Neo and I walked into the ballroom pink and blue balloons hung everywhere, the room itself was pretty dark with few spotlights, we passed the punch bowl where I slipped in the whole bottle of vodka before we walked over to another corner where I hid the bottle behind a potted plant. Neo took my hand and we began to dance I was never good at dancing so I let Neo lead us.
Unlike most couples who were whispering to one another Neo and I just kept quiet and let our actions speak the words we want to. She may have been a lot shorter than me even with heel on I pressed my forehead against hers and made a soft solitary growl she silently giggled at my actions.
We decided to join in on drinking the alcohol spiked punch and honestly it tasted a lot better. I had a high alcohol tolerance so one cup of the stuff would do fuck all to me. Neo gave my arm a little squeeze before pointing over at Jaune. He was wearing a white dress with a blue ribbon...I'm so fucking done.
I nearly spat out the rest of my drink at the sight I choked as I laughed at the sight. I thought seeing Jaune in a dress was funny the first time around but Jesus Christ! I turned and saw Ice and Naniele.
Naniele was wearing a pink dress that went down to her knees with lace shaped into flowers around her neck area, she had a couple of bangles on her right arm and wore a simple silver necklace as well as a Lily flower hair clip and she also wore simple black high heels like Neo. Ice wore a dark red suit with black insides along with a black dress shirt and a red tie, he also had a bright red rose in his breast pocket.
"You two clean up well." I smirked as we stood at the side letting team JNPR dance in the spotlight.
"You didn't do too bad yourself." Ice chuckled I turned and saw Ruby leaving.
"Stage 2 is about to commence, don't drink too much of the punch I mixed a whole bottle of vodka into it." I smiled giving Neo one last kiss before racing to catch up with Ruby.
I soon caught up with her and found the unconscious Atlas soldiers on the floor, Ruby quickly called for her locker with Crescent Rose over I however only cracked my knuckles.
"Shall we?" I chuckled leading the way inside.
We waited inside the elevator my nails growing into sharp claws ready to rip and tear through Cinder... I could just rat her out to Ironwood... NAA this is too much fun! When we stepped out I tensed up listening carefully my ears constantly rotating trying to find anything that could locate Cinder. Nothing.
"Hello?" Ruby called out I face palmed.
"Is anyone there?" She asked as she stumbled about there was a chuckle as two figures stepped out of their hiding places... WAIT TWO?
One was obviously Cinder even through she wore a mask. Her new companion wore a dark purple security guard uniform with short sleeves, her hat pulled over her eyes, her hair dusty blonde and tied up. Cinder pulled out a dust canister and the stranger pulled out a bloody knife.
The purple woman lunged for me I met her claws and fangs bared blood splattered against the floor as my teeth tore into the stranger's shoulder, her knife slashing my abdomen open. We continued to scrap like wild animals until the elevator opened I turned and saw Ironwood then turned back and saw my prey had escaped. I snarled and looked up and saw an open vent.
With a roar I leapt up trying to scramble into the vent but a flash of silver and the feeling of blood run down my face made me let go. I crashed down onto some of the monitor groaning at the uncomfortable feeling. I slowly got up and held my side trying to slow the bleeding.
"What's that?" I asked nodding to the note Ironwood had just picked up.
"A note?" He grumbled I cocked an eyebrow.
"What's it say?" Ruby asked innocently.
"Our little horror story has just begun?" He muttered I paled my eyes widening in horror.
"Silver are you okay?" Ruby asked I nodded stumbling past before collapsing onto the blood stained ground my vision quickly darkening.
(Neo's POV)
I stood at the back watching the now drunken crowd I was waiting for Silver to come back I knew what she was doing cause she always ran her plan with the whole team to make sure we all understand where each of us were at any point in time. She had told me she wouldn't be long, a short fight with Cinder nothing too large or dangerous for her... I hope.
"Neo, come on we should head back to the room for the night." Ice sighed I nodded and followed with a little distance from him and Naniele I watched Ice's tail swung back and forth like a pendulum. When we returned to our room Heathen was awaiting for us outside, I had managed to put a little bowtie on him and had seen him gain the attention of general Ironwood and even act as a doorman to anyone who arrived at the dance.
He bowed his head to us and trotted into the room after us. We all quickly changed out of our outfits and into our usual sleep where. I sat at the desk in a pair of pale pink shorts and a white shirt with "I'm a Psycho" in chocolate brown written on it, I was waiting for Silver to come back when a knock came to the door.
I leapt behind it and quickly opened it expecting Silver however my broad smile faded when I saw Goodwitch her face pale her eyes filled with doubt. I tiled my head.
"Neo... is the rest of you team up?" She asked I nodded and let her in.
"I'll keep this brief: Your team leader got into a fight with an intruder, she suffered multiple stab wounds and major blood loss, we're surprised she's managed to survive for so long." I clasped a hand over my mouth tears building up and cascading down my face.
"She'll need her rest but we're not exactly sure if she'll survive the night. Be prepared for the worse." She said leaving the room we were all in shock... I was the first to snap out of it and I chased Goodwitch down with a notepad and a pen demanding to see her.
I spent that night beside Silver, she took shallow ragged breaths I held her hand in mine and just sat there the entire night beside her refusing to move the night staff in the school infirmary had wrapped a blanket around me and left me beside my leader. I fell asleep at her side with tears clinging to the corners of my eyes.