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IMPORTANT!
I would heavily recommend reading the last chapter over again or else this one can be confusing. I editted the last one to have detail I forgot to add to the final draft.
Step two: This thing, and any other A.I, can last without any person to bond too for approximately five hours. That means when you separate it from me, make sure you can isolate it. I… I can feel the anger that it has at everything… It won't stop here at Remnant or back on Earth.
End of Log
The battle at Beacon had finally ended. Students and teachers alike began to lick their wounds. As with every large-scale fight, there were casualties. Luckily for the remains of Team RCWY and Team JNPR it wasn't anyone they knew personally.
Jaune watched hollow eyed as a red haired boy cried over the body of a girl with the exact same hair color. Tears tracked down the unknown boy's face as he sobbed horsely. Siblings.. His eyes glanced up at the stars that seemed to be shining in a somber fashion while his nose took in the sickly sweet smell of death.
His gaze turned to his partner, who was trying unsuccessfully to calm down a furious Weiss from following them herself. The news she gave them hit like a ton of bricks. They came for Cyan. They came and got him. Why? It was the question that he and the others had asked themselves many times.
"Weiss, try to calm down and think through this rationally… You informed the headmaster. The police are sure to do something f-"
"That isn't good enough! I should be doing something to help him, not standing around here."
But none of it affected the poor Arc boy, his attention still fixated on the dead girl' body… I can't take this… If this is war then I don't want to have any part of it. Jaune suddenly felt a comforting squeeze on his shoulder, followed by the lilac eyes of a certain blonde brawler.
"Hey vomit boy how are you holdin' up?" Her tone surprised the knight. Instead of the cheery unfailable optimism even in dire times, was a somber and caring tone. The shock of Yang's sudden appearance tore his gaze away from the heart wrenching seen.
"Good as it can get, I suppose."
She sat down next to the duo from JNPR. They sat in silence, gazing on the carnage that the White Fang had caused. "How is Ruby?" Yang frowned her eyes gazing the room for her little sister. When the blonde brawler couldn't find hers she sighed deeply, "After the end when we found out one of our own was missing... She couldn't take it." Yang's eyes fell on the same scene that Jaune had been watching not that long ago. "She feels like she failed as a team leader. Combined that with all the death around the school right now and shes a wreck."
Jaune's expression mimicked her own. "It isn't her fault though…" Yang let out a humorless laugh and leaned back into laying position on the floor. "Tell her that." The knight leaned down next to her. The two gazed into the skies, a sad but comforting silence between the two.
"At least the stars are still there."
"Yeah."
Blake fliched horribly as another scream rang out through the empty building. Adam had insisted that she come along for the 'fun'. But when the small knicks with his sword became longer gashes she hurried up and left as fast as her legs could carry her. She slid down the wall she was leaning on, covering her mouth while tears streamed down her face.
He's is right… This isn't the White Fang I grew up in. Another pained scream echoed around the building, followed by a unidentifiable wet sound. The ninja's mind flashed back to her conversation earlier with the engineer.
Cyan turned away from the window and walked close up to her, "You may be a member of the White Fang, but you aren't one of them." The engineer gestured out the door, "Any of the other people out there would've started by beating me to within an inch of my life." Cyan poked her in the shoulder playfully, "but you, on the other hand, try to talk me out of it first."
Blake started to speak, but cut herself off, the ninja's mouth was hung open in shock. Cyan narrowed his eyes and looked at her right in the her own, "Now ask yourself, is this kidnapping a engineer and attacking a well-known academy really going to bring peace?"
And now he was wishing he hadn't been born. Adam had mentioned in passing the method he was going to do, and it was… excessive, even by torture standards. The leader of the White Fang had only laughed at her terrified expression, "We will get the information we need. You can bet on that. If not the first day the second, and if not the second then the third. The point is he isn't getting out of this until he gives us the info we need." The smile on his face still haunted her mind.
She slid down to the ground slowly, contemplating her life decisions. Blake's eyes shot over to the door as it opened. Adam's bloody face poked out, the signature sadistic smile plastered on. "Come here for a minute." Blake stood up shakily, I don't want to see this, I don't want to see this, I don't want to see this. Her knees wanted to give out, she strode unsteadily to the door.
The black haired teen turned away, her thoughts full of what the engineer had said. "Blake." She turned around to see Cyan with a small smirk, "Just remember no matter what happens. Ozpin would let you into Beacon with open arms."
The funny thing was, that she couldn't remember giving him her name. Adam opened the door fully, exposing Cyan. Blake gasped and the leader of the White Fang's smile grew seemingly impossibly wide. "Give the man a hand, because he's only got one." Blake rushed towards the pale engineer, who was tied to a chair. She grabbed the stump that used to be his left arm, the limb was gone from the shoulder. There was a sloppy cauterization job done on what was left of the appendage.
"Adam this is way too far! You could have killed him!"
The masked man's smile faltered, and he pulled out a rag and began, "It's not like we weren't going to kill him after we got the info later." Blake stared at him, her yellow eyes scanning his cover face unsuccessfully for signs of falsehood. This… this isn't the Adam I knew… This is… someone else.
The ninja said nothing, as she untied Cyan. Adam snorted, "Good, I was done for the day anyways." The leader walked out of the room before looking over his shoulder. "So Cyan, make sure you're ready for round two tomorrow." And with that last remark, he shut the door. The sound of his receding footsteps the only sound in the building.
Blake pulled Cyan's half conscious body up, slinging his good arm around her shoulder. It was disturbing how much weight that arm actually carried. She supported him past the other White Fang members, who jeered at the unfortunate human, and into the room they had kept him in before.
The cat faunus set her charge down as gently as possible. The engineer's body slumped down like a rag doll, his heavy panting finally dying down to a wheeze. "I… told… you… that… you weren't… like them." Blake leaned down to get a better look at the arm, shushing him, "Don't talk. Save your strength." I can't let this happen again. her thoughts turned to the changed leader. The two had been partners, no, more like family. Sometime in the last three months though something had changed. Instead of the quiet anger at humanity that painted the rise of the White Fang from a peaceful demonstration group to an admittedly violent organization, into this sadistic man that enjoyed causing pain to anyone.
Her eyes focused on the broken Cyan, I'm getting you out of here.
A day had passed since the battle. The students were given the week off school for mourning the dead. Weiss sat away from the rest of her team, in Ozpin's office across from the man himself. Her light blue eyes glaring coldly at the headmaster. If he was fazed by it, the Ozpin didn't show it in the slightest
"So what are we going to do?"
The headmaster's expression never changed, "We have managed to track Mr. Novak's Omni-Tool using Verdant's help." Said A.I. appeared on the desk, instead of the sassy, sarcastic Verdant they knew, the green figure's posture showed no emotion.
"Luckily for us, they haven't left Vale. They are located at one of the old dock warehouses. The scouting report reveal that there is a small number of White Fang operatives there"
Weiss stood up sharply, "Then what are we waiting for?! Lets go get him!" Surprisingly Ozpin smirked, "Thats exactly what we are going to do. Professor Oobleck will be accompanying you and the rest of your team." The professor took a swig of coffee, "Consider this your first mission. Go tell the rest of your team mates."
"Thank you, sir! When do we leave?"
"As soon as possible."
The heiress gave a rushed curtsy and ran out the door. She slowed down for the stairs and when she made it to the bottom she took off for the sister's room. Weiss' furious pounding on the door was met by a depressed looking leader. "What do you want?" Weiss flinched slightly at the hostility in Ruby's tone, "Get your weapon ready, we are going to get our engineer back."
Ruby perked up and opened the door fully, letting Weiss access to the room. The white haired teen looked around. The sister's room was much neater than she thought it would be. One could differentiate from who owned what side fairly easily. The one that she could tell was Ruby's side had weapon posters, and the odd assortment of oils and polishes for Crescent Rose. Yang's on the other hand had many pictures of half-naked men in provocative poses, and a large, and Weiss meant large amount of hair care products.
The obvious sound a shower was the dominant source of noise in the room. Ruby strode quickly up to the bedroom door and yelled in. "Yang! Get out of the shower! We are going to go get Cyan!" The water immediately stopped, and Yang stepped out not long after with just a towel around her body. "Let me get dressed. Then we can save Engi!"
Weiss flushed and turned around, "I-Idiot! Do you have any sense of decency?!" The blonde stared flatly at the heiress before laughing, the first time she had laughed since the battle. "Sorry Weiss, I didn't know you were there."
The heiress walked out of the room hastily before anything else inappropriate could happen, "It's fine. Just hurry!"
Ruby shut the door behind her. Weiss pondered the crimsonette's earlier hostility but wrote it off as sadness about their comrade. Her scroll rang suddenly, she picked it up. "Hello?"
"You forgot to get the location of the Bullhead that's taking you down."
Weiss facepalmed, "Right, right. Where is it?" Verdant let out a cool chuckle, "Just outside the main building. Oobleck already knows so just get Ruby and Yang there." Weiss sighed in relief, at this rate Cyan would be home in no time. "I just told them. I'll meet you out there." Weiss hung up and speed walked over to the room she shared with Cyan.
She dressed into her combat attire and strapped on Myrtenaster. She glanced briefly at the engineer's bed to spot his N7 jacket. Weiss walked slowly up to the bed and gently picked up the jacket. The unfamiliar symbols gazed back at her, The heiress mind flashed back to a month ago. After she had lost her first simulation battle.
"Stupid, stupid, STUPID!" Weiss screamed, she flung her scabbard against the wall of the girls' locker room. Tears threatened to spill from her eyes. It wasn't fair. She had trained way harder than that damn second year did. She worked hard every day while that stupid, stupid, stupid…!
The heiress took a deep breath, and tried to calm down. It hurt the white haired teen to lose any kind of competition. She sighed, nothing could make this day better. Nothing. Weiss put her school uniform on and strode out of the locker room head held high, not really expecting anyone to be there.
"Hey." Weiss was surprised to find her partner. The guy who hated being involved in any kind of social conflict was the one to stay, it made her heart flutter, but she quickly quashed it. "Hey yourself." She really didn't feel like scaring him off with anger, she would have to contain it. The two walked in silence. "You feel like eating?" the engineer put forward, the heiress shook her head in silence as the duo passed by the door to the cafeteria. "So what do you want to do then?" Weiss sighed, "I don't know."
They walked passed a window and Cyan looked outside, "It's a beautiful day." His partner nodded absent mindedly, her thoughts focused on what she could've done to win the match. "Come with me, there's a place I need to show you. The male grabbed Weiss by the hand, successfully snapping the heiress out of her reprieve. A light blush dusted her cheeks while Cyan lead her outside. "Where are we going?"
"You know how sometimes I just leave to be in solitude?"
"Yes, Verdant complains about it every night."
Cyan chuckled, the duo made their way till they were at a fountain near the back of the school. The garden it was located in reminded Weiss of her family's garden back at the Schnee Manor. Oak trees stood tall and proud, while the grass was a healthy deep green. The fountain itself was mounted on one of the walls of the academy, A lion's head with a flow of water trickling out of it being the only design. The rest of it was simple. The sheer aura of comfort that surrounded the area awed the young Schnee, "How did you find this place?"
Cyan didn't say anything, he just led her over to a tree and sat down. Weiss hesitated for a moment before sitting down next to him. "Ozpin showed Jaune and I this place about three days into school. Sometimes I bring a good book or video game and sit here for hours." Weiss stared incredulously at him, "So your telling me when the rest of your team is scouring the academy looking for you because you didn't show up for dinner, is because you are out here?" Cyan smirked slyly, "Yep." he made sure that he popped the p.
The two just sat and talked for at least an hour before it started to sprinkle. The heiress cursed whoever decided that the thin material of the school uniform would be adequate protection from the rain. "I guess we better get back inside." Cyan stood up and held out his hand to help Weiss up. The duo began walking, and before they were even halfway to inside, the white haired girl was already shivering. The engineer looked at her oddly before unzipping his jacket and wrapping it around her shoulders. "Here. It isn't much, but it's better than nothing."
The heiress nodded thankfully the slipped the hoodie on. She was surprised by how warm it was, and the faint smell of cologne was a nice touch. Finally, the pair made it back into the academy. The rain continued unabated as they finally made it inside soaking wet. "I don't know about you, but I'm feeling some hot chocolate." Weiss couldn't help but smile at the childish thought. "I think I'll join you in that." She looked at the her soaked body , and Cyan's equally soaked one, "After we change into dry clothes."
After the clothes had been changed and the duo were sitting in their room with cups of hot cocoa, Weiss returned the N7 jacket, neatly folded. "Thanks for letting me wear it." Cyan just shrugged and took a sip of his cocoa. "So what is the story behind that jacket any way? You treat it like it's your most valuable possession."
Cyan looked up from his cup, "That's because it is. My sister gave it to me on my birthday last year." The heiress tilted her head to the side, "So you and your sister are close?" The engineer frowned, "We were." he then added quietly, "She died a few days after my birthday." Weiss' hand shot up to her mouth, "I-I'm so sorry! I didn't know…" The male waved her off, "You're right you didn't. Don't worry." Cyan let out a humorless laugh, "Olive would probably would call me stupid for valuing it so much."
Weiss' fingers gingerly traced the N7. He never mention his sister, Olive, again. Probably still too fresh. She slipped it on like she had done that day not to long ago, the warmth was gone but the smell of good cologne was still there. She took a deep breath, taking in the smell, then quickly took the jacket off and focusing back on her goal to get her engineer back.
She stepped out of her bedroom door and sprinted to the main courtyard. Everyone had loaded in already, Ruby was yelling to her, 'C'mon Weiss." The heiress quickly jumped into the aircraft and sat down next to her teammates and professor. The Bullhead took off in the direction of the Vale harbor.
Blake carried Cyan from the torture room back to his room again, this time missing the other arm as well as the first. If he was light before then he weighed significantly less now. The ninja set the unconscious engineer down, and pulled out his Jet Boots from where she had been hiding them. She quickly strapped them to his feet, and headed to the door.
Bonnie had done her job and there were no other faunus in the area. The cat faunus grabbed the engineer and slung him over her shoulder. Poking her head out of the door again, she saw no one. Blake ran stealthily out of the warehouse, successfully remaining undetected so far.
Just as the black haired teen made it to the city she heard the frantic shouts of other faunus. Blake kicked on an extra burst of speed, trying to put as much distance between herself and the White Fang as possible. Cyan groaned in pain on her back, trying in vain to ignore the phantom pains of his missing limbs.
The ninja ducked into a building. All she needed to do was make it to the main part of town, and the White Fang would back off. Adam was crazy sure, but he wasn't stupid. Attacking again in the same area would without a doubt cause heavier action then what would already be coming. The patter of footsteps ran past the building she was in.
Blake waited a few more moments to make sure that all of her pursuers were gone before she shot out the back door and kept on running. This pattern repeated itself a few times, Blake ducking into building, and escaping out the back before they could search it.
The ninja panted hoarsely, she was almost there. Suddenly a familiar purple head popped in through the door, eyes wide and frantic. "Blake, mate, you and the boy need to get a move on. Adam is tracking ya with that engineering tool. He is headed right for you two." Blake nodded and got ready to run before Bonnie's hand stopped her. Tears fell from the rabbit faunus' eyes, "The rest of my crew 'as already gotten out, if you make it to them in the city park then you have a fighting chance." She turned to the door, "Tell Foxy tha'... I'm sorry."
Blake's throat clenched up, "What are you going to do?" The cat faunus knew the answer as tears began flowing from her own eyes. "I'm g'nna buy you some time. Now get going!" The cat faunus turned sharply and ran out of the building, leaving Bonnie to her fate.
The ninja didn't stop running, Cyan hanging limply on her shoulder. She had to make it to safety for Bonnie's sake.
Excerpt from the fourth audio log of Adam Taurus
Step three: In order to get the… thing… out of my body you will need a special program that I am leaving a copy of in the data of this log. Isn't it funny how it says it used to be human but it still hates its race? It's influence is getting stronger… I don't know how much longer I can still remain myself.
End of excerpt
Heyy guys! Hope you liked this chapter, its a little bit darker than I prefer to write but for the sake of plot, it had to be done. Anyways, leave a review and tell me how I did. Thanks for reading!
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