2 weeks after first infection
The loud engine of the hovering bullhead roared across the prestigious campus of Beacon Academy. It flew high above to cover more ground, since its only objective seemed to be to continuously circle around the campus, repeating the same message to everyone who might not have hear the megaphones booming voice for more than a half an hour since it arrived.
"To all students and staff, please remain in your rooms at all times!"
It continued its flight around campus. The volume of the speakers remaining constant as the bullhead hovered above the dorms.
"If you are unable to get to a vacant room, please locate the nearest vacant safe room!"
The bullhead leaned forward once again, indicating that the message was almost finished.
"If anyone requests entry to your room or safe room, do not allow access or you will be at risk of infection! Please wait for official instructions!"
And the bullhead flew away, traveling to the other side of the campus to repeat the message again.
"For fuck sake, all this for the flu?" complained Cardin Winchester, sitting on a wooden chair in his dorm.
If there is one thing Cardin hated the most, it was waiting. Clicking the end of his pen, he let out a sigh, audible enough for the trespassers to know that they were not welcome.
"You all should thank me for letting you in, then again, I had no choice."
He looks at a familiar rabbit Faunus, sitting in the other side of the room. She slightly withdrew from Cardin's glare.
"Especially you, had it not been for these two, you wouldn't be in this room, so I hope your grateful."
"Nice to know you're looking out for us you jerk," said Ruby Rose, going to Velvet Scarlatina's side after his snide remark, "If we had the choice, we would have stayed with our teams."
"The feelings mutual," Cardin said, rolling his head back against the chair frame and opting to stare at the bare ceiling.
The room went silent again, the only thing occupying it were the distant engines of the bullhead, and the mumbled garble of its message. However, Cardin heard passed these sounds so he can acknowledge the constant tapping of Jaune Arc's foot.
"For fuck sake Arc, quite tapping your foot, it's starting to piss me off," Cardin said.
"I can't help it, I haven't gotten a single word from my team since this started," he answered back, "Aren't you the least bit worried about yours?"
"Oh please, worry about them? It's the stupid flu, nothing our Aura can't take care of."
"All the more reason why this shouldn't be happening," Jaune argued back, standing up from the edge of one of Cardin's beds, "Hell, has everyone even noticed how silent it is outside?"
It was true, when everyone opted to stay silent, despite the sounds of the bullhead, there was nothing outside that could be heard.
"Y-yeah," Velvet spoke, "N-not even the c-civilians are making a n-noise."
Ever since the flu had caught wind in Vale, Beacon academy was required, by CEDA, to cancel classes and allow citizens to take refuge in their school. Medical tents were set up, and civilians were given temporary refuge from the city. The prestigious school had turned into a makeshift refugee camp. All for a flu, according to Cardin.
"It's disturbing," said Jaune, "And here I am, sitting and wondering if my teammates are okay. Some leader I am..."
Jaune slouched a bit, sitting back down on the bed.
"I-I'm sure their fine Jaune," Velvet commented, "Have confidence in your team, I mean, you have Pyrrah watching them right?"
"Yeah, Pyrrah will set 'em straight!" Ruby said.
"I…I guess so."
"For crying out loud, you all are overreacting," Cardin interrupted, "It's the flu. 'F', 'L', 'U', flu. I caught the flu when I was a kid and I'm fine."
Everyone looked at Cardin, who began to lean his chair back against the wall.
"But seriously, if you're so worried about your team then call them. You all have scrolls, right?"
"Our scrolls can't get a connection Cardin," Jaune raised his voice, annoyed that he would ask something that should have been apparent, "I wouldn't be so worried if I was able to call them."
Surprised by that revelation, Cardin pulled out his scroll from his back pocket, and saw the bars on the top left corner of the screen greyed out, with a message on the side reading "No Service".
"Oh, you can't be fucking serious," Cardin said, "Did they seriously cut the connection from the CCT? Over a fucking flu?"
He fiddled with his phone while everyone stared at him, finally realizing the lack of service that they had known since they entered his room.
"Damn it, I can't even access my weap-"
"Cardin!" the sudden shift from Jaune and Velvet startled Cardin a bit, "Don't-"
"WHAT, REALLY?!" Ruby freaked out, now taking out her phone to discover if the new information she learned was true.
Ruby's heart faltered when she discovered that she cannot connect to her weapons locker in the armory. Jaune and Velvet winced at the revealed secret they wished to hide from the weapon obsessed huntress in training.
"NO, MY BABY!" she fell to her knees, "MY POOR BABY!"
She looked at Jaune, "YOU LIED TO ME! I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS!"
"Ruby I knew you would freak out if I told you!"
"NOO, I COULD HAVE GOTTEN IT BEFORE I CAME!"
"Ruby," Velvet spoke, "You wouldn't have made it back, you could have gotten sick or in trouble!
"BUT WHAT IF IT GETS STOLEN!"
"Would you calm the hell down!" Cardin yelled, standing up, "Nobody is going to steal your weapon. Even if they wanted to, they would have to somehow break into the armory in a school that trains huntsmen."
He sat back down.
"I mean come on, who'd wanna steal a scythe anyway?"
"HEY!"
"Oh crap," is what Velvet and Jaune said to themselves.
"What? It's true! It's a gardening tool! I see people use them to cut their lawns all the time!"
"You jerk! Every single person's weapon is an extension of themselves-"
"Oh, for Pete sake."
"-and I'll have you know that it takes mastery to use a scythe in battle. Crescent Rose and I are intertwined, I need her as much as she needs me. And because of my time here in Beacon, I can firmly say that our bond has only became stronger!" Ruby argued.
Velvet and Jaune knew this argument would continue, due to Ruby's passion for weapons. Not wanting a fight to break out, Jaune tried to speak.
"Guys, maybe we should-"
"I can't think of a better weapon than Crescent Rose, we're essentially soul mates!" Ruby ended with a victorious grin, turning her back from Cardin.
"…So your soul mate is a gardening tool?" Cardin said, enjoying the pissed off Ruby.
"IT'S NOT A GARDENING TOOL!"
Velvet tried to speak.
"Y-you guys should-"
"I've probably killed more grimm with it than you anyway! I bet you can't even hit a beowolf three feet away from you!"
Cardin did not like that comment, and immediately rose from his chair. Velvet also stood as well.
"Oooh, I think those are fighting words you're saying."
"Guys, c'mon, please-"
"Your darn right, it's three against one you jerk!"
"Ruby!" Velvet yelled, "F-Fighting isn't gonna-"
"Would you shut the hell up, you fucking animal!" Cardin answered back, which pissed of Ruby even more.
"Don't you DARE TALK TO MY FRIENDS LIKE THAT!"
"OR WHAT?! YOU GONNA PUNCH ME WITH THOSE NOODLE ARMS?!"
"YOU FRICKEN JERK! NO WONDER NO ONE LIKES YOU!"
Cardin went silent, startling Velvet and Jaune.
"Ruby!" Jaune spoke, "You're going too-"
"ZIP IT BLONDIE!" Cardin screamed, "I WANNA FUCKING HEAR THIS!"
"WELL YOU'RE GONNA!" Ruby screamed, "YOUR SUCK A JERK, I CAN'T BELIEVE OZPIN ALLOWS PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO BECOME HUNTSMAN!"
"Oh you better fucking watch it girly!" Cardin rage continued to build up, "In case you forgotten, I'm the one who let everyone in this room. I can easily kick you and the rest of you out whenever I want!"
"Okay that's enough!" Velvet, no longer taking this situation lightly, went to Ruby's side.
"OH WHAT'S THIS?! THE ANIMAL STANDS HER GROUND, HOW FUCKING CUTE!"
"YOU STUPID JERKFACE!" Ruby's insults were running out by the minute, but she was too angry to care.
Velvet finally tried to speak again, "Cardin we don't want to fight, we need to calm-!"
"DON'T WANNA FIGHT?! ALL OF YOU FUCKING ANIMALS DO NOTHING BUT FIGHT! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, HUH?!"
Velvet was taken aback from that comment, her insecurities beginning to flood her head.
"I-uh…I..uh-I just…"
"I-UH-UH-I-I-UH-JUST-UH-I, SPEAK FUCKING ENGLISH YOU-!"
Cardin's words were interrupted by the sudden feeling of getting shoved against the wall by Ruby.
"RUBY!" Velvet yelled, completely surprised by Ruby's assault, and place herself in the middle of the two, "Both you need to calm-!"
"You dumb BITCH!" Cardin shoved Velvet on the floor and went for Ruby.
"VELVET!" Ruby yelled.
"I'LL KICK YOU OUT OF THIS ROOM RIGHT FUCKING NOW!"
"DON'T YOU DARE HURT MY FRIENDS, I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!"
"TRY ME BITCH! SEE WHAT FUCKING HAPPENS!"
"EVERYONE SHUT UP!"
Everyone stopped at the sudden loud and sharp voice, coming from Jaune Arc of all people. His expression showed only huge frustration, something foreign to the young blonde. It caught Cardin off-guard and scared Ruby and Velvet.
Velvet had forgotten to pick herself up, and was reminded when Jaune came to her aid. After helping her up, he turned to Ruby.
"Ruby!" she flinched, "Back off from Cardin!"
"But he-"
"BACK OFF FROM HIM NOW!"
She immediately went back to her corner. Velvet followed suit alongside her.
"Cardin!" Jaune yelled, "Stop testing them!"
"What?!" Cardin was having none of this, "I let all of you in and this is how-"
"I saved your life once," Jaune interrupted, "And I remember an unspoken promise we made to each other."
That caused Cardin to stumble a bit. He forgotten about the field trip, and Jaune's heroism despite his treatment of the blonde. He stopped those thoughts when he noticed Jaune walking towards him.
"You don't mess with my friends. Not Ruby, or Velvet, or ANYONE!"
Jaune was dangerously close to him now, Cardin not bothering to move.
"And regarding you letting us in, I think Ruby said that perfectly clear, had we had the choice, we would have stayed with our teammates, and I'm sure you would too."
Cardin said nothing, both opting to glare dangerously at one another. Neither moving or showing signs of cowardice.
Ruby and Velvet remained silent, hoping Jaune doesn't get hurt.
*knock knock knock*
The tension between the two dissipated, interrupted by the sound of the door. Everyone was startled by the sudden knocking.
No one was talking outside but the knocking was prominent.
"Um…" was all Cardin said, prompting Jaune to back off from him.
"Someone's outside!" Ruby whisper-yelled, "should we let them in?"
The knocking persisted.
"No!" Cardin whisper-yelled too, "They could be sick!"
"You just said the flu was no big deal!" Jaune whispered.
"No, I said the flu is nothing to freak out about, doesn't mean I wanna get sick!"
"Th-they could be scared" Velvet added.
"Well sucks to be them, I'm not opening the door!"
"Cardin!" Ruby yelled as quietly as possible.
*KNOCK KNOCK*
Everyone was startled again. They looked at the door to obverse the source of the now much louder knocking. Just like before, the person was very persistent, continuously knocking randomly.
"Great, they must have heard you," Cardin raised his voice a bit.
"They sound so desperate, I think we should let them in!" Ruby said, her voice raised as well, "Jaune, Velvet, what do you think?"
"Uh…" Jaune didn't know of a good answer.
"H-how about we ask for their name?" Velvet suggested.
"Okay, good idea!" Ruby said.
She stood up and went by the door.
"Excuse me?" Ruby said, talking normally now, "Are you-?"
*BAM*
Ruby jumped back, startled by the sudden loud attack on the door.
*BAM BAMBAM *
Whoever was out there stopped knocking and opted to smack the door with all of their might.
"Woah woah WOAH!" Cardin walked to the door, "What the hell are they doing?!"
"Ruby get away from the door!" Jaune commanded.
She did just that, all four students staring at the door where the assault can be seen. No one said a word as the pounding became more aggressive as time went on, and soon another resounding sound accompanied it.
It was the sounds of a now identified female, yelling and screaming. Velvet could feel the strain on the woman's vocal cords with every cry. No one could test their voices to such a degree without pain, but it seems the woman did not care. She screamed and cried as she pounded the door with an almost mindless nature. The door remained sturdy, likely because she was a civilian, but despite that the assault continued. There was no primal reason why someone would continue such a fruitless attempt at entry, yet she continued to scream and yell with every animalistic strike. For the first time, Jaune, Velvet, Ruby, and Cardin could silently agree on one thing.
"…Get away from the door," Jaune repeated, everyone backing away from the pounding.
The sound of the bullhead gradually became audible again, indicating it was making another round around the campus to state the same message.
"To all students and staff, please remain in your rooms at all times!"
The assault persisted, the loud sound of the microphone likely not being processed by the woman.
"If you are unable to get to a vacant room, please locate the nearest vacant safe room!"
The screaming got louder and the fruit of the woman's labor began to show on the weakening door.
"If anyone requests entry to your room or safe room, do not allow access or you will be at risk of infection!"
The wooden door began to audibly crack and ship in the corners, nobody bothering to question how such strength could be possible for a civilian
"Please wait for official *SCREEEEEECH* instructions!"
The sudden loud, high pitched microphone feedback hurt everyone's hears, and caused the pounding to suddenly stop, along with the screaming.
The female outside made grunts and pants as she backed from the door. The sound of the bullhead began to fade, and the woman seemed to follow the bullhead as well. The sound of pounding feet slamming against the ground quickly faded in the distance, along with the bullhead. And just like before, the hallways went silent once again.
…
…
"…What in the holy mother of Monty Oum was that?" Cardin asked.
Nobody gave him an answer, allowing the silence to take over. Multiple thoughts rans through their heads, trying to explain what would excuse such ravenous behavior. Velvet walked to the door, placing her Faunus ears on the wood surface.
"…It's gone silent," she said, "S-she's not out there anymore."
Immediately, Ruby ran straight to the door.
"HELLO?! ARE YOU OKAY?!" she knocks on the door, "HELLO?!"
"Ruby stop it!" Cardin yelled, "Are you fucking crazy?!"
Ruby tried to open the door.
"PLEASE! ARE YOU OKAY?!"
"RUBY!" Cardin grabbed her and pulled her away from the door.
"NO, LET ME GO!"
"Ruby calm down!" yelled Jaune, "We don't know what happened!"
"THERES SOMETHING WRONG! SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HER!"
"We don't know that Ruby!", said Jaune, trying to calm her down, "She was probably scared or something."
"Don't think normal people scream like an animal when their scared, let along break the door down." Cardin added.
"CARDIN!" Ruby yelled.
"WHAT?! I'M BEING REALISTIC!"
"W-Well whatever happened," said Velvet, "I-It doesn't sound good."
"Well no shit Sherlock," said Cardin, "She should have found a room."
"But the screaming…what the hell," commented Jaune.
"She was probably crazy or something," said Cardin.
"Or she could be in danger!" said Ruby, worried for her.
She sat back down.
"Oh, I hope my teammates are okay."
Velvet and Jaune thought the same thing.
"You all need to get your fucking brains checked out," Cardin said, sitting down on his wooden chair again, "Just relax, for god's sake."
"RELAX?!" Ruby yelled, "WHAT KIND OF LEADER ARE YOU!"
"The kind of leader who knows his teammates are fine, and that whatever's out their they can handle."
"Aren't you worried at all?" asked Jaune, "They could be in danger!"
"Danger from what, the flu?"
"I-I don't know C-Cardin," Velvet stated, then shuddered under his gaze, "I-I…I think this m-might be something serious."
"For fuck sake, they're calling it the 'Green Flu'," Cardin said, "You think they just name something 'serious' that? Just shut the hell up."
"Jerk."
"YOU ZIP IT TOO, YOU PINT-SIZED FREAK!" Cardin yelled at Ruby.
The bullhead began to make another round around the campus before another fight broke out.
"Oh, here we fucking go again."
"To all students and staff, please remain in your dorms at all times!"
"Yada yada yada, we get it assholes!"
Cardin began mimicking the voice from the bullhead with his hand.
"If you are unable to get to a dorm, please locate the nearest vacant safe room!"
"See, he said 'vacant'. This room isn't vacant, so it's not our problem that she's out there!"
Everyone glared at him.
"Armed escort bots are making rounds around the campus dorms, classrooms, and safe rooms. Do not leave your rooms under any circumstances."
"…Well that's new."
"'Armed' escort bots?" Jaune asked, "Why are they armed?"
"Something is going on outside," Velvet said, "Grimm?"
"Oh I hope they help that woman!" Ruby prayed, trying to keep her hopes up, "They're probably taking extra measures to protect us, right?"
"Over the flu?" Cardin said, "Something's not right, you don't need armed escorts for something like this."
"Oh, so NOW you agree with us!" Ruby looked at Cardin with an angry glare.
"I'm not saying anything yet, all I'm saying is that woman may be more than just sick with the flu."
"More than just sick?" Jaune questioned, "Where are you basing this from?"
"I watch enough horror movies to know what this means," Cardin said, oddly confident by that statement.
"Horror movies?!" Ruby was having none of this, "This isn't a movie, that girl could be in danger! Our teammates could be in danger!"
"Ruby please, calm down!" Velvet said, holding Ruby shoulders, "We can't freak out, we're all huntsmen-in-training, we can handle whatever's-"
*Pow*
*Pow*
*Pow*
Everyone went silent from the sounds of distant gunshots coming from outside.
"They're shooting?! Why are they shooting?!" Jaune said, now fearful of the intentions of the bots.
"I fucking knew it, this is like a horror movie!" Cardin yelled, "They're killing students!"
"Student?!" Ruby anxiously yelled, "T-that makes no sense! We're huntsmen-in-training, why would they-?"
"G-guy," Velvet said, "I-I hear something big coming this way!"
Everyone went silent, focusing on Velvet as the gunshots pressed on.
"I-I think it's people! A group of them!" Velvet said, "It's getting louder!"
"Louder!?" Cardin yelled, "Are you stupid?! Why would -"
He stopped himself, because the distant sounds of slamming shoes and feet resonated across the hallway outside. As the sound grow closer, the gunshots where getting louder and louder.
"Crap they're coming this way!" Cardin yelled, "We don't have our weapons damn it!"
"W-Why are they running towards the gunshots?!" Ruby asked, frightened, "V-Velvet, where are they!?"
"T-they're approaching the corner of the hall Ruby!" she answered.
Both sounds are dangerously close. The metal footsteps of two bots began to accompany the gunshots. And the sound of the group, making a beeline towards the shooting bots, was accompanied by the screams and cries the woman had made earlier.
"The-the screaming!" Jaune noticed, "They're shooting people!"
"SHIT, SHIT, SHIT!" Cardin yelled as the sudden clash of man and machine arrived by his door.
Everyone backed away from the door to the other side of the room. Ruby held tightly to Jaune's waist, and Jaune grasped her head in fear as well. Velvet made her way to Ruby's side, and Cardin a few inches from Jaune's. Nobody said a word, hearing the blood-curling cries of animalistic people as they pound against the metal frames of the escort bots. The bots continued to open fire in a desperate attempt to save themselves, as the group rushed them, like their lives weren't in danger.
Velvet could hear the bodies of the people falling by the door, as well as their bones cracking from the people who appear to see her as a mere placemat. However, you don't need faunus hearing to process the abrupt end to the gunshots. Jaune, Ruby, Velvet, and Cardin did not speak a single word, opting to listen to the sounds of pounding metal.
The bullhead began to gradually invade their ears once again, but it gave a very different announcement.
The megaphone feedback gave another high-pitched shriek, due to its much intense volume.
"Students and Staff…" the sudden long pause scared the four huntsmen in training, "If you are in there, the escort bots have been destroyed."
The bullhead seemed to have caught the attention of the group outside. They rushed out of the area to make another beeline towards the sounds of the running engine.
"If there is anyone listening to this, if you somehow make it out alive, please proceed to Vytal by any means necessary."
"What…what are they talking about," Cardin said, breaking the silence between the group.
"From there, you will be escorted to Atlas, it is no longer safe in Vale."
Nobody knew what he was talking about, but the terror felt more real than the Grimm.
"May Monty Oum watch all of you, and may he bless the Kingdom of Vale."
The microphone shut off.
Everyone went silent again, allowing the words to completely absorb within themselves, until Cardin noticed the Bullhead engines fading into the distance.
"Wait, where is he…"
He looked through his window to see the Bullhead leaving the campus, towards the city of Vale.
"Woah woah woah WOAH WOAH!" Cardin freaked out, "THEY'RE LEAVING! WHAT THE FUCK, THEY'RE LEAVING!"
He opened his window.
"HEY WAIT!", he screamed, "WE'RE NOT INFECTED, DOWN HERE!"
Everyone else joined him each taking a window and some sharing.
"WAIT, COME BACK!" Jaune yelled.
"WE'RE OVER HERE!" Velvet screamed.
"WE DON'T HAVE WEAPONS!" Ruby cried.
"COME BACK! COME BACK!" Cardin begged.
But their yelling was left in vain, as the bullhead was too far to hear them.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Cardin screamed, "FUCK, FUCK, FUUUCK!"
"They left us! Why would they leave us?!" Ruby cried.
"I-I don't even know what's going on!" Velvet said anxiously.
Jaune merely stared at the fading bullhead as it slowly disappeared from the distance. Cardin began throwing objects out the window, Ruby sat in the corner crying, and Velvet began talking to herself. Jaune didn't know what was going on, but suddenly something clicked in his head. He was terrified, his legs threatened to give out, but the leader in him suddenly began to override his mind. He stared at the almost gone bullhead in the distance, and took a deep breath.
He turned around and faced his broken peers.
"Guys!" Jaune yelled, catching their attention, "We…we can't stay here anymore!"
"WHAT!?" Cardin yelled, "Did you not listen to the fucking war that happened OUTSIDE MY DOOR!"
"They-they," Velvet tried to speak past her fear, "They kept running at the bots…but they were being shot at."
"My-My teammates, oh my god!" Ruby freaked out.
"Oh I'll tell you what's going on," Cardin said, "we just got FUCKING LEFT FOR DEAD!"
"G-GUYS!" Jaune yelled, letting the fear get to him momentarily, "We…we can't take that chance anymore, if that group find us then we're as good as dead!"
He walked back outside, to see that the bullhead was completely gone from his view.
"The bullhead," Jaune said, "The guy said to go to Vytal, we can start there!"
"You know how far that is! It's on the edge of Sanus! We'll never make it!" Cardin yelled.
"My…" Ruby began to speak, "My town, in Patch, they have sailors there, with boats and stuff for fishing, we can find someone to help us!"
"Okay, that's a plan," Jaune said, "How would we get to patch?"
Velvet raised her head.
"T-The docks in Vale have radios!" she said, "W-We can contact someone in Patch, someone's bound to answer!"
"Okay, good, good!" They all gathered, "We get our weapons, find our teammates, make our way to the docks, and sail to Vytal! Okay, we can do this!"
"You guys are fucking insane," Cardin said, "We don't know what's out there!"
"We can't stay here Cardin," Velvet said, her voice not stuttering, "At least we have a plan."
"I didn't ask for your opinion rabbit!" Cardin said, "Guys, this is crazy!"
"We're in a school for Huntsmen and Huntresses, crazy is part of the norm," Jaune pointed out.
Ruby smiled a bit at that comment. He was right too, she and her team had been through so much on their first semester. If they can handle those times, then she can handle this.
"Alright," Ruby stated, in high spirits again, "We can do this guy! We just need to work together!"
"Agreed," Jaune said, and Velvet behind him nodded.
"You guys can't be fucking serious," Cardin said, "Before we go out there where we might either get sick or…die from who knows what, can we at lease think of a plan B?"
"Sure," Jaune said, "Plan B is we stay here until whatever is out there finds us and, if we are still alive, from what we might guess what happened to the escort bots outside, die horrible deaths."
"…Fuck my life, I'm stuck with you guys."
"The feelings mutual," Ruby responded.
"Alright guys," Velvet said, "Cardin we need the keys."
Reluctantly, Cardin took out his keys from his back pocket and gave it to Jaune.
"Jaune," Ruby spoke, "What are we going to do about weapons?"
"The escort bots may still have their guns, we can use those," he answered, "At least until we get our weapons back from the Armory."
"And if they don't?" Cardin asked.
"…Then we find anything that can be used as a weapon."
Velvet looked around the room and noticed the wooden chair Cardin was sitting on. She made her way to the furniture and laid it on its side.
"What the hell are you doing?" Cardin asked.
Velvet stopped what she was doing.
"The chair legs," she said, "I-I figured they're better than nothing."
"Good idea, Ruby help us out," said Jaune as he and Ruby made their way to help Velvet pull off the legs of the chair.
Cardin merely walked away from the group and let them break the legs off the chair. He opted to put his ear to the door, listening to anything that might be outside. He heard sparks, likely from the escort bot that was still outside. He also could hear the footsteps of people outside, nowhere near the high amount of the group they hear earlier, but it was worth noting. He removed his ear away from the door and was greeted with a wooden chair leg, pointed at him.
"Thanks for the help," grumbled Ruby, giving the chair leg to Cardin.
He grabbed the chair leg, prompting Ruby to lean at the side of the door.
"Okay team," she says, "We find our teammates, we group up, get our weapons, and we make it to the docks, sounds like a good plan!"
"Agreed!"
"Alright!"
"Don't have a choice."
Ruby looked at Jaune.
"Okay, open the door Jaune."
Jaune made his way to the door, and inserted the key.
"Okay team, what ever's out there, we got this!" Ruby said, encouraging the three to continue.
"We're not a team," Cardin said.
"We are one until this is over, so shush!" Ruby answered back.
Jaune unlocked the door, Velvet began to tense up, sensing two figures based on the footsteps.
"There's people out there, be careful, we don't know if they're part of that group from earlier!"
Jaune opened the door. Everyone believed they were ready to brave the outside, but they have yet to realize the danger that not even the Grimm can hope to bring.
A/N: This has been in my head for a while, and it took ages for me to finish this one chapter. I do too much work and it's exhausting. Anyway, I'm surprised no one has ever done something like this before, so I hope you enjoyed this little chapter.