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Paid by the Daughter (closed)
« on: December 12, 2016, 10:17:56 PM »
(Something something Sins of the Father didn't get posted in for over a month. Consider this a bad ending.)

How, how, how could everything have gone so wrong?

It was a simple mission: guard a WF deserter from any assassination attempts while she negotiated for political asylum. Yes, taking Caja was a bad idea in hindsight, and the fact that the deserter somehow knew her father didn't help. Nevertheless, they only had to watch the deserter for a week. One week of patrols, monitoring, security details… The fact that it was all spent with Caja was a definite plus, but he could tell that tensions between her and the deserter were high from the get go. The two of them fought and argued constantly, Caja's distaste for her own kind conflicting with Ria’s quest for equality.

The Fang had just happened to storm the hotel on the heels of a particularly bad argument, overpowering local security and forcing their way inside. The trio had counted thirty men, headed by a Hyena Faunus by the name of Cerdic. It was a name Ria knew well, as the man who killed Caja’s father.

Of course Caja went after him.

Thinking quickly, Juno grabbed Ria as he went in pursuit of his teammate. Their charge would be safest with him, right? He was covered in armor, had his shield up, and could get them far out of combat once they got Caja.

Juno only saw Caja and Cerdic’s fight as he stepped outside. No grunts, no police, just two Faunus locked in a duel, and Caja was struggling to subdue her opponent. The grunts must have still been in the hotel, likely looking for Ria. It appeared she wasn't in any present danger, so he instructed her to hide behind a parked car as he went to help his teammate.

He was halfway between Ria and Caja when he heard the shot ring through the air. He didn't feel anything, nothing impacted his aura, and Caja was still fighting… Realization struck as he whirled around, spotting the body of his charge, the body of Ria Carmesi, slumped against the car, blood running from her head.

They had failed.

Juno remembered drawing the rifle and scanning the rooftops, only to see no-one, not even a trace of the weapon that had killed Ria. The sniper was gone, and Ria was dead. He remembered hearing Caja cry out in pain, turning to see her hit the ground, Cerdic standing over her and brandishing his blade.

He remembered tackling the faunus, only to get thrown into a wall. The two fought mercilessly, tearing into each other like a pair of wild dogs. It wasn't long before both of their auras had been depleted, a fact that became evident when a strike from Cerdic had cracked Juno’s visor. Yet the young man continued to fight, refusing to back down as the hard layer of his unit was torn apart, as Phi screamed at him to just grab Caja and run.

He remembered watching Caja get up and grab her sword, lunging at the man with a deafening enraged cry. And he remembered watching as both swords moved parallel to each other, watching as both of the faunus were run through.

And now, here he was, his hand tightly wrapped around hers as he sat in the Beacon infirmary. She had survived, and was expected to make a full recovery. Cerdic, however, was dead, and his death didn't erase their failure. The fight with the deceased faunus lieutenant had left a third scar on Juno’s face, just underneath his right eye and running across his cheek. The hard layer and hydraulic systems of ANUBIS was irreparably destroyed, but with help from Phi, Juno had been able to salvage the hardlight generator. He was going to have to make do.

They had a long period of recovery ahead.
Juno Varia: The Street Punk

Juno Vert: 1st year student of Beacon, Armored leader of Team VCVS

Phi: #007ba7

Nebu Nekhbet: DUAT unit 01: Desegnation RA

Nebu/Rho: #FFD700

Austin Vartra: TBA