Blake, trapped in the burning cafetorium of Beacon, ruminates the past as she's running.

Her world was on fire. The flames were engulfing the cafetorium, leaving her without a clear exit.

She kept running though, slinking around the flames as best she could, letting her aura take the brunt of the heat.

She couldn't stop yet. Not with Adam behind her.

He was here somewhere, she knew it. She knew that she wouldn't be able to avoid him forever, but she sure was going to try.

A part of her still wouldn't accept the fact that the White Fang was here at all. A peace group, attacking innocent students? She would have thought it impossible before. That showed what an idealist she was.

She gave people the benefit of the doubt more often than not, even if she had learned to hide that side of her.

God, she had been so stupid when she was younger.

She had stayed with him, even when his rage turned on her. Even when he started to get more and more violent, not just with their enemies. She had stayed, because she couldn't move on from a time when they're relationship was just blossoming. She couldn't let go of the times when all they had were gentle touches and whispered secrets. When they knew each other in a way that no one else did.

She wished things had stayed like they had been.

But people change. People turn, either in an instant or over time. She knew that now, even if she would rather ignore the fact.

She heard the sickeningly familiar sound of a sword cutting through the air, and in front of her, and the flames parted.

Adam sheathed his sword, walking calmly through the opening he had just created.

She took a step back, her body shaking. She was about to turn and run, try and find another way to avoid this confrontation, to flee and never look back. But the scorching heat of flames reminded her just where she was. She was in Beacon Academy, the place that had taken her in, accepted her despite knowing her history. She made friends. She had a team. Both accepted her for who she was, even if Weiss took a little longer than Ruby and Yang.

Her teammates wouldn't run. Her teammates weren't cowards like she was.

But it was only her, Adam, and the flames. Her teammates were fighting their own battles to try and save Beacon.

They were fighting their battles, she needed to try and fight hers.

Steeling her nerves, she drew Gambol Shroud, settling herself into a defensive position as Adam neared.

Blake just hoped she would make it out of here alive.

Blake and Adam had some sort of abusive relationship and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. I'm sorry, but their entire interaction in volume 3 only gave off those vibes. I mean, excluding the 2 seconds we see of her during the backstory episode, but even then, he wasn't exactly open with her. I know we don't have a full background, and I'm not claiming to be certain of the full extent of the abuse, but I definitely believe it was there in some shape or form.

Also, completely irrelevant, but some people have asked me if I'm going to have bumblebee in this story, and I have to say that's kind of up in the air. I'm not against the ship, I just think it needs to be done right if its done at all. Personally I don't think Blake is ready for a romantic relationship, both in this story and in actual canon. Which is also why I have an issue with the fact that the creator seem to be pushing blacksun in volume 4. I don't have a problem with the actual ship(I think its kinda cute tbh), but I feel like the creators are trying to rush it, which detracts from it overall.

Honestly the only thing I ship with Blake is a healthy, well developed, properly paced relationship. So I'll just see where the story takes me in terms of that.