Disturbance:
I walked into our apartment, gently shutting the door behind me. I head into the living room, brushing strands of hair from my eyes. I push the door open, and walk into see my team leader, Ruby laying on the sofa, staring intently at her scroll, with her custom headphones over her ears.
"Ruby?" I questioned the her, and she didn't reply. "Ruby, what're you doing?" I said, and she looked up from the object, and over at me.
"Um, huh? What was that?" Ruby said with confusion, pulling the red headphones off of her head. I sighed, pinching the bridge of my nose. "Sorry Blake, but what did you say?" She asked me again.
"I said, what're you doing? You were fixated on your scroll, what were you watching?" I said, and Ruby looked down at her scroll.
"Well you see, recently the first out-of-atmosphere, or space if you don't want to be technical, capable airship was launched. There were several huge celebrations, especially in Atlas, as that's where they built the ship. So anyway, it was called the 'Necessity' and it was launched about a month ago. But they lost contact a few days after." Ruby ranted on, and I listened carefully to her. "And they've found several pieces of debris scattered across the planet. But yesterday they found it's black box, and I was listening to it and... It gets kinda disturbing..." She trailed off, and I raised an eyebrow at her final statement.
"What do you mean 'disturbing' ?" I asked her, and she looked up from her scroll once again. "Ruby, what do you mean?" I demanded, and she squeaked before replying.
"It sounds like they got attacked!" Ruby exclaimed, and I looked at her with confusion. "And before you ask, I mean 'attacked' attacked. Attacked as in actual bloodshed." She quickly tells me, and I nod.
"Take your headphones out, please." I tell her, and she stays still. "Ruby, restart it and let me listen." I said again, and she complied. She sat up, and I took a seat next to her. We sat there in silence for a couple of seconds, and I look at Ruby. "You can start it now." I told her, and she jumps slightly.
"Wha-err, right. Start it... Yeah..." She uttered, moving the play bar backwards slightly, and the she pressed the play button that was on the screen.
[Clip Starts]
[Momentary Static]
Captain: Ensign Alpha, is the Black Box active.
Ensign Alpha: Yes sir. Black Box is active and recording as we speak.
Captain: Good. Decrease engines to fifty percent, and deactivate defence systems, I want to save energy.
Lieutenant: Is that a good idea sir.
Captain: Do it, Lieutenant.
Lieutenant: Yes sir, lowering engine power.
[Clip Fast-forwards]
Ensign Beta: Look at her, Sir. Remnant, she's beautiful.
Captain: Indeed she is, Ensign. Lieutenant, increase velocity by seventy-five percent, run shielding at fifteen percent.
Lieutenant: Yes sir, charging shields now, increasing velocity.
[Clip Fast-forwards]
[Extended Static]
[Screeching]
Captain: Ens-[static]-at just happe-[static]
Ensign Beta: Lost power in th-[static]-unning off back u-[static]-wer levels at fif-[static]-ercent.
Lieutenant: S-[static]-lds failing. We're o-[static]-eor bom-[static]-ment.
Captain: Power up defens-[static]-stems. Boost en-[static]-dred percent.
Ensign Alpha: Captain. -[static]-age to decks nine th-[static]-gh fifteen. Sealing bu-[static]-
[Extended Rumbling]
Ensign Alpha: Wh-[static]-as that.
Ensign Beta: Ship hull re-[static]-itical. Power le-[short static]-ls twen-[static]-ve percent and dro-[static]-
[Screeching]
Lieutenant, Junior Grade: Sir. I'm p-[static]-up comm chatter.
Captain: Patch i-[static]-ough.
[Picked up Comm Chatter]
[Red Squad]
Private Farran: Sar-[static]-arge. Sarge.
Private First Class Viola: He ain't mo-[static]-
First Sergeant Ashton: Come on, we go-[static]-ove.
Corporal Reed: What do w-[static]-ergeant.
First Sergeant Ashton: Excuse me?
Corporal Reed: What d-[static]-ir?
[Green Squad]
[Gunfire]
Sergeant Major Azzurra: Fall ba-[static]-all back!
[Screaming]
Private First Class Natsumi: Contact! Cont-[static]-stiles on board!
Corporal Blair: Unidenti-[static]-ostiles! Sergeant Az-[static]-a's down! Requ-[static]-mediate assista-[static]-
[Extended Static]
[Blue Squad]
[Static]
[Clip Ends]
I sat up with my eyes wide, and looked over at Ruby, who was still staring at the screen. She looks up, and we stare at each other for a few seconds.
"That was…" I trailed off, looking back down at her scroll. "That was strange to say the least." I finished, and Ruby nodded slowly. "Why were you looking at that?" I asked her, and she quickly spoke up.
"I was bored, and no one else was here. So I was watching different things, and I found that… And then I watched it…" She muttered under her breath. My ears twitched when I noticed the front door slam open, and heard a loud call come from the hallway.
"Hello~!" Someone shouted from the hallway, and Yang bursts into the living room. "What'cha doing? Anythin' I should know about? Anything I shouldn't know about?" Yang asked us jokingly, which caused Ruby to jump away from me.
"What! No! Ya~ang!" Ruby whined, throwing several weak punches at her sister, who swiftly dodged her.
"Oum, Rubes, I was just joking. No need to get worked up over it, you're not turning into another Weiss, are you?" She joked again, wrapping her arms around Ruby. Ruby only made choking noises, and Yang let her go instantly. Ruby threw herself into a nearby armchair, hugging herself and grumbling quietly. Yang sat next to me, and I said nothing in response. "Jeez, what did you two do whilst I was gone, musta been something fun." She said, and I still didn't respond. "Speaking of fun things to do, where's Weiss? I wanna tease her!" She said, and I chuckled.
"I believe she said she be back at around ten o'clock. On some business meeting with her father or something." I told her, and Yang laid backwards whilst letting out a groan.
"Ugh… Hey Ruby, can I tease you?" Yang asked, and got a very quick, blunt answer.
"No." Ruby replied, and Yang grinned at me with a glint in her eye.
"Not turning into Weiss she said~!" Yang sang giddily, and chuckled quietly. She was then, unsurprisingly, hit in the head by a pillow. "Aw, come on…" Yang laughed, throwing it back at her attacker, her red-clad sister. "If you're gonna throw a pillow." She said, tossing another at Ruby, hitting her chest. "You've gotta throw it right!" She exclaimed, chucking a larger cushion at Ruby, hitting her in the same spot.
"Oof!" Ruby gasped as she was hit, and Yang burst into laughter. "Ya~ang! Sto~op it!" Ruby whined bringing her arms up to shield herself from another attack. "Ple-hease!" She said again, beginning to laugh as she was bombarded by cushions and pillows. I looked down at my watch, and leant back as I watched Yang jump up from the sofa, and charge over to Ruby, and huge grin on her face. I grab a book from the coffee table in front of me, and open it. Hours passed by, and I peeked over my book to see the two sisters relentlessly tickling each other as they rolled on the carpet. I stood up from the sofa, and head over to the two sisters who were huffing as they both laid on the floor.
"Did you two have fun?" I asked them, walking into their eyelines. Yang nods, but Ruby only laid still on the floor. "I'll take that as a yes." I said, and walk into the kitchen. "I'm getting some drinks, you two idiots want anything?" I called out to them, and I hear Ruby instantaneously pipe up from the other room.
"Cola please!" She shouted, and I quickly grabbed a can from the fridge. I took another look in the fridge, and called out to Yang.
"Do you want something Yang?" I cried out to her, and I hear something clatter to the floor from the other room.
"Uh! Yeah!" She called back, and I shook my head slowly, a grin on my face.
"What do you want, Yang?" I laughed, and then heard a heavy 'thump'.
"Uh, I'll have… I'll have a glass of lemonade, please." She said, appearing in the doorway. I hand the lemonade and the cola to her, and she smiled at me. "Thank you Blakey~" She spoke in a sing-song voice, and I raised an eyebrow at her, but she doesn't notice as she had already left the room. I quickly poured myself a similar glass of lemonade, and headed out after her.
"What's the time?" Ruby asked me, and I quickly glanced my watch. I looked back up, and spoke.
"Nine o'clock. Approximately one hour until Weiss returns." I told them, and the Yang spoke up.
"So that's one hour to do something that we class as 'fun', what do you want to do?" She questioned us, and Ruby looked at me.
"Uh... I don't know?" Ruby said, and then Yang grinned.
"I've got a game we could try." Yang informed us, and I looked at her with confusion.
The three of us jumped when Weiss walked in, Ruby going over the back of the sofa. Her sky-blue eyes trail over us, huddled together on the sofa.
"I'm not going to ask..." She sighed as she shook her head slowly. Yang nodded tentatively, and Ruby climbed back over. She let out a breath of relief when she saw Weiss. "I'm going to bed. Good night, you three." Weiss dismissed, and Ruby ran after her.
"No! Wait! Come back! Don't leave us here alone!" Ruby cried out, and Weiss stopped in her tracks. Ruby followed her into the hallway, and quickly dragged her back into the living room. "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." Ruby muttered, and pulled the both of them onto the sofa with us. We all looked at each other, the four of us bunched up together on our one, small sofa. Yang wraps her arms over our shoulder, and pulled us closer together.
"Our sixth anniversary as a Team's coming up, what're we gonna do?" She asked us, and Ruby shrugged.
"Ruby, you're our leader, you should know." Weiss informed her sternly, and Ruby only shrugged again.
"I don't know, I was thinking we could improvise." Ruby told us, earning a groan from her partner.
"Improvise? I hate it when we do that." Weiss said with annoyance, and Ruby smiled.
"That's what makes it fun." She jabbed at the heiress, who didn't reply. Yang looked around the room, and then spoke up.
"Maybe we could have some competitions?" She suggested, and Weiss looked at her with confusion.
"What do you mean?" She asked, and Yang grinned at her.
"You know, like combat tournaments, but only with us. And maybe we can also have other competitions." Yang told us, and Ruby grinned.
"Like gaming competitions!" She exclaimed, and Weiss sighed at our leader. " Yang and I've got this shooter game called Halo 4. I kinda suck at it, but Yang can be pretty good." Ruby said, and Yang laughed at her sister's statement.
"Ruby. You may think that I'm good, but I'm not. I'm just far better than you are." Yang joked, earning a light punch to the shoulder from her sister.
"I refuse to play that." Weiss huffed, crossing her arms defiantly.
"I don't care what you say, we're all playing it, nothing you say can or will change that." Yang replied, and Weiss moaned sadly. "So guys. What do you wanna do now?" She asked, and Ruby and I looked at each other. "How about-" She began, but Ruby instantly cut her off.
"No. Just, no." Ruby said quickly. Yang went to speak up again, but I placed my hand over her mouth.
"I think we should watch some TV. How about you, Yang." I growl at her, and she nods vigorously. "Good. Weiss, turn the TV on would you." I asked her, and she grabs the remote from the coffee table, switching on the TV.
"Ooh! Look! The latest Andor Braunschweiger film's on! Can we watch it! Please?" Ruby pleaded, and I took a quick glance over at Weiss, who sighed before nodding. "Yay! Thank you Weiss!" Ruby thanked her, wrapping her in a tight hug, causing her to choke. "Oh, sorry Weiss..." Ruby muttered nervously.
"It's fine... But I'd prefer it if... If you'd let go!" Weiss squeaked, and Ruby let her go. "Thank you, Ruby..." She breathed heavily, and Ruby smiled at her.
"Guys, the film is starting now." Yang stated bluntly, and we all looked back at the TV, and the film faded in.
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