DUDE... That was a cool first episode, really dug it. Season looks like its gonna be a lot of fun, can't wait to see JNPR's fight! Quick bit of info: so, after today, only 3 chapters are left (I know I said it was only 16 but I fucked that up, my bad). Now, this puts Renegade ending on November 16 and I just finished Chapter 7 of Uprising (thinking that'll be around 9-13 chapters). There is a problem however: I have a short story and script due end of November/beginning of December (joy). So, the plan is to hold back on posting Uprising until... let's shoot for December 14. What I'll do then, since I'll be out of school, IS (hopefully) POST 1 CHAPTER EVERYDAY! That is what I'm shooting for, I'll see what happens when that times rolls around. Anyway, love you guys and hope you have a great week! Please review and fav, the usual!

Chapter 14

The black motorcycle zoomed down the tunnel, the engine noises echoing off the walls. It started to slow down, the biker revving the engine multiple times as it came to a stop in front of two guards protecting the entrance to the Guild's headquarters inside a mountain in Atlas.

"Who are you? All assassins should be inside!" a guard said, aiming his assault rifle at the rider, who wore jeans and a leather jacket along with boots. It was when the guard aimed his rifle that he took in the rest of the rider, noting the multitude of weapons that they had on them.

"Oh shit! Fire!" he said but before he could pull the trigger the figure grabbed two throwing knives and threw them at the guards, one hitting a heart and the other square in the chest. Aero Kalo removed the helmet and shook his head, his hair swaying with the movements as he ran to them and grabbed his knives. He took the leather jacket off, revealing his usual ensemble and stood outside the door to the Guild. He pulled his pistols out and went inside, expecting the worse.

"How the hell did Eli get your number?" Lila asked Sebastian, sitting next to him in the backseat of the white SUV. The two of them along with Blake, Weiss, Scarlet and Sun, who was driving, were being directed by Sebastian to the Guild's HQ. In the lane next to them were the half-sisters, who were traveling with them via Bumblebee.

"Hell if I know."

"Who is he?" Scarlet asked.

"Member of the Guild. Hopefully he didn't lead Aero into a trap."

"Don't say that," Weiss said, her voice cold and focused.

"Do you have any idea where in the Guild he could be?" Blake asked.

"No clue whatsoever."

"He's here on the second fl- AH!" a guard yelled as Aero's blade jutted through his stomach. Aero kicked him off the blade and down to the first floor, turning in time to parry a strike and stab another through the chest. He bobbed a punch and threw an attacker down to the first floor, grabbed another by their leg, broke it then stabbed them with a hidden blade. He pulled out his sniper rifle, turned and aimed down the scope at three attackers running at him. He downed each easily, turned and used the butt of the gun like a baseball bat to uppercut an assassin. Aero made his way to the third floor and found a group of members hiding in a corner, flinching and turning away in pure terror as he approached.

"P-please! We don't-"

"Go to the exit and just wait. I won't hurt anyone who wishes me no harm," Aero said. He turned in time to send a bullet through an assassins head, scaring the group who watched the scene unfold.

"Just get away from here," Aero said, running past them and to the fifth floor, bursting into the Boardroom.

"VARIS! Where are you?!" he yelled, being met by fifteen members who had been waiting. He took out his two short blades and moved in, digging one into an assassin's chest, turning around, stabbing another in an arm before snapping their neck. He quickly recouped his blades and turned him in time to be smacked back and stabbed in the forearm. Aero screamed in pain, kicked the stabber back and drove a blade squarely into their forehead. He turned with his one blade, driving it into another's collarbone then taking his sword out. From there, Aero was able to down the last of his attackers easily, parrying strikes, leaving deep gashes in chests, necks and backs. He gathered his short blades and left the Boardroom, checking the fourth and third floor and encountering little resistance, allowing him to bandage his fresh wound.

"Of course," he said to himself, trying to calm himself down as he realized that the guards and assassins were gathered in one area: the large training arena on the first floor. He and Sebastian estimated the Guild had about 400 people before he left and was now down to less than 150 because of him, dwindling resources and people leaving the Guild. It was Aero against nearly 150 members of the Assassin's Guild, his former family, and he was ready. He made his way downstairs to the first floor, waited by the doors to the training room and breathed in slowly.

He took out his assault rifle and kicked the door in, confirming his worse suspicions. Gathered in the center of the area were a majority of the members willing to fight him and beyond them he saw a large glass screen. In there was where the weapons were kept, but when he peered he saw the one man he was looking for.

"Hello Aero," he heard Varis say over the PA system, "You know, you've been a real pain these past five months."

"Yeah I know."

"So I think it's time I just killed you, how does that sound?"

"Oh, you're gonna do it yourself?"

"Oh of course not," Varis said with a sadistic grin, "Whoever kills you gets the title 'Revenant Killer', a nice bonus and all your weapons. And you will receive the cold embrace of death and accept it. How does that sound?"

"You left out the part where I fight these guys off, track you down and finish the Guild off once and for all."

"That's because that part is a fantasy Aero Kalo," Varis said, his smug grin staying on his face as he talked to a few elder members next to him. Aero aimed his assault rifle and was met with the sound of every other person in the room drawing some form of weapon. Aero sighed to himself, knowing that this was more than likely the end of his journey. He couldn't help but smirk to himself, which irritated Varis.

"The hell are you so cocky about? You're going to die!"

"Which is true fuckface," Aero began, cocking his assault rifle to make sure a round was already loaded, "But when I do, you're gonna have a whole lot of problems, mainly Hunter and Huntress's coming for you, not to mention another top assassin and my former handler."

"They shall be taken care of in time Aero."

"I don't think so, see, they've gotten really used to fighting me. Face it Varis: You're fucked. Your days are numbered!"

"Whatever you say Aero. Kill him," Varis said nonchalantly. Aero aimed and fired, downing a few melee fighters and moving to cover as others opened fire. Aero observed Varis, a few elder and younger members running to a hidden entrance and getting away, annoying Aero as he got up and fired a few shots. He knew this was going to be a long fight.

"Whoa," Blake said as the two vehicles entered a warehouse and spotted a guard with a cleaved collarbone.

"Yup, that's Aero," Lila said, taking her rifle out and loading it, an approach everyone with ranged weapons took as the two vehicles drove to the center. The ground suddenly shifted, lowering and turning them around to face a dark tunnel, which they proceeded to go down until stopping in front of a parking lot and large open doors. Everyone clamored out of the vehicles quickly, noting the other dead bodies as they made their way inside the headquarters, being stopped by a group of Guild members.

"W-who are you?" a handler asked.

"We're looking for Aero," Sebastian replied.

"Check the first floor, everyone was ordered to wait there for him."

"Oh no," Yang said, the group running where Lila directed them, jumping down to the first floor and bursting through the doors of the training arena.

"AERO!" Weiss yelled at the assassin, who looked at her along with everyone else in the doorway. It seemed as if for a minute time had slowed down: Aero's eyes lit up, a smile coming to the corner of his lips. To Weiss, he seemed nearly alien to her, with the shaggy hair, rough beard and different clothing that all showed months of usage. This momentary lapse caused an attacker to land a harsh blow on Aero, knocking his sword out of his hand and knocking the assassin back. Weiss clenched her teeth, gathered her Semblance and created a glyph underneath herself, creating an ice wall that nearly reached the ceiling and connected the two ends of the room horizontally, separating Aero from his attackers. The group ran to their friend, who was struggling on his hands and knees.

"Oh shit Aero!" Sebastian said, rolling him over and noticing his most recent wounds: a stab wound in his shoulder and a large gash on his thigh along with his forearm wound. Aero looked up at his friends, who were wearing their old Hunter uniforms and were looking down with genuine concern.

"Hey guys."

"Really?! That's it?!" Lila said, shaking her head as Aero pushed Sebastian aside and breathed deeply.

"I'm okay," he said, running a hand through his hair and directing them to gather his weapons, which they did as he sat up.

"Bullshit, how the hell are you moving?"

"That's a good question," Aero replied, trying to get up but was stopped when a hand was held in front of him. He followed the hand up the arm and knew immediately who it was, taking said hand in his and allowing it to help him up.

"Thanks Weiss," he said with a gentle smile.

"You're so lucky," she said with irritation as he was handed his weapons.

"Why?"

"That I don't kill you right now for all this bullshit!" she yelled, everyone looking at her, the sounds of the assassin's chipping away at the thick ice wall being the only audible sound.

"You're right, you should," Aero said, closing his eyes, "I was an idiot, a moron and a fucking idiot for everything. I just saw what happened to you," he said, motioning to Yang, "And I didn't want that to happen to anyone else. I thought it would be best if they just focused on me, allowing you guys a chance to recuperate. I'm sorry."

Aero looked at his friends with tired eyes, expecting yelling and shaking heads. Instead, Lila stepped forward and embraced him in a hug, followed quickly by Yang. Aero's eyes immediately began to water as everyone quickly joined the large hug, Aero finally crumbling as he tried to hug of all them back. All of them had at least watery eyes, some had tears on their cheeks, including Weiss, who looked the assassin over. Everyone gave the two room, allowing them to hug each other tightly.

"I'm so sorry Weiss," he said into her ear, crying into her shoulder as she hugged him back, "I'm so sorry."

"It's okay Aero," she said, rubbing his back as he looked down at her. The two shared a smile that was interrupted by Sebastian.

"Hey man, great to have you back and all, but we have people to take care of."

"I know," Aero said, wiping his eyes, his body still weak but running on willpower at this point, "Yang, Sun, Weiss, Sebastian, Scarlet: on my mark, break the ice. Ruby, Blake, Lila with me," Aero said. Everyone moved into position as Aero crouched twenty feet back from the ice, Lila next to him in the same position as Ruby and Blake flanked either of them, their weapons aimed at the wall of ice. The assassin closed his eyes and readied himself.

"NOW!" he yelled. At his command, the five shattered the large wall of ice, sending ice into the crowd of assassins. Aero immediately opened fire, downing a few as Lila, Blake and Ruby began shooting, taking down multitudes of targets. One made a move on Yang but was met with her new leg to his chest, launching him back into three other guards. After running out of ammo on his clip, Aero charged with his sword into the melee, taking down multiple attackers with Yang.

"Glad to see the new leg works."

"Oh yeah, it's fantastic!" Yang yelled, dispatching multiple attackers. Soon everyone had joined in the melee, moving around one another and easily taking care of multiple assassins. Aero made his way to Weiss, helping her take down a few more assassins, finding a few seconds of spare time.

"I take it you're still really pissed at me."

"Trust me: I'm really happy to see you, but yeah, I'm super pissed," she said, turning in time to catch a guard, his brains being blown away by Aero.

"Figured as much," he said, moving around and helping when he could. The attacker's numbers swiftly dwindled until the last few realized what was happening and surrendered.

"What should we do with them?"

"I say just arrest them," Aero said, clutching his side.

"I'll make a call to the authorities," Yang said, pulling out her Scroll.

"And you need the hospital," Blake said.

"Yeah, no argument from me this time."

"What a shock," Scarlet quipped.

"Alright, Lila, me and Yang take point. 30 feet back, Aero and Weiss. 30 feet back, Scarlet, Ruby, Blake and Sun cover our six, got it?" Sebastian asked, everyone nodding. They moved away as such, the group of prisoners ahead of Lila, Sebastian and Yang.

"So," Aero said to Weiss, the two walking gingerly as he used her as a crutch, "Wanna talk?"

"Really? Now?"

"Yeah, okay, good point."

Aero sat on the side of his hospital bed, fully clothed and flexing his hands. He had bandages over his wounds, which were properly stitched and had recently shaved and cut his own hair, getting it the way he had always liked it: short and thinned out with no hair over his ears while his bat ears remained prominent. He looked at his right arm in the cast, which housed the stab he had gotten, which in turn had fractured his right forearm. He smiled to himself, just happy to be alive, but one more person was on his list: Varis. He came back from his thoughts when he heard a knock.

"It's open," he said, the door opening to the heiress, who stepped in. Aero immediately felt butterflies in his stomach, not knowing how this long needed conversation was going to go.

"Hey."

"Hey. How's the arm?"

"Fucked up but it should only be in the cast for two weeks."

"That's good," Weiss said, Aero nodding in response. He dug into his pants pocket with his good arm until he found what he was looking for, handing it to Weiss, who looked it over.

"A USB drive?"

"Give that to some Hunter friends, the entirety of the White Fang HQ is on it. The Hunter Council can finally end that threat," he said. Weiss looked at it with surprise.

"How?"

"Eli."

"Oh. I'll hand it off to teams JNPR, CFVY and ABRN, they should be able to handle that," she said, pocketing the USB as silence hung in the air. The two stayed silent until Aero looked at Weiss, his golden eyes looking into her pools of ice blue.

"Weiss, I want you to just listen, okay?" he started, getting her attention, "I know I royally fucked up with all this. I know I did and I know I've apologized countless times but I want you to understand that I am truly sorry for leaving and I regret it. Every second I was away hurt so bad but in my mind I was doing the right thing, I was doing it to get their attention off you guys. I just saw what happened to Yang and I didn't want to see that happen to you: hell, I think I would've been a lot worse if it was you. But I meant every word I said to you over the phone the day I left and when I called yesterday."

She looked at him and felt horrible for feeling mad but at the same time knew she had to be upfront with him.

"Aero… I… Look, I understand. Hell, Blake ran from us when we first discovered she was a faunus and attacked Roman Torchwick, so I know all about people leaving me all of a sudden. I'll be honest, I didn't know how to feel about you at first Aero, but my feelings have grown for you. But, how can we be together if you do these kinds of things?"

"I did it out of rage Weiss."

"And what would you do if I got hurt on a Hunt? Go after every Grimm?"

"Well no-"

"Do you know what it's like to be left like that?! To be left alone, to call every night and hope and pray that somehow you return my fucking call?! To hope that you'll come back?!" she yelled, quickly recoiling as Aero looked at her then looking down at the floor, shaking his head.

"No, I don't and I know I put you under unwanted and unneeded stress," he said, avoiding eye contact with her.

"Aero I just don't know… that's why I'm so hesitant. You have to understand."

"Oh I do," Aero said, taking her hand gently, "And you have every right to be. But I was being honest when I said what I did and I also want to tell you so much more. Weiss, I don't… I can't see myself with anyone else. I just can't. Just like how you've worried about me with certain missions I'll always worry about you and your Hunts. But I'm willing to worry, I'm willing to stay up long into the night as long as you would come back to me. Please forgive me Weiss," Aero said, looking up at her, "Please."

Weiss stared into his golden eyes and saw genuine sincerity with every word he had said. Aero did I have a point: he would be worrying about her every time she left, knowing that it could be the last.

"You owe me a lot of phone calls."

"I'll call you every night when I'm next door," he said with a chuckle that she matched. She walked closer to him, causing Aero's eyes to go wide and his heart to stutter as she got closer.

"Just promise me you won't do this again and that you'll talk. To keep a calm head and to be safe. That you won't leave again," she whispered, Aero opened his legs so she could get in between them. He leaned his forehead against hers as she placed both her hands on his cheeks.

"I promise Weiss. I won't do this again, I care too much about you. I'm so sorry."

"Shhhh," she said, placing a finger on his lips and wiping away a tear, "It's okay."

Weiss leaned forward, her lips grazing Aero's. Aero leaned in and pressed his lips fully against hers. She pressed back, wrapping her arms around him, something he copied as they both closed their eyes. It was a kiss both had wanted so badly and were so happy to finally have with each other. They continued to kiss one another and deepened the kiss, enjoying the feeling of their lips on each other as Aero pulled her closer to him.

"Hey Aer- Whoops sorry," Sebastian said as he opened then swiftly shut the door, the two breaking the kiss and laughing at each other. Sebastian stood outside the door, eyes wide as Lila looked at him.

"What? Was he changing?"

"No, it's nothing."

"Sebastian, we want to go in," Lila said, motioning to all of their friends behind her.

"You can't."

"Don't make me… Wait… Weiss went in… Oh my god what are they doing?!" she said, trying to push by Sebastian who held her back.

"Stop it Lila! Jeez!" he said, pushing her back, everyone laughing at the two. Aero heard the commotion and relayed it to Weiss, whose cheeks went deep red.

"Oh God… I can't believe her," she said, shaking her head. Aero caressed her cheek and smiled at her.

"Hey, it's fine. I'll gladly announce it to them, how about that?"

"I'll announce it with you," she said with a big smile that Aero returned. She leaned in and kissed him again, both wanting to hold the kiss as long as possible, something Aero's weakened body and mind greatly enjoyed.

The assassin approached her from behind, kissed her neck and looked at her in the mirror, her own smile gracing her lips.

"Hey beautiful."

"Hello," she said quietly, kissing him on the lips before breaking off and looking at him with furrowed brows, "What is this I hear that you didn't get me anything on my birthday on purpose?"

"How the hell did you hear that?!"