Chapter 5

Cynthia

Two very surprised people stood looking stupidly at her and Scalic. Mouths half open with unspoken words. One was rather tall with mostly white hair, and the other looked, or rather reminded her of a wolf. Scalic stepped forward and waved his hand in front of their eyes, no sign of fear was present even with what they had just been talking about. The tall one straightened and held out her hand, "Uh… Hi…I'm Nix." Cynthia took it "Hello," she smiled brightly, "I'm Cynthia." They locked eye and she saw, hidden behind the polished exterior, anger. At who she didn't know. She saw her hand fidget with the plate on her shoulder. She turned to look at the other and saw that his face looked freshly starched. His eyes focused somewhere over her shoulder and appeared glazed. Nix raised her hand and smacked him in the back of the head. He pitched forward and gave Nix a searing look, but relented. He extended his hand tentatively. Cynthia grasped it tightly and saw something that confirmed her suspicions, the tip of a tail poking out from his pants leg. Scalic had done his intros and was now twirling one of his guns around his finger. His hair was a odd colored rainbow, ranging from very light blue, to a very white pink, then to a shade of orange. She was relieved to see that orange, it meant he was at least taking some caution with Nix and Orion. She saw Nix look over her shoulder she raised her hand to shade her eyes and said "It's getting late, you can spend the night at my house if you like." Before she could open her mouth Scalic touched her shoulder saying, "That would be lovely." and smiled warmly. She looked at him and saw that same orange, the otly thing she could take comfort in this situation. The rogue huntress and wolf faunus didn't help put her at ease. Nix started to lead them down a series of crumbling streets. Scalic fell in line and even if he appeared relaxed she saw that he continued to twirl one of his guns around his finger. 'If there is one thing I can trust its that he learned caution from the incident that happened almost two years ago.' She thought this as she followed the group to a crumbling house. Nix jiggled the lock and the door opened to a room that appeared to be more of a workshop then a living room. Bits of scrap littered the "coffee table" which was just a old wood crate the couch had oil and grease stains on it the armchair appeared to be the only undamaged peace of the room. Which, unfortunately Nix promptly sat herself down in, but not before shifting all the stuff to a bench in the corner and tucking away a pair of gloves in her belt. Scalic plopped on the couch and Cynthia sat gingerly on it. Orion on the other hand sat on the floor legs crossed. "Don't you have your own home Orion?" Nix said as she pulled out a small portable stove and lit it.

"Yes," he said rolling his eyes, "but, I much prefer not being alone… it gets tiring after awhile."

"Its not as if I have been doing it for years or anything," snapped Nix, "Oh, wait…"

" You two fight like cats and dogs," guffawed Scalic, "and, I can't imagine you know each other well based on the commentary." Nix and Orion turned on their heels towards Scalic, eyes almost flaming and began shouting gibberish. He held up his hands in exasperation, and they continued on for a while, and then suddenly as it started it stopped. They both huffed and Scalic began laughing, "HA HA HA… sounds as if you both had a stressful day!"

Nix Starred it wide eyed surprise, "H...How can you laugh at something like that?" She sputtered

"Well, If you have been through what I have you could laugh at quite a bit." Scalic said thoughtfully lifting up his shirt. A gasp escaped Nix's lips, and Orion stared with wide eyes. A long white scar ran from his bellybutton to just under his breastbone. Cynthia just looked at it with teary eyes, "You almost died that day…" she sniffled

"The keyword there was almost," Scalic sighed, " Foolish to hunt S class grim alone… luck you were there Cynthia, Else me and the grim would have died that day." Orion shifted uncomfortably and moved the hair out of his eye exposing an eye patch. He lifted the patch away exposing a puckered scar that ran across his closed lid. "I see I'm not the only one." Scalic said dropping his shirt

"Indeed, except my past is a lot darker than yours." Orion whispered

"Something I don't doubt, after all this city is the great error of the Hunters," Scalic sighed, " a reason that most of us are in this room now..."

Both Orion and Nix looked surprised and spoke up at the same time "How is it you know that?"

"To long as story to tell now," Scalic said a little too quickly, "But by you looks you know the story?"

Orion stood and marched out of the door 'It's all to painful, Mychael dead, and my past resurfacing' He flung his door open and collapsed on his bed. After all he would need his rest to get to vale tomorrow.

Sorry about the long wait for this chapter. We were not able to write as much as we liked over the summer, and then schools start messed us all up; However, today we are releasing 4 more chapters. Enjoy!

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