RWBY belongs to Monty Oum.
Chapter 10
"…Are you sure there is nothing else you would like to tell me?" asked Ozpin looking at Blake trying to make her confess the truth of the incidents that had happened this night, especially since his students who had left the academy some days ago was involved and not to be found.
"I am sure." Said Blake as she narrowed her eyes.
"Very well, thank you for your time miss Belladonna, please if you ever need to talk me please don't hesitate, you can go now." Said Ozpin showing his worries while Blake decided to ask something before.
"Have the authorities been able to locate Drake?" asked Blake wondering what happened to his friend.
Ozpin just shook his head, "I am afraid not."
Blake was about to ask something else as they both heard someone knocking the door.
"Come in." said Ozpin.
The door opened to reveal Glynda stepping the room.
"I brought his as you asked director." Said Glynda as she moved from the door to reveal Ren entering the room making Blake wonder why was he called.
"Thank you Glynda, can you please escort miss Belladonna to her room." Said Ozpin as Blake stood up and began to exit the room with Glynda while Ren pass her to sit in the chair she was ignoring the look she was giving him.
Once but females left the room Ozpin looked at Ren for a few seconds but it was the gunslinger who decided to break the silence.
"Is there any reason why you decided to call me at this hour of the night professor?"
"I might as well be asking that since you returned from vale just a little before the members of team RWBY returned from the event that happened in the docks, were you there by any reason?" asked Ozpin thinking that since he and Axl could be considered friends with each other.
"I am afraid that I have no idea what you are talking about, I was not near the docks this night." Said Ren trying to do what the man that rescued him and his friends asked him.
"Really?" asked Ozpin as he took off his scroll while Ren nodded.
"Then why don't you tell me why were bullets with the same caliber and designs that the ones you used in the docks tonight?" asked Ozpin as he showed Ren the report of the scene and everything that was found.
"they could be from someone else, just because it is the same caliber I use for storm flower doesn't mean it is mine." Replied Ren who held a poker face that could rival Drake`s.
"Then why don't you tell me why the bodies of the robots that were found destroyed in the scene had blade marks and bullet holes? And before you say it might be Axl`s, let me tell you that I know very well the difference to know that those aren't his but have the same style of attack pattern that he uses but the marks of the blades do not fit to those I had seen." Said Ozpin who had cornered Ren not knowing what to say now.
"I-" said Ren as his scroll began to ring.
Ren took of his scroll to turn it off just see that the name of the caller said 'Answer it.', he showed to Ozpin who nodded thinking it might be Axl.
"Hello…" Ren looked at Ozpin as he handed the device to him while he noticed that hos student was trying his best not to smile.
Ozpin took the device and put it on his ear, "Who is this?"
"… It has been a long time Ozpin but considering the circumstances I might as well call you professor." Said a voice in the other line making Ozpin eyes wide in recognition, it was the same voice as Drake`s only that it sounded a little more grave.
"X."
"The one and only, you know many years ago when I talked to you for the last time and asked you help to find someone really important I lost you said that you would tell me if you found anything, I trusted you, so imagine my surprise when I found out that by the time I asked for your help you already had him with you." Said X in the other line who was trying his best not to lose his cool.
"I can explain." Said Ozpin trying also not to lose his making Ren wonder what were the 2 talking about.
"I save it for your own good."
Ozpin just sighed as he connected the pieces together.
"The 2 blue-white beam, it was you." Said Ozpin looking for confirmation as X muttered in confirmation.
"Is he okay?"
"He is stable but that is not the reason why I called you, you and I will have a talk about the last years in another time when I hear what Drake and Axl have to say, then we will talk, the reason I called you is so you leave Lie Ren out of custody and don't question him further."
"How did y-"
"I have someone tracking whoever is looking for today's reports of the docks, when someone told me you were checking the file about the bullets and slashed on the mechanic bodies It wasn't hard to figure out."
Ozpin just sighed, "Ok… are you gonna keep him away from beacon?" asked Ozpin while Ren`s eyes just widened.
"That is up to-"
"CODE BLUE, I REPEAT CODE BLUE."
Ozpin just kept hearing in the other line as he heard X gave a sigh and he could tell it was of annoyance.
"The first thing I said was that he was not to be let alone until he woke up… we will talk later Ozpin I can promise you that." Those were the last words Ozpin heard before the line went death.
Ren just stared as Ozpin closed Ren`s scroll and gave it to him.
"Please forget everything that happened here and the docks, you were never there, have a good night you can go now." Said Ozpin while Ren just nodded and got out of the room.
Ozpin just sat there for few moments as he took a zip from his mug knowing full well that he wouldn't see Drake for a long time.
LINEBREAK.
"Please explain." Said Drake who was sitting in one of the chairs with lambert on his lap of his… Brother.
"I know that you have a lot of questions, especially about what Axl had been doing this pass months with you, but believe me when I say this, you, Axl and Me are brothers."
Drake didn't have problem believing that considering the resemblance between them but that was not what was bothering him.
"Why do you appear now after all this time?" asked Drake with his usual demeanor but deep down there was an emotion the he didn't experimented often.
"What did Ozpin told you about the day he found you?"
Drake just looked at him for a while as he remembered a conversation he had a long time ago, not with his mentor but the closest person he had as a mother.
FLASHBACK
"Why are you so down?" asked a worried summer looking at Drake with worry, Both of them were sitting on the floor of Drake`s room, she had brought him a lot of ice cream so they could eat it all the 2 of them but drake had barely eaten anything.
"I have been wondering something." Said a 4-year-old Drake who raised his head.
"You know you can ask me anything." Said summer as she got closer.
"…Where are my parents?" that made Summer`s eyes widened.
"Why are you asking that all of the sudden?"
"I remember that sometimes you start speaking about your daughters and about you being a good mother to them, that made me ask myself, where are my parents?"
Summer mentally face palmed since it was technically her fault he was asking this.
She looked at Drake waiting for an answer, she didn't know how to explain how she and the others found him when he was only 1.
"You need to understand that no matter what I tell you, I and everyone here you know cares about you, even grumpy Glynda ok?" asked summer as Drake just nodded.
"We found you a long time ago in one of our missions, you were only one at that time with only a jacket and the chain you always carry around, we didn't know why were you there in the first place nor have time to look for clues so we just took you with us, we don't know who your parents are or if you have any other relative alive."
Drake looked down at that thinking the worst considering he was found during a mission.
"Hey." Said summer quietly as he hugged him.
"You know, One of my daughter it is not legitimately mine but I still care for her, and the same goes to you, I care for you as if you were my own child so do not say that you don't have any parents ok?" Drake just smiled as he returned the hug.
"Then can you please take me out of the academy sometime, Ozpin just keeps me inside the academy, I want to go to the city sometime." Said Drake looking at Summer with a smile.
"I already asked Ozpin, he said that when you got older, who know maybe sometime I might actually take you home and meet my daughters, but until then no, so be a good boy and finish your ice cream." Said summer as Drake gave her a pout and began eating his ice cream.
"Ok mom."
End of flashback.
"I see, she must be a wonderful person." Said X.
"was." That was all Drake said making X feel bad about it.
"I am sorry."
"Don't be, now is your turn." Said Drake looking at him with a fierce glare.
X just sighed and then began to speak.
"Before I start there is something you need to know."
Drake looked waiting for him to start speaking.
"We are not what you would call an ordinary human."
Drake was about to ask what he meant when his brother raised his arms.
"Please do not interrupt me until I am done."
Drake just nodded.
"A very long time ago there existed a powerful group of dragons, of course dragons were powerful before they disappeared but this ones were above powerful, they had not only reasoning like all the humans but also the ability to turn into them, you do know were I am going with this don't you?"
Drake didn't wasted time thinking, "We are descendants of those dragons."
X just nodded as he started talking.
"Correct, those dragons were called celestials dragons and had many powers and abilities even turn strong humans into one, but only the originals or those who were born could do it, not the one who were turned, but with time some of them began to disappear and in this time only a few remain, as far as I know we are the only ones that exist in this time, Which bring us to the 7th of august 17 years ago."
Drake's eyes widened at that.
"If I am correct that was the date Ozpin and the others found you, correct?" Drake just nodded.
"I see, In that time it was: me; our parents… and our big brother Zero, and then that day you were born and 7 minutes later so was Axl."
X clapped his fingers as an holographic screen appeared, X made a motion with his hand as if he was reduction something making the screen become smaller and then he pushed it to Drake and lambert who saw the photo with wide eyes.
In the photo were 4 individuals, one was a younger X smiling holding a baby who by the color of the hair was Axl, the other 2 was him in the arms of a boy smiling that looked exactly like him except for the hair that would made Yang feel shame as how long and well treated was his hair, he figured that was zero as his mind made a mental click.
'You are exactly like him.' Those were the words that some of the mavericks told him, and even x said something similar a while ago.
'So this is who they were comparing me to.'
"That one was taken when I was 15, zero had 19 in that time." Said X with a sad voice.
"What happened?" asked Drake in anger for some reason not even knowing what he was feeling right now.
"My father in that time had the position I have today, he was the supreme leader in that time, but a year after the both of you were born something happened." Said X as he began to tap in an Holographic keyword as another screen appeared to the side so both of them could see another screen appearing to their side.
The screen revealed a bald man whose eyes were completely blue, he was bald and had some purple marks around his eyes and next to him appeared a man in a familiar green armor, Vile.
"The name of the bald one is sigma, he was the former right hand of our father and you might already be familiar with vile. Exactly one year after your birth he along many other hunters in the time did a coup d'etat at the MH. Their objective was to get both of you, but in reality he only wanted you. During that event our father died along with our mother."
Drake`s eyes turned crimson at this, "Why? Why the hell I am so important that even when I was a baby the mavericks had their interest in me?!" asked Drake knowing they were after him.
"Because of our semblance or more specifically yours." Said X knowing what his little brother was feeling.
"What does it have to do with this!" shouted Drake as looked at him while lambert began to whine making him realize that he was getting the rage get him, he took a deep breath and tried to calm down as his eyes returned to emerald, he then looked at Drake waiting for him to answer.
"Everything, the celestials that were full blooded or born had a semblance that was called total domain, each one of the celestials had their own domain, with it they could control it or manipulate it in whatever way they wanted, but those who were born from originals celestials had a might have very powerful one."
"So my domain is energy, but stil-" Drake was interrupted again by X.
"You domain is not just a simple energy manipulation, both you and Axl had 2 domains that counters the other one each of you had which by the way it is ironic since both of you were born in august."
"You are missing the point, what is my domain?" asked Drake.
"Sorry, your domain is a very both rare and if not used correctly dangerous one, the power that represents the maximum equilibrium."
Drake's eyes widened in realization as the image of the second figure of his jacket appeared in his mind, the black and white dragons following each other.
"Yin and Yang."
X just nodded, "Light and Darkness. We will talk about that later."
Drake just stood sat there analyzing this new revelation as X continued.
"That was the reason they wanted you, soon after they abducted you and Axl, me and zero let the other hunters dealing with the mavericks, we tracked sigma who had Axl with him, we fought him that very same day, he was strong I can tell you that very strong for a normal human, we came into realization that someone had turned him into a celestial, but still we managed to kill him and decapitate him and lastly disintegrated his body."
"Talk about overkill." Said Drake while X just chuckled a little.
"That had to do for the same reason our eyes turn crimson, I will tell you later about that. Anyway we found out during out fight that vile had took you to a factory hidden in a forest, I was tired after out fight, but Zero wasn't, he took me to the base that the hunters managed to take control back and then after preparing he headed to where vile was. And that was the last time I ever was him." Said X with a sad voice in the last part while looking at a photo of him and Zero when they were younger.
He raised his head and looked Drake, "The next day I along with a search party looked at was what supposed to be where you were but the place was completely destroyed and the only thing we found that belonged to Zero was this." Said X as he took from this jacket a familiar chain but instead a D or an AXL it was Red Z.
"I suppose there is a meaning for this that just being a letter for our names?"
"Yes but that is also for later, as I was saying after that day I took over the hunters by right at the age of 16, it was hard but thanks to many trustworthy hunters I was able to stand up as a leader, in that very same year I reached a huntsman that had influence foe help."
"Ozpin." Said Drake as his brother grimaced and nodded.
"I went to him since he was a really good friend of Zero, I asked him if he had any information in regards with you to tell me about it, but instead he did not only found you but kept you, you have to believe I searched in the other kingdoms for you thinking that if something appeared in vale he would contact me." said X as if he was trying to ask for forgiveness.
Drake just nodded in response as he gave a smile but now his anger was being directed at someone else.
'If Ozpin knew who I was, then what if everyone else also knew?' thought Drake as he was beginning to think that everything with them was a lie, the only way of knowing it was asking him personally.
Drake raised his head and looked at his brother with a little doubt about something.
"Why did you appear just until now, Axl and I met 4 months ago, in some point he should have called you." As soon as he said that he could see as a little of killer intent could be felt along with his eye twitching making lambert hide behind Drake all of this while X was smiling.
"That is because he didn't, I only found you in dock today thanks to another thing, right now I am waiting for him to wake up so he can explain." Said X still leaking the KI.
Drake seeing that lambert was getting scare and so did he a little, he decided to change of topic.
"Changing of subject mind telling me more about other things like the chains, the jackets and above everything this." Said Drake referring to his new robotic arm successfully stopping his brother`s deathly aura.
he just stood up and got closer to the a wall that opened to reveal a fridge, he opened and without looking back threw some snacks and coke's at his direction and caught them.
"This is gonna be a long night, might as well eat something." Said X as he closed the fridge and the wall appeared again as he sat back with a can of coke.
Drake just nodded as he gave lambert some of the snacks and he opened his can of coke.
"First of all the chains, every celestial that is born had it with him at birth it works sometimes as a regulator foe our powers helping on have a hang of it when we are doing something that you might call excessive, it also works as a safe switch in case one is losing all control of his actions making them stop and feel pain trying to make them wake up." Said X while Drake blinked in realization.
'All those times the chain was the one the helped me stop.'
"Secondly the jacket, when each of us were born our fathers could tell what were domains were, so they made these for us." Said X as he stood up and turned back to he could see the design.
"The first one is what you might call our family shield, and the second one represents our domain." Said X.
"Wait, according to Ozpin the day they found me I had my jacket with me when I was only one year old, why?" asked Drake with curiosity.
X face frown at that, "After we eradicated sigma and X took me to the base, his jacket was made a mess after that, so he took the one that was meant to be yours."
Drake nodded as X continued his explanation.
"As you might know, this are not normal jackets, they are just not made of one of the rarest dust available, but also our celestial aura and blood making it nearly indestructible." Drake noticed as he said that last part as he sat down a again with another frown on his face.
"Which take us to your arm, first let me tell you about it, the fabric that makes it look like a piece of clothing it is the same as the jackets, the arm itself it is not finish since the design it was used it was from the model Z made a long time ago for me." said X as he pulled the right sleeve of his jacket to reveal another arm similar to him.
The only difference it was that the glove was white instead of black and something that looked like piece of armor that went from his wrist to his elbow, it was blue with white lines and a Red gem on it.
"This was the final model Z made especially for me, a very intelligent person was able to recreate the original and adapt it to for you, of course it is not finished yes."
"I see, but there is something else you wanna tell me isn't it?" X just stood up again and walked to another wall that opened to reveal a katana that he took while Drake and lambert senses kicked of in recognition.
"The blade Vile was using." X just shook his head.
"Purgatory, one of two blades made of the rarest dust crystal that violated the laws of light and darkness, the blade that once belonged to Zero." Drake's eyes examined the blade noticing the similarities with his owns.
"I can tell you without a doubt the most dangerous blade on the whole remnant only rivaled by it`s brothers. That`s why it was able to pass through the jacket and cut your arm."
"And also break the blades that I myself forged." X just looked at him with a serious face, "What?"
"I am afraid that it did more than just breaking you blades and your arm, it al-" X was interrupted as the sound of the elevator could be heard meaning someone was coming.
"We will talk about that later along everything else, for now I would like to start an interrogation." Drake just nodded knowing full well who was coming.
The doors of the elevator opened to reveal Axl with out his mask and a Spiky ponytail with the red mark of a hand on his face while looking nervous at his brothers, emerald eyes meeting for the first time.
"Please come in and sit Axl, it has been a long time since all the family as sat in a single room." Said X as the killer intent returned, while Axl began to walk to his chair and sat.
"So mind telling me why the hell didn't you tell me about Drake sooner or better yet how you convinced not just bullet but also colonel to keep your secret?" asked X with a calm voice but one could feel the dread coming from it.
"ok… From where should I start…" said Axl as he took a thinking pose making the other brothers eyes twitch.
"From the beginning, the day you took the VIP contract." Said Drake in annoyance wanting to know from beginning to end.
"Good idea D, but can we ask for something to eat I am starving." Said Axl as X just sighed and calmed down while he called the kitchen for some food for al of them, while Drake just saw his new found little brother for a second, he still acted the same whenever they were not on a mission making him feel a little relieved.
"OK, start now." Said X as Axl began to tell the tale that happened 4 months ago.
(AN:4178, that the number of words it took me to explain some things and leave some for later in volume 2, I really wanted to end it here but I said I would end the V1 with this so here goes.
Whenever you see the letters in cursive it means it is something on the past like a flashback everything else is the present.)
"You called?" Asked Axl who stood in front of his brother on his office.
"Why else would you be here Axl?" asked X who was looking at a digital file.
"Oh… I don't know maybe to visit my dick of a brother who no longer have time for me between work and his wife and Children." said Axl with anime style tears.
"You are over exaggerating." Said x with a smile as he looked at his brother.
"Am i? when was the last time you and I when we hang out together outside the base and hang out like brothers, let me tell you, a lot." Said Axl as he sat while looking at his brother.
"You only said it because bullet is in a long term mission so shut it." Said X in a joking manner as he threw the file to his brother as his face changed to a serious one.
Axl eyed the file for few seconds.
"How truth is this?" asked Axl dropping all joking
"Very probable, I want you to investigate if it is true and If it is to take care of the problem."
"Why me and no one else?" asked Axl as he stood up.
"The other capable hunters that might be able to hold this kind of investigation are busy, that only leaves you and Massimo and you kn-"
"He can't work with out a partner and since I prefer to do things alone I was the better choice."
X just nodded as Axl gave back the file.
"Send the information to my scroll I will head to vale immediately." Said Axl as he began to walk out of the room.
"When you are done maybe we could hang out only the 2 of us." Said X trying to cheer Axl.
"I would like nothing else."
LINEBRAK (Axl's POV)
I arrived at vale shortly after wearing a hooded black cloak and a mask to hide my face along with a voice modifier and began to look at every information broker I could found that lead me to a bar owned by a guy named junior that might know the information I was looking for.
I stood in front of the entrance as I noticed that it looked like the place was under reparation, I ignored that and entered just to be stopped by a two guys wearing black suits with red ties.
"Sorry pal but we are not open- hey are you listening." I just walk pass them and slammed the one talking to me to the wall using the wind ignoring the other one.
I entered and noticed that they were organizing everything while a tall man was shouting giving the orders.
"Are you junior?" I asked as I got his and all of the workers attention.
"Who the hell are you suppose to be as far as I know Halloween is pretty far for now brat, get the hell out of here." Said the man as he got back to shout to his man just to be cut by the pain he was feeling in his stomach.
He looked down to see a fist planted in his chest followed by him getting on his knees.
"I ask again, Are you junior?" I repeated as I stood back.
The man just nodded as all the man got run at him while I felt two edges on my neck, I slowly turned to see two girls, twins to be more precise, the one wearing red was raising her arm to get her claws on my neck while the white one had her leg on the air so her bladed hills could touch my neck.
"Not so tough now huh?" asked junior as the rest of the man got closer with weapons on hand.
"Actually I do, I only want information on something it is up to you if I destroy or not this club, your choice." I said as everyone around began to laugh.
'I am so gonna enjoy this.'
"Nice one brat, but I am in no mood to deal with another person looking for information and hitting me to get it, so I am not talking." Said junior as he moved his hand signaling to get me out of the club.
I mentally sighed as he give a quick back flip while doing an spin kick successfully sending the twins to separate walls while the rest of the man charged at me.
I quickly pulled sky and earth from my sleeves to give steps strategically to quickly neutralize all of them effectively when I was done I felt a sudden change on the wind behind me making me raise both gun blades behind me to deflect the incoming attack, I turned to see the twins landing a couple of feets away from me.
He saw them for a few seconds and decided to put my guns back under my sleeves and made a notion with my hand telling them to come at me.
"Whatever" said both in perfect sync and irritation as both charged at me, red was the first slashing with her claw trying to cover the view of her sister behind her so I could not see her attack.
I gave a kick to her claw deflecting her attack and without looking at her raised my remaining leg to deliver a kick with the back of my leg landing a successful hit on the chin of the second twin who had jumped over her sister not expecting this.
"Melanie!" shouted the red one at her sister as she saw how her head got stuck on the ceiling hanging from there, she then looked at me and charged a consecutive barrage of attacks all of them easily blockable, having enough of losing time I grabbed her arm on her next attack and send her up next to her sister.
The remaining man got closer ready to shoot but were interrupted by junior who gave a shout to stop as he got closer.
"I am having a déjà vu over here and I will be damn if my club gets destroyed again in a couple of days, what the hell do you want… sir." Said junior in pain as he said the last word as if remembering something he didn't want to.
"I need information on a possible abduction of several people that might have or be related to high authority of any kind, I am willing to pay for that information." I said as I noticed that he got pale and the information I told him.
"I am sorry sit but I do not know anything about that."
I just sighed as I raised both arms, "I do not know what you are afraid of, but believe me I am worse." I clapped my arms after I said that.
THIRD PERSON POV
"That explains the reports of a little earthquake on that zone of the city." Said X while Axl just nodded.
"I ended up destroying a little of the club but it worked since Junior told me everything I needed, he was afraid to talk because the mafia family would track him for leaking the information, but the earthquake was more than enough to convince him." Said Axl with pride while both brothers just sighed.
"Anyway you now the rest of that." Said Axl
"You completely eliminating the family and went to hunt all of those who were after the people of the list correct?" asked Drake.
"Yes, which take us to the last name of the list, Weiss Schnee, I got to the academy at night and noticed that the signals had been jammed I quickly headed to the place were she was staying, Imagine my surprise when I stood on the rooftop of the dorm to see 2 blondes riding on a Grimm but also the fact that he was wearing a jacket with our family emblem." Said Axl as Drake blinked twice.
"Hold it, the reason you fought me was to confirm mi identity?" asked Drake while his eyes was twitching.
"You fought?" asked X.
"We will tell you later." Said both brothers at the same time.
"Can you blame me, you looked exactly like me and more like Zero and the fight confirmed my suspicion the same feeling of "Energy manipulation" as mine, and the same change of eye colors." Said Axl as Drake just lean back knowing the fight indeed helped in that area.
"Then I suppose that what follows is your deal with Ozpin." Said Drake as Axl just nodded.
Axl pov
"Proposition of what kind?" asked Ozpin as I saw that his hand was moving to where his cane was just notice it wasn't there.
"Looking for this." I said getting his attention while I showed his cane on mi hand.
"Now lets talk about Drake, why is someone who looks like a younger version of the Commander of the MH doing here?"
"What is it to you?" asked Ozpin his eyes not leaving his cane for a sec.
"I am the one doing the questions here and you are in no position to ask anything, now answer." I said as I took of one of my guns with m free hand.
Ozpin just sighed in defeat as he began to talk.
He told me about the day he found him, the very same day as my birthday one year after, he admitted knowing who he was and kept it a secret from the others and the training he put on him.
'My brother would never outlook something like this, but it would explain why he seems sad during that date.'
I raised my gun pointing at him.
"What gives you the right to take him and not report him and how did you knew who he was?"
"Because I knew Zero." My eyes widened behind my mask after hearing the name of my death brother while Ozpin kept talking.
"Very long time ago I met an outstanding boy that surpassed me in all areas of combat, we met by coincidence when we found out we had the same mission."
"That still doesn't explain wh-"
"I was going there, the mission took about a week to be completed in that time he and I became friends to the point that he even told me he was an MH along with his identity, after our mission was over he told me something I didn't expected, he said that if he or his brother weren't be able to protect what It is important for him then that please I took care of it."
I watched at Ozpin trying to see if there was any lie but there was none as he continued speaking.
"At that time I didn't understand his words, but when I found Drake a year later and saw the design of the jacket I remembered the words he told me and in that moment it made sense to me, that`s why I did it."
I just stood there analyzing everything he said, X always talked good about Zero`s good but weird judgments so this would made sense.
"Did my brother ever contact you?"
"Yes a little over a month after I found Drake, he told what had happened to the HQ and his fathers, and also that he was appointed as next commander, with that in mind I couldn't handle Drake since I knew he would be busy, being a commander in such a young age it is not something easy."
I put down his gun and threw his cane back at him as I sat on one of the chairs.
"Are you gonna report me to X?" asked Ozpin.
"No, but I do want to ask for something else."
"And what that might be?" asked Ozpin as he stood up to get some coffee.
"I want you to let me stay in the academy as an student so I can look after him."
"And why would you want to do that?" asked Ozpin as he sat back with a new mug of coffee.
I just took off my hood and my mask to reveal my face making him drop his mug as he looked at me with wide eyes, "Because he is also my family."
THIRD PERSON POV
"That still doesn't explain why you didn't told me about all of this" said X feeling a little relieve that Zero had to do with this in some sense but still not completely absolving Ozpin or in this case Axl.
"Because I had seen the reports of the intelligence department about the moves of the mavericks during the pass months before this whole incident ever happened and so did you, have I told you about this you would have insisted to either take him or keep vigilance over him, and by doing that you would have got their attention besides the point that Drake wouldn't have like the idea either." Said Axl thinking in every word that came out of his mouth.
X thought about his brother said agreeing with his thought much to his displeasure while Drake was a little relief that only Ozpin had to do with this and not the others but it made him thought that a certain tin head also knew.
"Fine, that leads me to the following question, how did you convince those 2 to stay quiet?" asked X as Axl was about to talk just to see the elevator was moving.
"It must be the food, you were saying," said X looking at Axl waiting for him to talk.
Axl POV
I stood in front of doctor`s Phoebus house as I readied my guns while Drake and lambert secured the land behind the house in case of an alternate exit. While I decided to knock on the door, and by knocking I meant blowing it up.
The moment I stood on the house everything was dark; I tried to get the lights on but it looked like the electricity was cut, I activated the night vision of the mask just to see that I was being surrounded by various armed security robots and lasers coming from the ceilings.
'How the did I not notice those in the ceiling the last time I was here.' I thought as all the robots activated and began to attack me.
I began to destroy robot after robot while searching on the house to see that the bastard was indeed gone, having enough of destroying one after another I knew the guy was a renown scientist and everything but this was getting ridiculous.
Just when I was about to use another version of the arial assault I began to hear lighting coming from the outside, since it was not raining and there were no clouds in the sky it meant that someone was creating this, since Drake tracking the good doctor that only left 2 possible choices and since I know my brother wouldn't sent him on a mission that only left one person.
"Of all the hunters." I said as I created and strong barrier of wind around me soon after the ceiling was destroyed and lighting began to hit all of the robots inside the house.
I saw around to see not only all the robots and security measures were destroyed but also that the house was now burning.
"You could have hit me you know!" I shouted at the sky as I saw a figure of a man who was flying thanks to the jet boots he was using.
"I know and by the looks of it I failed!" Shouted the figure as I began to fly and stood next to him.
"Colonel, I presume you were the hunter assigned to assist me"
"That is correct, we need to hurry and tr-" I raised my arm to interrupt him.
"Don't bother, there is already someone working on it, follow me I will brief you." I said as I began to fly to the place Drake and I accorded to meet while telling colonel the incident that happened this day.
"I see, but why did you took a student to help you on this and even more the trauma the kid must have gone through by killing and innocent." Said colonel as we both had landed.
"I know but there is a reason for that and also a favor I have to ask."
He raised and eyebrow at what I said.
"I want you to keep him out of the report, only you and I took care of this, I also want you not to tell of this to anyone, especially my brother."
"Why is it so important?"
"You will figure it out when he gets here so please promise me that you wont tell a soul of this to anyone." I said almost pleading.
"This better be good Axl."
"Thanks, and it is believe me, which reminds me do not tell him anything when he gets here and tell my brother I will be busy on vale for a while." I said as he was about to said something else when I heard Drake`s voice behind us.
Third person POV
"What exactly happened that would leave a tra- you know what doesn't matter right now since I know what both of you are gonna say." Said X watching at both.
"Tell you later." Said both while eating.
"*SIGH* ok, after that I tried to contact you a great number of times both nothing and now I know why, which made me to call bullet and get you but I need to ask did you have anything to do with lightings and tornados in a construction site?" asked X looking at Axl who just pointed at Drake.
"That was actually my fault but I prefer to leave it all for later." Said Drake as X only nodded and looked back at Axl.
"So how did you convince bullet."
Axl avoided to look at his brother and focused in his food.
"Well… it wasn't hard…" said Axl ignoring the cold murdering look Drake was giving him.
Axl POV
"Could you please calm down!" I shouted pleading avoiding the angry punch/Shoots from my girlfriend, all say I had been feeling chills and she was the reason, why? Because I only get like that whenever she is angry at me and her being close only made things worst.
She had dragged me to my room on beacon by my directions while getting looks from all the students and the moment we entered she began to attack me.
"Oh darling believe me I am calm." She said as she threw another punch, which I ducked in the last second to grab her hand and pulled to where I was as I stood behind her putting her arm behind her back while I grabbed her other hand to prevent another surprise move.
"You are enjoying this aren't you? Even with that mask I know when you are grinning." Said bullet.
"You know me to well, now are you calm?" i asked as I pressed my body with hers while she tried to move.
"I take that as I as- what ar-" I was interrupted as she moved her leg behind me making me lose balance and falling on the floor I then opened his eyes as I felt the additional weight on me to see her on top of me ready to hit me on the face making me close my eyes waiting for an punch that never came, instead I felt as she pulled of my mask.
I opened my eyes to see her looking at me with cold eyes signaling she was being serious now, making me return the glare.
"Drake. Talk. NOW" she said as I started explaining the events of the pass months not leaving a single thing out.
"Are you 100% of this?" she asked she got off me and offered her hand which I took it and then sat on my bed.
"You saw him using his ability, we have the same face, he has a jacket with the symbol of the family and a chain similar to mine and X`s plus the fun fact that none of us tolerate being inside of a ship." I said as I leaned back on my bed while she did the same next to me.
"What are you gonna do about it, if what you tell me was truth then that means that they are already are on the move."
"I know, I am gonna wait for them to come at us and eliminate them, but I need you to keep this a secret from X until it is done and I talk with Drake after all this is over." I said as she rolled over as I saw she was now straddling me.
"You do know that I will hit you if you are not careful correct?" she asked as she raised her arm to touch my cheek.
"You would love that." I said teasing as I noticed the serious look.
"I am being serious Axl." She said as I was now caressing her cheeks
"I will be fine I promise, the better question is are you gonna keep this as our little secret?" I asked making her give me a predator smile.
"That depends on what you offer to give me in exchange I mean lying to the commander is something very serious, what are you offering?" she asked as her face got closer to mine.
"I have something in mind." I said as our lips met in a kiss and quickly evolved in a more fierce battle of dominance while my caressed her whole body as I proceeded to-"
"I already have a very good idea of what happens so skip." I turned to look at Drake whose eyes were now red as I remembered that we didn't let him sleep that night.
"I agree with him, especially since we are eating Axl, at least that explains the slap on your face."
I just nodded as I finished my dinner while Drake got my attention.
"I want you tell me what happened on the emerald forest." Said Drake in his usual demeanor but I could ear a tone of fear on his voice.
I sighed as I first explained X what happened and then told them what happened.
"What was that?" asked Ren trying to hide his surprise with little success at the huge pillar of black light that appeared.
"Ren stay here and do not follow me, in the worst case scenario prepare to run out of the academy at full speed." I said as I took flight now waiting for an answer knowing full well Drake was the responsible for this, making me wonder who was he fighting against.
When I reached the forest I saw the devastation that it was, especially the big hole on the ground in which I noticed had a black figure on the center I descended and became enraged to who or in better term who it was.
"Highmax." I said with venom on my voice as I noticed the state he was in, the only thing that reminded of him was his head still stuck on his body nothing else.
So he was the one that made Drake use that much power, I raised my gun and shoot him on the head leaving a hole that was glowing red, I got up of the hole only to heat and explosion behind me, I turned around to confirm that his body was completely destroyed.
My thought were interrupted as I saw lambert on his Grimm form running at me, I was about to get closer when we both saw various pillars of light coming from the sky at the distance.
"Lambert get away from here now!" I shouted at him as I headed to where the light came from.
"Both Highmax and now Dynamo? Vile must be really desperate." I said as I reached the site to see dynamo throwing his blades on one direction, I looked there only to see Drake emitting black aura and a great quantity of it with red eyes and a mad grim on his face.
"Hey Axl what about a little help over here!" shouted Dynamo as he noticed me which made Drake notice me too… perfect.
I remembered the talk he and I had that day which means that right now everything he sees is an enemy, his chain is not reacting which means that he is not accessing must of his power yet, but still by the time that happens he would have already destroyed the whole forest.
My thought where interrupted as I saw several black daggers flying at me making me take flight only to be met by Drake who had landed an spin kick on my face sending me to the ground followed by a kick from mid air that landed on my stomach making me spat some blood inside the mask.
"Well seeing that you 2 are on your family reunion I better take my leave, see ya." Said Dynamo who began to run at high speed getting Drake`s attention for a second as I pushed my arms on his direction sending him flying on the air.
I stood up and summoned several chains of earth from the ground and pulled him back to me while I send him fist surrounded by both earth and wind sending him once again flying this time crashing on several trees and wall of earth that I created until he finally stopped at one, I put aura and wind on my feet and charged at high speed to deliver another punch this time breaking the wall and planting him on the ground successfully.
I looked at Drake for a second thinking I had successfully knock him out only to see the aura going stronger sending a wave of energy that made me step back a little while he began to stand up while massive limbs of od darkness began to appear behind him and a little above him.
"Shit" I said as I saw 2 giant black dragon claws made of pure energy.
Drake charged at me as the claws extended to get me making me took flight just to be caught by both arms after 10 seconds after.
He began to tighten the grip on both arms while generating very high charges electricity making scream on pain while the charge went up successfully destroying the electric system of my mask completely ruining it all of this while I was gathering my aura around me as my chain began to glow.
"Two can play this game Drake!" I shouted as I released the energy around me while two similar dragon claws appeared on me the only difference it was mines were sky blue.
Both of my claws grabbed Drake`s and forced them to set me free as I landed on the ground and took off my mask, for the first time crimson eyes meeting each other.
We looked at each other for a few seconds with both claws hanging behind us, but there was a difference I had a better control of my powers, we both charged as both claws clashed at each other mine successfully overpowering his as both the proceeded to grab Drake and neutralize him on the ground as I got on top of him.
"This is gonna hurt brother." I said as I took a depth breath as I left my instincts took over as I felt my eyes become slit.
"What did you do?" asked Drake while lambert looked at him worryingly.
"He shouted a roar." Said X getting our attention while I just nodded.
"A roar? As in a dragon roar?"
"There are things you still need to learn but yes, if I have to guess in the state you were in your senses were sharper than usual, with that roar Axl was able to made you lose conciseness by the pain your head was suffering." Said X as he looked at me while I just nodded.
"Why didn't you shoot me?" asked Drake with his usual cold voice gone replaced with a worried one.
I just looked at him, "With the energy of the usual shoots I use to neutralize, you would have absorbed them, have I put more energy on them, I would have killed you." I said that last part with a smile.
"Thanks… what happened after that?"
I leaned back on my chair, "After you were knocked out, lambert nad I picked up your blades that were near where Highmax was, we took you back to the academy where Ren was, imagine his surprise when he saw my face."
"Could you please stop looking me at like that." I said while we had arrived to our floor on our dorm.
"Forgive me for thinking I am seeing double." Said Ren as he used his scroll to open the door to his room as we entered his room and put him on of the beds and got out of the room.
"I need to go." I said as lambert returned to his puppy form and headed to Drake`s room or in better term what it was left of him.
"You just cant go like that, tell me the truth what exactly was your real reason for staying here, because after seeing the face behind the mask this go deeper that just wanting to recruit him." Said Ren as he looked at my emerald eyes with no hesitation.
"Follow me." I said as we began to walk out of the dorm, and explained the situation to him.
"You do know that this sound like something pull off a drama novel don't you?" said Ren with a little humor on his voice while we exited the dorm.
"You have no idea, listen I am gonna track down the last of the mavericks on vale, tell that to Drake and not a thing about the rest." I said as I looked at Ren who raised his arm.
"Call me if you need help, would be more than happy to put my training to the test." Said Ren as he raised fist looking at me.
"I will try to remember that." I said as I raised my own fist hitting his.
"Made sure he doesn't leave the academy." I said as he nodded and took flight set to vale while I took out my scroll to call the only other person I could trust on the city.
"Adam." Said Drake while I nodded.
"he said I could crash on one of the hangars of the white fang that weren't being used, he was more than happy to help hunt those down that attacked him and his men, and the best part of all is that I didn't have to explain him our relationship."
"What`s with the scar, did you do it so people don't confuse you with Drake." Said Adam who was leaning against the one wall of the hangar while my eyes twitched in irritation.
"That's the only thing you notice, and by the way the color and length of our hairs is not similar either." I said as he the smile he have banished.
"Give a short summary."
"Bad guys want Drake, we track them and hunt them, the end."
"Any idea where we could find them?"
I shook my head, "I am gonna need some time to find a lead, I will call you when I found a lead."
"After that I spent the next days finding a lead on the mavericks, I would have gone to junior but I figured that if I went so eventually would you. So I decided to do it on my own"
"And how did that turn out?" asked X with a sarcastic voice knowing full well that getting information on my own was not my forte something that I think even Drake noticed during those 4 months.
"You already know the answer to that one, in the end it was Adam who got the lead. It turns out that several members of the white fangs had been deployed and gone missing on the last days and also the information he gave me about the fang's new unknown partner besides Torchwick. So we decided to pay a visit on Saturday night to a place at the industrial area where all of them had been deployed."
"I am having a déjà vu all of the sudden." I said while Adam just nodded since there was nothing inside of it.
"It is a shame you didn't bring lambert so he could find the hidden exit." Said Adam as we entered the hangar.
"There is no need for that." I said as I kneeled and touched the floor to sense the earth below the hangar.
I stood up and walked to an specific part of the hangar as I took my gun, and shoot at it to reveal a hidden entrance.
"Why didn't you do that the last time?" asked Adam.
"I didn't think about it." I said as I jumped down soon followed by Adam.
"Do not look at me like that I didn't thought about the last time" said Axl ignoring the looks of everyone including lambert.
"Focus Axl." Said both brothers at the same time.
I just sighed in defeat, 'Is this what people call the authority of the big brothers?'
"Anyway, we searched the underground facility for a good while until we found a room not expecting to find over 20 members of the white fang death, all of them by the same cause, all of their aura was taken away from them." I said looking at X.
"Armored armadillo." Said X while I nodded as X explained Drake.
"He was one of the main researchers of the MH and although he was Physically weak his semblance was that made him dangerous, the power to absorb all kind of energies aura included." Said X as he looked back at me.
"When we stepped on the room his rolling shields try to trapped us, I immediately pushed Adam avoiding that the sphere catch him unfortunately I cannot say the same for me, he was disguising himself as one of the fallen members of the white fang admitting in loud voice It was him who committed the act of draining the aura of the Faunus."
"So, How did you beat him?" asked Drake
"I didn't. Adam was the one that engage him unfortunately blinded by rage he wasn't listening to my shouts of warning since I was trapped on the sphere that was draining my aura giving the bastard a big power up besides the point that Adam's attacks were also absorbed." I took as deep breath before I continued.
"In what of the points of the fights Adam`s unleashed his semblance sending another attack at armadillo but this time he couldn't absorbed for the great quantity of input of the attack making him deflect back the attack wounding Adam on the process, which made realize he just could absorb attacks at a certain rate."
"So the blood we found in the hangar was his?"
I just nodded as I continued, "realizing his weakness I charged my aura over it`s normal limit so the sphere could not tolerate the speed of the absorption making armadillo give more power that he could control making his body begin to tear apart while I shouted Adam to finish him. We had to get out of there since I without realizing it had caused an little earthquake that was strong enough began to bury the place."
"We barely managed to get out of the place only confirming that the mavericks were indeed working with the white fang, I took Adam to a safe place so he could heal, he told me there was gonna be a heist soon but didn't knew were, that is why I called Tukson the night before who told me where was the heist gonna happen and also that you were there and the leads that you got telling me there was a high possibility that he would be there." I said as I looked at Drake.
"I asked him to keep a secret that I called and also to tell me the time you leaved the store so I could ask him somethi-"
"Wait." I turned to at X who was looked at me with authority, "If you knew there was a possibility Vile was there then why didn't you called?"
"I tried but the signal was being jammed confirming my Suspicions that vile was on the city, since you told me Purgatory could negate all related effects of our domains."
"So considering that Adam was wounded and you didn't have any back up you called Ren." Said Drake.
"Yes, after you left I asked Tukson to tell me where the White fang was gonna gather to meet up for the heist and asked 2 uniforms to wear and told Ren to meet there."
"Thanks again for coming I didn't have anyone else to call else." I said lowly as Ren and I stood on an air ship full of members of the white fang.
"I am more offended by the fact I was the last option."
"It was not really a big list you were the second, thanks."
"Doesn't matter, we are friends after all, But be prepare Nora wants to break the legs of both of you."
"I figured."
Our conversation was cut short when the pilot said we had arrived, we were about to jump when the ship began to descend by force and the door didn't open.
Ren and I looked outside the window to see a familiar set of white chains around the ship, we then went to the pilots cabin and saw my brother along with lambert and Blake and a monkey I did not know and Torchwick.
"He is also involved in all this?" I said to Ren who was looking at something else.
"What?" I asked as he pointed at the sky.
"I don't know why, but there is something giving me a bad vibe." Said Ren as I also noticed the uneasy feeling, my fears became reality when I saw a giant black air ship out of nowhere and the back door opened to reveal several man in black but my eyes were focusing on a familiar face.
'Vile' I thought angrily as I saw raising a blade that although it was the first time I saw it I recognized immediately soon after I drew it I felt a great pain in my head that forced me to kneel while I tried my best not to shout to get unwanted attention while Ren tried to help me.
"The chains had disappeared jump now." I heard the pilot shout as I stood up and went to the door with Ren following me, "Stay close and away all combat, we will act when the time is right." I said to Ren as we jumped down.
"You know the rest Drake." I said as I leaned back in the chair while told X what happened after until the moment I lost conciseness.
"So what happened after that?" I asked at X whose face grimaced as he looked at Drake who stood up as I noticed his left arm.
"I am gonna need a new set of blades." He said giving me an smile trying not to made me feel guilty something it was not usual for him.
I stood up and got closer to see his arm, "Do you have any id-"
Third person POV
"Axl stop." Said X who stood up and began to walk to them.
"It has been a long night lets leave everything for tomorrow.
"Wait, what exactly did the blade did to me?" asked Drake seeing Axl`s reaction.
"Before I tell you that, there is something I want to ask, what are you planning to do now?"
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Ozpin sat on his office watching the police reports of the scene, he would have liked to question Ren, but thanks to X intervention that wouldn't be possible, he was drinking his coffee waiting for a message from X.
He just sighed as he stood up from his chair to look at the window just to hear a beep signaling he just received a message on his scroll.
'Little brother is going to stay with us for a while, you will meet again. X'
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"Vile is death." Said a dark figure standing in front of several digital screens in front of him that said SOUND ONLY.
"Do we have confirmation on the target?" asked a female voice that came from the monitor on the center.
"Affirmative, I confirm it myself, how shall I proceed?" Said the figure as he gave a step forward to reveal Dynamo.
"Don't do anything, I shall sent someone else to deal with him, tell our… associates to stay away from them, in another matter Weil is everything going as schedule."
"Yes milady I have also perfected completed the research of doctors Raptrap and Phoebus." Said an old voice coming from another monitor.
"What about the blade?" asked another voice.
"There is no need to worry, I will call the other of the brother blade, everything will turn out as planned." Said the female terminating the call.
Dynamo just turned around and began to walk, "Things are gonna become way to explosive to my like."
AN: and that `s it volume one finale, I am gonna admit that I rushed the part with the armadillo because I wanted to end fast with Axl`s events.
I revealed a little but not everything of Drake`s past, and left a lot of unanswered question that will be explained to flashback during the time Drake spends with his brothers.
With this I end the Sleeping Dragon and it will continue on the One winged Dragon, I will post on this story when I put the sequel up although I am gonna wait until we are on the half of volume 2 of RWBY although I already have set some events for it.
By the way, does anyone knows the time skip between volume 1 and 2 so I can go according to canon.
One last thing, can anyone guess what are Zero`s and X`s domains, I gave hint of Zero`s on this chapter.
Until Next time and dont forget to review.