"Are you going to take off your mask?" Ruby asked concerned that people would recognize it as White Fang. He didn't answer her as he jumped off his saddle and walked his horse to the ally of the inn. Ruby slid off as well taking her bag with her and followed. They both tied the reins to a post and walked up to the entrance.

"Oh hello again." The bartender said with a welcoming wave to the door.

"Hey old man." Adam replied stiffly, Ruby just gave a small smile and a wave back. They were back at the Inn that Ruby and her teams stayed in early. She let out a relieved sigh when she saw that no people were there.

"Come now Adam why must you be so harsh with your tone?" Ruby's eyes widened. What?

"Maybe I'm just thirsty Hank." Adam sat down with his arms crossed resting on the bar.

"Ahh I see." Hank answered. Ruby sat down confused placing her bag on the floor and looking to Hank and back to Adam.

"Wait," Ruby started as Hank prepared a drink. "Are you Wh-"

"White Fang?" He replied lightly while giving Adam his beer. "No. I'm more of a consultant than anything."

That would explain a lot. How Adam found Ruby that night in that particular Inn. How White Fang knew about Juane. How they knew that Ruby, Nora and Rin would go look for him. Yet Hank didn't look like the kind of guy that would work for or even associate with a group like White Fang.

He looked like he was in his mid 40's. He was a short man but what he didn't have in height he made up for in strength. If he were hunter; he could definitely take on someone like Adam. He wore a bandanna across his scalp reminding Ruby of a pirate. She remembered having a conversation with Nora about it the other night, wondering why he wore one when he still had a head full or blonde lush hair for his age.

Nora would yell encouraging him to pull it off to show off his golden locks but he would politely refuse and continue tending to the bar. Hank was so nice, how could a person like him want to be a part of something like White Fang?

"But why?" Ruby finally asked not only to Hank but Adam as well. Adam didn't act like he was paying attention but he was listening.

"Well...To put it bluntly. I want change."

"Change?"

"Well...I just want to have a better future for my family and my people." He said it with a gleam of hope in his eyes. Giving her a half grin but Ruby was still confused. Adam noticed her face in the corner of his eye and lifted the mug to his lips.

"Hank's kids and wife are fawnous." He took a long drink as Hank took off his bandanna revealing two wolf ears underneath. He chuckled at Ruby's fascinated smirk.

"So that is why you won't take off your bandanna?" She asked sadly. He shrugged.

"Well there's that and for the fact that people tend to be slightly rude about fawnous and that it's freezing outside and this helps." He joked but Adam didn't find it amusing. Setting his mug down harder than normal.

"I think that's pretty pathetic." Adam stated as he stood up from his chair to go upstairs to the inn. Hank laughed and threw him a room key and folded his arms. Adam caught it with a quick snatch of his hand and walked away.

"Son, when you get frost bite on your horns don't come whining to me. Honestly such a rude young man isn't he?" Ruby giggled but soon sucked it in. She was a little scared that Adam would take that offensive but he surprised her when he joked back with him.

"I have a better pain tolerance than you old man!"

"Get out of here you little punk!" Adam disappeared and went into his room. Hank waved his hand toward his direction and turned to pour something into a cup. Ruby rubbed her head remembering how many obstacles were ahead of them. Her thoughts disappeared when Hank handed her cup of milk. He gave her a smile and also placed in front of her her a plate of cookies. Yay.

"Thanks." She took a cookie and tried to dunk in the glass. She groaned. The cookie was too wide to the cup. "Of course."

"So bad day huh?" Why did he even ask? He knew! He grabbed the cookie from her hand and broke it in half to fit in the cup of milk. "Your a good kid with a good heart. Don't lose that about you okay?"

"Said the guy who is helping White Fang." She bite into the cookie and dipped it back into the milk. He sighed and broke a cookie himself, placing it in the cup.

"That is half true but I have my reasons. I'm doing it for my family." He popped the food into his mouth and rubbed his hand against his apron. "And for the kid."

"For the kid?" He nodded and Ruby tool a moment to figure that out. "Wait you mean Aaron?"

"Adam?"

"Adam, yes that is...his name. I knew that...Why him?"

"He's been coming here for the past couple of years and he's a good guy." Hank saw that Ruby rose a brow of disbelief. "Well sure the kid has his flaws but everyone does. He never use to be so angry. He had good ideals and wanted to help others. Adam got with the wrong people and that turned him against others, including himself."

"Kay?"

"Here's the thing. I do not follow White Fang. And I most certainly do not follow that psychotic woman." Ruby assumed he was talking about Cinder. "I follow, now I mean this for a change for Remnant, is Adam. I have faith in him. Even if he has lost his way in the long run. Even if I don't know what happened."

"Maybe i'll ask him." She suggested as she shoved the last bit of cookie in her mouth and grabbed her bag. Hank grinned at that idea.

"Maybe you should." He took that seriously? She was joking. He went around the counter of the bar and placed his apron on a hook. Ruby went to say something else but soon she heard stomps coming from outside. It was the military hurrying their way down the road. Hank grabbed her arm gently and ushered her to go up stairs.

"They wont come here I don't think but to be safe lets have you go up, room 15." She nodded and quickly stomped her way upstairs.

Once up there she went to the side wall and rested her back against it taking a deep breath. Her hand began to cramp again, she needed to calm down. She took another deep breath and counted in her mind. It seemed to help. After a few moments of breathing she walked down the hall to room 15. The door was already open from Adam entering it.

She walked in shutting the door behind her. It wasn't super extravagant. There was an extra door that was shut which she assumed was the bathroom, a lamp, a window and two single beds. Ruby plopped her bag on the bed closest to the window. Peeking through the curtains she saw the military.

She glanced toward the horizon when suddenly a explosion erupted in the distance, she jumped at the sound. She quickly looked back to the uniformed men as they started running towards the fire. That was good, it seemed that Cinder kept her promise in distracting them. Ruby blinked out of her surprised stare and walked over to the bed. She stretched her arm up but stopped when she felt a deep burning sensation in her arm and stomach.

She gasped in pain when she touched the gashes that she forgot she had from the battle she endured with Adam. Ruby huffed and unzipped her bag, pulling out bandages. Ruby took off her hood but before continuing to undress she looked around. When she knew Adam wasn't around or any other prying eyes she untied her corset and pulled off her shirt to tend to her wounds.

Adam took off his mask and turned the faucet to the sink. He cupped his hands as the running water ran onto them. Filling his palms with water he splashed his face and let it drip down his cheeks and neck. He took a deep breath with closed eyes. For a few moments he froze standing there. He frowned and finally looked at his reflection in the mirror.

Two deep red eyes appeared. He snared and shook his head out of the way of his appearance in the mirror. He hated them...His eyes. He sat on the toilet tearing away his shirt. He rubbed his jaw in irritation and then remembered Cinder's kiss. His mouth forming in a firm line and tossing his shirt to the floor.

She only did that to mock his authority. Like she was saying she owned him which she didn't. Yet It was his own fault, having a moment of weakness and he accepted her "company". He squinted his eyes shut. Ever since that happened she did something to him to obey her better. Blake told him once that a maiden could create unique curse's to place on people. He was one of her victims. If he had back his will he would have punched her in the mouth for that kiss. Adam sighed and rubbed his neck he looked to the clock in the wall in front of him and noticed the time. He rolled his eyes.

"One ..Two...Three." He pointed his finger up just as a sound of an explosion rattled the building.

He knew Cinder's sad tactics all too well. She wouldn't get her hands dirty if she didn't have too. He slapped his knees and stood up grasping the handle to the next room. Just as he opened the door he shut it slightly and peeked through the crack of the frame. Ruby was in the room? He didn't even hear her.

He tilted his head when she took off her shirt revealing her back. He rose a brow at how deep her gash was on her side and arm. He got her good. Quietly she gasped painfully when she set a gauze soaked in disinfectant on her wound and kept it in place while she wrapped the bandage around her belly and to her arm. He could tell she was holding in cry's as she continued.

When she turned, Adam shut the door. He grabbed a white cloth wrapped it around his forehead and covering his eyes. His red eyes did help with one thing, his vision. He could practically see through anything which was good considering he would rather die then have someone look into his demonic eyes. He waited a few moments before opening the door again with a smile, swinging it open and walked out.

Ruby gasped holding a shirt to her chest. She blushed when she realized that not only was she not fully dressed but Adam stood there with no shirt on. He walked to his bed and sat down. He could feel her stare and looked back at her behind him. She jumped and fell to her knees to the floor behind the bed. She threw on her shirt and pulled her head out from it and shoved her hands threw the arm holes. He found it amusing that she was so flustered by him. She frowned and ripped the covers away and jumped into bed, turning to the opposite direction of Adam. She heard him chuckle as he turned out the light and settle into his own bed.

Ruby rubbed at the corners of her eyes. When they left the inn Adam demanded they travel all day and all night. She was so tired from that night and the night before, not even the crisp cold air and bright sunshine could wake her up to consciousness. Her eyes closing begging to sleep and would suddenly snap open when her horse swayed to a curtain direction. She gripped harder to the reins angry with herself. Adam was in the same room as her, a trained killer. Would she sleep? Nope. She was awake all night, restless and aware. Terrified. Of course she couldn't have him know she was intimidated by him. Shaking away her groggy-ness was like trying to wake a bear from hibernation. Her eyelids fell again until she felt a sharp kick to her shin.

"Wake up your going to fall off your horse!" Adam yelled passing her on his horse to the front of her.

She sighed trying to sit up straighter ignoring her aching wounds on her side. They were a few miles from the border of Vale and soon would travel by boat to Mistral. Blake's book has helped a lot on their journey. She was surprised at how the land and fields changed so much over the course of just of a few years. Ruby looked to the sky when the sunlight turned to a grey dreary shade around them. It promised snow and teased with flakes falling gently to her face. Adam came to an abrupt stop and Ruby stopped her horse as well.

"We need to walk. Now." He jumped off and began grabbing his bag and weapon. Ruby frowned and rubbed the neck of her horse.

"What about the horse's," He walked to her side. "Are you just going to lea-" He yanked Ruby's arm aggressively off the animal making her fall to the ground as a bullet flew passed her nearly missing her head and pop into a nearby tree. Her knee hit a rock making her gasp in pain and lay limp still dangling from his grasp. He yanked her up to her feet and she stood ignoring the bruise already forming on her flesh. Adam pushed her forward to gain cover behind a tree.

"Wait the horse." Ruby gasped as more shots were fired. One of the horse's were able to escape but the other managed to get its reins wrapped around a branch and could not break free.

"Are you serious?!" He glanced back at the struggling animal and gave out and angry growl. "Stay here!" He demanded as he jumped back into gunfire.

He pulled his sword out and slammed it downward into the branch cutting the horse free. It sprinted away as Adam jumped back to Ruby grabbing her arm again shoving her into a run in the opposite direction of the shots. Ruby tried not to slip on the loose leaves and snow under her boots at they climbed up the hill side. After a few more moments more of running they settled down behind a fallen trunk in the woods. Adam shushed Ruby as he peeked over the wood and quickly ducked his head back down. He thought for a moment before pulling off the back pack and setting it next to Ruby.

"It's the military." He pulled his sword to his chest and took a breath. "Get your Weapon ready."

"What?"

"There is quite a few of them and some help killing them would be nice."

"I am not killing anyone!"

"If you know what's good for your friends," He paused. "You will." She slit her eyes angry. She licked her lips and went to grab her weapon on her side.

"No...No, no, no, no." She left it on her horse!

Adam cursed and banged his head into the bark of the tree. Shots fired again and Ruby's heart sank but just as she went to give up Adam jumped the trunk and ran in the direction of soldiers. She looked over the tree carefully, they were closer than she thought they were. She watched as Adam sliced through one by one instantly. Bodies dropped just as soon as he passed them. Ruby watched in horror.

This man was vicious and killed like it was second nature. It was second nature. Though through the chaos he was a skilled fighter and for a split second...Ruby was envious. How he moved with his weapon was a dance. It was mesmerizing how he fought and scary.

The last solider fell and he stood up from his defensive crouch. Was it over? No, it was just beginning. Two more troops of soldiers came running toward him and Adam turned toward them with a smile.

"You want some more!?" He rose his sword toward the thundering of military feet. "Then here you go! Come on!" Ruby watched from afar and he froze his body while holding his hilt. He was calling forth his semblance.

To be honest Ruby was curious to see at what it could be. Tightly holding his grip around his weapon wilt and blush; Ruby noticed the air become thin and sharp. Adam was gaining power. But what happened next shocked her. He moved quick as if he were a blur of black swiping his weapon to every one of his opponents. One of the men pulled out some kind of electric weapon and shot it toward Adam.

Before the deadly currents reached him he blocked it with his weapon. Wilt and Blush absorbed the blast's power and the ray disappeared. Adam's hair and the emblem on the back of his vest began to glow. He smiled and sliced his sword in front of him. Not only were the Soldiers cut down but yards of trees behind him. Ruby blinked confused. This semblance was so familiar to her. She saw it before.

Ruby sucked in a shaky breath from all the death and carnage she saw. She placed her hands over her mouth and her face fell to the ground. She stopped crying when she realized why his semblance was so familiar. She figured it out...She figured it out and her blood boiled with rage. Adam walked back tired leaving all the bodies he cut down behind and sheathed his weapon. He hopped over the trunk and lifted the back pack to his shoulder.

"Come on." He ordered walking ahead of Ruby, as if nothing had happened at all. She rose to her feet slowly, ignoring the sting of pain in her knee cap.

"How?" She asked suddenly. He stopped and looked back at her.

"What?" She hobbled to him and shoved him forward catching him off guard. "How the hell do you know that semblance?!" He didn't answer. "How?!"

"It's mine." He replied but she didn't believe him. She punched him again with her fists repeatedly until he moved out of the way. Ruby fell forward into the wood floor and rose up again and threw another punch toward him.

"Your lying!"

"What are you talking about? Its mine-"

"Moon Slice is not your's!" His mouth gaped open when her fists hit his chest one last time before sliding downward effortlessly to her sides. "There is only one person I know...I knew, who could use a semblance like that." He was silent again. She was surprised that he let her get that far. When she knew he wouldn't say anything she continued. "She wouldn't even allow her own blood to develop a semblance like hers. So how? And why, of all people, why you?"

"Rose."

"How did you know my Mother?!"