AN: Hello again Readers, DovahCourier here! Only a couple of things to say before the chapter; First, some teachers at my school are just evil: "I know you just finished the Practice SAT (Which took 4 HOURS STRAIGHT!), but here are two tests in a row just to fuck with you some more. Have a nice day!" Second, I have finally' repaired' my computer (turns out I accidentally unplugged the cooling fan when I last cleaned it), so I can work on this story while at home again! Well, that's enough of me bitching about life; let's get back to the story, shall we?

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I do not own RWBY or Fallout: New Vegas. RWBY belongs to Roosterteeth and New Vegas belongs to Obsidian Entertainment/Bethesda.

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The Tale of Dust and Sand

A RWBY/New Vegas Crossover

Chapter Nine: Killing Time

Ruby slowly drifted awake. She looked around, confused by her surroundings for a moment before remembering where she was. 'Oh yeah, the Lucky 38…' She pulled herself out of the king sized bed, and was surprised to see Weiss' equipment lying scattered on the other side of the massive mattress. 'Must not be enough rooms in the suite for everybody…' Ruby pulled her Jumpsuit and Pip-Boy on over her underclothes, buttoned her cloak at her neck, and walked into the hallway.

On the way to the kitchen, Ruby counted the rooms in the suite. 'Four bedrooms in total... Blake and Yang obviously took one, Weiss is apparently bunking with me, Veronica and Cass must be in the one with Cass' hat on the doorknob, and Liz probably took the master room. That leaves Boone, who must be…'

"Good morning Ruby."

Ruby jumped, surprised by Boone's voice coming from below her. 'Wait, what?' Ruby looked down, seeing Boone had apparently set up a bedroll in the living room. "Mornin Boone."

The grizzled sniper got up off the floor, following Ruby to the kitchen. Ruby walked into the kitchen, noticing everybody but her and Boone had already woken up. Liz was leaning over the table, looking over a map of the Mojave. She had stabbed a knife through a location on the eastern half of the river, the blade going deep enough to be visible from under the table. She turned her head, noticing Ruby and Boone. "Good morning. Care to join us?"

The two nodded and joined the others, Ruby stopping between Weiss and Yang, Boone heading to a corner to pour some coffee. Liz began speaking. "Alright. As I was saying, Benny and the Platinum Chip are currently at The Fort..." She gestured towards the knife sticking through the table. "Normally, trying to get someone out of there would be suicide, but Caesar has granted me an audience." She tossed a small, bronze amulet onto the table. Ruby looked closer, noticing the trinket had a bull engraved on its face. "Now, we are certainly not ready to take on the Legion, and something tells me doing what house wants us to do will only end in the mighty Caesar being after our heads. So, as an alternative, we are going to take the time to get ready for an all-out war with Caesar and his lapdogs."

With this statement, Liz grinned wildly, almost as if she was fantasizing about an attack on the Legion. "I say we earn a few caps, prepare ourselves, and turn this 'audience' into an eight per..." ED-E beeped angrily. "…sorry, nine person assault on the Fort. For now, I say we take a couple days off; Gamble, drink, sleep… just have fun for a few days." With that, she retrieved her knife from the table and walked out of the room, Boone in tow.

Ruby turned to face Yang. "Hey sis, I got you a present!"

Yang's face turned into a massive smile. "For me?!"

"Yes. Now close your eyes and I'll bring you to it." Ruby responded, smirking. "Blake, Weiss, you should come too." Ruby, holding Yang's eyes closed from behind, led the others to the elevator and pressed the button for the garage.

Once the doors opened again, Ruby led the team to the end of the row of bikes. "Are you ready Yang?" Yang nodded, almost vibrating with excitement. "Alright… Here you go!" Ruby removed her hands from Yang's eyes.

For a second, Yang thought she was dreaming. The motorcycle in front of her… it was beautiful. The golden-yellow paint job, the black leather, the engine that made her bike back home look like a go-cart… 'Holy fuck I'm in love.'

She squealed in excitement, hugging Ruby tightly. She released her sister from the deathgrip and ran to the bike. She picked up the keys and one of the helmets sitting on the seat, and mounted the beautiful beast. She pulled the helmet on over her head, and tossed the spare one to Blake. Blake got the message, putting the helmet on and jumping onto the bike behind Yang, holding onto the blonde by the midsection. Yang turned her head to face Ruby. "Thanks sis! I owe you big time!"

"Don't worry about it! Have fun, and don't get killed!" Ruby responded, happy for her sister. Yang revved the engine, testing the bike's horsepower. As the engine roared, a large door opened at the end of the garage, revealing a ramp up to an empty stretch of road heading out of Vegas. Yang floored it, doing a quick donut in the middle of the garage before flying through the door and out into the desert.

"Well, I guess she likes the bike."

Ruby and Weiss jumped, surprised by the voice coming from behind them. They turned around, seeing that Veronica, Cass, ED-E and Liz had entered the garage behind them. The group walked (and floated) towards Liz's car. "Where are you guys going?" Ruby asked, curious.

"Boone, V, ED-E and I are going to scout out Cottonwood Cove. Cass here just wanted to see the garage." Liz responded, jumping over the door into the driver's seat. Ruby waved as the group drove away, leaving her alone with Weiss and Cass.

"You ladies wanna get outta here?" Cass asked, walking over to Ruby's Wanderer and jumping into the sidecar. Weiss shrugged and walked towards the bike, but stopped when she noticed Ruby was hesitating.

"Ruby, you ok?" Weiss asked, confused.

"I... I… I don't know how to drive." Ruby responded, blushing from embarrassment.

Weiss giggled. "Well, might as well learn now. Here, jump on and I'll teach you." She threw the younger girl a helmet. Ruby caught the helmet and pulled it on, the foam lined inside forming to her head. Ruby got onto the motorcycle, gripping the handlebars with nervous hands. Weiss climbed on behind her, wrapping her arms around Ruby's midsection. "Ok, you need to slowly pull back on the throttle."

"The what?" Ruby asked, looking at the different controls in front of her.

"The right hand…"

"FOUND IT!" Ruby gunned the engine, and the bike sped out of the garage and into the desert.

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A few hours of practicing later, and Ruby was able to handle the bike without throwing everybody off of the vehicle. They were now cruising back towards Vegas, having made a lap to Novac and back in record time. Weiss leaned in so Ruby could hear her. "Alright, wanna see how fast this thing can go?" Ruby nodded and revved the engine more, redlining the Wanderer at 175mph.

Weiss leaned in more, holding onto Ruby's midsection tighter to avoid falling off. She turned her head to see Cass, holding onto her hat with one hand and a bottle of moonshine in the other. 'Ah, now THIS is a motorcycle ri…' Weiss' train of thought was interrupted by Ruby hitting a large bump, almost sending Weiss flying.

Weiss flailed for a moment before regaining her grip on Ruby, closing her eyes to help her stomach settle. She tightened her grip, wishing to avoid any further mishaps, than realized something; 'since when have Ruby's abs been so… heavenly? So firm, yet warm and sof…' "Um… Weiss?" Ruby asked, snapping Weiss out of her daze.

"Yes Ruby?" Weiss responded.

"Those aren't my abs you're holding."

Weiss' eyes shot open. She followed her arm, realizing she was not gripping Ruby's midsection, but instead was holding onto the girl's…"OHMYGODI'MSOSORRY!" Weiss immediately lowered her hands, grabbing the young huntress by the midsection once more.

Weiss turned her head to the right, and saw that Cass was staring at the duo, laughing her ass off. "What the hell are you looking at, cowgirl?" Weiss asked in an offended tone.

"Nothin, just the cutest couple I've seen in a long time." Cass responded, smirking evilly.

Weiss blushed, embarrassed by the woman's comment. "What did she say?" Ruby asked, confused.

"Nothing Ruby, just keep driving." Weiss responded, throwing Cass a look that said "Say another word, and I kick you off of the bike." Cass just shook her head, threw Weiss a shit eating grin, and took another swig of moonshine.

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A couple of hours earlierYang and Blake walked through the door to the Atomic Wrangler in Freeside. They had made the trip from Vegas to Goodsprings and back through Sloan in about five hours, and decided to look for a bit of work while they waited for the others to get back. Yang walked up to the bar, sitting down at one of the stools. A man walked up. "Welcome to the Wrangler. How can I help you?"

"I was wondering if you would happen to have any spare jobs around here." Yang asked, smiling.

The man looked Yang up and down, and then grinned. "Well... one of the working girls did quit recently..."

Blake intervened before the man (or Yang) could get any ideas. "That's... not exactly the kind of work we're talking about. We mean any odd jobs that, well, let us keep our clothes on."

The man nodded. "Well, we do get the occasional customer looking for... special treatment. If you were willing, I could pay you in caps to track down a few unique individuals to help with this."

Yang shrugged. "A job's a job. Whom are we tracking down exactly?"

"A dominatrix ghoul cowgirl, a smooth talkin' male escort, and a F1ST0 model protectron sexbot."

Yang fell off of her stool laughing. Blake bit down on her hand, trying not to laugh, blush, or both. "Alright sir, you have a deal. Yang and I will be back later, hopefully with the... colorful personalities you have mentioned. You have any idea where to start?"

"There is a ghoul I had in mind over at the old Mormon Fort, and some old bodyguard up by the gate to the Strip has a voice that could melt butter. As for the bot, I've heard there is an old robotics facility on the edge of Freeside, just past the pump the Kings control." With that, the man tossed Blake a bottle of Wine. "Here is a bit of payment up front."

Blake nodded, storing the bottle in her Pip-Boy for later. She reached to grab Yang, but the blonde had already walked away from the bar. Blake scanned the room before seeing Yang walking towards a waitress wearing... 'I think I can see more skin than fabric' Blake thought, immediately getting irritated at her partner. She walked over, grabbed Yang by the ear, and dragged her out of the building.

Half an hour later, the pair had found the ghoul and the escort and sent them to the Wrangler. Yang and Blake now stood in front of a large dilapidated building on the edge of Freeside. Over the door was a large sign reading 'Cerulean Robotics'. Yang turned to face Blake. "Well, here goes nothing." She drew Big Boomer and entered the building, Blake close behind.

The duo made their way through the facility, only encountering a few surprisingly large rats on the way. They reached a storage room in the back, and found half a dozen robots ripped apart in their charging pods. They were about to turn around and throw the towel in, when a loud Crunch sounded from the corner of the room.

The girls looked to the corner of the room, and found there was one charging pod left hidden behind a few filing cabinets. The pod had opened up, revealing… a protectron. Yang walked towards the robot, interested by the large machine. She reached a hand out to touch the machine, but jumped backwards when it shuddered to life, taking a few steps towards the girls.

"F1ST0 is programmed to please. Please assume the position."

Yang shrugged. "Well Blake, you heard the robot." She reached down, pretending to begin removing her pants.

"YANG! Not here." Blake exclaimed, blushing.

"Calm down, Blake; I'm just kidding around. Let's get this thing back to the Wrangler. Too bad we don't get to take him for a spin…"

Blake grinned in a way Yang only saw when she was reading Ninjas of Love. "Who said we need to take anything back to the Wrangler? All I see is a room full of destroyed, useless robots." With this last comment, Blake threw Yang an evil wink. Yang was about to point out her partner's apparent idiocy, but quickly picked up on the raven-haired girl's hidden message, and couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.

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Ruby, Weiss and Cass arrived at the 38 just as the sun began to hit the western horizon. Weiss walked up next to Ruby, following her to the elevator. "Ruby, I am so sorry for earlier. I had no idea I had accidently gra…"

She was interrupted by Ruby putting a finger up to Weiss' lips, shushing her. "It's ok Weiss! It was an accident; I'm not going to hold it against you." The girls and Cass stepped into the elevator, hitting the button for the suite. "Now let's get back to the penthouse before anything else weird hap…"

Ruby stopped speaking when the elevator suddenly stopped in the lobby, the doors opening to reveal Yang and Blake attempting to guide a protectron into the elevator. "Alright Blake, we need to make sure nobody sees this thing before we get it to our room. Once in the elevator, we can…"

"Hi Yang!" Ruby exclaimed.

The blonde jumped, startled by the trio of people already in the elevator. 'Well… there goes that foolproof plan.' Yang turned to look at Ruby. "Hey Rubes! How did the drive go?"

"It went well. Why do you have a robot?" Ruby asked, tilting her head in confusion.

"Ah… well… the thing with that is…" Yang stuttered.

"It has some data about Vegas on its memory core. We're bringing it up to our room to check it out." Blake spoke up, realizing Yang was about to blow their cover.

Weiss and Cass stared at the duo, almost able to smell the bullshit in the air, but Ruby just nodded and let the girls and their robot onto the elevator. "Ok than!" Blake and Yang sighed in relief and led the robot onto the lift.

The elevator ride was silent. As soon as the door opened, Yang and Blake quickly led the robot into their room, shoving it in and slamming the door behind it. Everyone headed into the kitchen, surprised to see Liz, Veronica and Boone already at work throwing together dinner. "How did you guys get up here so fast?" Yang asked, confused.

Liz looked up, smirking at the blonde brawler. "Been here for almost an hour, we just didn't park on the first floor of the garage."

"First floor?" Yang asked, the answer only leading to more questions.

"Yeah, the ramp out of the garage goes to a lower angle if the right button is pressed, granting access to the body shop below the garage."

'Note to self, bring bike down there to modify later.' Yang thought, excited by the idea of modifying Stinger even more. "Anyway, how'd the cove go?"

"Didn't make it; we got a bit… sidetracked."

Yang was about to ask what that meant, but was immediately distracted by the smell of whatever Liz was currently frying on the stovetop. "What is that? It smells amazing!"

Liz grinned, an expression of smug self-pride forming on her face. "Alright, dinner's ready! Who wants deathclaw steaks?"

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Ruby was leaning back in her chair in the kitchen, feet up on the table. "Oh my god Liz that was amazing! How did you manage to get deathclaw meat?"

"The bastard jumped in front of me, therefore asked for me to run him over." Liz responded, smirking at the memory. Blake had gone to work on the robot, Boone had stepped onto the balcony, Weiss was cleaning up in her and Ruby's room, and ED-E was charging in Liz's room, leaving Ruby, Cass, Liz, Veronica and Ruby alone in the kitchen.

Ruby was thumbing through her Pip-Boy, screwing with the settings, when something caught her eye. A new signal had appeared on the radio tab, labeled Midnight Science Fiction Feature. Curious, Ruby activated the signal. Soft, instrumental jazz started playing, and the Pip-Boy automatically flipped to the notes tab, showing a new note sharing the same name as the signal. Ruby opened it, and was greeted with a small text document.

Attention!

You and one guest are invited to the 'Midnight Science Fiction Feature'

Time: 11PM to 3AM

Date: Tonight

Location: Mojave Drive-In Theater [add to map]

See you soon!

Ruby stared at the document for a moment, confused yet… oddly excited. 'A movie night? Sounds like fun!' She decided to wait for Weiss and see if she was in the mood for a quick drive.

As Ruby thought about the note, she walked as Yang walked up behind Cass and Veronica, whispering something only the three of them could hear. Simultaneously, Veronica's face curved into a massive, evil grin, and Cass' became an expression of worry. The redhead cowgirl chugged her drink and tossed the bottle into the sink just in time for Yang to grab her and Veronica by the collar and quickly drag them out of the kitchen.

Weiss was walking down the hall, headed back to the kitchen. She was about to turn the corner when Yang blew past her knocking her flat on her ass in the living room. "What's the rush, you dolt!?"

"Can't talk, Blake's dangerously hor… uh, I mean… can't talk, in a hurry!" Yang called out of the back of her head. Weiss pulled herself up and looked down the hall in time to see Yang pulling a very excited looking Veronica and a very worried looking Cass into Yang and Blake's room, slamming the door behind them.

Weiss shrugged it off and walked into the kitchen. Immediately, Ruby ran up to Weiss, excitement in her eyes. "Weiss, wanna go see a movie?"

"What?" Weiss asked, confused.

Ruby showed Weiss the message that had appeared on her Pip-Boy concerning the movie. "It's currently six o'clock. If we leave soon, we should be able to make it. Can we go Weiss, Please?!"

Weiss tried to be stoic and refuse, but caved it when ruby threw her a childish pout. 'Damn, I can't just say no to those eyes, now can I?' "Alright Ruby, I'll come along. Go wait for me in the garage; I'll be down there in about ten minutes."

Ruby squealed and hugged Weiss. "THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!" With that, the young huntress darted to the elevator, and headed down to the garage.

Weiss smirked, happy that Ruby could manage to be so cute despite the current situation. She headed to her room, looking around for anything she would need. She picked up her armor and threw it on; removing the heavier leather pads for comfort, then grabbed her new laser RCW, slinging it over her shoulder. Weiss walked up to the mirror in the corner, suddenly having an idea. She undid her normal ponytail, instead letting her hair reach its natural length all the way to her back. She grabbed a bottle of vodka out of the dresser, took a swig, and left the room.

Weiss walked up to Yang and Blake's room, and knocked on the door. "Ruby and I are going out for the night. See you later." Weiss turned to leave, but was distracted by a noise coming out of the room. 'Is that… a jackhammer?' Weiss put her ear to the door, and indeed could hear some form of power tool, along with something she couldn't place, something… softer. She knocked once more, turning the knob and opening the door as she did so. "What are you guys doing in here, remodeling the ro… WHAT THE FU-?!"

"Guys, I don't think I'm drunk enough for this yet…"

"Don't be a bitch; the safeword is 'Skynet'."

"Alright guys, lets do thi… Whoa. Just… whoa."

"Like what you see back there, Veronica?"

"LESS TALKING MORE FUCKING!"

"Blakie, please calm down, and don't bite that so ha- WEISS CLOSE THE DAMN DOOR!"

Weiss complied, slamming the door shut and running towards the elevator.

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Ruby heard the elevator ding and looked up to see Weiss standing in the elevator, armor on and hair let down. Ruby walked towards her teammate, excited to get going. "Hey Weiss, are you ready to go yet? I love what you did with your hai… Weiss, are you ok? You look like you just saw a deathclaw eat a friend."

'Somebody sure was eating something.' Weiss thought as she nodded, still in shock from the… show she had just walked in on. "I'm alright, just… You drive, ok? I need to think for a minute." Ruby nodded and tossed Weiss a helmet, mounting the bike. Weiss climbed into the passenger seat, pulled the helmet on over her head, and curled up into a ball, knees at her chest in the sidecar. Ruby keyed the ignition, revved the engine, and they were off.

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AN: Well, that chapter was really fun to write. Sorry if it was all filler, but the next chapter should more than make up for it, as we get to see how Ruby and Weiss react to being tossed into a plot worthy of a B-team 50's sci-fi horror movie! Anyway, time for review reactions:

Unzealots: Yeah, nothing beats riding across the wasteland on a badass pre-war chopper. Glad you like the story!

Roach99: I plan on addressing companions in the next poll, just see below the review responses.

Cole Tyger: I do plan on having team RWBY help with the attack on the Fort, it will just happen a bit later than normal ( I'm letting them get used to wasteland lifestyle for a bit first.) As for the side quests, I plan on doing them as I go with whatever team members/ game companions seem best fit for the situation. I'm glad my brand of slightly twisted humor is found pleasing, and I hope it stays that way!

Alright guys, one more thing. The poll results are in for what faction ending to eliminate, and Legion has been knocked out in a landslide Now, for the next poll, I would like to ask what companions, if any, I should add to the story out of the three remaining humanoids (Don't worry about Rex, I have a plan for him). This poll, like the last one, will be collected in two weeks.

Thank you again Readers for sticking with this story. I hope you all liked the chapter, don't be afraid to favorite, follow, or review, and just remember kiddies: Don't feed the Yao-Guai!

-DovahCourier