In the cold and dark air of early morning hours, Cheyenne glanced around, breathing softly. With her hands inside her vest pockets, she slowly walked around the old factory building to a low key door. This shouldn't be that hard. She was a part of the White Fang before. She could lie her way through this again.

She paused, standing in front of the door. She took a deep breath, her exhale coming out of her mouth like a cloud. Her arm slowly started to raise, her hand turning into a fist before she knocked her knuckles against the cold metal. She did so four times before lowering her arm down. When nothing happened, she did this once again. This time, there was a reaction.

The door quickly swung open, the hinges squeaking like they were about to break. In an instant, two barrels were pointed at the young deer Faunus. "Who are you?!" A male Faunus with scales on his hands demanded, eyes narrowing under his Grimm mask.

Blinking a few times, Cheyenne forced herself to remain calm as she held up her hands. "Hey, hey guys. Calm down. It's me. I just escaped from some stupid human's custody. Relax."

The two of them seemed puzzled at first, glancing at each other before their rifles started to lower. "You know," The other White Fang member mumbled. "I think I have seen her around here before."

"Yeah." The one with scales nodded, lowering his weapon all the way. "Think you're right. Sorry about that. It was an honest mistake." His tone showed how sincere he was, even though he was a theif and a criminal.

"Don't worry." Cheyenne let out, sticking her hands inside her vest pockets. Her heart had never been racing so hard before. What if Kagami wasn't even here and they were off on some wild goose chase. To break into a factory this large and with so many armed Faunus, it was pure suicide. At least the other place they had gone was barely guarded. This one though, this one was definitely well protected. One mistake and she knew she would not like the outcome.

"Well, come on." The second Faunus waved her in.

Giving a forced smile, she gave a nod. As she stepped inside, she placed her hand over the lock on the door. She then shut it, gently moving her hand to the side and silently unlocking the door. "Thanks, guys. I owe you one. It's pretty chilly with that dark morning air."

"I hear you." The Faunus woth scales said as he started to walk over towards a wall to lean against. "Being cold blooded doesn't help the matter either."

"You're just being a baby." The other rolled his eyes, leaning on the wall across from him.

Cheyenne just shook her head at the both of them, walking between them and away. "Later you two. And good."

"Good luck?"

"Good luck for what?"

She didn't even bother to look back to see who said what. She simply kept on walking until she heard two very soft thuds. She then stopped, half smiling back at the door. "Took you long enough."

Pulling her air-compressed rifle up to rest on her shoulder, Elise came up from crouching between the door frame and the door. It was a small crack but just enough for her to aim. "Hey, I'm not secretly the world's greatest assassin for nothing." She spoke softly, glancing all around.

"Well," Kris slowly slid inside the building, closing the door and locking it quietly. "I'll have fo agree with you on that. Mainly since a certain word is spelled twice in assassin."

Groaning ever so slightly, Elise reached down and picked up the Grimm mask off of one of the Faunus. As she did so, she revealed a pair of fangs in his mouth. "I really do hate you."

"You love me." Kris flashed a smile, taking the other mask off the Faunus with scales.

"So," Cheyenne looked back at her friends with a rather worried expression. Her heart was still pounding. "Half an hour. We meet back here in half an hour. If you get caught, hide. Just hide. Don't try to fight hem off. Hide and call one of us."

Elise gave a reassuring smile, placing the Grimm mask over her face. "You don't have too worry. I promise."

"Just take care of yourself too." Kris glanced up, taking off the Fanus' White Fang uniform. "We already have one friend missing. We don't need another."

Giving a nod, the deer Faunus did her best to smile. "Half an hour."

Hours before, laying in her bed in MVVV's dorm room, Maya was lacing up a pair of tennis shoes as Prac walked past in a white muscle tee and his boxers which had little pig heads on them.

"You going out for your midnight run?" He asked before sitting down in his bed. When he did so, the mattress was screaming at his weight. Behind him, his two brothers were already sound asleep and snoring loud enough to cause an earthquake.

"Yeah." Maya nodded. "You should sleep though. It's getting late."

He gave a smile before nodding. "And so should you. I know how when you run you feel the wind rushing by you and it relaxes you, but you're human too."

"Blah, blah, blah." She rolled her eyes. "It's not like I can run in the day. I have class and then there is too many people when I try after class."

"Well," He laid back, bending his left leg before putting his left over it. "Return shortly. It's dangerous at night. Even for someone as strong as you."

"Right." Maya nodded, standing up as she took off her beanie and put her hair up in a ponytail. With that, she turned and headed towards the door.

"Hey, Maya?" Prac glanced up at her with a gulp.

"Yeah?" She looked back as she opened the door and raised her eyebrows.

"Well..." He lowered his head down when he felt heat rushing to it. "Mind picking up some of those candy mud pies from the store while you're out? I'll repay you the lien later."

She gave a soft laugh, stepping out. "Sure thing, it's no problem." She then shut the door, leaving her teammate alone in silence.

With a groan, he reached up and rubbed his. "Damn it. You dope." He rubbed his face harder. He didn't even notice one of his brothers had stopped snoring. "You're such an idiot. Idiot!"

"Why don't you just tell her already?"

When Prac heard the voice, he gave off a feminine yelp and scrambled on his bed for a few seconds. "Fif!" He hissed, eyes narrowing in the dark.

"Yes?" The youngest brother softly chuckled.

Giving off a scream, the eldest rolled over and covered himself in his blanket. "Goodnight."

"Praccy..." He sighed, sitting up a bit. "Fid and I already have both told you, we do not like her. You're allowed to go after her."

"I still can't." He quietly mumbled while shaking his head. "She has shown no interest."

"I know father has told us not to be forceful when trying to find someone, but still, it's a simple meal with you two alone. It's not like you asked to marry her."

"Just... go to sleep, Fif." Prac quietly said.

"But-" Fif stopped himself, sighing softly as he got comfortable again. "Night then."

On the streets, Maya was breathing in the cool air as wing rushed past her. It wasn't a lie when she said she enjoyed running through the night. The feeling was amazing. Even when she was smaller, to get away from her adoptive mother, she would run for hours. It was her relief. Her unyielding hero.

She slowed down as she reached the building the wicked pink haired demon did her deeds with the help of the White Fang. She glanced around, making sure no one was looking before she jogged around to the back and knocked on a door four times. She waited, the door opening up.

"Hey, Maya." A White Fang member with high ranking welcomed her with a nod. "You're here late. Do you know that?" His tone was half harsh.

Maya gritted her teeth a bit, rolling her eyes as she pushed her way past him. "I can't wait till your shift is over and there are those newer guys here to take your place."

"I still don't trust you. Or that mother of yours." His eyes narrowed as he shut the door. "And they're coming later tonight! Hopefully they act better than you!"

"They'll definitely be nicer than you." She grumbled, walking through the building and towards a door. She opened it, walking down the steps that followed.

Down below, Kagami was breathing softly while laying on her side and halfway curled up. She was exhausted and weak all over. She groaned, rolling over onto her back and breathing a little heavier. Before anything else could happen though, she heard footsteps followed by a new voice. It was a voice she could have sworn she knew but could not place it at the moment.

"You... still have her?" The voice seemed almost shocked in her question. "I thought you we're just going to teach her a lesson and then let her go?"

Valentine began to pace around Kagami yet again. The young Huntress in training's heart was pounding in tune with the steps. "Well," The pink menace chuckled. "That is what I told you."

Kagami heard her stop next to her head before she heard the sound of her crouching down. She the winced, feeling a hand on her face.

"I even told Nihilus that. But the thing is... I'm rather interested in her. I'm sure She will be too. I've never heard of this... this Mirrored-Eye thing and neither has She. It's something definitely lost to the legends of Remnant. So," Valentine removed her hand as she stood back up. "I think I'll keep her and break her. She'll be a useful resource on our side."

"You..." A sudden rush of panic was in the words spoken. "You can't do that."

This confused Kagami greatly. This person, from the likes of the conversation they were having, she could only assume that this person was the one who helped the boy who kidnapped her get into Beacon. She had to be the mole. She had to be this woman's daughter. But who could it be? The voice sounded all too familiar.

"And why not?" Venom filled Valentines voice, making the jade haired girl flinch.

"Because..." With a gulp, Maya glanced down at Kagami before locking eyes with her adoptive mother. "Having her may cause several things to your advantage, but it will cause more disadvantages."

With eyebrows raiaed, Valentine started to pace forward. "Do explain, deae child."

She took another deep breath, glancing down at Kagami once me. She had to make this believable. "You see," She looked up. She then pulled down her hair and pulled her beanie from her pocket before she put it on. "I've spent a decent amount of time with her and the people around her. They won't stop until they find her. They are already snooping around enough. They will do it more if you have one of their own. Trust me, mother, please. If you let her go, I can promise you, she and all the other problems that bother you will no longer do such. They will be too afraid. I promise. Once they see what a person who has power can do, they will know their place and stand down. Please, believe me."

Silence fell across the room. Kagami's mind was racing as fast as her heart. There was so much she was trying to take in and process at the same time. It was becoming overwhelming.

"I see..." Valentine rubbed her chin a bit. She glanced down, eyes narrowing down at Kagami. "I do hope you would be smart enough to try anything again. In that case..." She turned back to Maya, walking towards her. "I'll have some of those cult members drop her off tomorrow night. A day in a solitude like this shiuld do well."

Maya let out a sigh of relief when she walked past and began to head uo the stares. She slowly looked down at Kagami, gulping slightly. "Don't try her." She whispered quietly. "She's not someone you want to mess with, so please, don't try her."

This confused Kagami even more. When she heard footsteps heading off, she groaned and rolled over onto her side. This made absolute zero sense. Why would someone who helped her get kidnapped want her to not be killed or in danger? "I can't believe this..." She mumbled quietly to herself as she let her body relax in the room she was alone in. she still had faith her friends were going to come and she needed to be rested for it.

Hours later, Cheyenne was walking through the hallways of the factory building carefully. She had a better chance than her two friend on fitting in, but she was far more worried than the both of them combined.

She slowly made her way to a door and leaned up against it. She turned the handle quietly, checking to see if it was unlocked. This was at least the twelfth door she check, but unlike the others, this one was unlocked. She glanced around, waiting for a female and male Faunus to walk off before she opened the door and slid inside.

There, she froze. On the outside, the room seemed dead silent and empty, but on the inside, there was a young Faunus sitting on the ground while cleaning a rifle.

Her eyes immediately widened before she jumped to her feet. "I-I swear! I'm cleaning them as fast as I can!" Out from under her came a large and fluffy tail. She seemed more of a fearful girl than a criminal though.

"Alright, alright." Cheyenne held up her arms, trying to calm her down. "It's fine." Her eyes stared at the girl. She didn't seem to be more than fourteen. She was definitely younger than Kris though.

With a sigh of relief, she slowly sat back down and went to cleaning. "I just... my fingers started to hurt and I needed to take a break so I got behind."

"It's completely fine. I remember when I first joined the White Fang. I was on cleaning duty for the first few months." She cautiously walked over towards the girl.

A look flashed over her face, her head lowering some.

At that, Cheyenne blinked a bit then raised her eyebrows. "You... didn't join?"

"Well... yes and no." The girl looked up. "My brother joined and I got dragged along. I didn't want to, but I didn't have anywhere else to go."

She stared for several long seconds before she held out a hand for a rag. She needed to search for Kagami, but she could not just leave this girl alone. "Here. I'll help."

She seemed confused and shocked for a moment before she reached over, grabbing a second rag before handing it to Cheyenne. "Thanks." She gave a soft smile.

"Don't worry." She said down next to the girl. "My name is Cheyenne. You?"

"Bushy." She spoke quietly. "Bushy Smith." Up closer, Cheyenne could see how the young Faunus had dark skin with brown hair and chocolate eyes.

"Well, alright, Bushy." Cheyenne grabbed a rifle. "I'll help you quickly clean the rest of these."

"Thanks." Bushy smiled a bit more with a nod. "Thanks a lot."

As Cheyenne helped her clean, Elise was slowly walking around but with a brave and confident look. She actually didn't look so bad in a White Fang uniform. She began to think about doing undercover work to keep her mind clear from all the horrors of this place. It actually helped a lot.

She eventually came up to a few Faunus and crossed her arms. "Hey, have any of you guys heard anything about that girl we have?" She said plainly. She was doing a rather good job at sounding like she belonged here.

"Who?" A male asked as he leaned back. This made Elise's heart skip a bit. Was Kagami not here?

"I think I have." A female Faunus without shoes on said. Her feet were like bear claws. "Some green haired girl. Boss is pretty upset with her."

Elise did her best to hide her smile under her mask. "What she even do?"

"Who knows." She the bear Faunus shrugged back. "All I know is the boss came out of a lower room in the south west side a few hours ago with an annoyed look and her daughter behind her."

"I see." She gave a nod back before gritting her teeth. "Filthy human was probably messing with our plans." It pained her to say that.

"At least you didn't say that the human wasn't worse than a mouse." She said, hitting a large male on the chest. "Like some people." She grumbled. "Some people who know I have mpuse friends."

"Sorry." The large male waved his hands in defense. "It just slipped. I didn't mean for it to."

"Suuure." The female rolled her eyes.

"Um, hey guys." The one who didn't know anything about the captured girl pointed where Elise was once standing. "Where'd she go? And what's the awful smell?"

The bear Faunus sniffed the air before making a disgusted sound. "Either human or you farted again." She smacked the big one on the chest again.

"Ow! Stop that!" He snapped. "I swear I didn't!"

"Well there is clearly no humans here!" The female shot back.

Elise had her gun up and ready to fire as she slowly made her way down a flight of stares. In the staircase itself, it was nearly impossible to see anything. All she could see was the dim light at the bottom. The closer she came, the harder it was for her to breathe. What if Kagami wasn't even down here? What if all of this was for nothing? She quickly shook her head as she kept going. There was no time to think about that.

Finally, she stepped into the light, her darkened body being overcome by light. Her eyes quickly scanned the room, before she froze. In the middle of the room, Kagami was laying. Elise immediately dropped her gun, the sound of it striking the ground making Kagami stir.

"Kagami!" She shouted at the top of her lungs. She fell to her knees, sliding down next to her. She quickly threw off the Grimm mask she was wearing and pulled a small pocket knife from her pocket. She immediately slashed the ropes at Kagami's wrist, but before she could do anymore, Kagami was ontop of her.

With heavy breathing, Kagami gripped the wrist of whoever had entered. her other hand reached up, pulling the red blindfold off her eyes. She then stopped, slowly lowering her arm. She stared down at Elise, her eyes widening. "Elise...?" She mumbled quietly.

Staring back up at her, Elise gulped. She was on the verge of tears herself. She quickly sat up, brushing her hand across Kagami's face to wipe away blood. "You're hurt."

Giving a faint smile, her leader reached up to grab her hand. "I know. I feel like hell. But right now... we need to get out of here."

"Right. Right." The brunet nodded back with a gulp. Kagami's face was covered in several bruises and her eyes seemed to show how deadly tired she was. Still though, the jade haired girl was genuinely smiling.

"Then come on." Kagami went to stand, struggling to get up with the pain in her knees.

"Here." Elise helped her stand, patting her back softly. "Don't worry. I'll help you. We got this."

"Thanks..." She took a deep breath, lowering her head down a bit before looking over with a smile. "I'd knew you guys would be here..."

"You'd do the same for us." She reached down, grabbing the Grimm mask along with her rifle. "It's only fair we return the favor."

Smiling a little softer, Kagami slowly made her way up the stairs with Elise help. "How anout we NOT have any of you get kidnapped...?"

"Fair enough." She nodded back. "Now we're going to need to be really good at this. We're on the first floor but we're on the other side of where we need to be. And we sorta need to be there really fast an undetected."

"I'm sure we'll figure it out..." The jade haired girl looked up, wincing a bit as they walked into the brightly lit hallway.

Two floors above, Cheyenne stood up and wiped her hands together. "There you go, Bushy." She gave a smile. "All of those are clean and you should be fine."

"Thanks..." The bear Faunus looked up with a soft smile. "It's a lot easier with two people."

"I know." She gave a nod. There was a long silence as she licked her lips. She glanced at the door before she looked back down at the very young Faunus. "Hey... Bushy... if you had the chance, would you leave the White Fang and your brother?"

More silence fell inside the room. Bushy looked down at the rifle in her hands before she looked back up. "I have... no other place to go."

"What if I promised you a place?" She tried to smile a bit more. "A place where you would be safe."

"I..." She trailed off, looking around before back up. "You're... not part of the White Fang... are you?" She seemed almost afraid.

"No." She softly shook her head. "Well... I was... but that was a long time ago. I came here because they took one of my friends. I came to get them back."

"And you... stopped to help me instead?" She raised an eyebrow.

Cheyenne nodded. "I know what it's like to be forced into something like this." She then held out her hand. "So do you want to come or not?"

Bushy was silent again before she slowly held out a shaky hand and grabbed Cheyenne's. "If my brother finds out-"

"It will be fine. I'm sure my friends and I can find you a safe place. I promise. You don't deserve to be somewhere like this place." She pulled the young Faunus up, her tail fluffing out again.

With a gulp, the younger Faunus looked around. She gulped a bit before she started to follow Cheyenne out. "You promise?"

With a nod, Cheyenne looked back with a serious face. "I promise." She would make sure this girl didn't end up like her if it was the last thing she did. She was going to give this girl something that she actually deserved and not this awful place.

Up on the higher levels, Kris sighed softly as she slowly made her way back down the stairs of the factory. She had never been so unlucky in her entire life. How she found absolutely zero, she will never know. All she could do was hope her friends had better luck than she.

As she came close to the meeting spot, Kris' eyebrows shot high upat the sight of Cheyenne and another Faunus. She half hissed, quickly walking over towards the two. "What in the world are you doing?" She demanded.

"Uh well," Cheyenne looked over at the squirrel Faunus before back at her teammate. "This is Bushy. She doesn't want to be here. So I decided to um... take her away from this place."

The red head immediately facepalmed with a groan. "We are suppose to be looking for Kagami!"

"I know... I know..." She moved her hands in defense then blinked. "Wait... if I don't have her and you don't." She gulped a bit and looked forward. "I hope Elise..."

"She probably did with her determination." She mumbled back before sighing. She then shoved the two Faunus forward. "Just hurry up you two."

At the meeting spot, Elise had Kagami's arm over her shoulder. She gritted her teeth, waiting for her teammates to appear. In the distance, she could hear people yelling When they finally did show up, her eyes went wide at the sight of the third person. "Who is that?" She snapped.

"Kagami!" Both Kris and Cheyenne said at the same time, ignoring Elise.

The brunet groaned, pointing towards Bushy. "Who?"

Cheyenne sighed, looking over at Kagami then Bushy before down a hallway. "Okay. We can all explain things later. Right now. I believe we need to go."

"I second that." Kagami looked up with a nod.

"Alright, let's go." Kris reached over, pushing the door open. "We can't exactly fight like this."

As the five of them quickly made their way out, Kagami slightly grimaced at the bright morning sun. She groaned softly, shaking her head. Her eyes weren't use to seeing light at the moment.

"You good?" Elise looked over at her.

"I'll be better when we get out of here..." She responded as they quickly made their way through a maze of alleys and streets.

"Come on, Bushy." Cheyenne said, holding her hand tight. "We need to hurry so none of them catch up."

The squirrel Faunus nodded, doing her best to stay caught up with the others.

By the time they got back to a safer part of Vale, the group had made their way to the east side of Vale that overlooked the the waters between it and Beacon.

"Okay... okay..." Kagami was panting heavily. "I think we're good... can we rest...?"

Elise glanced back, panting softly herself. "Yeah, I think we're alright." She gently set her friend down.

"Thank Lord Oum!" Kris collapsed onto the ground, breathing like she had just run a marathon. She was still not a runner no matter what.

"You good?" Cheyenne looked over at Bushy who had very shaky breathing.

"Y-Yeah..." She nodded, hands on her knees as she slowly sat down.

"So..." Elise gave a smile, glancing around. "I think I'm done with all this for a while..."

"I... agree..." Kagami almost said reluctantly. She didn't want to admit it, but what that woman had said was true. What that girl had said was true. That kidnapping was enough to knock her down for a good while.

"I guess I SHOULD pay attention in class." Kris mumbled.

To that, Cheyenne facepalmed. "You ALWAYS need to pay attention."

The red head rolled her eyes, sighing softly. "Whatever." She mumbled before her eyes widened as the ground started to shake. Her head lifted up, eyebrows raising. "What...?"

The others all looked over, Elise's eyes trailing up a line of smoke in the middle of the city. "What just..." She trialed off.

Kagami blinked once, hearing a siren start to sound off. "Isn't that..."

"That's the Grimm alarm..." Cheyenne said, her head looking around before it shot towards the rising smoke.

Kagami gritted her teeth, slowly pushing herself up to stand.

"Hey, hey! Easy!" Elise snapped in a worried tone.

Kagami looked over at her, gulping before back up at the smoke. "People are going to need help..." She mumbled.

"But-" She was cut off by Kagami.

"People will need help." She said plainly.

"I agree with Elise." Cheyenne looked back at her. "You're hurt."

Kagami gritted her teeth more, glaring at the smoke. She then pulled herself away from Elise. "I won't strain myself... I'm not going to let those people get hurt without me trying to help them..."

Kris smiled ever so slightly as she stood back up, tossing Kagami her scroll. "Get your sword." She looked back at Elise. "Trust her. She's smart enough not to be stupid. She'd stop herself or call one of us for help."

Elise sighed, glancing over at Bushy. "You." She reached down, grabbing her baton. "It has a button that causes an electric shock. Just in case." She tossed it over towards her. She simply sighed as Bushy struggled to catch itl

"Alright, one last thing before we take like a ten year break...?" Kagami muttered just as her locker crashed down behind her. "One last thing..."