I'm sorry, but there is no way guy as resilient as him could actually die. Here's my take on what happens, flames will be ignored and possibly removed.

Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!

Neo stumbled forward, using her umbrella as a cane. She trained her mismatched eyes onto the smoke in the distance. That was where the ship crashed. That was where she would find Roman. With the thought of her ginger friend, and really her only friend when she stopped to think about it, Neo continued forward. She had to find Roman. He was the only light in her life whether he realized it or not.

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The wreckage was mostly on fire, and the area was filled with smoke. Neo managed to get into the crater and start shifting through the rubble. It took about four minutes of almost continuous digging until the girl heard coughing. "Is anyone there?" came a familiar voice. Neo leapt to action, moving as fast as she could on her weakened legs. Even her aura couldn't help with the fact that it was a long fall from the ship when the red-hooded girl hit the button on her umbrella.

Neo followed the voice as it called for help. She found a larger pile of metal than the rest and began digging. Shoving sheet after sheet of airship away, she worked tirelessly until black dust erupted in her face. As soon as it cleared, a small sight of red hair and a black bowler hat came into view. Neo redoubled her efforts.

Roman squinted as the fire's light hit his eyes. Being eaten (thankfully whole) by a Grimm and then blown up had not been fun for him. The crime lord found himself cursing "Little Red" for the he-lost-count-awhile-ago time. No matter where he went or what he did, that girl always seemed to get in his way. Roman pushed those thoughts from his mind as a familiar face entered his line of sight. "Neo!" he gasped, relief flooding his systems.

He had found the girl a few years ago, starving on the streets with an abusive prick of a father. It had been one of the few confrontations in his business he didn't like. He was still a lackey at the time, running around for his boss to pick up "protection" money. When the prick had missed a payment too many on his tab, Roman had come personally.

He and the two burly men with him had busted the door open and started tearing the place up. The prick was nowhere to be seen, and Roman, being an overzealous youth at the time, had gone looking for him. He heard screaming from one of the rooms and switched his cane to rifle mode, swinging the door open loudly, startling the two occupants. What greeted him made his blood boil. The prick was on top of a barely dressed Neo, who was crying openly.

Roman took the shot and brought the girl with him. His boss gave the ginger gang kid a beating for "screwing up," and decided that as punishment, he would take care of the girl he rescued.

From that moment on, the two were practically inseparable. Roman taught Neo everything he knew about surviving on the streets, and she in turn taught him sign language so the two could communicate despite the girl being mute. The boss was surprised the girl was so loyal to Roman, and it had worried him.

He was right to be worried as the pair mounted a hostile takeover of the whole gang, easily taking it.

Roman was snapped out of his thoughts as Neo pulled him out of the wreck. He coughed a bit, but managed to smile at his friend. Neo smiled back, using her free hand to ask if he was alright.

"I'm fine, I've been through worse, you know." Roman replied, causing both to chuckle. This quickly lead to a scream of pain as Roman clutched his ribs. Neo placed her other hand around him, her worried gaze asking the question her hands couldn't. "I think I broke some ribs in the fall. I'll be alright." the crime lord reassured. Noe looked skeptical, but began helping Roman out of the crater.

What now? Neo asked.

Roman shrugged. "Well, everyone probably thinks we're dead, so we can really start over however we want." Neo nodded and helped him to sit against a tree nearby, joining him on the ground. "Has there been any place you wanted to see?" Neo tilted her head back in thought before shaking it. "Well, I hear Vacuo is lovely this time of year. Care to try our luck there?"

Neo nodded and both sat back, resting for the journey ahead. Yes, things would be rough for a while, but both new as long as they were together, they could keep doing what they did best.

Lie, steal, cheat, and survive.

So Roman and Neo are starting over. Probably won't change their ways, but would they really be Neo and Roman if they did? Review if you please, but remember what I said about flames at the top and in the summary. If I get enough support, I may do a second chapter. Until Next time!