Cinder was walking in the underground city, until she stopped at a building and ran into it. While in there, she sighed in stress. She couldn't get her mind off Ruby, like if she was okay or got hurt here by Roman. It made her have a tight knot in her stomach just thinking about the torture him and the White Fang could've put on her. She only had one goal. To get Ruby back to Vale safe and sound. And that's exactly what she was going to do.
The fire princess put on her mask and walked back out into the city. When she walked out, she came across a White Fang member walking alone. For some reason, it seemed to be a female and was at the same height as Cinder. This gave her a idea. A very weird yet brilliant idea. She sneaked up behind the defenseless fanus then chopped her on the neck, knocking her out. Cinder pulled the unconscious body into the building she left before and started to switch clothing. Soon, Cinder wore the White Fang's traditional clothing, making her look like one of them. She smirked in victory, loving how her idea was going and after, walked with a White Fang group.
"Hey, guys." Cinder told the two fangs beside her. The men nodded their heads in reply as one replied, "Newbie?" "Yes." Cinder answered back in a deep tone. She was trying to sound very intimidating and not the serious yet happy type she's been slowly turning into. This actually worked out well to her surprise, so she had to keep it up. "So, fangs? Who are we taking hostage this time?" She asked the men quietly. "Ruby Rose. She's supposed to be special to the boss." One of them stated. "She's also Cinder's, the boss' sister? Yeah. She's actually her um. Girlfriend?" The word girlfriend made Cinder turn red instantly. How did the White Fang know about the two? She swear, when all of this was over, she would know. "So, yeah." The fang continued. "Okay then," Cinder responded, hiding her anger quickly.
"What do we do now?" She continued. "We go and find the spy Roman was talking about." One of the men commanded. "Spy?" Cinder asked in a little confusion. "Yes," The fang answered. "There's a spy on the White Fang... Which leads me to say. Where are your cat ears, soldier?" The man questioned as he grabbed Cinder's arm, pulling her towards him. Before he could capture her, she tripped him then back kicked the other one down. The leftover fang tried to attack again, but Cinder punched him bullseye in the face. Right after the beating, she hid their bodies in another building then continued to walk like nothing happened. She knew one thing now. That the White Fang were pretty smart. And it will be hard for her to go sneaking around now. But she had to continue. For Ruby.
Meanwhile, Weiss was secretly walking through the White Fang's hideout in search for dust. But to her surprise, there was no dust to find or pick up. Just. Rocks. This angered her, but didn't make her pissed off. She moved forward, groaning, only to find a huge wall. She stopped at it and examined the new found wall closely. It looked like a crash more then a build, which made her more suspicious about it. In her head, she thought it was probably the White Fang making another room or something, so she passed it. Until, she heard a huge bang from behind it. The snow white quickly ran back and put her ear on the wall.
She listened to hear someone yelling out loud in rage. The voice sounded deep yet also squeaky a little. In a instant, Weiss knew it was Blake having a tantrum. Inside, the fanus was hitting the wall, trying to make it budge. While she was doing that, Emerald carefully studied their surroundings. "What the hell are you doing just standing there?!" Blake yelled out to her. "Unlike you, i'm trying to find a way out of here!" Emerald shouted out back then continued to search around. After trying to break down the wall a couple more times, Blake gave up and sat down, panting hard. The green haired girl turned to her in sadness and also a dash of emptiness. "Finally, you stop. Now come on and at least help me FIND a way out, not break everything all the time!" She commanded.
"I think you're getting me mixed up with Yang." Blake replied coldly. "Really? Because I don't recall seeing Yang trying to break a rock-like wall right now!" Emerald countered loudly. The black hair girl didn't even try to fight her, she just wanted to think to herself at the minute. With that, Emerald walked around, looking at the rocks around her then at Blake. She was curled up into a ball and sniffed a little. She almost cried until the red eyed partner approached her in a little annoyance. "Blake, come on and help me." She stated to her in a quiet and delicate tone. "How can I help? I still have that White Fang blood in me. The madness. I still have it. That makes me so. Upset..." Blake whispered back to Emerald. "I plan to change, but I still have anger and it pisses me off! How am I able to protect if I keep acting like this!?"
"Maybe... Maybe you think of the people you want to protect the most. Like me. In order to keep my madness in check, I think of Cinder and Mercury. I think of how much I want to keep them safe. And with that, all the hatred inside me turns into determination and confidence! Come on, you! Who do you want to protect, huh?" Emerald asked Blake. The fanus sighed then answered, "My friends, my team, Beacon. Maybe.. Velvet-." "Then come on and help me!" Emerald interrupted. "Let's go and find a way out of this hell hole!" "... Fine." Blake agreed with Emerald. She then looked at the wall again, getting a plan.
"Hey, Blake!" Weiss yelled out from the other side. "Weiss!" Blake responded as she put her ear next to the wall. "How did you find us?!" "Well, uh, spoiler alert. Yeah. There's a huge fucking wall!?" Weiss called back to the black hair girl. She just rolled her eyes at the young ice queen's sarcasm. She didn't really have time for her, so she decided to get straight to the point. "Weiss, help us get out of here!" Blake commanded. "What do you think I've been trying to do-." "Just help us out of this damn hole, fucker!" The annoyed fanus shouted out to her teammate. Weiss growled at her action and slowly took out her rapier.
"Alright! Emerald, come here." Blake told her quietly. Emerald walked towards her and smiled, "What's up? Found a way out?" She questioned. "Yes," Blake answered and turned to the wall. "Weiss! You got your weapon ready?!" "Always do." Weiss stated. "Okay, I'm going to tell you when to slash the wall down! Emerald you take out your scythes, please!" Blake demanded her nicely as Emerald proceeded to take out her weapon. "On the count of three, you break this fucking barrier, okay, Weiss?!" She continued. Weiss smiled at the new Blake she had found and replied, "Okay." As she got ready to count down, Blake tiptoed behind Emerald. "One, two..."
Finally, Blake picked up the defenseless Emerald. "The hell-." "Three!" With that, she twisted Emerald to the wall, making her little scythes hit it in a twister. Behind, Weiss slashed her rapier to the wall hard along with Emerald. In seconds, the barrier standing in front of them broke. Out of the ashes came out Emerald covered in dust and Blake with a smile. The two fist bumped while walking to Weiss. "Now that that's over with, what do we do now?" Blake asked the snow white. "Well, I couldn't find dust. So, I guess we try to find the so-called leader." Weiss responded and Emerald threw her a confused look. "Uh, that tunnel we just made was previously filled with explosive Dust." She told her. "Really?! Maybe the White Fang plan to blow something up." Weiss whispered.
"The school, maybe!" Blake yelled and started to run off. "Come on, guys! We got to tell Cinder!" With that, the girls ran off to where the flame princess was to tell her the news.
Meanwhile, Mercury and Yang were about to walk around, waiting for one of their teammates to find them. The blonde started to get tired and sat on a boulder. "Man, this place sucks!" Yang blurted out. "Tell me about it," Mercury agreed with a cocky tone in his voice as he sat next to the exhausted girl. "I mean, everywhere we go is just rocks. And old rundown buildings! Nothing special!" "Oh well, we can't moan about it, we gotta go tell the news to the others." Yang replied and got up, walking to where the path would take her. But Mercury still sat on the boulder. In aggravation, she pulled him off and dragged him with her.
"You know, Mercury. You have to be the laziest fucker I ever met." She informed him. In response, he groaned then laughed, "I'll take that as a compliment." "How can Emerald deal with you?" Yang asked. "Asshole, she lets me do my thing." Mercury stated to her in irritation. Yang just sighed, thinking the boy was just a spoiled brat, just like how Weiss used to be. "No wonder." She whispered. Before they moved forward, they were stopped by someone. The shy red haired boy, Isreal.
"H-Hello, there." He said to the two wanderers. Yang dropped Mercury and walked towards Isreal slowly. "You must be a white fang, huh?" She smirked and Isreal just stood there, with a emotionless look. "Uh, no. I'm Isreal." He told her, making her look turn into something of confusion. She cleared her throat then continued. "So, you're the villain. Helping Roman? That bastard." "No, I'm not villain. Again, I'm Isreal." He repeated. Yang's eye twitched at his reply. For some reason the boy was pissing her off. But he made Mercury amused and even laugh. "This dude is as dumb as bolts!" He chuckled.
"Jeez! I'm Isreal! And I only ask, nicely, please leave, intruders." He commanded the two. Yang wide her eyes at the fact he knew they weren't from the White Fang. Mercury soon stopped laughing and looked closely at the boy. He nearly gasped at what he saw. "Y-Yang! We got to go." He said to her in fear. "How come?" She asked. "He's... Uh..." Mercury tried to answer, but couldn't find the right words. "Never mind! Come on, Yang!" "Dude, it's just a scruffy boy! I think I know what I'm doing." Yang turned to him and answered. But when she turned back there was a huge group of White Fang surrounding Isreal. "This. Could've went down better." He sighed then signaled the fang to get them.
"You know what? Yeah. We should leave." Yang continued. As they approached the two, Yang finally came to her senses and ran away with Mercury, pretty upset with their actions.
Ruby and Neo ran through the dark hallways surrounding her. While running, Ruby talked to the girl that saved her. "So, how come you saved me?" She questioned. "Because. You seem to be close to my sister. In a way. Is it friendship? Or more?" Neo asked her back, making Ruby blush slightly. "We are... We have. A very complicated relationship, me and her. She, I don't know, likes me? it's very hard to explain." She answered slowly to the ice cream girl. "So, complicated love? Okay." Neo replied and Ruby turned completely red at her choice of words. "You know, a relationship like that is unhealthy." She continued.
Even though they just met today, Ruby couldn't help but think Neo was right. She couldn't have a unhealthy bond with someone. Maybe after all this, her and Cinder could fix things up. Especially the affection problem she had with her. And the new 'secrets' she learned about. "Ms. Neo. Elizabeth told me some things about Cinder. Is it true she was sent to kill. Me and the others?" She questioned. Neo looked down then stopped in her tracks, turning to Ruby. "Well, she is very different from you, Weiss, Blake and everyone, Ruby. It's complicated. Yes, it is true. But she didn't want to do it. Which is why she begged me to be a spy for her. It's. Best Cinder tells you about it and not me." She responded and continued to run. "Okay." Ruby said and followed Neo again.
Suddenly, they both heard a sound from the corner. It was the sound of bones being crushed and blood splattered. Neo signaled Ruby to stay back and peeked to see a white blonde messing with a White Fang. She was stepping on his face hard while laughing. "Ha ha ha! What's wrong? Too weak?!" She toyed with the man as he cried in pain. Ruby looked at the violence and couldn't help but feel sad for the fang. "L-Lisa! The boss wouldn't like it if you killed me!" He stated to her, only causing her to hurt him more by kicking his face multiple times. "You talking smart, you filthy fanus!? Remember, the boss isn't here at the minute and my Cinder is here in this place, so shut up and obey!" With that, she crushed his face, making him stop breathing.
"Oh no! There's blood on my shoe! Dammit! Now I have to clean it so Cinder won't think I'm crazy~." She told herself and skipped off like nothing happened. Ruby almost threw up, until Neo covered her mouth. "I really don't want to see throw up." She whispered to her. "Sorry. Why would she do that?" Ruby quickly questioned and the young girl sighed. "That was Lisa. Cinder's. Yandere." Neo informed her quietly. "They've been friends when young and B. N. Before Neo." "Yandere-." "We should move before they come back." The child interrupted her before she could ask anymore questions. Ruby was confused but listened to her as the two ran to find a way out of the prison.
Inside a office was the boss herself. She was looking outside at the Fang working hard to get stuff in stock for the train. She stared for a couple of seconds until her attention went to the door behind her. It opened to Victor and Roman who had a little smile pasted on their faces. "What is it? The spy?" She called to them. "That is one of the things," Roman stated. "Get this? Cinder is actually here!" After he said that, the boss' eyes went wide in surprise. "Not only that, the spy helped Ruby escape and two kids have been spotted that work for the rose." He continued. Elizabeth smiled lightly and turned to them. "Now this is quite interesting." She revealed to the two.
"What do you mean?" Victor questioned. "I mean, these guys think they can take us on. Well they have another thing coming... Roman!" She yelled to him, getting his attention. "Get the train ready. Have every damn machine on there and the smallest speck of dust inside contained." She continued. "yes ma'am." He told her and walked out of the room. "What should I do, Elizabeth?" He asked his leader. "What is with you and questioning me all the time? Go guard the place with Isreal, he'll need the help." She commanded him. With a bow, he headed to where the young boy would be.
After that, Elizabeth looked out of her window again. A laugh slipped out of her mouth just by thinking of her 'sister'. Finally, to her,
Things were going according to plan...
