Fire's Disappearance

Firestarter was still missing. Everyone was worried, but confused. Who was Adam and how did he know Fire? Everyone that knew about what happened at the docks was wondering this. Unfortunately, no one had the answer. Everyone in Team RWBY and JNPR were trying to make Ruby feel better and to get her to stop blaming herself. She was depressed and had barely said or done anything since Fire disappeared. She thought that if she had helped Fire instead of running away she might've been able to save him, and no matter what anyone said or did nothing seemed to cheer her up. Meanwhile, Fire had just woken up and he almost shit himself. He was scared of very few things, but his biggest fear was the ocean. It was just his luck to wake up in the middle of one with no land in sight. Then he noticed the gashes that Adam had cut into him earlier felt like they were on fire (oh the irony of it all). He then noticed he was bleeding, which attracts his second biggest fear, sharks. Even worse, his fire powers would't work when he was wet, but he could heat up his body temperature to evaporate the water that was on him so squirt guns wouldn't be the end of him. Unfortunately this ability was useless considering he was surrounded by water. Maybe this ability will burn a shark's tongue when he smells Fire's blood and goes into a frenzy and tries to eat him. Then Fire looked up and saw the ball of smoke that had carried him out here left a trail of smoke. "Whelp, better get swimming before a shark shows up." So Fire began to swim, but little did he know he was three miles from shore and it would probably take him at least three days to get back.

Back at Beacon everyone was getting ready for bed and Ruby kept checking Fire's "bed" as if he would magically appear there. After the fifth time she checked she sighed and went to bed. "Yeesh, I've never seen her like this." Yang whispered.

"Well has she ever blamed herself for one of her friend's deaths or disappearances?" Weiss asked with a snarky tone.

"Don't worry, once Fire returns she'll be back to normal." Blake said.

"How do you know he'll be coming back? You experienced first hand what Adam is capable of." Weiss said.

"I know that Adam is a monster, but you can't underestimate Fire. You saw what he did to that Nevermore during initiation."

"Yeah, I guess you're right...but I'm still expecting the worst. Good night." In the morning when everyone woke up they saw Ruby watching the same movie the she had watched with Fire before he disappeared. Everyone looked at each other with worried expressions. "Hey, Ruby do you want to go out to a restaurant and get breakfast with us?" Yang suggested, hoping she would say yes. "Sure." Ruby sighed and got out of bed. Meanwhile Fire had just reached the docks and had just climbed up a ladder and fell over from exhaustion A worker saw this and walked over to him. "Hey, are you all right?" The man asked. Fire looked up. "Yeah, hey you wouldn't happen to have anything to drink would you?"

"Yeah sure." The man walked up to the cooler and handed Fire an ice cold lemonade, which he guzzled down in three seconds. Feeling better Fire got up and his stomach started demanding food. Fire thanked the man and headed to his favorite diner. Ruby and the others had just sat down and Ruby still looked miserable. Yang was starting to get annoyed by her sister constantly moping around. "Ruby, could you at least pretend to be happy? You've been doing nothing but moping around. You could at least put on a smile for us." Ruby put on a smile and gave Yang a thumbs up and then reverted back to being depressed. Fire had just walked in the door and sat behind the table of two girls fighting while their friends tried to break it up. "Man some people just can't control themselves in public." Fire thought. Then he started hearing little bits of the conversation. "Wait, are they fighting over me? Do I have a fanclub?!" Fire decided to ignore it and kept eating. After getting out of the diner he started wondering what he should do next. He could go back to his friends, but he didn't think he could deal with everyone asking him questions and what if they found out he was just a clone? What if they thought he was a freak? Fire sighed and decided to go for a walk to clear his head.

After a while he started to notice the sun going down. He could just sleep outside... but he didn't want to give control to one of his personalities again. He was worried that Dan would invent a death laser or Arthur would become head of some super company. Fire decided to go to a gas station and buy a Cherry Cola. Much to Fire's disappointment they were all out. He decided to leave until a guy in a black hoodie walked in. He was wearing a hockey mask with a skull on it. He was also wearing black sneakers and jeans with holes in the knees. "Fire give me control. Now." Grim demanded.

"Why?" Fire asked.

"Remember when I was a vigilante? I may have actually had an arch nemesis."

"Um. I think I can take him." Just then the boy out stretched his arm and a scythe made of bone came out of the ground. "Okay, that's a little unsettling, but still, I can take him out easy." The boy pointed his scythe towards Fire.

"You wouldn't happen to be "The Grim Reaper"? Would you?" The boy asked.

"Maybe." Fire said with a grin.

"That's all I needed to know." Then the boy lunged at Fire and managed to cut his cheek. Fire turned around and punched the boy and sent him flying.

"Grim, who is this guy?" Fire was starting to get tired of constantly being beaten up by psychopaths.

"He calls himself Death. His semblance allows him to control anything that's dead."

"Wonderful. You know, you're like the second person I've met that uses a farming tool as a weapon, did they have a huge sale somewhere?" Death responded by nearly chopping Fire's head off. "Okay, thanks for the info." Death unhinged the blade of his scythe, which was connected to a chain, and threw it at Fire. Fire grabbed the blade and melted in his hands. Death chuckled. "What's so funny?"

"Death is all around you, weather you can see it or not." Death raised his hands and skeletons burst out of the ground and grabbed Fire.

"Oooh, you're so spooky. I'm so scared." Fire set his body on fire turning the skeletons to ash. "Try again next time." Death was very confused. He was sure this guy was that nutcase that attacked him a week ago. Why was he so... different. He was the exact opposite of who he was looking for. Death sighed and snapped his fingers. A huge hand made of bone lifted him onto a rooftop and he started run away. There was no way Fire could catch him on foot, but then he got either the dumbest or best idea ever. Fire covered himself in fire, creating a giant fireball. He then pointed his finger towards were Death had ran and went soaring through the air. Death was almost positive he had lost that crazy kid. He stopped for a minute to catch his breath, and then a giant fireball almost hit him. The fireball slowly dissipated, revealing the boy that had chased him earlier. Fire turned around and pointed his finger at Death, causing all the embers too rush towards him. They were small, but at the speeds the embers where going they felt like bullets. Death staggered back, but Fire was already throwing fireballs at him. Death snapped his fingers and a wall of skeletons appeared in front of him. Fire smashed through it and elbowed Death in the face, breaking his mask. While he was on the ground Fire kicked him across the roof. Death looked like he was unconscious and when Fire walked over to check Death got up and stabbed him in the stomach. Death slowly turned the knife and Fire grabbed him by the face and shot him with a stream of fire. Death fell back, and when he got back up he ran away covering his face. Fire keeled over and put his hand on his cut, letting his aura heal as much as it could. He staggered over to the railing on top of the roof and leaned against it. "What am I doing? God I should just go home." Fire sighed and continued to wait for his wound to heal.

Meanwhile, Ruby was watching a movie with Blake, Yang, and Weiss. They had been suffocating her ever since Fire disappeared an barely let her be by herself. She was excruciatingly bored. She hated this movie, but she was going to have to watch it until Yang released her iron grip. Ruby was about to fall asleep until a giant ball of fire crashed through the window. Team RWBY jumped off the couch to reach for their weapons as the fireball dissipated. When they turned and readied their weapons Fire stepped out of the fireball. He looked awful, his clothes were torn up, his clothes were soaked with blood, he smelt like sea water, and he had bags under his eyes. "Hey guys... I'm gonna pass out now." Fire fell over and was out like a light.

Hurrah, I finally found a way to make this chapter work! There was a few ideas I had used, but ended up scraping them all. That's about it though, so Camp Fire out.