay safe Neo" Loki said with the petite nodding, standing up she curtsied before shattering out of existence.

"So… you were that unknown the White Fang were suspicious of back then" Blake said with Loki nodding his own confirmation.

"Yeah, a peaceful organisation doesn't just suddenly go violent, so you can't fault me for calling old acquaintances inside" Loki said as he got up, making Blake blink as his clothing rippled into a veil of ashes, some glowing like they were pulled out from a bonfire, thankfully his cargo pants remained in one piece, which allowed Blake to see the holsters for his hand-cannons, two at his side and now a third on his lower back.

"You still don't own clothes do you, dude?" Sun questioned jokingly as he walked to the kitchen, an empty plate in hand, failing to notice Blake blushing in thought.

"Hey, normal clothes don't repair themselves, my ash does" Loki said before shrugging his shoulder, rippling the ash it took the form of a long-sleeved shirt with white sleeves, followed by a hat sitting atop Loki's head with a skull like insignia on the front, making Blake frown at the emblem before she shook it off.

"You gonna change or not?" Loki questioned with Blake looking away with a small blush covering her cheeks.

"I'll be right back" was all she said before walking into the room she was in before, leaving Loki and Sun in wait.

The monkey Faunus looking to the scene in confusion before speaking out his thoughts.

"So whose your girlfriend again?"

Letting out a cry of fear at being dropped from a three storey roof, a White Fang foot soldier yelped as he was caught by a hand that held his throat firmly, looking to the one who owned the hand he instantly regretted the notion as he stared into the eyes of a man whose had many painful moments of his life, which right now were staring in a commanding glare.

Pulling the soldier close, the Loki from the far future spoke with a controlled glare, his golden eyes melting into orbs of crimson red.

"I'm going to ask one more time… what was Cinder planning with the Devil's Pit!?" letting out a growl of inhuman nature, the fearful Faunus let out a cry of fear.

"I don't know, all I did was send reports to her directly about the amount those stationed there had mined, she's like a freaking enigma, the moment we even get a sliver of info it jut gets proven wrong, please don't drop me" the man said with Loki looking to the floor below, raising an eyebrow at the distance he allowed the Faunus to look down to see the far pavement below, before the two were suddenly on the pavement, with Loki holding the man by the neck before dropping him.

"Rethink your life choices, you either die for a better cause than making others feel pain and misery" the adult form of Loki said as he walked away from the stunned Faunus who slowly took his mask off, his free hand rubbing his neck before he looked to his mask, a frown of contemplation spreading on his features before he dropped it to the ground and left without a second glance.

Walking for another streets worth of pavement, the adult Loki looked up to see Alex Mercer dropping down with a proud smile on his face.

"So this explains how you got so many followers in the past" Alex said as he walked beside his friend/brother in joy.

"I merely put in the right words to help those stray from a dark outcome, all that needs to be done is for me to approach my younger self" future Loki said as he held up his right hand, where a bracelet of wedding rings hung safely, making Alex sigh.

"After how many years and you still wear that?" Alex questioned with the older werewolf Faunus turning to him with a grin.

"It was Ruby's idea, of course I'd wear it" Loki said with a small smile before he turned to beacon academy, while Alex still walking stopped and turned to Loki who looked down to a scroll to see the date, making Alex sigh as he returned to Loki' side.

"You know, you can pull a slight time rift for a few hours in the future… possibly for a big wedding" Alex said suggestively with Loki frowning before he turned after Alex.

"What did I say about giving me ideas!" Loki called back to Alex, a hint of Scottish accent in his voice.

Enticing a heartful laugh from Alex as he kept walking.

Making Loki about to follow him until his ears picked up the subtle sound of a gasp, turning to the left he saw Neo staring at him in shock and surprise, with Loki looking to her for a split second before he smiled.

"I take it this is the part where Sun stated who i look like?" Loki questioned with the petite dumbly nodding, walking to the future Loki he stood calmly, with Neo seeing body movements that were used when about to hug someone, frowning in thought she spoke.

"Loki… what happened to you… you look like yo-" Neo began but the adult counter-part spoke.

"Like I went through hell and came back with souvenirs… yeah you said the same thing ahead in the future" Loki said with Neo blinking in surprise as he spoke with a voice of… sadness.

"Loki… what happened?" Neo questioned with Loki sighing as he looked down to his wrist where the band of rings hung, making Neo look to them with a frown before her eyes widened slowly.

"Wedding rings, how many girls have you married?" Neo questioned with a voice of surprise and respect.

"All at once, I'd say there's You, Nora, Blake, Yang, Weiss, Ruby and others I won't say about" Loki said with Neo glaring at him.

"It was you and Nora's idea"

"I don't know who this Nora is?"

"You will… after a moment of tragedy" Loki said while unconsciously grabbing his left arm.

Looking to Neo he smiled before he vanished with a spark of lightning, leaving a surprised Neo.

"I marry… Loki?"

Perking up as he, Sun and Blake walked through the streets of Vale, Blake now wore glasses with a black shirt and blue jeans with her feet wearing black shoes she turned to Loki in worry as he blinked.

"What's up?"

"I feel like Neo is going to hit me the next time I see her, but I don't know when exactly" Loki said with a hint of worry in his voice.

"I'm sure your just being paranoid" Sun said as they continued on.

Entering a tea shop they just missed being seen by Yang and Ruby calling out to Blake.

Finding a seat with Sun facing Blake, Loki spoke.

"So Blake…" looking to Loki with a frown of worry, he looked to her with a face of seriousness.

"What can you tell us about the White Fang?"