Ch. 6

'Welcome To The Institution'

"Beep"

"Beep

"Beep"

Ruby slowly opened her eyes and looked at her watch it was 5:50 am. She pushed a button on the side to deactivate her alarm. She looked at the unfamiliar ceiling and said "So it wasn't a dream huh"

Q- 'Sadly it wasn't'

R- 'Good Morning Qrow'

Q- 'Mornin Kid'

K- 'Bark'

R- 'Good Morning to you too kindred'

She got out of bed put on her shoes and walked went to the bathroom to wash her face, and brush her teeth. Normally she would brush her hair after but they had not provided her with a brush. Her hair wasn't too long it only barely touched her shoulders, but she still had an awful cow lick on the right side. The only thing she could do was spray water on her hair and use her fingers to try and straighten her hair out. After she finished she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror it wasn't perfect but it'd have to do and stepped out of the bathroom. The door leading to the hallway opened up and the man with the black suite entered. "Ah Ms. Rose your awake good we shall be departing shortly"

"Ah O-okay"

"C-can I eat breakfast?"

"Breakfast will be served once we arrived to the Institution"

"O-okay"

"Come along now Ms. Rose our ride should be here shortly"

Ruby nodded and followed the man in the suite. Once they where back in the hallway they went turned left and walked towards the very end where they reached a door that the man unlocked with a key. He opened the door and gestured for Ruby to go in first. She stepped inside to notice it looked like an underground parking garage like the ones you would see in the cities. A large metal vehicle that resembled an armored bank Truck pulled up, and the back door opened up where 4 armed men stepped outside. They lined up in front of the back door but left a path down the middle. "After you Ms. Rose"

Ruby just nodded and walked down the middle stepped inside the back of the truck. She sat down on a metal bench that was inside. The Man in the suite followed her inside and sat across from her. Then the rest of the armed men got in closed the door. 2 sat on Ruby's left and the other 2 on her right. Soon the vehicle began to move. The ride was long and boring Ruby was too nervous and shy to talk to the armed men so she sat in silence playing with her fingers.

After what felt like hours they arrived at there destination. She stepped outside of the armored vehicle to be blinded by the sun. When she opened them she noticed a large white building about the size of the cafeteria building at her school in front of her. Ruby looked around and noticed that she was surround by two layers of metal fences from every direction. It made her feel like she was trapped in a square.

"C'mon along now Ms. Rose its time for you to meet our Counselor"

Ruby nodded and followed the Man in the suite to the front door. When they stood in front of the doors she noticed that these doors resembled the metal doors they had to open where she was confined, but instead of a key card the man stepped in front of the door which activated a small camera that seemed to scan him. After a small delay the doors opened on there own. He gestured for her to follow which she did. Once inside she noticed a lot of people where walking around with white uniforms that looked like scientist uniforms she'd seen in cartoons some carrying clipboards others carrying tablets.

They continued walking forwards towards an elevator. When they stepped inside the man clicked the button at the very bottom that read B20. Again a camera activated scanned the man then the elevator started descending. When they reached there selected floor they where greeted by a tall lady that had blond hair, blue eyes, and creamy white skin. She had a white uniform like everyone else only difference is she had a red arm band on her right hand.

"Hello Ms. Rose my name is Olivia Perkinson we have been expecting you"

"U-um h-hello" Ruby said awkwardly

"Mr. White I can take it from here"

The man in the suited nodded, turned around and walked back inside the elevator.

"Follow me back to my office Ms. Rose"

"Okay"

They walked thru a hallway to the right of the elevator. Ruby looked around and noticed that some rooms along the hallway had windows which she looked into. She saw other kids some her age, some older playing inside all of them seemed happy. They took a right after they reached the end of the hallway and saw a door with a sign at the top say Counselor's Office. Olivia walked towards it and opened the door. "Welcome to my office Ms. Rose" she gestured for Ruby to come in.

Ruby entered her office and looked around, she saw a simple brown desk with a white computer on top, a business coffee colored chair behind the desk, and 2 light brown coffee colored lounge chairs in front. "Please have a seat" she said, Ruby sat down on the right lounge chair while Olivia sat down behind her desk. She began typing into her computer for a few minutes then looked at Ruby. "Ruby Rose welcome to the institution"

"Ah u-um thanks"

"It says on your file you've recently awakened your power would you mind telling me what it is?"

"I ca-"

Q- 'Don't tell her you can create monsters'

"I I uh I can uuh umm I don't remember" she said awkwardly

"Don't worry Ms. Rose everything you tell me will be confidential" Olivia started staring directly into Ruby's eyes. Ruby suddenly felt her mind feel extremely muddy like someone was trying to open her head. Her silver eyes could not look away from Olivia's blue eyes. Suddenly Ruby's head stopped feeling muddy and heard Qrow say.

Q- 'Kid! get a hold of yourself'

Ruby looked away from Olivia's blue eyes and started rubbing her temple.

R- 'W-what happened?'

Q- 'It felt like she was trying to look inside your head, luckily I pushed her out before she could see anything'

"Are you okay Ms. Rose?"

"I-I'm okay just tired from the long drive here"

"That's fine we can talk about your powers another time let me call someone to take you to your room so you can rest for a bit"

Olivia pressed a button on her computer and immediately a man in a white uniform entered and said "How may I assist you Ms. Perkinson?"

"Please show Ms. Rose to her room please"

"Understood, c'mon along now Ms. Rose"

Ruby slid off her chair and gave Olivia a slight nod then followed the man to her room. She looked back for a split second to see her break a pen with her hands like if she was unsatisfied with what had happened.

Q- 'Stay away from her Kid she seems dangerous'

K- ' Grrrrrr'

Q- 'See Kindred agrees too'