Yang 2

"Where are you taking me?" I ask, careful of my tone. If there was one thing I had learned its that you should speak softly outside of the arena or you were sure to get hurt.

"You'll see soon enough."

Miles had peculiar eyes, stern and a strange shade of pink with purple flecks in them. Still, his words were soft. How cruel. It's not like I hadn't faced false kindness before, but it was never a pleasant experience.

"Calm down miss,you're safe here." Miles says in that same soft tone.

Cause I'd never heard that one before. There wasn't much I could do however. I had seen that man take out a dozen people in a matter of minutes,there was no way I'd be be able to escape.

After a little ways we came upon a set of large wooden doors on the door was another plaque with strange symbols.

"What does this mean?" I asked pointing at the plaque. Miles stared at me a second in honest confusion. In that moment I felt my guard drop, I was so shocked by it.

"It says Ozpin." He replied, and moved to open the door for me.

The room I stumble into is awe inspiring, if not for the multitude of bookshelves, then for said books that were littered everywhere. The ceiling seemed to be several stories tall, with walkways for ease of access. There weren't however any windows, and the only way out seemed to be through the door behind me.

"Good evening." A man said, causing me to jump. He chuckled and moved a pile of books off of a desk in the middle of the room. Taking a seat behind it he stared at me for a moment, his spectacled eyes gazing intently at me.

"You must have a lot of questions Miss Xiao Long, but first, did you sleep well?" The man asked. I nodded slowly, my guard back up. The man before me radiated a strong aura, he was not someone to mess with. Though Miles seemed to have no problem taking up a spot just behind him like a guard dog.

"You can relax miss Xiao Long. We are not your enemies." Ozpin said. "Rather, I'm here to offer you a choice. If you'd like, we could return you to your family..."

I started to laugh.

" My mother is dead and my father, well, if I ever see him again I'll kick his sorry a*s into next week. He's the reason I'm in this mess to begin with." I practically shouted at Ozpin. The man never flinched.

"I see, well in that case I have another offer for you. It is my belief that you would be a perfect candidate for our specialist division here at Beacon, though the procedures are a bit less then pleasant."

"Procedures? And why would I work for you? For all I know you could be some sort of black-market dealers waiting to ship me out to the highest bidder." I say, cooling my temper slightly.

"Indeed, all I can ask is that you trust us, if you choose not to then we will gladly offer to help you re-adjust to society. The choice is yours." Ozpin said. Miles reached out a hand and touched him on the shoulder.

"Professor, is that wise?" He asked.

"I cannot ask someone to unwillingly bear the weight of the future on their shoulders, Miles."

"What do you mean by that?" I asked. The professor looked back to me with those grey spectacled eyes.

“You are aware that there are several corrupt forces at play in the world yes?” He asks me and I nod . “We here at Beacon look to prevent those same people from doing more harm, so far the odds have not been in our favour. That is where you come in. You would be the key to ending the rising darkness.” He never wavers as he speaks, so I can tell he believes every word he's saying. The question was did I.

“Can you give me some time to think on it?” I ask him.

"Of course. This is not, after all, a choice you should take lightly." Ozpin says. "For now, why don't you go have something to eat. I'm sure you could do with a good meal."

I am about to remark when my stomach starts growling, causing Ozpin to chuckle again.

"Then I shall see you later." He says. "Renn, would you be so kind as to show her the way?"

"Of course." Ren's monotonous voice comes from behind me making me jump. What was with people trying to surprise me?

This way Miss Xiao Long." Ren says as he opens the door.

"Yang is fine thanks." I reply and follow him out.

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The cafeteria was as dead as the hallways, which only made me more anxious than I already was.

"Where is everyone?" I ask my silent escort.

"It's the middle of the night, I assume most of them are asleep." He says.

I hadn't thought about it before, but now I realised that I had not seen a single window.

"Why can't I look outside?" I ask Ren.

"We need to remain hidden from our enemies, so we are cautious even about small windows."

"I see."

"Not to worry though Miss... er, Yang. Soon we will get you settled in a place where you can lead a normal life and see the sky as much as you'd like." He continued.

Normal.

The word made me squirm.

From the time I was five I had to look after myself. I had never known my mother, and my father, well he left me to die in the streets. By some miracle I managed to survive out there until I was scooped up by those a******s from the "Dog" fights. And now here I am, safe, warm, fed, told I can live a normal life without worries, and all I can think is how not normal that would be.

"Hey Ren?"

"Yes?"

"If I were to stay here, would I still be able to see the sky?" I ask and immediately wince at the ridiculous question.

"I don't see why not. Why, are you thinking of taking up Ozpin's request?" He replies without blinking.

"Maybe." I say.

"Well if you do, just know that it won't be easy. Your life would constantly be in danger."

"So? That just means nothing will change." I scoff.

"No," He says, "that's when everything changes. You wont be fighting for yourself anymore. You will be fighting for millions of people, people who can't fight for themselves."

"You're starting to sound like that old man."

"You will find many types of people here, but they all have one thing in common. They all want to end this war and make the world a safer place."

With that we both fell silent.

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"Have you made your decision already Miss Xiao Long?" Ozpin asks without looking up from his papers.

"Yes, I've decided to take your offer for a normal life." I reply.

"Understandable." Ozpin says, nodding. "Then I'll just get started on..."

"I wasn't done." I say cutting him off, finally getting him to look at me. "I will take your offer, after I have made sure that no one ever ends up like me again."

"I see. In that case it would be best if you follow me, there is a lot we must do."

Author's Note

Huzzah! Finally we have Chapter 2 of Yang's story!