-Three Years Ago; Vale Apartments 3G-
Two weeks came and went since Roman returned home from the hospital. The doctor had said, with some rest he should make a speedy recovering. Most of his injuries had healed, but he still stayed home with Destiny much to the little ones happiness. Today Roman had decided to go over her homeschool lessons, that he had been teaching her thus far, unbeknownst to him, Cristal had decided to sit back and watch to see what exactly he teached her.
Cristal saw as she sat at the kitchen counter, he was teaching her some math problems for fourth graders. Though she was stuck on a certain problem.
"Read it to me again." Roman said.
"I've read it twice already and I still don't get it." Destiny said as she rested her chin on the table, "... Can't I just skip this problem and come back to it tomorrow?"
"Come on Princess, this is the last problem for the day and than we can stop okay?" Roman said to her, "Now come on, read it to me again." Destiny sighed as she pulled the paper towards her; she looked to the problem, and read it aloud, "¼ + ½. I don't know if I can even add this problem."
"It's not that hard if you look past the problem. Here watch." Roman said, before writing an example on the side. Destiny watched carefully as he solved the example problem. "If you just find what's common about them, than, you'll be able to see that the problem is easier than it seems." He said, as he finished up; Destiny watch what he did and she seemed to understand.
"See?" Roman said, "Do you get it?"
"I get it now daddy." Destiny said.
"Good." He said with a smile, "Now let me see you do it."
Just when Destiny was about to do the problem they soon heard a knock at the door, and than it came a voice, "Roman? It's Junior, we need to talk."
"Destiny." Roman whispered, to her, "Why don't you go to your room, and finish up okay? Daddy's gotta talk to a friend."
Destiny nodded her head, and got out of the chair, taking the bag of medicine with her, paper and pencil. She than went down the hall quickly and quietly and Cristal followed closely behind her. She went inside the room and shut the door behind her.
"Daddy's friend huh?" Cristal said, but Destiny immediately shushed her.
"Relax Destiny." The young teen said as she sat at her bed, "They can't hear what they can't see. So you know that man, called Junior?"
Destiny shook her head as she went to the desk that was in her room; she than whispered, "I only know that daddy get's his jobs from him, that he owns his own club. But I've never actually met him. Daddy doesn't like me meeting his friends."
"Because of your eye?" Cristal asked.
"... No, not entirely." Destiny replied, as she worked on the problem, "He says he has enemies. That… If people found out about me, they would take me away. And he doesn't want that to happen."
"Well enemies tend to happen when it comes to being a criminal." Cristal said, "They just can't help themselves." Destiny let out a sigh as she stopped writing, "I know he does bad things, and I know the police don't like him for it, but… He's still my dad. I'll always love him, like mom did."
Cristal tilted her head slightly, she fell back into her bed as she sighed. "You seem to love both of your parents, despite the fact that no offense, you only meet your mom when you were a baby."
"He tells me stories about her." Destiny said turning to her, "How he knew her when I as about her age, what she liked, what she didn't like, and how she ran away from my step-grandma because she didn't like her."
"That's all he tells you?" Cristal asked.
"He tells me different stories, and I learn new things about her everyday." Destiny said. Soon enough she took a picture from her desk; being as quiet as possible she went over to her bed and handed it to her. "Daddy gave this to me a year ago." Destiny said, as Cristal took the picture, "It's from when he started dating mom for the first time."
Cristal sat up resting on her elbows, and looked at the picture; she saw a young teenage girl with magenta hair and purple eyes. "Wow, I see the similarities to you and her."
"Daddy and Neo say the same thing." Destiny said with a smile.
Cristal couldn't help but laugh a little, "So… Do you do this often, when your daddy's friends come to visit? You just hide in your room?"
"I told you before." Destiny said, "I'm his secret. No one can know about me."
Before Cristal could say anything more, they heard a knock at the room door; of course it was Roman. Cristal handed the picture back to Destiny and moved off of her bed towards the window sill, Destiny quickly went back to her desk, to where her math work was as if nothing happened.
"Come in." Destiny called out as she started to write again.
The door opened and Roman entered the room, "Hey there Princess." He said, "Sorry about the interruption, you know how daddy's business can get."
Destiny shook her head, "No, it's okay. I think I figured out the problem."
"Oh you did, well let's see it." Roman said, before he went over to her desk, and looked at the problem. "Is the answer right?" She asked.
Roman smiled at this and hugged her, "Right as rain Princess." Destiny couldn't help but smile triumphantly, and he kissed her on the head.
"I'm kind of hungry daddy. Can we get something to eat?"
"Of course, I am hungry too. What do you feel like eating?"
"Hmm… How about some beef curry? Can we have some beef curry today?"
"Sure. I think we might have the ingredients in the fridge, let's go and check."
"Oh, oh! Can I help you cook this time?"
"We'll see."
Cristal watched as the two of them walked out of the room hand in hand and back towards the living room and the kitchen. She couldn't help but wonder as to how, a little girl like Destiny, knowing that her father was a criminal love him even though he is a thief. She couldn't but wonder as to why, but at the same time, she couldn't help but laugh slightly at how Destiny acted around her dad. She just acted happy like she didn't have a care in the world.
Cristal chuckled slightly, "You're one strange kid Princess."
(Opening Theme: Let's Just Live Performed By Casey Lee Williams)
-Present; Patch-
A few weeks had gone by since Port and Oobleck came by to visit, and since she, her father and the young teen Angel, had a certain talk about what should be done, as Yang herself couldn't just sit back and feel scared over something that couldn't never change, she had finally after she thought, and replayed the words from the words from her father Tai, and Angel said. She had finally decided to put on the arm that had been all the way from Atlas, and go back to training with her father.
That morning, Angel with his wounds having almost been healed, and the little corgi Zwei, sat on the sidelines, while they watched Tai and Yang engage in hand to hand combat. Both Yang and her father threw punches at one another, both of them blocking each others attacks. The pattern had repeated itself, over and over again, until Tai, spun himself around and threw a kick at Yang, but she managed to block him, which left Angel impressed. She managed to push him back, and threw a hard punch at Tai with her new robotic arm which managed to push him back several feet; and Angel couldn't help but whistle at this.
Tai went to rub his arm and he let out a groan, "Whew! That thing packs a punch!"
"Well, what did you expect when you're getting punched from a robotic arm?" Angel said jokingly as he stood up, and walked over to Yang, "Did you expect it to feel like pillows or something?"
Yang and Tai couldn't help but laugh at that. After the laughter came to an end, Yang finally said, "Come on dad, we've been at this for a few weeks now. I get what your trying to do, you want to make sure that I can still fight."
"Looks like you can still can to me." Angel said with a smile. Yang smiled at Angel before they exchanged in fists to one another.
"You're close." Tai said to his daughter. He stood upright and circled Yang, as he assessed Yang's progress. Yang gave a quizzical look to Tai, "I'm close?" She said, "Really?"
"You're still off balance." Tai said.
"What!?" Yang said, "No I'm not!"
Tai chuckled slightly at this, and Angel snickered at this as well earning a look from Yang, and he immediately stopped himself and gave an innocent look to her. "So… How does your arm feel?" Angel asked, "I am kind of curious about, since this is my first time seeing one of these up close."
Yang turned to him and replied, "Honestly, I'm surprised." She looked to her robotic arm as she moved her fingers, "I thought it would be this huge weight, but… It just feels natural. Atlas did a really great job with this."
"I can tell." Angel said, before commenting, "You're a pro with that thing."
Angel and Yang were both taken by surprise, when Tai rushed at Yang, attempting to punch her; Yang quickly blocked his attack while Angel backed up slightly. "I wasn't talking about your actual balance." Tai said. With a sweep of his leg, Yang was knocked off of her feet and she landed on her back and onto the ground with a grunt.
"Although that could use some work too." Tai said as he turned and went over to a small stool that Zwei sat by. "Whoa, I did not see that coming." Angel said as he held his hand out to Yang. She took his hand, and he pulled her up, so that she was sitting upright. Zwei took one of the towels and handed it to Tai; He took the towel from Zwei and patted him affectionately on the head.
"I saw your tournament fights." Tai said, "During the Vytal Festival."
Yang rolled her eyes, as she rubbed the back of her neck, "Oh, wait, let me guess, 'I was sloppy'."
"No, no." Tai replied, "You were, predictable, stubborn… And maybe a little boneheaded." Yang gave a look to her dad, and Angel tilted his head slightly at this. Tai said to Yang, "Do you realize that you use your Semblance to win every fight, even after the qualifiers?"
"So what?" Yang said, "How is me using my Semblance any different than someone else using theirs?"
Tai soon started to explain as he tossed the towel to the ground; he approached Yang, and kneeled to her side, "Because not everyone else is basically a temper tantrum, and I'm being serious about it. Once you take damage, you can dish it back twice as hard, but that doesn't make you invincible. True, it's great when your in a bind but what happens if you miss? What happens if they're stronger? What then? Now you're just weak and tired! You've always been able to burn brighter than anyone else, whether it was with your smile, or... well I remember your first haircut."
Angel snickered at this as he saw Yang turn red, "You had a haircut?"
"Shut up." Yang said as she pushed Angel, affectionately making him laugh.
"But you gotta keep your emotions in check." Tai said, "Keep a level head, and think before you act. Your Semblance can help you in battles, but it can also be your fallback. You can't let yourself rely on it all the time. It won't always save you. Obviously."
Tai's expression saddened at the thought of what had happened, as did Yang's expression. Angel gave Yang a comforting pat on the shoulder. Tai stood up and walked away from Yang for a moment, "I'll tell you one thing, you have your mother's stubbornness."
"Her mom?" Angel said tilting his head slightly again.
"Oh, so now we can talk about her?" Yang asked.
"Well, as I've been told you're an adult, remember?" Tai said.
"... I'm sorry that I remind you of her." She said turning away from him
"No, don't be." Tai said turning to her, "Raven was great in so many ways. Her strength, her ambition, her dedication to whatever cause she believed in. I'm proud that I see her in you, but I'm also glad that I don't see all of her in you."
"Why?" Yang asked him.
"Why would you be glad about something like that?" Angel asked curiously.
Tai replied to the two teens, "Well, Yang's mom, Raven, was a complicated woman. Like everybody she had her faults. But her faults are what tore our team apart. And… They did a number on our family."
He said to Yang, before pointing to Zwei who stood in the middle of them, " You both act as if there's an easiest way to tackle an obstacle is through it. But if you just take a second look, then maybe you can see…" Tai walked towards Yang and Angel, but stopped for a moment; He walked around Zwei, as he approached the both of them once more, "... There's a way around it as well."
Yang looked to her dad, and Angel took the words he said to heart as did Yang herself. Tai than reached out to Yang, "Come on, one more round before dinner." Yang took his hand and she stood up; She was about to get into a fighting stance but she was surprised when she saw he wasn't getting into a fighting stance.
"How about we make it more interesting?" Tai said before pointing to Angel, "I wanna see how you're able to fight."
Angel did a double take at this. He looked behind him than back to Tai, pointing to himself; Tai nodded to Angel. "You want me to fight your daughter?" Angel asked, "Why?"
"Yeah, I'm kind of surprised about that too." Yang said.
Tai soon replied to Angel, "Well, most of your serious injuries have already healed, and after how I saw you fair out against that beowolf, I could tell that you could use some work too. No offense you're a bit rusty."
Angel rubbed the back of his head as he said, "Eh, it's sad but true. I've mostly done traveling all my life and haven't really caught up on my lessons, since… Well my dad. I guess the thought never came over me about reviewing some of my moves."
"Time to change that." Tai said before backing up giving him and Yang space.
Angel took a deep breath and cracked his shoulders and neck, stretching. After a moment, he had gotten into a fighting stance as did Yang. "Alright, you two ready?" Tai said. The two teens nodded to Tai, both of them ready to fight.
"3… 2… 1…" Tai said. With a wave of his hand he yelled, "GO!"
Yang and Angel charged at one another, throwing a punch but both were blocked. They both backed up and Angel went to attack first, as he went to delivered a kick. Yang ducked and caught him by surprise, when Yang threw a punch. Thanks to his Aura protecting him, Angel didn't get a bruise but he stumbled slightly almost losing his balance. Though he recovered and went at Yang again, throwing kicks and punches whatever he could. Yang however was able to dodge with ease and divert his attacks; Tai nodded approvingly at this and smiled, clapping for Yang.
"That's it Little Dragon!" Tai said calling Yang by her nickname, "Good job, now your using your head!"
Angel and Yang both repeated the same pattern, as they went against each other. As one threw punches the other threw back, with equal force. They kept at this with each other for awhile, until finally Angel had her pinned. He smiled triumphantly at this, "Ha! Got ya!" Angel said. Though he failed to notice that Yang was smiling deviously. Yang suddenly caught him off guard when she went under him and knocked him off his feet. Angel let out a scream as he was about to hurdle to the ground. Yang was able to stand herself back up and grab a hold of Angel's hand before he could hit the ground.
They both caught their breath after having spared with one another. Yang gave a wink and a smile as she said, "Gotcha."
"Oh, you're good." Angel said to her, as she helped him to stand back up, "You're very good."
"Alright." Tai said to the both of them, "You both did good today. Though you can still use a little work Angel."
"Ha, yeah, ain't that the truth." Angel said.
"We'll worry about that tomorrow." Tai said to him, "For now, let's go get dinner started."
-Meanwhile; In Menagerie Late At Night-
Sometime had already passed since Blake and Kobi returned home, and both were equally nervous as they wanted to to talk to their own father. They had both left on, bad terms when it came to the White Fang, and both had equally regretted their words to their father, to their own parents since than. It was even worse for Kobi since he was one of the few members that attacked Beacon and Vale, and even released the Grimm into the school. He felt even more guilty about it, as he realized that there was no sense in justice by attacking people that had nothing to do with the White Fang. They both mostly avoid their own topics when it came to the past, since they had hated what they had both become.
They were both outside of their father's office, with Blake looking at the view, while Kobi sat on the railing of the balcony making shapes with several pieces of string he had tied to his fingers. Every now and than he would pick up his head, and looked to the door. Finally he let out a sigh, "Okay… I've said it before and I'll say it again, I don't know if I can do this sis." Kobi said.
"... Yeah, I don't know if I can either." Blake said, "Maybe we can try again tomorrow."
"That seems like a good idea." He said.
Just before either of them could take their leave they were suddenly startled by a familiar voice. Of course the voice belonged to their mother, Kali.
"You know…" Kali said, carrying a tray of tea, "... You two could always go in and say hi."
"Mom…" Kobi said, "... Uh, we could just say hi, but… We'd rather not."
"We… Just don't want to bother him that's all." Blake said.
"A father's never too busy for his children." Kali said to the both of them.
"Not all of my friends would agree with you on that." Blake said.
Kobi let out a groan, "I don't know if we should go and talk to him… Like really, I'm not even sure if we-"
Kali couldn't help but chuckle slightly, as she shook her head slightly; she approached Blake and placed a kiss on her cheek, and handed her the tray of tea, which caught her by surprise. Kali than went to her son, and hugged him, giving him a kiss on the cheek too; though she took that moment to take the strings from Kobi letting it untangle from his fingers. "What the-Hey!" Kobi said, realizing the strings that were wrapped around his fingers.
"What is this?" Blake asked, realizing that she was now holding the tray of tea. Kali turned to walk away which surprised the siblings even more.
"Mom? Mom? Where are you going?" Kobi said nervously.
"Why are you leaving?" Blake asked, as she was nervous too.
"The two of you never been very talkative." Kali said, "But that boy you brought home loves to run his mouth. I wanna hear more adventures of team RWBY, and a little more about your friend Destiny."
With that, Kali took her leave, leaving the two siblings by themselves. They both jumped, when they heard their father's voice call from the inside, "Kali? Is that you?" At this point the siblings shook, both of them equally nervous and scared. Blakes hands shook causing some of the plates to rattle, while Kobi just shook so as if he was left out in the cold. He soon got behind her and started to push her towards the door, "Why don't you go ahead sis, as they say ladies first!" He said.
"H-hey!" Blake said, "Why do I have to go in first?!"
"Mom gave you the tea tray! So it would make the most logical sense!"
"How does that even make logical sense!?"
"I don't know, it's just my kind of sense, that and your older than me, so just go with it!"
Blake stammered attempting to say something to retort, but she couldn't; all she did was let out a sigh. "Okay, fine, but if you bail out, I will end you."
"Duly noted sis." Kobi said.
With that being said, the two of them approached the door, with Kobi right behind Blake and Blake herself going in first. She opened the door and the two of them both entered. Ghira noticed that the two of them entered the room finding their father at his desk, filling out paperwork.
"Hey dad." Blake said nervously.
"Evening pops." Kobi soon said, peeking out from behind Blake.
"Blake, Kobi!" He said genuinely shocked, but stood up from his seat, "This is a pleasant surprise, come in, have a seat."
The three of them went to the couch that had been available in the room, and they sat down; Blake went to place the tea tray on the coffee table, though Ghira gently took the tray from her hands. "Don't worry I got it." Ghira reassured Blake, "Please sit down."
"It's uh…" Kobi said awkwardly as he sat down next to his sister when she took her seat, "It's… Nice to see you this evening. Are we interrupting you with anything? Like, work maybe?"
"No, it's fine don't worry about it." Ghira reassured his son, as he poured tea into the three cups, "Besides I've been cooped up all day."
He placed three cubes of sugar in the cup, before he handed it over to Kobi; He took the second cup, and took a couple of sugar cubes. "You still take sugar, right Blake?"
"Actually I uh-" Blake said.
"Oh, sorry!" Ghira said, as he pulled back nervously.
"No, no, no, it's fine dad." Blake said.
"Here, take this one."
"It's okay, it's no big deal."
"Your sure?"
"Positive."
"Old habits I suppose."
Blake and Kobi both took sip from their cup of tea. Kobi immediately almost gagged from the tea when it burned his tongue, while Blake winces from the sensation of the burn. "Might wanna let it cool first."
"Right." Blake said.
"Noted." Kobi soon said.
They both placed their cups of tea, on the table; an awkward silence came over the three of them, as they didn't know what the next thing should be said right now. Finally Ghira had spoken up, breaking the silence between the three of them, "So… Kobi…" Ghira said, "... Have you been, catching up on your studies?"
"Huh?" Kobi said not even realizing that he was talking to him.
"Well, it's just…" Ghira said, "... I think you spend more time reading, than Blake even when you were a child… You've always been working so hard to help me out with work."
Kobi than replied to him awkwardly, "Oh! Well uh… I wouldn't exactly say I've been… Catching up. Let's just say that I've been taking a break."
"Ah, I see." Ghira said. He took a glance over at Blake's outfit and Kobi's, "Is it… Uh… Is it warm in Vale?" He asked Blake awkwardly.
"What?" Blake said, this time with her not realizing that she was being talked to.
"Well, I'm only asking since it doesn't look like it covers much." Ghira said.
"It covers plenty." Blake said, putting her arms over her chest.
"Yeah, don't worry about it pops." Kobi said.
"I mean, a little armor might help, don't you think?" Ghira said.
"Hey, since when did we even need armor?" The young teenage boy said.
"We can take care of ourselves." Blake said.
"I…" Ghira said before letting out a sigh, "I know you both can."
The three of them were silent again, but this time, the expression on both Blake and Kobi's faces changed. "... Why…?" Blake said, "Why would you say that?"
"Blake…" Ghira said, "What's wrong, what did I say?"
"You know what she means. How can you say that after… After what we said to you?" Kobi said, "After what we both said to you and mom?"
"How can you still love us?" Blake said, "After all that's happened, how can you still-"
Blake buried her head into hands, as she started to cry. Kobi had immediately went to comfort her, giving her a hug, but he couldn't help but cry too. Soon enough, Ghira stood up and sat just opposite from Kobi and he put his arm around the both of them.
"Don't be ridiculous." Ghira said to them gently, "You both know that your mother and I will always love you."
"You were right!" Blake said emotional, "Kobi and I shouted at you! Yelled at you!"
"For God's sake, we called you cowards!" Kobi said through his tears, "Hell, I called you weak! I told you were never my father! I told you that I hated you!"
"There, there." Ghira said to them, "It's okay."
"You were right!" Blake said, "This whole time you were right! Kobi and I should've left with you and mom! We should've listened to you and I'm sorry!"
"We're both so so sorry. Truly we are." Kobi told him.
"Blake, Kobi, it's alright." He said, "We never held anything against you both, and I never feared you would fail. The only thing I ever feared was that you would fall down the wrong path, and I am so proud to see that you both haven't."
"You're wrong about that dad." Kobi said trying to wipe away his tears.
"What are you saying Kobi?" Ghira asked.
"... I…" Kobi said at one point slamming his fist into the coffee table, "... I didn't see the path I had gone on, until… Until it was to late… I was too blind to see it, but… I just… I just... I was stupid, too blind to see what they've become!"
"Easy now son." Ghira said, putting hand over his, "Just take deep breaths."
"I was there…" Kobi said to him, taking Ghira by surprise, but only slightly, "I was there… When they invaded Beacon and Vale… I saw what happened, and I witnessed many of its people die right in front of me! And what's worse, instead of helping them, I just stood there frozen! I couldn't do anything too-"
At this point, Kobi had started to have a breakdown, as his face was filled with tears as he kept mumbling the words "I'm sorry" Finally after a while, Kobi looked to him, his eyes bloodshot red, "I'm so sorry dad, I didn't mean to disappoint you! I should've fought them but-"
Ghira stopped him, in mid-sentence and motioned him to come and stand in front of him. Kobi stood and went to where he wanted him, though he was caught by surprise when he had pulled him in for a hug. "You could never disappoint me Kobi." He said, "You're our son and you'll always will be. What's been done in the past and unfortunately it can't change, but what matters is what you can do now. We'll be able to help you through this."
Kobi didn't say anything to this, but all he did was return the hug as he continued to cry. Blake soon spoke up, "Dad…" She said, "I… I fell down that path too. I've made awful mistakes, and I-"
"But you managed to pull yourself out." Ghira said, as he gently pushed Kobi out of the hug after Kobi managed to calm down, "You came back. There aren't many who possess that kind of strength and even fewer that have courage to face their demons again. Vale, Mountain Glenn, Beacon-you confronted the White Fang time after time."
"I didn't do it alone." Blake said.
Ghira said to his daughter, "No you didn't. Which is why I wanted to ask you… Why did you leave Vale? Why did you leave your friends behind?"
"I-"
SLAM!
The three of them jumped suddenly when they heard a loud noise. They looked to the door and they saw Sun face plant on the floor with door broken. Sun let out a groan as he tried to stand himself up. "SUN!?" Blake exclaimed standing up.
"MONKEY BOY!?" Kobi yelled soon after, as he stood up as well.
Sun stood himself up and started to blush red out of embarrassment, "D'YUH WHOA!" He yelled before saying as went to make his way out the door, "This isn't the bathroom! I'll just uh-I'll just be goi-YIPE!" Sun fell on his back when he tripped over the door and fell on his back; he sat himself up as he laughed nervously.
"... I REALLY don't like you." Was all Ghira said to him.
-Atlas; Schnee Mansion-
A few days had passed since Weiss and Jacques had, the talk and she had spent most of her time in isolation, seeing as how she couldn't go anywhere. Though she used this as an opportunity to work on her summoning. Van and Nilla, didn't know exactly what had happened, since they noticed Weiss had spent more time in her room than usual. Not wanting them both to worry, Weiss had explained to Van and Nilla what had happened that night after the charity event, and they couldn't believe what their father had decided. They couldn't just believe the father decided to not make Weiss the Heiress to the family company. Even their own brother seemingly wanting to become the new heir to the Schnee Dust Company, they never liked the idea, they never even liked their own brother to begin with.
Their they sat in Weiss room, after she had explained everything to them. Both of them had genuinely shocked expressions on their faces.
"I can't believe this!" Nilla said angrily, "Father can't do this! After everything you've done to help our family!"
"No wonder brother was being strangely supportive since you returned home!" Van said, "It's just unbelievable!"
"Let me ask you both something." Weiss said; The twins tilted their head curiously at this, "... Do you like staying here…? In Atlas?"
There was an immediate reply from both of them, "No."
Van added on, "The only reason we would stay here, is because of you and Klein."
"Yeah." Nilla said, "We would've left here ourselves after you went to Beacon, but… Than we wouldn't be able to see you when you got home."
Weiss cracked a small smile at this, "... That's an answer that I wanted to hear. I knew I could always count on you both."
"You can always rely on us Weiss!" Nilla said.
"We'll be here for you no matter what." Van said, "... So, what else did you wanna see us for?"
Weiss replied, "Well… I'm sure you both have been wondering what I've been doing in this room exactly." The twins nodded their heads as they sat forward in their seat. Weiss soon said to them, "The truth is, I've been training, working on my summoning, and I think I've finally done it, and I'd like to show you both."
The twins expressions brightened at this, and they bounced in their seats.
"Really?" Van said excitedly.
"We can watch?" Nilla said with the same enthusiasm as her sister.
Weiss nodded her head to them with a smile, "You both get a front row seat. Just stand over there , and give me some space alright?"
The twins nodded their heads, and stood up from their seats pushing the chairs away; going over to where Weiss told them to stand. Weiss picked up her Myrtenaster and got herself in her stance. Taking a deep breath, and with a twirl she thrusted her weapon into the ground. A summoning circle had appeared in the middle of the floor, and the twins couldn't help but look at it with awe. Soon enough they saw a sword in the shade of blue, coming from the ground, and they recognized it to be the knight's sword from the painting hanging from Weiss's wall. Soon enough-
"Hello sisters." A voice said.
Weiss cringed and the summoning circle disappeared and the sword shattered, while Van and Nilla turned to the door. They saw Whitely, propped up against the door frame, having a smirk on his face.
"Whitely." Van and Nilla both said giving him a look of anger on their faces.
Weiss let out a groan as she gave him the same look as her sisters did, "Leave."
"How hurtful." Whitely said to Weiss, "And here I am, about to offer you a favor. Father's taking me to town to introduce me to some of his business partners. I'd thought I'd see if you want me to pick up something. Since you're… Well, stuck here."
He than turned to his younger sisters, "You two are welcome to come into town, if you have nothing better to do that is."
Both Van and Nilla shook their heads to him. "No thank you, we'd rather stay here with Weiss." Van said to him.
"Unlike you, we're actually loyal to our sister." Nilla said to him.
All Whitely did was chuckle at this, "Very well, it's your decision."
"Tell me something Whitely…" Weiss said to him standing upright, "... Are you jealous?"
"Whatever do you mean?" He asked.
"...Is that why you hate me? Are jealous of my abilities? Of Winters?" She asked again.
Whitely pushed himself from the doorframe, and thought of answer. He soon replied, "No, not really. Honestly, I find it barbaric. It's beneath people like me. Like Father. What can a single Huntsman possibly do that an army cannot? That's why we have one, even if it's runned by a fool."
"You underestimate what a Huntsman can do brother." Nilla said, "Huntsman, are incredible people, they don't need the strength of an army behind them."
Van had added, "And if Weiss wants to become a Huntress than so be it. What's to stop her from trying?"
Weiss said to the two of them, "Thank you Van and Nilla, I'm really proud of you both." Van and Nilla both smiled back at their sister. Weiss looked to Whitely before saying to him sternly, "Now I won't ask you again. Leave. Now." Whitely let out a sigh and waved his hand turning to walk away, "Fine, fine, I've got better things to do." He said, before turning back, "What is your plan anyway? What do you hope to accomplish while trapped here in your own bedroom?"
A black circle glyph appeared on the door causing it to slam right on his surprised face. Van and Nilla couldn't help but stifle a laugh at this after they saw a look in his face. "Okay, okay." Weiss said to the two of them, "Let's continue than before we were interrupted."
The twins nodded and turned back to their sister; Weiss than went back into position as she thrusted her weapon into the ground once more. The summoning circle appeared again, and this time the ground beneath them had begun to shake, making Van and Nilla stumble slightly as the summoning circle spun fast. Everything in the room started to shake and the books fell off the shelves, until finally the window shattered with a burst forcing the three of them to cover their eyes. After a moment, the smoke cleared and they saw what had stood before them.
The sound had echoed through the hall, getting the attention of two people in particular. This being Klein and Azure. The two of them made their way to their room. Azure first got the door open, "What happened!? I thought I heard a no-!" She stopped herself when she saw what was standing in the room now, her jaw dropped slightly.
Klein soon came after Azure, "Miss Schnee! Are you alright!?" He said before his eyes widened in shock and surprise. Weiss turned to the both of them and smiled, before she looked back to the summon before her. The suit of armor that had been the same thing that had been the same of the painting stood before them. It bowed to Weiss as any knight would.
"Yes." Weiss replied to Klein after their was only silence.
"Weiss! This is amazing!" Van said going over to the knight looking at it closely.
"You did it!" Nilla said, taking the Knights hand; the Knight turned to Nilla and opened its hand to her; Nilla couldn't help but jump onto the hand as she kicked her legs, "You actually did it Weiss! This so cool!"
Weiss smiled to both of her sisters, before looking to the bracelet faintly covered in soot around her wrist. Faintly in the back of her head, she heard a certain little girl tell Weiss, "This Knight is incredible! It's just like from a fairytale! Wait until the others see this!" giving her a small smile on her face.
She turned to the window, feeling the breeze coming from the open window, "Klein… I need a favor."
-Menagerie-
Sun kept feeling a sudden burning sensation due to the slaps that he had been getting from Blake after his sudden interruption of the conversation between her, Kobi and Ghira.
"NO CONCEPT OF PRIVACY!" Blake yelled giving Sun another slap across the cheek, "NO RESPECT OF PERSONAL SPACE!"
"I'm sorry okay!?" Sun said rubbing both of his cheeks, "OW! That really hurts."
"What in the world were you thinking!?" Kobi said to Sun, "I don't know if you noticed but we were in the middle of an important conversation with our own father!"
After Sun rubbed off the pain, he finally said to the two of them, "Look, I promise it was important! I just needed to find you guys! To talk to the both of you!"
"Oh really?" Kobi said.
"What could be SO important!?" Blake said.
Sun had explained to them, "I was talking to your mom, and she said something strange about the White Fang!"
"I'm going to stop you right there!" Blake said to him angrily.
"But-"
"My brother and I already told you before! We're not here to fight the White Fang! We're here to rest, to figure things out, and to see our family!"
"How can you even bring it up after what we said to you!?" Kobi said to Sun.
"Just listen to me for two seconds!" Sun said, "Your mother said, White Fang members in Menagerie don't wear masks! But I saw one in the market yesterday!"
"Look that's just-" Kobi started to say before stopping himself, "Wait… What? Mask, what do you mask?"
"Kobi don't! We're not going to get involved in this!" Blake said to her younger brother.
"Wait, just hold on a second sis, he might be onto something." Kobi said stopping her before turning back Sun, "Monkey Boy, did you get a picture of this person?"
"Yeah, I did!" Sun said getting out his scroll, "Here I'll show you!"
"Sun! We're not going to through this with this!" Blake said. She grabbed his scroll from out of his hands and threw off of the balcony, catching her brother and Sun by surprise. Before anyone could say anything they heard a gasp from within the trees, making Blake and Kobi's ears above their heads twitch. From within the trees they saw a dark humanoid figure hiding within the branches, wearing a mask as Sun as said. They could tell from where they stood that the person was a girl, and was fanus like them. She had on a sleeveless black stealth suit that had short pants with a golden zipper and lighter black-straps with golden buckles on it, and gray horns on her head; her shoulders had gray spots and she had on a pair of high-top boots. She quickly jumped out from the trees revealing that she had a ponytail that was curved at the end.
"A freaking ninja!?" Sun exclaimed.
Blake and Kobi turned to one another and said at the same time, "SPY!" With that, they both jumped from the balcony and started to follow the woman. "BLAKE! KOBI! WAIT A SECOND!" Sun yelled.
Kali soon came from around the corner, just seeing that her two children just jumped from the balcony and into the trees. "What's going on?" Kali said, "Is everything alright?"
Sun turned to Kali and immediately replied, "The White Fang is evil! I totally called it, and I'm bringing your daughter and son back!" Just like that, he jumped from the balcony as to follow Blake and Kobi.
They hurried along with through the trees, trying to catch up with the White Fang spy. Everytime Blake or Kobi got close, she would just evade them. Finally after jumping from one tree to the next, they stopped for a moment; both Blake and Kobi couldn't help but wonder why, the person before them looked so familiar to them, though they couldn't seem to recall.
The Spy heard a tree branch snap, and looked up, only to find that Sun had leaped from one of the trees and was above her.
"GOTCHA!" Sun yelled.
The Spy quickly jumped from the tree she was on so that Sun would miss. He screamed as he fell into the branches; he managed to catch himself since he almost landed on the ground.
"So much for stealth Monkey Boy!" Kobi said to Sun jumping to the tree to help him up.
"Come on!" Blake yelled to the both of them, "We can't lose her!"
She quickly followed after the Spy, and Kobi soon followed as well, jumping from one tree to the next after he helped out Sun. They followed through the trees until finally they had entered town of Menagerie, and the Spy, Blake and Kobi ran along the rooftops, though they saw that she had speed greater than them.
"BLAKE! BOOST ME!" Kobi yelled.
Blake nodded and ran right in front of Kobi, interlocking her fingers together. Kobi put his boot on her hands, and she threw him high in the air. Kobi armed his tomahawks and threw one of them towards the Spy's feet, making her stop in her tracks, as Kobi himself landed in front of her.
"Got nowhere to run now." Kobi said, picking up his tomahawk, and getting into his fighting stance.
The Spy soon turned to Blake after she finally stopped in her tracks, just in front of a pipe.
"Why are you watching us?" Blake said, arming herself.
The Spy didn't reply, all she did was smile. Arming herself with her weapon which was a sword that had also been a whip, she used it to break the pipe that had been in front of her, causing steam to spew out from it, catching Blake by surprise when some of the steam went into her eyes suddenly.
"SIS!" Kobi exclaimed, before charging at the Spy armed with his tomahawks.
He went to attack the Spy, she evaded the attacks he made to her, and the blades clashed with each other when she went to attack him with her sword when he started to block. Kobi tried to kick at her, but it only gave her an opening as she flipped him, making him land on his back, with a groan. Just when she was going to attack him with her sword in hand, a rock was thrown to her head causing her to turn around, revealing that the one who threw it was none other than Sun.
"Give it up!" He said to her, "I'm not above hitting a girl you-"
Before Sun could finish the Spy used her whip to attack him; he quickly avoided it, by purposely falling back. Blake having recovered, jumped through the steam and used this distraction as an advantage. She ran up to the Spy and kicked a scroll out of her hands catching her by surprise. The Spy in returned, kicked her with equal force, and quickly went to retrieve her scroll before, getting tackled by Kobi and Sun; the impact on the ground caused part of her mask to crack, revealing half of her face and eye.
"Sorry! But not today!" Kobi said attempting to pin her.
"BLAKE!" Sun yelled, "GRAB THE SCROLL! SEEMS SOMEONE HERE THINKS IT'S IMPORTANT!"
"GET OFF OF ME!" The Spy yelled, as she managed to kick both Sun and Kobi off of her. She quickly stood up and she and Blake ran towards the scroll, in an attempt to make a grab for it. Sun had activated his semblance, and four clones tackled her and pinned her to the ground, restricting the Spy's movements; Blake couldn't help but stop in her tracks as she saw Kobi hold his gun to the Spy's face.
"SIS WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Kobi yelled, "HURRY UP AND GRAB IT!"
Blake snapped out of it and nodded, and she ran to the scroll grabbing ahold of it. Sun having exhausted his energy, fell to his knees to catch his breath. Kobi was taken by surprise, when the Spy knocked the gun out of his hand, and she jumped behind him and disarmed his other tomahawk. She hooked an arm around his neck, making Kobi gag, and he grabbed a hold of her, struggling to get out of her grip.
"KOBI!" Blake and Sun yelled. They tried to rush her but she held her sword, dangerously close to Kobi's face making them stop. Finally the mask broke apart revealing the spies face, Kobi's eyes widened in shock while Blake looked surprised but only slightly.
"You?!" Kobi said choking his words, "But it can't be!"
"Can't be what?!" Sun said.
"Illia." Blake said to the girl, leaving Sun shocked as he did a double take to her.
"Wait! You guys know her!?" Sun exclaimed, "But she doesn't look like a Fanus!"
"Give me the scroll." Illia said to Blake moving the blade closer to Kobi; her skin changed to red and her hair changed to yellow taking Sun by surprise, "I won't hesitate to kill him."
"Just let him go Illia!" Blake said, "No one has to die tonight!"
"You and your brother shouldn't have come back here." Illia said, "Give me the scroll. Now."
"Don't do it sis!" Kobi yelled to her, as he struggled to get out of her grip, despite choking himself in the process, "Don't give it to her!"
Before Blake could do anything, Sun charged at the spy named Ilia as he yelled, "I GOT HER!" He kicked Illia right in the face forcing her to let go of Kobi, he fell to his knees; Blake immediately ran over to her younger brother making sure he was alright as he caught his breath. Sun and Ilia exchanged fists before she kicked him back a few feet. With her sword now a whip, she swung her blade and it hit Sun right in the shoulder; he cried out in agony, making him fall backwards, passing out.
"SUN!" Blake and even Kobi yelled when they saw this happen.
"I won't ask again." Illia said holding her sword to Blake, "Give it to me."
Blake held the scroll close to her as she gave a glare to her, "No!" She said, "I won't!"
Illia looked to them, this time her skin changed to a green color with her hair turning blue. "... You both shouldn't have come back…" She repeated. With a swing of her sword, she created a cloud of dust, which forced Blake and Kobi to squeeze their eyes shut. When the dust cleared they saw that Ilia was gone before their very eyes.
"SUN!" Blake exclaimed as she ran to him, "SUN!"
"Oh my God!" Kobi yelled all panicky running to him to, "Oh my God! Monkey Boy! Sun!"
Blake kneeled by Sun's side, and placed her hands over the wound on his shoulder; Blake started to cry, "No! No, no, no, no, not again!" Blake said, "Please not again!"
"H-He's not dead is he!?" Kobi said scared, "He's okay, right!?"
"Kobi!" Blake said to her brother, "Listen to me, you have to go and get help! And you need to hurry!"
"But what about you!?"
"Just hurry Kobi please! Go and find help!"
Kobi tried to say something, but stopped himself and he hesitantly nodded his head. He than stood up and ran along the rooftops, doing as Blake told him. Sun let out a groan and her attention was drawn back to him. She sniffled through her tears and put her forehead against his, as she pressed against the wound.
"Hold on Sun… Just hold on…"
-Patch; Later that Night-
Yang sat alone on the front porch of her house as she looked at the night sky with her new arm and Zwei, and even holding onto the corgi plush on her lap. She looked up at the stars, and the shattered moon above, while drinking a cup of coffee. She looked to her arm still not even believing of how light as a feather it was. She couldn't wait for her sister to see the way she had improved over the course of the last few weeks. She couldn't wait to see the look on Destiny's face when she saw how she-
Yang's eyes saddened at the thought of Destiny as she looked to the small plush that sat on her lap. She still had no idea where Destiny could be; true, she was thankful that she was still alive, but she had no idea where she could be, or if she was even taken. She had no way of knowing for sure, all she had was hope and pray that wherever she was she was safe and out of harm's way. Soon she heard the front door open and someone step outside before taking a seat by her on the steps; of course it had turned to be Angel.
"Yo." Yang said.
"Evening." Angel said as he went to pet Zwei, "Hope you don't mind me here."
"No. I don't." Yang said, looking to the sky again.
"You did pretty good today. I'm impressed." The young dragon fanus said, "In all my life I've never seen someone fight like you. I'm amazed really."
"You sure you don't say that to all the people you fight?" Yang asked with a quizzical look.
"Nope, not all of them." Angel said, "I'm serious, I've been all across Remnant and the four kingdoms, and I've never seen someone actually knock me off my feet, literally and-"
"Are you not just saying that because I kicked your ass today?"
"Whoa, hold on I wasn't done, I was going to say to be fair I was rusty and like I told Tai. I've never actually thought about reviewing some of my moves that I learned from my dad."
"Excuses."
Both Angel and Yang laughed at this as Zwei let out a couple of barks. Angel soon noticed that little corgi plush that he saw, from the first few days with Yang. He decided to make conversation with her about it. "That little plush…" Angel said to her, "It's the same one you had when I first started talking to you."
"Yeah…" Yang said, "I guess your right."
Angel soon asked hesitantly, "That corgi… It was gift from Destiny, wasn't it?"
Yang let out a sigh as she nodded, she took a sip from her coffee.
Angel let out a sigh as well, "I'll admit. It was… Awkward for me to have meet her as, well a Grimm I guess; but she sounded desperate, when she asked me to deliver you her message. There was no way I could turn down a little one like her. If you don't mind me asking, What was she like?"
Yang chuckled at this, "Where do I start with her? She was a sweet little girl, not having a care in the world. She was funny, and did everything she could to cheer me, my sister and my friends up whenever one of us had a bad day. Let me tell you she had a huge appetite, especially when it came to desert. She loved stories and fairytales, especially the Seasons story, and she was brave too…" Yang chuckled a little again, "I guess you can say she was like a little sister to all of us."
Yang soon showed her, the bracelet to Angel, "She made me and my team this. She called it the Victory Bracelet. I never took it off ever since the day she gave it to me. Now knowing she's alive and out there in Remnant somewhere, makes me happy and worried."
"Why's that?"
"Because she's like you said she is. I know I said she's brave, but… She's still a little girl. She could be all alone, and scared wherever she is. Who knows if she was taken, or even if she had gotten lost somewhere during the chaos of what happened. It scares me to think that something bad might've happened to her, or worse. Though I'm also happy knowing that she is alive trying find the others and even her dad. All this time these past months, I kept going through my head that she might've been killed, that she didn't make it out, that it could've been possible. But after hearing what you said, when you gave me her message… I'm just thankful that she's okay."
"Well, for what it's worth… I hope she's okay too, wherever she is."
Yang smiled to Angel at this before giving him an affectionate punch on the arm and he couldn't help but laugh. "Okay, Angel." Yang said, "You know a little bit about myself and my little friend, so I think it's time I know something about you."
"Really? Like what?" Angel asked.
"Like more about your travels, and maybe a little something about your family." Yang said, "I think it's fair considering that you know about my mom and my family."
Angel took a deep breath and soon replied, "Okay. What's fair is fair."
"Well go on. I'm listening." Yang said to him.
Angel soon started to tell his story, "Well… I guess it starts with me and my dad. I never had the pleasure of knowing my mother or my sister, since my parents split up when we were kids. Like I said before, I did a lot of traveling with him, we never stayed in one place. He taught me how to fight and even showed me how to fly since I came with wings. Sometimes we would stop in towns and villages and stay their for a few days, before we started to move again. As a kid he told me stories, and as I grew older he told me secrets. Than one day… We encountered a bandit tribe, and he told me to run and not look back. That was the last time I saw him."
Yang's eyes widened slightly at this, "You mean he was…"
All Angel did was nod his head in reply and her eyes softened at this.
"From there I learned to survive on my own, and help out whoever I could. But than I saw what happened on the news about Beacon. So I decided to find Ozpin and… Someone else I know."
"Your sister?" Yang asked.
Angel nodded again, "I know I've never meet her, but I know that she attended Beacon during the Vytal Festival. I want to find her to get some answers from her."
"Answers? What do you mean?"
"This… Is going to be hard to believe, but… My sister was, unfortunately, one of the people responsible for the Fall of Beacon. All because she's fighting for a cause that only the craziest kind of people would believe in."
Yang's eyes widened slightly at this, but chose not to say anything, "... What… What was it that you wanted to ask her?" She asked.
Angel had replied, "Just why? Why she would just go forward with it, and get people to lose trust in one another, all on purpose? Was there even a reason to all of this?" Yang patted him on the shoulder as a way to comfort him, and Zwei rested his head on Angels leg, as Yang could tell it was hard for Angel to say all of these things. Finally after a moment of silence between them, Angel had asked, "Hey Yang? Can I show you something?"
Yang looked at him puzzled, but had soon replied, "... Okay, what?"
"Well, I told my father would never reveal my eyes to anyone but… These past few weeks I've been staying here, I'm willing to trust you with this. Just promise me you won't tell anyone about it."
"Of course." Yang said, before looking even more puzzled, "Wait… Eyes?"
Angel turned away from her for a moment, and reached for his eyes. In a second later, Yang saw that in the palm of his hand he was holding golden color contacts. Angel than turned back around and moved his hair covering one of his eyes, and Yang's eyes widened slightly at what she saw.
"... You have the same eyes as Ruby…" Was the only thing Yang said.
-Three Years Ago; Vale Late At Night-
Roman had decided instead of eating whatever leftover was in the fridge, or takeout himself and Destiny had decided to go out to eat. Of course Destiny had decided on where they were going to eat. They decided to have their dinner at dinner just near the downtown area. Though the diner was small, it felt like they were feasting like royalty, and they couldn't be happier, Destiny especially.
After they had dinner they had started make their way back home. With Roman wearing a casual outfit with his hair uncurled and Destiny wore her eyepatch and a simple purple jacket over her bear t-shirt and she had on a pair of blue baggy jeans with red sneakers, with the bag on her back and an IV tube still connected to her chest.
She happily held her father's hand as they went down the sidewalk , with an ice cream cone in her hand in her favorite flavor which was strawberry.
"Looks someone had a good time tonight." Roman said to his daughter, laughing slightly at the way she looked.
"Thanks for tonight dad." Destiny said with a smile as she finished up her ice cream, "I really like that diner!"
"Come here you rascal." Roman said kneeling down to Destiny's level, while taking out a napkin; he started to wipe her face, "You got ice cream all over you little dumb bell."
"Dad!" Destiny said as she giggled a little.
Roman gave her an affectionate pinch on the cheek, and she giggled some more. "Hey dad, can we watch a movie tonight when we get back home?"
"I don't know, it has to depend on the movie." He replied, "What do you wanna watch?"
Destiny thought about her answer, but before she could reply, three men suddenly approached them, all of them holding weapons; blades to be exact. "Empty your pockets. Hand over everything you got." One of the men said before threatening, "Or this goes through you."
Destiny's eyes widened in horror as she started to cling to her dad, her whole body started to shake; Roman moved Destiny behind him as he looked to the three of men before him.
"Didn't you hear him!?" One of the men yelled scaring Destiny, "Hand over your cash!"
"Look, we're not looking for any trouble." Roman said to them calmly, "All we want to do is go back home."
"We don't care what you want!" The third man yelled, "Hand over your cash! Now!"
"Daddy…" Destiny said with a shaky voice, "... I'm scared…"
"Just stay back where it's safe Princess." Roman said to her with a calm voice, "I'll take care of this." Destiny nodded nervously and stepped back as he told her to do.
"You must be stupid if you think you can take us on!" One of them said.
"Who do you think you are!?" The other said.
"Why don't you come at me and find out?" Roman said to them.
The three men looked at one another, before one of them charged at Roman. He tried to go and stab him right in the face, but he had quickly evaded him and disarmed him of his knife, and pinned him to the ground twisting his arm. The second tried going after Roman with his blade in hand, but he retaliated by throwing the man he pinned towards him, causing him to fall on his back and cry out in agony. The third and last man charged at him, catching Roman by surprise when he felt the knife pierce his cheek giving him a small cut. Before he could land a second cut on him, Roman had quickly deflected with the knife that he had taken from one of the attackers earlier.
They had both exchanged blades with one another, both of them trying to land hits on each other. It wasn't long until Roman finally made him trip slightly and Roman landed a punch on him knocking him to the ground. Roman caught his breath and turned to his daughter who had been hiding behind a trashcan.
"It's okay now." Roman said to her, "It's safe."
Destiny was about to come out but-
"DADDY! BEHIND YOU!" She suddenly yelled.
Just as he turned around he was suddenly knocked to the floor when he felt something hard hit him from behind knocking him to the floor. "Your gonna pay for messing with us old man!" He said before turning to his two comrades, "Bring the pain boy's!" Thus the two men after getting back up on their feet , started to kick at Roman as he started to cry out in agony, hitting him hard, as Destiny stood there helpless to do anything.
"DADDY!" Destiny shouted, before yelling to the attackers, "PLEASE STOP HURTING HIM!"
The two men lifted Roman off the ground, and the head of them started to punch him, making him cough out blood. "You should've done what you were told old man. Now you're gonna pay up with your life." The man said grabbing a hold of his hair before punching him in the face.
"HE'S DEFENSELESS!" Destiny yelled to the men as she tried to get the man to stop attacking him, "STOP IT! PLEASE!"
"You stay out of this brat!" The man said shoving Destiny off making her fall to the ground on the hard concrete of the sidewalk.
That struck a nerve on Roman, and he managed to shake the two men off of him as he charged at the head of them. He punched him across the face and grabbed him by the neck, pinning him to the light pole that was nearby.
"Hurt my daughter again, and I WILL put an end to your life!" Roman said to the man with a glare.
The man once again caught him by surprise, he pushed Roman off of him. He threw a punch at Roman but he evaded it and returned it with equal force making him stumble; they both exchanged fists now and again trying to hit one another, until Roman finally caught him, making him fall over but he held his balance. He grabbed broken piece of wood nearby and hit Roman across the face with it making him fall to the floor again, making Destiny flinch. Roman attempted to get up, but he was hit back to the ground.
"Once your out of the way, we can take your kid their as payment for all your rudeness!" The man said with a sickening grin.
"Leave my daughter out this!" Roman yelled to him before he was hit to the ground again.
"DON'T DO THIS PLEASE!" Destiny yelled, "JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE!"
"DIDN'T HE TELL YOU TO SHUT UP BRAT!?" His comrade yelled in a threatening tone of voice.
"Say bye bye to your kid old man." The leader said, "Because it's the last time your going to see her."
"I told you to leave her out of this!" Roman said with a glare, "If you don't I'll-"
"You'll what!? Bleed on me!?" The man said, "What the hell are you going to do about it!?"
The two men pinned him to the ground, and the man held his knife in his hand. He lifted the blade high into the air and prepared to swing it at him, and Roman's eyes widened in horror at this. He couldn't die here! He just couldn't! If he did, Destiny would be all alone without a parent figure to take care of her. He didn't want her to go through with that, he just couldn't put her through it! The man took a swing with his blade, and Roman squeezed his eyes shut hoping that this was a nightmare but-
"STOP HURTING MY DAD!"
Destiny lifted both of her hands in the air suddenly and, white and blue lines appeared on her hands and arms. Waves of energy appeared from her hands directing them towards the men, but the ground cracked underneath where she stood; the waves of energy bent a light pole backwards and the walls on a couple of buildings cracked. Even a fire hydrant nearby exploded with water suddenly due to the waves of energy. The men excluding Roman, flew back several feet landing on couple of cars nearby setting off in an alarm.
Roman looked to Destiny and saw the white and blue lines on her arms; not only that the lines on her arms and hands connected back to her face, and towards her left eye that had already changed to a pure white color; white and blue lines had also connected to underneath her eyepatch to her right eye. Roman saw on her forehead that she had an insignia of a butterfly that was in the color of blue. Destiny eye had widened slightly at what she saw herself do, and she looked at her hands seeing the lines along her arms and hands. The lines had slowly started to fade and her eye changed back to green.
The three man stood up, fearfully, nearly tripping on themselves. "WHAT THE HELL!" The leader yelled terrified by what had happened, before shouting with fear, "M-MONSTER! SHE'S A FREAKING MONSTER!" The men quickly ran down the road with their tails between their legs down the road, not even caring that they tripped over various trash cans and they disappeared in the darkness.
Roman had ignored the three men that just attacked them and went to approach his daughter.
"Destiny…" He said to her gently, as he approached her; he saw how scared she was from her expression, "Destiny, it's okay…"
"What was-!?" Destiny said fearfully, seeing the lines disappear from her body completely, "What was that!? Daddy! What did I do!? What did I… Do…?"
Destiny felt the energy leave her body suddenly and she started to stumble. Roman quickly rushed over to her when he saw her fall and he caught her before she could hit the concrete floor. He sighed with relief when he saw that she wasn't hurt, and he saw the silhouette of the butterfly disappear from her forehead completely. Roman took deep breaths, trying to gather his thoughts on what had just happened and what could've happened; he held her close to him, as he listened to her soft breathing.
"... I'm so sorry Princess…" He whispered to Destiny, kissing her on the cheek, "... I'm so sorry I had to put you through that… I'm so sorry..."
He soon heard sirens in the distance, and he mentally cursed himself. He picked Destiny up off the ground and quickly ran down the block, before the police arrived on the scene, making sure that no one was following behind him.
(Ending Theme: I'm Waiting For The Rain TV Sized Performed By Maaya Sakamoto)