Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or any references in this story. I would like to thank the RWBY Wiki for their informative website, which was beneficial in developing this story. Basically I decided to write my first fan fiction from a first-person perspective. This is merely for entertainment purposes only. Enjoy.

Several hours later, I awaken. The sun begins to rise. My vision is severely blurred, and my shoulder burns – I know right away that I've been shot. As my vision begins to clear, I look around; I'm in Ozpin's office, and I look to both sides to find Ozpin and Port to my left, while Goodwitch and Oobleck to my right, all of them are restrained. I try to move, grunting as I do so, only to discover that my hands are bound and behind my back, like the staff. 'Feels like zip-tie handcuffs.' I let out a sigh.

Just then, the door to my left opens...and my worst nightmare enters the room; Adam Taurus. He looks to the five 'hostages', but primarily focuses on me.

"You again? I've should have killed you when I had the chance." as he walks towards me and kneels down in front of me. "Now look at you, trapped like a rat...again." I spit in his face in response. He retaliates by drawing his sword and puts it up to my neck. I close my eyes, preparing to die.

"Stop! We need him alive." a woman says, causing Adam to freeze in place. The woman soon appears from the shadows – the one from the locker room. Adam then sheaths his sword and backs away.

"I'm glad to see you're finally awake" she says as she approaches me.

"W-who are you?"

"Her name is Cinder Fall." Ozpin suddenly speaks.

Cinder laughs, "So glad that you remembered me after all this time."

"How could I not, especially when you went rogue. You became corrupt and craved for more power." She just laughs in response.

The door opens yet again, but this time, a guy with bright orange hair, wearing a black bowler hat, and a white suit enters with two more people; a woman and a guy. The woman having tanned skin & red eyes, wearing tan & green attire. The guy, purple hair and a gray jacket.

"What you started without us?" the orange hair guy asked sarcastically.

"Not at all, Roman, we were just getting started" Cinder says.

All of the sudden, an explosion causes the whole room to shake. Gunfire and additional explosions begin to follow after. 'Yes, they're here!' I think to myself. I know for a fact that the team went to my contact and got help, but right now I need to help the staff, and myself.

"Adam, get down to the Ball Room and find out what's happening!" Cinder demands. He gives a nod and rushes out the door. Only four targets; 'Five on four, we can take them', but we still need to deal with the restraints.

Cinder, Roman, and the other two move to the windows to observe what's going on outside. This is the distraction I needed. I gesture the staff to move their legs to make contact with each other and form a human chain. I begin to focus my aura on everybody's restraints, causing them to expand and become loose enough for us to free ourselves. I then put my finger up to my mouth to hush them as I slowly stand up and activate my semblance to go invisible, while the staff kept their hands behind their backs.

Roman is the first to look in our direction, with shock.

"What the- where'd the other one go!" he demands as he aims his cane at the staff, and the bottom of the cane flips up to form a targeting sight. I take him by surprise yelling out,

"GUN!" I strike him on the nerve below he elbow, causing him to drop his weapon. "NOW!" as I grab the back of Roman's head with one hand, and throw the staff their weapons with my other hand. The staff jump to their feet and begin to attack the other enemies as I take Roman and bash his head against the edge of Ozpin's desk several times, knocking him unconscious.

"You deal with these guys, I'm going after Taurus!" I yell as I grab my pistol and two magazines from the desk, then bolt towards the door. I suddenly have to stop as the doorway becomes engulfed in flames. I look back to see it's Cinder's handy work, as she begins to laugh. I merely smirk at her and continue to run at the inferno, diving through into the hallway. As I stand up, I notice the lower part of my pant leg is on fire, so I quickly pat it out.

I load my pistol with a magazine, and stuff the spare one in my pocket. After that, I begin to rush through the hallway, and make my way down the stairs – No enemies in sight. I don't know whether to consider that as a good thing or a bad thing. I stop for a moment to catch my breath and check my bearings. I reach up to check my shoulder – still bleeding, but just barely. I think to myself about what my next move is; 'Ball Room. He was heading for the Ball Room'

I begin to quietly maneuver through the battered hallways, where the walls are riddled with bullets, and several pillars are set ablaze. I head for the Ball Room, hearing sporadic gunfire and explosions, both far and near, as I move. I eventually get to the door, and stack up. I begin to hear voices on the other side, at least three of them.

"Has anybody found Blake yet?" I know that has to be Adam, but I freeze in place when he mentions Blake's name. 'Why is he looking for her?'

"Negative, sir. We're still looking though."

Adam growls in response, "When I find her, she's gonna regret ever abandoning me..." That answers my question. 'He's out for vengeance and blood. I have to stop him before he can harm her...'

I ready my pistol, and after taking a deep breath to steady my nerves, then I kick the door in. I take him and two White Fang soldiers by surprise. Before they have time to reach for their weapons, I open fire. Using the 1-5 drill, I multiple rounds into each of them in a matter of seconds, resulting in them hitting the floor like bags full of bricks; The two soldiers are dead before they even hit the floor; one soldier is riddled with six bullets, while the other soldier with only three.

I quickly draw my spare magazine and reload, shut the door behind me, then proceed further into the room to find Adam still alive and attempting to crawl away from me and towards his weapon, all while coughing up his own blood. I managed to hit him six times, all center mass. I begin to walk along side him,

"You know something Taurus? For most of my life, all I ever did was kill. I killed for my Kingdom,"

*BANG* I shoot him in the left knee,

"I killed for my family,"

*BANG* I shoot him in the other knee,

"I killed for my friends,"

*BANG* I shoot him in the left elbow,

"I even killed to protect the woman I love – Blake...Belladonna..."

*BANG* The other elbow

"But this one–" I kneel down next to him and look him in the eye, "–this one's for me."

I stand and take aim at his head, and he looks up at me,

"Go" *Cough* "To he–"

*BANG*

The echo of the shot rings through the Ball Room. The smell of gunpowder and death is almost overwhelming. I slowly holster my pistol as I walk over to the nearest wall, lean my back against it, and slide down to sit. I sit there for a moment, letting everything that just happened sink in.

"You've finally been avenged, Shadow Team" I whisper as I look up to the skylight, to see the sun beginning to rise. I have finally avenged my fallen comrades, who I lost during the attack on the White Fang Stronghold.

Suddenly, I hear voices and footsteps just outside the door I had entered,

"Stack up on the door!" a muffled voice yells out.

'I guess this is the end,' I think to myself. I figure it's a White Fang squad that will shoot me on sight, and there's no other way out of the ballroom, so I decide to just continue to stay where I am and conclude my mind, preparing for the inevitable.

"Crash it," and the doors are blown open with a breaching charge. Four silhouettes enter the room in the blink of an eye,

"BLUE–BLUE–BLUE–BLUE–BLUE!" one shouts out, while aiming his rifle at me. 'That's definitely not the White Fang...'

"Blue–Blue" I call out as I raise my hands.

As the smoke begins to clear, I see the four men, each dressed in dark blue uniforms and black tactical vests, with balaclavas to conceal their identities. I look at them to see the badge on their shoulders – The Vale Police Force's Tactical Team.

"Shane?" The squad leader says, looking at me as he removes his mask. I see a man with with white spiked hair, and gray eyes. I know that face well – It's Donovan Hollis, my contact in the Police Force. He's the guy I sent Blake and the others to speak to.

"Still alive, eh?"

"Yeah, looks like it, Donnie boy" I say as he offers me a hand and pulls me to my feet.

"I was quite skeptical when she told me."

"Who told you what?"

"That lady friend of yours, Blake. She came to the precinct and told me that you were still alive after all this time, and that you needed my help. She's mighty fine looking, by the way." he nudges me with his arm.

"Hey, don't get any ideas, mate. She's mine." I say jokingly, but with some seriousness in my tone as well. He responds by just giving me a pat on the back.

"It's good to have you back."

"It's good to be back." I pause for a moment. "Where is she?"

"Come on, I'll take you to her," as we head for the door...or what's left of it, anyways.

He reaches for his radio, "Command, this is 1-3, the Ball Room is secured. Status Report: Three E-KIA, one CAT Alpha, we're on our way out, over."

"Roger that 1-3, keep us posted, out."

"You three," he looks back to the other officers, "Lock this area down and start cleaning up this mess."

"Will do, Sergeant." one of the officers responds.

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