-(Gabe's POV)-

Tonight, was a loooong night.

After that mission, I was exhausted!

I could only activate my semblance for a few seconds at a time.

The fight took a long time, allowing the train to get pretty far from Vale.

Fortunately, there are people like Cyan and Omega.

Cyan was nice enough to lend me some of her aura through Omega.

Omega drew energy from our surroundings to give me the strength to keep moving.

We were umm...traveling for almost an hour before we caught sight of Vale, although, it was still fifteen minutes away by our methods of 'travel'.

Once we entered the city, we returned the dust to the shop, by simply leaving it in the store.

We were too tired to contact the owner and we needed to hurry back to our dorm.

Omega was carrying the thief over his shoulder, but was constantly switching between that and bridal-style.

Omega may be using his semblance, carry around a hefty weapon all the time, and stay up real late, but that doesn't make him immune from tiredness and sleepiness.

We came to the consensus, that we were too tired and close enough to Beacon, to not have to use our weapons for transportation.

We were so sleepy, we kept getting lost, extending the amount of time we had to walk.

After several attempts, we found the path that led up to the Academy.

I don't think I've ever been so glad to go to school during the night.

We didn't bother stopping by Ozpin's office.

It was too late at night, we were too tired, and he was probably asleep too.

So, no point doing that until tomorrow.

We headed to the building in which our dorm was in.

We went down the dimly lit hallways and into our dorm.

We practically collapsed on each other as soon as we got inside.

We all stayed that way for, what seemed like a pretty long time, until Cyan decided the beds were more comfortable than the floor.

I followed after her and Omega stayed the way he was for some time, before getting up and closing the door.

After which, he dragged the girl onto one of the extra beds.

He decided to be smart and take off her weapons.

He struggled for a bit but was able to get both dragon heads off.

He put them underneath the bed, not the best place, but the best he could think of in his drowsy state.

He also thought that it would be a good idea to somehow restrain her, you know, her presumably vein a member of the White Fang and all.

Omega is pretty stupid when he's sleepy, Cyan commented on that later on, which is why I encourage him not to stay up so late.

When he couldn't find any of the materials he has looking for, he was looking of duct tape, he diced to just plop the Destroyer on top of her to keep her from escaping.

Not very smart, since the last time I tried to lift that thing, I dropped it and it dug into the courtyard.

But, I guess it was pretty effective, since there was no way she's get it off, we could take her to Ozpin and they can decide what to do with her tomorrow.

Omega gave a sigh of relief,"Guneght geyz wmdiksjv..." (Goodnight guys ....)

He plopped into the bed,

Half of his body wasn't even on it, but he fell asleep right away, so we decided to just leave him.

"Yeah, G'night...." Cyan said.

"Night...." I said, dozing off.

* * * * *
-(The Next Day)-

Last night, I woke up to some noises I heard, but was too tired to investigate.

Apparently, those noises were some sort of explosion in the dorm.

When Cyan woke me and Omega up, the girl with the red/orange hair was gone.

Omega was still too tired to care, so me and Cyan took the matter into our own hands.

First off, how did she get the Destroyer to move?

Second, where did she go?

I remembered Omega putting he weapons under the bed.

I checked for them, they were still there.

"They're still here." I told Cyan.

"How's that gonna help us?" She asked.

"She'll come back for them." I said.

"In the meantime, we should go ask team RWBY and JNPR if they know anything." I suggested.

"Good idea, I'll ask team RWBY. I already know them. You go and ask team JNPR." She said, then went off.

"Mkay then..." I shrugged, then went to team JNPR's dorm.

I asked if they had noticed anything strange last night.

All they said was, we got back really late.

Cyan had much better luck.

"Blake said she heard someone walk out of our dorm this morning." She said.

"Okay, but that doesn't help us find her does it?" I said.

By this time, Omega had awoken and stood up from the floor to do his usual morning routine.

"Hey, yo!" I called out.

"What?" He said, irritably.

"Remember last night." I said.

At that moment everything came to him.

He turned to the empty bed with the burn marks on it.

"Where--" Cyan cut him off.

"We're trying to figure that out."

"Umm...call uhh...call Ozpin." He said.

Cyan took out her scroll and called Ozpin's office.

"Hello?" Ozpin's voice came through.

"Yeah, hey, umm...can we talk to you for a second?" Cyan asked.

"Ah, Cyan, I was getting ready to contact you. I need you at the office as soon as you can get here." Ozpin said, then hung up.

"Okay then..." Cyan said, putting her scroll away.

"To Ozpin's office?" I asked Omega.

"Yeah, get ready first."

We got dressed, brushed, decided to shower later, and headed up to the main tower.

"Why do you think he wants us?" Cyan asked.

"Probably because of something related to this mission." I said.

"Mm, yeah, probs." Omega said.

We were getting ready to get off the elevator.

The doors opened and Omega immediately started talking.

"I just wanted you to know that we--" He stopped.

The girl was standing in front of Ozpin, still wearing the White Fang attire and turned to face us.

We were all in disbelief and were totally confused.

"What--?" Omega started.

Ozpin stood up and began talking,"This is Fiammetta Taronja. She was a former White Fang member. She came to me earlier today because she was confused as to why she woke up in your dorm."

"Now, that I can definitely explain. Like, I can actually tell you how." Omega said.

Ozpin sat back down and said,"Do tell."

Omega walked forward and we followed behind him.

"Okay, first things first..." Omega said to Fiammetta.

"...what was the very last thing you remember?" He asked.

She thought for a moment, before answering,"The last thing I remember was...walking away from the protest yesterday..."

Omega looked at us, then turned back to her.

He was probably thinking the same thing we were...the was no protest from the White Fang yesterday.

She continued,"...I walked away after things turned violent. I wasn't walking anywhere particular...and..." She stopped.

"That's it?" Omega asked.

"...yeah...that's...all I remember..." She answered.

"When did you say this happened?" Omega asked.

"Yesterday." She answered.

"And when was yesterday? What was the date?" Omega questioned.

"I believe it's...September 5th...I'm not sure, I know it's September though." She said.
I'm pretty sure me and Omega already knew the explanation.

"Well, yesterday was almost four months ago." Omega said.

She looked shocked.

"I kinda noticed that it was a bit cold for September." She said.

"So, what you're saying is that she was brain-washed?" Ozpin asked.

"Not necessarily." Omega said.

"This was my brother's doing. His semblance allows him to, basically mind-control people or animals. You won't remember anything in the space between being manipulated and being freed of his control. Which is why she could not remember anything."

I knew it!

"Usually, when someone is under his influence, their eyes are pure white. When we fought last night, and yes, we did fight, something fell from your eye when Cyan attacked you." Omega said.

He dug in his pocket and pulled out a contact lens.

"This is what he used to hide his semblance. We would not be able to tell who is being affected simply by looking at them." He stated.

"Professor, you must understand that, if he has joined with the White Fang..." Omega said.

"...Things may be much worse that you had previously anticipated."

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Early update, to make up for my absence last-last week.

By the way, please go back and read the very first part of this book, there are important announcements there.

I have revised the description!!!

I have edited and revised the first 2 full chapters of the story, go back and read them, they are a bit different now.

I also updated the cover of the book.

Happy new year!!!

        --Marc