Hello everybody! I am The Burning Ruler and I am back with chapter 4 of Team BAWM! So, I hope you are all enjoying this story! It's a bit of a different concept which I think adds to the novelty of this story, which will hopefully contribute to more viewers. Also, sorry to all the viewers who are used to review responses but I don't think I'm going to be doing that in this story. At any rate, Chapter 4, begin!
Chapter 4: Team BAWM
"Perhaps you could introduce yourselves before any questions." Said Carnel, looking around the room to see two other girls.
"Fair enough. I'm Falcon Bliss." Said Falcon.
"I'm Falcon's sister Alicia." Said Alicia.
"Crys Winters." Said Crys.
"Alright. As Velvet said, my name is Carnel Melone." Said Carnel.
"Nice to meet you." Said Alicia.
"You as well. So, you have questions?" asked Carnel.
"Yeah. Mostly about this." Said Falcon, holding up Carnel's mug shot.
"I expected this to happen, but I don't think there is much to explain there. Ozpin enrolled me here and my warrant is being suspended as we speak." Said Carnel.
"I see. That pretty much answers all my questions. Anyone else have a question?" asked Falcon.
"Not really." Said Crys.
"You single?" asked Alicia.
"Really Alicia?" asked Falcon.
"Yes really." Said Alicia.
Falcon just sighed and shook his head.
"Yeah. I am." Said Carnel.
"Good to know." Said Alicia.
Falcon looked like he was about to say something when there was knock at the door. He got up and opened it to see team RWBY there.
"Hey there. What's up?" asked Falcon.
"We're about to head to the cafeteria for dinner and we wanted to invite you three along." Said Yang.
"Four now." Said Alicia, pointing out Carnel.
"Oh. Hello." Said Ruby.
"Hey. Name's Carnel Melone." Said Carnel.
The girls of team RWBY introduced themselves.
"Nice to meet you Carnel." Said Weiss.
"You again… great." Said Falcon.
"Why do you have such an issue with me?" asked Weiss.
"It isn't so much that I have an issue with you, I just didn't like the way you treated Ruby on the first day." Said Falcon, straight faced.
"Oh is that all Falcon?" said Ruby.
"Yeah, why?" asked Falcon.
"Me and her have made up completely. That's all behind us." Said Ruby.
"Oh. I see. Well in that case…" said Falcon, turning to Weiss.
"I think we may have gotten off on the wrong foot. How about we restart on the other one?" asked Falcon, extending a hand to Weiss. "Nice to meet you. I'm Falcon Bliss." Said Falcon.
"Pleasure to meet you Falcon. My name is Weiss Schnee." Said Weiss, shaking his hand.
"As in the Schnee dust company?" asked Falcon.
"They very same." Said Weiss, proudly.
"Well, you two seem to be getting along much better." Said Yang.
"We started over." Said Falcon.
Weiss nodded in agreement.
"Alright then. So, food time?" asked Alicia.
"Sure." said Crys as they walked out of the room.
"Actually, can I talk to Falcon alone for a second?" asked Blake.
"Sure. We'll meet you at the cafeteria." Said Alicia.
"Don't have too much fun you two." Said Yang, winking and leaving.
Falcon just sighed and rolled his eyes before speaking. "So what's up Blake?" asked Falcon.
"I was going to drop off that book you wanted to read." Said Blake, handing him the book.
"Oh right. Thanks Blake. But, why exactly did we need to be alone for that?" asked Falcon.
"Well, I also noticed this on your bookshelf." Said Blake, taking a copy of Ninjas of Love off Falcon's bookshelf.
"Still not sure why we needed to be alone. Alicia and Crys already know about it, and I'm planning on telling Carnel the first chance I get." Said Falcon.
"Oh. Well, I actually also own a copy. I'm just not exactly open to admitting it. I thought I'd play it safe in case you were the same way." Said Blake.
"Oh. I see. Well, you aren't the only one at beacon who owns a copy now." Said Falcon. "Actually, speaking of books, I finished Fahrenheit 451 a little while ago." Said Falcon, handing her the book.
"Oh. Thanks Falcon." Said Blake.
When they got to the cafeteria, Falcon got a message from Ozpin. It read, "Hello Falcon. I just realized you team name needed to be changed. Therefore, your team has been renamed to Team BAWM (Bomb). You are still the leader."
"Hey guys? Our new team name is BAWM." Said Falcon, seeing his team.
"Ok." Said Alicia.
"So. Team BAWM huh?" said Blake.
"Yep." Said Falcon, getting food and sitting down with his team.
They continued talking until Alicia heard a sad sounding voice from across the cafeteria. They looked over to the source of the voice to see team CRDL picking on a bunny Faunus.
"Oh god. I hate racists." Said Ruby.
"You ok Falcon?" asked Yang.
All the others looked at Falcon to see a very familiar twisted smile growing on his face.
"You guys see that?" asked Falcon.
"I do, and I want to." Said Alicia.
"Oh god. What are you going to do?" asked Yang.
"You'll see." Said Falcon standing up.
"We're gonna kick their asses. You two want to join us?" asked Alicia.
"I do." Said Carnel.
"I could use a loosening up." Said Crys.
"Alright. I got dibs on the guy with the chest plate." Said Falcon.
"I want the guy with the blue hair." Said Carnel.
"I want the short guy with the mohawk." Said Alicia.
"I guess that leaves me with the short blonde." said Crys.
"Let's go team BAWM." said Falcon, starting to walk over.
Falcon got to team CRDL first and pushed the Cardin away. "Back off asshole." Said Falcon.
"What did you just say to me?" asked Cardin.
"Oh I'm sorry. I didn't know how stupid you were. Let me put it to you this way. Leave her alone, or else." Said Falcon, staring down Cardin.
"What if I don't want to?" asked Cardin.
"If you don't stop on your own, I'll do it for you." Said Falcon, trying to keep it peaceful.
"I'd like to see you try." Said Cardin.
"Alright. I tried to keep it peaceful. Let the record show that I tried to take the high road and keep it peaceful." Said Falcon, smashing Cardin in the face with his brick of metal with all the force he could before slipping it back into his pocket, cracking Cardin's jaw and causing him to fall over. Cardin stood up and realigned his jaw.
"You just made the biggest mistake of your life." Said Cardin.
"Bring it on little man." Said Falcon, not backing up an inch.
Cardin glared back at Falcon and was about to punch him in the face but Falcon moved out of the way, grabbed Cardin's fist, spun him around and put him a choke hold. He looked over to see Alicia holding Russel on the ground by the neck and using her semblance to heat up her hand to be white hot, burning Russel's neck, Crys had Dove on the ground and was repeatedly slamming his face into the ground as hard as she could and Carnel was pinning Sky to the ground with one foot while pulling his arms as hard as he could, pulling them both out of socket. After Dove and Sky were taken out, Crys and Carnel looked to see that while Russel had been released after falling unconscious with a hand shaped burn on his neck, Falcon still had Cardin in a choke hold despite him being unconscious. Falcon was putting so much pressure into his choke hold that they could see the bruise already starting to form on his neck. Falcon began to pull Cardin's head back, trying to snap his neck, but decided not to continue, instead opting to let him go for now, and Cardin slumped to the ground, nearly dead. Falcon looked at his unconscious body before kicking him in the nose. Falcon then began to walk back towards Team RWBY. While walking Crys looked up at Falcon, who held a twisted smile on his face. They sat back down and Alicia spoke.
"Were you trying to break his neck or something?" asked Alicia.
"Or rip his head off. Either one would work, but his neck is too strong, and his head isn't loose enough… yet." Said Falcon, his smile becoming more twisted.
"You are sadistic. I like it." said Crys.
"Believe it or not, that was one my more tame attacks." Said Falcon.
"I have never seen you attack someone with that amount of sadistic nature before." Said Alicia.
"You haven't seen all my attacks." Said Falcon.
"The smile is back." Said Ruby.
Falcon shook his head, getting rid of the smile. "Sorry about that. Force of habit." Said Falcon.
"That smile really freaks you out huh Ruby?" asked Alicia.
"It is kinda creepy." Said Weiss.
"I like that smile." Said Crys.
"You are a very unique person Crys." Said Falcon.
"On another note, that WASN'T the most sadistic you've been?" asked Blake, dumbfounded.
"Nope. Nowhere near. I have sent multiple people to the hospital, put one into a coma and put another guy in a wheelchair." Said Falcon.
"Alright. This guy is nuts. He will make one hell of a teammate." Said Carnel.
"I have my moments of insanity." Said Falcon.
"I'll say you do." Said Blake.
They continued talking for a while until Crys asked about Falcon's most insane attack.
"Well, I've had a lot. Let's see…" said Falcon, beginning to think. After about a minute Falcon spoke. "Oh, I got it." Said Falcon.
"What was it?" asked Alicia.
"When I found out that your boyfriend was abusing you when you were dating him." Said Falcon.
"Oh, I forgot about that one." Said Alicia. "That probably was the most insane you've ever been."
"What the hell did you do?" asked Crys.
"If you really want to know." Said Falcon, recounting the story.
Flashback
"Hey Alicia!" said Falcon, meeting up with her between classes.
"Oh. Hi Falcon." Said Alicia, sniffling.
"What's wrong Alicia?" asked Falcon.
"Nothing." Said Alicia, but Falcon wasn't buying that.
"Bullshit. What's wrong?" asked Falcon.
Alicia hesitated, but eventually began speaking. "It's Damien."
"Your boyfriend? What about him?" asked Falcon.
Alicia seemed hesitant, but made a request. "Please don't tell mom about this." Said Alicia.
"What is he doing to you?" asked Falcon, getting angry.
Alicia simply rolled up her sleeves to show that she had bruises all over them.
This made Falcon snap.
"Hey sweetie!" said a voice form behind Falcon.
Falcon turned to see Damien standing there. Damien saw that Alicia's sleeves were rolled up, and knew that Falcon had figured it out. Falcon was already known to have a temper and the whole school knew that he was protective of Alicia. Damien barely had time to turn and take a step away before Falcon had him in a headlock.
"You son of a bitch! I'll kill you!" said Falcon, violently jerking Damien's head to the side with all his strength. After he had finished the headlock he grabbed Damien by his arms and dragged him to his locker. Damien tried to get away, but Falcon head-butted him, causing him to lose most of his strength. All he could do was watch as Falcon put his arms inside his locker before repeatedly slamming the door on his arms. After seeing that Damien's arms were broken, he turned him around and started slamming the door on his legs, breaking them as well. Damien tried as hard as he could to get away, but with no use of his arms or legs, it wasn't going too well. Falcon pinned Damien to the ground with one leg. He started scanning Damien's back to determine the best spot to get the results he wanted. Eventually he opted to paralyze him from the waist down. He stomped repeatedly on the point where his spine met his waist, until he heard a crack, and Damien cried out in pain. He grabbed Damien by the hair and stared directly into his eyes.
"IF I EVER SEE YOU ANYWHERE NEAR MY SISTER AGAIN I WILL MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THE REST OF YOUR MISERABLE LIFE! GOT IT!?" asked Falcon, still furious.
"Ok! I will! I'll stay away!" said Damien, tears streaming down his face.
"You better!" said Falcon, throwing his head down and walking away.
End flashback
"And I don't feel sorry at all." Said Falcon, the twisted smile back.
"How do you remember that with such clarity?" asked Ruby.
"I have an eidetic memory. I remember everything." Said Falcon.
Falcon looked at Crys, who was still smiling.
"You really are unique Crys." Said Falcon.
"So Falcon, Alicia, where did you two live before coming here?" asked Carnel.
"We lived in Vale, not far from here with our mom." Said Alicia.
"Did your father die too?" asked Crys.
Falcon was unsure why she was asking, and why she said too, but Crys looked serious. "No. He is still alive as far as I know, but if I ever meet him, then he's going to wish he had died." Said Falcon.
"Why?" asked Crys. "Why would you wish for the death of a parent?" asked Crys, seemingly slightly angry.
"That asshole ran out on our mother the day he found out she was pregnant. He left her to raise me and Alicia by herself, simply because he didn't want to stay and raise us. He'd rather be alone drinking and laughing in bars, than being a parent like he SHOULD HAVE BEEN! That is why he deserves to die, and that is why, if I ever meet him, his death is going to be delivered by my own hand." Explained Falcon, visibly angry.
"I still don't understand. Family is the most important thing in the world. I would do anything I could to protect them." Said Crys.
"Did your father abandon your mother before you were born?" asked Falcon, to which Crys shook her head. "Then don't bother trying to understand. Even if I tried to explain it in more detail you wouldn't understand." Said Falcon.
"Um, before continuing onto anything else, you asked us if our father died too. I'm sorry if this is too personal, but do you mind me asking what happened?" asked Alicia, looking at Crys.
Crys' face fell and a downcast expression appeared on her face. "I… don't particularly mind you asking, but I'd prefer to keep that to myself for now." Said Crys, still downcast.
Noticing how depressed Crys had become, Alicia instantly felt guilty. "I'm sorry Crys. I didn't mean to bring you down." Said Alicia.
Crys just shook her head, silently saying it was fine.
"Hey, I feel your pain Crys. My father killed my mother in front of me. I know how you feel." Said Carnel.
"And we thought our father walking out on us was bad." Said Alicia, causing Falcon to nod.
After that, the group had a hard time becoming cheerful again, until Velvet came over to the group.
"Um, can I talk to you four for a second… in… private?" asked Velvet.
"Sure." Said Falcon, getting up along with Alicia, Crys and Carnel and following Velvet back to her table.
"Um, I just wanted to thank you for the help back there. It was… really nice of you." Said Velvet.
"No problem. Happy to help." Said Carnel.
"Well, if you ever need me for anything, just let me know." Said Velvet with a smile.
"We might just end up taking you up on that." Said Crys.
"Thanks for the offer Velvet." Said Falcon, walking away with his team.
They got back to team RWBY and they felt instantly better. They remained there talking with them for a little while longer, before realizing how late it was.
"Wow. It got late pretty quickly." Said Alicia.
"Yeah. We should get some rest for tomorrow." Said Yang.
"Good idea. Goodnight everyone." Said Weiss.
Everyone got up and started walking back to their respective dorm rooms. After team BAWM got back to their room, they walked in and Falcon picked up the book that Blake had loaned him.
"Actually, before Carnel showed up I was about to ask you about that Ninja's of Love book of yours." Said Crys.
"Oh right. What about it?" asked Falcon.
"What's it about?" asked Crys.
"Why don't you find out?" asked Falcon, throwing the book to her.
Crys was surprised but opened it up and read the first page, before closing the book and putting it back on the shelf, with a very clear red tinge on her face.
"Surprised?" asked Falcon.
"Very." said Crys.
"Anyways, if you guys want to get some sleep go ahead. I'm going to read for a bit longer." Said Falcon, turning back to his book.
"Alright. Night Falcon." Said Alicia.
"Night everyone." Said Falcon, as they all went to sleep.
'I got one hell of a team.' Thought Falcon after reading for a while before laying down a falling asleep.
There we go guys! Chapter 4. It's a little shorter than I usually make my chapters, but whatever. Remember to check out Nightmare 6-4 and RebelKira, my co-authors for this story, and show them some love. See you guys later!