Third chapter. Let's get IT ON!
Chapter 3: A trip to Vale
I wake up and notice I'm laying down. Did I actually fall asleep and not have a nightmare? What ever Yang did worked. I try to sit up but can't as something is stopping me. I look up and notice Yang's face a mere inch away from me. I get a blush on my face and notice her stir a little. He eyes slowly open and she notices our position. She gets a deep blush on her face and we hear someone clear their throat behind me. I pretend I go back to sleep but it doesn't work.
"We know you're awake Jordan." said Blake from behind me. I don't move a muscle and I feel Blake yank me down from the top bunk. I land on my back and stare up at Blake, and Weiss Smiling like they found out something I didn't know.
"Was that really necessary?" I say looking at Blake.
"Don't know? Was it necessary to sleep with Yang?" she replies.
"Hey that was her Idea. Not mine." Then I think and shrug. "But it did help. No nightmares." I stand up and Yang hops of the bunk. I rub the back of my neck where I landed.
"So how was it?" asks Blake with a grin visible on her face.
"How was wha-" I stop and think about what she said. "NOTHING HAPPENED!" I said sternly causing her to flinch at my tone.
"Then why were you in her bed?" says Weiss brushing away my tone.
Before I can answer Yang speaks up. "I wanted to try something I use to do with Ruby whenever she had nightmares." Ruby understood right away and explained what Yang did. Everyone understood after the explanation and Blake looks to me.
"So how you feeling?"
"Better but still dying on the inside. Nothing I can do about that though." I say. Everyone except Yang looked at me confused. "Bad and Painful memories stay with me. Can't escape everything." Ruby and Blake got a sad look on their face. Ruby comes up and hugs me.
Yang claps her hands together getting our attention. "I have an Idea. Why don't we go to Vale. It's saturday so we can hang there all day. Besides-" Yang looks at me. "If what Jordan said is true. He doesn't have any spare clothes."
"Don't need it." I say and everyone stares at me with raised eyebrows. "The clothes I have on now aren't clothes at all. It's Biomass."
"What's Biomass?" asks Ruby and I pinch her arm. "OW!"
"That's Biomass. Flesh of a living organism."
"Wait. So the clothes you have on right now is actually…" says Weiss says not wanting to finish it.
"Living flesh of humans and infected along with some grimm." I finish.
"EEWWW!" says Ruby. "Wait. But it feels like cloth."
"True. It is cloth but even cloth has biomass in it. And besides. Normal clothes can't handle the transformations I can do." I say.
"Fine. But can we at least hang in Vale for today?" Says Yang.
"I'm fine with it." I say. We all agree and walk out the door at the same time as 4 other people from a room across the hall.
"Hey guys." says a blonde haired boy. "um… Who's he?" he points at me.
"Oh hey Jaune. This is Jordan." Ruby says gesturing to me. "Jordan this is Jaune, Pyrrha, Ren, and Nora. Also known as team JNPR." I nod to them and they all wave except for Nora who gets all up in my face.
"Ohhh. Hey Jordan. Cool leather jacket. Where'd you get it? I always wanted a leather jacket." Nora keeps on blabbing away until Ren speaks up.
"Nora. Calm down."
Nora backs up and does a little salute. "Ok Ren."
"So where are you guys going?" asks Pyrrha.
"We were just gonna head to Vale to hang out. Wanna join?" says Yang.
"Sure." all of JNPR say. So we headed out. Although Yang kept looking at me. I shrugged it off.
We get into Vale and went to a few stores. We were in one store and I feel a pistol be put to my back.
"Don't move." I don't move at all. "Now I want you to walk outside and into the alley next to the store. Understand?" I nod my head. We exit the store and I go into the alley like I'm told. I turn around and see a woman with Short brown hair and silver blue eyes pointing a gun at me. "Now before I kill you I want to know why you killed my brother."
"And your brother would be…" I say motioning for her to continue.
"Alex Mercer. I'm his sister Dana Mercer. Now answer my question!" she said raising the gun.
I sigh. "Your brother didn't tell you what he was doing did he."
"What are you talking about?"
"Have you ever heard of Blacklight?"
"Only rumors. And those rumors were that it was a virus that was created to make people stronger."
"Half true. You see I'm the successful experiment. Too successful. Your brother created the virus and needed test subjects. My family was killed and I was taken to be a test subject. Your brother injected me with the virus and it morphed me into a weapon that he tried to control."
"You're lying!" she said.
"I escaped after being cut open, forced to fight for my life, shot and burned. I was tortured to see how it would affect the virus."
"Shut up!" she said aiming at my head.
"I killed the strike team and the scientist working on it. Like your Brother." After I said that a gunshot goes off.
Yang's POV
I was wondering the store and noticed that Jordan was missing. I do a quick 360 but don't see him anywhere. Me and the rest of the group meet up outside but Jordan still isn't there.
"Where's Jordan?" I ask.
"I thought he was with you?" said Ruby now starting to panic.
"Relax. He can handle himself." says Weiss. Just then we hear a gunshot. We run towards the source which was an alley next to the store and what I saw made my heart drop. A woman was holding a smoking gun and Jordan… Jordan was standing there staring at her. The woman fired the entire clip at him but the bullets just bounced off of Jordan and impacted the wall.
My POV
I stand there as the bullets bounce off of me and into the wall next to me. I hear the audible click of the gun being empty and I shake my head. "Dana." Tendrils wrap around my arms a couple times but then return into my body. Dana was standing there in shock. "Your brother did this to me." I start to walk toward her. "He turned me into this creature before you." I stop right in front of her. "Do you think I killed your brother for nothing now?"
"Jordan!" I look up and Yang wraps me in a hug. "Thank god you're okay."
"Yeah… I'm fine." I look over and see everyone else. RWB were relieved that I wasn't hurt while JNPR was trying to comprehend what they just saw.
"Did I just see tendrils come out of his body?" says Jaune shaken up. I walk over to him and go to pat his shoulder and he flinches while everyone else on his team gets out their weapons. Aiming at me.
I get a sad look on my face and sigh. "This is why I prefer to be alone." I drop my hand and just walk off.
"Wait! Jordan!" Yang says running after me.
JNPR POV
"That was terrifying." says Jaune.
"What the hell?!" Yells Ruby as JNPR looks at her. "You guys are Jerks!"
"What?" asks Pyrrha confused. "He was gonna attack Jaune."
"No he wasn't! And thanks to you he will probably think he doesn't need anyone and end up leaving."
"What are you talking about Ruby?" asks Jaune.
Blake puts a hand on Ruby's shoulder and looks to JNPR. "You might want to sit down."
My POV
I walk down the street ignoring Yang's plea's for me to slow down. She catches up to me and grabs my arm.
"Geez you move fast." she says trying to catch her breath. I stay quiet. "Come on Jordan. Cheer up. The others are probably explaining it to JNPR as we speak."
"It doesn't matter." I say in a depressed tone.
"What do you mean it doesn't matter?"
"You saw how they reacted when they only saw the tendrils. If others saw me while fighting they would be terrified. They would try to kill me."
Yang gets closer and hugs me. "I wouldn't let them. Neither would Ruby and the others." I scoff at that. "Hey! We would."
"I know you guys would. I'm still trying to get used to having people want to help me." We stand there for a while before Yang speaks up.
"Come on. Why don't we head back to the others."
I shake my head. "I rather just go back to Beacon. Too much to deal with in one day."
"Oh come on. Not that much has happened."
I stare at her with the Are you shitting me Look. "I have had 4 people point weapons at me today. One of which shot at me."
"Good point. Well let me just message the others that we're heading back."
"You don't have to come back with me."
"I know." She said smiling. "But I want to." I shake my head and we start heading back to Beacon. "Say when is your birthday?"
I think for a moment. "March 29th. Why?"
Yang's eyes go wide. "That's really close."
"Why?" I repeat myself.
Yang shakes her head and smiles at me. "No reason." I ignore it and we continue off towards Beacon.
Ruby's POV
"Oh god! He's been through all that?" asked Pyrrha. Ruby nods her head.
"Nora feels bad now." Says Nora hanging her head.
"How were we suppose to know this?" Asked Jaune.
"You should have just asked him instead of pulling out your weapons and aiming at him." I say. Just then my scroll goes off and I read the message from Yang.
"Who is it Rubes?" Asks Blake looking over my shoulder.
"It's Yang. She says She and Jordan are going back to Beacon." I take a glance at her. So cute. If only she would feel the way I feel about her. Truth be told I've had a crush on Blake since we became teammates. I only realized these feelings after she ran off after revealing that she was in the white fang. I thought she would never come back.
"I see. Well it's getting pretty late. We should start heading back too." Blake says. Everyone agrees and we all head back to Beacon.
To Me
We get to our dorm room and Yang goes to change in the bathroom. I stand at the window and look out. Why does everybody always want to attack me? I sigh and have my shirt, jacket, gloves, and boots disappear and turn my pants into Black and red shorts. I hear the bathroom door open and Yang walks out in her sleepwear.
She looks at me and takes in what she sees. "What?" I say breaking her out of her daze.
A blush crosses her face and she rubs the back of her head. "Oh nothing." she hops into bed and holds the covers open. I stare at her and she motions for me to hop in. I sigh and hop up into her bed.
"This is gonna become a habit isn't it?" I ask.
"Hey last time we did this you had no nightmares right?"
"Touche." I feel her wrap her arms around me and my eyes start to close.
Yang POV
I feel him relax and fall asleep while in my arms. I smile and the rest of the team comes in.
"Hey Yang!" says Ruby. I motion for her to be quiet and then they realize Jordan's asleep.
"Geez he's sleeping with you again?" asks Blake.
"He doesn't have nightmares when he does." I say. Ruby and Weiss both go to sleep tired from the days events but I stay up with Blake.
Blake's head pops up from the bottom bunk. "You like him don't you?" she says.
I sigh and nod. "I do but." I look down to Jordan. "I don't know how to tell him."
"The Yang I know would just come out and say it." Blake said with a smile.
"Yeah. The flirting Yang who goes out with guys and breaks up with them a week later. But he's… Different. He's someone I feel is worth it." Blake smiles at that and I remember something. "You know his birthday's coming up. I feel we should make it extra special for him."
Blake nods. "I think we could do that. You know what you want to get him?"
"I have an Idea of what he would like." I say with a smile.
DONE. Another chapter out and another restless night… I need to find something to help me sleep. Anyways tell me what you think. Stack OUT!