Chapter 6- Neo
I checked the clock as I shoved the last of my clothes into a suitcase. Orion had left at 4, saying that he'd buy train tickets and try to contact his friend in Vale. It was 6:15 now, and he'd messaged me saying to meet him at the station around 6:20 because the train leaves at 6:40. He got us first class so we could have dinner on the train, but I'd received no word on whether or not he'd been able to reach Blake. I took my suitcase and duffel bad in my hands and teleported about half way to the train station, walking the rest of the way.
Orion was already waiting by the front doors when I arrived, wearing his usual cloths and sunglasses. He looked at his watch as I approached. "5:20 on the dot," he stated. The umbrella wielder pulled out two train tickets from an inside pocket in his trench coat, handing me one as we entered. "I was unable to find Blake's contact information, so we'll just have to surprise her. I know she won't mind, and we can stay in a hotel tonight. We'll head over to the academy in the morning. That sound alright to you?" I nodded coolly, but I was actually worried. Orion seemed to be putting a lot of faith in this girl. What made him so sure she'd help us? Especially if he hadn't "seen her in years"?
We got through the station and onto our train with little problem, though we had a close call when a security guard discovered the blade in my parasol. Orion was able to convince him we were hunters, so we were allowed through anyway. We sat down in out own first class cubical with five minutes to spare, and we were off before long. We sat in silence for a while, staring at each other, until I realized Orion's eyes were closed behind his glasses. 'Guess he's asleep,' I thought and leaned against the wall. I almost fell asleep myself before a woman in a uniform with a notepad opened our door.
"Hello, I'm with the cook car. Would either of you folks like something to eat? I looked at Orion, who seemed to wake up immediately. "Yes. I would like the ribeye steak and a water, please. Neo, um, what would you like?" He gave me a sheepish grin, obviously not sure how I order without speaking. I looked at the waitress, pointed to Orion, and held a thumb up. "Oh -uh- she wants the same." He stammered, raising an eyebrow at me. I nodded to acknowledge he was right, and the waitress scribbled something down on her notepad. "Alrighty, folks. I'll have that for ya in a jiffy." And with that she closed the door and continued on to the next cubical.
The rest of the ride to Vale was uneventful. We both fell asleep until a voice came over the PA system announcing that we were approaching Beacon Station. Once we had exited the station, Orion led me to a nearby hotel where we rented a nice two-person bedroom overlooking most of the city. We didn't pay much attention to the view, though. We both went to bed immediately.
The next morning I found myself walking next to Orion, on our way to Beacon Academy. We both had our bags with us. He'd said that we should head to the school as soon as we were done with breakfast because it was Saturday, so Blake wouldn't have school and he wanted to find her before she left the school to do anything. I'd teleported us part of the way, but I could only do so much with two people and four bags. Not to mention our weapons.
People were already starting to leave for the day when we arrived. Most toward the city. However, there was a group of four girls who were just hanging out and talking. I froze in my tracks when I saw them.
One was dressed in all white and even had white hair. She had ice blue eyes and a rapier attached at her hip that had some kind of revolving mechanism built into the hilt, with cartridges filled with different kinds of dust. Another was dressed in a black and white outfit and a bow. She had yellow eyes and a sword on her back with a ribbon flowing behind her. Next to her stood a rather busty blond in a brown jacket and a yellow shirt that was too small for her. She had lilac eyes and golden bracelets on, which I knew could expand into shot gauntlets. Finally there was a very short girl, who was obviously a bit younger than the others. She wore a red cloak over a black and red corset and combat skirt. She had silver eyes and dark red hair. It was so dark that it was almost black. Attached to her hip was a red hunk of metal, which I knew could unfold to form a giant scythe and sniper rifle.
I'd seen them all before, but the last two I knew all too well. Blondie, who I'd beaten on the train and almost killed, and Little Red, who'd beaten me and killed Roman. Though sh hadn't directly killed him, she was responsible for Torchwick's death. All four of these girls noticed Orion and me at the same time. The girl in black stopped and stared at Orion in shock, Weiss looked at me with confusion and a hint of recognition, and before I knew what was happening Blondie and Red were running at me, weapons at the ready.
I dropped my bags and held up my parasol, ready to block any attacks that came my way. But before the girls could reach me, the one in black took off. She actually hopped on each of their heads like stepping stones in a stream as she launched herself at Orion.
The poor guy didn't stand chance. She was too fast for him to dodge, so the girl barreled into him. They both fell on the ground, carried by her momentum, and rolled backward a bit, laughing an hugging like good friends who hadn't seen each other in years. Which they probably were. 'So this must be the friend Orion talked about,' I thought. 'How ironic she'd be in this team.'
Little Red was watching the two, having apparently forgotten about me, but Blondie's usually lilac eyes were burning a bright red as she stared daggers at me. 'I can do that trick too,' and I grinned at her and switched my eye color, making it mismatch my hair. This surprised the bimbo and gave me the opening I needed. I teleported behind her and brought my parasol crashing down.
