Stupid cream. Stupid Yang. Stupid police. I can't believe that I had to go and buy cleaning supplies after what happened. This time, when they sent me for cleaning supplies, they forced me to wear a beanie over my identifying hair but that was besides the point. I brought back all the groceries intact the first time. It was only when Yang made me go back a second time that a bullet found it's way into the cream.
Now I was scrubbing the floor while the rest of team Perky, Cold, Distant, and Overbearing were off doing god knows what. I understood the whole 'Might as well let Neo clean because she is dependent on us', Cinder did the same thing for the longest time, it was smart, but acting as if it was my fault was a little too much.
I can understand why they would have a little grudge against me, I was their enemy. However, Yang seemed to have it out for me which was totally unfair. What did I ever do to her? Besides trying ... to ... kill her and ... kidnapping and ... throwing her sister off ... the roof. Okay maybe she has the right to be a little mad.
"Hello professor Ozpin." Ruby greeted for the whole team. After the story about Neo had hit the news all of team RWBY had been summoned to the headmasters office.
"Miss Xiao Long. I put Neo in your care an hour ago and I have already received a report that she has caused trouble in Northern Vale. This doesn't lend much credit to your plan of keeping her dependent on your team." Ozpin stated.
"Sorry professor. I'll be sure to keep a tighter hold on Neo." Yang stated.
"Yang!" Ruby protested, giving her sister a look. "It wasn't Neo's fault or ours, sir. We sent Neo to get groceries and she stole them out of habit or convenience, I really don't know why. We made her go back and pay for them and that is when the police noticed her and tried to arrest her. If it's anyones fault it was the police.".
"You sent her to retrieve groceries?" Ozpin asked.
"Yes. Can I ask a question sir? Why did the police try to arrest her?" Weiss asked.
"She is a well known criminal but the deal we have offered her is not as well known. I will contact the chief of police and inform him of how we are dealing with her. Before I do that I would like to discuss why you thought it a good idea to send her on a grocery run." Ozpin asked.
"I thought she was being evaluated on if she will be a danger to society if we let her go?" Yang asked.
"That is her role in this situation, yes. However, you four are being evaluated on your abilities that will make you an effective huntress. If you succeed in graduating from this school you could be sent to defend a village full of people who are depending on you to save them from the Grimm. I expect you to know how to properly utilize the help of these villagers. Now, if I put a person who can teleport themselves and others in your care, I expect you all to be able to utilize them to their full potential and not abuse their dependance on you for convenience. Where is Neo now?" Ozpin preached.
"She is ... uh ... cleaning our room." Yang stated. Ozpin's facial features hardened a little.
"So far you have not impressed me with how you can utilize the strengths of those around you. Make no mistake that Neo is not the only one being evaluated here. You are all dismissed" Ozpin stated.
I thought I could rely on my senses. I had long finished cleaning the room and the vigorous scrubbing and harsh chemicals had made me dizzy. I thought I would just lay down for a few seconds.
I didn't feel like climbing onto the two, precariously hanging, top bunks so I settled in on the bottom left bed. These beds were softer than I was used to, their sheets, silkier. I told myself I would hear them if they came back.
"Awwww" a soft, kind voice sounded in the depths of my dreams.
"What is she doing in my bed?!" a shrill, evil, nasty voice shocked me awake.
My head rocketed up from the pillow and I tried my best to fake that I wasn't just napping. Unfortunately, my hair was all disheveled from my nap so my attempt to save face was misguided. When my eyes adjusted, I saw Ruby and the icy heiress, looking like she was about to explode.
"Calm down Weiss. Ruby's had tons of naps in your bed and you haven't even noticed. This isn't much different." Blake stated from behind them with a coy smirk.
"What!? Ruby!? Explain yourself!" Weiss demanded.
Ruby replied looking down with a small voice "Well I uh ... my bed is kinda hard to get into and uh ... when I'm really tired it's just easier to ... uh".
The heiress sighed and then said "I really can't yell at either of you properly on an empty stomach so this will have to wait. Get up Neo! We are going to lunch.". Ruby and I quickly stood at attention and closely followed Weiss, hoping not to enrage the beast further.
Yang was surprisingly quiet and wasn't barking orders to me for the whole walk to the buffet restaurant. I looked around for a server but there were none. I closely followed my team of captors as they seemed to know what to do in this situation.
Really? No one was watching the food or stopping people for payment as they left. This restaurant had very little security but it was most likely team 'go get us groceries' wasn't going to dine and dash.
"I got it!" Yang unexpectedly blurted out, earning her quizzical looks from her team and myself. "We'll get her to take us to all the White Fang hideouts she knows of after classes. That is responsible and using the strengths or whatever Ozpin said." Yang stated.
"That's ... actually a pretty good idea Yang." Blake said. What was happening now?
"Are you okay with showing us all the White Fang hideouts you know of?" Ruby asked me. Are they serious? They are going to be killed. There are almost 90 guards at all times at the port side dust stash and the guards at the abandoned train yard use about half the mechs they are guarding to help them patrol.
I was about to shake my head when a new idea popped into my head. If I get them in and then swoop in and teleport them to safety when they are about to be overwhelmed, I'll be the hero. Maybe then, Yang will give me an allowance of those pills as a reward, like Cinder did after the train.
I shrugged my shoulders as nonchalantly as I could.