"How did you do that?" Ruby was the first to speak, leaning forward and poking the man in the chest. "I've never seen someone use their aura to heal something that serious."

Gregor stepped back from the girl's prodding finger, his pale face starting to darken. "It's nothing."

"You just keep getting weirder." Yang added behind folded arms.

"Yang." Blake snapped at her partner.

"She's not wrong." Gregor said with a shrug. "But that's not the problem right now. The cops are going to get here soon." As if on cue the wail of sirens began to rise over the streets. "Kinda like that."

"We need to explain what happened." Blake said calmly.

"And you need to get looked at." Ruby added, stepping up to her friend.

Blake lifted her arm. It wasn't bleeding but the cut still ached. "I'll be fine. It's just a scratch." It could heal on its own.

Ruby gave a sudden gasp and whirled to face Gregor. Her face moved an inch from his. "Can you heal Blake like you did yourself?" Her voice rose in pitch the more she spoke.

Gregor again recoiled from the girl. "No, not really. It only works that way for me. Besides, you three need to stay here and talk to police, I have to go to the forest."

"Why?" Ruby and Yang echoed the question, both fixing their eyes on Gregor.

"I thought you were following us?" Blake asked with venom in her voice. She narrowed her eyes on her teammates. "I would think you would already know."

Yang bowed her head, scratching at her mane while Ruby slumped but faced her friend. "We were but we weren't close enough to hear anything. We just wanted to make sure you were safe, Blake." Her face and voice fell. The young girl's eyes made her look too much like a begging puppy. It did little to dampen Blake's anger.

"I can protect myself." She retorted, sharper than she intended.

Ruby winced at the words but continued. "We're friends Blake. We…" Ruby trailed off, looking at the ground sheepishly.

"We don't trust him." Yang added, jabbing a thumb towards the boy in the group.

"Well that hurts." He said with a laugh.

"You don't know him." Blake defended.

"Neither do you." The blond turned on her partner..

"But you won't give him a chance."

"Why does he deserve one?"

"Because I did!"

Yang fell silent. Her eyes lightened and her jaw fell but no words fell out. Blake felt her muscles tighten, her arms locked to her sides as she yelled. It took a long breath to relax and realize what she had meant. Blake took the silence as a chance to continue. "I've done bad things Yang. Worse than anything I've told you girls but I got a second chance. Bad or not, he deserves that chance."

Yang took a long breath and turned sharply on the smaller man. Greg shrank back as Yang took one lunging step towards him bending over so her eyes were level with his. As much as the act was meant to intimidate, Gregor didn't step back thought he did lean as far away from the brawler as his spine would allow.

"Ok." Her answer quick was and quiet.

"OK?" He asked slowly, still somewhat expecting to be hit.

"Ok. I'll trust you for now." With more force than she needed, Yang grabbed the top of his head. The act was something between ruffling his hair and trying to grind his scalp off. "If Blake trusts you, I trust you. I'll give you a chance." She cast a glance back at the ebony haired beauty behind her.

"Wonderful." He grumbled, rubbing his head. The sirens grew suddenly louder as the cars rounded the corner. "I really hope you have some way to make them believe we didn't do all of this." He said turning to survey the damage of the battle. "I would rather not spend another night in jail."

As it turned out, the police had no intention of putting anyone in jail. The entire ordeal from their arrival lasted ten minutes before the kids were sent away. Two officers asked everyone the same questions. What happened? Who was the attacker? What they did and who they were? Their beacon IDs helped everyone but Gregor who simply shrugged, saying his was lost and he was a transfer student.

The cops ignored him, getting their information as more officers arrived to block off the scene. By the time they started roping the area off they were shooing the students back to school with vague warnings and promises.

"Well that was easier than I thought." Gregor said when they left the scene behind.

"They tend to think they know everything." Yang said, throwing her hands behind her head. "So, where are we going?"

"You three are going back to school like the good officer said." The boy said stepping ahead of them. "This isn't your fight girls."

"What fight?" Yang asked, dropping her hands.

"This is our fight." Blake insisted. "We deserve to have a part in this. This is our world."

"No you don't. You're kids. How old are you anyway? Sixteen? Maybe Blondie is eighteen but you are still too young to be getting involved in this."

"You're one to talk." Ruby snapped back. "You're no older than us." Her lips stayed in a firm line, unwilling to validate his guess on age. The team nodded, standing with their leader.

"I am a lot older than I look. You three are still kids. You should not be getting involved in a fight like this."

"We can fight." Yang answered.

"Not something like this." The boy slowly exhaled, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "I know you want to help but this isn't something I want anyone from this world involved in, let alone a bunch of little girls."

"We are huntresses in training." Blake said defiantly stepping forward to face Gregor. "We have a duty to help people."

The gray man's eyes focused on the girl. "Blake, you know what kind of monster I'm hunting. This is not something I want you all involved with. He is more powerful and dangerous than anything you've ever seen. Fighters or not, he is out of your league." He slowly pressed his hand on her shoulder. "You know I'm right."

She did. It hurt to admit but she knew going along with him would only make them targets. She also knew how fights like this had gone in the past. He was trying to protect them and while it was noble, this wasn't something he needed to do. There was evil in their world and it was their job to stop it.

"We have to help." Ruby said appearing beside Blake and voicing her thoughts. "We're kids, but we're huntresses too. We can fight, we can help."

"I'm with our leader." Yang said, wrapping a strong arm around her sister and another around Blake, pulling the girls together. The blonde's wide toothy grin turned up to Gregor as she crushed the three faces tighter. Ruby and Blake both blushed being crushed to the older girl's beaming cheeks.

He gave a long sigh, rubbing his head. "If I leave you, you're all just going follow me anyway aren't you?" All three heads bobbed in answer. "Son of bitch. Fine. You can clearly handle yourselves in a fight but," He said holding a finger to their faces. "If I say run, you run. If you see something that shouldn't be there, something that you've never seen before, you run. I don't need heroes on my heels."

Ruby gave a sharp salute while Yang shrugged and Blake gave a slow nod. He let his face fall. It was most likely the best he was going to get short of tying them up and leaving them here. He had to shake his head to banish that thought. He had doubt that would hold them off for more than an hour, and it wasn't the best way to improve relations.

"Fine, in that case lead the way cause I still have no clue where this forest is." His arm waved weakly down the street, stepping to the side

"Alright gang!" Ruby said leaping to the head of the pack, extending her hand to the air. "We are on a mission! To the forest of Forever Fall!" the young girl vanished, leaving behind a dusting of rose petals fluttering in the wind. Yang laughed, striding after her sister, hands casually tucked behind her head again.

Greg slipped his hands into his pockets and looked to Blake. "They still don't know what they're getting into or what we're looking for."

"But they have spirit." She said with a small smile.

The boy turned his eyes back on her, the dark color brooding and intense. "They shouldn't be involved and neither should you." His tone was low and warning. "I don't want to see that kind of spirit broken. Kids deserve to be kids."

"We're not kids." Blake said stepping past him adding the last comment over her shoulder. "We're huntresses."

Greg sighed and looked to his book, tapping the cover as he followed the woman. "Innocence is the price of victory." He muttered to himself, recalling an old quote. The idea made his eyes burn but he pushed it back and followed girls. He would protect them.

. . .

Adam pulled farther back into the shadow of the bridge. Another pair passed by, one an officer and another citizen complain about the fighting. Stupid humans. This was between him and Blake but they all kept getting involved. First it was that man and then the other two girls.

The young man growled to himself, shifting his weapon across his chest he pulled deeper into the darkness beneath the bridge. Between his coat and the darkness no one would find him without really looking. If they looked that hard, he would just remove them. It wasn't like they mattered anyway. She mattered.

His knuckles turned white as he clenched Blush in his hand. She had betrayed him. She had abandoned him. The way she looked back at him, the way she looked at him today. She pitied him. It wasn't right! He wasn't someone weak to be pitied. He was strong, stronger than her or any of the White Fang. He didn't need pity, and he didn't need her kind of betrayal.

"Hello there."

Adam spun in the space, drawing Wilt a full inch before he paused. He knew this one. The tall creature stood in the dark with him, dark coat hiding him as well as Adam but his pale skin stuck out. He was dangerous but not to him. With a huff Adam slid his weapon back into its sheath and retook his spot. "What do you want?"

"Seems things didn't work out." The new arrival said with a purr in his voice, ignoring Adam's question.

"She wasn't alone." He hissed. "There was another one with her, some boy. Before I could end it two other girls showed up." His hand shook as he gripped the hilt of his weapon.

"Her teammates." The other man added. "They were quick to her defense."

"It doesn't matter. Next time I'll be ready. Next time I'll kill her and anyone who gets in the way." Adam growled back.

"Now I admire that can do attitude but she knows you're coming now. Besides, I know this boy with her. He's a dangerous one." He could feel the other one shift under the bridge. "She deserves to die, she deserves to suffer more than that but you can't do it alone. They are stronger than you"

"What do you suggest?" He turned to face the other one, his form blending with the shadow under the bridge. He could still make out the shape beneath the dark, large and menacing.

"Your friends in that group, the White fang, you still have connections with them, right?"

"I left them." Adam turned his head away. "They won't let me come back."

The dark man chuckled. "I'm sure they can't turn down a man with your skill. Besides, you'll be bringing them a new ally. Take me to meet them and I promise we can do more. I can help you show that bitch what real pain is. That's what you want right? You want her to suffer for betraying you like that?"

Adam paused and looked back his new ally. He was evil. There was no denying that. It was worse than the humans who had beaten him when he was younger, worse than anyone who had wronged him. He was looking at absolute evil that transcended even the Grimm. It flowed out from him like a thick scent he could feel on his tongue.

But that didn't matter.

"Yeah." He growled. "I want her to suffer. Maybe I can contact them. With their resources we could take the whole school, maybe even the city."

The dark chuckled again. "I promise, between them and me, we can take all of it." Adam looked back as the man stepped forward, hands tucked casually into the pockets of his black coat. His pale face curled into a vicious, wide grin, showing his sharp teeth. He gave a chuckle, his pitch black eyes settling on Adam's mask.

"We're going to have so much fun."

Author notes: Well looks like I made another chapter. I am getting my interest back with the new trailer released so maybe there is a future to this story. I am still splitting time in between this, work and other projects, plus I might have to take some more hours to keep the bills paid but hey stuff happens.

So I hope I'm keeping everyone as in character as I can manage but I will admit to feeling bad about how I had Yang acting and Blake… well Blake is a little messed up so she's not quite right.

As always, you should totally leave a review. You know tell me how awesome I am. Cause let's be honest here for a second, I am amazing. It's okay, I know.

Ok I'm done. Until next time, keep breathing and keep reading.