Byzan stumbles back and puts a hand against the bullet riddles car, as he brings a hand up to his nose.

  "Woah!" Maize shouts as she runs over to Byzan.

  "S?ur!" Rose shouts as she pushes Ambré back, a few droplets of blood fall from the tall girls knuckles.

  Byzan chuckles as he pulls back his hand, blood pours from nose nose. "Hehe, that was a good hit." His purple aura covers his face as he wipes away the blood.

  Maize grabs Byzan's face and slowly inspects it, but he just lightly pushes her away.

  Ambré tries to stomp towards Byzan with an angry look, but Rose stomps her feet into the ground and holds her back. "Ambré, calm down!"

  Ambré angrily points at Byzan. "That bastard nearly got us killed!"

  "But we're not dead, right?" Byzan smirks. "I got us out of there with my amazing driving skills."

  "Hardly." Maize states as she pulls out a cloth and wipes some more blood off of Byzan's face.

  Ambré growls as she gres at the cat faunus. "And your that damn criminal, 'Nightshade'. The ones that's been causing Ats problems for years!"

  "Maybe if the government there wasn't so corrupt." Byzan retorts.

  "Shut the fuck up, Byzan!"

  "Oh, and you happen to so be apart of that government, and your training under one of their top soldiers!"

  Ambré tries to go after Byzan again, but Rose grunts and keeps her back. "Fermez-!"

  "Ambré, please calm down." Rose has tear pricking at the corner of her eyes.

  "Hey, Sweet Cheeks, what ever happened to those Faunus teens that robbed at Dust shop near the airpad to Ats?" Byzan asks as he steps towards Ambré. "Huh?"

  "Byzan." Maize tries to keep Byzan back, but he just pushes her away.

  "Three faunus kid, ages 13, 14 and 17. Robbed a Schnee owned Dust shop." Byzan gets stopped by Maize just a few feet from Ambré, as Rose continues to keep Ambré back. "They didn't want to do it, but circumstances lead them to it, they didn't eat for weeks, haven't had a warm bed to sleep in for years, they had a sick mother at home and a father who died in the mines!"

  "Shut up..." Ambré quickly orders.

  "And who was sent to deal with it, one Ambré Bell."

  "What..." Rose questions and she looks up to Ambré. "I haven't heard of this."

  Byzan smiles. "Oh-hohoh, she doesn't know?"

  "Byzan-" Ambré points at him. "I'm ordering you to shut up."

  "This ain't Ats, Ambré!" Byzan pushes against Maize with an angry look. "Do you know what happened to those kids!"

  "Byzan!"

  "They were found dead in the back of an alleyway. And with the CCTV footage of that back alley, I'd have to say your a killer, just. Like. Me." Byzan smirks at Ambré.

  Rose looks up at Ambré with a hurt expression. "Ambré?"

  Ambré gnces down at her sister. "They were thieves, and thieves need to be punished. They got what was coming to them."

  "THEY HAD A FAMILY!" Byzan yells in anger. "I was helping take care of them." He angrily points at Ambré. "YOU! Had no right to take them away before their time."

  Byzan and Ambré just stare at each other for several moments.

  "We're done talking about this." Ambré stomps off.

  Rose looks between Ambré and Byzan. She looks worried as she gnces between them. Byzan sighs and motions towards Ambré.

  Rose runs after Ambré. "S?ur!"

  "You really stirred up the hornets nest." Maize states as she puts away her blood cloth.

  "I just... people like Ambré get under my skin." Byzan leans against the ruined sports car.

  Maize leans beside Byzan. "I can see why, but Ambré's also not used to... Civilian life. She's turning in Calico, an emotionless robot used by the General."

  Byzan sighs. "That's what I fear, I don't need another Calico around. I know she joined the military to help feed her family, but she's taking this too far."

  Maize gnces at Byzan, then up to the twinkling stars in the night sky. "We should get back to Beacon."

  "Go, I'll... catch up ter. I just need to be alone for a bit."

  Maize gnces at Byzan, before gently grabbing his hand. "I'm here if you need to talk."

  Byzan gnces at Maize and gives a small smirk. "You must really be into me?"

  Maize rolls her pink eyes and starts to walk off. "Whatever you think, Byz."

  Byzan smirks as he watches Maize walk off. "Try not to have too much fun,without me, Pinky." Maize gives a slight have.

  A couple hours ter Byzan is sitting on top of the Beacon dorm rooftops. Moonlight shines down onto him as he's resting his chin on top of his knees that are up to his chest.

  Baxterbro

  Byzan's amber eyes look up to the moon shining above him, a soft breeze blows, ruffling his hair and clothes slightly. A few leaves blow past him, and one flies right in front of his eyes.

  When the leaf passes someone is suddenly sitting next to him.

  It's a male human with short wavy light brown hair, bright green eyes, a couple small scars on his right cheek. He wears a purple button up shirt and bck pants with brown boots. He has a soft and calm look on his face as he looks up to the sky with Byzan.

  "Beacon's not turning out how you wanted it, eh?" The humans asks with a slight northern accent.

  "Jackie?" Byzan's eyes slightly tear up as he just continues to stare up to the sky.

  "Oh, come on, don't be like that sour puss." Jackie chuckles and ys back on the roof. "The night sky here feels different then from Mantle, right?"

  Byzan grows a smile. "Doesn't have that massive floating sitting right smack dab in the sky. Letting everyone down in Mantle knows who their oppressors are." He ys down next to Jackie.

  "Ats ain't all bad, there are a few good people there."

  "Hardly..."

  The two remain silent for a few moments as the stars twinkle above them.

  "I miss these quiet moments during the night." Byzan speaks up. "Everyone's day is over, the fightings done, everyone's calming down and going to bed. The sky shows off its most beautiful masterpiece. It's why I like night times so much... I feel as if I'm in a Lucid Moment, and I can just forget about everything."

  Jackie gnces at Byzan. "You always did like to stay up te and watch the stars. Why did you stop?"

  "I... I couldn't just do it anymore. Life isn't so easy anymore, I feel as if everything is against me. And it seems no matter how far I run, troubles right behind me."

  "Why not just take a moment and rest, Byzz?"

  "I can't." Byzan shakes his head.

  "Why not?" Jackie asks.

  "Life doesn't py catch up, you have to work in the now and not the then. I can't spend all my days regretting all my choices, I have to keep moving and hope I make the right ones. Even... even if it does push people away."

  Jackie smiles as he grabs Byzan's hand, they wrap their fingers together. "That's what I always liked about you. You know how to make the hard choices."

  "Sometimes, when everything is quiet at night and I can't fall asleep, I do end up thinking back. Thinking back about what if I didn't leave Bke behind. Would I have saved more lives than I hurt? Would me and Bke be happily going to school together."

  "Your being out of character, Byzz. You usually don't get all emotional."

  "I'm..." Byzan lets out a quiet sigh as his eyes grow tired. "I've been having a long week."

  "Sounds like it."

  Byzan lets out a yawn. "Yeah, well, what are you gonna do? Life's a bitch and then you die, right?"

  "Sometimes." Jackie nods as a breeze blows past them. "Sometimes life's a bitch and then you keep living."

  Another leaf blows by Byzan's eyes, and Jackie is suddenly gone. Byzan grips his now empty left hand as he keep staring up at the twinkling stars.

  Byzan then brings an arm over his eyes as he grits his teeth.

  An hour ter Byzan returns to his dorm room, finding that everyone's asleep. He looks around the dark room and spots a tray of saran wrapped food.

  Byzan lightly steps over to it and finds a note. Byzan picks up the note as his eyes scan its contents.

  'Sorry about, Ambré, today. I made you some food Incase you were hungry when you came back. I know you might not be back until we're all sleep. So, please have a good night and see you in the morning, hopefully.

  Love, ????

  Byzan stifles a chuckle and wraps the food, seeing that it's some roasted fish with a side of rice and a fruit bowl. Byzan quickly eats all the food and steps into the dark bathroom, shutting the door and changing clothes.

  He rubs a hand over his firmly shaped ass as he walks out of the bathroom. He gnces at each of his sleeping teammates, before climbing into his own bed.

  Byzan covers himself and brings his left hand to his chest and clinches it. A sad look washes over his face, before he lets out a sigh and closes his eyes, letting Dreamnd take over.

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