Chapter Seventeen - The White Fang's Plot

As Zatt dealt with the White Fang member, Ganodi began following Ilia. Ganodi took great care to not alert Ilia of her presence. As Ganodi continued to follow her, Ilia began to cloak much to Ganodi's surprise. 

Ganodi: That's new.

Ganodi was able to sense Ilia's presence and continued to follow her. Eventually, they reach the Belladonna Household where Ilia begins to eavesdrop on Blake who was having a heated argument with Sun. During the argument, Blake knocks Sun's scroll out of his hand which hits the cloaked Ilia, uncloaking her. This alerts Blake and Sun to her presence. 

Sun: A freakin' ninja?!

Blake: A spy!

With that, Blake and Sun began chasing after Ilia who wore a mask to conceal her identity. It was at this moment that Ganodi jumped in to aid the two. 

Blake: Ganodi?! What are you doing here?!

Ganodi: Following our mutual friend here! 

At this point, Ilia was cornered. She knew that she couldn't fight off all three of them. Suddenly, Sun used one of his clones to attack her. In the attack, her scroll falls out of her pocket as well as break her mask, revealing her identity. 

Blake: Ilia.....

Ilia: You shouldn't have come back, Blake. 

Ilia then attacked Sun, wounding him in the process. During the chaos, Ganodi uses the Force to grab Ilia's scroll. 

Ganodi: You're not going anywhere!

As Ganodi moves to attack Ilia, Ilia sweeps Ganodi's legs, causing her to fall to the ground. As Ganodi gets up, she sees Ilia getting away. She turns her head to see Blake desperately trying to help Sun up. Left with no choice, Ganodi decides to let Ilia go and help Blake and Sun. After that, Ganodi and Blake helped Sun into the Belladonna Household to fix up Sun's wounds. It wasn't long before Zatt met up with them. 

Ganodi: Did you get anything from that White Fang guy?

Zatt: Yeah. I got a letter detailing an attack on the Belladonnas. What about you?

Ganodi: The spy got away, but we managed to get her scroll. Blake's parents are looking over it. 

As Zatt and Ganodi discuss their findings, Blake looks over a wounded Sun who was laying on the couch. She felt guilty for what had happened to him. 

Blake: This... is why, Sun. This is why I left them all behind. I am done seeing my friends hurt because of me.

Sun: Blake...

Blake: Shut up! Do you think I like being alone? Every day... every day I think about them! Ruby, Weiss, Yang... they were my friends! I loved them like I never thought I could love anybody. And I hope they hate me for leaving.

Zatt: What happened wasn't your fault, Blake. You need to stop blaming yourself for everything that's happened. 

Blake: Everyone thinks they can help me, but they can't. You saw Ilia and she's not even the worst! No. No more. They're better off without me. I made my choices and I'll deal with the consequences because they belong to me.

Zatt and Ganodi fully understood how Blake felt. They keep their true identities a secret as a means to protect everyone in Remnant. Sun soon spoke up.

Sun: You think you're being selfless, but you're not. Yeah, that chameleon friend of yours got me pretty good. But I'd do it all again if it meant protecting you. And I can promise Yang would say the same. You can make your own choices, sure. But you don't get to make ours. When your friends fight for you, it's because we want to. So stop pushing us out! It hurts more than anything the bad guys could ever do to us.

Zatt: Sun's right. You can't shelter all this responsibility by yourself, Blake. We're all in this together. 

Ganodi: There's a much bigger threat out there and it's coming. If we're going to beat this, we all need to stand together. 

In that moment, Blake took a moment to collect herself. She found herself moved by the words of her friends. As she did, Kali and Ghira entered the room. Ghira then sets down Ilia's scroll on the table which shows several files. 

Ghira: I'm afraid you were right to be suspicious.

Blake: What do you mean?

Ghira: Adam Taurus is planning to overthrow the leader of the White Fang, and stage a full-scale attack on Haven Academy. It would be the Fall of Beacon all over again.

Sun: Not if we destroy the White Fang once and for all.

Blake: No.

In that moment, Blake knew what needed to be done. She decided to stop running and confront her past. She was also ready to take up the fight against not only the White Fang, but the greater threat that worked from behind the scenes. 

Blake: We're not going to destroy the White Fang. We're going to take it back.

Zatt: We're with you, Blake. You have our Lightsabers. 

Ganodi: I'm with Zatt. We came here to help you. And help we shall. 

With that, Zatt and Ganodi pledged their Lightsabers to Blake's fight against the White Fang. With the White Fang's plot uncovered, Blake was now ready to own up to her past and finally take the first steps to moving forward. As for Zatt and Ganodi, they were ready to defend Blake as well as the Belladonnas with everything they have. But the White Fang would not let this failure impede their plans in the slightest. For now, all they could do was prepare for what was to come of this plot. 

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