This chapter is going to be a short one. Sorry about that.
Jaune sat at a table in a dark room. His legs and arm were tied to the chair while his left arm was still in a sling.
"I have some questions for you." Someone from the darkness said as a lamp on the table was turned on. The lamp was able to illuminate the table and Jaune but nothing else.
"What do you want with me?" Jaune asked nervously.
"Do you know this girl?" A picture was tossed onto the table in front of Jaune.
Jaune looked at the picture and saw that it was of Neo. "Y-yes, I do."
"What is your relationship with her?"
"Why do you want to know?" Jaune asked worried.
"Just answer the question!"
"She's a friend."
"How good of a friend?"
"We met only a few days ago."
"I see. Do you know who she is exactly?"
"What do you mean?" Jaune asked sounding even more worried.
Another picture was thrown in front of Jaune. This time it was a picture of Neo standing next to Roman Torchwick with his hand on her shoulder. Jaune looked at the picture confused.
"She works for Torchwick. Would you still consider her a friend?"
Jaune stared at the picture for a few more seconds before answering. "Yes, I do."
"W-what?" The voice asked confused.
"Just because she works for Torchwick doesn't mean she's a bad person."
"B-but she's killed people!" The voice said.
"She has never killed another person."
"What! How do you know?"
"*Sigh* I have a friend that has been training me to better read a person's aura. When a person takes a life of another it leaves a mark on their soul or something. I don't really know the details but if she had taken a life then I would have sensed it."
The room was silent for about a minute after what Jaune had said until the voice spoke up. "You can really tell?"
"Yes."
"And you still consider her a friend and care for her well being, even though she works for Torchwick?"
"I do."
The room was again filled with silence until Jaune noticed that he could move his arm and legs. The ropes holding him have been cut.
"Now kid I don't want you to freak out when you see me. Can you promise me that you won't freak out?"
Jaune nodded his head in agreement.
"Alrighty then." With that the lights were turned on blinding Jaune temporally. When he was able to see, there was a man wearing a white coat and a black bowler cap standing across the table from him.
"R-roman Torchwick?" Jaune asked surprisingly calm.
"I still can't believe that someone's aura can be read like that."
Jaune was silent for a minute before speaking. "Actually, I lied. I can't read an aura like that." Jaune said nervously.
"...Then, how did you know?"
"She just didn't seem like the type that could kill someone."
"...Kid, you're lucky that she likes you or I would have killed you for lying to me." Roman said with a frown."
Jaune just laughed nervously.
"Now, I wanted to kinda give you a heads up since you seem somewhat trustworthy. Something big is going to happen soon and I won't be able to take care of her for a while afterwords."
Jaune nodded his head.
"And my employer doesn't really get along with her so I kinda hoped that you might be able to take care of her while I'm gone."
Jaune looked a little nervous at what Roman had said.
"*Sigh* Look kid. She won't have anywhere to go and she likes you quite a bit so..."
"Okay, I'll see what I can do." Jaune said while scratching the back of his head.
"Thanks kid. I really mean it. She means a lot to me." Roman said extending his hand to Jaune.
Jaune took Roman's hand and shook it. "I promise that I'll take care of her."
After the handshake, Roman made his way to the door before he stopped and snapped his fingers. "There's something I forgot about."
"What's tha-" *thwack*. Jaune was interrupted when Roman quickly spun around and nailed him in the head with a cane. Jaune fell to the ground with a thud.
"Sorry kid, can't let you know where we live." Roman said as he slung Jaune over his shoulder.
Yang was jogging down the street panicking. She was with Jaune in Vale just a little while ago when he disappeared somehow.
"I turn around for one second and then the next he's gone." She said as she looked down an alleyway.
"I swear, if it was that little multicolored bi-" Yang stopped when a black van pulled up beside her, opened the side door and Jaune was thrown out before it quickly sped off.
"Jaune!" Yang yelled as she ran over to him and cradled his head in her arm.
"Oh, hi Yang. What're you doing here?" He asked sounding a little out of it.
Yang looked him over only to see a big bump on his head. "I came with you to Vale. Where have you been?"
"Oh, just talking to a guy who had a big candy cane." Jaune said before passing out.
Yang looked at him worried before picking him up bridal style. "Back to the infirmary with you. And this time, it wasn't my fault!"
Roman is Neo's uncle. Just a little reminder.
Also the next chapter will have a tiny little time skip.