There were only two signs that Junior got from the kid that told him he was angry; first was the narrowing of his eyes, the second though ,was when his counter cracked. He actually jumped slightly at the sight. The expensive hardwood counter started to develop splinters from the teen's grip on it. 'Honestly, sometimes I forget the kid could snap a guy in half without even trying.' "Table." Gales just looked down, seeing the damage he had unintentionally caused before taking a minute to close his eyes and breath. Loosening his grip on the table, Gales opened his eyes before speaking.

"What happened?"

"Gales, you know why I gave you a night off yesterday?"

"Yeah, it was to keep me from getting involved in your more illegal activities right?" Gales muttered as he crossed his arms. "I had a hunch, but I wasn't too sure till now."

"Yeah well, the twins and some of my boys have been working a job these past couple weeks. Just got a break last night though"

"What kind of job?" Junior just went silent for a moment before reaching for a newspaper, the picture of a man on it; blonde hair, red eyes, good face. "Anilin? Who's this guy?"

"He's some punk that decided to move his gang into town, trying to take over Vale's underworld. He's an upstart but he's already got a good set of hands helping him out."

"So what's he got to do with the twins?"

"Punk's been hounding us to try getting his hands on my club. Finally found where he was holed up and decided to send some guys over to teach him a lesson. Twins went with em but…"

"Things didn't turn out so well?"

"Yeah, guess they were expecting us. Got the drop on my guys and forced em to either run or put em in the hospital. As for the twins, I haven't seen em. All I got was this when Miltia called me." Junior pulled out his Scroll as Gales looked at a picture presented on it. There were the Malachite twins, tied up and shooting a hateful glare at whomever was taking the picture. "Wanna trade the twins for the Club. Guess he thinks they're high targets."

"Hm~" Gales madea noise as he handed the Scroll back to its owner. "Guess I'm not working the Club tonight." Gales muttered as Junior raised an eyebrow. "I'll see you later."

"Where are you going?"

"To get the girls."

"You don't even know where they are."

"I'll find them." Gales flicked his nose as his frown returned. "I'm not leaving my friends and coworkers in danger." Junior just ran his hand through his hair before shaking his head.

"… thanks."

"No sweat. Junior I know you don't show it that well; but you do care about those girls."

"Do you want me to send some guys with you?"

"Nah, not this time." Gales admitted as he stared off into space for a moment. "Next time though… we'll see."

"Before you go though, here." Gales looked back at Junior as he found a handgun and a red machete resting on the damaged table. "It's not much but some firepower will do you some good." Gales picked up the machete and looked it over. Light, about the size of his carving knife. As for the handgun…

'Is this what Remnant-tech calls a gun. I've seen light Bowguns that are bigger than this thing.' Honestly he wanted to laugh at the pint-sized weapon, but decided against it. Not the time. "Do these things shrink?"

"There's a button on the side of the weapons." Gales just nodded as he pushed a button on the side of the machete watching the blade shrink down and put it in his pocket. The gun, it didn't shrink that much, but it still settled well into a small holster the teen rested on his hip.

"Thanks; I'll see you later." Stepping out the club Gales took a moment to look around before smelling the air. "Gotcha." Without another word the teen took off running down the streets.

Vale Docks

Warehouse

"Comfy ladies?" Anilin asked as he stepped into the room, looking at the twins as they just glared at him. "Come on now you two really shouldn't glare; it'll ruin your looks." The man stated as he sat on a crate and smiled.

"What do you want with us?" Melanie asked as she held her glare.

"Nothing much, hell soon as Junior forks over the club you're both free to go." The man stated.

"You're wasting your time."

"Junior won't trade his club for us."

"Oh really, I'd say otherwise, after all what kind a dad would leave his girls in trouble?"

"Right as if…" Miltia paused as she and her sister dropped their glare and quickly replaced it with confusion.

"Wait-"

"Our dad?" They said together.

"Juniors not our dad, our dad's in Atlas."

"We're just bodyguards."

"That's a nice cover girls." Anilin muttered as he looked elsewhere for a moment. "But it wasn't hard to figure it. After all what kind of man would just hire two random girls to act as his bodyguards and enforcers, especially ones so young." Anilin mussed as he yawned into his hand. "I'm not too surprised he tried hiding it. After all even as an information broker, Juniors got a lot of enemies. What better way to hide your connection to him than to just pose as regular bodyguards?"

'What is this guy on?'

'What an idiot.'

"Anyway you two don't need to worry about anything, all I want is Junior's club, nothing more. Hell you two can still work there if you want, but just know that I'll be in charge instead of your dad."

'I can't believe we got captured by this idiot…'

'If Junior finds out about this he'll never let us live this down.'

Vale Docks

Warehouse District

Gales pulled to a stop as he looked at the warehouse ahead of him. "Looks like this is it."

"Do you have a plan?"

"Nope." Gales muttered as he crossed his arms. "Now should I go through the front door or sneak in through the back?" The teen questioned before going silent. "Speaking of sneaking though…" Gales began as he looked to the street and walked a little further before pausing. "I know you're there." He called out to no-one before looking behind him. "There's no point hiding, I can hear your breathing and I can smell you."Gales stated as he waited. "You've been following me for the past thirty minutes." A moment later the sky seemed to crack, and what followed was the sound of shattered glass. Replacing the empty street was a single figure, a Felyne-like smile on their face as they looked up at him.

"Neo?" The teen questioned as he looked at the silent woman, who just snapped a picture of him on her Scroll. "What are you doing out here, it's late." Neo didn't say anything, save swaying up to him, stepping around him with an appeasing look before jumping. She stole his hat, dropped it on her head and started walking ahead of him. "Huh?" Neo's smile just remained as she made a "come hither" gesture with her finger. Gales just raised an eyebrow before he shrugged and started walking after the pint-sized woman.

"Are you here for Melanie and Miltia?" Neo just shook her head as she led the boy towards the front door and held up a picture on her Scroll. Anilin. "You got business with him." Gales… didn't really like the smile that crossed her face as she just nodded her head before swaying along. Street might as well have been her own personal catwalk. "Well I'm just here for the girls, you can have Anilin if you want." That smile was still there and Gales was actually feeling a bit unnerved. Weird; he hadn't been that unnerved since a Deviljho decided to interrupt his hunt once. Still he was here for a reason so, without so much as a second thought Gales pushed the door open. Lots of guys in here, he counted 20 at least.

"Excuse me." The teen called out, although he didn't really need to. Moment the door opened they had their sights on him and Neo. The pint-sized woman still keeping that Felyne-smile on her face as she did some kind of bow. "Greetings, I'm with Junior, and I'm here for his girls. Neo here… yeah she's here for another reason." Gales admitted as he shrugged. "Either case; please hand over Melanie and Miltia and I'll be on my way." The goons looked at one another before they started laughing.

"And if we don't?"

"I take them back by force." Gales admitted as he placed his hands on his hips.

"Try it kiddo." Before the man even blinked he was on his knees, screaming as Gales charged forward. Handgun in arm as he smashed the barrel into the guys face and followed with a left hook that sent him into dreamland.

"Gladly… and thank you. You have no idea how much I need this." By the time the weapons were drawn Gales was already in the fray leaving Neo to play catch up. When she did, she put on a show. More or less dancing she back-flipped and twirled through live fire and used her parasol as an occasional shield. Gales; his style was much simpler and almost beastial in nature; if he wasn't blocking a person's hits, he was just taking it and returning it with one of his own. Unlike Neo who needed a few hits to take one down, he just needed one solid punch. "Damn lightweights." The teen muttered as a bullet went past his head, the only reason it hadn't hit him was due to poor aiming skills. "These are the guys that took out Juniors men?" Neo just shrugged as she pressed on, twirling her parasol and hitting a man on the head with it. Gales saw someone aiming at her and whipped out the handgun again, kneecapping the guy as he stumbled and fell clutching his knees. He didn't stop there; he kneecapped the next guy as well, as Neo turned and flipped over to him before kicking someone in the face.

Gales felt something smash into the back of his head as wood started chipping around behind him. All he did was turn, shooting the man a look as he looked at a destroyed bat in his hand. "What the shit?"

"Seriously?" Gales reached for the man's belt and lifted him into the air. With a quick punch he sent the man flying, ripping the belt from his pants before returning to the fight. By the time he turned he flinched slightly as a bullet slammed into him as he looked down. Another bullet and he flinched again, then a third and a fourth as a strange purple light fizzed out of existence on his body. "Hm that's weird, that usually hurts more." The teen muttered before looking at the man and just started walking forward, ignoring the bullets that slammed into him.

"We got a Huntsman!" Gales grabbed the man's face as he lifted him up before turning with a quick toss he grabbed the man's foot and slammed him into the ground. Once, twice, three times before dragging him across the room and used him to hammer a few others into the ground.

Neo yawned slightly as she sat on top of someone. Her parasol acting as a shield as she used her free hand to send a text.

Wish you were here.

Text sent, the pint-sized woman got to her feet as she returned the fight. Flipping, and weaving through attacks as her smile returned. She clasped her parasol around someone's arm and spun them around. An elbow to the gut followed by a high kick to the face and a flip made them kiss the ground. That one done she turned, opening her parasol behind her as she blocked a few bullets aimed at her. Another turn and the woman was using her parasol to sweep a man off his feet before running up to another, stepping back only to dodge a punch before making a few quick steps to dance through a flurry of different strikes. A little twirl and Neo was behind her attacker using her parasol to spread the person's legs, hooking the handle around one of their legs she pulled, causing them to step back. She pulled back further till she forced them to do a split, forcing them to yelp in pain before she kicked them in the back of the head.

"Boss!" Anilin turned as he looked at one of his guys seeing him out of breath.

"What's with all the racket?"

"We got trouble; Junior sent some of his boys to pick up the twins." Anilin raised an eyebrow.

"How'd they find us?"

"I don't know we, but these two -"

"Wait two?" Anilin repeated as the twins' ears perked up. "Your having trouble with two guys?"

"Yeah, one of em, this crazy dancing chick with an umbrella, the other - he ain't human he's lifting people off the ground boss!"

'Lifting people off the ground?'

'That sounds like Gales.'

"Right~" Anilin muttered before shaking his head and getting to his feet. "Whatever, I better say hi." The man turned to look at the twins one last time before smiling. "Looks like daddy sent some of the big guns to get you back."

"For the last time Junior-"

"Be right back."

"I hate to say it… but I'm getting bored here." Gales muttered as he dropped the person he was dragging as they groaned in pain. "I ain't getting that rush I was hoping for." The teen admitted. "Still I guess it's better than punching a sandbag till it bursts." Neo just shrugged as she twirled her parasol in her offhand. "Who's next?"

"D-damn."

"How can two people be giving us all this trouble?"

"That's my question." From the upper floor Anilin leaned over the warehouse railing as he looked down.

"Sup." Neo just waved as Anilin smiled.

"So you're the two that's been giving my boys so much trouble huh. Got any names?"

"I don't really feel like introducing myself to someone who kidnapped my friends." Gales admitted as he placed a hand on his hip.

"Right, sorry about that, it's nothing personal, just part of business, you know."

"Right~" Gales dug a finger in his ears as before flicking non-existent wax at the ground. "Either case I want the girls, hand em over and I'll be on my way."

"Sorry kid, no can do. I'll be holding onto them until Junior forks over his club."

"What do you even want with the club anyway?" Anilin started to talk when Gales raised a hand. "You know what; I don't really want to know. I'm only a part-timer so I don't need to know everything that goes on in Junior's business. I just want the girls, and I'll be on my wa-" Before Neo could blink Gales had already drawn his handgun and fired. Four shots, each of them aimed at Anilin as he just blocked them with a yellow light.

"Wow wow, where's your manners? Didn't your mom ever tell you to not fire a weapon in a crowded room?"

"What were you just about to do?" Gales questioned as Neo looked between the two. 'What was that? The hairs on the back of my neck just stood straight up.'

"Hm? You picked up on that?" The man questioned as he whistled. "Well I'll be damned. I didn't know anyone could pick up on another person's semblance? Is that your power?"

"Semblance?" Gales questioned as yellow tethers started to appear from Anilin's body and quickly made their way to his men. They twitched once before roaring, though the noise didn't sound like any animal Gales was used to hearing. He recognized the symptoms though. Dilated pupils, enlarged muscles. "Oh I'm going to enjoy~ this." Neo looked at him like he was crazy; and he just looked at her with a smile. "He'd doping them. Not sure how but it's like a Monster when they get enraged."

"You're right, my Semblance allows me to amp up anyone who gets touched by the energy tendrils. Although it does make them go a bit crazy."

"Don't mind." Gales admitted as he cracked his fingers. "Neo, mind leaving this to me? I'ma get a workout in. Meantime can you get the girls free." Neo just nodded as she skipped forward before striking a bow. The men charged, one going for Neo as Gales charged in her shadow. When they threw a punch at her she disappeared, shattering like glass, leaving them off balance as Gales punched them in the face and sent them sliding back. The next he blocked against, raising an arm as he braces himself turning only after the hit was thrown to grab onto the arm and throw them over his shoulder. When he turned back he received a punch to the face before returning it with one of his own.

Junior's Club

Tapping his finger on the table Junior looked to the clock before returning his attention to his Scroll. "Damn it where are they?"

"Worried boss?" Raising his head Junior looked at one of his boys and made a noise.

"Yeah… guess so. It's been a whole hour now and still nothing. I shouldn't have let Gales go on his own." Junior stated as he scratched his head. "He's just one kid, he can't handle a bunch of guys."

"I think you're underestimating the kid boss. Gales is a lot stronger than he lets on." Both looked at the counter they'd need to replace.

"Yeah, kids build like an ox. I almost wish I was that strong at 18."

"16." Junior raised an eyebrow as he looked at his worker. "Gales is 16, boss."

"… what?" The man stayed silent as Junior looked in surprise. "How can he be 16?!"

"When I asked he said he it was a combination of arduous training, a couple growth spurts, and really good genes." The man admitted as he scratched his head. "He didn't go into any detail on that but yeah boss, he's 16."

"I sent a minor off alone to get my girls."

"A minor that can bench over 2000 pounds."

"Yeah."

Warehouse

"Oh Spirits I needed that." Gales said as he took a moment, throwing his head back and breathed. Heartbeat was in his ears, adrenaline was in his veins. Wasn't as strong as he would have liked, but it was still pretty good. Especially after a few months of being out of action. "Storm still rages inside, but it's begun to calm finally." Gales noted as he looked to the various unconscious men as he smiled. Picking himself off the ground the teen took one last breath before smiling. "Hey! He called up to Anilin who took a step back. "You got any more men? I can go through a couple more."

"Y - you… how?"

"I'm used to enraged giant monsters hitting me." Gales said simply as he put his hands on his hips. "Now seriously, you got any more, cause I'm still raging inside."

"You want more- fine I guess l just have to -" From behind Anilin, Neo tripped his legs, forcing his head to hit the railing as Gales blinked in surprise. Neo just did a mock salute as she smiled.

"Neo~" The pint-sized woman just shrugged as Melanie and Miltia stepped out of the room they'd been confined in. "He was gonna come at me himself."

"If we didn't no any better we'd think you forgot the reason you came here." The twins stated as they looked down at Gales.

"Relax I didn't forget, just got caught up in the moment." The teen muttered. "Anyway you ready to go."

"Please, I think I need a shower."

"Me too."

Neo just messed with her scroll as she nodded to the teen. Finishing whatever she was doing, she grabbed Anilin's leg and started dragging him down the stairs. Everyone watched as his head hit the steps and Neo didn't seem to mind in the slightest. The twins just shrugged as they followed not really caring about the man's condition.

"So what are you going to do with that?" Neo just smiled that Felyne smile of hers as Gales crossed his arms. "Right ok well, thanks for the help. Nice knowing I had backup. You'll be alright on your own from here on out?" Neo just nodded her head as Gales scratched his cheek." Alright,then let's get out of here." Gales stated as the four started making their way out.

"So how did you find us anyway?" Miltia asked as Gales just shrugged.

"I followed your scent."

"Our scent?" Miltia raised an arm and smelled herself.

"What are you a Canine-Faunus?"

"Nah, I just have a really good sense of smell." The teen admitted. "It's strong enough I can track you halfway across the world if need be. Especially since I've committed your scents to memory."

"You memorized our scents?"

"Yeah, that's how I know it's you. You have nice scents by the way. Little too much perfume but nice all the same." Neo used her free hand to tug on Gales sleeve as he turned to her. Without a noise she gestured to herself before putting a palm to her nose. "Yeah Neo, I memorized yours too. It's also not that bad, kinda like cream." Neo's smile wasn't exactly cat like that time, instead she just seemed. Happy about something. Before Gales could Blink she had his Scroll in her hand and was messing with it. Next minute she gave it back, and Gales looked at his Scroll.

Text me sometime.

"Huh uh. sure." Gales muttered as he looked at the pint-sized woman as she started to skip off, one unconscious body behind her as she Gales just scratched his head and looked at the twins... who were glaring at him. "What?"

"Give us your Scroll."