Late into the night, after the school dance had come to an end, Kagami, Cheyenne, Kris, and Elise were all in their dorm. Elise was laying ontop of several large and fluffy hunting coats with the jacket to her camouflage suite off and laying next to her. Kris was laying on the ground, softly groaning as she rolled her face around on the floor. Next to her, Cheyenne was leaning up against the book case, her eyes shut and shoulders down. On the bottom bunk of their tower of beds, Kagami had her face burried inside a pillow which was covered in Kris' perfume scent. All four of them were as tired as they possibly could be.

"Can I shoot myself in the face with a knife now?" Kris mumbled, rolling her head to the side so she could look over in Elise's direction.

"Go ahead." The brunet shrugged, glancing over before shutting her eyes.

"Shhh..." Cheyenne let out, only her jaw moving as she spoke. "It's your fault we were out so late. You two just had to go and play games up until five in the freaking morning..."

"And if we sleep now..." Kagami slowly rolled over, flinching as she nearly fell off the bed doing such. "There is no way on Remnant we will wake up at six for tomorrow... or... today..."

Chuckling softly, Elise looked up at her leader. "And tomorrow going to be as cool as hell."

"We get to go on a mission with a real Huntsman." Cheyenne muttered, slowly moving her head up and opening her eyes.

"Or Huntress." Kris quickly stated, pointing up with one hand as she shoved her face back into the ground.

Silence filled the room for several minutes, most of which each girl thought the others had fallen asleep though none of them did. Finally, just as a bird started to chirp at the rising sun, Kris rolled onto her back with a heavy groan, staring up at the ceiling. "I need coffee... you guys?"

"Same here." Cheyenne yawned, slowly opening her eyes before shutting them again with another yawn.

"Coffee is filled with too much caffeine..." Elise muttered, opening her left eye to look. "Tea is way better for you."

"So who's gonna go get it...?" The deer Faunus mumbled, slowly laying down onto her side and curling up. She then slowly opened her eyes.

Kris, Elise and Cheyenne all looked at each other, blinking once before they shouted in unison. "Not it!" They cried.

Kagami blinked a bit, slowly opening her eyes to stare at her teammates. "I hope you guys all go to hell." She let out in a deadly tired tone.

Kris gave a small chuckle, rolling onto her side as she shut her eyes. "Bet I'm already headed there..."

"Hey," Elise smiled, holding up a hand in the red head's direction. "You think we could argue so much in hell we'd make all the other souls run away?"

"You two could make the head of the underworld run." Cheyenne muttered whild cracking a small smile.

"Oh well!" Kris let out, rolling over again to face Kagami. "Go get two coffees and a tea. Pleaaaaase?"

"Green with lemon and honey. And a bunch of sugar." Elise pulled a jacket over her head.

"Some creamer and three teaspoons of sugar for me." Cheyenne curled up more.

"Keep mine straight." Kris yawned, shutting her eyes. "Dark and bitter like my soul."

Kagami couldn't help but smile faintly as she rolled off the bed onto her feet. "I hate all of you." She mumbled before standing up. She stumbled a bit before she got her balance and headed out the door.

While walking down the halls, Kagami loosened the tie around her neck and unbuttoned the top button of her shirt. She gave a yawn, stretching out her arms. She blinked a few times, looking at the gloves on her hands before taking them off and sticking them into her pockets.

"I still prefer shorts over this weird skirt." She mumbled to herself, glancing down at what she was wearing. She then half smiled, looking up as she got the to elevator. "You don't look half bad though." She then sighed, pressing the button to go down. "You're so tired you're talking to yourself." She let her shoulders drop. "Gosh... you're an idiot."

She jumped as the elevator dinged and the doors slid open. She took a deep breath, sighing deeply as she stepped inside. Once she did so, she reached up and rubbed her tired eyes. "Idiot." She mumbled before she pressed the button for the bottom floor. She leaned back against a wall, rubbing her face as the door started to shut.

That's when it happened.

Out of nowhere, she felt a presence of someone in the halls. She tilted her head back, raising an eyebrow. Between the crack of the two elevator doors, she caught a glimpse of a white hoodie with red on the inside. Less than a second later, just as the doors shut, she felf someone right next to her.

Her eyes were wide as she stared at the floor. She gulped faintly, tensing up. No one was that fast. Not even with a semblance of speed. There was no travel of aura from one place to another. It was strictly from point A to point B with no in between.

Her jaw tightened as she looked up, seeing a dark haired young man from the streets before.

"You know," Nihilus stretched out his arms, looking at Kagami with an emotionless glare. "Breaking in and stealth have always been my thing, but having someone else give me information on the place I'm breaking into makes it all that much easier."

Kagami had questions for sure. His semblance was one. The mole in Beaco though, that was a bigger question. "So what do you want with me? In a confined space of all things?" She couldn't help but flash a smirk. She had definitely been spending way too much time with Kris.

His eyes simply narrowed at her, flashing gold. Once again, he went from one place to another without traveling between the space. More importantly though, his knee went from one place straight into Kagami's stomach the next.

Her body struck the side of the elevator with a heavy bang as she slid down onto the ground. She coughed several times, shaking her head as her sleepy eyes opened up. They went wide, seeing the bottom of a foot. She gritted her teeth, quickly rolling to the side to dodge the blow as she jumped up to her feet. Not waiting for her to regain balance, she brought her foot around in a round house kick.

Nihilus barely had time to move his head back to miss the strike. He took three steps back, holding up his arms.

The elevator dinged as it went past the fifth floor.

He then charged at Kagami, the jade haired girl bringing up her arms to block punch after punch. She started to take steps closer and closer to the wall. To this, Nihilus grinned. He brought his arm back, driving it towards her face as her back hit it. Kagami simply smiled back, dropping down as his fist struck metal. He gave a grunt, pulling back his arm to reveal an intention on the side of the elevator. He turned around, glaring back at Kagami.

There was another ding. Fourth floor.

Kagami was the one who ran forward first this time, taking the offensive side of the fight. She jumped up, bracing her feet against the wall before she pushed herself off and collided with Nihilus. Both grunted as Kagami gripped his shoulders. She winced herself, feeling his fingers digging into her biceps. Gritting her teeth, she threw her head forward. Her forehead colliding with Nihilus' nose just as another ding sounded.

Third floor.

As Nihilus stumbled away, he shook his head and glared up. "Enough of this!" He snapped as his eyes flashed gold once again. Without so much as a second passing, his fingers were wrapped around Kagami's neck, her back was against the wall and her toes were several inches from the ground. He was breathing heavy, clearly exhausted from something.

She ginded her teeth together, her feet kicking the wall as her hands gripped Nihilus' arm. This didn't make any sense. From one place to another without any time being spent. No one was that fast. No one. She groaned, shutting both her eyes as her face started to turn red.

There was a ding as they went down to the second floor.

Kagami groaned deeply, her hands slowly dropping down. That's when it hit her. The whole reason why she never felt his aura moving. With her mind starting to grow hazy, she started to claw at the flat surface against her back. This young man was way out her league. And she was out of time to do anything.

As the elevator dinged again, the world around her became distance. The light she saw even with her eyes closed faded. Her body slowly went limp as she faded into unconsciousness.

Hours later, in the late afternoon. Elise slowly shifted on her bed of hunting jackets. Shd blinked a bit, looking out the window to see the sun high up in the air. She blinked again before she suddenly shot to her feet with wide eyes. "Hell!"

In an instant, Cheyenne scrambled to her feet with eyes just as wide. She quickly looked around, her body tensing. "What is it?! Grimm attack?! Did Kris lose it?!"

"No!" Said red head sat up, rubbing her ears. "But she is about to with all this damn yelling!"

"Kagami didn't wake us up you idiots!" The young farm girl rapidly waved her arms between the two of them. She then blinked, seeing an empty bed. "She... didn't come back either."

"Maybe... she fell on the floor and passed out?" Cheyenne raised an eyebrow.

Kris went silent, blinking a little herself. There was a lot of things she knew Kagami would never do. Letting her team down was one of them. She sighed, shaking her head a bit. "Whatever."

The three of them then jumped, yelping at the knock on the door.

"Excuse me!" A voice which Kris hissed at spoke from the other side of the door. Glybda Goodwitch clearly had an angry voice. Without so much as azking to enter, she opened the door. Her eyes then locked on the three girls. "Where is your leader?"

Kris hissed more as Elise took a step back and rubbed her head. "Sh-She went to go get coffee and tea for us." She gulped.

Glynda's eyes simply narrowed. "The four of you missed your mission assigning."

"Yeah..." Cheyenne reached up, scratching at her antlers. "We... planned to go."

"But we fell asleep and Kagami didn't come back." Elise munbled.

With her eyes piercing each of them like daggers, the older woman crossed her arms and glared. "You've been assigned the mission no one else would take since you decided to not show."

Kris sighed, looking over at her aunt with eyes rolling. "What? Do we have to pick up trash?"

There was a moment of silence before Glynda spoke up. "No." She locked eyes with her niece before she looked over at the other two. "We believe there is a group of criminals hiding out in an abandoned factory. You are assigned to shadow a Huntress there."

"So who's the lady who gets to teach us?" Elise smiled from ear to ear. "Huh? Is she awesome? can she kick butt like no one ever before?"

Glynda gave off a small growl before she sighed, turning on her heels and walking out. "Be ready in half an hour. We're leaving then."

"Um... we...?" Cheyenne eyebrows raised up as her eyes widened.

"Yes." She shot a glare back. "We."

Groaning deeply as she got dressed and threw on her camouflage jacket her father gave her, Elise threw her arms up in the air. "Kagami just had to go off where ever she is now! She just had to! Now we're stuck with that witch!"

"Could be worse." Cheyenne looked over, putting her vest on. "We could have Doctor Oobleck or something."

"You guys sure Kagami is fine?" Kris spoke up again. She hadn't said much all afternoon. She then looked back at Elise. "I mean, her hoodie is still on her."

Both Cheyenne and Elise looked at hed, blinking a bit. Both had slightly puzzled looks before Elise shook it off and sorted through some darts. "She probably fell asleep downstairs in the cafeteria while getting us our drinks."

"Wouldn't you think someone would have woken her?" The Faunus raised an eyebrow.

Elise went silent before she softly shook her head. She then quickly looked up. At this point, she was looking for excuses. "Fell asleep on the stairs?"

"I guess." The red head mumbled, scratching the back of her head before she started to shove of few toys into her hoodie and zipped it up.

As the three walked down the hall, an eerie silence fell upon them. They all had a gut fedling in them saying something was off. Giving a sigh, Elise pressed the button to go down the elevator. "Maybe she's already waiting for us with Glynda?"

"You think she would want to be with my aunt alone?" Kris chuckled softly at that.

"Good point." The brunet mumbled as the doors opened up. She stepped in, Cheyenne and Kris following behind. As they started to go down the shaft, Elise tilted her head slowly at the intention of a fist on the wall. She tilted her head the other way before sighing. A brute must have gotten upset and punched it. She was going to force herself to believe that up until her eyes trailed to the corner of the elevator, showing one of Kagami's green gloves from the dance.

"Hey, guys." The young farm girl narrowed her eyes before looking up. "You don't think anyone could break into Beacon, do you?"

"Maybe." Cheyenne looked back. "Why do you ask?"

Sighing back, the brunet lowered her head some. "I think... Kagami is in trouble."

Walking into an abandoned factory with weapons stacked up high, Nihilus held Kagami over his shoulder.

The young Huntress in training started to stir finally, groaning ever so softly. She went to move, feeling her wrist tied together by rope. She went to open her eyes, only to see red. She grimaced, realizing she was blindfolded. There went using the gift her mother had given her. If she couldn't see their eyes, she couldn't do anything.

"Hey!" Nihilus called out, swinging Kagami off his shoulder before tossing her onto the ground in front of Valentine. He then crossed his arms, leaning back a bit. "There's the rat you wanted." He glanced down at the jade haired girl who shifted slowly. "Your daughter is rather good at finding out camera positions and when and where I would need to use my semblance."

Nodding slowly, Valentine bent down and grabbed Kagami's face. "So you are the one who has been causing my employees so much trouble lately. Or at least the leader of that band of misfits you call as team."

With her heart racing, Kagami's breathing slowly started to become rapid. She couldn't see a thing aside from the red fabric across her eyes. She didn't want to admit it, but she was terrified. Her stomach was twisting around like she hadn't eaten in weeks. Feeling the hand grip her face tighter, she softly growled. She jerked her head, opening her mouth and biting down on it.

Kagami then heard a shriek of pain coming from her captor. The world went silent for a moment before she felt a high heel ram into her stomach. She tossed her head back, gasping for air. She rolled over, curling up as she spat out.

"You're feisty. I like that ib my victims." Valentine's wicked voice filled the air as Kagami groaned. She went to sit up, only to grunt as the same heel struck her face and sent her back down.

Her breathing and heartbeat only grew worse and worse. Her heart was pounding inside her ears as fear coursed through every nerve in her body. She bit her lip, feeling her body start to tremble. She then began to sit up again. "Wh-What do you want...?" She let out in a timid voice though she tried to make it sound as brave as she could.

"I want you to scream." The pink haired demon started to chuckle. Kagami gritted her teeth, hearing footsteps start to walk around her in a circle. "And I want a revolution. I want you to bow down to me and submit."

Tensing as everything went sielnce, she let her jade hair fall around her face. She then took a deep breath, slowly standing up. She wobbled a bit, her knees shaking in fear. "Sorry..." She let out in a near whisper. "I don't do that..."

"I was hoping you would say that." Valentine spoke back. The sound of knuckles cracking filled the air as Kagami brought herself to take another deep breath. She could outlast this. Her friends would be here soon enough. Wouldn't they? She shook off the negative thoughts, bracing herself. They would. She had faith in them.

In Ozpin's office, gears creaked and turned as the headmaster took a sip of his hot chocolate. "So you are telling me, you believe you leader was kidnapped by a band of criminals that broke into my academy?" His eyebrows raised as he leaned forward.

"Yes." Elise said plainly with a nod. "I do."

While standing next to Ozpin, Glynda softly sighed and rubbed her face. "They refuse to go on their shadowing mission until we... go look for young Kagami."

Nodding slowly, Ozpin set his cup down. "I see. You refuse to go check out an assumed hideout for criminals in an old factory? You four have caused more trouble than I have seen, yet you're refusing go go now?"

"Well Kagami is in trouble." Kris crossed her arms. "She wouldn't just leave."

"She has before. Why wouldn't she again?" He glanced over at her.

The red head simply raised an eyebrow. "Huh?"

"She ran away from home." He leaned back. "Much like you. Why wouldn't she run again?"

"Because that's not like her now." Elise shot in. "She's different."

"Hold on." Cheyenne had been silent the whole time. "We'll go with Goodwitch to the factory. We won't argue."

Raising her eyebrows, Elise looked over at the Faunus. "What?"

"Trust me." She quietly spoke. "Coincidences happen a lot. You just need to be abld to spot them."

Sighing, the brunet glared in her elders direction. "Fine. Kris, we're going."

"But-" The red head went to protest but stopped as Cheyenne reached out and grabbed her arm. She then sighed, looking up extremely annoyed. "Fine. No arguing. I'll come."