September 20, 2007

"Down with this sort of thing!"

A boy, aged 12 and sporting dark red hair and bull horns, held a sign alongside a young girl, who had just turned 10 and was sporting long black hair, cat ears and a tail, outside a movie theatre. The boy's sign aptly said what he had just called out.

"Careful now," the young girl said in a quieter voice. Her sign also said the same thing.

Then, the young boy repeated, "Down with this sort of thing!"

A man then walked up to them. He, possessing the ears and tail of a wolf, said, "Hey there, Little Taurus." He had known the boy's parents personally.

The boy smiled, jumped up excitedly, and said, "Billy!" He then handed his sign to his partner and ran up to the man, hugging him and saying, "I'm so glad to see you!"

The man, named William Rhodes, said as he looked at the duo's signs, "I see you 2 are out here protesting. What's going on?"

The young girl said, "We're protesting that movie that just came out." She turned around to look at the movie titles outside, her young mind having forgotten what she was protesting. "Uhhh... I think it's... I don't think I should say that. It has a bad word, Ad."

The young boy, named Adam, said, "She's talking about Hellraisers, that sick movie about Vacuouan soldiers during the Faunus War. It portrays them as normal people caught up in war, when in reality, Vacuouan soldiers did horrible things to us as a race."

William replied, "Well, you 2 have fun with that. Is there anyone out here watching you?" Bill personally disagreed with Adam's viewpoint, having been a Valeanian veteran of the Faunus War on the Vale-Vacuo front and meeting Vacuouan POWs, but decided not to disagree publicly.

"If we need help, we can call my mentor Simon." Adam showed Bill a picture of Simon Urdin, a young but well-respected civil rights activist, on his Scroll phone. "He's mentored me since I was 8." He then pointed at the girl. "I've been mentoring Blake there for half a year."

"Hello," the young Blake said as she smiled and waved at Bill. "I'm Blake Belladonna."

"Why hello there," Bill said as he walked up and shook Blake's hand. "You seem like an active little girl."

"You bet I am," Blake energetically said. "I'm the most energetic White Fang member out there!"

Bill laughed and said, "Well, I gotta run, you 2. Have fun!" He then waved goodbye.

Adam replied, "Bye, Billy!"

Later that night, a meeting was convened in a darkened room in an apartment. 3 men and 2 women had sat down at a table in the darkened apartment, surrounded by cigarette and cigar smoke.

"Now that we are all here," one man, presumably the leader, said, "Let's begin this meeting of the Phantoms of Liberation. As we all know, nothing we say here is to ever reach the White Fang."

"Allow me to speak first," a woman said. "Simon, when will you get your mentor and his little companion to join us?"

"Don't worry, the leader said. "Adam and Blake will be roped in. They're too young to help us in battle right now. I will indoctrinate them with our message, and soon, they will be key in our new revolution." He then grabbed a cigarette out of a carton and lit it with a nearby lighter. Once he was done puffing out the smoke, he said, "Anyone else?"

Suddenly, one of the men stood up and pulled a gun from his waistband, aiming at the leader's head.

"I knew you were a fucking traitor," the leader said.

"I knew you were up to something," the traitor replied. "The White Fang will easily hand you over to the police when they hear about this, but not before I blow your brains out, you son of a bitch."

Then, everyone else aimed their guns at the traitor, including the leader, Simon. He cocked his gun and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, but we don't give a fuck."

Shots then rang out as 4 of the 5 fired their guns at the traitor, riddling his body with lead.

Once they were done, his body laid on the floor, bleeding profusely from at least 15 gunshots all across the body.

Simon then put his gun back into his waistband holster and snapped his fingers, saying, "C'mon, we can't just leave this guy's body and blood all over. We gotta dispose of him." As the other 3 picked up his body, he thought to himself, "Just wait. The days of inaction through peace and equality will be over soon! After that, the era of the Faunus will begin! All I need to do is train Adam to my ways, and I'll be all set. Maybe he can pass them on to his student too. It would be perfect!"