Prologue: Black v3

A thief's work is never done, no matter what there will always be more to take. Precious metals, jewels, art, and family heirlooms. As long as there are things of value in this world the burning desire to posses them will burn in the heart of men, especially thieves. But that thieves don't just do it to steal, oh no it's so much more than that. Any two-rate hack can mug, or rob someone without anyone ever learning about him or her. A real thief one whom truly takes pride in their profession, is someone whom takes credit for what they have done. A real thief wants the world to know, they cracked the unbreakable security, and they stole the unobtainable. A true thief leaves just enough evidence to prove it was they who stole the prize, and they'd do it again in a heartbeat. Thieves like these however are a dying breed, they're numbers have dwindled down to all but a select few over these past years.

Midas the self proclaimed, "Golden King of Thieves" is one of the last, and the proud remaining "true" thieves in the world. He takes pride in his work, and most importantly whenever he steals something, he taunts the local police, and hunters/huntress with his calling card. A simple, yet elegant calling card worthy of him. The challenge is what sharpens his skills, and makes the reward all the sweeter. As a master thief there is nothing beyond his grasp. Two years after starting his quest as a thief the world already nows the name Midas they respect, and fear just what that name means...and tonight is no different.

"Attention citizens this is an urgent news alert. Earlier tonight a priceless angel statue that was donated to the Vale association of history, was stolen from its maximum-security exhibit. It has been confirmed that the culprit is a thief whom goes by the name "Midas." Shortly after the thefts discovery authorities found this calling card left by the criminal in past thefts." A female newscaster said, before showing the audience Midas's calling card, which was a black poster with a smiling cartoon version of his mask, in the middle of his two gold handguns.

"Due in part too the exhibits known history of violence, from the terrorist organization known as the White Fang. And the theft occurring during a Faunus equal rights protest, we believe that this "cowardly" criminal is most likely in league with the terrorist group. We advise all citizens to be on high alert for the culprit, or his fellow White Fang members." The newscaster said as she brought up a picture of the white fang's symbol right next to Midas calling card.

"HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME OF BEING IN LEAGUE WITH THOSE ANIMALS! I steal artifacts, and valuables from those whom cannot appreciate them. I don't attack dozens of random people to send a message, and I don't steal DUST like a common thug…I'm not with those petty thugs…I don't don't use fear to get what I want like they do." Midas said after he shot the image of the newscaster on his TV enraged from her theory.

"I chose the exhibit, because the owner is a rich, entitled punk who has a LONG history of walking all over his Faunus workers. I got there first before the protest happened…also funny how they just glossed over the fact it became a riot after some jerk threw a rock at a Faunus kid. Those people started the riot, because they couldn't accept people aren't like them…and they call the Faunus monsters." Midas said as he set the stolen statue he was examining, down next to his real real prize, which had been inside of it

After setting the statue down, Midas gazed down at his mask next to it. It was the first "real" time he'd stared at it; he became memorized by the huge crack around the right eye, and the staples holding the broken pieces together.

"It's really been a year since the accident huh…its funny I never really noticed the crack until now? I guess I was just trying to avoid it? After all who would want to remember one of the biggest failures in their life…or what it cost them. I came so much closer to one of the pieces that day if it weren't for me letting my guard down, and trusting "her" I would have had it." Midas said as he picked up his mask, and remembered the day the White Fang stole a treasure he had been after, and scarred his eye. Just the thought of that horrible day brought on the flashbacks like a nightmarish mirage.

He'd received word that one of the treasure's he'd been after had surfaced. The intel was good having been taken from his last job, which its self had been another stop in his hunt.

"You're really going through with this aren't you Wraith? When are you going to let this go, your still just a kid, guy with your talents should try finding a steady job." Wraith/Midas's friend Jack said in a desperate plea, too stop him from going on another one of his god-forsaken clue hunts.

"Oh yes a steady job like what you do bro, how is the organized crime life going anyway? I heard that the White Fang hit a couple of your guys last week, and you responded by burning down a few of their bases in town." Wraith said to Jack with his arms crossed tauntingly.

"You think I liked doing that Wraith, their were a few of their members trapped in those burning buildings…but in this line of work, when you get pushed you either push back or get trampled to death. This is what I'm talking about, I want you to have something better then this kind of life Wraith." Jack said to Wraith with a grim face after placing one of his hands on Wraiths shoulder.

"I know you didn't like doing that, I understand that it's a dog eat dog world you live in. But that's the thing I don't live in that dark world, or in the bright world regular people do, I live in between, in a gray twilight. I do some questionable things, where I might inch towards one of the sides, but I never lose myself in it…Midas never runs from something, I take what I want with these two hands." Wraith/Midas said in a very sarcastic tone to his old friend.

"…I understand what your saying, but I still believe that if you just tried to have a normal life in that bright world you could. At least then a person I see, like a little brother wouldn't be getting shot at on a daily basis. " Jack said to Wraith/Midas while he looked over at an old picture of the two of them as kids.

"You know its funny that's exactly how I feel about you bro. We both know regardless of what your bosses have ordered you to do, your still to nice for this line of work. If theirs anyone who could pull off normal, it isn't me its you buddy…so don't worry i'm going to be fine. This is just another job, nothing more nothing less." Midas said to Jack to calm him, after putting his on mask before leaving.

"Your still that stubborn kid I met at the orphanage, won't listen to anyone when you think your right. At least whatever this dream of yours is little brother your willing to fight for it. Wait whats this...oh he cannot be serious? He actually wants me to send this out, god and right after I told him to be careful!" Jack said out loud to himself as images of better times when he was a teen and Wraith was just some punk kid he knew briefly flashed in his mind, before noticing the letter he'd left for him.

Midas left two days later once all the prep work finished, this time the target was a corrupt CEO of an advanced robotics company, whom was almost always surrounded, by his own private militia force of hunter/huntress. Getting close to him was going to be the easy part, he'd seen to that. The security would have been raised after his letter was sent, and with that added security it would become very easy to sneak in with a good enough disguise…However stealing the prize would prove difficult, since it was within a suitcase handcuffed to the targets wrist. Luckily however the target was paranoid, after the letter he'd changed plans for his recent;y scheduled trip. Land and sea would be to open, and exposed for them, that only left their private airship. A good hiding spot, but vulnerable, which is how Midas wanted it, everything was calculated to the letter for this outcome.

"…You know some plans look better on paper than they do in real life. Everything's been calculated, and is going according to plan, he took the bait, and is in the air…but I greatly underestimated how scary this few hundred foot drop was. Nah I'm sure I'm just over thinking things, its not like if I miss I'll fall to a very very painful death…crap there I go again. You know what screw it i've come this far already, and I won't get another chance like this it is, we're right above his ship, on my count I'm going to jump out…ok…3…2…OH YOU SON OF A!" Midas roared as the co-pilot of the airship, he'd chartered for this job pushed him right out of the air ship into free fall thousands of feet in the air towards the targets airship.

Free fall was…interesting to say the least, it seemed to take longer than it should have for Midas to fall, or at least that's how he saw it. He felt like an angel who had just lost their wings, and were crashing down over remnant. He tried his best to avoid falling through a cloud, and moving away from his target zone he was only going to get one chance at this…But unfortunately it was for naught, because he did in fact miss the landing zone, he was going to fall just past the airship like he planned.

"Like hell I got kicked out of an airship, and still miss my target! Well time to do something cool…El Dorado Shot!" Midas roared as he whipped out, and unfolded "boom stick", than loaded a gold DUST cartridge into it, and finally fired a massive golden round that pushed him back into the safe zone of his drop zone. Then within moments of doing so, he landed feet first onto the airship, and his boots then magnetized to the hull so he wasn't blasted off.

"OH THANK GOD I'M STILL ALIVE!...I mean all according to plan perfectly…kind of. All right to do list land on ship check, put disguise on check, sneak in check, find the target, get the suitcase, and than get the heck out…I love this part its like I'm a spy or something! To bad the whole naming my attack thing wasn't as cool as I thought it would be i'll keep trying." Midas said before he put on his disguise, which was a perfect copy of the uniform worn by the security team on the airship, and then snuck into the ship completely under the radar.

Little did Midas know that a moment after he landed and went to work, just half minutes away was another airship, which was about to delivery two black dressed, and deadly party crashers into the mix curiosity of The White Fang.

As Midas worked his way through the ship, across the sky outside, White Fang members Adam, and Blake were getting ready for their operation. They're mission was to infiltrate the airship, and kidnap a CEO well known for his racial hatred of Faunus and ransom him for a massive amount of DUST. They also had another objective, which was to steal a suitcase handcuffed to the targets wrist.

"I still say we should have just shot the damn thing down right out of the sky, and picked through the crashed ship. No doubt the target has a bunker built in that can survive it, and the case is durable enough survive as well." Adam said to Blake as he was sharpening his katana.

"And I told you why we couldn't do that remember? Right now that ship is flying right over a heavily populated area, if we shoot it down theirs no way it won't land on a city block, or god forbid a small town. We are not the bad guys Adam, we don't hurt innocent people for no reason." Blake said very angrily annoyed to her partner from yet another reminder of his lack of compassion.

"Hey you can't make an omelet without cracking a few eggs Blake, that's something I still can't believe you haven't figured out yet? Times have changed White Fang isn't a peaceful organization anymore, the only thing humans respect is strength and fear. If they wont respect us Faunus, then they will fear White Fang." Adam said to Blake after finishing his Katana, and doing one practice swing, before finally sliding it back into it's sheath.

"H…Hey Adam do you think he might show up during the operation. I mean we were told he sent the target a letter he'd be coming for him. Kind of just like we are?" Blake said to Adam as he was starting to prep himself for the operation.

"Who…you mean that hack thief what's his name again…Midas. I doubt he'll show, but I hope he does. He's on our hit list he's stopped dozens of our DUST heists, and gotten a lot of our members captured. Not to mention his relationship with the Shadow Hawks gang, a group we've been at war with for years. It's not today to it will be tommrow either way like humanities, his reckonings coming soon. Now get ready for the drop." Adam said after they arrived at the target zone, and the air ship hatch slid open.

So far the job was going well Midas had, after dawning his disguise managed to blend perfectly within the ranks of the security team. Sending his challenge letter was definitely a good move for infiltration. Nothing sweeter than a well executed heist…but even still Midas couldn't shake the feeling that things were going almost too well.

"No no I'm sure its just like before, I'm over thinking the issue things are going well, because its all part of the plan…still I can't help but feel like something bad is about to happen, and that is never a good thing." Midas thought to himself after he finally found his way through the twists and turns of the ships maze like interior, and found the targets bunker room. Getting in was a very simple matter, thanks to a copied security key card, which vouched for Midas's disguise.

Upon entering the bunker room Midas found that his target was siting comfortably in a rather large living space guarded by a security hunter team. He very casually made his way over to the target, without drawing to much attention.

"Good I think this is close enough, now lets get ride of the guards now shall we?" Midas thought to himself before pressing a button. and setting off a small explosive he'd planted in the other side of the ship. And to his luck the target ordered most of his guards over to that side too check, it was just the target, Midas, and three other guards. Just as he was about to start un-cuffing the suitcase another, and more importantly unplanned explosion occurred and threw a monkey wrench into Midas's plan.

"Intruders alert two armed, and dangerous intruders have infiltrate this vassal!" Roared the airships alarm.

That could not have happened at a worse time, because the explosions and alarm put the other three guards into over drive, and they noticed that Midas was picking the handcuff lock.

"Hey what do you think your doing with the boss's wrist kid? Wait I've never seen you on the team before, and we didn't get any new guys before this job…YOUR WITH THE INTRUDERS!" A hunter said after Midas got caught trying to steal the suitcase.

"Ah hey guys what are you talking about? I've been in the gang for months, how could you not notice me? I was only trying to make sure the boss's case was still secure that's all…not buying it huh? Well maybe we can just talk about this like rational and more importantly non violent people…Wow I guess not now you see that's to bad, but hey at least your going to see something cool right now don't blink okay?" Midas said before he used his semblance, and wiped the floor with the bodyguards.

"WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM, I HAVE ENOUGH CONNECTIONS TO RUIN YOU…ANSWER ME DAMMIT!" Midas's target said to him, as he dragged his ass through the bulkhead twists, and hallways of the airship.

"SHUT UP!...Good that calmed you down now just what in the hell is going on here. I had a perfect, and simple plan sneak in get the case off your wrist sneak, than get out…but no some one else had to show up uninvited!...Well you don't see this everyday?" Midas said before arriving at the main observation deck section, which was the largest part of the ship.

After arriving there he saw a chaotic brawl of his targets bodyguards fighting a giant red haired man in a mask, and a long black haired girl with a transforming gun weapon like Midas's boom stick.

"I'm going to go out on a limb and assume these aren't your friends are they…I thought not? Well one things for sure they are definitely the people who completely shattered my plans…Well we have reached a impasse I can't go any further dragging you behind, so you can either unlocked the hand cuffs, or I can break your wrist and force your hand out…your choice dude." Midas said to his target whom looked at his men being taken down by the two intruders, and then back to Midas before unlocking the cuffs.

Luck was however not on Midas side, because the moment he was about to grab the case it was shot across the room away from him followed by Adam saying:

"I don't think so that case is ours punk."

"Now see thats just rude, I was here first you know, and I don't remember seeing you all on the invite list!" Midas said before bolting straight for the case, with Adam chasing behind him.

"HEY I SAID BACK OFF PUNK!" Adam said after jumping into the air, landing in front of Midas, and swinging at him with his katana.

"Hey hey hey watch it that looks really really sharp, and it looks like it will leave a major paper cut?" Midas said after blocking the blade with the shot gun he uses to form, "Boom stick."

"Wait…those gold weapons, and ridiculous mask…oh this is to perfect I get to knock out two birds with one stone. The White Fang's been after you for a while Mr. Thief. " Adam said after jumping back a few feet, and fusing his katana with his rifle into his makeshift gun blade combination weapon.

"So you two are part of White Fang no wonder you lack any sense of manners, or tact. And you're not exactly in a position to call my mask stupid pal, its at least better then the ones you White Fang punks wear. I mean why wear a mask that only covers your eyes…now that's just weird." Midas said as he loaded a DUST cartridge into his shotgun, and fired a blast straight at Adam. The blast was so bright it blinded everyone in the room accept for Midas whom made another run for the case.

"Not so fast Mr. Thief we're not all so bad, despite what my friend would have you believe. Maybe we can just talk this out, if you just calm down?" Blake said after launching her scythe gun wrapping it around the case, and pulling over to her side of the room.

"Oh where are my manners, I failed to realize a lady was present my most sincere apologize. But I'm afraid we're way past talking now. So I'll have to rip that out of your cute little hands now?" Midas said as he spun around and ran towards Black, shedding his disguise back for his cloak, and than activating its stealth mode, and completely disappeared.

"Ok I can't seem him now, Adam little help here?" Blake shouted to her partner whom then switched his masks vision to infer red, and found Midas whom was now standing right in front of Blake.

"HE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU HIT, DO IT NOW!" Adam roared as Adam launched a feint energy cut at Midas to distract him away from Blake, whom than whipped her gun blade out, wrapped its wires around Midas constricting him.

"Oh…well this isn't good now is it? I don't suppose I could persuade you to be a good little kitty, and untie me could you? No well that's to bad, I guess that makes you a bad kitty. Midas in a ploy to distract them while he used is only free hand to cut the wires, constricting his hands movements.

"Wait…how did you know I was a?...Never mind, I'm sorry, but I cant let you go. Otherwise you'll just try, and keep fighting us. But tell you what, maybe I'll let you go If you let me see, whose under that mask of yours…To be honest after seeing the reports about you i'm just a bit curious?" Blake said after pulling Midas over face to mask with her, so close that she was staring at his eyes through the masks slits.

"You know what they say curiosity killed the cat, so i'd be careful before you play with fire? And as for how I know about you well, I have my ways just like you White Fang thugs do. " Midas said while using his semblance to make himself cut faster through the bonds.

"Oh that's to bad well don't worry I'll make sure when we take you back with us my partner doesn't rough you up." Blake said as Adam walked back up, and stood next to her.

"Ok guys I can see your enjoying the team power here, but you already caught me don't you think its overkill with that …how did you guys even sneak that thing in here its HUGE? Wait since when did the White Fang start using robots?" Midas said very sarcastically to Blake, and Adam as a massive robot bodyguard unit came rising out of the floor, and pointed very annoying red laser pointers at all of them.

"What how the hell did we miss this thing its huge, and more importantly is blocking our exit window…shit?" Adam said before the robot smacked him across the room, not doing any serious damage to anything but his pride.

"Ah Ms. I have an idea its seem like none of us are going to be able to get away while this thing is rampaging, why don't we triple team it? It can't block three different attacks now can it?" Midas asked after freeing himself, but making it still appear like he was bound.

"…I want to trust you, but I need something more concrete than just your word first" Blake said as she thought about freeing him.

"Fair enough, but what better way to prove me wrong that you white fang aren't all thugs eh?." Midas said to a thinking Blake while keeping up his act.

"We're not thugs for the hundredth time...fine but keep your promise to help Adam right now ok?" Blake said after she thought she left Midas go.

"But of course what kind gentlemen goes back on his promise to a fair maiden. Especially one who is in distress." Midas said to Blake and launched himself forward forming Boom Stick in motion, and slid under the robot cutting parts of its legs.

"Very nice…you sure do like to show off don't you? Now lets see if you can put your money where your mouth is?" Blake said to Midas before she, and Adam both started firing at the robot death machine as well.

The robot bodyguard was consumed by the multiple targets. It's systems didn't know which person to go after first so it chose at random, and came after Adam again.

"Wow he really does not like you dude it must be able to tell that your a jerk. Now this wasn't quite as cool the first time, but lets give it another try here SCATTER SHOT!" Midas said after loading a special red, and gold canister into Boom Stick, aiming the business end at the robot, and firing a round that exploded into hundreds of mini shells that all tore into it, and than exploded.

"Very nice, but shouting the name out loud is kind of weird kid. Now watch this punk!" Adam said before blasting across the room, and in one epic looking slice cut one off the robots giant arms.

"Alright that's all well and good, but I can top that…just watch?" Midas said as he preformed and switched boom stick in bazooka mode, and blew the robots head off.

However the robot did not stay down even when a mess of cords and wires came out and began to reattach, repairing it's self.

"Great it can repair itself,but don't worry I think I have an idea Midas go!" Blake said after wrapping Midas up, and throwing him on top of the robot, before he shot straight down its neck with his shotgun.

"No problem now watch this Ms. Kitty cat, I'm about to go for a ride…Oh yeah I'm going for a new record here!" Midas said as he pulled a lever out of boom stick, set his feet on the lever, and then fired straight down using the blast to ride boom stick onto the robot. He then continued to stay in the air with dozens of shots straight down form boom stick, damaging it severely. But before anyone could enjoy the moment of victory it went into self-destruct mode.

Adam grabbed a parachute, and then tossed one to Blake, which she caught, and strapped on…but before anyone could jump out the bot exploded turning half the airship into a falling, crumpling pile of red hot metal.

After the white haze, and ear ringing from the explosion cleared Midas was in free fall again, he had a few burns but besides that he was fine. Luckily he packed an emergency chute for this kind of situation. And much to his luck the case was falling only a few feet above him in a few seconds he could grab it…but a couple feet from it was the falling unconscious Blake the blast had knocked her out, and destroyed her chute.

"Ok choice time Midas do you save the cute cat girl or the case which was the whole reason for going through this, their isn't enough time for both…argh I hate this. I'm to nice for my own good, don't worry Ms. Cat I got you!" Midas said as he aimed himself at Blake, and positioned himself to catch up with, and finally grab her saving her but losing the case. He'd saved the girl but Midas knew he'd never find the case underneath all the terrain, and rubble his job had official failed.

Their was good news, and bad news Midas's chute did deploy once he, and Blake reached a safe drop zone…but just before landing some slag tore it apart, and they came falling FAST down.

"OH THIS IS GOING TO HURT SO MUCH I JUST KNOW IT!" Midas shouted as he positioned himself so Blake wouldn't take that much fall damage. And within moments Midas came crashing HARD onto the rough, unforgiving ground. After checking to see that Blake was ok he allowed himself to black out, when he came to again he was laid out on the floor with some bandages over his cuts, and burns. It was night, and Blake was there sitting by a fire she'd made.

"Oh good your awake…I have a couple of questions for you why'd you save me, and how did you know what kind of Faunus I was without even looking at me?" Blake asked Midas who just barely managed to get back up.

"…Stupidity has a large part to do with it, that and I'm just a nice guy. Now for you other question how was I able to know what your hiding under those ribbons…it was your smell that gave it away." Midas said with his arms crossed, while looking away from Blake.

"I'm sorry my what? I don't understand how could my smell give me away. Normally a human shouldn't be able to notice that enough to point out a specific subspecies…unless are you a Faunus?" Blake said to Midas with a shocked look on her face.

"On my mothers side yes, she is…was a rare extinct species of wolf Faunus, she had ears kind of like yours..only you know more dog like. I got my enhanced sense of smell, and a few other things from her…I also got the ears but that is another story." Midas said to a speechless Blake.

"If your one of us how can you just call us a bunch of thugs, and why not join us you could be a valuable part of White Fang…your people could use someone fighting for them." Blake said to Midas whom laughed right back in her face.

"Oh is that what I should be doing? Oh yes I can see it now, Midas the latest member of the white fang bow down to the Faunus or else." Midas said while making a wave gesture with his hands. "Besides the Faunus were never "my" people. I don't remember "my" people, when I starved on the streets, and I really don't remember them when the other kids walked on the other-side of the street just to avoid me. Just because we look alike doesn't mean a damn thing in my book, so don't you dare wave that banner in front of me!" the enraged young man shouted at back at Blake.

"Your not the only one whose suffered like that, but if we work together with people like the white fang we can make a world where that never happens again...Wait you said you also got your mothers ears, but how are you hiding them..." Blake asked Midas who fell silent.

"Wanna know something cool, their is a drug that humans made for Faunus. It was created during the last Great War between the two races. If a Faunus takes it they can temporarily look 100% human. Its creator was punished for war crimes, and the only known formula was destroyed…until a few years ago when it hit streets as a new illegal drug. Where are my ears well I'll tell you, the drug made them go away for now. They'll come back if I stop taking it, and they hurt like hell while doing so." Midas said to a horrified Blake.

"w…why would you do something so awful to yourself, you shouldn't try to hide who you are like that especially not if it means using a dangerous drug like that. You said your mother was a Faunus how would she react…" Blake said before Midas cut her off.

"Don't you ever talk about my mother like she's some kind of martyr! I loved my mother, but I saw the way she was looked at when I was younger. I saw the people throw stones at her for being even more different than regular Faunus. And I watched her be taken from me. I learned that day that in this world a Faunus will never be able to get anywhere in it. That's why until I find everything i'm looking for, I'll keep using this drug." Midas said to Blake who began to weep for the shame Midas feels, for being a Faunus.

"Your wrong Midas, that wasn't the lesson your mother wanted you to learn. You said only your mother was a Faunus that means your dad was human, and if you were born that must have meant he didn't care who she was? You're proof that Faunus like us can get make it in this world." Blake said to Midas whom just broke into laughter.

"You know your ideological point of view doesn't really seem to fit, your terrorist group, but maybe your right. However don't sit and lecture me, when people like your friends hands are reder than mine. " Midas angrily laughed back to Blake.

It was at that moment that Adam walked into view from the surrounding darkness, having found them with a tracking device Blake had activated. Before Midas could say or do anything Adam nailed him in the face with a red energy cut from his katana. Which sliced off a corner piece of his mask, and wounded his right eye. Midas then fell onto the ground grasping his face, and screaming in pain.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR ADAM HE SAVED MY LIFE!?" Blake yelled to Adam after slapping him in the face.

"He would never have had to do that if he didn't mess up the operation, we failed, and lost both our targets. I am tired of him getting in the way of white fang, I told you his reckoning was coming, and it just did. Now tell me why this is so important punk I know its what you were after, you stole two from us already!" Adam said after reseathing his blade, and grabbing Blake's other hand when she tried to slap him again. He than shoved her aside lifted Midas up off the ground and revealed a golden orb covered in ancient runes and symbols.

"YOU COMPLETE IDIOT YOU DIDN'T NEED TO HURT HIM TO MAKE HIM TALK!" Blake yelled to her partner, who showed no hint guilt or remorse for what he just did to Midas. Adam just kept holding onto Midas tightening his grip.

"NOW TALK OR I CUT YOU AGAIN!" Adam shouted at Midas who struggled to get away.

"THATS ENOUGH ADAM LET HIM GO!" Blake shouted before she tacked Adam to the ground forcing him to drop Midas who start gasping for air after being freed.

"I…I s…aved your…life and this is how you thank me?...I see I m…ade a mistake in trusting you. I HATE YOU BOTH!" Midas yelled with rage burning in his heart as he got back up, while still grasping his bleeding face in pain.

"Midas listen to me Adam did this to you, I had nothing to do with this you have to believe me. I just saved you remember just calm down and think clearly?" Blake pleaded with Midas to listen to her, but her words fell on deaf ears.

"LIES! You two are partners who knows you could have planned this the moment you woke up before I did. I'M GOING TO MAKE BOTH OF YOU PAY FOR THIS I SWEAR IT NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES, I WILL GET PAYBACK!" Midas said before blasting past them into the distance at full speed, after also grabbing the broken corner of his mask.

When the chaos came to an end Blake was mad. Mad at Adam for sucker punching, and wounding Midas like that, and mad at herself for not reaching Midas and calming him down. For a split second Blake had thought she had made a new friend, but now that was gone, and in its place was a hateful person who would never trust her ever again.

Two days after making his escape Midas used connections he'd made to get a trip back to his and Jack's city. After arriving there he got lost, he couldn't read the landmarks or street signs properly anymore, something was wrong with his sight. And in the back of his mind he knew what it was but he didn't want to admit it. Finally he made it back to Jack's base, at the break point of collapsing when he did.

"Oh god Wraith what happened to you…fuck! SOME BUDDY GET ME A DR. NOW I NEED A DR.!" Jack yelled as he grabbed Wraith/Midas in his arms as he fell to the ground after kicking open his door. He ripped Wraith's mask of his face, and was shocked to see that he was crying underneath it.

"Oh god Jack you were right I shouldn't have gone on this job…OH GOD ITS GONE JACK!" Wraith cried with tears falling from his eye.

"What is Wraith?" Jack asked before screaming for one of his goons to get a DR. again.

"M…my right eye…it...it's gone I…I can't see out of it anymore. THEY TOOK MY EYE!" Wraith yelled before passing out from shock, and his own reopened wounds.

It was then that Midas put his mask back down next to a picture of a Faunus woman with white wolf ears, with a small boy who had the same ears, and then walked away.