Okay so lets get to this before I decide to procrastinate more. The Red Hand belongs to Mojo. Enjoy.
Neo and Adam sat mostly in silence in the back of the airship headed towards Fidelis's location. Adam looked over his weapon again to make sure it was in optimal condition. There were only two reasons why Fidelis would be out here. The first was that he was just being stupid like usual. Reason two is someone forced him out here against his will.
Fidelis was one of the strongest members of the White Fang and could go toe to toe with any huntsmen huntress out there, so for someone to be able to force Fidelis to go anywhere, they would have to be either extremely strong or skilled enough to get the drop on him. Either way they weren't to be taken lightly.
Adam looked over to Neo who was looking anxious to find Fide and make sure he was okay. It surprised him to see someone who truly seemed to care about Fidelis. Adam considered Fide to be one of his best friends even if he was a bit of a handful, though he had known Fide since he first joined the Fang years ago. He also knew Rideat still cared about his older brother and wanted to help him as well, but that was because they were family. So it was surprising to see someone without any real history who actually cares about him. And she's a human no less.
Unlike Fidelis, Adam really does hate humans and would love to see them wiped off Remnant. There were very few humans Adam considers to be different from the others but he trusts Fidelis enough that if he thinks someone is okay then he'll give them the benefit of the doubt. If Neo truly does care about Fide and he feels the same than in Adam's book Neo gets a pass.
"Sir, we are approaching the location. DTA two miles." The pilot said over the speaker.
Adam stood up and walked over to the door. "Let us out here, we'll go the rest of the way on foot. Stay in the area and be ready for pick up on my call."
"Yes sir."
Moments later the door slid open to show the massive forest the dominated most of the Vale country side. The forest floor was about 80 feet below. Adam looked to Neo who gave him a nod which he returned before they both jumped from the ship and fell towards the ground. Neo used her semblance to teleport to the ground while Adam landed on a high up branch and began jumping to other branches until he reached the floor.
"Alright remember the plan, we stick to the shadows and see what we're up against before charging in." Neo nodded before they both took off running towards their destination.
With Fidelis
"Does he have any living relatives?" Plaga asked as he stood in front of a rather battered looking Fidelis. Fidelis currently had a black eye, a broken nose, and several electrical burns across his body. It seemed that Plaga really hated when people didn't tell him exactly what he wanted to hear.
"Not that I no of." Fidelis answered before getting punched across the face again. He was silent for a second before spitting out a tooth along with some blood. "You know, being a black market weapons dealer doesn't provide a great dental plan." He chuckled before getting back handed.
Plaga was getting angrier with every word that came out of Fidelis's mouth. Not only were they not getting any real useful intel on their target, but they kept getting smart ass comments everytime he hit the guy instead of pleads to stop. "Is there anyone who he cares about?" Plaga asked in a growl.
"I've heard he's pretty good friends with Adam Taurus, but if your looking for leverage to take him down with I'm sure your aware that Mr. Taurus is as tough a opponent as he is himself. Other than him there's Roman Torchwick, from what I've seen they seem to get along pretty well. Though getting to Torchwick would be quite difficult as well seeing as he's currently locked up tight under Ironwoods personal watch." Fidelis explained while leaving out a few people. While he wasn't really lying when he said all this, he also wasn't telling them everything.
He knew the Red Hand were already after Adam, so telling them about him wouldn't really change anything. And Torchwick was pretty much out of anyones reach inside that cell of his so he wasn't in any real danger from these guys. Not many people knew about Rideat and he preferred to keep it that way, and there was no way in hell he was even gonna mention Neo to these people.
"Where is the current White Fang HQ in Vale?" Ao asked from behind.
Fidelis sucked air in through his teeth. "I really wish I could tell you that dollface but it would be bad for business. Nobodies gonna want to do business with someone who blabs now will they?" Plaga lifted the sword he had been carrying this whole time and brought the tip down on top of Fidelis's foot going right through it and pinning it to the floor. "AAAH FUCK!" He shouted which actually caused a small grin to grow on Plaga's face under his mask. Plaga then began to turn the blade slightly while wiggling it around, doing this caused Fidelis to let out another howl of pain.
"Tell us." Plaga said in a low dark voice.
Fidelis was panting heavily from the pain. "You really don't take rejection well. Did your prom date stand you up or something?" This caused Ao to giggle but enraged Plaga even further.
He ripped his sword out of Fidelis's foot and lifted it into the air, preparing to swing it downwards. "Filthy animal, lets see you make jokes when your missing an arm." Just as he was about to bring the blade down he heard a beeping sound from his pocket. He turned away from Fidelis and pulled his scroll out of his pocket and growled slightly. He turned to Ao. "It seems we have a couple of guests heading this way."
"How many." Ao asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Just two."
"You take care of it and I'll continue here. Besides I think you could use this chance to blow off some steam." She said walking over to Fidelis and placing a hand on his cheek. "And I think he could use a break to."
"Very well, it shouldn't take to long." Plaga replied before moving towards the door and exiting the room.
Ao smiled and walked in front of Fidelis before straddling his lap. "Okay now lets continue." Ao whispered as her smile grew even wider and she pulled a syringe from behind her.
Outside
Adam looked over to Neo who was leaning against a tree. Adam then looked at the abandoned looking building sitting in the middle of a small clearing. Above the front door of the condemned looking building was a metal sign that was half covered in a thick layer of rust but Adam could make out the familiar looking symbol of the Schnee dust company. "An old abandoned Quarry HQ?" He asked himself.
Deciding it didn't really matter what the building was he motioned to Neo that he was going in. The building had dozens of broken windows but Adam didn't want to risk making to much noise and instead of going through one of them he used his blade to quickly and silently cut through the metal front door. Neo followed him into the building which opened up to a large open lobby with the upper three floors visible and the whole place was over grown with plant life.
Adam walked into the center of the lobby. "Well now this is a surprise." Both Adam and Neo snapped to attention and looked upwards to where the voice came from. Sitting on the third floor railing was a figure clad in black wearing a silver plague doctors mask. "Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I'd find the infamous Adam Taurus, leader of the White Fang all the way out here. Your even more valuable a target than The Dead Wind." The man said in his extremely deep voice before he jumped down from the railing while carrying a very large black coffin on his back and a katana in his hand. "Maybe this venture wasn't a complete waste of time after all."
Adam stood in a ready stance. "You know me, but who are you?" He asked measuring the man up.
"My name is Plaga, and Im a Trapper with the Red Hand. I'm also the man who will be taking your head." He stated as he pointed his blade at Adam.
Adam cursed in his head, it had to be the Red Hand, and worse yet was the fact that one of their best Trappers was here. "Plaga the Black Death. I've heard quite a few stories about you. You've killed a lot of my men." Adam glanced over at Neo who looked ready to fight, he motioned with his head for her to continue on without him. She pulled out her scroll and pulled up the tracker Adam installed on the way there and she saw that Fide's signal was coming from below.
She looked around and saw a door on the far side of the room that led to a stair well and she took off towards it. Plaga threw his blade towards the girl in an attempt to skewer her with it, however before the blade could make contact it was intercepted by a blur of red and was cut in half. Adam sheathed his blade a stood in between Plaga and Neo who continued onward. "Your fight is with me, and it seems you've lost your blade." He said gesturing to the broken blade.
Plaga chuckled. "Don't worry." He pulled the coffin off his back and in front of him before opening it and pulling out a large bundle of cloth. He threw the cloth up into the air while still holding onto the end of it causing it to unravel itself to reveal a large number of identical katanas which began raining down all over the lobby. Adam looked around at the dozens of blades sticking out of the ground and walls before looking back to Plaga. "I've got spares."
"Wonderful."
With Neo
Neo was running through the corridors kicking each door she came across before moving on. She was on the lowest level of the building, she turned a corner which led to another hallway however this one only had one door at the end. Neo sprinted to the door before slamming her foot into it and nearly knocking it off its hinges.
On the other side of the door was a sight that truly made her blood boil with rage. Sitting across Fidelis's lap was another woman with big breasts, and her arms around his shoulders. "Oh, it seems we have company." She said into his ear. "You must be Neo." Ao said smiling before standing up. "Fidelis here has told me quite a bit about you. Imagine my surprise when I learned that we've actually had the real Fidelis the dead wind this whole time. Plaga is going to be furious. He really had us going with all those stories of his but you'd be amazed how quickly a few drops of my special truth serum can clear up the bullshit." She said gesturing to the needle on the floor.
Neo then looked more closely at Fidelis, if she would have been capable she would have screamed. His face was swollen and bloodied, across his torso were multiple burns and lacerations. There was a large pool of blood around his foot and he seemed to be in a daze. "While he's not nearly as charming as before, he's much better at answering questions." Neo rushed forward thrusting her umbrella towards Ao who merely leaned back and flicked her wrist towards Neo.
The only warning for danger Neo had was a split second before the attack when she saw a slight glint of light. Neo jumped backwards as blood ran down her face from a tiny cut underneath her right eye. Neo looked at her opponent closer and saw what had hit her, connected to each of the womans fingers were thin metal wires that could barely be see with the naked eye.
"Im impressed you were able to dodge that. Not many ever see my first attack coming let alone dodge it. Regardless Im glad, this means we can have more fun before I cut you to ribbons." Ao said never once dropping the smile from her face. "So, lets begin."
Alright there we go, I know your disappointed with the blue balling ending I just hit yall with but I'm sick and need to get some sleep. I'll make it up to you guys by having 90% of the next chapter being dedicated to their fights. LATER.