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*phone rings*
Hello?
?: Heya, is this the office of the writer of Remnant is the new strange?
Yes?
?: This is *snicker* Shit My Pants.
Shit My Pants?
?: *Laughter*
DAMN IT, CHLOE! I'M GUNNA GET YOU FOR THAT ONE!
Chapter 7: coming a little close
November 11th 2013
Max POV- I sat alone in the living room on one of the sofas while watching the news about that train wreckage that Chloe and I witness. Chloe is telling everyone upstairs about the train wreckage. The news said that the train was a failed attempt to bring Grimm into the city and also said that a known criminal named Roman Torchwick got arrested in the scene of the crime.
I am surprise how fast it got on the news, it has been one hour sense I saw it happened.
"Good reddens."
Rachel came from behind the sofa and sits on it.
"Roman give me a hard time at the docks the other day. Stopped his big raid there…well helped stopped it."
I don't know what to say…I mean that Rachel Amber alive and well I got to say something.
"So…nice Rachel out there." I said and Rachel smirked.
"Oh really?" She replied.
"I mean weather…nice weather out there." I corrected myself.
"You know, Chloe did the same thing when I hung out with her for the second time."
"Really? What about the first time?"
"We first met at an old lumber mill to see this band called Fire Walk. Chloe was getting attacked by two skeevy guys and when I came to her rescue, she nailed one of them in the head with a beer bottle. Of course, she got a black eye from the other guy."
"That sounds like Chloe alright."
"She can be a good back talker."
"So…not to change the subject, but has Chloe…talked about me at all?" I asked and Rachel's smirk dropped.
"Well…" Rachel is now looking unconfinable. "There's been…the positive and the negative, but she did misses you, Max. I hope you know that."
"I missed her two." I said with sadness.
Rachel was quiet for a second.
"So, what about a little game?" She asked
"What game?"
"It's called two truths and a lie. It's how I knew Chloe better."
"Is it a thing that you tell two true facts about yourself and one that is a lie?"
"You got it." Rachel smirked.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to play."
"I'll go first then." Rachel sat up on the sofa. "First fact: I'm a Leo, meow. Second fact: I'm ambredexreist."
"What?"
"I'm both right handed and left handed. Third fact: I'm from New York, hoping that I would return from my exile in Arcadia Bay." I couldn't help but smiled. "So, Max, which one is it?"
Wow. You can really learn a lot from this, but which one is the lie?
"I think…Leo cat is the lie?"
"Good guess, but the lie is actually New York. I'm more like a cali-girl."
"You mean like California?"
"You can say that." Rachel slides towards me. "Now, your turn, hippie. Three facts about yourself."
I took a moment to think how to start off and I decided to start off with a lie.
"I ended up in a car crash one time."
"Did you now?" Rachel raised an eyebrow like she can see through my lie.
"Yeah, my mom had to get back surgery from that. Come to think of it, that was dark almost."
"I can tell."
"So, second thing. I want to be a photographer and exposure around the world."
"I'll say that is one hella dream you got, Max Caulfield."
"A one of a kind." Rachel let out a chuckle when I said that. "Now my third fact, I'm a lover, not a fighter."
"I can't even see you in a fist fight."
"And I hope I don't end up in one."
"Okay, which one is the lie?" Rachel crossed her legs as she took a moment to think. "I'm going to call…the car crash a lie." I was struck with surprise.
"How did you…?"
"I study human conditions. I knew because I listened to the tune of your voice."
"Or do you cheat with that rewound of yours?" I smirk with narrow eyes.
"…Maybe." Rachel showed a sorry smile. "And did Crimson tell you about that?"
"Yeah."
"Speaking of rewound, why didn't you use it when you guessed which one is my lie?"
I smirk dropped. "I wanted to play fair is all?"
"Winners make their own rules, Max."
"Did you tell Chloe that once?"
"Maybe"
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Crimson POV- "So, team RWBY recovered the tracking device without the Ark and have no lead on where is it at." I explained to my mother on the scroll about how I tried to get the Ark back. I was walking back to the safe house while I was doing that. The sun was also setting
"That's unfortunate." I heard mom through the scroll.
"You wouldn't have got another idea on how to find the Ark, do you?"
"One…We wait." I stopped when she answered. "Even without that tracker, we can still monitor where it comes to Earth or where it comes Remnant. So far, we hadn't detect any Ark movements."
"You sure that wise, mom?"
"No, but it's the only idea we got."
"I…I understand." I continued walking
"One more thing. How's 'Sara Winston' settling in?"
"She still learning about Remnant."
"Is she at the safe house with the other two travelers, after that train wreckage in the center of Vale?"
"Yes."
"Good. I want them to stay there for the rest of the day. We need them to show the world of Earth who HE really is."
"Bye, mom."
"Bye, Crimson." Mother replied before she hung up first.
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Rachel POV- I sat with Max on one of the sofas for 30 minutes so far and Max isn't so bad after all. We been watching an action movie called 'A Man with Two Souls'. They said that it was made from the book cover. I should read that one day.
"Rachel." Max got my attention. "What do you think of the Val family, if you don't mind me asking?"
"Well, a lot rich families intend to be scumbags, but the Vals, they're not like any other I've seen." I answered.
"They're rich?"
"Yeah, didn't someone tell you that?"
"I think so…but I can't remember."
"Vals can be a mystery every now and then."
"How old is Crimson? She looks like she could be 18."
"I wouldn't let that fool you if I were you, Max. She actually 21 years old." My eye widen. "I know, right?"
Speak of the devil, Crimson walked into the penthouse though the front door. She faces me and Max, like she has something to say.
"Just got off the scroll with my mother. She wanted all of you to stay in the safe house for the rest of the night." Crimson leaned on the back of the sofa
"Is there anything about where the Ark is?" I asked.
"We got no leads of it, I'm afraid. The only idea have is to wait until something happens."
"Waiting?" Max interrupted. "But if the White Fang really hates humans, they would kill like about hundreds by then."
"Relax, Max. The White Fang do hate humans, but they are not stupid enough to do that, because they want them to fear the Faunus and they do not intend to start a fight that they cannot win. I had to find out the hard way with Sienna Khan, when she nearly killed me."
"Sienna Khan?"
"She's the high leader of the White Fang." I explained to Max. "Not many people know that as a matter of fact."
"Could she be the one who wants…you know what?"
"No." Crimson answered with chuckle. "Not even Sienna could have assaulted a powerful..." Crimson stopped with eyes widen before she can say that last part.
"A powerful what?" I asked.
"I shouldn't have said that." Crimson mumbled to herself. "You didn't hear that last part." Crimson told us before she went upstairs.
"A powerful something, what is something that is so powerful?" Max asked.
"I don't know." I answered as I looked at the clock. "It's getting late anyways, Max. We figure this out tomorrow."
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Earth
Seattle, Washington.
November 10th 2013
Vanessa Caulfield POV- I was washing dashes in the kitchen of our house after my husband and I finished dinner. Honestly, I miss having our daughter, Max, around. She been attending at Blackwell in Arcadia Bay for four mouths so far.
"Strange." I heard Ryan in the living room.
"What is it?" I asked as I walked in the room with a coffee cup in my hands.
"Max, isn't answering or returning any of my calls today." I saw Ryan put his phone down on the coffee table and it started ringing right away.
"Max." Ryan answered the phone "Oh hey, Ray…no she hadn't…What?" He said the last part with desperation and got up from his chair. "No, she can't be…are you sure…god damn it, Ray! I'm coming over there!" Ryan hung up the phone and slammed it on the table.
"What?" I asked and he looked at me with fear. "Did something happen?"
"It's Max…she been kidnapped."
I dropped the cup in total shock when I heard that.
"W-What?" I stutter in shock with tears flowing out my eyes. "No. NO! PLASE NOT HER!"
"It's okay." Ryan hugged me tightly. "It's okay. We'll find her, I promise."
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November 12th 2013
Chloe POV- This is going to be awesome. Rachel, Dana, and I are getting ready to give Victoria an 'unwanted' wake-up call. I attached an air horn to an alarm clock with duct tape. Rachel…did the rest of the tinkering.
I snuck into Victoria's room as Rachel and Dana watches from right outside of the door. I placed the clock in the middle of the floor and quietly ran back outside. I squeezed between Rachel and Dana to see the wake-up call.
"Three" Dana counted.
"Two" Rachel counted.
"One" I counted.
HOOOOOONNNNKKKK.
Victoria shot up from her bed and looked to see what was happening, while the air horn was still going off. She saw the air horn attached clock and she jumped off her bed towards it. Victoria ripped the horn off the clock. Rachel, Dana, and I laughed our asses off as we saw the show and Victoria saw us.
"RACHEL, YOU BITCH!" Victoria yelled and through the horn at Rachel, but she missed as Rachel ducked under it.
We all ran downstairs trying to get away from Victoria.
"I LIKE YOU BETTER WHEN YOU WERE DEAD!" Victoria yelled from upstairs and went back into her room.
We continued to laugh our asses off.
"Well, there you have it." Rachel started "Victoria's no good, very awful, bad wake-up call."
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