Hello people! I've returned from the dead
real talk first, I do feel bad personally for putting all this work into this story so far and not even putting alot of time as I should be on what could be a good story if I focused on it. I can't promise anything but all I can hope for is that you can keep reading my chapters and being excited when followers get notifications that they get a new chapter. I have so many ideas for the future of this story and unfortunately, I dont think I'm gonna go further in depth in this story after season 3, meaning this story will end before I go into season 4. HOWEVER! If I feel like it, I'll make a new story where I continue further into this story with some other ideas I was having involving events of seasons 4 through 6. But again that's a big maybe.
But anywho here's the next chapter that I finally got done! Enjoy
Vale / Industrial district docks / Ship - 3:22PM
Of all the times Jacob's been in a tight situation where he's been backed in a corner, he's always known what to do when it comes to him vs. Templars or Blighters with knives of short firing guns. But this? 6 White Fang soldiers with fully automatic SMGs? He's fucked, and it's bad when he knows it. Jacob took the time he had to take a look at the limited options he had...
He could take his pistol out and shoot them all as fast as possible with Aura charged bullets. However he doesn't have that much Aura as it is to kill all 6 of them instantly. And in addition to that, there's no way he has enough Aura to withstand 6 weapons firing on him at once, so they'll definitely kill him if he's not quick.
He could try to take cover behind one of the crates and attack them. Problem with that is that if a single one of they're bullets were to hit an explosive inside of the crates, the crates will explode and surely annihilate Jacob.
He could throw a few Voltaic bombs at them. But same problem as last time, the blast radius could reach one of the crates and kablooee!
He could always try to run through them to get to the door... Try. And very well fail.
"Faunus! Get ready to fire on this prick!" One said.
All that Jacob could think was where the hell has Juno been? It's moments like these where he really needs assistance, but she's been silent for a while? Is she in trouble? Did she forget about him and Evie? Is she dead? She better not be dead for gods sake! That means the twins are stuck in Remnant. That is if Jacob makes it through this.
Outside of the ship, on a rooftop overlooking the dock
A person wearing a hood and cloth covering their mouth and nose just walked up to the ledge of a rooftop, along with two White Fang soldiers.
"Sink the ship" The guy said. "I still need him alive, and if he's gunned down then this all goes to shit"
The dog eared Faunus next to the guy raised a brow. "Are you serious? This is Jacob fuckin Frye! We can't let him get away" He said.
The snake scaled Faunus on the other side nodded in agreement. "He's right. I mean how would he survive getting blown up anyway?"
"Trust me. This guy can handle two rocket blasts" The guy said. "Just make it so"
The two hesitated for a few seconds before picking up two rocket launchers, and aiming for the ship Jacob was currently on.
Back on the ship
Jacob took a big gulp and backed up and hit the wall behind him as the Faunus were just seconds away from firing. Right when they were about to fire, thankfully something stopped them. Something big hit the ship, and it caused a big impact when it exploded, causing Jacob and the other Faunus to be knocked onto the ground. Once Jacob got back up first, he hears alarms on the ship ringing and then alot of water being taken into the ship. This, right here, was the miracle Jacob was waiting for. Because now was his chance to get out.
He ran to the door, going over the fallen faunus on the way. Before he left the ship, he made his way to the boiler. He tossed a voltaic bomb inside and as the boiler was blowing up, Jacob quickly jumped off the side of the ship. He landed in the water as the boat exploded. Jacob watched as it sank into the water. He swam over to the dock and gasp for air as he came back out. As he got into a sewer hole just as the cops showed up, all Jacob could think was how relieved he was for getting out of that jam.
"Well... That went better than expected" Jacob said.
Mistral Forest - 3:35PM
It was a very tiring day so far for Evie and the team. They've been walking through the forest, taking out Grimm nests left and right all around the city. Ren and Evie aren't gonna show how exhausted they were, but they were pretty beat themselves. Jaune however was showing it and not tring to hid it... Or he's trying to but doing a bad job. Nora was the one out of all of the members who was complaining about sleep, food, and both at the same time... if that makes sense. Pyrrha however was the only one act was keeping it cool.
"Maaaaaaan... how much longer is this mission! We kicked so much Grimm ass already!" Nora whined, slouching and pouting.
"Relax Nora. This will be our last nest" Pyrrha said. "After this we spend the rest of the weekend together until our bullhead returns"
"Yeah... good point" Ren said. "Hey Jaune? What the last Grimm we're up against?" He asked.
Jaune hum and pulled out the map they were given with the locations to attack. "Huh... We're headed to a cave near they never put down what kind of Grimm it is" He said.
"What?" Pyrrha asked and went to check it. "Yeah there's nothing that says what we're up against"
"Ah shit... We might be up against something we've never seen before" Evie said
"Oh that's just great" Jaune said putting the map away. That's when he Evie and Pyrrha noticed Nora. On the side and panicking.
"Oh no no no no no... It's that thing ren! I-I-It has to be-"
"Nora calm down!" Ren said and held her shoulders as she breath heavy and fast. "That Grimm hasn't been seen again since we were children!"
"NO IT'S IN THE CAVE! I CAN'T DO IT REN!" She shouted.
"Woah! Hey!" Jaune said as he and the 2 girls ran over to them. "What's going on? What's wrong you guys?" He asked.
"It's Ok Nora" Evie said. "We've faced Grimm dozens of times"
"Not like this one! This thing destroyed an entire village!" She said.
"Nora! Nora! Calm down" Pyrrha said. "We need to stay back and cool down. All of us"
"Yeah. Good call" Jaune said. The team went the other direction of where they were walking. What they didn't notice was one Grimm in particular, staring at them behind a tree with its blood red eyes.
5 minutes later
The team sat Nora down against a tree to give Ren the chance to use his semblance on her to calm her aura down. And it worked after one hand on the shoulder.
While Jaune and Pyrrha were comforting Nora, Evie took Ren to the side. "What the hell was that?" She asked.
Ren sighed. "It was our childhood... this giant Grimm came out of nowhere and attacked our entire village single handed" He said. "Me and Nora managed to survive but... Not everybody was lucky" He said.
"Wow... I'm sorry to hear that Ren" Evie said. She of all people know how devastating that can be for a kid... But they aren't kids anymore. "Ren. I can get that there's some bad memories with this certain type of Grimm. But please... If we're going to be up against this thing, whatever it may be, I need you to tell me what it is"
Ren looked down then nodded. "Yes of course... When me and Nora were kids, we lived in a village called Mulan. I was the son of two Huntsmen, and at the time Nora was a homeless girl who always stole bread... One night, my dad wakes me up and tells me we need to leave the village. And when I left the house I saw... God we didn't even know what the thing was. It was some Grimm that looked human... A terrifying human Grimm with really long arms, a skull head with horns... and it was attached to a super strong Grimm horse. My dad went to fight it off as best he could as he told me to run. That's when I meet up with Nora and managed to calm her down with my semblance. We've always took care of each other since then but dad... Well..." He pulled out a dagger. "It's all I have left of him"
Evie listened to his story with shock and awe. "That's awful Ren... This Grimm sounds like a real monster. I'm sorry your village was attacked by it" She said and put her hand on his shoulder. "I can see there's some real bad memories if you and Nora go up against it again... Me Jaune and Pyrrha will go check the cave. You and Nora can come if you wish but if you two wish to stay back, nobody would blame you" She said.
He sigh once again and nodded slightly then looked down in shame. "Thank you Evie... I... Don't want you to think any lessof the 2 of us but-"
"Don't say it. We understand and won't put you two in the fight if you aren't able to handle it"
"Thank you so much" He said and smiled.
Once that was all over, it was just Evie Jaune and Pyrrha walking back down the way they were walking. Ren had explained to the other two what happened in Mulan, and that they just can't go into that cave if it's really the same Grimm they're thinking of. Jaune and Pyrrha, as expected, had no objection and told the two they'll be back soon. The 3 walked in awkward silence for the time being.
"Jeez... That's such an awful moment for them" Pyrrha said. "You'd never see that dark side of them when you first meet Nora but... oh my god"
"I know what you mean. Can't imagine how that felt for them" Jaune said. "But they still have each other... Even now. They're still a duo and still fight together"
"Yeah... When me and Jacob lost our father, and I almost died, from that day on it was me and Jacob working side by side in... in this crazy world" Evie said sighing afterwards. "We all have each other though. And nobody is perfect... But one thing certain is that we're all in this together now as Huntsmen and Huntresses" Evie said just as they got to the cave that the map talked about. "And right now we're tasked to kill whatever is in this cave"
"Your right Evie... You're absolutely right" Jaune said and smiled. He walked ahead of the girls and turned around to face them both. "I... I can't thank either of you enough for all you've done for me. I used to go into fights, and first thought in my head was if I was going to get out alive or not... But now the first thing in my head is where to strike first"
The two smiled at what he said. "I think you've thanked us many times Jaune... and you became a great leader and fighter. I don't care what people think of you or how you got here with fake transcripts. You earned your spot here just like the rest of us" Pyrrha said.
"What she said. It may have taken a while for you to get to the same level as the rest of us, but you're here now" Evie said.
Jaune smiled along with them... Before they heard faint screeches come from echos in the cave. They all looked at the caves entrances as the sound of said screeches came from multiple voices it sounded like. "Uhhh... did Ren mention the Grimm from his village was one very powerful and terrifying beast... or like 20?" Jaune asked.
Evie sighed and took a quick second to check her supplies. She used up alot with all the other Grimm they faced throughout the day and was running low, but not TOO low. "Well good news is... whatever beast Ren and Nora were afraid of probably isnt inside that cave. Bad news is... its a different kind of unrecognized Grimm" She said.
"Should we get Ren and Nora then?" Pyrrha asked.
"No it's too late. We leave now and these things could scatter out of there cave , and we'll be out here picking them off all night" Jaune said. "We can do this guys. I know it" Evie and Pyrrha both nodded in agreement, and walked inside of the cave with their weapons out, and ready to attack whatever moves.
Back where Ren and Nora were, Ren was leaning on a tree as Nora sat on the ground she sigh. "I'm sorry Ren... I thought i was over it but... I guess not" She said.
"Nobodies mad at you Nora. Everybody understands what happened... including me" Ren said and sat next to her and wrap an arm around her. She hugged his waist. "You feeling better?"
"Yeah... I am" She said and smile. She then blink a few times and lay her head on his lap. "Actually I... I feel really relaxed..." She mumble.
"Huh? What do you... Nora you ok?" Ren asked.
"Yeah I... I... I'm tired..." She said, her eyes getting heavier about to pass out. Ren narrowed his eyes as he felt a weird feeling within his aura as if he was getting exhausted too. He pulled out his dagger and quickly grabbed an arm that was about to grab him by his ponytail. He saw it was some weird Grimm skeleton and wasted no time stabbing it in the head. When the thing was dead, Nora quickly got back up. "Wha?! What happened?!" She said. She oh and saw the Grimm.
Ren and Nora got down and looked at it. "What the hell kind of Grimm is that?" Nora asked
"I think I remember stories about this Grimm... Apathy I think?" Ren said. "A village leader captured two of these things to calm his people down. But that just brought more Apathies to their village while they were sleeping" Ren said. "They often travel in packs so I don't know why this ones alone..." He said.
"Well you think there's more coming this way?" Nora asked.
"Or... Are they in that cave the others are walking into?" Ren asked. Both of them widen there eyes and ran through the woods to get back to there team.
As Jaune, Evie, and Pyrrha were in the cave with the flashlights on their Scrolls on and attached to their clothes, they felt weird feeling. Not fear but... something else. They then came across 2 different tunnels. "Great. Fork in the road" Evie said.
Jaune sighed. "Alright... Looks like we have to split up. I'll take the left one alone" He said. "You and Pyrrha-"
"Uhh if I can interject" Evie said. "I'll volunteer to go alone. I can go invisible after all. Whatever's in this cave won't notice me"
"Huh... Good point" He said. "Alright then Evie, you take the right path. Pyrrha, lets go down the left path" He said to Pyrrha. She left with Jaune while Evie pulled her pistol out in one hand and held her Scroll in the other before walking inside. As they went deeper into the cave, they heard weird echoy noises throughout the cave. Something was definitely in the cave with them and Evie had a feeling she was gonna meet it in a bad way.
Evie went on her own in one of the tunnels, leading into a pretty bigger cave area. Thats when she noticed Jaune and Pyrrha coming out of a tunnel about 30 feet below her, so they weren't separated thankfully. The more she walked however, the weirder she felt. She hasn't felt like this... Exhausted before working as an Assassin. Not even during that weird Charles Dickens case where she passed out on a mattress. Something else was going on and by her knowledge of Grimm there isn't one that effects someone mentally. "Hey guys" She said to get Jaune and Pyrrhas attention. "This might be an unrecognized type of Grimm. Watch yourselves" She said. They both had there thumbs up and kept walking.
Evie walked some more and soon heard strange moans and groans coming from one of the tunnels up ahead. As she was about to take a right, her scroll began to vibrate. The scroll shook off her shirt and fell on the ground with the flashlight down. "Ah dammit... who's texting me of all times?" She mumbled as she went down to grab the scroll. Then she saw the text message on the screen.
"It's from Ren... 'Get out! NOW! The cave isn't safe'" She read. She scoff and stood back up. "No shit it's dangerous. What's he so sca... sca..." She was lost in thought and surprisingly extremely terrified. When she faced the camera in the tunnel she saw what looked like about over a dozen Apathies. And all of them were staring at her looking like dead human skulls with evil red glowing eyes.
As Jaune and Pyrrha searched around, they suddenly hears evie scream terrified. "What the hell was-" They yelped hearing gunshots now. "Evie!? EVIE!? Jaune shouted as he and Pyrrha ran back the way they came. They looked up the ledge where she was trying to find her. "What's going on up there Evie!?"
"GET AWAY FROM ME!" Evie shouted at the Grimm creatures and continued to fire until the pistol ran out. she dropped it on the ground and pulled out a few throwing knives when suddenly she shouted, falling onto her knees, dropping the knives, and holding her head hearing ringing and feeling very weak.
"EVIE! We're down here! Jump and we'll catch you!" Pyrrha shouted.
Evie groan in pain as she slowly started to crawl away from the slow moving creatures. "I'm coming down... I'm coming!" She said. She lazily grabbed her gun but wasn't able to pick it up off the ground. So she just slid it on the ground with her as she crawled towards the ledge. When she finally made it 10 feet, which to her felt like hours, she got to the ledge. She slid the gun off first then as quickly as she could, she rolled off the ledge right before the Grimms hands could grab her.
Jaune and Pyrrha managed to catch her as she fell to them. And then Evie got her energy again to move so she stood up on her own. "Evie are you ok? What happened!?" Jaune asked.
"Yeah. What did you see up there?" Pyrrha asked.
Just then they heard a sort of dying moaning and groaning all around them in the cave. They looked around and saw tons of those same creatures coming out from every tunnel around them. "Those things! That's what happened!" Evie said. "We need to get out of here!"
The 3 ran off back to the exit of the tunnels, but was too late when multiple creatures showed up in front of them. "Ah shit! Go back! Hurry!" Evie said. the 3 ran the other way, now going deeper into the cave.
"Wait why aren't we attacking these things? There all around us!" Pyrrha asked.
"I tried! I emptied a whole clip into one and it did nothing!" Evie said back. "We need to get out of this cave!"
All 3 of them shouted as a few creatures began to screech, hurting there ears and making them fall on the ground again. Evie breathed heavily as she was trying to get back on her feet but she felt weak once again. "Pyrrha... Jaune... You gotta get up!" She said, noticing Jaune was on the ground, not even able to move his body. And Pyrrha was also too weak to get up, but still moving around. "We can get through this... we can... we can..." She mumbled more and more before falling on her chest exhausted.
"Evie... Evie...?" Pyrrha asked as she turned her head to the side. Thats when she noticed more creatures surrounding them. She was both terrified but too exhausted to care at the same time. She was ready to close her eyes and ready to die... But then an explosion went off near them. And the scream of a very pissed of lady came echoed through the cave.
"GET AWAY FROM MY FAMILY!" Nora shouted and shot a bunch of more grenades out, blowing up all around the creatures. Not killing them but sending them flying away from Evie and the others. When they were gone, They all gasped for air and quickly got back up. Ren jumped down and ran over to the group.
"Are you guys ok?!" He asked.
"Yeah. Thanks to you guys" Jaune said and smiled. "Come on. Lets get out of here. We'll find a way to deal with these things when we're out of this god forsaken cave"
"Agreed!" All of them started making there way up the cave to the ledge that Nora was on, still shooting grenades everywhere. "Ren you texted me these things are dangerous... while your clearly not wrong, what do you know about these things?" Evie asked.
"There known as Apathies. Really bad type of Grimm" Ren said. "They let out some sort of power that drains you of your aura and weakens your muscles."
"That's not even the worst part. Those things are indestructible... our best chance to stop these things is to cause a cave in or something" Evie said.
"ON IT!" Nora said and began shooting more and more explosives out at the walls and such. There was alot of shaking in the cave and rubble started to fall from the ceiling of the cave. "Uh... Probably shoul've waited till we were out, huh..." Nora said and laugh nervously.
They all yelped as a big piece of rubble fell next to them and broke a piece of the ledge they were on. "Ok we really need to leave right now!" Evie said. All 5 of them ran down the cave as it was starting to collapse, now more eager to leave then ever. As they ran, another piece of rubble fell down and broke down the ledge. Evie shouted as she stepped down on the broken floor and she hit her gut on the corner then fell 30 feet down to the lower level Jaune and Pyrrha originally were. She oof as she slammed her side on the ground hard.
The other 4 had just ran out the cave just in time as the entrance collapsed. "Oh thank god... Is everyone ok?" Jaune asked and looked around. "wh... W-Wait... Evie?! EVIE?! EVIE!" Jaune shouted and ran back to the entrance trying to move rocks out of the way. "Nora you gotta blow a hole open!" He said.
"I can't! I used every grenade I had to bring the cave down!" Nora said.
"Oh my god... OH NO!" Pyrrha said. "We need to split up! Find another way in!" She said.
Everyone nodded and ran around the woods.
meanwhile Evie was still in the cave as the shaking stopped but the inside of the cave didn't collapse yet. To make things worse, Apathies started to come towards her like before. "Oh fuck... no no no no no... There has to be something. Something I can use..." She mumbled and look around. "Come on Juno... you've been silent for so long. I really need you!" SHe shouted. That's when she noticed one great thing that may have saved her life... one pink grenade that didnt go off when Nora shot it out. "Oh yes! I can do this. I can-" Evie shouted and dropped the pistol she was taking out. She fell on the ground holding her ears. "Dammit! Not again..." She said. she looked over at the pistol but the clip fell out, with all the bullets scattered throughout the ground. the Apathies were all surrounding Evie and getting closer and closer as she was lazily trying to load just one bullet into the pistol.
When she finally got the bullet in the chamber, she used ALL the energy she had to raise the gun into the air, aimed at the grenade, and pull the trigger. The bullet went past the apathies legs and hit the grenade perfectly. The grenade exploded, sending both Evie and alot of Apathies flying away. Evie quickly got on her feet as the shaking in the cave began again. That explosion caused the cave to give in and collapse on itself. Evie ran around the cave, trying to keep on her feet, and also trying to find a way out. "Dammit dammit dammit! Come on!" She shouted... That's when she got another miracle. She saw light shining out from a few holes in the wall. It was cracked and easy to burst open and escape from this hell hole.
Pyrrha was running around the side of the cave area, looking around and trying to find a way in. "Evie! Evie! Where after you!?" She shouted. She ran past the crack in the wall, and wouldn't have known about it if she didn't hear thumping. When she looked back, she saw Evies gauntlet punch through the rocks. Pyrrha gasped and ran over to where she was, and grabbed hold of her arm. "I got you Evie! I got you!" She said.
Evie used her other arm to punch some more of the wall out the way to weaken it. "Let go of my arm Pyrrha. I'm gonna run into the wall!" She said. She felt Pyrrha let go then she pulled her arm back. She backed up a bit then ran up to the wall, shoving her body into it and successfully broke out of the cave right on time. right when she got out, the entire cave collapsed, crushing every Apathy that was inside.
"Oh god... that was so close..." Evie said as she breathed heavy with her hands on her knees. "Well... we won"
Pyrrha sighed in relief and hugged her. "Im so glad your ok"
She hugged back smiling. Jaune Ren and Nora ran over to the 2. "Evie! Thank god you're ok!" Jaune said and hug her as well. "I'm so sorry we left you in that cave. We should've went back in and-"
"I'ts ok Jaune... Everything got so crazy. You can't blame yourself" Evie said and messed his hair. "I'm just happy we all got out of there safe" She said.
"What she said. If we knew what we were up against we'd have been well prepared against those things" Ren said. "Part of missions is being blindsided by something unexpected... All teams face it no matter how good they are" He said.
Jaune looked at everyone and smiled slightly. "At least everyone's ok... And our missions over. Great job everyone" He said.
"Come on. Let's get out of here" Evie said. All 5 of them walked through the woods together. All of them happy to get out of there and never return... Evie more than others mainly.
(With Jacob) Swarm hideout - 4:00PM
Simon opened the door to his office and he and Jacob walked in. "Well that's damnright unbelievable! Our rival gang is the White Fang?" He asked.
"They are. And they really are smuggling in weapons... or, WERE smuggling weapons I should say" Jacob said.
Simon sighed. "This is a really fucked situation" He said and sat on his chair. "Now we really can't let police get involved"
"What? Why not? Tip them off about White Fang activity and-"
"The second cops get involved about terrorists and gang violence, you don't think they're gonna just gonna focus on ONE gang? Nah... They're gonna be on both our asses" He said. "I don't need unwanted attention. And neither does Negan when he comes to visit beacon. So as far as anyone's concerned, or needs to be concerned, the Red Gorillas are still just another gang nobody wants to bother. no White Fang involvement... got it?"
Jacob thought about it, and knew he was right. Picture if the police weren't on Jacob and Evies side during the events in London. All they mayham Jacob caused wouldn't go unnoticed if things were different. "Alright fine. Nobody finds out" He said and nodded. "Well anyway... besides that whole mess, all the weapons are destroyed. It'll be a while before they get a new shipment in Vale"
"Nice work Jacob" Simon said and tossed a file on the table. "And as promised, I talked to some guys in Vacuo. Bad news is I didn't find anything about a spy helping the White Fang... Good news is I found a guy in town who might know more" He said.
Jacob opened the file, and saw a photo of a man. "Donny Williams... recently moved to Vacuo after quitting the White Fang... He has a brother who's recently deceased... Tukson Williams" Jacob said. "Wait... Tukson? The man who owned 'Tuksons Book Trade'? I did business with him a while back. And well... that didn't end well" He said. "So this Donny guy left the White Fang in Vacuo. And now he's moving here... You think he'll help me?"
"He's your best chance at finding out which student from Shade academy is a spy. I'm sure he'll be more than happy to help you out... in fact, it won't be too hard to find him" Simon said.
Jacob took another look a in the file. "Works at Tuksons Book Trade... now renamed as Donny's Book Trade" He said. "Huh... took over his brothers store. That's nice" He put the file down. "I should get going right now. Is David here?" He asked.
"He should be done with his own errand soon. I'll let him know where to find you" He said.
"Thanks Simon... I'll be off now" Jacob said and left.
Donny's Book Trade - 4:13PM
Jacob walked into the book store, only seeing one guy over the counter and no other customers. He walked up to the counter and got a better look at the clerk. A man who looks like he could be related to Tukson. Only about a year or 2 younger, no mutton chops, and a mustache instead.
"Hello there! Welcome to Donny's Book Trade. How can I help you?" Donny asked.
"Um... Yeah. You can help me... Donny" Jacob said and leaned on the counter. "My name is Jacob Frye... I did business with your brother before his... well, unfortunate death. He gave me very valuable documents about some people you used to be with" He said.
Donny widen his eyes then narrow them. "Huh... that so. Come around back" He said. Jacob went around to the back room while Donny locked the front door and put the closed sign on. He went in the back room soon after Jacob.
Jacob looked at him. "First off, I'm really sorry about what happened to Tukson. I didn't want him to-"
"Relax... He was being tracked by agents long before he got in contact with you and your sister" He said. "And I heard you got that prick Roman Torchwick... He deserved everything he got"
"Thanks" He said. "Now I need your help. There's a spy from Shade Academy. And he's here, after me. I have something very precious that they can never get a hold of... And you may be able to help me with this"
"Me?" Donny asked. "Well... I never knew any recruits who go to Shade Academy. Any of the recruits from Hunting Academies are just dropouts. But there was one student I remembered at a meeting. He seemed odd"
"A he? Who?"
"I don't remember who exactly... But if i could look at the students online or something, I'll find who it was"
"Well the spy is one of the visiting students from Vacuo so that should narrow it down to any Faunus in Beacon" He said and wrote down a number on a note pad. "Look... here's my scroll number. When you find something, can you give me a call?"
"Of course. I'd love nothing more than to ruin these assholes" Donny said.
"Much appreciated. Thank you" Jacob said back. "Hm... While you're here, I'm also wondering if you've heard of a book called 'Third Crusade'... I'm not too sure if it's even a book or not though but it may be related to this whole thing" He said.
"Hm... Third Crusade..." He mumbled and started to think. "Well... It sure is a weird name. But I don't think we sell anything like that. I'll let you know though"
"Thank you Donny" He said. As Jacob left the bookstore, he saw David walk up. "Hey David"
"Jacob! Good to see you're not dead you crazy fuck" David said and slapped his back. "I can't believe you blew up a warehouse and a boat"
"Now to be fair, I didn't blow up that boat... someone else did that for me"
"Then there's another crazy fuck out there blowing shit up" David said. "Buuuuut it's good you're not dead"
"Thanks" Jacob said back as the two walked down the street. "Gee... long day huh? We should head back to Beacon"
"Yeah good idea. We might get back in time to see Arthur in the fighting ring" David said.
"That'll be fun to watch" He said and smiled.
Beacon - 4:45PM
As Jacob and David got back to Beacon, they saw many other students with their parents showing them around and talking and such. "Where's your parents?" David asked.
"Dead" Jacob said. "My family friend took care of me and Evie and... well he's a little too busy this weekend" He said and looked at David. "How about you?"
"You already know the story about my dead parents. But I did happen to run into my adopted mom in town. Just before I got to you in fact" David said as the two walked.
"Oh rude. Didn't even introduce me to her" Jacob said
"Oh well... So have you meet Yang's dad? A real hardass to boys who date his daughters" David said.
"I got to meet him before I left Beacon... He doesn't know about me and Yang yet so that works for me" Jacob said.
"Hm. Well good luck. The first time I meet him was back on Patch Island when I used to go to Signal. I got in a fight with a kid and he came to break it up... took years for him to stop hating me when me and Yang dated"
"Well I'm sure he'll take a likeness to me quicker" Jacob said.
"Oh I'm sure he will wise ass..." David said and rolled his eyes.
The two made their way into campus and went to a building where students can train and spar together in small arenas, like the ones they spar in class with.
"Arthur should be in the training arenas. We can pick him up then... I dunno. go back to our room or something" David said as the two were just outside.
"My team is busy hanging out with Ruby and Yangs dad, and Evie's with JNPR in Mistral for the rest of the weekend. So I guess I'm with you guys" Jacob said.
"Great... I think you'll have fun. Arthur's a fucking psycho when he gets high and I love it"
"Wonderful. I'd hate to see him after another one of his matches" Jacob said.
"What? You mean that shit with that mercury guy?" David asked. "Oh please. That guy was asking for it. And it's not like he freaks out like that all the time. Could you honestly say you wouldn't do the same?" He asked.
Just as he said that, a guy in flashy clothing was thrown out of one of the combat arenas, flew right by both Jacob and David, and slammed into the wall. They both recognized the guy as Flynt Coal, one of the students from Atlas.
"TAKE THAT BITCH! DON'T PLAY YOUR SHITTY MUSIC IN MY ARENA AGAIN!" They also heard Arthur shout.
Jacob looked over at David. "Could YOU honestly say you wouldn't do that?" He asked.
"Don't you start Jacob"
"I thought his music was good" He said back and smirk.
"Oh shut up. I'll go get Arthur" David said and walked away towards the arena.
While he was gone, Jacob walked over to Flynt and helped him up. "You alright?"
"Yeah... Thanks man. Kinda pissed that guy threw me out though" Flynt said.
"Oh don't mind Arthur... He's too proud to admit your good with your trumpet" He said.
He smiled. "Thanks... You're with that team RWBY right? You got the heiress..." He said.
"You mean Weiss?"
"Yeah. My dad had a Dust shop in Atlas... Until her piece of shit dad ran him out of business" He said and had more of a sterner look.
"Oh... OOoooooh..." Jacob said and scratched the back of his head. "Well... sorry to hear about that. But you should know that Weiss is not as evil as her father. She's very nice" He said.
"Yeah. I'll take your word for it man... But don't think I won't go easy on her if we verse each other in the tournament" Flynt said.
"I'd hate you if you did" Jacob said and pat his back.
"Yo! Lets go!" David said as he and Arthur were on there way to the door.
"On my way!" Jacob said. "Well see you around Flynt" Jacob said to him before leaving with the boys.
David and Arthurs dorm room - 4:45PM
One of the things Jacob never thought he'd try before was the plant called weed. He's tried opium before once in England and disliked it. He also heard of people in America grow a plant that, coincidentally, was also called weed. As far as he knows it works less intense than opium, but gives a relaxing high when smoked. And Arthur happens to have a shitload with him. Jacobs not worried of course because he knows what to expect.
"Man. This whole parent weekend thing sucks" Arthur said as he was loading a few grams of weed into a bong.
"Are your parents here?" Jacob asked as he sat on the ground in a circle with David and Arthur.
"Pfft! Nah... They're too busy to see their boy in school" He said.
"What he means is is that he has a prestigious family in Vacuo" David said.
"What he said. I come from a small part of Vacuo that's full of snobby rich people who are just so annoying" Arthur said as he finished up with the bong. he took out a lighter, lit it, and started burning the weed with his mouth at the top end of the bong.
"Huh... I was wondering why you had a name like Arthur" Jacob said.
After a few seconds, Arthur popped open a small lid then sucked in all the smoke in the bong. He put the bong to the side, kept the smoke in his lungs, and then blew the smoke out in the room. Then he smirked at Jacob. "Good one Jacob... But you're definitely not wrong. My parents had high hopes for me" He said and handed the bong to David next.
"What went wrong then?" Jacob asked.
"What do you think? I meet crazy fucks when I was in Huntsmen academies that 'tainted my mind' so to say. But I didn't mind" He said and shrugged. "I like my life alot more the way it is, that's for sure" He said.
While they were talking, David was already done with his hit of the bong. He blew out the smoke from his mouth and laughed. "I've had great times with him in Vacuo all semester long" He said.
Arthur chuckled. "Yeah... sure have" He said. "But anyway, this whole parent weekend thing sucks because most of all the girls are too busy with their parents"
"Oh no. Nobodies giving you attention. The horror" Jacob sarcastically said.
"I know! It's bullshit!" Arthur said.
Jacob reached over and took the bong and lighter from David. "You want to know what else is bullshit Arthur? You've been smoking weed for like... what? A few years now? And I'm gonna show you I can inhale more weed than you" He said.
"Oh-ho-ho! Is that so?" He asked. "Prove it"
"Alright then. It's all really self explanatory really... It requires you to treat your lungs as muscles by doing things such as swimming alot. And I just happen to have swimmers lungs... I swim alot in rivers that I lived near" Jacob said, which was actually true. He swims alot in his assassin training and in addition to that, he swam alot in the Thames River in London... Which is actually illegal but oh well.
"What?" David said as he and Arthur began to laugh.
"Oh man... You can spend your whole dam life in the water. There's no way you can inhale more weed in one go" Arthur said.
Jacob smirked and took the challenge. He lit the lighter and began burning all the weed that was in the bong which was about more than both Arthur and Davids hits from earlier. The two could see all the smoke that was caught inside the bong.
"Good god Jacob. Your gonna waste all that perfectly good weed and make Arthur cry" David said. When Jacob put the lighter down, he flipped David off before lifting the little hatch. Jacob took a big deep breath as he sucked up all the weed into his lungs. Both David and Arthur looked shocked as Jacob sucked up all the smoke and looked perfectly calm with the amount of weed he just took in. After a few seconds he blew the smoke out of his mouth easily without coughing. "Holy shit Jacob! I'm actually impressed" David said and clapped his hands,
Arthur scoffed. "Speak for yourself. Now I have to admit I was proven wrong" He said.
"Oh don't feel bad Arthur. I have that effect on most people" Jacob said and leaned back on the wall as he began to feel more relaxed and happy. The thing is, Jacob just consumed about 3 grams of weed, and fun fact it only takes 1 gram to get high. And that was only one hit from the bong which means... Jacob is in for one hell of a night.
One hour later...
And boy he sure was! It wasn't even dark out yet and Jacob, David, and Arthur were... in scientific terms, extremely high on so much weed. It didn't help how due to Jacobs talent of inhaling more weed than the other two, that the other two were taking extra hits to try to beat Jacob. Which inevitably resulted in the group getting very high , and that's not a bad scenario right now.
Jacob, with bloodshot red eyes, lazily was digging into Davids mini fridge for a couple water bottles. When he got what he was looking for, he wasted no time pouring them down his mouth. While he did that, he also looked over at David and Arthur arguing about something completely stupid.
"No! No! No Arthur! You can't eat a gravity Dust crystal" David said.
"You're not listening dude! Say I were to eat one. What do you think is gonna happen? I'll tell you what will happen! I can fly around on my own and do cool moves and shit" Arthur said.
"No. If you ate one of those things, you would die. The Dust would absorb into your stomach and most likely blow it up from the inside... A-And if it doesn't get to your stomach in time, it would definitely go to your head and give you a stroke"
"Oh don't be silly David. I wouldn't eat the whole crystal. I'd have it turned into actual dust before eating the Dust" He said.
"Ok then. What if you ate Fire dust? You think you'll have fire powers? NO! You would burn to death" David said back.
"That's not gravity Dust bud. That's a whole nother-"
"I'm gonna go to the bathroom..." Jacob said, but they didn't hear him. Jacob managed to get on his feet and get out of the room. He tried really hard to walk normally as he walked down the hall, but at the same time just couldn't help but hug the wall to keep from falling down. One long trip to the bathroom later, he was walking back out of the bathroom, happy that nobody he knows has seen him all vulnerable at the moment.
"Jacob!" He heard Ruby shout behind him, causing Jacob to inwardly cuss at himself for jinxing himself.
He took a really deep breath then turned around, using all his power to try and stand normally without wobbling. He saw Ruby, Yang, and Tai Yang walk up to him. "Guys! Hey... Heeeeyyyyy..." He said and waved.
"We haven't seen you all day! We never got the chance to..." Ruby stopped talking and tilted her head at Jacob. "Are you ok? You don't look right?"
"What?! Oh... pfft! d-don't be silly Ruby. I'm perfectly fine..." Jacob said with a smile. He was able to fool Ruby and her innocent mind, but there was no way he was fooling Yang who narrowed her eyes at him. And he definitely wasn't fooling their father, who was giving him a stern glare. He already didn't like how close Jacob was to his daughter's all female team, and it didn't help how earlier while he was walking around with his daughters and the team, Ruby accidentally let out about Yang and Jacob in the same bed. And now him seeing Jacob high of his ass wasn't a good impression above all else going on.
"Yeah... perfectly fine" Yang mumbled as she moved Ruby past him. "Come on Rubes. Lets get back to the room!" She said as the two walked away.
"Oh ok... See you later Jacob!" Ruby said and waved as she left.
Jacob waved back smiling, then turned back around seeing Tai Yang glaring at him. "Uh... Mr. Xaio Long. Is something wrong?" He asked.
Tai Yang walked up to Jacob, grabbed him by his shirt, and slammed him on the wall. "You little son of a bitch! My daughter finds YOU attractive?" He asked.
Jacob was currently too high to fight back. "W-Well... Yeah..." He said and smiled.
"I already know what kind of person you are... A delinquent. A fuckup. You are gonna ruin Yangs life with your shit. And when that happens I'll be there to save her and keep you away from her. Don't fucking test me" He said.
Jacob grunted as he was punched in the gut and slid down the wall and then Tai Yang walked away. "Hmph... Rude..." Jacob mumbled.
[Mistral] Pyrrha's House - 5:34PM
Evie and Team JNPR had to take a long walk through the woods and all the way through the city. They completed their mission with flying colors, got rid of all the Grimm in the area, escaped the god awful cave system they nearly died in, and then reported all their work to the Mistral guard leader about the mission completed, when they were cleared of their first mission together, they then went back to Pyrrha's home.
Currently they were all sitting around the dining room table as they were getting the place ready and food ready for a big differ for their team, and for Pyrrha's parents as a thank you for letting them stay at their place for the weekend.
"Thanks again for letting us stay here Myrrine" Evie said.
"Oh it was our pleasure to meet Pyrrha's new friends" She said back. "Please, if you're ever in Mistral again do let us know"
"You can say that again!" Nora said with her mouth stuffed with turkey.
"Nora. Table manners" Ren said. Nora frowned and immediately started to chew with her mouth closed.
Jaune rolled his eyes. "We appreciate the offer Myrrine" He said and smiled. "Pyrrha is a really great teammate and partner"
Just as he said that, literally everyone in the room could feel the atmosphere in the room change drastically. Evie and the others looked over at Nikolaos glaring at Jaune. "Oh... That so boy? How good of a partner is she for you?" He asked.
Myrrine frowned and nudged him. "Nikolaos we talked about this! You promised you wouldn't bring this up" She said.
"Uh... Bring what up?" Jaune asked and got nervous thinking what it could be.
"I have a feeling I know what it is myself..." Evie said, also getting nervous.
"Oh you're next young lady! When I'm through yelling at your idiot leader for sleeping with my daughter, and same for you" Nikolaos said.
Nora widened her eyes, and spat out all the water that she was currently drinking onto Ren. "YOU HAD A THREESOME?! I have been trying to get Ren to sleep with me for years! Or even just to touch me one time! And your telling me you three have already did the dew?!" She shouted. After that little outburst, the entire table was silent and stared at Nora for a few awkward seconds. Even Ren, with his hair all wet from Nora spitting out her water on him. "...I mean... Uhhhhhhhhh... W-When's desert?" She asked and laughed nervously.
"Nora? Please shut the hell up. Ren? Can you and her leave the room so we can talk?" Pyrrha asked.
"Sure thing" Ren said and got up. He picked Nora up and put her over his shoulder as he walked away.
When they both left, Pyrrha Jaune and Evie, who were all coincidentally sitting across from Myrrine and Nikolaos, were all staring at each other. All not sure how to start this off without making the situation worse. Evie was thinking to herself in her head what not to say. "Ok guys. We can work this out together without any more conflict. Just for the love of god do not say anything stupi-"
"There was no penetration stuff, if that makes it any better..." Jaune said with a red face and nervous laughter.
'DAMMIT JAUNE!' Evie and Pyrrha both thought.
Nikolous's glare got worse. "I overheard Myrrine and Pyrrhas phone call about the night at the dance. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand what happened"
Evie sighed. "Look I know it may sound bad but-"
"You got my daughter drunk and both had your way with her!" He said.
All of them started to get shocked at that. "Uh... wow this really is bad" Jaune said. "M-Mr. Nikos. We promise you that we weren't trying to take advantage of her"
"He's telling the truth dad. some asshole spiked the punch bowl at our ball" Pyrrha said.
"Do you know how hard it's been for Pyrrha to make friends? There's people who don't think their good enough for her, and people who just want to take advantage of her and dig into her fame... I wonder which one you two are" Nikolaos said.
"What?!" Evie and Jaune said
"Nikolaos enough" Myrrine said.
"Yeah dad. I'm telling you that my team are real friends. Every one of them!" Pyrrha said.
"Quiet Pyrrha! You clearly don't know who your friends are" He said. "No... I let you go to Beacon instead of Haven. When this semester ends, I'm having you transferred back home and that is final!" Nikolaos said.
"What?! But dad!" Pyrrha said but he didn't listen. He just got up and left the dining room. She groaned annoyed and looked at her mother. "Mom... You know that my team would never try to do anything to me, right?" She asked.
"Of course sweetie. I know you've made some great friends in Beacon. And I'm happy you have such nice people who have your back" She said and looked at Evie and Jaune. "Just... Let your father cool down. He'll come around and I'll make sure he doesn't transfer you" She said.
Jaune sighed and smiled. "Thank you Myrrine... besides the whole ball stuff, Pyrrha and Evie have been training me really well with new moves to use" He said.
"Yes. She told me about that too... She also told me alot of Nora and Ren. I'm sure they must not feel well having heard all this around the corner behind me" She said. Just then, Nora and Ren popped their heads out around the corner to reveal they were listening to the whole thing.
"Hey guys... So you really had a threesome!?" Nora asked.
"NORA!" Ren said and looked at her... Then he looked back at them. "But seriously did you?" He asked curious.
All three of them just groaned annoyed, just wanting to finally go home at this point.
[Beacon] Edwards Labratory - 8:45PM
Edward was in his lab, under the medical wing, frowning as he was waiting for Jacob to get here. "I called that asshole over an hour ago. He better not be dead" Edward mumbled.
Just then Jacob came through the door, still wobbly and high. "I'm here! I'm here..." He said as he stumbled down the stairs, almost falling down.
"Yeah you're here. Almost 90 minutes late you idiot!" He said and threw a pen at him. "Where have you been? I know you were on campus but... Oh for gods sake. Are you high!?" He asked.
Jacob just blinked a few times. "I was hoping it would ware off by now" He said. "I smoked about 10 grams like 2 hours-"
"10 grams! Oh god no wonder your all fucked up still" He said. He walked over to one of his drawers and began to dig through his stuff. "How can you be this fucked up and still have time to walk all the way here? You know what, don't answer that" He said as he pulled out a small pill bottle, He also got a water bottle from his own fridge and gave it to Jacob. "Here. this'll help you concentrate" He said.
Jacob took one of the pills and put it in his mouth Then drank as much of the water as he could. Then after a few seconds, Jacobs blurryish vision went back to normal, and his head felt much better. He sighed and smiled. "Thanks... much better" He said.
"What were you doing that you got so fucked up?" Edward asked.
"Nothing much. Just hanging out with my friends David and Arthur for a bit... Then after a while, David passed out in his bed, and I think Arthur said he was gonna go see a girl. I don't know" He said.
"Ah... well good for him I guess. Now I can tell you what I found" He said and turned his computer on. It showed a map of Vale with shipment lines going in and out of Vale. "I've been studying shipment manifests from boats all throughout the shores of Vale in the time that the White Fang established their disguise as another gang. Then I narrowed it down to boats that docked in the industrial district, and I found one thing that was similar. The same boat that you destroyed is the same boat that's been arriving into Vale on the same weekend since they've been around. THEN I looked further into that and found it's been docking in Vale for the last 3 months"
"3 months? That's longer than how long the Red Gorillas have been around... Could the white Fang have had this whole thing planned since before " Jacob said and looked at one of the areas in the cities that was circled, and he knew that was where the warehouse was that he blew up. "Now that I think about it, that warehouse didn't seem like it had 3 months worth of weapons and Dust. Could their be more warehouses?" He asked.
"It's possible that now that they own the whole territory, They moved alot of their weapons to another place already. Like a stronghold somewhere... I'll look more into it and see what I can find out about that. But that's not all I found out... Last week that same boat brought over a ton of mining equipment. Whatever they're up to this time, it's not good" Edward said.
Jacob hummed to himself as he looked around the map. "They're not gonna mine through the earth where that tunnel is from the breach. Not without alerting Atlas military. I don't know what they could be mining under the city for. So it's impossible to tell what they could be-" Jacobs scroll went off while he was talking. He took it out and saw it was a number that wasn't in his contacts. "Oh this must be Donny. One second" he said and answered it.
"Jacob this you?" Donny asked.
"Yeah it's me Donny. Did you find anything?" Jacob asked.
"Yeah. I think so..." Donny said. "I was looking through the images of Vacuo students and recognized one of the faces from a meeting. Except I knew it seemed off because it wasn't a Faunus. It's a HUMAN" He said.
"The spy...? No wonder I couldn't tell who the spy was. I was mainly looking for a Faunus" Jacob said. "You got a name?"
"Yeah. His name is-" Then Jacob could hear someone kicking the door open in the background of Donny's phone.
"What the hell?! What do you want!?" Donny yelled then oofed as Jacob could hear him get punched through the phone, and then the phone dropped on the ground, and all Jacob could hear was more struggling.
"Donny!? Donny what's happening!?" Jacob yelled.
"Get off me!" Donny yelled then shouted as his face got cut badly then he was thrown on the wall. "J-Jacob! The guy from the yearbook photos! It's the guy from the-" before Donny could say anything, Jacob could hear Donny suddenly start to gurggle from his mouth, meaning he was probably stabbed in the throat. And pretty soon it went quiet.
"Donny?! DONNY!?" Jacob said. After a few short seconds, the phone suddenly hung up. "Oh fuck..." He looked over to Edward who was just as shocked as Jacob was. "I think I just lost my only lead"
Mistral Landing Docks - 8:55PM
Mistral was very fun and the whole team had a great time. However things went a bit off the deep end after the whole fight with Nikolaos. As much fun as it was, when their Bullhead pilot asked if they wanted to go back home early, they all said yes.
They walked their way to the Bullhead that was currently on the ground. It wasn't turned on at the moment. They were all gonna get in when MYrrine and Nikolaos walked over. "Pyrrha... Can we talk to you guys?" Myrrine asked.
They all looked back and Pyrrha sighed. "You guys go to the Bullhead... I'll be right there" She said.
"No. I'll be by your side" Jaune said.
"Me too" Evie said and smiled.
"Eeeer... this seems like a you guys issue..." Nora said. "Come on Ren! I'm freezing and need the butt warmers!" She said and dragged him towards the Bullhead.
"Hold on Nora. I'm gonna go to the bathroom" Ren said and walked the other way. Nora shrugged and ran off on her own to the Bullhead and tried turning it on on her own.
Evie Pyrrha and Jaune walked back over to her parents. Myrrine sighed. "Sorry you guys want to leave early. But we can't exactly stop you" She said.
"Yeah... I'm sorry about dinner. I really am" Nikolaos said as he was calmed down now.
Evie sighed. "Mr. Nikos, I know well enough about how Pyrrha must feel being surrounded by people who don't wish to be friends with her. And I honestly don't know what me and Jaune can do to prove to you we're different. And that includes Ren and Nora... But I can assure you we all love Pyrrha like family. we all love each other like family" She said.
"She's serious dad. My team would never do anything to make me sad" Pyrrha said. "We're all very close and will all have each other ba-"
Suddenly the Bulkhead behind them just blew up. The blast wave threw them all to the ground without them even being ready. Evie coughed as she got back on her feet as fast as she could, and looked back at the blown up Bullhead that they could all have been killed if they were inside... and then it hit her.
"Oh my god! NORA!" Evie shouted and tan towards the Bullhead.
[Vale] Downtown - 9:00PM
Jaune ran as fast as he could to the bookshop. When he finally got to the shop, he saw there wasn't anybody outside the shop, the widows were covered, and the door was forced open. Jacob ran inside and turned on the lights. He gasped at the sight of there being blood all over the place, most likely Donnys. And sure enough, when he went over the counter, there he was. Donny was on the ground with scratch marks all over his face and body. 2 stab wounds on his throat, likely from the same claws that was scratching him. Whoever was here wanted Donny to never speak again... and it worked. Now Jacob's back to square one.
[Mistral] Hospital - 9:30PM
After a very brief wait in the waiting room, the team was allowed to see Nora in her hospital room. "Hey guys!" Nora said and waved as she was busy eating a few stacks of hospital pancakes. She didn't have any serious injuries thanks to her aura and... well her being Nora. She thankfully was blown out of the Bullhead as it blew up, and bits of her hair got burnt a bit and so did her clothes. She was at first unconscious but is said to make a quick recovery
"Nora. Oh thank god" Ren said and hugged her. She was too busy with her pancakes to hug him back but pat him on the head anyway.
"Oh man. Imagine if we were all in that Bullhead... What the hell happened?!" Jaune asked.
"I don't know. I can't get a hold of our pilot and he wasn't there in the Bullhead. I don't know what that guy was thinking but-"
"It wasn't your pilot who set up the ignition bomb in your Bullhead" They looked back and saw two Mistral special agents at the door. "Which one of you is Evie?"
"That... That's me" Evie said as she walked over, now nervous what they're gonna say. "What's going on?"
The two agents looked at each other, and then back at Evie. "Do you know a woman named Neopolitan?" The other agent asked.