What's up ya'll! I'm back with the last chapter of SSKT 1! It was fun but now you all will have to wait till RWBY Volume 4 is done so SSKT 4 can be born. Thanks for the people who supported me and this series, leggo!
Disclaimer: Sonic goes to SEGA and RWBY goes to Rooster Teeth Productions and Monty Oum!
We get a view of the balcony café in the middle of Vale where Sun Wukong, Miles "Tails" Prower Uzumaki, and Blake Belladonna were seen last time drinking tea.
"Finally, she speaks! Nearly two days and you gave me nothing but small talk and weird looks!" Sun says in exasperation, then Blake gives Sun a firm look. "Yeah, like that."
"Be nice Sun." Tails calmly says sipping his tea.
Blake rolls her eyes before closing them and looking at him sadly. "Sun... Are you familiar with the White Fang?"
"Of course! I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me!" The Monkey Faunus said with disdain.
Blake sips her drink while listening until she speaks up for the big reveal. "I was once a member of the White Fang."
Sun promptly goes cross-eyed and chokes on his drink, making him put it down and wipe his mouth as he holds up a hand to process this information. "Wait a minute, you were a member of the White Fang?!"
Blake nods. "That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it..."
The scene shifts to a simple silhouetted flashback of fallen weapons plunged into the ground - swords, guns, any number of combinations.
-Music: Extra & History Menu (Sonic Mega Collection Plus)-
"Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus." Blake's voice states.
The audience is shown the dark outlines of two trios - animal-eared and tailed Faunus on one side, regular Humans on the other - shaking hands and making peace after their struggle. This does not last long, as seen by a white Faunus cowering in fear of the gray-and-black aggressors harassing the hybrid. Later, more Faunus are pushing the crowd away from their bullied brethren.
"Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as the voice of our people. And I was there." The Cat Faunus continued.
Silhouettes of Faunus protesters are revealed, and emerging from the shadows is a young girl with dark hair and cat ears.
"I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimist." Blake said.
Cutting from the child version of Blake, the blue flag of a white wolf with sad eyes and a circle behind its head is lowered, and raised in its stead is a red monster with three bloody scratches and teeth bared at the world.
"Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking." Blake says with a hint of sadness.
A quick series of images are shown - Faunus replacing their picket signs with axes and blades, windows being broken, thieves leaping on trains to steal their cargo.
"Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect... out of fear." Blake says with dread.
The flashback shows one more image of three Faunus individuals standing in a dominating manner with malicious grins until Blake puts down her teacup in front of a stunned Sun.
-Music Ends-
-Music: Adagio for TRON (TRON Legacy)-
"So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress. So here I am: a criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow." She wiggles her cat ears beneath the fashionable disguise to demonstrate.
"So... have you told your friends any of this?" Sun asked coming to terms to this information.
Blake merely looks down in shame and says nothing. "..."
"What about you two-tailed guy?" Sun asked Tails wondering what his story is.
(A/N: Warning, this part has Naruto references. I'm using this as a made up backstory for Tails.)
Tails ceases his consuming of his tea as he gently puts his cup down. "So you wanna know about me too huh? Well… I was not in the White Fang to begin with… Fortunately, I lived on the other side of Remnant, I was a born Shinobi or "ninja" to make it simple. This side Remnant has a large history but the other side of it is a whole new world. I was born in a land called the "Five Great Shinobi Countries". These countries are led by governmental leaders, known as the daimyō, who are in charge of ruling their individual nations solely through a monarch-like government. These countries are divided equally on an unknown continent to create balance in the shinobi world. They are the Land of Earth in the Northwest, the Land of Lightning in the Northeast, the Land of Water in the East, the Land of Wind in the Southwest, and the Land of Fire in the centre. The countries are named after the dominant elemental nature of each of the areas. These superpowers are the major players in the politics and trade between the shinobi nations. They are the most powerful of all nations and each has an extremely powerful shinobi village. The Land of Earth has Iwagakure, the Land of Lightning has Kumogakure, the Land of Water has Kirigakure, the Land of Wind has Sunagakure, and the Land of Fire has Konohagakure. These five villages are the only ones to have a Kage as the village head." Tails' voice echoes as the scene turns black.
The scene changed into a map as it shows a continent from the other side of Remnant with five symbols on different land.
"I was born in Konohagakure in the Land of Fire. So I am a Hidden Leaf Ninja. But Konohagakure was under siege by a beast whose size can destroy mountains, make tsunamis, and it's power is unlike no other. It took the lives of many ninja tried to fend off the beast. It was the "Two-Tailed Fox Demon", the "King of Lightning". It brought great destruction to Konohagakure till the 4th Hokage, my father Amadeus Prower and my mother Rosemary Uzumaki sacrificed their lives to seal the beast inside me. I learned when I was younger, my uncle Merlin Prower who was a wizard and then he told me a hidden part of that day when the demon attacked. My uncle was the one who split the demon's power since it was too much for me to handle for my newborn body. One half was sealed inside the sword I use and the other half in me." Tails' voice says.
Then the map scene changes to a man who had blond hair brown fox ears, wearing a white jacket with red flame decals on the hemline, a black vest with a blue long sleeve shirt in the inside of the vest, black pants, one large brown fox tail, and then black boots. One woman had the same brown fox ears, she had fiery long red hair, she wore a blue dress with a white apron, and blue sandals. In front of them was a large and yellow two-tailed fox roaring at them. Then we see a young Tails talking to a person who had a purple hood and a long stick.
"My uncle told me when I was 5 years old that the Five Great Shinobi Countries was not a safe place for me. I wanted to know why but my Uncle Merlin disappeared before I can utter a word. I didn't realize what he meant till I went to middle school. Now I understood what my uncle meant, the four kingdoms of Remnant needs my strength. It was hard for me to cope with… I often get homesick… But Sonic helped me to move forward and I was determined to bring a peaceful era here on this side of the world. So Sonic took me in when I met him a year later when I got into one of the kingdoms of Remnant." Tails' voice said.
We see a young Sonic and young Tails running together with smiles on their faces.
-Music Ends-
Sun's jaw hit the floor. "W-Wow… You're from another land and…" He was silent as he remembers hearing Tails saying that a demon that his parents sealed inside the Fox Boy. "And… Alone too until you met Sonic… This is a lot… How did you deal with it? Well-"
Tails rose his hand silencing Sun. "I know what you're going to ask. How I dealt with it was not easy and pretty challenge to deal with. I learned that the two-tailed demon fox's power comes out of me by my emotions. Especially fear and anger, I met the beast when I was 10. That's when I realized that I have the monster who killed my parents and all of those lives it took just to save the village… My world around me collapsed as I fell into the darkness and nearly became the monster. Then my uncle saved me once again by compressing it and reinforcing my seal to keep the demon fox's power from seeping out again. I asked him more questions… Then I learned the truth of my birth… I couldn't believe my ears… It wanted to just give up until Uncle Merlin told me about the value of my parents' sacrifice. They did it because they had no other choice and they loved me. Then I thought about this but my uncle said that parents think I'm a prophesied hero that will face the darkness along with many people who are called the "Flowers of Remnant" and the "Elemental Knights". So they placed all of their dreams and ambitions to me. Then I felt happy, very happy. If I could see my parents I would give them a big hug and thank them for everything… That's when my dream came to being. Making my parents proud and fulfilling their dreams."
"Wow… You're life was like a roller coaster huh?" The Monkey Faunus asked shaking his head trying to imagine all that.
"But back to you Blake, you know secrets have a cost. You better tell them soon or you'll lose the only friends you have." The Fox Boy states to Blake who looked down.
"Blaaaake!"
"Blaaaake!"
The scene transitions to Ruby, Yang, and Weiss walking through town and calling in vain for their missing teammate. But the three ladies didn't realize that they were being watched by the three members of team SSKT.
"Blaaaaaaaake! Where aaaare yoooouuuu!?" Ruby called out
"Blake!" The Buxom Blond shouts.
Ruby turning to Weiss. "Weiiiiss, you're not helping!"
"Oh! You know what might be able to help? The police!" The Heiress said with venom in her tone.
Ruby crossed her arms in irritation. "Ugh, Weiss..."
"It was just an idea!" Weiss said reading Ruby's expression.
"Yeah, a bad one." The Young Girl said walking down the sidewalk.
"Weiss, I think we should hear her side of the story before we jump to any conclusions." Yang said trying to be the voice of reason.
"I think that when we hear it, you'll all realize I was right!" Weiss said.
Penny who is following behind Weiss. "And I think Weiss' hair looks wonderful today!"
Ruby turns around suddenly with her team in surprise. "Aaaah! Penny! Where did you come from!?"
"Hey guys! What are you up to?" Penny asked cheerfully ignoring the question.
"Uhh..."
"We're looking for our friend Blake." Yang answered.
Penny's eyes widen a bit in realization. "Ooooh, you mean the Faunus girl!"
Ruby, Weiss, and Yang stare at Penny wondering how she knew.
Wait, how did you know that?" Ruby asked.
"Uhh, the cat ears?" Penny points to her head.
Yang laughs a little. "What cat ears? She wears a... boooohhh..."
The realization leaves them in silence as a tumbleweed blows through in the wind.
"She does like tuna a lot..." Ruby whispers to Yang.
"So, where is she?"
Ruby shook her head. "We don't know. She's been missing since Friday."
Penny gasped. "That's terrible! Well, don't you worry Ruby, my friend! I won't rest until we find your teammate!"
"Uh, that's really nice of you, Penny, but we're okay! Really! Right, guys?" Ruby asked doing her best to smile trying not to make it awkward.
She looks over Penny to direct her question at Yang and Weiss, who's blinking outlines are all that's left of their sudden departure from the company of the strange girl. A tumbleweed blows past them again in the quiet.
"It sure is windy today!"
Poor Ruby.
Sun, Tails, and Blake are then seen walking down an alley.
"So, what's the plan now?" Sun asked with hands behind his head.
"I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies. They've never needed that much Dust before." Blake contemplating.
Sun's widening eyes turned to Blake as he lowered his arms pacing around in front of Blake. "What if they did? I mean... the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there! Right?"
"The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be." Tails said scratching his head.
Sun grins. "Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas."
"How huge?"
"Huge. Big Schnee Company freighter."
"You're sure?"
"Hmmm… Ah ha! Of course! Sun, thanks to you, we've found our target's location!" The Fox Boy said with a big smile.
"Thanks anyways!" Yang sighs as she walks out of the store, then she looks at Weiss. "This is hopeless. You really don't care if we find her, do you?""
Weiss glances at Yang with an incredulous look. "Don't be stupid; of course I do. I'm just afraid of what she'll say when we find her. The innocent never run, Yang!"
Yang looks down in thought. "Hmm…"
"So, Blake is your friend?" Penny's voice asked.
Ruby sighs as they make their way down the sidewalk. "Yes, Penny."
"But you're mad at her?"
"Yes. Well, I'm not. Weiss is."
"Is she friends with Blake?"
"Well, that's kind of up in the air right now..." Ruby looks forlorn.
Penny tries to contemplate this. "But why?"
Ruby sighs again. "Well, you see, Blake might not be who we thought she was..."
Penny gasps. "Is she a man?"
Ruby shook her head. "No! No, Penny. She's..." She stops and sighs, looking at Penny as she talks now. "I don't know what she is. She didn't exactly talk to us before she decided to run off."
"I don't have a lot of friends, but if I did, I would want them to talk to me about things." Penny said.
Ruby turns her gaze downward sadly. "Me too..."
"Don't worry Rubes. We'll find them." A voice made the two turn around to see Sonic Maruti with a smile.
-Music: Trouble Outbreak (Sen no Kiseki)-
Amidst the chirping of crickets and darkness of night, Blake lays flat on her stomach on the rooftop overlooking the shipment of Schnee Dust containers. Tails on the other hand lays beside her on his stomach looking at the shipment also.
"I knew it! This is where the White Fang would be! From Sun's anonymous intel, I had to put the pieces together, and then the question arose of where would something that villains want in large quantities would be and bam! That's when I found my answer and this place is it." Tails said with enthusiasm.
Blake smiles a bit at his intelligence. "Nice job. Now I understand why Sonic relies on you so much, you're very ingenious Tails."
Tails blushed with a giggle. "T-Thanks."
Sun jumped behind them holding a apple. "Did I miss anything?"
Blake looks up as Sun drops down to her right. "Not really. They've offloaded the crates from the boat. Now they're just sitting there."
"Cool." Sun holds out one of the green apples in his arms. "I stole you some food!"
"Do you always break the law without giving a second thought?" Tails asked with a questioning look on his face.
-Music Ends-
Just as Sun was going to retort, the winds blows all around them, and they look up to see a Bullhead's searchlights flashing around for a landing spot, descending in the middle of the cargo containers and extending a ramp for a black hooded individual with a metallic fanged mask to come out of.
"Oh no..."
"Is that them?" Sun asked.
Blake stares at the bloody wolf on the back of the man's outfit. "Yes... It's them."
A White Fang Soldier looks to the other White Fang members coming from the aircraft, motioning with his rifle. "All right, grab the tow cables!"
"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?" The Monkey Faunus
Blake stares sadly at the scene. "No. I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right." She closes her eyes in despair, only to open them suddenly when she hears a new voice.
"Hey! What's the holdup!?" The soldiers look up at Roman gesturing widely and coming down the ramp. "We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace?"
Blake narrows her eyes. "This isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a Human. Especially not one like that." Blake stands up and unsheathes the katana of Gambol Shroud before walking off the edge of the roof.
"It's go time." Tails unsheathes Kaminari no Seiken as he walks with her.
Sun then looks alarmed. "Hey, what are you doing?!"
Blake and Tails falls to the ground in a crouch, then continues on to hide behind one of the containers, peeking around the corner to see Roman berate a White Fang member holding a coil of rope.
-Music: Tie a Link of ARCUS! (Sen no Kiseki)-
"No, you idiot! This isn't a leash!" As Roman looks around, Blake suddenly appears behind him with her blade at his throat. "What the- Oh, for f-" He rolls his eyes when he's cut off by Blake mid-swear.
"Nobody move!"
The White Fang soldiers ready their guns and equip their swords in response. Then a lightning bolt hits the ground making the White Fang Soldiers jump as the Lightning Faunus appeared and stood glaring his white eyes at the soldiers.
"Whoa! Take it easy there, little lady." Roman exclaimed.
As the White Fang closes in on Tails who stood with his blade pointing at them, Blake uses her free hand to go for her bow and remove it, causing the ribbon to fall away as her Faunus ears are shown to the world.
"Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you aiding this scum?" Blake asked hoping they would understand.
The White Fang members lower their weapons a little at this development, unsure of what to do, when Roman laughs.
"Oh, kids, didn't you get the memo?" The Criminal Mastermind asked with a smug grin.
"What are you talking about?" Tails asked in a cold tone as lightning sparked around him.
"The White Fang, myself, and a friend of mine are going in on a joint business venture together!" Roman said.
Blake has her blade getting close to Roman's neck. "Tell me what it is or I'll put an end to your little operation."
Suddenly, the air is filled with more turbines blowing the wind wildly around the holdup.
Roman looks up. "I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation..."
Two more Bullheads are hovering above the heist, and as Blake watches in horror, Roman smiles and manages to fire his cane at Blake's feet, resulting in a large explosion.
"BLAKE!" Tails cries in shock before grits his teeth.
Penny, Sonic, and Ruby turn around upon hearing the noise, seeing the smoke rise from the docking bay just a few buildings away.
"Oh, no..." Ruby said with worry.
"I bet that's where they are." Sonic said as he ran with Ruby and Penny following.
Blake, dazed but relatively unhurt on the ground, quickly rolls and runs out of the way of Roman's continued attacks, flaming missiles destroying cargo behind her as she retreats behind more containers.
"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty..." Roman approaches as his taunt is interrupted when a banana peel lands on his head, causing him to look up and growl at the assailant.
Sun leaps from the container above Roman and drops down on the criminal's face feet-first, rolling up and readying himself to fight.
"Leave her alone!" Sun barked.
The Bullheads open to let more White Fang members descend on the scene, standing by Roman as he gets up and surrounding Sun.
"You're not the brightest banana in the bunch, are you, kid?" Roman asked.
With that said, the White Fang charge at the monkey Faunus, but he manages to dodge slashes and get some of the soldiers with his fists and kicks until he rolls out of the way, pulling out a collapsible red staff. He quickly uses this to beat down on each opponent that nears him, falling each one in a single flaming blow when he twirls, even creating a scorching shockwave to beat the last of them. Blake peers around the corner of the container to watch Sun jump around and beat more White Fang soldiers, causing one to fly over Roman's head. The crime boss growls in annoyance and aims his cane at Sun, firing a shot that he defends himself from just when Blake leaps into the action.
Blake lands. "He's mine!"
Blake goes in close and becomes a blur of afterimages as she slashes both blades at Roman, who backs away and deflects each would-be blow with his cane at unbelievable speeds. Blake continues to dash, hop over, and slide around Roman to try and find a weak spot, but her enemy, while barely deflecting the attacks, lands a few hits on Blake until one final beating with his cane causes her to go down. Just as Roman deals with one opponent, Sun appears right behind her and disconnects his staff in two spinning circles of flame-firing shotgun nunchucks that only slow down once to show the audience what they are before becoming twin arcs of offense again. Sun swings each gun at Roman while firing everything he as at him, but even with the rapid series of shots and flying bullets, Roman manages to defend himself against every bullet and hit until a millisecond-long pause allows Blake to get a slash in and knock him back and then Tails kicks his stomach sending him to the wall of a carrier. On his back, Roman notices a container hanging by a crane right above the two warriors, and gets up to fire his cane at its supports. Blake leaps behind it, but Sun barely misses when he jumps forward, ending up right below the nozzle of Roman's cane. Just as he's about to fire, his and Sun's attention are drawn to a familiar voice.
"Hey!" A voice rang through the air.
Ruby appears on the rooftop overlooking them, Crescent Rose extended and ready for action. Then Sonic had Caliburn in hand standing beside Ruby.
Roman who lost interest in Sun, waving. "Well, hello, Red! Blue! Isn't it past your bedtime?"
Penny who approached Ruby. "Ruby, are these people your friends?"
Ruby looks behind her. "Penny, get back!" While her attention is diverted, Roman snarls and fires his cane at her, launching the young Huntress-in-training back from the explosion's force and sending her scythe flying away. "AAAAAH!"
"Ruby!" Sonic glares at Roman. "Oh you did it now Roman!"
Roman gives off a professional-level evil laugh at his attack on the young girl. Penny turns her head toward the criminal and gives her first glare, walking forward while Ruby tries to get back up.
"Penny, wait! Stop!" She raises her hand in a futile attempt to stop her.
Penny smiled at Ruby. "Don't worry, Ruby. I'm combat ready!"
-Music Ends-
-Music: Awakening (Sen no Kiseki 2)-
After Sonic jumps off, her backpack mechanically opens up, and from its dark depths comes a single sword that extends and multiples into several blades hovering over Penny's back. Leaping from the rooftop with the weapons acting as wings, she sends three of her swords to knock two White Fang soldiers down before even landing on the ground, where she proceeds to fling the swords at one enemy, impale another to a wall, create a barrier of spinning steel against a running attack, leaping over a goon with her swords in tow, and finally making a wheel that she throws to knock multiple Faunus off their feet.
Sun who was observing the spectacle in amazement. "Whoa!" He runs off to safety.
Three Bullheads come from the skies and open fire on the battle, but Penny merely forms a shield and launches two of her swords into the wall behind her, which in turn pull their wielder back with their strings. When her swords swirl around her again, she commands them to open their points and build up a large glowing ball of green light. Then Sonic stood with her white aura covering him, he had a white orb forming in his hands. Sonic and Penny nods at each other. With a punching action, several bright lasers crack the pavement when they fire at the transports and slice each one in half, causing several of the White Fang members inside to fall thus Sonic fired his Sōsei-ki no hōkō doragonkingu (Roar of Genesis the Dragon King), which humongous white blast obliterated the entire Bullhead and letting Ruby watch as Bullheads fall in pieces behind her. Stunned, she turns back to Penny as she aims her swords at the remaining Bullheads holding the crate of Dust and pulls back on their wires, tugging the aircraft with them.
"Whoa... How is she doing that?" Ruby asked in awe. Then she looks at Sonic. "That was… So cool!"
Seeing the Bullhead's flight fall under Penny's control, Roman grimaces and turns to run towards the last transport. Penny, after her large green pupils dilate for a second, pulls with all her might on the strings, and the aircraft crashes into a stack of crates, causing an explosion as a result.
"These kids just keep getting weirder..." Roman said with his observation made, he uses his cane to close the doors, and the jet lifts off, flying away from the lost battle.
-Music Ends-
-Music: To Irreplaceable Person (Sen no Kiseki 2)-
Later, a handful of police cars are at the docks, where Ruby, Sonic, Tails, Blake, Sun, and Penny are sitting on boxes in silence. That is, until Shadow, Knuckles, Weiss, and Yang appear on the scene.
"Look Weiss, it's not what you think, she explained the whole thing. See, she doesn't actually have a bow, she has kitty ears and they're actually kind of cute..." Ruby said but Weiss ignores her and squares off with Blake.
"Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was with the-" Blake tried to explain.
Weiss held her hand up thus stopping Blake. "Stop! Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you? Twelve hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this. And in that twelve hours, I've decided..."
The others look on, worried.
Weiss smiled a bit. "I don't care."
Blake had a surprised expression of this. Is this even Weiss. "You don't care?"
"You said you're not one of them anymore, right?" Weiss asked.
"No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-"
"Ah-bah-bah-bah-bah! I don't want to hear it. All I want to know is that the next time something this big comes up... you'll come to your teammates. And not some..." The Ice Queen looks at Sun behind her as she catches herself. "Someone else."
Blake looks at Ruby and Yang grinning at her, then Team SSKT who were smiling at her but to Tails he gives her a bright smile, she wipes a tear from her eye, nodding. "Of course."
Weiss smiles and nods. The moment is serious for a second more until Ruby screams:
"Yeah! Team RWBY is back together!" Ruby cheers happily making Sonic and Tails laugh.
Weiss points accusingly at Sun. "I'm still not quite sure about how I feel about you!" Which in turn causes Sun to laugh nervously.
Ruby looks around. "Hey, wait a minute... Where's Penny?"
"Yeah. Where is she?" Sonic asked looking around with Ruby.
"Eh, I'm sure she's fine. No need to worry about her." Knuckles said being nonchalant.
From the darkened back seat of a limo, Penny watches the group of friends reuniting with each other.
"You should know better than to go running around in a strange city." Penny's Driver said.
Penny lowered her head, sadly. "I know, sir."
"Penny, your time will come..."
Meanwhile, Ozpin is seen holding a scroll showing a "LIVE FEED" of Ruby at the docks. He closes the video and opens up a communication with Qrow, whose team name and other information is left blank and his only message is: "QUEEN HAS PAWNS."
Ozpin rose an eyebrow at this. "Hmmm..."
The scenes cuts to a view of Beacon Academy bathed in the light of the nearly-full moon as the background fades to black. Then we see Roman walking into a large warehouse with a shadowy interior. He goes over to a table and places down a case of mysterious contents, sighing in tiredness.
"How very disappointing, Roman." A voice said to Roman.
Roman turns around suddenly when he hears the voice and their noisy entrance. "Whoa! Hehe... I wasn't expecting to see you guys so soon..."
Cinder of the three figures before Roman, only her head, containing yellow eyes and flowing dark hair, is seen. "We were expecting... more from you."
Roman laughs a little before getting serious. "Hey! You were the ones who suggested working with those stupid mutts from the White Fang."
Cinder chuckles darkly. "And you will continue to do so." She summons a fireball in her hand and steps out of the darkness with her two companions, a purple-haired man and mint-haired, tanned woman, eyes glowing gold. "We have big plans for you, Roman. All we ask is... a little cooperation."
The camera holds on Cinder Fall's evil little smile before cutting to black.
To be Continued in Book 2...