Chapter 1 Nightmare
This is a nightmare, Weiss thinks, stepping out of the makeshift hospital in the safe zone of Vale.
Hugging her arms close, she walks head down, how could this have happened? Vision blurred from rising tears she stops moving, Pyrrha's gone, Yang's arm, Ruby unconscious, Blake injured and guilt ridden.
Angrily swiping the tears away, no I can't break down here, my team needs me to be strong for them. Lifting her head up to the sky, watching the clouds drift across the night sky, yes, I'll be strong for them.
As she watched the sky she noticed something glinting in the corner of her vision. Turning her head Weiss made out an airship in the sky, heading in the direction of the safe zone. As it got closer she made out the Schnee sigil emblazoned on the side of the ship.
"No," she uttered in disbelief, "what is he doing here?"
He's going to take me back to Atlas, she thinks, away from my team.
"No, no, this can't be happening!" she bursts out, tears threatening to fall, "I can't go back to Atlas now!"
Thoughts racing, desperately trying to come up with a way to convince her Father to let her stay, "There's nothing I can do," she whispered brokenly, slumping to her knees "he's going to keep me isolated in Atlas, were I'll be no help to anyone."
"You can come with me."
Startled her head jerked up, standing a few feet from her was Blake, clutching her wound, watching the heiress with an indescribable expression on her face.
What is she doing out of the hospital? She should be resting? Wait, come with her? Where is she-, abruptly standing Weiss accused, "You were going to run?"
Shifting her weight, breaking eye contact Blake replies, "That doesn't matter."
"It doesn't matter?" Weiss asks, body trembling in anger, "of course it matters! You were going to run from your team, without even a word!"
"You don't understand!" Blake responds, "I'm a danger to everyone!"
"Then why invite me along?" she retorts.
"It was a mistake," Blake responds, turning away, "forget I said anything."
Go with my Father to Atlas, isolated from my friends, or leave with Blake, who would be alone without me.
Looking from Blake's retreating form and the incoming airship she makes her decision, "Wait!" seeing her teammate stop, but not turn around she continues, "I'll come with you, but we are telling someone we are leaving; we can't just leave without saying something to our teammate."
Turning to look at her Blake answers, "It would be better if we just left."
"I don't care what you think is better," Weiss retorts marching up to the faunus, poking her in the shoulder, "teammates don't abandon each other without a word."
"Isn't that what you are doing," Blake replied hotly, shifting away from the poking, "by coming with me?"
"No," Weiss huffs, crossing her arms, "I am coming with you because my Father will not let me stay here, if I leave with you at least I will be keeping you from abandoning your team entirely."
The other girl frowned at her but didn't protest her words, "We need to get going then."
"After we tell someone," Weiss replies, turning around to look for one of their friends. Down the street closer to the hospital entrance she sees Sun looking in their direction, "Sun," waving her arm to get him moving, Weiss calls "come here!"
Trotting over to them Sun says, "I wasn't spying on you," looking from Weiss to Blake he continues, "I just saw you leaving the hospital and wanted to make sure you were alright."
"Never mind that," Weiss interrupted before Blake could respond, pointing at the incoming airship, "Sun, you see that airship?" seeing his nod in answer, "it's my Fathers, he is here to take me to Atlas. I would rather stay here," turning to glare at Blake, "with the whole team, but that isn't an option."
"What are you going to do?" Sun questions, looking between the two of them.
"I'm leaving with Blake, to.." turning to the girl Weiss gives her a questioning look.
"To my home."
"Right, to Blake's home, so my Father can't take me to Atlas" Weiss continued turning back to Sun, "what we need you to do is tell Ruby and Yang where we went," turning to watch the approaching airship, "we don't have time to wait for them to wake up, promise me you will tell them this."
"I promise."
Touching the heiresses shoulder Blake said, "Come on Weiss, we need to go." Turning she started walking away.
Taking one last look at Sun, who was watching Blake leave with a concerned expression, she said, "I'll take care of her, and thank you Sun."
With that he turned to Weiss and replied, "Yeah, no problem," walking backwards he continued, "you should probably go catch up to her."
Weiss turned and jogged to catch up to her teammate, silently they walked, lost in their own thoughts.
She was going to leave us all, without a word, Weiss thought, why does she think it's dangerous to be near her? Turning to look at Blake, the heiress watches her, noticing a guilt stricken and pain filled expression flash across her face occasionally. What happened that makes you think what happened to Yang is your fault? Weiss questions to herself, thinking back on the courtyard and Blake's crying apologies.
As if sensing the heiresses studying gaze Blake glances over to her, opening her mouth hesitantly before asking, "Are you sure about this," coming to a stop, looking away from Weiss she continues, "coming with me I mean?"
"Of course, I am," Weiss replied, looking over to the faunus, "we really need to keep moving, my Father is going to send people to find me."
Looking at her briefly before turning away Blake replied, "Right, follow me."
Catching up to her Weiss asked, "Where are we going now?"
"We need to go further into the city to avoid people finding us," Blake replied, turning down an alley, and over to a fire escape, "It will be easier to avoid them from the roofs," looking over to Weiss she asks, "are you up for some exercise?"
Looking to Blake's injury she retorts, "Are you?"
Glancing were Weiss is looking the faunus replies, "I'll be fine."
"If you're sure," Weiss replies skeptical, "but yes I'm up for it."
"Good," jumping Blake grabs onto the bottom rung of the ladder pulling it down, "let's get going then."
AN: I had this idea last night about what would it be like if Weiss somehow ended up going with Blake to Menagerie instead of Sun. From that I wrote a four-page single spaced outline of a story that goes with that premise. This is the first chapter from that outline. I have changed the timeline some because I needed Weiss's Father to show up before Blake left, so for this story her Father started heading to Beacon the day after Weiss ignored his scroll call during the episode Winter left. Let me know what you think about this feedback is always welcome.