Episode Two: No Ill Will

Weiss stormed through the halls towards Ruby's room. Weiss had been waiting in front of the Holodeck for the past half hour. Ruby had said that they would hang out today, but she had stood Weiss up. Weiss opened the door to Ruby's room and marched in. "RUBY!" Weiss shouted. "Ruby are you okay?" Weiss asked when she heard a groaning coming from Ruby's bed.

"Oh. Hey Weiss. How did you get into Beacon? The doors are locked. Well it doesn't matter. As long as you're safe from the Soviets everything is ok." Ruby said deliriously.

"Ruby, I think we should take you to see Ren. I don't think you are feeling well." Weiss said concerned.

"Nonsense. I feel fine. I just need to get some rest before we finish world war three. We can let the Soviets fight Grimm while I sleep. Now the White Fang? They can just accept my peace treaty. If not we can't stop the Soviets or the Grimm." Said Ruby while getting out of bed. "Oh, I know I'll check to see if they answered!" Ruby said as she tried opening the locked window leading into space. "The window won't open. You did this didn't you Weiss. You're with the Soviets aren't you?!" Ruby exclaimed suddenly. Weiss sighed. She didn't have time to play with Ruby. Well. She didn't have time to act crazy.

"Come on Ruby. Stop acting crazy. First you stand me up for socializing then you act psychotic." Weiss sighed. "Just come on."

"Never Soviet scum. You'll never take me prisoner." Ruby said as she pulled out Crescent Rose. Weiss was worried now. Ruby had never threatened her with her weapon before and Weiss hadn't brought Myrtenaster with her.

"Ruby. Calm down. No need to do something you might regret." Weiss said hesitantly.

"You had your chance Soviet!" Ruby shouted as she charged. Weiss put a glyph up that Ruby immediately ran into head first and fell over unconscious.

Weiss opened up her communicator and said, "Ren can you come to Ruby's quarters? I don't think she is feeling well. Oh, you might want to bring Nora as well."

"Ok Weiss. Well be over as soon as possible." Ren replied. After several minutes Ren walked into Ruby's room. Ren said, "Let's move her to sickbay." After arriving at sickbay and treating Ruby, Ren said, "Well it seems she has a case of type 42 Peduncular Hallucinosis."

"What?" Weiss asked. She had studied many subjects and had not heard of this ailment. Though, she had admittedly not studied the medical field.

"She is suffering from realistic hallucinations. The cause of this strand is not unheard of, but it is rare. It is not contagious, though it had to come from something. It seems that our captain picked it up from somewhere. Weiss you should check her cabin. I'll tell Blake that she has command until the disease clears Ruby's system. It should be a couple hours at the very most." Weiss nodded to Ren and then turned and walked towards Ruby's room. Weiss was curious as to how her friend had caught such a rare disease. Weiss walked down the corridors stepped into the turbolift. Once the turbolift reached the main deck Weiss fast walked to Ruby's room. She walked around the room, looking for clues as to how Ruby contracted this illness. Weiss spotted a half full glass of milk on Ruby's table in the middle of the living room. Weiss picked up the glass that was set next to Ruby's vase and examined it with her tricorder. The milk was room temperature and had no traces of the disease. Weiss sat it back down on the table and turned towards the door as it opened. Standing in the doorway was a tall man with black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a dark blue uniform with a red hammer and sickle crossed on his arm. In his hands was an AK-47. He said, "Weiss come with me. The Soviets need your help." When Weiss did not move he said, "So the United Federation of Kingdoms got you? No matter. I will inform our leader and he will not be pleased." Then the man walked out of the room leaving Weiss alone.

Ren walked down the hall way to help Weiss search Ruby's room. When he got there Ren found Weiss sitting in a corner with Myrtenaster out in front of her. "Weiss? Are you okay?" Ren asked cautiously.

"Ren? Is that you?" Weiss asked. "They're everywhere. They've taken over the ship."

"Who has Weiss? Who took over the ship?" Ren asked.

"The Soviets of course! The Soviets have taken over. I have to get to Ruby. She'll know how to stop them. Ren take me to Ruby now." Weiss demanded.

"Ok Weiss. I'll take you to Ruby. She is in sickbay right now." Ren said unsure.

"Fine, take me to sickbay. I need to talk to Ruby." Weiss said holstering Myrtenaster. Ren proceeded to walk out of Ruby's room and down the corridor towards the turbolift followed closely by Weiss. When they reached sickbay Ren stopped Weiss.

"Weiss, I'm going to have to ask you to give me Myrtenaster." Ren said. Weiss looked suspicious and was about to say something when Ren said, "Only for a short period of time. I can't allow weapons in sickbay so other patients don't become sick because of your weapon." Weiss stared long and hard at Ren before she handed her sword to him.

"Okay Ren, but I will have Myrtenaster when I leave." Weiss said.

"Of course." Ren said while taking Weiss' sword. Weiss then walked into the room to find Ruby sitting in her bed.

"Weiss you communist swine! How dare you walk in here. Nora! Give me Crescent Rose. I must handle a traitor."

"No Ruby. I'm on your side. The soviets were in your room. We have to warn Vytal Fleet. They are trying to take over the ship."

"Weiss are you really on my side?" Ruby asks unsure of Weiss.

"Of course. I have even come unarmed. Trust me Ruby, I am not a soviet."

"Ok Weiss. We have to get to the bridge. We have to warn The United Federation of Kingdoms." Ruby said determinedly. "Ren. Take us to the bridge."

"I'm sorry captain, but you have to stay in sickbay. You are ill."

"Nonsense! I feel fine. Right Weiss? Besides, I have more urgent matters to attend to," Ruby said.

"Yes, you must allow me and the captain through Ren."

"I'm sorry, but I can't allow you two to leave." Ren said.

Weiss' eyes narrowed in suspicion. She whispers to Ruby, "I think Ren is a soviet. Why would he keep us here?"

"You're right Weiss. We have to get to the bridge to warn Yang and Blake. They can help us." Ruby whispers back. Weiss summoned a glyph that pushed Ren away from the door leading out of sickbay and another that blocked Nora from reaching them. "Quick Weiss! Run!" Ruby shouted while jumping out of bed.

As they ran out of sickbay they could hear Ren saying, "Computer, shut down the turbolifts."

"Weiss, to the tunnels that connect the decks. The soviets have shut down the turbolifts." Ruby said as she ran down the corridor.

"Ruby climb." Weiss commanded Ruby to do as they came across a ladder leading up. Soon the two partners were climbing up ladders and running through tunnels. After several minutes Ruby collapsed as they were walking down a passageway. "Ruby? Ruby wake up. The council won't listen to me. You have to warn them of the communists. Please Ruby wake up." Weiss said worried, she was sure that she wouldn't be able to carry Ruby to the nearest deck, even if she trusted the soviets to treat them well. Soon weariness took over Weiss and she too fell asleep.

"Ren? Where are they?" Nora asked.

"I don't know Nora. The computer can't pick them up on any of the decks."

"Well have you tried this." Nora walked over to the wall terminal that Ren was standing at and reached towards it. "Boop." She said as she pressed a button.

"Nora." Ren said w That is until he looked at the screen where Nora pressed an icon, "You are a genius. I didn't think to check in the passages between decks. There they are. They aren't moving. Nora get a security team to them now. Phasers set to stun."

"Ahh. That was a nice nap." Ruby said as she stretched her arms. "Weiss? Why are you sleeping here? Why was I sleeping here?" Ruby said as she looked around in the passage around them. Ruby could hear footsteps down the hall. Red shirts walked towards them, phasers drawn. "Oh hey. Can you help me and Weiss back to a deck please?"

"Um. Sure captain." One of the red shirts said. He was slightly confused about the non-conspiracy attitude of the captain that he was warned about from Chief Valkyrie.

"Thanks." Said Ruby appreciatively. The red shirt picked up Weiss and carried her down the ladders and toward deck twelve. Once there Blake and Ren walked to Ruby and a stirring Weiss. Ruby asked, "Blake? What are you doing here? Who is at the con?"

"Relax Ruby. Yang said she could handle it." Blake said as Yang walked behind her. Yang tapped Blake on the shoulder. Blake looked at Yang, clearly alarmed, "Yang?! What are you doing here? Who is captaining the bridge?"

"Pyrrha said she and Jaune could handle it." Yang said. She had been worried sick about her sister, who was currently being crushed in her bear like embrace.

"Sis…Captain…Needs…Air…" Ruby said gasping.

"Sorry." Yang said meekly as she set down her sister.

"Yang you really shouldn't do that. We do need our captain." Pyrrha said as she walked towards them. Yang looked at Pyrrha, wide eyed, Blake looked slightly upset, Ruby looked confused, and Weiss was waking up.

"Pyrrha. What are you doing here?" Yang asked.

"Jaune said that I should look for Nora. He said something about needing her help with something."

"Ren?" Ruby asked. "Where is Nora?"

"She is…She's…I'm not entirely sure. Computer, where is commander Valkyrie?"

"Commander Valkyrie is currently on the bridge alone."

"See she is…Wait? Alone? Computer, where is Commander Arc?" Ren asked.

"Commander Arc is-" the computer said though it was interrupted.

"Guys! Nora locked me out!" Jaune said.

"What?!" Six voices shouted in question.

Jaune cringed and said, "Well you see. I needed Nora's help to…to…to open a jar. Anyway, she came onto the bridge holding a vase of flowers and was muttering about something. She opened my jar and told me to get Pyrrha. So I let her have con. As the turbolift was closing I heard her say something about making someone called Lenin proud. I don't know who that is. Anyway the turbolift went here and then locked itself shut after I got out. So I ran here as fast as I could." Jaune finished slightly winded.

"Weiss?" Ruby asked, "Wasn't Lenin the first communist leader of the Soviets?"

"Yes he was Ruby though I can't imagine why Nora would be talking about him." Weiss answered.

"Wait. Do you not remember what happened?" Ren asked.

"No. Last thing I remember was going to my room, Nora then dropped of some pretty flowers that I put in a vase, than I got some milk and went to bed. Next thing I know Weiss and I are sleeping in a service tunnel between decks." Ruby said.

"Strange. Let's go to the bridge." Ren said. As they walked down the corridor a screen near them on the wall turned red and showed a Soviet Emblem, a sickle and hammer, on it.

"Attention crew of the Rose." Nora's voice played over the speaker with the soviet anthem playing in the background. "I am Commander Valkyrie and I have taken this vessel for the Soviet Union. I would like the traitor Weiss Schnee escorted to the bridge. She is to be charged with treason for breaking a non-aggression pact with the Soviets."

"Wha-?" Weiss said, dumb founded.

"Yes. Commander Schnee shall pay dearly for being the traitor that she is. Oh and former Captain Rose. This is my ship now. Your alliance with the White Fang Defense force will never exist. I'm Queen of the ship." The speaker turned off, though the screen still showed the Soviet emblem.

"Ren! We have to stop her and get back the ship." Ruby said determined.

"How? Jaune said she shut down the turbolifts." Pyrrha said.

"The service tunnels?" Yang suggested.

"That could work." Weiss said.

"We have to find out what is causing this." Ren said.

"Guys." Jaune said.

"What could it be?" Weiss asked.

"Hey, guys" Jaune said.

"Who knows?" Yang asked.

"Excuse me. I believe Jaune would like to speak." Pyrrha said in a mild tone equivalent to one commonly used in a library.

"What Jaune?" Ruby asked looking at him.

"Flowers." Jaune said simply with a small grin.

"Jaune. My last name is Rose I get to the point." Ruby said while rolling her eyes.

"No, not that. Nora ordered some exotic flowers a couple of weeks ago. They were the same flowers she gave to you. They were also the ones she carried to the bridge in your vase."

"Jaune you're right. It is the flowers. That is the common thing between all of this." Ren said.

"Are you coming or what?" Blake's voice said, coming out of Ruby's communicator.

"Blake? Where are you?" Ruby asked through her communicator.

"I'm half way to deck two." Blake said.

"Oh. Oh! Come on! To the bridge!" Ruby commanded. And so they were off. Half way to the bridge form deck three the speakers throughout the ship turned on again.

"Attention crew. I have decided to use the air shafts on the ship to spread the smell of these great flowers. That is all."

"Uh-oh." Ren said before the air conditioning turned on full blast in the tunnel they were in.

They all started coughing slightly.

"Wow is me." Blake said. "A consul of Rome in a tunnel? Who is to blame for such a catastrophe?"

"I know not consul. Thou should not be subjected to this." Yang said.

"Ah. General Long. Good to know that someone respectable is here." Blake said. "How goes thou army of Rome?"

"I am unsure consul. I have not heard from them for weeks." Yang replied.

"Achoo." Came a sneeze from Weiss. "Romans? I have not heard that term in years. Not sense Rome fell to France and her armies that is."

"Rome fall? Never." Blake said.

"The consul speaks true. Rome could never fall." Yang said.

"Ha. You speak of how great Rome is yet the sun never sets on the British Empire." Ren said with a laugh.

"Stupid British. France is superior. I shall prove that unto you even if it takes another hundred years." Jaune said.

"No. Athens and Greece shall stop this madness." Pyrrha stated

"Halt my good friends." Ruby commanded. "Though we are divided we face a larger threat then each other."

"Whom doth thou speak of?" Blake asked.

"I speak of the Slavic Queen Valkyrie!" Ruby answered. "She has taken this land and claims all as her own."

"A slav?" Pyrrha said in disgust.

"She dares take land from Rome?" Blake asked.

"More importantly she takes it from all of us." Ruby said. Ren and Jaune look at each other and shake hands. Pyrrha shakes hands with Blake and then with Yang while Weiss stands next to Ruby. "Now we must take back our lands. We will fight as one until we stop her. Once we are done we may return to our own conflicts but until then we must unite."

"Thou have the pledge of Rome." Blake said.

"You have the backing of England and France." Ren said and Jaune nodded in agreement.

"I shall follow you into battle for the armies of Greece." Pyrrha said with a nod.

"Then let us make haste and stop Nora." Ruby said turning on her heel and running up the passageway. They came to a door way that led into the bridge. "On three. Ready? Three, two, on-" Ruby said.

However she was cut off by Yang shouting, "FOR THE GLORY OF ROME!" Yang then busted into the bridge and jumped on Nora, who was sitting in the captain's chair. Nora quickly reacted and threw Yang off of her but was then tackled by Ren and Jaune together.

"Let go you filthy traitors. WE WERE ALLIES! TRAITORS! THAT'S ALL YOU CAPITALISTS ARE!" Nora shouted enraged. She then pushed of the ground using her legs and sent Jaune and Ren flying backwards across the room. Nora saw Weiss and Ruby climbing out of the tunnel followed by Pyrrha and Blake. "German scum!" Nora shouted as she charged Weiss and Ruby.

Pyrrha collided with her between the chair and the tunnel as she shouted, "THIS IS FOR…SPARTA!" Though Nora used her own momentum to toss Pyrrha aside. Ruby and Weiss quickly tackled Nora to the ground while Yang was being helped up by Blake. Jaune and Ren jumped on top of the current pile of people. Pyrrha quickly jumped in as well.

"Savages. See General Long. This is why Rome is superior." Blake said as she stared at the pile of people that were all swinging blindly. Blake walked over to the vase that was resting on the captain's chair. "Hmm. I do not recall this type of flower. Doth thou, General?"

"No I do not consul." Yang said over the fighting taking place behind them.

"Hmm. Dispose of them. They do not suite my liking." Blake said.

"Yes consul. How to do this?" Yang wondered aloud.

"A disposal unit is to the left side of the bridge." The computer said.

"What sorcery is this?" Yang asked startled.

"Hush General. Hath thou no sense. Do as the divine instructs." Blake said.

"Yes forgive my insolence." Yang said as she picked up the vase and walks to the left of the bridge. A tube extends out of the wall. Yang places the vase within the tube and backs away. The tube retracts and then the vase is launched into warp. "What now consul?"

"We prove Rome is stronger. Now we fight them all." Blake says.

*An hour later*

"Ow! Why did you hit me Ruby?" Yang asked.

"Pyrrha. Let go." Jaune asks while in a headlock.

"I'm sorry." Pyrrha says as she lets go.

"Weiss. You're pulling my hair." Blake says.

"Ren? Why are we all covered in bruises?" Nora asks while getting off of Ren.

"Frankly Nora. Don't order any flowers."

"But Ren. It was an acciedent. I didn't mean to start a war."

"That doesn't matter Nora. Those flowers caused us to become sick." Ren said.

"I didn't mean to though." Nora said.

"You could say she had, no ill will." Yang said. A collective groan was all that answered her pun.

*Elsewhere in the Alpha Quadrant*

"Captain Winchester." First officer Russel Thrush said. "Sensors are picking up a…a vase sir."

"Bring it a board. It might be a valuable artifact." Captain Cardin said.

"Sir, there appear to be flowers intact." Said Commander Sky Lark.

"Hmm. Even better. We'll bring it back to Vytal Fleet. Yes sir." Cardin said.

TO BE CONTINUED?