A/N I know this and previous chapters have quite few 1:1 quotes from the episodes. It could not have been avoided. Don't you worry, I will soon get back to my own plot. Team PALD have their own problems. Cardin being the most prominent. I am not done with him yet.

Blake run out of the academy. She stopped only in front of the statue. They were afraid of her. Her teammates despised her. She probably ruined it all both for herself and Adam. The look on his face... It was all her fault. She slowly pulled the end of her bow. The silken material fell to her hand, revealing a pair of cat ears.

"I knew you would look better without the bow." A voice spoke from behind her. Surprised, Blake jumped and turned around. How did this guy sneak up on her?

"Who are you?"

"Name's Sun. And you sweety?"

Blake hesitated. She recognized the monkey Faunus from before. He was this stowaway. "You can call me Blake..." She said reluctantly.

"Nice to meet you milady." He bowed deeply while waving his hand in the air.

Blake knew she should not trust him. He was a stranger. He was a criminal. She checked for the familiar feeling of Gambol Shroud. Her weapon was in place. Even so, her semblance would help her escape. That was all she was good for after all. Escape. Run away. First from her home and parents, then from White Fang, now from her teammates. Why not run away some more?

Ruby woke up next day to see Blake's bed empty. They were sure she would return in her own time. When she did not come for breakfast the young girl started to worry. Adam wanted to go look for her immediately, but Percy convinced him to wait at least before after lunch. She might have just needed space. Weiss was downplaying the whole thing. She tried to imply that maybe her Faunus teammate just run away, but death stare from both Adam and Percy shut her down fast.

When by the time they finished lunch Blake was still nowhere to be found, Ruby, Yang, Percy, Adam and not so willing Weiss left to look for her.

"Blake's a big girl, I'm sure she can handle herself!" Weiss tried to complain weakly, but death stares from Percy/Adam duo shut her up again. "I'm just saying. If she wanted to be found, we would have stumbled upon her already."

"Weiss, come on. She's one of our teammates." Yang scolded the girl.

"Is she? We all heard what she said!" The heiress argued.

"Weiss." Percy said in stern voice. "You heard Adam yesterday." Seeing as this didn't get to his best friend, he decided to drop the bomb. "Right now you are actually treating her the same White Fang treats your family. Judging her just because environment she was brought up in." That actually earned a scowl from white-clad girl, but it was quickly followed by a look of regret.

"Fine." She said, relenting. "I will hear her side first."

Adam was in the back. He still couldn't grasp how easily Percy just got past his prejustice and still accept him. The last evening actually cleared the air between them quite a bit and solidified the bond between partners. But while the Atlesian seemed completely unfazed by this, Faunus had no idea how to move with this. He was ashamed of his past. For the first time in his life, he actually saw the consequences of his crusade. Sure he watched the news. He heard the newsman speak on how White Fang hurt people, but he never paid too much attention. Few times he took pride in it. Sienna praised him. She said that in few years he could even start leading his own cell. The victims of his actions were always just some phantoms. Now he could see first-hand what was the real impact. Pain and suffering, damaged relations, more prejudice toward Faunus. White Fang gave cops all the more reason to gang up on his kind.

Blake sat at the teashop with Sun next to her. She took a slow sip from her cup.

"So, you want to know more about me..."

"Finally, she speaks! Nearly whole day and you gave me nothing but small talk and weird looks!" After an attempted death glare from Blake, Sun just chuckled. "Yeah. Like that."

Blake rolled her eyes. "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!"

Blake took another sip of her tea before speaking again. "I was once a member of the White Fang." This revelation made the monkey faunus choke on his drink and promptly spill it. He looked at her in disbelief.

"Wait a minute, you were a member of the White Fang?!"

"That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it..." She then told him about how White Fang came to life, how she was naive to believe in peaceful change, how the organization changed into more violent. "...But not out of respect... out of fear. Innocents were actually getting hurt in the crossfire, both Faunus and human. I couldn't bear it, so I run away..." She paused for a moment, unsure to continue. "I was even willing to leave Adam. I was ready to just disappear without any goodbye."

"Adam?" Sun asked curiously. He was pretty sure he knew the answer, but maybe it was her brother, right?

"My boyfriend." She clarified. Blake looked at his expression, trying to figure out his reaction.

"Oh man! Why do the pretty one are always taken?!" Sun moaned, but did so in such an exaggerated manner that she had no idea if he was joking, making fun of her or actually being hurt by the revelation. Seeing her befuddled expression, he snickered. "A man can always dream." He added with a wide grin.

"Prat!" Blake shot at him offended. She picked that one from Weiss and it seemed to match the situation.

"So... have you told your friends any of this?" Sun started to break the awkward silence.

They were walking for at least three hours now. Percy complained that he was hungry, but they collectively decided to ignore him.

"Blaaaake!"

"Blaaaake!"

"Blaaaake!"

"Blaaaaaaaake! Where aaaare yoooouuuu!?"

"Blake!"

"Weiiiiss, you're not helping!" Percy turned to his friend.

"Oh! You know what might be able to help? The police!" The heiress said in nonchalant manner.

"Ugh, Weiss..." Ruby crossed her arms in front of her.

"It was just an idea!" The girl tried to defend herself.

"A really bad one." Adam scoffed. "Since you are partially to blame, you could at least help!"

"How is this my fault?" She asked surprised.

"If you didn't argue with her about this for circa six hours, maybe this would not happen!" Adam was losing his patience. He was really worried for his girlfriend.

"I think Adam is right. I mean I had several arguments with him but we never went that far." Percy agreed. He felt torn between defending Weiss and standing with his partner, but ultimately he believed that Weiss needed to cool down a bit.

"Yeah, I think we should hear her side of the story before we jump to any conclusions." Yang agreed. Adam revealed very little about Blake, deciding that it was not his story to tell.

"I think that when we hear it, you'll all realize I was at least partially right!" Weiss said, convinced that she had the moral high ground here.

"And I think Weiss' hair looks wonderful today!" A sweet voice came from behind them. Immediately, they all jumped and turned around. Percy went step further and almost run away until Yang caught him by the back of his coat to keep him in place.

"Aaaah! Penny! Where did you come from!?" Ruby screeched, voicing what was on everyone's mind.

"Hey guys! What are you up to? Perseus. It's good to see you again." She looked at the form of young Ironwood.

"Hey Penny..." Percy said while frantically trying to find a way to escape now. That Android weirded him out.

"We're looking for our friend Blake." Yang clarified.

"Ooooh, you mean the Faunus girl!" Penny beamed at the realization.

"Wait, how did you know that?" Adam asked in accusing tone.

"She has a pair of cat ears." The girl explained like it was the most normal thing ever.

"But she wears a bo..." Adam started, but then had to hold the urge to chuckle. The disguise Blake kept using against his multiple attempts to convince her otherwise was by no means perfect. She could not stop her ears to react to her strong emotions or physical distress. And no bow was that perfect unless it had something inside. He was actually surprised nobody figured it out before.

"She does like tuna a lot..." Ruby whispered to her sister.

"So, where is she?" Penny asked curiously. Percy was now released from Yang. He stayed, but was ready to run really fast.

"We don't know. She's been missing since Friday."

Redhead grasped. "That's terrible! Well, don't you worry Ruby, my friend! I won't rest until we find your teammate!" She proclaimed.

"Uh, that's really nice of you, Penny, but we're okay! Really! Right, guys?" Ruby tried to politely shut her off and looked to her friends for support, only to find all of them gone. A lone tumbleweed traveled through the street.

"It sure is windy today!" Her friend looked at the red Reaper smiling

Once they left Ruby with her friend, Yang and Weiss separated from Adam and Percy. The four decided that if they split up some more they will have greater chance to find the missing teammate.

Percy and Adam were walking through the market they've visited yesterday in hopes of spotting Blake here. Stalls were closed so it was almost empty. A good place to hide for a bit if one wanted.

"So..." Adam started to speak, but stopped abruptly. "I think I might have an idea where Blake might have went!" He wanted to talk with Percy about his relationship with Weiss and (although he would never admit it) tease his friend about it, but then he remembered his own date with Blake about three weeks ago.

"You see her?!" Percy cheered. He didn't mind wandering the town, but he was kinda worried. Last day left him a bit wary of threats to his friends.

"No, but I know where she would go to get breakfast and maybe a calming tea." Adam smiled. He dashed through the streets of Vale toward small teashop. Percy was following him, but he had trouble keeping up with the bull Faunus. It took the two a total of thirty minutes of run to get to their destination. Adam was breathing a bit harder than normal while Percy was practically panting with his tongue out.

"Did you..." *pant* "have..." *pant* "to run..." *pant* "So fast!" Percy managed to say between breaths. Adam chuckled quietly.

"Come on... It wasn't that bad..." He still needed to catch a breath, but it wasn't that bad.

"Can I help you?" a waitress asked them, looking a bit amused.

"A glass of water..." Percy said while collapsing on the nearest chair. Adam sent him an expecting look that seemed to say 'We are in hurry', but Percy was too breathless to care. Young Ironwood was in prime physical condition, but try to sprint at your top speed for half an hour.

Waitress nodded and looked at Adam. "A cup of green tea if you may." He said and sat on the opposite chair to Percy. Their order was brought quite quickly.

Percy downed his drink in one swing. The water immediately energized him and gave him a second wind. It was like drinking a coffee, except without any of the foul taste or delayed effect. He felt like he could do another run like he just did. Not that he wanted, but he could if he did. "Ah... Already better. So?"

Adam instead of answering took a sip from his cup, enjoying the taste. Once satisfied, he put it down and sighted. "I hoped Blake would be here. But we can always ask the waitress." He turned to see her serving an elderly couple. "Excuse me?" He called to her. She smiled, finished taking the order and walked to Percy and him.

"Can I help you?"

"Yes. I am sorry to be a bother, but did you see here today a girl about my age? She would probably wear a black ribbon tied in a bow."

"Oh! Yes. She was here in the morning together with a charming blond boy. He was so kind to me. They were here for about two hours talking and then left. Are they friends of yours?"

"Blake is my girlfriend." Adam clarified. His tone was somewhere between pride and anger.

"Could you point us in the direction they went?" Percy asked before his teammate said something he would regret.

"Sure." The waitress smiled and showed them down the street.

"Thank you very much. We will be going now." Young Ironwood said as he started to pull Adam with him to start moving as fast as possible. His friend was really angry.

"What is Blake up to..." The bull Faunus wondered out loud once they stopped on the crossroad.

"Maybe..." Percy tried to find some reason behind girls action. Finally, he remembered something. "Maybe she is trying to prove something. The whole argument started with Weiss and me blaming White Fang for the robberies." He pointed out with a bit apologetic tone.

"But it doesn't explain why would she spend time with that... that... that stowaway." Adam finally found a right word. He was really angry.

"Unless he is helping her. They could stop there to discuss their facts." Percy reasoned. "After all so did we. Stop with 'Jealous Boyfriend' act and let's try to figure out where could they go."

"Fine." The other boy grumbled. "Any ideas?"

"Let's assume they are investigating the break-ins." Percy started. "I would wager a bet that they did not go to the Police station... Do you know any White Fang locations in Vale?" he asked curiously

"No. Blake and I never stayed in the city. We had a camp somewhere to the north, but it was temporary and she wouldn't go there. It would equal suicide after our defection." Adam was still in foul mood, but this seemed to get his hopes higher. They finally had a plan.

"Okay. Maybe they would go check the next possible target? Is there even one dust store that wasn't robbed yet?" Percy asked while pulling his scroll. "Nope. Every single store in Vale was robbed."

"What about deliveries? If there is need for Dust, I am sure Schnee will provide more. At higher prices of course" the last part was almost a growl.

"Yeah. Ol' Jaquie will probably capitalize on it." Percy tried to chuckle, but seeing Adam's morbid face he got serious. "But this would mean a large stock of Dust will await in the docks either today or tomorrow. Since the shops are still closed awaiting delivery, I am pretty sure it's more likely today than tomorrow."

"So... we check the docks?" Adam asked confused by that logic. Around them it was already getting dark.

"That's the gist of it, yes." Percy grinned. "But first something to eat. I'm starving."

"Ugh. Remind me why I even bother with you?"

"The alternatives were Weiss or Yang." Percy's grin widened.

"Right. Food it is."

Once the two finally got to the docks it was already dark. Percy and Adam walked between large stacks of Crates, trying to look for some clues for Blake whereabouts, but so far they were out of luck.

"It's stupid. We are wasting our time. Nobody's he..." Adam was interrupted by a sound of approaching Bullhead. The transport landed in the middle of the clearing and a ramp opened. Two huntsmen-in-training took cover behind one of the crates and looked as several Faunus in White Fang garb walked out and started to secure the perimeter.

"All right, grab the tow cables!" The one with large rifle shouted.

"What're we doing?" Percy whispered to Adam.

"Wait. Let's assess the situation first." The Faunus answered. The Atlesian shrugged and decided to comply with the plan. He did make sure his weapons were ready to be drawn.

"Hey! What's the holdup!?" A new voice sounded. A man in white suit and black bowler hat from underneath which sprouted deep orange hair. He walked down the ramp slowly to join his... colleagues? He had a large cigaro in one hand and a cane in the other. "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?"

Adam let out a low growl. "This is a farce. White Fang would never work with someone like that."

"Calm down. I am curious too."

"No, you idiot! This isn't a leash!" The criminal berated a white fang member. Suddenly, much to Percy's and Adam's surprise, Blake appeared right behind him and pressed her Gambol Shroud to his neck. "What the- Oh, for f-" To further their surprise, criminal only roller his eyes at the situation.

"Nobody move!" Blake shouted. In response, most of the terrorists pulled out their various weapons. Adam put a hand on the hilt of his own weapon and Percy pulled out his twin revolvers. They were all ready to spring into action the moment someone did a rash move.

"Whoa! Take it easy there, little lady." THe criminal almost teased Blake, but in response she pressed the blade just slightly stronger.

White Fang started to close on her, but then the girl used her free hand to untie her ribbon and let it sail with the wind. A pair of cat ears appeared. "Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you aiding this scum?" The terrorists lowered their weapons, startled by this development.

"I go up, you be ready to dash forward. She is going to get herself killed. On my mark." Adam instructed and in one swift jump got up the crates.

"Oh, kid, didn't you get the memo?" Roman let out a laugh

"What are you talking about?"

"The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together!" He grinned widely at her, which only served to irritate Blake more.

"Tell me what it is or I'll put an end to your little operation." She threatened, but just then another three bullheads entered the airspace above them.

"I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation..." Roman looked up to the arriving reinforcements. He took the advantage of distraction caused by this and fired his cane into the ground, creating a rather large explosion. Blake was tossed away.

She didn't manage to get up before the Criminal fired another large projectile, She was in no position to really dodge fast enough. Suddenly, a black and red blur zoomed before her. Adam was now in front of her, his sword drawn. Thanks to his semblance, he was able to absorb the shot to fuel his already strong ability. Roman only cursed and fired several more shots. All of which were stopped by the red blade of Wilt. Adam glowed red and black.

"I will not let you harm her. Ever." With that, he slashed his blade diagonally and sent a powerful wave of energy tumbling toward the criminal. It was now Roman's turn to dodge. The wave passed him and traveled through the narrow corridor between containers leaving a large tear in the ground.

Percy took it as the Mark and walked out of his cover with guns blazing. He fired several shots that easily knocked out the White Fang goons present on the ground. Much like his father and uncle Clover taught him, he aimed mostly at their limbs to make sure it wasn't lethal, but it would take them out of the fight. Given the caliber of his twin revolvers it did great job.

Blake wanted to fight Torchwick, but Adam grabbed her by her wrist and started to pull her away. It wasn't their fight. Percy provided suitable distraction and he was sure the Atlesian could hold his own for a moment and then take his leave too.

"No! We must fight! It's clear something is not right!" She shouted at him. Blake managed to break his hold and dashed into battle using her semblance. Just then three other bullheads opened and about two dozen of White Fang soldiers jumped out. They formed a circle about Percy and Blake who just then dashed forward.

"Well well well..." Torchwick started. "Who do we have here..."

Percy smirked at them. "Someone who you don't want to mess with." There was a mechanical sound to his left, but before he got a chance to use his semblance, a banana peel dropped on Torchwick. Adam capitalized on the distraction and fired his weapon, launching the sword forward. Wilt hit one of the goons into the back of his head and knocked him out. Before weapon had chance to fall, Adam was already there. He grabbed the sword and slashed wide, hitting two other goons on his sides. Percy and Blake both dashed toward him. White Fang started to fire at them, but Percy finally used his semblance causing ground to shake. He, Blake and Adam were seemingly unaffected by this. Roman fired several projectiles after them, but the Atlesian turned around and fired a shot of his own. The large fiery spark met a bullet mid-way and exploded. The smoke could cover teens' escape, but they did not expect the still flying Bullhead to fire at them. They were forced to split and dodge to the sides.

Just when the smoke cleared, Sun jumped from the container he was sitting at and smashed into Roman, using him as a cushion for the fall. He made a small roll and stood up. "Leave her alone."

Instead of answering, Torchwick ordered his men to attack. Sun managed to hold his own against them in hand to hand combat and with the help of his staff took them en masse. Blake, Percy and Adam, seeing no other options, jumped back into battle. While Adam begrudgingly agreed to help the monkey Faunus, Blake and Percy attacked the Wanted Criminal. Bullheads couldn't fire at them without hurting their own, so they were safe from aerial assault, but it didn't mean they were out of trouble.

Roman proved to be quite proficient with his cane, being able to hold off both Percy and Blake, who were among most skilled in their class. Finally, the Atlesian managed to get an upper hand by catching the cane in scissors made of his swords while Blake slashed at him. The Aura did stop the strike, but sheer force tossed him back several dozen feet. In response, he fired at the crane that held one contained in the air. He almost flattened Blake, save she used her semblance to get out of ther. Percy acted without thinking though. He dropped his left gun and punched up with the full power of his semblance. His fist, together with whole body disappeared under several tons of metal and Dust.

Ruby saw the whole event and let out a painful cry, revealing her position.

"Well, hello, Red! Isn't it past your bedtime?"

What none of them accounted for, was Penny. She had a look full of determination and anger. Slowly, she approached the edge of the rooftop.

"Penny, wait! Stop!" Ruby tried to protect her friend.

"Don't worry, Ruby. I'm combat ready!" With that, she unfolded he wings made of swords and dashed down before proceeding to take out White Fang goons in dozens. Adam was right beside her, raging in his own right. Several more bullheads joined the two already in the air and started to fire at the teens. Suddenly, the contained that squashed Percy exploded and giant squid made of water formed. The tentacles wrapped around three of the seven Bullheads and squashed them into junk that would not work even as spare parts before flinging them at another airships. The pilots barely managed to jump out. Bullheads avoided the attack, but Penny took the opportunity to position herself with Floating Array in full cannon mode. The giant green beam cut through the air and cut several more ships.

As soon as the squid appeared, it dissolved, leaving only unconscious Percy and quite a lot of Water Dust around. Seeing that the situation is getting out of hand, Torchwick boarded the nearest bullhead and flew away, leaving all the White Fang to their fate. Penny caught the vehicle that tried to escape with the crate, proving to be much stronger than what they believed. She crashed it into several more containers and causing a chain reaction that created another big explosion.

Percy opened his eyes to see Penny standing next to him. He was sure he would still be lying on the hard ground, but instead felt a soft cushions underneath him.

"You are okay!" She exclaimed ecstatic. "Sensational!"

"Penny?" Percy asked confused. "Where am I?" He sat up only to see two more familiar people. "Dad! Robyn!"

Before General Ironwood had a chance to speak, the green-clad woman started to rant. "Don't you Robyn me young man! Do you have any idea how worried we were?! What were you thinking to try to swim in charged Water Dust?!" In the last two years, Robyn and James gave each other a chance and were pretty good couple after all. They were very similar in many ways and at the same time very different in others. They both valued loyalty, they both were very devoted to what they were doing and committed to serve the people.

"Uh... Sorry?" Percy gave his step-mom a sheepish smile. "In my defence the container fell on me not the other way around. It's not like I had too much choice."

"Why were you there in the first place?" James asked. He had rather stern face that screamed 'you are still in trouble'.

"Uh... Weiss had a fight with her teammate and said teammate went missing after that and I was helping to look for her." Percy summarized the whole thing.

"In the docks? At night?" Robyn raised one brow.

"She likes tuna a lot?" The younger ironwood hold chuckle at his joke. "But in all seriousness we just had a hunch. And we found her."

"And about five dozen of White Fang." James stated sarcastically.

"Yeah... That was not in our plans."

"Oh?!" Robyn followed through with the sarcasm. "And what exactly was in your plan?"

"Well..." Percy rubbed the back of his neck. "We planned on just grabbing Blake and getting out of there. I wanted to report this once we were safe outside."

"And plan failed why?"

"Blake failed at the stealth part."

"So instead of trying to just run, you decided to instead fight your way through a group of terrorists and fight a wanted criminal?" Robyn threw her hands in the air, hitting the roof of the limousine. "It's like you actually tried to die before you even graduate."

"Uh... I have no answer to that." Percy did not try to argue. It would be pointless anyway.

"I made a friend today." Penny suddenly beamed.

"We will talk about your actions later Penny." General glared at her with his stern gaze. "You should know better than to go running around in a strange city."

"I know, sir." She lowered her head.

"Penny, your time will come... Now we must drop Percy back at Beacon. I have some business to discuss with Ozpin." James sighted.

A/N There is a poll on my profile where you can vote for another story for me to write.

While I love this story, I am really getting tired with writing this. It takes quite a lot of my energy to procure a proper chapter and I struggle with keeping the characters In Character. As such, I fear this story will be side-tracked for the moment. I will still write chapters once I get the inspiration, but I am constantly getting writer's block on it and my working solution is to switch stories. Of Heaven and Hell is and will stay as a side project for when I am bored during e-lessons, but I put up a poll that might potentially help me choose which idea to pursue next. To all the fans of this story, I am really sorry, but it's just getting too much like a chore instead of pleasure. Once I recharge, this story will return in full force. Updates will probably slow to once per month-once per six weeks, but I will try to keep it alive. The burnout is killing me. Really sorry.