Weiss sighed as she glanced from the dump of a police stations to the near empty box she carried in her hands.

15"x12"x10"

So much room yet there was absolutely nothing inside of it except for a few personal effects; a book, various folders and her favorite coffee mug. All very plain.

The snow haired woman sighed again. "In Oum's name what did I do to deserve this?"

Rhetorical. Weiss knew exactly what she had done to get her shipped off to the boonies of Vale.

Weiss Schnee, aged 23, was the heiress of the Schnee technology company. Was, being the operative word here as recent events in her life had caused Weiss to be exercised from the Schnee household.

Since she was young Weiss wanted nothing more than the admiration of her father and despite his wishes she joined the Beacon police academy and even graduated among the top numbers of her class before she returned home and was one of the leading officers for her precinct. She had nearly made the jump to detective! Nearly…

A heavy arms trade bust gone wrong had brought an end to the shining star that was Ms. Schnee. She made a bad call, had her eyes on the prize and failed to notice the carnage around her. Tree dead, six critically wounded and who knows how many injuries, and those were just the numbers on her team's side, but they were numbers she would not soon forget. The scar over her left eye counted her among those wounded that day. And for what? Nothing. They lost their perp and weren't even able to retrieve any evidence. Weiss had become a laughing stock. Even her family excommunicated her.

So she did the only thing she knew that she could do with only dollars in her pocket and stale leftovers in the fridge. Packed up everything she owned and shipped herself back to Vale for a 'new' start. But she kept the duplicates of all the information related to that case. She knew it ran deeper than what they all believed, something in her gut told her so.

As Weiss continued to stare at the building she could feel her nerves fighting for control. "Walk away" they said, that she "wasn't ready" to put back on a shield. She swallowed them. Every doubt and lie, she pushed them all down.

Chin up.

Back straight.

She climbed the steps and pushed through the doors. Setting her effects onto the counter she waved over a dark haired man.

"Hello, are you bringing in items you wish to be confiscated?" the man asked as he reached for the box.

"No," Weiss replied sternly, sliding the box just out of the boys reach. "I'm Weiss Schnee, I'm supposed to be staring here today."

"You're the one Chief Ozpin is expecting," he gestured to a set of swinging doors. "Right this way." Weiss mouthed her understanding. She had noticed the boy had a pink streak in his hair, though it did match his eyes, Weiss was sure it wasn't at all up to code.

Moving through the second set of doors Weiss collided with something, stumbling, but not falling over. "Watch where you're going!" she barked to the fallen person who was busy collecting scattered paper.

"Me? You're the one who bumped into me-" the blonde…oaf had stopped talking. He had fallen near silent as he gazed longingly at Weiss who wore; a white pantsuit accented with a red tie, black belt and black suspenders, her jacket folded over her arm. "Hello, snow angel. The names Jaune but you can call me Under because I'm arrested by your beauty."

"Speak to me again and I'll arrest you for sexual harassment." Her reply came cold and without hesitation. She walked passed Jaune, leaving him to pick up his papers and shattered heart.

"Sorry about Jaune," her dark haired guide smiled. "He's not so bad once you get used to him."

"I don't want to get used to him," Weiss retorted. She wasn't here to make friends. She was here to do the people of Vale a service by keeping the streets safe from degenerates.

Her guide forced a smile as he stopped in front of a door where loud yelling could be heard. "Just a moment." He knocked on the door to signal his presence, the voices falling almost immediately silent. "Ms. Schnee is here to see you."

"Yes, send her in," The voice Weiss recognized as Ozpin called while the other in the room seemed to scoff.

"By the way, the name is Ren. Lie Ren." With a simple nod Ren wandered off to return to his previous duties.

"Please take a seat." Ozpin gestured to an empty chair next to a disgruntled woman with long, probably against regulations, golden hair dressed in full uniform.

"Nice to see you again," Weiss smiled as she stretched out a hand, which Ozpin gladly accepted. Ozpin had been one of the officers that had overseen her academy training at Beacon several years prior.

"Same to you Ms. Schnee, though I think you'd prefer if it were under different circumstances." The remark made a frown tug at Weiss' lips, but she refused to let it show, he had been referring to what caused her to be dismissed in the first place. "Coffee?"

Weiss handed the grey haired man her mug, a delicate looking thing. "No cream. Two sugars, please." Her response warranted a laugh from the woman in the chair next to her.

"Excuse me, but what is she doing here?" Weiss asked as she cut the woman a sideways glance.

"This is Yang Xiao Long," Ozpin explained. "And she's going to be your partner for the next six months."

"Partner?" Weiss was taken aback. "Excuse me?!"

"I couldn't believe it either toots," Yang commented as she rested her chin on her hand, a bored expression on her face.

"There MUST be a mistake!" Weiss pounded the table. "I don't need a partner!"

"Unfortunately your reputation precedes you Ms. Schnee." Ozpin slid a prepared folder across to Weiss. She didn't have to open it, but she did and saw exactly what she expected. It was a detailed portfolio of her triumphs and failures as an officer with the recent ordeal right on top. "So for our sake we're partnering you up with Yang until we feel you're ready for solo work again.

"But…" Weiss wanted to protest, but she failed to find the words. She was already blacklisted, it was a surprise that Vale had decided to hire her. If she spoke out of turn she could end up fired…again. "Okay."

"Good." Ozpin smiled as he returned her mug, now filled with a dark elixir. "Welcome aboard then." He handed set her new badge and issued handgun before her.

With that taken care of Weiss moved back into the lobby of officer desk, finding that it was stationed immediately next to Yang's. While the snow haired woman unpacked what little she had Yang was now resting her feet on her desk, arms tucked behind her head.

"As if she doesn't have a care in the world." Weiss rolled her eyes. Officers like those pissed her off. No enthusiasm or work ethic, might as well had not be here. Once she got thing settled she took a moment to enjoy her coffee as she flipped through the notes she had brought with her. They were about the White Fang, an equality for Faunus turned terrorist organization who had been causing trouble all over Remnant it seemed. It had particularly bothered her that one of their biggest targets was Schnee Technology, her families company, and anyone associated with it. She knew they had their enemies, but an entire criminal organization wanting to oppose them? That was not something from your mid-afternoon cop drama.

"We've got a 417K at Oldman's!" Ren announced to the group of idle officers.

With that Yang sprung to life, literally back flipping out of her chair. "Alright newbie, looks like we're about to see some action." Yang said as she pounded her palm with her fist.

That was not the reaction Weiss had expected. She nearly had to pick her chin up off the floor. Following her newly issued partner out the door Weiss found Yang already waiting for her in her police cruiser, impatiently honking the horn.

"C'mon already, the guys going to die of old age before we get there!"

"Har har." Weiss forced a laugh as she rolled her eyes and entered that passenger side door.

"Okay first things first. I drive, don't touch my radio and you don't have to wear a seat belt, but it is HIGHLY recommended. Got it?" Yang spoke in what seemed like a blur, as she adorned her aviators and adjusted mirrors. "Good!" She gave Weiss no response time, instead choosing to floor it and launch them out of the parking garage.

"Slow down! You're going to fast!" Weiss could feel her heart pounding in her chest as Yang weaved in and out of traffic, seeming to narrowly miss each car they passed. "You're breaking the law!"

In that moment Weiss knew that she had made a mistake. She should have never come to Vale and tried to be an officer again. Yang smiled as she flipped on the siren. "Baby, I AM the law!" Weiss lost her battle to contain her horrified screams as they seemed to only be going faster.

In a matter of second they were across town and nearing Oldman's Emporium as Yang hooked the car around to a halt, hopping out before the vehicle had even made a complete stop. Weiss on the other hand stumbled out of the car, doubled over and trying not to lose her lunch. She quickly gained her composure and joined Yang's, who was presently speaking with a much older gentleman, side.

"Okay so we've got four guys and a hostage? Not that bad." Yang shrugged as she cracked her neck. "But seriously though, you should consider moving to a new town dude." The older man sighed as he stroked the back of his head, time had obviously not been kind to his hair.

"Not that bad? There are hosta- Where are you going?!" Weiss shouted as Yang had already rushed into the building. "Dammit!" Weiss swore as she rushed in after her parent. "Not again," she told herself as she remembered has last case. New city, new life. No mistakes. No repeats.

She had no sight of Yang, but she could hear yelling. Unclipping her holster Weiss slipped between cover as she followed the source. Just her luck, she had found the knife wielder…and they had the hostage.

"Release the hostage and come quietly!" she demanded as she approached them slowly. One hand outstretched, the other reaching for her weapon.

"No way I'm giving myself up! No until I get what I want!" The perpetrator roared as he swung the knife around in a frenzy causing the hostage to panic.

"Sir drop the weapon immediately or I will have to use force." Weiss slowly approached the man her front facing hand prepared to go for the knife.

"You stay away! Or…or I'll slit her throat!" he warned as he turned the knife on his captive earning a scream.

Weiss bit her lip. She didn't have time for this. With all of this yelling the other three were probably aware of her location. She have to take him out. Weiss took a deep breath as the fingers of her left hand curled around her gun.

It was almost drawn when a wild cry pierced the air. A flash of gold descended into Weiss' vision and upon the man wielding the knife. If she would have blinked she would have missed it. The hostages scream. The man being disarmed, spun around and thrown to the ground. "You have the right to remain silent buck-o!" Yang said with smile as she handcuffed the squirming man.

Weiss jaw dropped. "What the hell are you doing?" Her arms flailed wildly. "He had a hostage!"

"Yeah I know, but you kept him distracted for me. Nice job rookie." Yang gave her a congratulatory smack on the rear. "Couldn't have done it without you!"

"Hey, that's sexual harassment!" Weiss cried only to receive a nonchalant mumble from the blonde officer. "And what about the other three! Shouldn't we worry about them?"

"Took care of it." Yang gestured over her shoulder to a pile of exactly three unconscious bodies.

"This is police brutality! You're going to get fired!"

"What? Nah! We're cool right guys?" She gave them a thumbs up, receiving cries of anguish in return. "Anyway we're done here, I want donuts."

"Done? We aren't done!" Weiss was boiling. How did this person even get a badge? "We need to question the witnesses! File a police report!"

"Oh yeah…" Yang frowned. "How about YOU do that boring stuff while I get us donuts? Cool, thanks!"

"What? Come back here!"

Too late. The blonde officer had gone, leaving Weiss with this mess and a mountain of paper work.

"What in Oum's name did I do to deserve this?!" She cursed the heavens as buried her face in her hands.

TBC

So…that was a thing. SEE YOU NEXT TIME!