Jeez, I'm terrible at keeping promises! I promise I was going to work on it, then I got some writer's block, then I remembered an online class I still need to finish, and- gah! My life has just been a bit hectic. And then the day I got my wisdom teeth out, I felt a little too out of it to do anything, to be completely honest. But I promise I'm working on it, and thinking of different ideas! I'm super sorry you have to deal with my delays!
Anyway, aside from that, the only thing I need to mention is another question from . She asked why the facility allows Ruby to have cookies for breakfast. I will add the reason for that a little further into the story, once Weiss is fully engaged with the rest of the group's activities.
Alrighty then! Enough of my rambling, let's get a move on!
Ruby went to her room after breakfast. She had it painted mostly black, adding in her own details from scratch. So, little red and white roses spotted the walls in various places. Her bed was up against the wall with the window, her TV on a stand across from the foot of the bed. She had a single game console, which was sitting on the shelf below her TV. After laying on the bed, Ruby switched on her Wii-U and selected Netflix. She resumed the episode of Attack on Titan she had been watching previously until Yang pulled the younger girl into another one of her shenanigans. However, the show had faded into background noise as Ruby tried to remember what Weiss looked like. All she could remember was her hair and her eyes, as well as her attitude.
"Damn..." Ruby muttered under her breath.
"Still thinking about the Schnee girl?" Blake's voice sounded from the doorway.
"Blake?!" Ruby squeaked, startled.
"In the flesh."
"Yang's rubbing off on you too much, and stop sneaking up on me!"
"You should be used to it by now."
"I..." Ruby pouted. "Shut up..."
"I'll pass," Blake smirked.
"So," Ruby moved on, "what did you need? There's always a reason behind your visits."
"I figured there's more you want to know about the Schnee girl," Blake shrugged.
"You said her name is Weiss, so why not use it?"
"Her family is discriminatory against faunus, it's hard for me to like someone like that."
"Fair point, but, um, yeah, I was still thinking about her."
"Why?"
"It's bothering me that I can't remember what she looks like."
"I could get you a picture," Blake started, "or you could wait and ask her older sister at your monthly appointment."
"I think I might wait," Ruby smiled. "I like surprises that aren't sneak-up attacks."
"Are you sure you're going to be patient enough to wait two more days until your appointment?"
"While you have a point, I think I'll be able to handle it."
"Whatever you say, Ruby."
Ruby just waved her off and turned back to her TV. Blake sighed and left the room, leaving Ruby to her thoughts. The younger girl was still unable to focus on her show, but kept in on, as she found that any silence in the building was extremely creepy. Her thoughts moved towards the other problem she was having - the new doctor she'd have for a while when Doctor Valore went on vacation. She hadn't been told what this doctor would look like; whether it was male or female and so-on. What concerned Ruby the most is that some of the doctors were just good friends of Wyclef Schnee, which meant some of them were unqualified doctors. Even worse, some never went through background checks. Ruby knew that some of the patients had to deal with former or still-registered sex offenders, murderers, criminals, and other bad people with extreme psychological issues. She wondered if Wyclef himself was even qualified to own the Schnee Hospital for Gifted Children. He certainly had some sort of power in the political world, but Ruby doubted his abilities at times. She just hoped the doctor being assigned to her while Doctor Valore was on vacation was a qualified professional.
"Yang, you've been pacing like that for almost twenty minutes," Blake stated without looking up from her book. "Is there something bothering you?"
"It's just..." Yang trailed off, stopping her pacing to face Blake. "I'm worried!"
"About what?" Blake asked as Yang went back to her pacing.
"Did Ruby tell you she's going to be getting a new doctor for a while next month?" Yang paused again to face Blake.
"No, actually, she didn't," Blake looked up to Yang.
"Well, she is, and I'm not happy about it," Yang went back to pacing yet again, Blake watching her movement.
"How long will she have the doctor for?"
"Three weeks, but we know absolutely nothing about this doctor, not even if it's going to be male or female. It could end up being one of the mental doctors they have here. I don't want that for Ruby!"
"And neither do I..." Blake trailed off to think, then looked back at Yang. "Does Doctor Valore know anything?"
"No, and that's why I'm worried."
"Then it means they're keeping it a secret for a reason, and most likely for the scenario that you're worried about."
"Damn it!"
Yang stomped her foot on the floor. The two girls were in the blonde teen's room. Blake had been reading Ninja's of Love again, sitting on Yang's bed, while the upset blonde had been pacing the room. Yang let out a frustrated sigh and sat next to Blake. The raven-haired girl rubbed her back to try and comfort her.
"I don't know what I'd do if Ruby got hurt..." Yang said with a quiet voice that surprised Blake. "But I know I'd feel like the worst sister in the world..."
"Yang, it won't be your fault if she gets hurt-"
"I know that! I do...I just..."
"Ruby feels like a younger sister to me after all the time I've spent with the two of you, so I understand how you feel, but now's not the time to panic," Blake said calmly. "There's still time to figure out who her doctor is going to be. Ruby will ask Winter about it if she wants to be smart about the situation."
Yang just nodded and gave a small smile to her friend.
"Yeah, thanks Blake," Yang said. "I needed that."
"I could tell," Blake smiled.
I just hope our worst fears aren't true, or else Yang might go berserk, and no one would be able to stop her.
After Winter had explained the plan, Weiss went quickly to grab breakfast before they closed up until lunch. She had decided on a granola bar and a banana, which she ate on her way back to discuss the plan further with her sister. Weiss disposed of her wrapper and banana peel in a trash can by the receptionists desk once she had finished. Upon returning to Winter's quarters, she noticed the door was open. That's strange, she always has her door closed. She quickly made her way into the room, where Winter was staring at her computer screen with a look of worry that Weiss had never seen before.
"Winter? Is everything okay?" Weiss asked cautiously.
"I'm afraid not," Winter replied, motioning her over.
"What happened? Another White Fang attack?" Weiss asked as she walked over.
"No, this is a problem within the hospital," Winter stated. "Take a look."
"A report of some sort?" Weiss murmured as she looked at the screen.
"Read it."
"Out loud?"
"To yourself, just to be safe."
Weiss nodded and read the contents, her expression slowly turning to worry as she did.
'Doctor Amy Valore will be taking a three-week vacation starting on the ninth of next month. All patients under her care will temporarily be under the care of Doctor Cinder Fall. Doctor Fall has had a history of both positive and negative treatment to her patients. Some claim physical abuse, some claim mental scarring, and some claim both to be true. However, after looking into the situations, it was deemed that she had misinterpreted the information given to her, saying it had not been the most detailed of explanations. All of Doctor Valore's patients have been told about the temporary switch, but nothing more, as we don't wish to scare them with this information.'
"What is father doing?! How long has he been hiring people like this?! Are we not going to question the motives of this person?!" Weiss snapped.
"Truth be told, he's been hiring these kinds of people since this place first opened. Former or still-registered criminals, sex offenders, murderers, you name it. It's despicable," Winter explained with disgust.
"I've heard that there were doctors like this, but I didn't think it was true until now," Weiss growled.
"At least you don't work alongside them; all they talk about is how they torture their patients."
"Disgusting. Why is the government not doing anything about this?"
"Because when the higher-ups come in to do a regular check-up on the hospital, everyone suddenly behaves in order to keep their jobs."
"It seems they're just as bad as the White Fang then," Weiss sighed. "What had you worried most about this anyway?"
"What has me worried is that Ruby happens to be one of Doctor Valore's patients."
And cliffhanger! I tried to make this a longer chapter since it's been so long since the last update. Also, some Bumblebee in here this time around! If either of them seemed to be OOC, please let me know, and how you'd like me to fix it, as well as any other mistake you happen to notice. And before you ask, the whole scene with Blake and Yang happened about an hour after Blake's conversation with Ruby.
We'll leave it at that then! Let me know what you think!
Oh yeah! I just thought of this! Let's have a contest: the first three people to send me information regarding their RWBY OCs will get said OCs mentioned in the story. Also, if you want to make cover art, feel free. I haven't had any good ideas for it yet!
Bye guys!
