Chapter 2

('In their thought')

("Saying out loud")

This chapter set on episode 10 volumes 4 after Ruby and Jaune pep talk.

"Jaune, stay here with uncle Qrow while I'll look for some medicine. There might be somewhere we haven't checked yet." Ruby said to Jaune. "OK, just be cure full." Ruby nod and she walk away. Meanwhile Roman just arrive at Kuroyuri as he wonder off, he notice someone in the village.

Roman POV

'Shit! It Red, what she's doing here?' I ask to myself while hiding from her. I sigh then fallow her for awhile. 'OK now what am I doing?' I ask myself. 'Spying on her, like some kind of stalker. I should be avoiding her.' As I continue spying on her, I accidentally step on a twig that make her turn around.

"How there?" she asks while pointing her oversize gardening tool at me.

"H-hey Red" I reply nervously. "It's been a while"

"Torchwick!" she shouts surprisingly and confuses.

Ruby POV

'Torchwick! What he doing here? Did Cinder send him here?' I ask myself while pointing my Crescent Rose at him.

"Relax Red, I'm not here to fight." He said.

"Then, what are you doing here?"

"Hiding"

"From who, the law" I ask with a sarcasm look.

"No, from Cinder"

"What do you mean?"

"Long story" he reply. "Now you"

"Huh" as I look at him confuse.

"What are you doing here?" he asks with a smirk.

"I was looking for some medicine. My uncle is seriously hurt and-"before I could finish, he took my hand and trying to lead me somewhere.

"Where are you taking me?"

"There's a hidden storage not far from here. We stored some medical supplies before that incident." He replies with a serioes tone.

"We?" I ask even more confuses.

"Yeah, me and the people who used to live here"

"Wait, you live here?"

"Used to" he reply with a sad tone. "Oh, we're here." He points a hidden trap door.

"It locks!" I said as I pull the handle.

"Let me take a look" he smirks. "And done"

"How did you-"

"I'm a criminal, remember"

"Oh, yeah I forgot"

As we enter, I didn't suspect the storage to this big.

"It too dark, how can we-"

"Found it"

"How did-"

"I used to work here remember"

"Would you let me finish" I said angrily.

"OK ok but this herb is a temporary fix. You have to take him to a medic"

"Ok" I reply as we go back to uncle Qrow.

Roman POV

'Ok Roman, what are you doing? You'er not supposes to help. This isn't your problem.'

"Juane!" Red called out at the blonde kid.

"Ruby!" as he looks in our direction. "Torchwick!" he shouts. "What he do-"

"No time" she cut him off. "How is he?"

"No good" he said.

"Let me take a look"

"How can we-"

"It's ok Juane. Let him"

"Fine"

I take a look at the wounded huntsman. "Ok, this will stop the poison from spreading temporary" After a treat his condition, we sit and stare each other awkwardly.

"So…what kind of job do you have here?" she ask to break the awkwardness.

"Any kind of job I could get"

"Family?"

"Just me and my sister"

"Oh…wait, you have a sister?" she asks surprising look in her face.

"Had a sister"

"Oh…So what happened to-"

"Ruby!" he said as he punch Red at her shoulder.

"Ouch! Sorry, I didn't mean to-"

"It's ok Red. It better than the awkward silent" I sigh "I'll just tell you guy what happen ok. First, Roman Torchwick isn't my real name"

"What!" they both said in sync.

"I'll attend your question later. Second, I was adopted by her parents to watch over her. After our parents die we became homeless. No one wants to look after us, so I work any kind of job I could find. My sister is always been bullied by the village kids and I'm always busy at work, so I wasn't there to protect her" I sigh depressingly. "Even on that day I couldn't protect her"

"You mean she's…"she pause for a moment.

"I don't know Red. I saw unconscious at the time. So I don't know if she still alive."

"So…What happened next?" she asks.

"When I woke up, I was seriously injured. Luckily me, someone took me in and brought me to his tribe."

"What kind of tribe?" the blonde kid asks.

"Tribe of killer and thief"

"Figure" they both said in sync.

"Anyway… That guy, who took care of me and taught me everything I know, his name, is Roman Torchwick. After he dies, I took his name and left the tribe. Then I meet Junior, he offer me at his club as one of his men."

"Junior?" she ask.

"The guy your sister beat up and destroys his club."

"Oh him…So how is he doing?"

"He doing fine, but everyone of his guys is afraid of her."

"Well that Yang for you."

I laugh a little."Ok back to the story. A few month later I started to do my own job as a crime for hired."

"Crime for hired?" the blonde kid ask.

"Yup, basically someone hired me to do their dirty work for them. Most jobs I get are stealing, smuggling, and sabotage rival or their own company."

"Wait, they hire you sabotage their own company, why?" the blonde kid ask confusingly.

"So they can get the insurance money. Anyway, as my business is growing, Junior introduce me to Neo as my bodyguard. I laugh at first, and then she beat me up. So I accept his to Neo as my bodyguard but, he never told me that she will living with me." I chuckle a little. "The first few months are awkward."

"Awkward? how?" Red asks.

"I think I know what he meant." The blonde kid replies.

"You walk in while she changing?" I ask. He nods.

"But I got used to it. We kinda have a brother-sister relationship. We got each other backs. Our criminal life is easy until Cinder recruit us."

"And you accept it. Why?" Red asks.

"Well if you had to choose to work for her or a slow and painful death, which would you choose?"

She remains silent for a moment.

"We got ourselves in jail once. But she breaks us out only to punish us. I got this." As I shown them the scar hidden under my bang. "And Neo lose her voice."

"How?" Red asks.

"I don't how. I just saw her crying in the corner. That why we don't want to get her bad side, until we find an opportunity to get ourselves out."

"So the attack at Beacon is your way out?" Red asks.

"Yeah, our original plan is to crash the aircraft and fake our death but-"I look a Red.

"Well sorry for trying to protect our school." She said with a puffy face.

"Thanks to that, me and Neo got separated."

"Sorry, so do you know where she is?" she asks.

"She is heading here, hopefully."

"Hopefully?" the blonde kid asks.

"She good at combat but, she have no idea how to taking care of herself."

"So your plan is to stay here and hide?" she asks.

"Actually I'm meeting someone here."

"Who?" She asks.

"The leader of the tribe I grow up. If she takes me and Neo back to the tribe, we will get our revenge on Cinder."

"If she didn't?" The blonde kid asks.

"We probably stay here until we think of something."

"What about your sister? Are you planning to look for her?" she asks.

"If she still alive, she probably much safer than with Me."

"Wait, you didn't tell us your real name."

"Look Red, the reason why I didn't tell you, it because I don't want to."

"Oh come on! You already told us your past."

"You better just tell her." The blonde kid said.

"Fine" I sigh."It's Loki, Loki Valkyrie."

He went silent after hearing that.

"Jaune, what wrong?" Red asks. "You went silent all a sudden."

"It's um…kinda-"

"Spill it!" I said in a serious tone.

"Is the name Nora sound familiar to you?" He asks.

I was caught off guard after I hear her name again. Before I could say anything a loud howl got our attention.

A few moments later

Ren and Nora running toward them and saw Torchwick.

"Torchwick?" she shouts.

"What are you guys doing here?" Ruby asks them.

"Did you hear that noise? What was that?" Juane asks.

Ren knee down and said "No"

"Ren, what is it?" Ruby asks.

"No"

"Wait, did you guys hear that?" Juane ask.

"No" he said while tilting his head down.

"Ren?" Nora asks in a worry tone.

'Fuck! Not again' Torchwick thought himself.

Then a loud howl can hear within the village.

I hope you like it

The next chapter might be the last

It suppose to be a Rosewick fanfic, but as I write this, I don't see it will happen