Chapter 8
STOOOOOOOOOOOOOP! Before you read this chapter, I would like you all to know that I did not fully transfer chapter 7 the first time around. I have now added the last two or so paragraphs and I suggest you read them in order to understand the transition. Bad move on my part. Thanks for sticking by me. :)
All of the people in the room span their heads towards the whining Faunus child. Despite the glares, Alexander's face remained still and full of spite, ready to throw his rage at this unknown imposter. "That's enough! He is not the representative who is supposed to be giving the speech, I am," He spat.
The heads of the crowd, along with Mr. Schnee and his daughter, then turned to Jonathan who was shaking in fear. "Mr. King, I do hope that this is some type of farce," Mr. Schnee questioned with his suspicions raised.
Before the cat Faunus could respond, Alexander butted in once again. "He locked me up in the third floor restroom and told me how he was going to sabotage the presentation so he could get a bite to eat. Look at him! His hair is filthy and his composure is disgusting; he's obviously homeless." He lied.
Adam pulled the boy off to the side. "What the hell are you doing? He didn't do any of that," he grunted to Alex.
"Well maybe you shouldn't have let him take over MY show. Now he's going to pay for it," He huffed.
"Why you little brat!" Damien said.
"What are you two going to do? Hit me, Alexander Lunes, in front of a group of aristocrats. Pft, I highly doubt it." Adam and Damien were in a bind. No matter how much they didn't want to admit it, what Alex said was true.
"Mr. King, is it true that you trapped Alexander Lunes in the restroom, and came here merely to indulge yourself in food?" Mr. Schnee's voice grew sterner.
With all eyes and ears focused on Jonathan, he couldn't help but lower the ears on his head in shame. "What!? N-no, I didn't do that… well I did do one part, but I didn't do that part… or the other part… Um, I mean no. I didn't… I don't think," A pressure of fear started to build inside of him.
Mr. Schnee rolled his eyes. "Alright. That's enough of this, guards! Take this boy and make sure he is arrested for disturbing the peace and kidnapping," He called.
"Wait! Nononono," Jonathan tried to stop his command. Unfortunately his pleads were ignored and three men started to surround him.
"No, you can't do that!" Adam tried to enter, yet the men continued to retrieve the young cat Faunus.
Just before one of the guards put a hand on Jonathan, he gave out a shrieking cat-like hiss to deafen the guards. The men held their ears to reduce the piercing sound, leaving Jonathan the perfect opportunity to escape. "After him!" Mr. Schnee commanded.
Jonathan ran straight for the front door, yet the doorman that greeted him stood as a block to get through. In a panic, the boy stopped dead in his tracks and traversed up a nearby staircase, hoping now to use a window on the second floor to escape.
Hallway after hallway, door after door, the boy tried to flee from the perusing guards and ones that he had accidentally ran into. Finally, after what seemed like a chase that would last forever, Jonathan's cat-like speed and reflexes were able to get him a good enough distance from his pursuers. He looked around to find if there were any windows or air vents that he could use to disappear from the scene, yet after a full 360 degree scan, he only found a knife pointed to his throat with a familiar face holding the grip. "Don't move," Said the little Schnee.
Jonathan was astonished, dumbfounded even. How in the world could she have found him in such little time? "W-where did you come from?" he panicked.
"There are a lot of secret passages in this house that only I know about and can get through, so don't think about running," her voice was sharp and feisty for a girl her age.
What should Jonathan do? Should he knock the girl out and escape? No, he didn't have the heart to touch her. Or should he try to explain the situation to her. Wrong, that would take too much time. But what else was there to do?
"There he is! Take him down," called a guard from one end of the hallway. Jonathan shot a glance behind him to see two guards with shock pistols aimed and read to fire.
"Oh crap! Move!" With a flurry of speed and force, Jonathan swung one of the doors open, pulled Weiss into the room, and shut the door as fast as he could. After Shutting the door, he grabbed a dresser next to the doorway and pushed it over the frame, making it almost impossible to open, at least for now.
Although one problem was temporarily resolved, in lied another. Weiss once again had the dagger directed at Jonathan's head. "Don't think that just because I'm a girl I won't use this." Weiss threatened.
"Please, listen to me," Jonathan pleaded. "If you give me a few seconds I can explain the situation."
"The only thing I need to understand is that you lied to me and my father, and you kidnapped that Faunus Civil-whatever."
"I didn't lie to you, and I didn't kidnap or trap anybody."
A loud banging came from the other side of the blocked door. "Open this door right now! Where is my daughter?"
Weiss dropped the knife and ran towards the door, "I'm in here father."
The banging increased in volume. "I said open this door right now!"
"Father, its fine. I'm RIGHT HERE!"
"God dammit OPEN THIS DOOR!"
"Everybody just CALM DOWN!" Jonathan screamed.
"GIVE ME BACK MY DAUGHTER!"
"FATHER, STOP!" Weiss screamed at the top of her lungs. Suddenly, the room was overtaken by a bright spectrum of colors. The flashing lights were being emitted by strange circular patterns beneath the girl's feet, and her body was being enveloped by a bright photon.
"Is that a…glyph?" Jonathan asked aloud in astonishment and awe. After the boy spoke, the particles that enveloped the young girl busted through the air, sending beams of light through the walls, and a solar flare that blinded Jonathan's eyes.
After the blinding light had worn down, the boy looked at the shining girl through his lack of vision, and she did the same. Just as if they were dancing again, they looked into each other's eyes and the ground ferociously shook below them.
The building was on the verge of collapse.
Uh-oh. O_O
