The Wilted Rose

Chapter 16: Premonitions

Mantle

12:22 AM

3 Years To The Fall

Y/n Pov

Running through the alleyways as Atlas crashes down on us was a fucking great time. Roy had a bullet in him, while I fell a good three stories or so and yet we were still evading them. This would have been funny if it wasn't so sad. Wasn't Atlas the leading military power in technology, training and tactics? Why couldn't they catch a couple of wanna-be heroes? It was pathetic, a bad joke.

Roy was limping along with me as best as he could. The bullet in his leg had hit bone and left him in a bad way. I slowed down a bit since I was leading until I was beside him. I grabbed his arm and draped it around my neck and helped him along.

Roy: Thanks, Y/n.

Y/n: Gotta take care of each other, right?

Roy: Yeah, we do.

Y/n: By the way, why didn't you use those arrows you've been working on?

Roy: Their unstable. Don't want to use them unless I actually have to. Until their good and ready, their emergency only.

Made sense, didn't want them exploding in his face when we're surrounded by assholes. Still though, they would have been helpful. I hoped that me using my semblance didn't bite me in the ass. I needed that to stay hidden. It would be over if people saw and connected the dots.

The sound of rushing footsteps drew our attention down the alley. We were about to be boxed in and Roy wasn't in any shape to fight. I got a better hold on him petal burst up to the roof. As we landed, Roy collapsed to the ground from the surprise and I peaked over the side. Ten seconds after we got on the roof, the soldiers intersected where we were. I couldn't hear what they were saying since we were pretty high up. We weren't about to stick around anyways to find out.

Roy: A warning would have been nice...

Y/n: Hey Roy, I'm about to petal burst us.

Roy: Wait, Wh-

And we burst away...

Winter Pov

Same time

How? How did Y/n take down a gunship with two pistols? The video proves he did it and the crew said that it happened.... But what the hell was he thinking?! If he missed the jump by even a inch, he would have fallen straight down and at best, shattered both of his legs....

Not long after Ironwood gave me my orders, the entire academy was in a uproar. Gunships are armored to a absurd degree so to see a single man take one down and in such a manner, it showed us a glaring problem in the design. The R&D department quickly went to work on amping up defense against electrical dust. It was one of the older models, so the metal didn't come from Sionis. If it had, Y/n might not have had as easy of a time bringing it down.

The fact that Y/n managed to take down the gunship put even more pressure on me to find him. Roy was reportedly injured and the few reported sightings cited that he was being assisted in walking. When contact was attempted, they would just disappear with no trace. Y/ns semblance would leave evidence of use, but given that the petals are black and dark red, and its the middle of the night, no one is going to notice unless they know what to look for. That worked well, since they wont be followed and captured, and bad because I only have a general direction of where they went.

Weiss has surely seen the news by now, if she was still up. Weiss has been a bit of a night owl since she and Y/n met. I cant say if its because she's concerned for him or if its because she's hoping that she'd see him again if she stays awake for another moment longer. Its easy to forget that Weiss and Y/n are only children, Weiss being fourteen and Y/n sixteen. Roy was twenty-one, the same age as me. The three of them have been through more than they should ever have been.