Neo sighed mentally in annoyance as she walked down an alley, leading several of Junior's hired help towards a Dust shop called "From Dust Till Dawn" Roman sent her to steal more Dust from. Or should I say that Fall bitch. Neo thought in annoyance
Four years have passed since she met Roman and life has been pretty good. He taught her how to be a better thief, then pulled off several heists, Neo even getting sent to pull off jobs outside of Vale only she could do alone thanks to her Semblance.
All in all Neo couldn't really complain, she didn't even have to worry about being a wanted criminal like Roman, as thanks to her Semblance all she had to do was change her appearance.
That is until she showed up and ruined everything.
It had been just a normal day, they had just robbed a bank and went back to their hideout to relax, when she walked in. Cinder Fall and her little orphaned helpers. She basically gave Roman a choice,
Either do what she wants or die.
Now Neo, if she could, would have laughed her face before killing the three of them. Unfortunately Roman thought differently after seeing what Cinder was capable of, even more so the one time Cinder took them to meet her master.
Salem.
She and Roman only met the witch once, but it was enough to convince Roman to side with them. Neo however hated it for several reasons, for one she hated the arrogance Cinder and her lackeys had, thinking they were better than everyone else, especially that annoying wannabe Emerald.
Big deal she could create hallucinations, Neo could create actual physical illusions.
Second was Neo hated being ordered around, Roman didn't order her around they were partners who worked together.
And third, and this Neo couldn't really explain, when she first saw Salem something in Neo just screamed at her to kill the witch. It was strange and honestly unnerved Neo a little, but she chalked it up to her still missing memories of a life she can't remember.
Back to the matter at hand, for months Cinder had been sending Roman and Neo out robbing Dust shops and shipments to supply the White Fang, who Cinder also has by the balls in preparation for the decoy attack on Vale and the real attack on Beacon.
Roman was supposed to be leading this heist but he was needed at Mountain Glenn to organize things. Which is why Neo was now leading it.
The hearts of man are easily swayed. Neo thought
It seemed oddly fitting for the situation.
Entering the shop the henchmen walked up to the counter while Neo approached the elderly shopkeeper. With smirk Neo leaned on the counter and created a sign in her hand with her Semblance.
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Dust shop open this late?" Neo said with the sign, just as one of the henchmen pointed a gun at the shopkeeper
"P-please! Just take my Lien and leave!" The old man pleaded
"Shhh, shhh, shhh, shhh, calm down, we're not here for your money. Grab the Dust." Neo ordered the four
A henchman opens a case and removes one of several cylinders, which the group uses to take Dust from the tube containers on the walls.
"Crystals. Burn. Uncut." Another states putting a case on the counter for the old man to fill
Neo leaned against the counter examining a Fire Dust crystal.
Hm, maybe I should add some Dust to my umbrella blade, it'd certainly help. Or maybe a gun in the tip. Neo thought always wanting to improve her still unnamed weapon
"Hey!"
"Hyah!"
Looking Neo saw one of the henchmen fly past her, sighing Neo motioned for another one to handle whoever it was. It didn't last long before the guy she sent was quickly tossed out the window followed by a girl wearing a simply black coat.
Oh for the love…! Neo thought as she and the remaining henchmen looked out the window
It was a little girl, maybe around fifteen Neo guessed. A pale skinned young girl with silver eyes and black hair that graduates to dark red at the tips, along with being longer and curving around her face on the right side. She was also carrying a scythe that was bigger than her!
She's pretty cute actually. Neo thought smirking looking the girl up and down
Ruby smiles back at them before twirling the weapon around, striking it into the ground and turning off her headphones.
"Okayyy… Get her!" Ordered Neo
The henchmen head out of the shop and run at Ruby, who spins around on top of her scythe and kicks the first approaching criminal in the face. She gets her scythe out of the ground and fires it off to hit another one with the butt of her weapon, sending him flying. She fires again and brings the side down on one attacker and dodges the next's gunfire with her rifle's speed, getting close enough to knock him into the air and follow him upwards so she can beat him away to Neo's feet.
Neo looked at the idiot lying at her feet holding her sign in front of his face.
"You were worth every cent. Truly, you were." Neo stated somehow able to make it sound sarcastic despite just being on a sign
Turning back to Ruby, Neo stepped forward spinning her umbrella while resting the sign on her shoulder.
"Well cutie, looks it's just you and me." Neo said smirking, confusing and surprising Ruby at the compliment
Shaking that off Ruby ran towards Neo in a burst of speed swinging her scythe. Resting her hands on her hips Neo ducked and weaved through Neo's swings or parried with her umbrella.
"Has anyone told you how adorable you look while carrying that big scythe?" Neo asked deflecting another swing
Confused by that, Ruby stabbed her scythe into the ground and spun around hoping to kick the girl like she did the henchmen. However Neo simply grabbed onto the giant scythe and flipped over the kick before laying across the weapons shaft blowing a kiss.
"And you just have the cutest face when your serious, I just wanna kiss all over and I do mean all over~" Neo said adding a heart to the sign, Ruby turning red at the implication
Firing a shot to get her weapon free and get the girl off Ruby went for another slash only for it to be blocked by Neo's umbrella surprising the silver eyed girl.
"And I'll start with those delectable lips." Said Neo
Before Ruby could respond Neo's hand reached out and grabbed the back of her head and pulled her in close. Though, rather than an attack Neo slammed her lips against Ruby's, much to the girl's shock as she made an "Eep!" noise.
Taking advantage of that Neo pushed her tongue into Ruby's mouth, smiling into the kiss when Ruby released an involuntary moan. Pulling back Neo smirked in triumph seeing Ruby's bright red face.
"As fun as this has been, I must be going. Call me." Neo said slipping her Scroll number into Ruby's pocket before kicking girl's feet out from under her
Yelping Ruby looked up only to see Neo's form shatter along with the Dust missing. Looking around she saw Neo jumping to the top of a building.
"You okay if I go after her?" Ruby asked looking to the shopkeeper who gave short "Uh huh"
Landing on the roof, Neo waited for Cinder to arrive with the Bullhead, only to stop when she heard a shot fire off and someone landed behind her.
"Hey!" Ruby shouted having gotten her blush to go away, Neo smirked at her with a hand on her hip
"If you wanted another kiss all you had to do was ask." Said Neo, Ruby's blush returning at the reminder.
Ruby readies to fight her, but a getaway Bullhead rises up and opens the hatch to allow Neo inside. Climbing in Neo turned to Ruby blowing her a kiss.
"Till next time cutie!" Neo said throwing a small amount of powdered Fire Dust that exploded not enough to hurt but enough to throw her back
Huh? Thought Neo seeing something through the smoke
A woman in a purple cape is now in front of Ruby, casting a circle of protection over them with her wand. As Ruby looks on, the woman pushes her glasses up before waving her weapon, summoning several streaks of purple at the craft. Neo is thrown around in the back until she goes to the cockpit, seeing Cinder trying to regain control of the craft
"Feel free to lend a hand. Or don't by all means let us crash!" Neo said snarkily
"Tsk."
Cinder left the cockpit to confront the Huntress while Neo took the controls.
Really thankful I played those flying games. Neo thought steadying the Bullhead
Though she noticed dark clouds suddenly appeared overhead.
The hell… Thought Neo confused at where the clouds came from
Suddenly ice shards started raining down on the Bullhead, Neo being forced to duck when one broke through the window stabbing her seat narrowly missing her head.
After a few moments of hearing Cinder and the Huntress fighting, the craft finally settled, making Neo breathe a sigh of relief as she flew it off.
"Hmph, well that was unexpected. I take it you got the Dust Neo." Cinder said entering the cockpit and taking the co-pilot seat
"Yes I got the Dust, but I'd also like to avoid nearly losing my head next time!" Said Neo glaring at her
"You're fine aren't you. All that matters is the mission was complete." Cinder stated dismissively
Oh I fucking hate you so much. Neo thought glaring at her before focusing on flying