POV Ruby
"So, how is this going to work?" Weiss, ever the thinker, asked.
Team RWBY were sat, Weiss, Yang, Blake, on Weiss' bed with their leader on the bunk above.
"I was about to ask you the same thing." The male, Drake Jade, asked. There was something off about his voice that Ruby just couldn't put her finger on, maybe it was just the scarf covering the lower half of this face. "It is kinda our fault that we didn't make it here in time, the path from Mistral was difficult."
"I was thinking of just having an air bed somewhere, there is a surprising amount of space on the left of the bed they are sitting on." Lucy stated.
Ruby spoke up. "Oh! That is Weiss' bed and I don't think either of us will mind if one of you sleep down there."
"And what do you mean by that my dear sister?" Yang drawled. "Do Weiss and you have something to say to us?"
"Ya- but- I didn't-" Ruby started to redden.
"Relax sis, I was only messing. Besides, I believe that those two love birds over there meant that there would be one bed for the both of them."
Team RWBY looked over to the other two in the room and saw Lucy with Drake's arm over their shoulder mumbling something under her breath.
POV Drake
"Oh! That's Weiss' bed!"
"Drake I am NOT sleeping next to the Schnee. And I can bet that the cat will be on the other one."
"You will have to choose one, we haven't come this far to be picky. Besides, it isn't like anybody here poses a threat to you."
"First, why did we travel across two continents if we aren't picky, second, I guess you are right but you will be my meat shield." She started mumbling about her luck as her companion cradled her. He looked up and saw an entire team staring at them.
"Yang, I guess you are right." Ruby stated. "But we don't have an airbed or anything like that."
"It's fine, we have enough lien for everything we need. You don't need to cater for us."
"Don't worry about that, that would barely dent my monthly allowance. I'll cover it for you." Weiss said.
Drake could practically feel Lucy's toes curling at the thought of sleeping on something bought by a Schnee.
"I can't ask you to do that, we have more than enough lien. We even have a few thousand unclaimed from hunts."
At this the redhead in the room gasped. "Hunts? You two have already been on missions?!"
"…Yes?"
"But you're so young!"
"We're seventeen, that is more than enough. Haven't any of you been on missions yet? We've been doing them since we were fourteen."
Blake raised an eyebrow. "Fourteen? How did you even claim rewards?"
"With a scroll? Anyone can go on hunts no matter your age. Getting a huntsman license just means that you have had the proper training and you are more likely to succeed so more people hire you."
Lucy finally looked up at the team before them. "Yeah, getting people to hire us without licenses is getting tricky with how the threat of the Grimm is increasing, so we came here to Beacon."
Team RWBY looked confused at this statement. The blonde spoke up "Increasing? We are in a time of peace, if anything we are finally pushing them back."
"And what evidence do you have of that? Border towns are packing up and moving so often that there are more ruins than trees out there. Plus, by 'A time of peace' they mean between kingdoms, not between us and nature."
Sleeping was always a thing that had come easy to Drake even in the forests of Northern Anima as a child he had slept in any area he wished. Now though, it was a different story. He had been laying on his back, one arm on his stomach one arm wrapped around the woman to his side; it should have been easy to fall asleep even with the blonde foghorn on the other side of the room but it was actually due to the warm person beside him that was causing his discomfort. She was constantly turning yet trying to keep her eyes on the ivory haired girl to Drake's left. What was their luck to be stuck shadowing a team with not only the heiress to the Schnee dust company, but an ex-White fang member? Some deity was up there having the time of their life, he just knew it.
Just as Lucy seemed to calm down and Drake managed to shut his eyes for more than a blink there was a series of sounds. First there was a click, it sounded like it was from the clock on the desk opposite the heiress, then there was a loud computerised beeping, then a loud bang, then screams of shock from team RWBY, then a thud as the red and yellow ones hit the floor, the red one managing to land on her feet.
POV Ruby
She landed with a tinny ringing in her ears as she looked around the room to find the source of the sound. On Weiss' desk there was a clock, decorated with a lovely hole through it and a metallic object embedded a few inches into the wall behind it, tracing the path she saw Drake laying there, one arm raised and holding a gun with two blades that ran the length of the underside of the barrel.
"What-"
"WHAT THE FUCK DUDE?!" Her sister articulated from behind her.
For ten seconds the team waited for a response before hearing a sigh from the man.
"I'll buy you a new clock."
POV Blake
She was a very curious person, as much as the stereotype annoyed her. So when she found a note in her book from Ruby she just had to oblige. Going up to the roof when it specified she waited for the young leader to appear. Ten minutes later she was still waiting. She heard footsteps behind her and turned, expecting to see Ruby attempting to sneak up on her but instead saw nothing.
"Not as sharp as you thought you were, huh?"
Blake whirled and found herself staring into the eyes of Lucy Violet. They were hypnotic, a blue-purple mix that seemed to glow in the darkness. Maybe glow was the incorrect word, blaze seemed a better description.
"Why did you bring me here?"
The girl chuckled slightly. "The jig is up."
Blake's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean?"
The smile fell off of Lucy's face. "Oh I think you know kitty cat." A hand flew to her bow.
"How do you know?!"
"Did you really think you could hide? No, of course not. You just didn't think that you would be found out by another student. I have to say, it was really beautiful what you and Adam did on the train. While it may have fooled Ozpin, you haven't fooled me."
"The tr-"
"I saw what happened. Perfectly staged in front of multiple cameras. A symbolic end to a partnership. You said your goodbye and then severed the connection between the cars. Though, don't you agree that Adam could have jumped the gap?"
"Yes bu-"
"And don't you agree that the hand he raised was a last second thing, like he almost forgot to do it?"
"Ye-"
"It was beautiful how you 'Quit' the fang yet in doing so, caused thousands of dollars of damage. You severed the connection, meaning that there was not enough time for crews to go off road to get to it in time for another train, that was in a communications cold spot, to avoid crashing into it and setting off the dust? Not only did you cost thousands of Lien, you also cost the life of an innocent train driver."
Blake was pressed up against the wall at this point. She didn't know the cost of her actions, or even how Lucy knew about her past. She just wanted to leave, to curl up in her bed and sleep. Anything to get away from this girl. She had a sadistic smile on her face. She knew exactly what she was doing to Blake and she liked it.
"So when are you going to do it?" The woman before her asked.
"D-do what?" Blake replied in a voice that almost wasn't there.
"Well I have to say, it is convenient that after leaving the fang you just happened to be placed on a team with none other than the heiress to the Schnee dust company. So when are you going to do it? Just whip out Gambol Shroud and do what needs to be done? Do you want me to help?" She raised her gauntlet clad arm and splayed her fingers, deploying metallic claws that glinted in the moonlight. "I would be happy to oblige but afterwards I would have to do the same to you I'm afraid. For covering up my deeds and my own pleasure, a two for one deal."
Something clicked into place in Blake's head and she looked up in fear, shrinking down the wall and trying to think of any escape routes.
"I know you… I know what you've done, please don't kill me… you've got it all wrong..." She started to sob on the ground.
Lucy just looked down on her with a hunger in her eyes.
"Oh how Adam would despise what you have become. Don't worry, once I'm through with you then I will take down him too."
Suddenly, the door opened and Drake stepped out onto the roof. Blake looked up at him and whimpered something about 'The dragon'.
"Honey, do you want in on this? How about you strike the final blow?" Lucy said.
Oooh, fun.
~ThatOneGuyQ23