RWBY: Wolf Pack

by Nightmare 6-4

The Wolf Pack is a group of Six mercenaries who have banded together as brothers: Carmine, Crimson, Grullo, Keppel, Nightshade, and Onyx. Together they carry out contracts and fight back the forces of evil, they soon discover that their real enemy is not what they thought it was and the truth has been blurred, but at what cost? [This takes place before the events of Titan Rising.]

2. Chapter 2: Ballroom Blitz

Chapter 2: Ballroom Blitz

I do not own RWBY, RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum (R.I.P.) nor do I own any media that may appear in the story. I only own the OCs, Enjoy! Remember to Favorite, Follow, and leave a Review.

Carmine slowly awoke to the sound of a muffled radio blaring, he grabbed the side of his head in pain "Can I please just die already?" Carmine pleaded as he laid in bed and writhed in agony, someone banged on the door "Wake up, love birds!" Crimson yelled at the door, Carmine stood up slowly and walked to the bathroom, closing the door behind him. Sapphire rolled over and looked at the door, the sound of Carmine vomiting echoed through the room and bounced off the walls. Carmine walked out of the bathroom and crawled back into bed "Please. Kill. Me." Carmine said, pleading for mercy.

Onyx opened the door and rolled Carmine over, thrusting a bottle of unknown liquid toward the rifleman "Drink up, brother." Onyx said as he held the bottle of potential mercy, Carmine looked up at the infantryman and sighed "Is it your special 'Cure All' that you're famous for?" Carmine asked as he took the bottle and opened it, tilting it upward and chugging the contents of the bottle. Sapphire tilted her head confused "Why is it called a cure all?" She asked as Carmine finished the bottle and dropped it to the ground, Crimson walked in and held up three fingers and counted down "Three. Two. One." Crimson said as he counted, when he reached one, Carmine shot up out of the bed and raced into the bathroom, Carmine violently emptied the contents of his stomach into the toilet.

"Fuck You, Onyx!" Carmine yelled as he gasped for air and the flushed the toilet, Carmine stumbled out of the bathroom and grabbed the wall for support, he shook his head and recuperated himself. Crimson tossed him a clean shirt, Carmine caught it and pulled it on over his bare chest "So, what's on the contract board today?" Carmine asked as he grabbed a bottle of mouth wash and rinsed his mouth out, spitting the contents into the sink and setting the bottle back onto the counter. He walked back out and sat on his bed, he stretched his arm and popped his joints in his back, Nightshade walked in and handed him a dossier "Well, I don't think you're going to like this one, this one will require all of us and Sapphire. We have to go undercover at a Gala event that is being hosted by the Schnee's, they fear retaliation from Sarcoline Industries and Lapis incorporated is trying to keep their hands clean." Onyx explained as Carmine flipped through the papers and photos.

Carmine looked back at Sapphire "Well, what do you think?" Carmine asked as Sapphire sat up and covered her breasts with the sheet "Sounds like fun and I know I'll have my strong man here to protect me." Sapphire said as she rubbed Carmine's back with her foot. Carmine looked back up at Onyx "So, what's the payment?" He asked as he reread the document, Onyx sighed and rubbed his neck "Well, Jacques said that we should consider the Gala as payment since 'Lowly dogs don't get into these events' like a fucking dick." Onyx said, quoting the CEO of Schnee Industries. Carmine cradled his head and sighed "Is this guy serious!?" Carmine asked as he sat the document next to him, Onyx shrugged "Hey, we can work it out later. After the Gala is secured." Onyx said as he leaned against the wall.

Carmine stood up and paced the room "What if, after we protect the Gala, we wait for Jacques in his office and then inform him that if we're not paid, then we'll release a memo saying he ordered the hit on Sarcoline." Carmine said as he got an idea "I love it, we'll blackmail the son of a bitch." Crimson said as he rubbed his hands together, Carmine looked over at him "Calm down, we'll take this one moment at a time." Carmine said as passed by the group of mercenaries and entered the main room, the others followed him into the room. Carmine walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge, pulling out a bottle of water "So what is the game plan?" Carmine asked as he chugged the water, Onyx rounded the corner and placed a document on the counter "We have to meet with General Ironwood about this." Onyx said as he pulled out pictures and documents, diagrams of the Schnee mansion and the surrounding area "So they want to set up two flak cannons to protect from air attacks, Ironwood supplied two Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannons for the roof. Keppel will be on the roof with Charon while Carmine, Sapphire, and I will be inside amongst the guests. Crimson and Grullo will be on the Flak Cannons and lastly, Nightshade will be monitoring the security cameras." Onyx explained as Carmine finished his water, tossing the bottle into the recycling bin.

"So what are we looking for exactly?" Crimson asked as he bit into an apple, Onyx turned around and looked at the man who was leaning against the wall "Well, that's the thing, if they do strike back, it would be through another mercenary group but that could be any of them: Mistral's 184th Militants, Viper Legion, The Devil's Disciples, or The Grimm Reapers, I might even go as far as to consider the White Fang as a threat but I don't think Sarcoline would hire a radical group like that." Onyx said as he leaned against the counter, Carmine opened an energy drink and sipped at it as he started making breakfast "Then it's settled, after breakfast we'll fly up to Atlas and set up shop. Nightshade, call in an airship to take us there." Carmine said as he placed pancakes onto a plate, topping them with syrup and a few strawberries. Sapphire walked into the room wearing one of Carmine's shirts "Mmm, smells good." She said as she took a strawberry and popped it into her mouth with a wink, Carmine sighed "You are such a temptress, aren't you." Carmine said as he drank from his energy drink, she giggled and kissed him on the cheek "You know you love me." She said playfully as she got out the pancake batter but Carmine stopped her "I already made you some." Carmine said as he slid over another plate of pancakes, her eyes lit up "Please marry me." She said as she dug into her breakfast, Carmine almost choked on a strawberry when he heard her say that.

Crimson chuckled "I can hear the wedding bells now." Crimson said playfully, Carmine shot him a death glare which made him tense up "Shit, my bad." Crimson said as he slowly left the room, Carmine pulled Sapphire into his embrace which surprised her, causing her to let out a squeak of surprise "EEP! What's up, sweetie." Sapphire asked as she swallowed her food, Carmine held her closely "Shhh, You're just too adorable." Carmine said as he pat her head, she seemed to melt into his arms "You know just how to make me happy." She said as she slipped into cloud nine.

"You know, for a guy who just hurled the entire contents of his stomach into the toilet, I'm surprised that you are eating and not curled up on the bathroom floor." Grullo said as he grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge, Carmine looked over at the demolitions expert and grinned "That's because that wasn't my first time having his 'Cure All' and it won't be the last." Carmine said as he let go of Sapphire and continued to eat his breakfast, Grullo walked over to the counter and sat his bottle down "So, what's in it anyway?" Grullo asked, looking Carmine in the eyes, Carmine finished his plate and placed it in the sink, running water over it "Well, I'd love to tell you but even I don't know." Carmine said as he finished off his energy drink, crushing it and tossing it into the recycling bin.

"So what now, honey?" Sapphire asked as she placed her plate into the sink, Carmine scratched the back of his head "Well, if you're going to undercover with me then we have to outfit you with the right gear." Carmine said as he adjusted his shirt, Carmine and Sapphire walked into the Armory where cabinets of weapons, munitions, and armor filled the room, Carmine flipped on the lights on "Here you go, find what fits you." Carmine said as he pulled out a couple of drawers, Sapphire walked over to the first drawer and pulled out a Desert Eagle "This one!" Sapphire said as she stroked the chrome slide, Carmine took it from her and placed it back into the drawer "Covert, not blow the door off of a truck." Carmine said as he picked up an H&K MK23, he checked the mag and replaced it back into the gun "I suggest this one, it has good stopping power and his concealable." Carmine explained as he pulled a holster from the cabinet, he put the pistol into the holster and snapped the strap closed.

Sapphire took the gun from her boyfriend and examined it "It straps to your right upper thigh and will be hidden underneath your dress." Carmine explained as he showed her the strap, Carmine picked up a FN Five-Seven from the drawer of weapons along with a few spare mags and a couple boxes of ammo. Nightshade walked back into the room "Alright guys, an airship will be here in an hour to take us to Atlas." Nightshade announced to the whole room, Onyx walked in and briefed the room "Alright people, gear up and be ready to move out. Sapphire, do you want to come with us?" Onyx asked the girl who was standing next to Carmine.

"I've never been to Atlas before so I would love to go." Sapphire said as she laid her head on Carmine's arm, he wrapped his arm around her. Onyx looked up to his brother and nodded, Carmine nodded back before he escorted Sapphire back to his room to get dressed. Sapphire walked over to the closet and opened the door, she pulled out a black t-shirt along with black Taclite M-65 jacket and a pair of black skinny jeans while Carmine got dressed in his usual gear. Sapphire pulled on a pair of tan Uggs, she jumped off the bed and skipped over to the mirror, she turned around and presented herself to Carmine "So how do I look?" She asked the rifleman, he just stared in awe "You look stunning, I don't even know what to say." Carmine said stuttering, Sapphire squeeled and jumped into his arms "I love you so much." She said as he held her closely to his body.

Crimson walked in and knocked on the door "Yo lovebirds, wheels up in ten." Crimson said as he walked by the doorway, Carmine looked into Sapphire's blue eyes "Well, you ready to sore like an eagle, high above all the problems of the world?" Carmine asked, Sapphire giggled "I'm on cloud nine everytime I'm with you." She said as she kissed him on the lips, Carmine ran his fingers through her hair and kissed her forehead. Carmine turned around and picked his bag up off of the bed, Carmine and Sapphire made their way out of his room to the armory, Carmine opened a cabinet and pulled out a black holster belt, handing it to Sapphire along with her MK23. She fastened it around her waist and tightened it so it secured, she placed the pistol into the holster and snapped the strap closed, Carmine pulled out a SCAR-H with a Foregrip, ACOG sight, and Muzzle Break. He loaded a fresh mag into the receiver and pulled back the bolt, loading a bullet into the rifle from the magazine, he flipped the safety on and placed it onto his back.

"Seven Minutes!" Onyx called into the Wolves' Den, Carmine opened another drawer and pulled out a boot knife, he strapped it to Sapphire's waist "Here, we all have one and if you're going to be in the field with us then you'll need one too." Carmine said, Sapphire couldn't help but smile at her lover. Keppel walked in with Charon in his hands, he sat the sniper rifle against the wall while he grabbed a few spare mags "So, why are we going to a Gala dressed like this?" Sapphire asked confused, Carmine and Keppel chuckled "We're going to scope out the site first before we get ready for tonight, I wouldn't bring a SCAR to a covert event." Carmine said as he filled his bag with supplies, Keppel faced the rifleman "But it does sound like something you would do." Keppel said, pointing a bullet at the man dressed in black.

"The Gala isn't until about 9pm tonight, it's is currently 11am so we have plenty of time." Nightshade said as he entered the armory and opened a cabinet of shotguns, pulling out a M1216 and started loading the quad port tube with buckshot cartridges, he replaced back into the shotgun and cocked it before placing it onto his lower back. Keppel grabbed his rifle and a helmet from the shelf as he left the armory followed by Carmine, Nightshade, and Sapphire; the four people left the Wolf Pack HQ and made their way to the air docks where an airship was waiting to take them to Atlas. As they got closer, the sound of heavy metal could be heard emanating from the back of the airship, Crimson and Grullo loaded a large crate into the back of the airship while Onyx was strapping down another box let was labeled 'Danger'.

Carmine, Keppel, Nightshade, and Sapphire boarded the airship with the rest of the team, the door closed and locked in place to secure the occupants of the VTOL. The airship took off into the air and flew through the sky, the airship experienced slight turbulence as it pierced through the clouds and leveled off "Alright guys, it's going to be about an hour and some change before we get there so get ready in the meantime." Onyx said as he addressed the team, everyone nodded and started to prep their gear some more while Sapphire watched intrigued. Carmine pulled out four empty Five-Seven mags and began loading them, putting the loaded mags into the pouches on the sides of his Heavy IBA, along with a couple extra mags for his SCAR-H into the pouches on the front of his Heavy IBA.

Carmine handed Sapphire a few loaded mags "Here, these go into the side of your holster in those pouches." Carmine said, Sapphire nodded and took them from him and put them in her holster. Onyx walked by and checked everyone but stopped when he reached Carmine and Sapphire "Sapphire, if it comes to it and bullets start flying, I want you to stay behind Carmine and follow whatever he says, okay?" Onyx said, Sapphire nodded "I know my strong man will protect me." Sapphire said lovingly as she rubbed his forearm, Carmine chuckled but stared at the ground. Sapphire looked at him worried but Onyx reassured her "He's mentally getting ready, preparing himself for whatever might get thrown at us." Onyx explained as he gestured to the others who were doing the same, Keppel took a knee and bowed his head as he prayed out loud, the others including Carmine and Onyx took a knee as well as Keppel started to pray.

"Brave warriors, should fate find us in battle, May our cause be just. May our leaders have clear vision. May our courage not falter. May we be triumphant and earn victory as we show no mercy to our enemies. May our efforts bring lasting peace. May our sacrifice be always appreciated by those we serve. May we return to our loved ones unharmed. Should we be harmed, may our wounds heal. Should we perish in the struggle, may the Gods embrace us and find for us a place in their Kingdom. Amen" Keppel said as he prayed for their safety, everyone said 'Amen' as they stood back up.

"Do you always do that before a mission?" Sapphire asked as Carmine sat back down next to her, he nodded "Yeah, it's our ritual that Keppel started when we we're assaulting a White Fang compound up in the north." Carmine explained as he adjusted the sights on his SCAR, Carmine looked over at Crimson who was loading clip into his SG 550 and pulled back the bolt on the side of it. "Crimson, did you bring any dust rounds with you?" He asked the infantryman, Crimson pulled a couple boxes out and tossed a few to Carmine, the rifleman caught a box of fire dust and a box of lightning dust, he placed them in his bag and zipped it back up. "Touch down in ten minutes." The pilot said as they entered Atlas airspace, Onyx walked into the middle of the airship and got everyone's attention while he held an AK-103 "Alright people, we're going to the Schnee mansion so keep your shit together and don't do anything to draw attention to yourselves." Onyx said as he pulled back the bolt on his AK.

As the airship touched down onto the landing pad, the back opened up and revealed the massive Schnee mansion, everyone exited onto the landing pad where a balding man was waiting for the mercenaries "Ah, you must be the Wolf Pack, my name is Klein Sieban. I will take you to meet Jacques, right this way please." The balding man said as he led the mercenaries into the mansion, the halls were all white and the floor was covered in a long, blue rug. Crimson looked around in awe "Man, these are some tight digs. The Schnee family must be loaded." Crimson said which caused Nightshade to smack him in the back of the head "Get your shit together, dumbass." Nightshade said in a hushed tone, Crimson chuckled and put his hands up in defeat.

Klein led the group to a large set of double doors "Mr. Schnee is right through here." The servant said as he opened the door to reveal a large office filled with pictures and other items, a white haired man sat at a desk in the back of the room. The man stood up and walked over to the group "Ah, you must be the Wolf Pack. I'm Jacques Schnee, CEO of Schnee Dust Company." Jacques said as he shook the hands of the members of Wolf Pack.

"So what's this about you scrubbing our pay?" Crimson asked, Jacques chuckled "Yes, dogs of war like yourselves should consider it an honor to attend a Schnee Gala." Jacques said conceitedly, Crimson clenched his fists but Carmine put his hand on Crimson's shoulder "Down boy, I'll handle this." Carmine said as he stepped forward and stared into Jacque's eyes "You see, you're in this situation because you wanted to line your pockets a little more by having a rep from a rival company assassinated and highly suggest you pay us or else a certain contract you put out might get leaked to the public and I don't think you would want that." Carmine said as he threatened the CEO, Jacques gritted his teeth and raised his hand but everyone drew their weapons at the white haired man, Carmine grinned "Do it, make my fucking day." Carmine said in a deep tone, fear flashed across Jacque's face as he lowered his hand and retreated to his desk.

"Alright, you win." The man said as he started to forward money to their accounts, each of their scrolls went off to indicate a transaction was completed "Good, now we're good, that's all you had to do, homeboy." Crimson said as he put his scroll back into his pocket, everyone holstered their weapons as Carmine walked back to the group. Carmine turned back around and faced the CEO who was standing behind his desk but he turned to his team first "So, we happy?" He asked as everyone except Sapphire checked their scrolls, the team nodded to Carmine "Yeah, we're good." Nightshade said as he closed his scroll and put it back into his pocket.

"Alright, now we can get to work." Carmine said as they turned and left the office, Sapphire exhaled a sigh of relief "I thought you guys were going to unload on him." Sapphire said as they walked down the hall, Keppel chuckled lightly "It was our trump card in that meeting, it's very important to have the upper hand in these type of situations. If you hold the upper hand then you can demand anything." Keppel explained, Sapphire nodded but was still a little confused, Carmine patted her on the shoulder "We had no intentions on firing a single bullet, it was all a bluff." Carmine reassured her as they reached the ball room.

Onyx pushed open the double doors and revealed an extremely large room with four chandeliers hanging from the roof, the room had tables that were set in rows to the side which left a large open area in the center of the room. Crimson walked in and looked around the room, he whistled in amazement "Man, these are some sweet digs, son. I wouldn't mind having a place like this for when I retire." Crimson said as walked around the room, Keppel looked up at the balcony and the second floor "A sniper would have a field day up on that balcony, and if say twenty gunners lined the second floor, this room would be a slaughter." Keppel said as he took notes, a group of armed men walked up to the Wolf Pack.

"Hello, we're with Schnee Security. Mr. Schnee told us that you would be the ones coordinating our positions?" The man asked, Keppel nodded and started to deliver his notes "You're going to want to have a roving guard on the second floor, as well as have a couple guards on the balcony. Where are your cameras?" Keppel asked but the man gulped and started to hesitate "Uh…. Well you see…" The man started but Nightshade cut him off "They don't have any! They have no cameras here." Nightshade shouted as he looked around the ballroom.

"Do we have anything that we can use for tonight?" Onyx asked the group, Nightshade pulled his scroll out and typed into it "I think I might have something but I have to visit someone first, my R&D guy, who just happens to be here in Atlas." Nightshade said as he pulled up a picture of a snow globe looking device that glowed red. "What is it?" Onyx asked as he looked at the screen, Nightshade grinned from ear to ear "Just a little something I thought of for our missions, I call them 'The Eyes of God' since I'll see everything with them. They're wireless cameras that I can place anywhere." Nightshade explained as he put the scroll into his pocket, Onyx nodded "Alright, take Crimson and go pick them up. Get as many as you can." Onyx said, Nightshade nodded and took Crimson by the arm as they made their way to meet Nightshade's contact.

Keppel scanned the roof and looked for an opening "Any access to the roof?" Keppel asked the head of security, the head of security nodded and pointed toward a door in the back of the room "Yeah, through that door and up the staircase." The man said, Keppel tapped Carmine on the shoulder and gestured for Carmine to follow him. Carmine nodded and followed the sniper to the door, Keppel opened the door and entered the stairwell with Carmine, as the door closed Keppel stopped on the first step. "What's up?" Carmine asked as he looked up at the sniper, Keppel reached up and removed the helmet from his head; he shuffled his hair and revealed two wolf ears that hid in his shaggy hair.

"What's up with the covert faunus ops?" Carmine asked the man, Keppel shrugged "The Schnee don't like Faunus all too much, with the whole White Fang thing." Keppel explained, Carmine nodded as they continued to ascend the stairs to the roof, Keppel pushed the door open and walked out onto the roof. Carmine walked out and looked across the horizon as wind blew across the rooftop, Keppel stood next to Carmine and observed the scenery, Keppel's wolf ears twitched as the wind hit them "You don't show your ears a lot, why not?" Carmine asked as he looked around the area, Keppel thought for a moment "Eh, my ears are usually hidden amongst my shaggy hair since they're the same color." Keppel explained, Carmine walked over to a large covered object and cut the strap that tied it down.

He pulled the tarp off and revealed an Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon, there was another covered object that sat parallel to the AA cannon, Keppel cut the strap and revealed an identical Cannon "Well, look at these beauties! This is a fine piece of hardware." Keppel said as he stroked the barrel, Carmine looked around the roof curiously "We're missing spotlights, if they come in with airships at night and have their lights cut off, how will you spot them." Carmine asked, Keppel covered his mouth in thought "Fuck, you think you can make a call?" Keppel asked as he sat on the seat of the AA cannon.

Carmine thought for a moment while he paced back and forth "Uhh, maybe Ironwood could bring some to the roof." Carmine said as he pulled his scroll and called Onyx "What's up, little brother?" Onyx asked through the speaker of the scroll "Well, the AA guns are here but there are no spotlights, you think you could call Ironwood?" Carmine asked his brother through the phone, there was a pause before Onyx spoke back up "Yeah, give me a couple minutes." Onyx said as the call ended. Carmine turned around and walked up to Keppel "Onyx is making a call, we should have spotlights here in the hour." Carmine said as he sat on a case of ammo, Keppel sighed and got out of the AA seat and walked over to the edge of the roof.

He looked out at the road that led into Downtown Atlas, Keppel removed his sniper rifle from his back and extended the bipod, he sat the the rifle down on the edge of the building. Carmine kneeled down and looked out at the road "So you need anything for when you're up here? Energy Drinks? Pillows? Prostitutes?" Carmine asked jokingly, Keppel chuckled "No thanks, I'm married but a few pillows and some eye drops would be great." Keppel said as he laid down and adjusted his sights "Wait, you're married!?" Carmine asked surprised, Keppel laughed as he pulled off his left glove and showed a golden wedding band on his ring finger "Been married for about six years now, I've got a little girl too, her name is Jade." Keppel said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet, handing it to the rifleman.

Carmine opened the wallet and saw a picture of a little girl with blonde hair and black wolf ears, she had blue eyes and wore a green dress "She's got your eyes and ears, that's for sure. You have a beautiful family, Keppel." Carmine said as he handed the wallet back to Keppel, the sniper smiled "They're my entire world, I love them so it pains me to stay away for so long." Keppel said with a sniffle, Carmine sat down and crossed his legs "Why do you stay away from them? I'm sure they miss you a lot." Carmine asked, Keppel sighed "The work we do is dangerous and sometimes we're away for long periods of time, I don't want them to get hurt for something I did. Maybe when we get back, I'll take the team to see them, you can even bring Sapphire. I'm sure her and Dahlia would get along great." Keppel said as he rested his cheek on the stock of his sniper rifle.

Carmine patted him on the shoulder and stood up "Call me if anything happens like Ironwood shows up or something." Carmine said as he made his way to the door, Keppel looked back at him and gave him a thumbs up. Carmine opened the door and descended the staircase back to the ballroom, Onyx and Grullo were arm wrestling each other at a table when Carmine walked up to them "What's up, little bro?" Onyx said grunting as he slammed Grullo's arm down onto the table. Onyx jumped up out of the chair he was in and fist pumped into the air, he regained his composure and turned around to face his brother "Did you know Keppel was married?" Carmine asked, Onyx nodded "Yeah, he likes to keep it under wraps and on the down low. We have it set up so that in the case of his death, a fund of 2.7 Million will be given to his family for them to carry on. After every contract, 10% of his pay is put into an account for them." Onyx explained, Carmine nodded as he leaned up against the wall.

Nightshade and Crimson walked back into the ballroom carrying two crates marked "God's Eye" "What's good, fuck faces?!" Crimson said as he sat the crate down on the table and removed the lid, he pulled out a globe looking object and sat it on the table. Nightshade walked up and sat down the other crate "Ladies! I present to you, the Eye of God." Nightshade said as he pulled out another globe object, Crimson pointed to the side of the crate "Wait, this says God's Eye not the Eye of God." Crimson said as he faced Nightshade, Nightshade sighed "God's Eye, Eye of God, it's the same thing." Nightshade said annoyed, Onyx walked over and looked at the crates of Cameras.

"So, how many do we have in total?" Onyx asked as he picked one up, Nightshade scratched his head as he thought "Ballpark estimate? Around forty." Nightshade said as he cracked his knuckles, Onyx clapped his hands together "Alright, let's get them set up." Onyx said as he picked up a tray and started filling it up with wireless cameras, Carmine, Nightshade, Crimson, and Grullo followed suit. Sapphire followed Carmine as he left to go set up the cameras, Carmine pulled up a chair and stepped up onto it, he peeled off the cover and stuck the camera onto the wall above a set of double doors. He handed one to Sapphire and pointed at the 2nd floor "See if you can put it on the roof, peel the back off and toss it up onto the roof, the domes should be very durable so don't worry about it breaking." Carmine said, Sapphire jogged up the stairs and peeled the back off of the camera, she tossed the camera up onto the roof. The camera stuck to the roof and activated, the lens turned red as it scanned the room.

"Babe, it's on!" Sapphire yelled through the room, Carmine looked back and shot her a thumbs up. 'I wonder?' Carmine thought to himself as he picked up another camera and peeled the back off, he drew his arm back and threw the camera up toward the roof. The camera turned midair and stuck to the roof, Carmine pulled out his scroll and called Nightshade "Go for Nightshade." Nightshade said as he answered the phone "Will these cameras automatically stick to the roof? Like the adhesive is surface magnetic?" Carmine asked, Nightshade sighed "Shit, I knew I forgot something." Nightshade said as the call ended, Carmine shook his head as he grabbed another cameras and chucked it across the room, the camera flipped in midair and stuck to the wall. After an hour, twenty cameras were placed onto the walls and roof, Sapphire rejoined Carmine on the ballroom floor as Onyx, Crimson, Nightshade, and Grullo rejoined them on the floor.

Nightshade pulled out his scroll and tapped into the cameras "Cams one through ten are good, I have a clear view of the ballroom, the 2nd floor, outside, and the halls. Eleven through twenty has a clear view of the rest of the building." Nightshade said as he cleared the cameras, Crimson sat down at a table with Grullo who was tapping on the table. Carmine felt his scroll vibrate in his pocket, he pulled it out and answered it "Ironwood is here." Keppel said through the speaker, Carmine closed his scroll and made his way to the roof. Carmine pushed the door open and walked out onto the roof as a MH-47 Chinook flew overhead and circled around the mansion, the Chinook flew above the roof and slowly landed. The back opened up and a group of soldiers pushed out three large spotlights, Carmine directed them where to place them and set them up. A man in a white suit walked out of the Chinook and towards Carmine, he had black hair that was gray on the sides with thin white streaks going through them.

The man extended his hand toward Carmine "You must be Carmine, my name is General James Ironwood. I lead the Atlas Military and I am the headmaster at Atlas Academy." Ironwood said as he shook Carmine's hand "Good for you, you want a medal?" Carmine said sarcastically, Ironwood narrowed his eyes "Anyway, here are the lights you requested. Is there is anything else you might need, just call and I'll send someone over." Ironwood said before he walked back into the Chinook. The Chinook's rotors spun back up as it slowly lifted back up into the sky and flew off into the horizon "Well, this should solve the problem." Keppel said as he flipped the spotlight on then back off again, Carmine leaned against the wall and crossed his arms "Nervous?" Keppel asked as he walked over to the rifleman, Carmine looked up at the sniper and nodded.

"I want to do this job but I also want to keep Sapphire safe and keep her from any danger." Carmine said as he scratched his head, Keppel rubbed his shoulder in solidarity "She'll be fine, man. She'll be protected by six of the best mercs in all of Remnant as well as a mercenary whose semblance is fucking explosions." Keppel said as he made an explosion cloud with his hands, Carmine chuckled lightly as he raised and looked at his hand, Keppel grabbed his wrist and twisted it "You want to do some semblance training after this?" Keppel asked, Carmine nodded as he took his hand back. Carmine pushed himself off of the wall and made his way back to the door "Alright, Sapphire and I are going to go get ready for tonight." Carmine said as he opened the door and made his way down the staircase to the main floor, Crimson was sitting at a table and was writing words down while he was singing to himself. Nightshade was sitting next to him and was giving him pointers "Alright, how about this: 'Climb into the ring for a battle that you can't win, swing as hard as you can swing, it will still mean nothing. Should've seen it coming it had to happen sometime, but you went and brought a knife to an all out gun fight' How does that sound?" Crimson asked as he put the paper down onto the table.

Carmine walked up to them and sat down at the table "What are you writing, Crimson?" Carmine asked as he cracked his knuckles, Crimson slid the paper across the table "I'm working on a song but I can't get it right." Crimson said as he laid his head down onto the table, Carmine picked up the paper and read it to himself, mouthing the words as he sang it to himself. "It's good, just needs more verses and a chorus then you should be good." Carmine said as he slid the paper back over, Nightshade thought for a moment "Wait, you sing right, Carmine? Onyx and I can play guitar, Grullo knows how to play the drums and Crimson has got the vocals and bass down so if we can find out what Keppel can play then we can form a band!" Nightshade said enthusiastically, Carmine started laughing "Man, where is this coming from?" Carmine asked as he slowly stopped laughing, Nightshade looked at him seriously "Bro, we all have a talent that isn't taking the life of another person and I think we should persue it as well as do our jobs." Nightshade said, Carmine nodded as all the laughter left his body.

Onyx joined them at the table and pulled out a chair "What's up guys, what we talking about?" Onyx asked as he looked around the table, Carmine looked around the room "Hey, where's Sapphire?" Carmine asked as he looked around the empty room, Onyx looked over to his little brother "I thought she was with you." Onyx said confused, Carmine shot up out of his chair and was about to go search for her when a large set of double doors opened up and Grullo and Sapphire entered the ballroom "Sapphire, I thought someone abducted you." Carmine said as he ran over to her and wrapped his arms around her body, she giggled "No sweetie, I just had to go to the bathroom so Grullo escorted me there." Sapphire explained, Grullo bowed his head.

Carmine and Sapphire joined the others at the table, Carmine leaned against the wall and Sapphire rested her back into Carmine's chest, he wrapped his arms around her waist. "Nightshade was just thinking that we should start a band so we can make money without killing so much." Onyx said, Grullo nodded "Well, I'm in." Grullo said, Crimson raised his hand while he kept his face down on the table, Carmine nodded "Yep, I'm down." The rifleman said in agreement, Nightshade clapped his hands together "Well, looks like we're in agreement." Nightshade said happily.

Onyx pulled out his scroll to check the time but stopped when he saw that it was 6pm "Shit! Carmine, we have to go get ready for tonight, let's go!" Onyx said as he shot out of his chair, Carmine and Sapphire followed him out "Alright guys! Hold down the fort while we're gone." Carmine said as he followed Onyx out the door with Sapphire behind him, They made their way to the landing pad and boarded the airship "Alright, we need to get back to Vale ASAP!" Onyx said to the pilot, the pilot nodded and started up the airship. The VTOL took off into the sky and rocketed toward Vale, Onyx sat back and sighed "How did I let time slip away from me?" Onyx said as he rested his head against the wall, after an hour of flying the airship landed at the airdocks in Vale.

Onyx, Carmine, and Sapphire took off toward the Wolf Pack HQ, Onyx unlocked the door and the three entered the building. Carmine and Sapphire entered his room while Onyx went to his own room "Here, you can shower first. I'll get your dress ready while you take a shower." Carmine said as he opened the closet door while Sapphire entered the bathroom, Carmine pulled out a pair of black dress pants along with a black dress shirt, Carmine poked his head out of his room and called down the hall "Hey Onyx! Blazer or no Blazer?" Carmine yelled down the hall, Onyx yelled back "Blazer!" Carmine groaned and closed his door, he reached into the closet again and pulled out a black blazer. He laid everything out onto the bed and striped his gear off, setting it down in the corner.

Sapphire walked out with a towel wrapped around her body, the towel squeezed against her medium-large bust and hugged to her waist. Carmine couldn't help but stare, Sapphire saw him staring "You like what you see, big boy?" She asked seductively as she pressed her body against his bare chest, Carmine pressed his lips against hers as she wrapped her arms around his back, she broke the kiss "Go get a shower." She said as he she pushed him toward the bathroom, Carmine got into the shower and cleaned up. He exited the shower and walked back into his bedroom, Sapphire was wearing a skin tight black dress with sleeves that came down her elbows and a pair of Six Inch black heels "Well, how do I look?" She asked as she turned around, her heels clicked on the hardwood floor. Carmine dropped his towel as he stared in disbelief, Sapphire giggled as she looked at her naked boyfriend, he quickly grabbed a pair of boxers from the drawer and pulled them on.

"You look stunning, I'm a lucky man." Carmine said as he grabbed his dress pants and pulled them on, Sapphire walked into the bathroom and started to curl her hair while Carmine got dressed. "Hey, why is your jacket so heavy?" Sapphire asked as she finished curling her hair and started do apply her makeup "It's Kevlar lined all around the jacket." Carmine explained as he pulled on his dress shirt and tucked it into the pants line. As he started to put his shoes on, there was a knock at the door, Carmine stood up and opened the door "What's up?" Carmine asked as he opened the door, Onyx stood there in an all black suit with a white tie.

"You almost ready little bro?" Onyx asked as he popped a clip into a P226 and put it inside his jacket pocket, Carmine grabbed his jacket and pulled it on over his shoulders, buttoning up the front. He turned around and faced the bathroom "Babe, are you ready?" Carmine asked as he walked over to the dresser and sprayed on some cologne, Sapphire walked out of the bathroom and picked up her purse. "Alright, I'm ready." She said playfully as she squeezed his shoulder.

Carmine led her out of his room and over to the weapons locker, he slid a drawer out and pulled out a Walther PP, placing it onto the table followed by a box of .380 ACP bullets "Put this in your purse and make sure the safety is always on except for when you're ready to use it." Carmine said as he loaded the clip and popped it into the pistol, handing it to Sapphire who put it in her purse. Carmine loaded two more clips and gave them to his girlfriend, she put them into her purse, Carmine pulled out a MP7 and slapped a clip into the gun, pulling back the bolt on the side of the SMG. He put the gun into the pocket of his jacket and put his Five-Seven into his other inside pocket "Alright, I'm ready." Carmine said as he closed the drawers and walked out into the main room, Sapphire followed him as they left the building and made their way back to the airship.

The VTOL flew through the sky as it made its way back to Atlas, Onyx pulled up his pants leg and adjusted a sheathed knife, he pulled out another one and handed it to Carmine. Carmine strapped it to his right ankle and covered it with his pants leg, he sat back and wrapped his arm around Sapphire's shoulder and she rested her head onto his shoulder. "ETA: 5 minutes." The pilot said the airship flew through the sky, Onyx sat forward "Alright, we need to mix and mingle amongst the guest and look out for anything that might be percieved as a threat." Onyx explained as they approached their destination.

Carmine pulled out his Five-Seven and pulled back the slide, chambering a bullet from the clip before he placed it back into his jacket. The airship touched down at the mansion and the back ramp lowered down to the ground, Carmine and Sapphire stood up and followed Onyx from the airship to the mansion.

A guard opened the door and guided them inside, Onyx took three glasses of champagne from a server who was walking around the ballroom and gave one to both Carmine and Sapphire. Sapphire sipped from the glass "Mmm, fruity." She said savoring, Carmine looked at the glass and sipped from it "Mmm, alcohol." Carmine said sarcastically, Sapphire giggled at his mannerisms as they moved into the crowd. Carmine pulled her close to him as they slowly pushed through the crowd of people, men and women moved out of the way as Carmine pushed deeper into the mass of people. Carmine reached into his pocket and pulled out an earpiece, placing it into his ear "Carmine and Sapphire are in place." Carmine said as he spoke into his wrist mic, his earpiece clicked on "Crimson in place. Grullo in place. Keppel in place. Nightshade in place. Onyx in place." All the members of Wolf Pack checked in to their positions.

Carmine placed his hand on Sapphire's waist and his other hand into her hand, they moved slowly as they joined the dancing crowd and disappeared amongst the other guests. "I'm glad you brought me out here, I love spending time with you." Sapphire said lovingly, Carmine smiled as he spun woman he loved around and brought her back into his embrace. She spun herself and wrapped his arm around her waist, she exhaled and looked up into his crimson red eyes, their love for each other radiated in each other's eyes. The lights dimmed down as Jacques walked out onto the stage and walked up to the microphone, everyone stopped moving and faced the stage as Jacques spoke "I would like thank everyone from coming out tonight, it's a shame about what happened to the representative from Sarcoline. We are deeply saddened by this tragedy." Jacques said as he spoke to the crowd, Carmine rolled his eyes as Jacques continued to speak "But we cannot let a tragedy suppress our joy and happiness, so let's keep our spirits high and merry." Jacques said as he toasted the crowd.

The couples on the main floor resumed dancing together, Sapphire rested her head onto Carmine's chest as they danced slowly together "So, what are we looking for? Threat wise." Sapphire asked as they moved around in circles, Carmine looked around the room until he found his older brother standing in the corner. "Onyx is scoping out the crowd and if he sees anything, he will give us a signal or radio me." Carmine said in a hushed tone, Sapphire nodded slightly as Carmine shifted his hands to her lower back. Carmine's earpiece clicked on as Onyx started talking into Carmine's ear "Hey, is it me or does it seem like there is more security guards here than what we ordered. We told them fifteen guards, I count thirty – two guards in total." Onyx said, Carmine looked around and noticed a couple guards that had tattoos on their necks.

Carmine took Sapphire by the hand and led her over to an empty table, he pulled out a chair and sat her down "Alright babe, I got to take care of something, the pistol is in your purse but don't pull it out unless you feel like you're in danger." Carmine said before kissing her on the lips, he turned around and walked through the crowd toward a couple of guards that were standing next to a door marked 'Security'. As Carmine approached the door, one of the guards stepped forward and extended his hand "Sorry sir, this area is off limits, please return to the party and enjoy yourself." The guard said sincerely, Carmine chuckled as he approached them.

"It's alright guys, I'm with the security team." Carmine said as he walked closer, the guard opened one side of his jacket and revealed a Glock 23 in a holster "Are we gonna have a problem, sir?" The guard asked, Carmine unbuttoned his jacket and showed a holstered MP7 "I don't know, are we?" Carmine asked sarcastically, the guard started to reach for his pistol but Carmine withdrew his faster and thrusted it into the man's crotch while he whispered into his ear "You sure you want to make that move, I don't think your boys will be happy if you did." Carmine said as he tapped the man's crotch with the suppressor of his FN Five-Seven.

The man gulped and moved his hand away from the holster, Carmine opened the door and pushed the man inside the room, he pulled the door closed behind him. Nightshade was standing in front of a wall of monitors that displayed the ballroom and the second floor, Carmine sat the guard down into a chair and pushed the gun into his chest "So, who do you work for?" Carmine asked the man, he looked at Carmine in the eyes "I'm not telling you shit." The man said, Nightshade walked over and pulled the collar of his shirt "Look here, the answer is right in front of us." Nightshade said as he showed a tattoo of a skull with horns and two snakes in the eyes.

"So The Devil's Disciples huh, what do they want?" Carmine asked as he ripped open the man's shirt, revealing a chest covered in tattoos of skulls and demons, the man chuckled a little as Nightshade walked over to the monitors "Uhh Carmine, you should come look at this." Nightshade said as he pulled out his pistol and pointed it at the man in the chair. Carmine walked over and looked at the screens and saw multiple guards with tattoos on their necks, the bartender had two King Taijitu coiled around his wrist and ran up his arm "So, The Devil's Disciples and Viper Legion, seems like whoever ordered the hit wanted to make sure it was done right." Carmine said as he holstered his pistol. The man in the chair laughed again "The funny thing is, our buyer told us to send a message, so have fun tonight." The man said as he moved something in his mouth and bit down, he started to shake as foam seeped from his mouth and his eyes rolled into the back of his head."

Carmine pushed him to the floor and dragged him into the corner "Was that…" Nightshade started to ask but Carmine cut him off "Yeah, Cyanide. These fuckers mean business." Carmine said as he activated his radio "Attention Wolves, Viper Legion and Devil's Disciples are working together. Consider all persons with snake, skull, or demon tattoos hostile starting now, they most likely have Cyanide tablets so taking them alive is not an option." Carmine said as he spoke into his wrist mic.

Nightshade picked up his shotgun and cocked it "Alright, I'll get prepped and ready for your word. But in the meantime, I'll watch the cameras." Nightshade said as he leaned against the wall and watched the screens, Nightshade slowly leaned toward the monitors and looked at the feed of the bar as Carmine was about to leave the room "Hey Carmine, check this guy out." Nightshade said as he pointed at the bartender on the screen. Carmine walked over and looked at the man on the screen "Look at his arms." Nightshade said as he leaned against the wall, Carmine looked down and saw the man's arms. There were two King Taijitu running up his arms and under the sleeves "The bartender is with Viper Legion." Carmine said as he backed up from the screen. Carmine left the security room and made his way back through the crowd toward Onyx who was standing by the wall, Carmine stood next to him and spoke in a low tone "The bartender is with Viper Legion, he has two Taijitu tattoos on his forearms. Last time I checked, Schnee doesn't hire guards or staff with exposed tattoos, ours are covered so that's why we're the exception," Carmine said as he informed his brother.

"Let's go get a drink." Onyx said as he made his way to the bar, Carmine followed him up to the bar. "What can I get for you gentlemen?" The bartender asked the two brothers "Jameson double on the rocks and Vodka 151 proof." Onyx said as he leaned against the bar, the bartender went to work making the drinks. Onyx looked over to his brother and nodded, Carmine nodded back "So who is this contact from Viper were supposed to meet up with?" Carmine asked in a hushed tone, the bartender sat the drinks down and leaned toward the two men "Are you with The Disciples?" He asked with a hand under the bar, Onyx rolled up his sleeve a little and revealed a tattoo of a skull with horns and a bullet hole in its head.

The bartender looked around and leaned a little closer "Alright, some members of Viper are scattered through the crowd and security team along with the other Disciples, a Devil kill squad is on their way as well. I think there might be a few members from Wolf Pack here so be careful, if all goes right we'll leave with Jacques executed and the Schnee heiress as collateral." The Viper merc explained as he made another drink for a patron. Carmine nodded as he mentally took down the information, the lights dimmed down again as young woman took the stage, she had her white hair in a ponytail and she wore a white and blue dress, she walked up to the microphone.

Carmine downed his whiskey in one motion and moved away from the bar, he looked back at the bartender and nodded as he ascended the staircase to the second floor. Carmine walked slowly as he made his way to the balcony area where Jacques was sitting, a large man in a black suit stood by the door and held an UZI with a suppressor in his hands. He held his hand up as Carmine got closer "Sorry sir, this area is off limits." The guard said, Carmine looked at the gun and tapped his foot as he shifted his weight to his left leg "That's a lot of firepower for one guard and aren't there supposed to be two of you here." Carmine asked, the guard cocked the Uzi "If I were you, I would leave while I still can." The guard warned the man as he turned to open the door to the balcony, Carmine looked at the man's neck and saw the tip of a set of horns.

"I thought so, Disciple." Carmine said, the man turned around to confront Carmine "What did you say…." The man started to ask but was cut off by Carmine who punched the man in the throat, the man dropped to his knees and grabbed his own throat as he gasped for air, Carmine slid the Uzi away from the man as he slowly passed away. Carmine picked the Uzi up and unscrewed the suppressor and slipped it into his pocket before he entered the balcony, he tapped Jacques on the shoulder who looked over to him angrily "What do you want?!" He asked in a hushed shout, Carmine showed him the Uzi "Your guard was about to empty this clip into you before they kidnapping your daughter and slaughtering the crowd." Carmine said, Jacques went pale at the thought of his daughter being taken from him.

"I need to get you out of here, now." Carmine said as he grabbed Jacques by the arm and pulled him into the hall, he reattached the suppressor and made his way down the hall with Jacques in tow. Carmine aimed the submachine gun down the hall as he slowly moved toward the door that led to the roof, he pushed the door open and dragged Jacques up the stairs to the roof. Carmine knocked on the door three times and slammed his fist against it once, Crimson pulled the door open and looked at Carmine "What's up, bro?" Crimson asked curiously, Carmine pulled Jacques onto the roof and the open air.

"You guys babysitting this fuck? His own guard almost popped him." Carmine said, handing the Uzi to Grullo who pulled the clip from the gun and ejected the bullet from the chamber. "Yeah, we'll watch this little boy. Who's a big, strong man? You are, yes you are." Crimson said in a tone of voice similar to talking to an infant, Jacques growled and walked over to one of the air ducts, Grullo walked over to him and forced him onto the ground "You're too exposed, a sniper could take your head off in a second." Grullo said as he lightly patted the Schnee on the cheek.

Carmine and Crimson hugged each other "It's about to get loud down there, we'll send other high value individuals up here with an escort." Carmine said as he made his back to the door and down the stairs, Carmine opened the door and walked out onto the main floor. He looked around the room at all the people who were watching the young woman on stage sing, Carmine made his way back to the table where Sapphire was sitting. She sipped from a martini glass as Carmine sat down next to her, she looked at him and winked "Hey there stranger, who are you with tonight?" She asked cutely.

Carmine moved closer to her "Things are going to get heavy, I need you to go into the Security room with Nightshade or up onto the roof with the guys, your choice but we need to move now." Carmine said in a hushed tone, Sapphire was about to say something when the sound of gunshots rang out through the room. Carmine shot up and turned toward the source of the gunshots, ten men in black body armor and red facemasks with black horns stood there with Assault Rifles, SMGs, Shotguns, and LMGs "We want Jacques Schnee! We also want the heiress, Weiss Schnee!" One of the Devils said as he fired into the air, the crowd screamed in horror as they fell to the floor in fear.

A couple security guards ran out onto the main floor with rifles in hand but were quickly cut down by the Devils, the bartender pulled a shotgun out from under the bar and pointed it around the room. Carmine used the commotion as cover to get Sapphire out of the situation, he led her over to the door and opened it "Once you get there, knock three times and bang on it once. Crimson will open the door for you, stay down." Carmine said as he kissed her before he closed the door behind her.

Carmine looked over to the stage and saw Weiss Schnee standing there petrified, Carmine sprinted up onto the stage and took Weiss by the hand "Let's Go!" Carmine yelled as he dragged her backstage, he slammed the door behind him and locked it. He took her by the arm and led her down a hall, he pulled his MP7 out of his jacket while he moved the heiress, Weiss started to struggle against Carmine "Get off of me! Do you know who I am?" She said as she pulled her hand free from Carmine, he turned around and looked her in the eyes "Do you know who they are? They're The Devil's Disciples and that is a kill squad, they're going to slaughter everyone unless they kill your father and get their hands on you. I suggest you listen to me since I am your only hope at surviving this." Carmine said angrily

Weiss looked visibly shaken by his words, Carmine turned around and continued walking down the hall with Weiss silently in tow. "Do you have anywhere safe you can hide? A panic room or reinforced armory?" Carmine asked as he checked the corner, aiming the SMG down the hall "Uhh, I should be safe if I can get to my room." Weiss said as she followed Carmine, Carmine stopped when his radio started going off "Bro, where are you?!" Onyx asked through the radio as gunshots rang out in the background "I'm getting the heiress out of here, I'll be back asap." Carmine said into his wrist mic, the audio crackled as Onyx started to speak again "Alright, get back here fast, four people are dead." Onyx said, Weiss covered her mouth in disbelief.

"D…Dead?!" She asked in a shocked tone of voice, Carmine nodded "Yeah, I told you these guys don't fuck around and will kill whoever get in there way." Carmine said as he opened another door, a man with red and black ballistic vest walked down the hall with a shotgun in hand. Carmine walked out and pointed his gun at the man "Show me your arms!" Carmine demanded, the man turned around and held his shotgun up at Carmine. Carmine pulled the trigger and fired seven rounds into the man, three bullets hit him in the neck and head. The man fell to the ground like a sack of rocks, Carmine moved over to him and kicked the gun away from him "There, grab his pistol and keep the safety on." Carmine said, Weiss reached down and pulled a P226 from the holster on the dead man's side.

"How do we get to your house?" Carmine asked as they walked down a corridor, Weiss looked around the hall and pointed to hall on the right "Down that hall and to the left." Weiss said as she followed Carmine, he took the right hall and moved toward the end of the corridor. Carmine sprinted over to the door and cracked it open, he looked around the room until he saw Klein "Klein! Klein! I need you to get her out of here!" Carmine said as led Weiss into the main house, Klein looked at him confused "But Miss Schnee is upstairs." Klein said confused, Carmine's eyes went wide as he heard the words from Klein's mouth "Klein, keep her safe. Heiress, go with him." Carmine said as he walked upstairs and toward a door that was cracked open, he pushed the door open and stepped inside the room, there was a girl with white hair sitting on the bed "Who are you and what do you want?" Carmine asked, the girl stood up and walked over to the mirror where she started to brush her hair "We want the girl and we want Jacques to pay for what he's done to us." The girl said, Carmine stepped forward a little "Quit fucking around, who the hell is us?" Carmine asked angrily, the girl turned around and looked at the rifleman who had white eyes that turned blue.

She stroked her hair and it shifted from white to black, she turned around and looked at the wall "So Mr. Man, what are you doing here?" The woman asked, Carmine walked forward and grabbed her shoulder, turning her around. When the woman turned around, he came face to face with Sapphire who stood in front of him, Carmine stepped backwards slowly "Who? What the hell are you?" Carmine asked confused, she started chuckling "I go by many names but everyone calls me Loki." The woman said as she morphed into another form, her hair changed from black to silver and her eyes changed from blue to green "So you're a faunus." Carmine said while he gripped his MP7 as she turned around and flipped her hair out of face "Did you figure it out already, honey?" The Faunus asked sarcastically while she sat on the edge of the bed, Carmine sighed and leaned against the door frame "What do you want?" Carmine asked annoyed.

"Well, the Schnee sit in their ivory tower and look at the world below, like it just doesn't exist to them, well that ends tonight." The woman said, Carmine chuckled lightly at her statement "Do you really think that will change anything? It will just perpetuate the cycle of violence between humans and Faunus, innocent blood will be shed for a false cause." Carmine said as he stood up from the wall. The woman reached into her pocket and pulled out a canister "The name is Opal by the way." Opal said as she pulled the pin from the canister and tossed it to the ground, Carmine shielded his eyes as it exploded into a brilliant flash of light.

As the sense of vision came back to Carmine, he looked back into the room and saw that Opal was gone. Carmine put the MP7 back into the pocket of his jacket and turned around to leave down the stairs, he walked down the stairs and came face to face with Klein who stood in the middle of the room "Miss Schnee is safe with her saber and her guards, she wants to extend her thanks to you." Klein said as he held up a briefcase of dust vials. Carmine bowed his head and took the briefcase from the butler, Klein opened the door for the rifleman and guided him back into the corridor. Carmine sprinted down the hall and hooked a right before hooking another left, he picked up his speed to a point he almost stumbled as he neared the door to the ballroom.

He kicked the door open and walked out on stage, the ten Devils stood spread out around the ballroom with everyone face down on the ground "Hey assholes!" Carmine shouted, the masked militants turned their attention to Carmine who stood on the stage, Onyx slowly moved over to the bartender "Hey man, gotta extra gun?" Onyx whispered to the bartender, he nodded and handed him a stockless shotgun and box of shells. Onyx loaded the 12 gauge and shoved the rest of the shells into his pockets, Onyx reached into his jacket and pulled out his P226, he clicked the hammer back and shot the bartender in the head. The man collapsed to the ground and unclenched his gun which clattered across the ground, a couple militants took aim at Onyx who leaped across the bar and took cover from a hail of bullets that chewed through the bar.

Nightshade bursted through the door and out into the ballroom "Get fucked!" Nightshade yelled as he unloaded a buckshot into a militant and followed it shooting another in the throat with his M9, he ran over to a pillar to dodge another barrage of gunfire the chewed into the marble pillar. Carmine leaped off the stage and sprinted toward the bar, he leaped over the bar top and landed onto of the dead bartender, Onyx picked up the shotgun and handed it to his brother along with a few shells. Carmine loaded the shotgun with a couple shells and cocked the slide "Nightshade, you hit?" Carmine asked through his wrist mic, the earpiece crackled as he responded "Nah, I'm good. Let's get these bitches." Nightshade said, Carmine looked over to Onyx and nodded, Onyx nodded back.

The two brothers leaped over the bar and engaged the Devils, Carmine pulled the trigger and hit a militant in the gut, the buckshots tore through the kevlar and into the man's guts. He collapsed to the ground as Onyx shot another in the side and followed it with another shot to the chest, Nightshade ran from behind the pillar and shot two militants in the chest. Carmine dropped the shotgun and pulled out his MP7, he switched it to full auto and engaged the rest of the militants, Carmine squeezed the trigger and hit one of the Disciples in the head, the bullet ripped through the mask and ripped through his head.

"There's three left, come on guys!" Carmine said as he reloaded the MP7, he pulled back the bolt on the back of the SMG; Onyx walked over to his brother and looked toward the stage where three armored militants stood holding LMGs. Nightshade walked over to the two brothers and looked toward the stage "So, should we run?" Nightshade asked, the three Disciples nodded as they raised their LMGs. Nightshade ran forward and held his hands up "HOLD UP! HOLD UP! STOP!" Nightshade yelled, the three Disciples lowered their LMGs "What?!" One of the Devils asked annoyed, Nightshade pulled one of the patrons off of the floor "Can we get these people out of here? No innocent bloodshed is needed." Nightshade said, the Devils looked at eachother and nodded "Hurry." One of the Devils said.

Onyx ran over to the door and pushed it open while Carmine and Nightshade escorted everyone out of the ballroom, the men and women ran out of the building. Onyx closed the door and turned his attention back to the men on stage "Alright, everyone is out of harms way so let's begin." Onyx said as the three men raised their LMGs and fired at the Wolf trio who ran in separate directions as bullets ripped into the walls and floor. Carmine slid behind a flipped over table while Onyx dove over a concrete planter, Nightshade sprinted around the room toward the stairwell and busted through the door, the door broke from the hinges and crashed to the ground. One of the Devils leaped from the stage and jogged into the stairwell, following Nightshade up the stairs.

Carmine sat up against the table as bullets flew overhead and chewed into wall, he reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out his Five-Seven, he unscrewed the suppressor and tucked back into the pocket. He looked over to Onyx and nodded to his brother, Onyx nodded back and pulled out his P226, the two brothers shot up from behind cover and opened fire on the two Disciples with LMGs. Their body armor ate the bullets from the Wolves' pistols but a couple shots hit their mark, a bullet ripped through the metal face mask and pierced the man's throat. The man dropped to his knees and choked on his own blood as blood filled his lungs, he ripped off his mask to try and breathe but nothing helped as he grasped at his throat. The other Disciple turned around and looked at his fallen comrade, Onyx unsheathed the knife from his ankle and sprinted toward the distracted gunner.

He leaped onto a table and jumped into the air, bringing the knife down into the Disciple's throat; the blade sliced into the man's flesh and severed his jugular. Blood poured out of the gash on his neck as he struggled for air, Onyx pulled the blade out and thrusted it back into his chest, ending the man's life with one swift movement. He pulled the blade from his chest and wiped the blood onto the now dead Disciple's shirt before sheathing the blade again, Carmine walked up to the stage as his brother collected himself "Shall we go check on Nightshade?" Onyx asked as he fixed his jacket, Carmine swapped mags in his pistol and slipped it back into his jacket pocket "Let's go, bro." Carmine said as he walked toward the broken entrance.

As they entered the stairwell, they heard screaming as a large man impacted the concrete floor in front of the Sable brothers. They looked at the body and noticed a large wound to his abdomen along with a red steel mask on his face, they looked upward and saw Nightshade smiling back at them "I got him!" Nightshade said as he held his shotgun with one hand, Carmine jogged up the stairs and onto the roof where Sapphire stood waiting for him "I'm glad you're safe!" Sapphire said as she hugged the rifleman, he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to his body. Jacques stood up and cleared his throat "Ahem! Is everything taken care of?" He asked as he stood up, there was a crack in the air as a round impacted the wall behind him, Grullo shoved him back to the ground "I told you to stay down!" Grullo said as he pulled out his LMG and deployed the bipod.

"Keppel?" Carmine asked as he stepped in front of Sapphire to protect her "I got it, let me adjust my sights." Keppel said as he twisted a knob on his scope, he slowly moved his rifle as he scanned the horizon for a scope glint. He took a deep breath and squeezed the trigger, Carmine covered Sapphire's ears as the hammer hit the back of the bullet and fired the round off. The rifle ejected the spent shell as it loaded the next round into the chamber, Crimson pulled out a FLIR Recon scope and scanned the horizon "That's a… hit. Good gods! You should see the spray pattern of this guy, his head is just gone." Crimson said as he stood up from the ground and put the Recon sight back into his bag.

"Don't pack up just yet! We got contact, 9 o'clock on the ridge; four Humvees and what looks like four helicopters." Keppel said as he adjusted his aim, Onyx picked Jacques up off of the ground and handed him to Nightshade "Get him to his house, now. Sapphire, I want you to get into the stairwell and don't come out until Carmine comes to get you." Onyx said as he opened the door for Nightshade and Sapphire, she nodded her head and hugged Carmine before walking into the stairwell. Crimson and Grullo climbed into the Flak guns, they turned a wheel on the side that changed the elevation of the barrel as they lined up their sights. The helicopters broke off and formed two squads of two "Strafe run!" Onyx yelled as the bullets rained from the miniguns that were mounted on the sides of the helicopter, Crimson and Grullo squeezed the triggers on their flak cannons and fired into the sky. The rounds exploded in the air around the helicopters as they got closer to their target, a flak round exploded and ripped on of the tail rotors off, sending the helicopter into a downward spiral toward the ground. The helicopter crashed into the side of a hill and ripped into the ground before shredding itself and reducing itself to a mangled hunk of steel and fire.

Two other helicopters were swallowed up by the flak rounds that exploded in the sky, the flak fire ripped through their hulls and split them in half, the burning chunks plummeted across the dark night sky before crashing into a lake and an empty field. "One left!" Carmine called out as it got closer, the lone helicopter slowly approached its target but exploded in the night sky. Carmine looked at Crimson and Grullo confused "Was that you?" He asked as he stood up, they shook their heads "No, wasn't us." Crimson said as he got out of the flak turret. The sound of jet engines drowned everything out as they looked around the roof, a VTOL flew into view and circled around the area. The side opened up and revealed Ironwood standing while holding onto a harness "I came as soon as I got the call." Ironwood said as he stepped out of the VTOL and onto the roof, Carmine and Onyx looked at each other confused "We didn't call you." Carmine said, the others nodded in agreement.

"Weiss Schnee called me and informed me of the attack, so I got here as fast as possible." Ironwood said as he walked over to the mercenaries, Onyx walked up to the large man and extended his hand "Thank you for coming when you did. Had you not come in time, I'm sure they would be cleaning us up off the roof." Onyx said as Ironwood shook his hand. "So do we know who is responsible for all this?" Ironwood asked the six men on the roof, Keppel stared down his scope as he watched the convoy that was on the horizon, one of his ears twitched when a cool breeze hit it. "Yeah, two other mercenary groups: Viper Legion and The Devil's Disciples." Nightshade said as he handed his scroll to Ironwood, pictures of the militants appeared on the screen as the General swiped right on the screen.

"So what do we do? Bomb their base?" Ironwood asked as he gave the scroll back to Nightshade, Onyx shook his head "We wipe out their force, all that is left is that convoy. One of the main differences between The Wolf Pack, Viper Legion, and The Devil's Disciples is the number of active mercenaries, Wolf Pack has just us six while their numbers range in the hundreds. The 184th has multiple tank divisions but since they're from Mistral they call them Panzer Divisions." Onyx said as he recalled all the main differences between the Mercenary groups of Remnant. "What about the Grimm Reapers? What is significant about them?" Ironwood asked curiously, the six men went dead silent at the General's question "They specifically do assassination contracts and kill orders while the rest of us have a sense of morality. If they take out a contract at a party, they leave no survivors." Carmine said as he recounted the evilness that was The Grimm Reapers. Onyx clapped his hands together and snapped the rifleman out of his thought "Alright, let's go greet our guests." Onyx said as he pulled out his pistol and dropped the spent mag from the gun, he slapped a fresh magazine into it. Keppel stood up and closed the Bipod on his sniper rifle, he picked up a bag and tossed it over his shoulder "I'm ready when you are." Keppel said as he walked over to the group.

Carmine opened the door and walked into the stairwell, Sapphire stood at the bottom of the first flight of stairs "I'm glad you're safe!" Sapphire said in relief as she threw herself into Carmine's arms, he wrapped his arms around her and held her closely "I'm glad you're ok, I couldn't imagine living without you." Carmine said as he hugged Sapphire tightly, Carmine wrapped his arm around her waist and walked her down the stairs into the main ballroom. They walked out onto the main floor where bodies littered the floor, Grullo and Nightshade got to work moving them "Put the militants in the corner over there." Onyx said as he pointed to a dark area in the corner. As Grullo was lifting a body, the front doors exploded inward and were reduced to splinters of wood and chunks of metal that clattered across the ground. Grullo and Nightshade stepped backward toward the main stage as smoke and dust filled the room, twenty men ran into the room armed with assault rifles and took aim at the Wolf Pack.

A man walked ahead of the crowd of armed men and stood before The Wolf Pack, he had no hair and tattoos all over his bald head, some resembled screaming demons and razor wire coiled around a skull. He stood up straight with his hands behind his back and his legs spread evenly apart "My name is Nyanza Mauve but I also go by Ghost, I see you got my care package." Ghost said as he gestured to the armor-clad corpses that were spread across the room, Carmine clenched his fists and stepped in front of Sapphire "Listen here you son of a bitch! Innocent people died tonight because of you! Their blood is on your hands!" Carmine yelled, his red eyes pulsated in anger as he looked at the small army. Ghost started to laugh lightly, his militants laughed along with him until he stopped laughing "Those men were not innocent, they had prior convictions… just like you, Carmine." Ghost said with an evil grin, Sapphire gasped and covered her mouth. Ghost smiled and walked forward slowly "Oh honey, did you not know your boyfriend has a criminal record?" He asked curiously, Carmine gritted his teeth "You shut your fucking mouth before I shut it for you!" Carmine yelled, Nightshade walked up quietly and took Sapphire by the arm "You're not gonna want to be here for this." Nightshade said as he led her out of the room, Crimson walked over to the P.A. system and plugged his scroll into it.

A couple of the armed militants moved in front of Ghost and raised their rifles at Carmine, Onyx, Grullo, and Keppel walked up to Carmine and stood next to him "What do you want anyway?" Onyx asked the bald man who grinned at the question "You know what we want or should I say who, but I think we'll settle with killing you guys since The Wolf Pack has been nothing but a thorn in our sides and we're not the only ones who want you dead, so does Viper Legion and The Grimm Reapers." Ghost said as he crossed his arms, Onyx cleared his throat and spat onto the ground "Well sorry to disappoint but we're not going anywhere." Onyx said as he cracked his knuckles. "Let's do this with no guns, shall we?" Ghost said as he lowered two of the militant's rifles.

"That's fine with us, bitch ass mother fucker." Carmine said as he pulled his jacket off and tossed it onto the stage, he unbuttoned his shirt and pulled it off of his back and laid it on top of his jacket. He had a tattoo of a Beowolf head with a sword through it on his upper right arm and a tattoo across his back that read "No Retreat, No Surrender", Grullo unfastened his holsters and sat them on the stage along with his rifle, he pulled out a set of brass knuckles and put them on his fingers, the knuckles read 'LOVE' and 'HATE'. "Crimson, you want in on this?" Carmine asked as he started pulling on a pair of black gloves, loud guitar started to play from the speakers in the roof as Crimson ran out and leaped off the stage. He landed next to Onyx and started to remove his holsters and other weapons, setting them on the stage with the others.

Ballroom Blitz – The Struts

Oh it's been getting so hard, living with the things you do to me. My dreams are getting so strange, I'd like to tell you everything I see.

Onyx looked at Crimson and grinned "Great choice." Onyx said with a chuckle as the now unarmed militants started to move toward them.

Oh, I see a man at the back as a matter of fact, his eyes are as red as the sun. And the girl in the corner let no one ignore her, because she thinks she's the passionate one. Oh yeah! It was like lightning, everybody was fighting and the music was soothing, and they all started grooving.

Carmine took off in a sprint and leaped through the air, bringing his foot across one of the militant's faces and sending him into the ground.

Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah and the man in the back said everyone attack and it turned into a ballroom blitz and the girl in the corner said boy I want to warn you, It'll turn into a ballroom blitz, Ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz.

Grullo followed suit and threw a right cross into one of the militants, he quickly grabbed him by his red vest and slammed him into the ground. Keppel and Crimson leaped into the now fighting crowd and started throwing punches left and right, Crimson elbowed one in the throat and broke his windpipe before bringing his head down into his knee and followed it up by driving his shoulder into his stomach and picking him up before slamming him back into the ground. Keppel kicked the back of a militant's leg and forced him to his knees, he slid behind him and quickly snapped his neck with one quick motion.

Oh reaching out for something touching nothing's all I ever do, oh I softly call you over when you appear there's nothing left of you. And the man in the back is ready to crack as he raises his hands to the sky, and the girl in the corner is everyone's woman she could kill you with a wink of her eye.

Onyx grabbed two militants by the back of their heads and slammed their heads together, knocking them out quickly. Carmine drove his fist up into a man's chin and launched him up into the air, Crimson ran over and slammed the man back to the ground with his leg, and the man hit the ground with a thud that caused him to cough up blood before passing out. Two men ran in with wooden bats and started swinging at the Keppel and Crimson, Crimson grabbed the bat mid swing and ripped it from the militant's hands. The militant looked shocked as Crimson stared at him, Crimson pump faked him and caused him to turn and run right into Grullo's fist, the man crashed to the ground with 'LOVE' imprinted on his forehead.

Oh yeah! It was electric, so perfectly hectic and the band started leaving because they all stopped breathing. Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah and the man in the back said everyone attack, and it turned into a ballroom blitz and the girl in the corner said boy I want to warn you It'll turn into a ballroom blitz. Ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz.

Crimson knocked a man's legs out from under him before bringing the bat down into his chest, he turned around and cracked a man across the face with the bat, and a tooth flew from the man's mouth and clattered to the ground as the man hit the floor. Carmine grabbed a man by the shoulder and spun him around, he drove his fist into the man's gut and swept his legs out from under him, the man hit the ground with a loud thud.

Oh yeah! It was like lightning, everybody was fighting and the music was soothing, and they all started grooving. Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah and the man in the back said everyone attack and it turned into a ballroom blitz and the girl in the corner said boy I want to warn you, It'll turn into a ballroom blitz, Ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz.

Onyx walked toward a man and threw a roundhouse that caught the man in the right side of his face before following it up with another roundhouse with his other leg, the man stumbled backward as he held his jaw, he looked up in time to see Onyx throwing a kick that hit the right side of his face, he crashed into the ground and fell unconscious. Keppel dropped to his hands and knees behind a man as Crimson ran and leaped toward him, driving both feet into his chest. He flew back and fell to the ground as he was knocked over by Keppel who shot up and kicked him in the side of the face.

It's, it's a ballroom blitz, It's, it's a ballroom blitz, It's, it's a ballroom blitz, Yeah, it's a ballroom blitz!

A man tried to run away but Crimson threw the wooded bat, the bat flew through the air and smacked the man in the back of the head as the song ended, the man hit the ground with a loud thud. Some militants were on the ground, groaning in pain as they clenched various parts of their bodies, Carmine looked up at Ghost who stood there with his arms crossed "You men are pathetic!" Ghost said as he spat onto one of them, Carmine walked toward him "Alright, if you think you are so much better than them then fight me, one on one!" Carmine said as he pointed at the man, Ghost chuckled "I thought you would never ask." Ghost said as he walked toward him, seven other Ghost's showed up next to him "I guess you'll find out why they call me Ghost." Ghost said as the seven figures ran at Carmine, Onyx and Crimson raised their fists but Carmine held his hand up "I got this." He said with a grin.

This Means War – Nickelback

Climb into the ring for a battle that you can't win, swing as hard as you can swing, it will still mean nothing. Should've seen it coming, it had to happen sometime but you went and brought a knife to an all-out gun fight.

Carmine raised his fists as he blocked punches and kicks from the seven figures, he watched the ground as he saw seven figures but only one shadow. Carmine threw his elbow into the figure to his right and upon hitting it, it disappeared into thin air. He clenched his fist as he felt energy flow into it, he punched a figure to his left and it exploded as his fist detonated an explosive charge, Carmine stood up and grabbed a figure, he exhaled boiling hot steam into its face that caused it to dissipate.

And the only thing to save is the banner that you wave, to be wrapped around your grave. You've gone too far, who do you think you are? Is this what you came for? Well this means war!

Carmine stood back up and looked at the four figures of Ghost that seemed to double as more appeared around him, Carmine sighed as he raised his fists again. He sprinted forward and drove a roundhouse into one of the figures, Onyx called to his brother "Stop worrying about them, go for the main target." Onyx said as his brother fought figure after figure that didn't seem to stop coming.

Say anything you want but talk will get you nowhere, the only thing you've brought was psychological warfare. Well there's no getting out and now you got to wonder, who will dig you out when you're six feet under?

Carmine stomped his foot twice and cause a blade to come out of the front of his right shoe, he kicked the figures and sliced through them with ease.

And the only thing to save is the banner that you wave, to be wrapped around your grave. You've gone too far, who do you think you are? Is this what you came for? Well this means war!

Carmine looked at Ghost and grinned, Carmine ran toward him and threw a haymaker that caught him in the side of the face, the other Ghost figures disappeared a nine Ghosts turned to only one who stumbled backward. As a heavy guitar solo began, Carmine threw punch after punch that the man blocked, Carmine brought his fist back and clenched it as energy filled it, he drove the fist into Ghost's gut, the charge detonated and caused the man to gasp in agony as he gripped his gut "Fuck! My ribs!" The man exclaimed as he was hunched over.

And the only thing to save is the banner that you wave, to be wrapped around your grave. You've gone too far, who do you think you are? Is this what you came for? Well this means war!

Carmine looked over to Onyx who nodded and put his finger to his throat 'End it.' Keppel said silently as he watched from the stage, Ghost stood back up slowly as Carmine walked up to him. Carmine drove a roundhouse to the side of Ghost's head with his right foot, the blade sliced into Ghost's temple and ended the man's life quickly, Carmine pulled his foot back and sheathed the blade back into the shoe.

Well this means war!

Ghost collapsed to the ground as the room fell quiet, Carmine lowered his head as the silence started to become overwhelming for the rifleman, Keppel and Crimson ran over to him as he started to shake in anger and sadness "Ahhhhh!" Carmine screamed out as he fell to his knees, Crimson knelt down next to him and held onto his shoulder "I know man, just let it out. That man was pure evil and you did the world a favor by eliminating him." Crimson said as he reassured the rifleman who had a few tears streaming down his face. Nightshade ran back out with Sapphire behind him "We heard Carmine yell, is he alright?" Nightshade asked as he came to a stop on the stage, Sapphire looked out into the sea of bodies and saw Carmine on the ground with Crimson and Keppel knelt down next to him.

Onyx grabbed Carmine's shirt and jacket from the stage and carried it over to the man on the ground "Come on, little brother. Let's go home." Onyx said as he draped the dress shirt over his shoulders, Crimson helped Carmine off of the ground as Carmine put his arms into the sleeves of the dress shirt. Sapphire looked at Nightshade "Is he gonna be alright, I've never seen him like this." She asked worried about Carmine, Nightshade sighed "Carmine got arrested a few years ago for killing a two guys at a bar during a bar fight, Keppel and his wife were with us and we were celebrating after a long mission when a bar fight broke out. We were trying to get out when two guys pulled knives on Keppel and his wife, calling them 'Faunus Scum.' Carmine snapped, broke one guy's knee and snapped his neck before stabbing the other one in the heart. The whole thing was ruled self-defense but he still feels like there is some beast living inside of him and he's scared he'll snap and hurt the ones he loves so he tries to end everything non-violently." Nightshade said as he explained the past events to Sapphire.

Sapphire covered her mouth as she took it all in "Poor guy, I hope he'll be alright." She said quietly to herself as she followed Nightshade out of the building, Grullo followed as he clipped his holsters back on to his waist. Crimson reattached his holsters to his legs and chest as they boarded a VTOL that was waiting for them, the Airship took off into the sky as it raced off toward Vale.

*One Hour Later*

The Airship landed at the docks of Vale, Carmine stood up and pulled on his jacket "Thanks guys, I just need a moment to think, I'll be back in a bit." Carmine said as he walked off into the darkness, Sapphire tried to get up to follow him but Onyx stopped her "He'll be back in a bit, it's best to give him his space." Onyx said as he stood up and guided her off of the airship, Keppel walked out and looked into the night sky at the shattered moon "Hey guys, I'm gonna go home and see my family, I'll see you in a couple of days." Keppel said as he made his way to the downtown district of Vale.

"Alright, be safe and call us if anything comes up." Crimson said as they walked back to the HQ, Onyx unlocked the front door and pushed it open before he flipped on the lights "Home sweet home!" Nightshade exclaimed as he walked in and threw himself onto the sofa, Grullo walked over to the corner and pulled his boots off before he sat on the ground and crossed his legs with his eyes closed "All the gods, all the heavens and all the hells are within you." Grullo said to himself as he started to meditate quietly. Crimson sat at the table and pulled out a bottle of vodka along with a shot glass, Sapphire walked into Carmine's room and sat down on the bed with her head lowered toward the ground. Onyx stuck his head through the doorway and knocked on the door "Hey honey, can I get you anything?" He asked gently, she shook her head as she stared at the ground "I just want to help him because I love him so much." Sapphire said as felt the side of the bed where Carmine slept, Onyx walked in and sat down next to her "You can only be there for him, he has to face his demons alone but when he returns, you go to him and be his rock. He loves you so much." Onyx said as he patted her on the shoulder, she smiled as she laid back on the bed.

*One Hour Later*

An hour had passed since Carmine had left and Sapphire was laid out on his bed, as she looked at the roof of the now dark room, she was snapped out of her trance by a voice coming from outside. She sat up and moved toward the window so she could hear the voice better, it was filled with sadness and anger, she pulled on a pair of Carmine's shoes and left the room to investigate, Crimson was passed out at the table with a now empty bottle of vodka on the table, Sapphire unlocked the back door and walked out onto the unloading bay. She walked around the building and saw Carmine leaning against the wall with his head lowered, singing to himself "Show me what it's like to be the last one standing and teach me wrong from right, and I'll show you what I can be and say it for me. Say it to me and I'll leave this life behind me, say it if it's worth saving me."

Sapphire ran over to him and wrapped her arms around his waist "Don't leave like that again!" She said as she started to cry into his chest, he stroked her jet black hair as he comforted her "I'm sorry babe, I guess Nightshade told you about my criminal history?" He asked, she looked up at him and nodded, her black eyeliner leaving a smoky trail down her cheek, Carmine reached up and wiped away the tears and eyeliner from her face with his sleeve "You did what you did to protect your friends, you killed that guy to save your friends. You're a good man, Carmine and I know you have no ill will towards anyone." Sapphire said as she rested her head against Carmine's chest.

"No matter what happens, I will never stop loving you." Sapphire said, he smiled but stopped for a moment "Sapphire, in this life I have the chance of not coming home, if that happens I don't want you to get hung up on my death." Carmine said, Sapphire stepped away from him and slapped him across the face, the smack echoed through the alley way and into the silent night "Why would you say something like that?" She asked pained, Carmine lowered his head "We all have to tell our loved ones that, Keppel had a fund set up for his wife and daughter to be set for life in the event of his death. I thought I would let you know the score." Carmine said, Sapphire lowered her head "I know but I don't want to think about losing you, I want to be by your side forever." Sapphire said as she hugged Carmine again, he rubbed her back as he comforted her "I'm sorry I brought it up, sweetheart." He said softly, she looked up and kissed him on the lips to silence him "Just stop talking." She said playfully, he reached down and picked her up off of the ground. He carried her back inside the Wolf Pack HQ, he locked the back door behind him as he carried her into the main room as they walked past a still passed out Crimson who was now drooling on the table.

*Mild NSFW*

Carmine pushed his bedroom door open and carried her through the threshold of the room, he laid her down on the bed as he pulled his jacket and dress shirt off, tossing them onto the floor of his room. She reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck, she pulled him down into her lips and kissed him deeply, he pushed back against her lips. She pushed her tongue into his mouth as they kissed each other deeply, she reached down and unfastened his belt buckle on his pants as they kissed each other with passion. He reached down and lifted the bottom of her dress up, she lifted herself up lightly so he could remove her dress completely, he tossed the black dress into a pile on top of his dress shirt and jacket. She dug her nails into his back as he kissed her neck, he caressed her torso lightly and caused her to arch her back in ecstasy, she wrapped her legs around his thighs and pulled him closer to her body. She reached into the nightstand next to the bed and pulled out a condom from the drawer, she handed it to him with a wink "Better safe than sorry." She said playfully as he unfastened her bra and tossed it to the floor, she reached down and pushed the dress pants from his waist line. He stood up and pulled of his dress shoes along with his pants before he climbed back on top of Sapphire, her eyes were full of lust as he kissed her again, she grabbed him by the shoulder and pushed him over onto the mattress, straddling his waist and pinning him to the bed. She tore the condom wrapper with her teeth and placed between her fingers as she moved toward the end of the bed, Carmine grabbed a shotgun from under his bed and used the barrel to shut the door.

*End NSFW*

A/N (Sorry this took so long, I told myself to keep this limited to under 10,000 words but I got caught up with it, this took so long to finish but it's finally done. I'll start ch. 16 of Titan Rising as soon as Finals are done. Let me know what you thought of it, and remember to Favorite, Follow, and Review and as always, this is Nightmare 6-4, Signing off. Edit: Fixed some typos and the contradiction)