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Chapter Cover: Blake standing in a room filled with pods with a greenish glow coming from them.

Chapter Fifty-Seven

In the Belly of the Beast

She was seating against a tree, both of her legs pulled into her stomach. She can feel the breeze dancing the leaves above her. It was quite a peaceful but the young girl was still feeling the small sting in her heart at what had happened a few days ago. She thought that she was ready to change the world, thanks to her big brother's training, but…reality was a cruel mistress…

"Blake?"

The girl looked up at the voice finding a young man with red hair kneeling right in front of her. The man had blue eyes which were staring at her with a light smile upon his face. He was wearing a long sleeved shirt upon his form as well as long pants. A sword of some kind was at his waist and Blake instantly notices the two horns that were seating upon his head.

This man was a Faunus as well.

"It took a lot of guts to do what you did," he said with a light grin upon his face, "I can say that I am a little surprised at it actually. You've got a lot of heart kid."

Blake stared at him, confused.

"Who are you?" she asked.

The man blinked in confusion.

"Wait…Noir never talked about me?" he said surprised.

Blake can feel her eyes widening lightly at the mention of her big brother. This man…he was familiar with him?
"You know my brother?"

The stranger looked at her again and let out a small laugh.

"Oh…he is your brother," he chuckled, "Well, he was always the big brother type…I'm not surprised at the nickname...well, anyway I'm surprised that he didn't tell you about me…"

The man extended a hand toward her.

"My name is Adam," he said, "Adam Taurus. I've heard great things from you Blake."

Blake took hold of his hand which was much larger than her owns. Her Faunus ears flicked as a light smile worked its way upon her lips.

"Nice to meet you Adam,"

The duo shook hands and then Adam gave her a light grin.

"Tell me Blake," he asked, "I saw what you did, and it makes me wonder if you want to try again to change this world?"

Blake stared at him.

"What do you mean?"

"You want to change things for the Faunus right?" Adam told her, taking a seat on the ground across her, "You have great ideals Blake, but since you tried to do it alone, you didn't make it very far. How about you try again, and maybe this time…you had some people who felt the same way you do."

Blake stared at him surprised, "They are people who want to do the same thing?"

Adam nodded.

"They are a lot of people who feel the same way you do," he told her, "and I am one of them. I also want to change how the world views the Faunus, and I am part of a group that is going to change that. I'm wondering if you would like to be part of that too?"

Blake didn't even hesitate.

"Of course I want to," she said.

Adam laughed.

"Alright," he said, giving her a glance, "Then, let's change the world Blake."

End of Flashback

The dark haired girl was pulled out of her mind when Mirkia removed her hand from the side of her stomach. The girl glanced down toward the wound her friend had been taking care of for her and noticed that the scars that was there. It will be a nice addition to the numerous once that she had upon her form.

"I did the best I could," Mirkia told her, "I would suggest for a couple of days without strenuous activities but given our location, how about you take it easy okay?"

Blake chuckled as she got back to her feet.

"I'll keep it in mind doc," she said.

Mirkia rolled her eyes but smiled, seeing that Blake was in a lighter mood despite everything that had happened around them so far. Blake glanced around noticing Torchwick was not around them. The girl blinked to herself as she searched for the man.

"Wait…where is Torchwick?"

Mirkia looked around herself.

"He was just here a minute ago," she said frowning in confusion.

Blake let out a sigh and walked upon the metal catwalk that they had taken refuge on. The sound of the heavy machinery that were at the work masked their footsteps well enough so that no one would be able to hear them moving about. Blake was staring to feel a little apprehensive at the man's sudden disappearing act. She was already suspicious of Torchwick since what she had learned from Captain Schneider about what was happening to Weiss and she was starting to think that the man was also part of whatever this is.

"Of all the time he chose to do this," Mirkia was growling, "If I find him, I'm going to kill him."

The two Faunus continued their trek through the catwalk and they came at a stop toward an opening. Blake could see that it was a large open space. The catwalk had continued forward into the light and they can still hear the heavy machinery moving about and Blake peeked around the corner wanting to see what was going on.

Below her she could see numerous pods which were glowing a sickly green color. She couldn't understand what was going on or what the need for the pods was, and what they contained. Then as she was staring around herself, she took notice of a familiar white trench coat.

Roman Torchwick was staring into one of the pod with a blank look upon his features. Blake can feel her anger shoot through her before walking straight toward where the man was and took hold of his shoulder. Torchwick actually jumped at her touch instantly turning toward her.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" she hissed.

"Make some noises when you move will ya?" Torchwick answered, "You almost gave me a heart-attack."

"What the hell are you doing? You could have make them find us you know?"

"Don't worry," Torchwick told her, "This place doesn't have any guard in it. I checked."

"So you decided to go gallivanting in a place like that without telling any of us?" Mirkia said.

Torchwick let out as sigh.

"Look, I was searching for a place so that we could get out of here," he told her, "But…I found this place, and…well, it's probably best if you see what's inside the pod to understand."

Blake stared at him in confusion but Torchwick only stepped back to let her see what was inside the pod that stood in front of them. The girl made her way toward it and looked into the small opening that was at the middle. She narrowed her eyes to be able to see through the light and when she did, Blake felt shock coursing through her at the sight of the young man that was floating in the liquids.

"What the…there is a person in there," she whispered.

"I know," Torchwick said, "It made me think to what that Sadler guy told us when we were in that Dead Zone place. What we faced was the failures of whatever experiments he was conducting."

Blake could feel horror coursing through her at the thought of the Grimm like creatures they had faced back there. It was no wonder these Grimm looked different than the normal Grimm that she was used to seeing.

"He…he using humans," she whispered, "Is he trying to combine Human and Grimm in those experiments of his?"

Torchwick glanced at her before turning his gaze toward the pod.

"At least it finally makes sense as to why so many laboratories equipments were being shipped here," he said with a light frown upon his face.

"And you send Adam here?" Blake said taking hold of Torchwick shoulder and slamming him against one the pod, "You send Adam to these people?"

"Hey calm down now," Torchwick told her raising his hands in surrender, "it wasn't like I was aware of what was going on in this place. I'm as shocked as you are about this Belladonna…"

Blake had her sword at his throat in a flash.

"Really?" she said, "You don't look as surprised as you said."

"In my line of work," Torchwick said, "You tend to get used to seeing people being used as tools for someone else chessboard."

Blake stared at him for a few moments, "Then come clean with me Torchwick. Who exactly told you the information about Schnee being in Vale and don't try to lie to me again."

Torchwick stared at her for a few moments.

"So you were aware of it then," he said after a while.

"I knew you were holding something back," Blake told him, "And from my other ventures, I have learned some pretty interesting stuff while I was in Vale. Did someone from the White Clan paid you off to use us like that?"

Torchwick let out a sigh.

"Look, I got the information from a business associate of mine," he said, "She told me her name was Emerald. I tried to dig up dirt about her but I got nothing, she's a ghost story…thought, she always seems to be around with some pretty juicy information. She was the one who told me about Schnee being in Vale and since I knew Adam, I passed the info on to him…that's it."

Blake stared at him for a long moment, her sword still at his throat. The young woman's golden eyes were narrowing at him and she thought for sure that she was going to slice his throat, and lob his head off his shoulder but Blake lessened the hold upon his form.

"You're going to help us get Adam out," she said, "And I don't want to hear another word of complain, do you hear me?"

"Not like I have any other choice now since you are my ticket to getting off this island," Torchwick answered.

Blake removed the sword and with a single fluid movement, she placed the blade back into its sheath. The young woman walked away from Torchwick hearing the man coughing a little behind her as she turned her gaze toward the many pods around them. That man who had them trapped there, Sadler, was doing experiments on people and Grimm. Such thing was impossible to think of and yet, the proof was something that she had crossed path with.

Could Adam have known what was going on here? She thought.

Blake doubted that. There was no way Adam would have known what was happening here and not do anything about it. That didn't sound like the man at all, nor did it sound like something that Adam would have done. Thought, that day he had placed her in charge of the invasion Adam had seem eager about what he was going to do.

He went to find power after all, and yet, seeing these strange Grimm like creatures and how similar they are to people…would he…

No…, she thought, Don't think like that. We just need to find Adam and get out of here.

"Let's go," Blake said, "We need to keep moving and not be discovered by Sadler. If he knew we're still alive, we're going to have problems."

"I've been sensing the area for Adam's Ki but I can't find anything," Mirkia told her, "But…I sensed something familiar not too far from where we are."

Blake glanced at her, confused.

"What did you find?"

"I…I think it's Dmitri," Mirkia said softly, "I…I can swear that it is him."

"Where?"

"Follow me," Mirkia said.

She took the lead and ran through the row of pods that were around them. Blake was glad that someone was still alive in this place. At least if it really was Dmitri, then, he could tell her where Adam was and what had happened to Arkos.

"There," Mirkia said drawing her eyes forward.

She had come to a stop in front of one of the pod at the end of the room before she looked inside of it, through the small opening that was in front of them. Sure enough, seating inside the pod with both of his eyes closed and some kind of breather upon his face was Dmitri. The Faunus had both of his eyes closed like he was asleep and he was completely shirtless.

"Dmitri," Blake whispered, "Can you get him out?"

Mirkia stared at the control pad that was beside the pod with the number pad but she budge at all, probably having no idea on how to open it. Torchwick himself didn't even bother to do anything for he probably didn't have any idea of what to do.

Blake let out a sigh and pulled out her sword and with a couple of slash, she sliced the door of the pod into pieces letting a wave of water to spill out into the floor where they stood, soaking their pants. The pieces of the door fell down upon the ground and Blake was staring at the form of her White Fang comrade. The man was behind held up by straps, and his eyes were still closed.

"Dmitri," she said, moving forward and touching his cheek, tapping it, "Hey Dmitri, can you hear me?"

The man's head simply stayed down with both of his eyes closed.

"It's no use," Mirkia said, "He is unconscious…or he is on a lot of drugs."

Blake removed the breather on the young man's face along with the straps that were holding him. Then, with Mirkia's help they placed the young man down upon the ground leaning against the metal of the pod. His skin was pale and clammy, probably from being in that water for too long.

Then a soft groan came from him and then, the two brown eyes that Blake was used to showed themselves. They were glazed over.

"Dmitri," Blake whispered.

The eyes turned toward her direction and she can see the glaze disappearing as awareness started to take shape. Dmitri stared at her before blinking a few times and then he let out a soft gasp of surprise, as if he was surprised to see her.

"B…Blake…?" he croaked, "H…How…?"

"Don't worry about that," Blake told him, "Are you okay?"

The man let out a soft groan.

"I…I…can't feel my Aura…," he said, softly, "I…I feel…weak…"

"It's not surprising," Mirkia told him kneeling beside his form, "You were in that pod probably under a lot of drugs…Can you tell us what happened at the meeting you and Adam went?"

Dmitri frowned lightly.

"There…There was no meeting," he said, "When we got to the place…they were waiting for us and Adam…he…he betrayed us."

Blake was confused.

"What?" she asked, "What do you mean he betrayed you?"

Dmitri turned his gaze toward the many pods that were around them.

"All of these people…they're White Fang," he said.

Blake stared at him and Mirkia turned her gaze at the numerous pods around them.

"What?"

"Adam wanted power," he said, "He was sending our people here for months. It's why they were so few of us back during the Vale invasion….it's because we were all that was left of the White Fang. The bastard had been killing us off by sending our members here to die…he…he is lost it Blake. Adam has completely lost his fucking mind."

Blake was staring at the man in front of her. It was not true…there was no way that Adam would have done something like that. It was impossible to see the man that had fought for so long to gain equality for the Faunus…

"He…He wouldn't…?" Blake whispered.

"I hate to interrupt," Torchwick spoke out, "But we've got company."

Blake turned her attention toward where Torchwick was and he was glancing at an area behind them. Blake glanced at the area for a few moments before a figure appeared in the area. The figure was a young man and he was dressed in black clothing. He had pale skin…so pale that it reminded Blake of the skin tone of a dead body. The two orange eyes were staring at them and there wasn't even a look of surprise at the sight of the group.

"So…you're still alive," he said, "I was wondering who had caused the ruckus I heard…"

Blake and Mirkia drew out their sword poising to attack as from behind them Dmitri was slowly getting back to his feet. The man looked up toward the new arrival in front of him and his eyes widened.

"No…," he whispered, "Not you…"

A dark feeling suddenly pressed against Blake. The girl could feel chill running down her back as the full darkness surged from the figure in front of her causing her to freeze in shock. She could feel recognition growing through her as she stared at the being in front of her…

This feeling…it's…just like the Grimm…, she thought, But how is this even possible? Why is it this guy's Aura feeling like the Grimm…?

The man's skin started to change as the pressure of the darkness that was within him started to grow and in his hand a white sword materialized from no where as well as a white mask which appeared upon his features…a mask that was oddly reminiscent of the Grimm with the red lines design upon it…

A...Grimm mask…

Then he moved and all Blake felt was a sudden pain coursing through her body as blood surged from the wound that had appeared on her stomach. The girl's golden eyes went wide with shock, unable to understand what had just happened. From around her, the others were in no better shape for they also had started to bleed out as they were falling down upon the ground.

"W…What…just happened?" Mirkia said shocked as she fell forward and unto the ground.

Torchwick didn't even say anything for he also fell down, red blood appearing upon the white coat he was wearing. Blake had also fall down on the side, taken down by the sudden attack that had appeared around her.

I…I didn't even see him move at all…, she thought, He was there one second and the next…all I felt was the pain…just…how powerful...are these guys…

She can feel the darkness started to creep in from the corner of her eyes as the world in front of her started to blur together…

Shit…I'm losing consciousness…damn it…I can't die here…I…have to…save…

Then the world became dark…

Captured by the enemy...

Next Time: Escape from Las Hazard

Jacques0 out.

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