'Hey' -is the voices of the swords
"Hey" -is dialogue (unless otherwise stated)
Hey -is thoughts
I forgot to mention that his swords have names. His sabre is named Alpha while the other sword is named Omega.
He turned to me. "Sit down son. There is something you must learn about this world and its people".
5 days before the airship leaves
"These guys never learn do they" I muttered under my breath, drawing Alpha. This had to be the thirtieth bandit group I had come across. 'Actually this is the 28th', Omega corrected me.
There were 2 in front of me, and one trying to stealthily circle around to my back. The two were brandishing knives and ordering me to drop all my possessions. When I drew my sabre, I caught a glance of the one on the left, a boy that looked no older than fifteen, furtively glancing at his friend, who looked old enough to be his father. Maybe it was his father, bringing his son out to rob lone travellers on the road. While that was more common than you think, to bring a kid with no activated aura? Now that was practically asking him to be killed. I smirked. Looks like he wasn't too confident in his knife skills as well. I filed this away as another weakness I could exploit, under an already growing pile of faults I could find like their stance, their grip on the knives, and the obvious hesitation to attack me.
Their third member was almost directly behind me, so I decided to break the little stand-off we had. I dashed forward, holding my sabre as close to my body as possible, and rushed shorty. He paled and took a step back just as fiery jumped in front of him, knife held in a somewhat menacing manner. I waited until I was just in front of him before dashing to the side, and appearing to target the kid, so as to force the man to expose his side to try and stop me. If he didn't, I would go after the kid. Either way was a win-win situation for me. He took the bait, pivoting on the spot to try and keep me away. I used my foot to stop my momentum, and brought my sabre up, putting a diagonal slash across his torso. He gasped and stumbled backwards, taking a knee, just as the kid jumped out and forced me to parry his desperate slashes.
Interesting. I hummed to myself. Maybe this kid had more backbone than I gave him credit for, or maybe he just had more confidence when that Sniper of theirs was in position. They had no idea I knew, but a bullet being chambered was a rather distinctive sound when you had to listen out for it your whole life. I glanced to the
I toyed with the boy for a little while longer, putting on an expression of determination, until I heard a familiar *crack*. I smiled at this, dodging to the side. I watched as the boy's face dropped at the sudden weight of a bullet impacting his chest.
"NO!" A cry of anguish came from the man, as he got to his feet and came at me with renewed vigour. Looks like I was right. The kid was his son, and now I had a reckless opponent in front of me, and probably a traumatised sniper behind me.
I put a few lazy swipes at the man, who made no attempt to parry, only charging blindly ahead, just like a certain bull I knew. I smiled warmly as I thought about how the raid went. I received no news at all, but you know what they say, no news is good news. But it was kind of worrying. Normally, Adam would call and brag about his success. Maybe the Schnees captured him? That would be the day.
'Watch out behind you!' I was snapped out of my inner monologue and dodged to the side just as the sniper charged at the spot I had previously been standing at. I frowned at their actions. Having their wildcard dash into a fight like that would only give me the advantage now. After all, it was much harder to fight something you didn't see. Although I guess I always knew where they were. I cautiously watched both of them as they seem to exchange looks, before both charging at me. I parried their blades skyward, before delivering a haymaker to the side of the sniper's head. I saw his glasses go flying off as he crumpled down in a heap. One down, one to go. By now, the man's slashes were getting slower and sloppier, so I decided to put a stop to it. As my sabre entered his chest, piercing his lung, and possibly many other vital organs, I whispered into his ear "salute, my misguided friend. Maybe you should have chosen a different profession?"
"Go fuck yourself" he coughed, blood hitting my ear, before he stilled. I lowered him to the ground, before cleaning my sabre on him. 'I'll never understand that. You always acknowledge them after running them through, and when I ask why, you always say it's a code of conduct you follow,' a nigh-emotionless voice asked me. 'Yeah, and then you clean us on their clothes, so that means it's not really out of respect either' Omega piped up. "It's about principle." I explained. "All I ever wanted was equality, so I treat all people equally, even after they die." I paused, before adding "Unless their idiots, or racists, then they deserve what they get" I added, eyes glinting, hand formed in a fist. I winced immediately after, shaking my hand to try and get feeling back into it. I would never understand how Kaz could simply punch someone and not feel the pain, aura or not.
'Whatever' Omega replied, sounding unimpressed. 'Anyway, when are you going to use me?' He quickly asked me, enthusiasm evident in his voice. I sighed, before using my semblance to store Alpha, taking him out while doing so. Omega was a Wakizashi that was laced with fire dust, which would explain his rivalry with Alpha, who was laced with ice dust. I placed him in my left sheath, before looking over to the still unconscious sniper. "Hmm… now what should I do to you…" I wondered aloud. 'We could string him up on a tree' Omega suggested. 'That…actually isn't that bad of an idea' Alpha admitted. 'Never would have expected someone like you to think of it'. 'Why you little…' Omega growled.
"Oh for fucks sake guys, just give me a second to think!" I shouted before they could get into an argument that would have lasted all the way till Vale. I could string him up and leave him for some other traveller to find. Or rather, for the Grimm to find.
I glanced up at the sky, to find it turning a vibrant orange. Whatever I chose, I had to decide fast, unless I wanted to be surrounded by Grimm who had sensed the deaths here. As I looked beyond the horizon, I saw a little cottage start to light up. And where there's one, there's often more. I couldn't afford to let him be found by others that might try and chase after me. I sighed, taking out some rope, and tied him around a tree trunk. Sure it was a waste of rope, but when you had the potential for an endless supply?
"Well that's that." I said, dusting myself off, before continuing towards Vale.
3 days before the airship leaves
I glanced up, and sure enough, the walls of Vale were there, in the distance. I sighed, before taking out my fedora with my semblance and putting it on, and storing Omega. I had switched Alpha and Omega regularly during the journey so as to stop the incessant bickering that would arise if I favoured one of them more. Well, time to try and get into the city without being stereotyped as a White Fang member. 'Except you are a member' Alpha reminded me. I shrugged my shoulders, before heading towards the gates.
The guards were fairly oblivious to the flow of traffic heading in and out of the city, and only when their superior appear did they act like they were doing their jobs. Which, curse my luck, made them stop me to do a full security screening on me.
I sighed, taking off my sheaths and handing it to the guard for inspection, before taking off my fedora. I saw the guards all stiffen when I did so, and not a moment later. I was taken to an office and being questioned on all things regarding my presence.
When I told them that I was a student at Beacon, they stared incredulously at me, before one of the guards left the room, presumably to check with Ozpin or one of the teachers. I leant back in the chair I was sitting in, watching the remaining guard fidgeting, his finger hovering over the trigger of his weapon.
After a few tense minutes, the guard entered the room with my gear. "Looks like your story checks out. Now get out of here" He said gruffly, tossing my hat and sheaths at me. I put on my fedora and buckled my sheaths before walking out of the office building. Well the guards are as welcoming as ever. I glance up at the sky and frowned. I had wasted my entire morning in that damned office, just because of a few guards decided I was a possible security threat when they saw my ears.
I walked through the streets for about 15 minutes, before coming to my apartment building. I climbed up the stairs to the third floor, stopping before the first door. I bent down and tilted a plant, taking the key from underneath it, and unlocking the door. I really should start carrying a key with me I thought as I opened the door. I wouldn't be surprised if one of these days it would go missing.
As I entered my apartment, familiar smells bombarded me. A hint of that prototype dust bomb I had tried building. The faint smell of a cat my neighbour had asked me to take care of one time. I walked deeper into the apartment and went straight to my wardrobe. Opening it, I carefully plucked out my Great Cloak, and pouring a bit of my aura out towards the cloak, tested if the dust was still active. The cloak flared a familiar red, before fading to a simple grey. I smiled, tugging it on. Glancing towards the clock, I saw that it was only two in the afternoon. I glanced at my scroll just as two messages came in. They were from Adam, or as I listed him in my contacts, horns. I opened the messages and glanced at the contents briefly, before lowering the scroll from my face. Blake had run away during the last heist, and apparently we had a new sponsor.
"Fan-fuckin-tastic" I sighed, using two fingers to massage my brow. "Do you want me to use our forces here to look for her" I typed out quickly. Since I was technically in command of Vale's Fang, I could authorise a search for her, depending on his response. Adam's response was almost instantaneous. Don't bother. Enjoy your time off and keep me updated.
Well then, better get my networks back on line then. I got up, walked out of the room, locked the door and slid the key into my pocket, before leaving the building. I took a short walk over to Junior's Club. While it was technically not open yet, I knew he would be inside.
As I approached the doors, one of the bouncers held out his hand to stop me. "We're closed. Come back later". He must be new. I ignored him and walked past him. When he put his hand on my shoulder, I sent out some of my aura, enough so that the dust in my cloak could activate, and focused it on his hand. The guard reared back as if he had been hit, cradling his hand, and staring at me with hostility.
"Don't worry about it. I'm here for business, not gonna cause any trouble" I paused, before adding, "You may also want to get some ice for that" before walking into the club.
Inside the club, the music was barely audible, the DJ not even wearing his bear head. Junior was, predictably, behind the bar cleaning his never-ending supply of cups. As I made my way over to the bar, all the guards seemed to stop what they were doing to watch me. I felt a few of them begin to follow me towards the bar, obviously getting ready for trouble.
As I sat down on one of the stools, Junior looked up from his glass, before putting it down shortly after. "So Wolf, how can I help you" He inquired gruffly. Some of his men backed off upon hearing this, figuring out that their boss knew me. "I need to familiarise myself with Vale again, I've been out travelling for too long" I told him. "Anything change while I was gone?"
"Not much. A few dust robberies here and there, but that's always been common. How long you staying?" He asked me. I shrugged my shoulders. "Going back to school, so can't say for sure, but," I said as I placed a bag of lien on the counter. "I hope that that keeps me informed if anything major happens"
Junior nodded at me, before taking the bag. I walked off, pausing outside the Club, before heading back to my apartment. 'Well that went well' Alpha said. 'You didn't have to break anything this time' Omega added.
Well that's it for now, next chapter he will be heading back to Beacon before the plot forces him to go somewhere else
I (more or less) have this story planned out, but I will take any suggestions on how you want the plot to progress into consideration. Until next time!
