Roman and Neo were walking alongside Luna and Diane, Adam was unusually silent during the trip as he looked between the group. Luna frowned as they heard commotion, several of the White Fang members ran down the hall with weapons! Adam reacted as his cuffs dropped onto the ground and knocking Luna down with a sudden strike before taking one of her swords and rushed at Roman.

His eyes widened as the illusion shattered before him, Neo coughed up blood as the blade had embedded itself in her gut tearing through her as her aura shattered from the impact. As Adam pulled out the blade Roman roared in pain and anger, tear streaming from his eyes “NEO!” He rushed at Adam with his cane, knocking the blade out of the Faunus leader’s hand.

Diane rushed over to Neo, she used powers to slow the bleeding as Luna used her remaining sword to take out the escaped White Fang Members. Roman split into multiple versions of himself, all of them beating up Adam with multiple cane strikes.

Adam’s face was covered in blood, Roman was about to finish him when Luna interrupted him as a medical team was carrying Neo away “Stay with your daughter, we will save her. You have our word.”

Roman’s clones dissipated as he ran after his daughter, Diane created a powerful series of chains and bound him tightly “I will remove them when we get to solid ground.” Diane’s Grimm side began showing “If it was up to me I would kill you right now! You are lucky!”

Luna frowned as she looked over the corpses on the ship “It seems we will be personally escorting you to your cell.”

Meanwhile Roman was sitting in a room as Neo was hooked up to multiple machines, the woman smiled “I’m Doctor Snowy Coat, that Diane is a miracle worker. She stemmed the bleeding very well, it’s much slower and we can easily seal up the wound. Still we need you to leave the room so we can operate, Mr Torchwick we do everything in our power to save her.”

Roman sighed as he left the room, tears began dripping from his eyes. He let out a sorrowful “To think here I am working for the authorities, my daughter being operated in another room.” He then slumped over “This is not what I expected when I first became a thief all those years ago.”

Roman frowned as Diane sat next to him “Roman, is everything alright?”

Roman grimaced “I thought that being a thief I can cat aside all my connections to others, yet here I am working for Atlas. My daughter in hospital because I was unprepared, just how much have I failed in my goals.”

Diane sighed “Roman, tell me more about yourself. Who you were and how it all happened.”

Roman closed his eyes “Well I suppose I should start at the beginning.”

Many Years ago

A young Roman was a fairly normal boy, like many others. He was playing with some other boys when everyone saw an armoured black boar-like creature come into town, everyone grabbed their kids and ran, everyone except his parents who ran. The Grimm charged at him, but something in him fiery and furious echoed outwards.

He dodged the charging Grimm, and grabbed it by the tusks tossing aside. He grabbed the lid of a trash can and bashed the Grimm until it dissolved into dust, that day the young Roman stopped relying on others and instead focused on himself.

When the huntsmen and huntresses he was taken to the big city, as soon as they weren’t looking he fled. Roman joined a local gang, after joining for the next few days he spent his timepractising throwing knives at a dart board around a big dusty room that had multiple half broken couches scattered around the room with several adults smoking and drinking. One of them looked at the boy “What reason would a boy like you want to be here?”

Before Roman could respond a ten men and wome carrying weapons entered, he saw the emblem dark blue axe emblem that stood opposed to the blood red stone emblem on his shoulder. The leader, a massive man smirked “You Bloodstones are old news, the Frost Axes will be taking over now!”

Before any of the Forest Axes could respond Roman tossed a knife into the man’s throat, he then looked to the other men as he pulled out five other knives “Who wants to have a go!”

Five of them rushed forward, he casually tossed the knives killing each one before they even got close. The remaining five Forest Axe members fled as the other five Gang Members in the hideout stood up. Roman sighed as he pulled out five more knives “I was hoping they would try their luck. As for why I joined this gang I am seeking power and dominance, I will make the world my own.”

Present Day

Diane sighed “Roman, I’m sorry that those things happened to you.”

Roman shook his head “That was the past and the past is behind me now.” He then frowned “Be careful of that Cinder Fall. She is a very dangerous individual, smart and cunning.”

Diane frowned “I know that woman, fought her and her two lackeys. Do you know who she is working for?”

Roman frowned “No but I know she was powerful and had grand plans for the world. Do you think that you could stop her?”

Diane grimaced “Well I would have to feel her power first before I could make a decision.”

A doctor exited the room with a smile “Mr Torchwick, the surgery went smoothly. Barring any sudden complications everything will be fine.” He then turned to Diane “Good work on slowing the bleeding. That is something that is very different even for skilled doctors.”

Diane nodded with a smile “Thank you Doctor, Roman you should stay with your daughter until she wakes.” Roman nodded as he headed into the room, Diane smiled glad that all was well here.

Author's Note

I hope you are enjoying this story, also you have seen Roman's semblance. Since he never got one in the show, I gave him one here. It's called Army of One and it allows to use his aura to create perfect copies of himself. The more he creates, the more aura it burns so he would burn out quickly if he used too many. It also suits his me against the world mentality.