Chapter 12: "Brother"?

Following the smoke trail, Alistor and Ruby arrived to the scene. As they had expected, it was the White Fang, but the operation being carried out was a bit… different than the had imagined.

About five soldiers, accompanied by no other than Roman Torchwick himself, were surrounding a crater.

"What is that?" Ruby asked.

"Quiet. Listen, and you'll find out." Alistor sounded serious, still not knowing what exactly it was, but he had a guess… and he hoped he was wrong.

The soldiers were talking among themselves. "Oi, whadaya think it is?"

"I don't know, bro, but that ain't a meteor."

"Wait, it's opening..."

Roman spoke up, realizing what it most likely was.

"Hold fire."

The door opened fully, revealing a girl. Jet black hair, brown eyes, a red lens over her left eye connecting to a strange contraption on her ear. She wore armor similar to Alistor's, only brown. A blue anklet, black boots, a white, fingerless glove on her right hand. She had a scar on leg, another on her face, on her left cheek. A tail, wrapped around her waist like a belt.

Another Saiyan.

She messed around with the machine on her ear, looking around at each soldier individually, then let out a sigh.

"Such weaklings..."

She looked around more, looking through the lens as if it was telling her something.

"2… 5… 12..." She paused. "75? Wait..." She looked directly at Ruby, almost surprised. She turned to Alistor. "4000?!" She seemed to giggle with excitement. "Finally, a worthy opponent!" She looked back to the White Fang. "Hmm… You guys look like trouble. Maybe..." She shot an energy beam at a soldier, piercing his chest. He fell back, dead.

"OPEN FIRE!" Roman yelled, himself escaping to the Bullhead. The ship blasted off, leaving the soldiers alone with the alien.

The bullets merely bounced off her armor, although agitating the person under it. "You… you scratched my armor! Do you KNOW how much this cost me? I am SO pissed off right now! Y'know, I was gonna spare you, but now I just don't care. 'Kay? Thanks, die."

The soldiers stood in shock as the bullets fell to the ground, leaving her unwounded.

"What… what are you?!" One asked, promptly blasted away into nothing. The others were slowly backing away, which seemed to amuse the girl. "Aww, you actually think you can get away! That's cute." Three more blasts eliminated any proof that the White Fang even stepped foot in the place.

She turned to Alistor once more.

"Ruby, go home. I'll handle this."

"But Ali-"

"No buts! This is serious. Go home."

Ruby, although reluctant, decided it was best to follow his advice, considering it was another of his kind. She left him alone with the girl.

"Hmm… a power level of four thousand…" She turned the corner to find Alistor, ready to fight.

"Speak your premises, girl."

She was taken aback, with a shocked look on her face.

"Alistor?"

"Am I supposed to know you?"

"Ali!" She ran up and hugged him, much to his surprise. "Brother, how I've missed you!"

"Ah, what?" He was genuinely confused.

"Aw, c'mon, dont'cha remember? It's me, Kar'yin! Did'ya hit your head or something?"

"I… I'm sorry, but I don't ever remember seeing you."

"Well then, why don't we jog your memory?"

She threw a swift punch, expecting her older brother to be even faster than she had remembered. She didn't think she would nail him in the face. He gripped his mouth in pain.

Memories flooded back to him, how his younger sister was always right by him, trying to become like him. The way she asked for things, how she fought, how she fussed over things like her strength, how she wasn't as powerful as him, how he'd always tell her that it's alright.

He remembered Kar'yin. If she filled his heart so much, why'd he forget?

"Ow… What was that for, sis?"

"Oh, oh my gosh, I'm soooooo sorry!"

"Well… you did hit me hard enough to remember." Blood trickled down his face. "You've certainly improved, Kar'yin." He paused, thinking. "Why did I forget about you?"

"Well, that doesn't matter now. We're together now, and that's what important!" She studied him. "Hey, where's your armor? What happened to your scouter?"

"They, uh..." Alistor tried thinking of an excuse. These memories just coming back to him, one of them was how his sister looked up to him. "I… don't need them anymore. Everyone's so weak here, I decided I don't need something so cumbersome slowing me down."

"You're the coolest, big bro!"

Alistor was starting to see the downsides of his sister's arrival. It was hard enough for him to find a place to stay, but now there is someone else in the equation. On top of that, he loved his sister, but he forgot how irritatingly annoying she could be.

"So, what? You live on this rock, now?"

"Yeah. I mean, our home kinda isn't there, anymore… So, the people that found me decided I could stay with them."

"Can I come!?"

"Well, I suppose you have nowhere else to go… fine. Follow me."

"Yay!" She hopped and skipped behind Alistor, who was walking back to the Bullhead landing strip.

"Oh, right, they left without me." He pointed to the floating island. "It's up there."

"Oh, yeah, um..."

"You're kidding." He pinched the bridge of his nose, then sighed. "Grab on."

Alistor carried his sister up to the Academy, unsure if this was the right choice for him.

"You really don't know how to fly yet?"

"Oh, I do. I'm just lazy." She let out a yawn. "...And tired."

"You had the entire trip here to sleep."

"Five more minutes..." She started snoring, which, for some reason, seemed to weigh him down even more.

"Why do I even bother..."

"Who… is that?"

Team RWBY confronted Alistor, who put his sleeping sister on the cot that was laid down for him.

"Wait, isn't that the girl we saw fight the White Fang earlier?" Ruby was confused about why this girl was sleeping in their room.

"You found the White Fang?! Why didn't you tell us?" Blake was agitated.

"Because..." Alistor finished tucking in his sister. "...My sister took care of it."

The team stood in silence.

"ANOTHER alien?!" Weiss shreiked. "And she's related to you? I thought you said you only had a brother."

"Hehe, yeah, I sorta… forgot, about her."

"Wow, some brother you are."

"Shut up! I thought she was dead, so I pushed it to the back of my head."

"Well…" Yang looked at the girl. "...What's her name?"

"Kar'yin."

Another Saiyan has come to Team RWBY's door, apparently related to the one that came prior. Why this specific planet? If they are truly good, then does that mean that there are some that are not, and if so…

Are there some that are coming here?