Forgotten Plans Chapter 10

Yang and Cinder walked down the hall towards the cafeteria. Yang grinned and still held fast to her hand. Cinder glanced down at their hands and cleared her throat. "Look, I know we're friends and all but you don't have to hold my hand still."

Yang, undeterred, widened her grin. "Aw come on Cinderblock, you're not getting all 'hot and bothered' are you? Plus I got my eyes on someone else…"

Cinder, who would have gladly punched Yang (some Karma would have been nice, right?) suddenly was intrigued.

"Who is this 'someone else'?" Cinder asked. Just then, they entered the cafeteria and Yang's eyes lit up upon seeing someone.

Cinder didn't recognize many of the people in the cafeteria, but the one that she did was none other than Blake, who was sipping tea quietly in a corner-and was exactly who Yang was looking at.

Yang quickly rushed towards Blake and sat down across from her, finally releasing Cinders hand.

"Yo, Blakey! You got the Intel I asked for?" Yang leaned across and looked at Blake like an excited puppy.

"No, now could you please stop asking me to spy on Weiss." Blake droned, not looking up from her book.

Cinder smirked. Of course Yang would ask someone to spy on Weiss.

Yang slumped and laid her head on the table. "Whyyyy meeeeee…." She whined.

Cinder and Blake glanced at each other and shared a smile, and Blake put her book down. "So, Cinder, how is Ruby? We tried stopping by earlier, but Ruby was still in operations."

Cinder sat down and sighed. "I'm not sure; sometime around nine." Yang perked up.

"Well, hey, you only got about an hour left; just enough time to eat with me and then we both can go vi- Ah! I mean, uh then you can go visit Ruby."

Yang smiled at Cinder but glared at Blake, who not-so-subtly kicked Yang in her shin. Yang mouthed some sort of threat and Blake just smirked back, her composure not broken in the slightest.

Yang grunted. "Fine, fishy-sticks, what do they got on the menu?"

Cinder just observed them interacting with each other and smiled. It was refreshing, to see people talking happily- albeit abusively- with each other. It made her think of her and Rose, who both always interacted very nicely…except…for that one time…when…

Cinder grabbed her head and closed her eyes, trying her hardest not to hyperventilate.

"Whoa, Cinder, you okay?" She heard Yang ask, but Cinder shook her head.

"Just…give me…give me space…I'm fine…" And that's when Cinder passed out.

Cinder opened her eyes and realized she was in the Med-ward. Nurse Joy was fiddling with a machine to her left and to her right was…

"Ruby!" Cinder sat up, but her head suddenly felt like exploding. "Ow, ow, ow…"

"Cinder, just lie down; rest and everything will be okay."

Cinder lay back down, but she was still looking at Ruby, who was looking a lot better.

Ruby was lying down on a cot to her right, and there were bandages on her chest, but other than that, she was sleeping peacefully.

Cinder smiled…but her smile faded when she remembered that she was the one who started this whole thing.

She was the one who organized the White Fang and gave them and that stupid Torchwick guy the weapons to go along with her stupid plans…

Man, did she have plans…but, even throughout all of her plans, she wanted to know more about the girl who could best her. The girl who stood up to her. The girl who befriended her despite everything bad about her. The girl who talked to her and is the reason she was awake and un-coma-fied.

The girl who was sleeping peacefully on the cot next to her.

Cinder closed her eyes to ward off the tears, and that's when she heard that same voice that pulled her out of her coma: her Rose's soft voice.

"Cinder? Are you okay?"

Cinder laughed softly and opened her eyes, glancing at Ruby. "You get stabbed and just get out of intense operations and that's the first question you ask me? How very Ruby Rose of you."

Ruby smiled, but she looked worried. "Are you okay though? What happened? Did she get you too?"

Cinder shook her head. "No; more memories came back and I maybe passed out again…"

Ruby nodded. "Ah, that makes sense. But what happened to Umbrella-girl? Nobody is telling me anything!"

"Patience, my dear. You both have been through a lot lately and I think you should get some rest."

Cinder and Ruby looked towards the doorway, where Professor Ozpin was leaning there with that small smile on his face.

"I feel better now…can I get up now?" Cinder asked, sitting up and trying to ignore her pounding headache.

Ozpin chuckled. "No, you need to sleep. And Miss Rose, you look very well for nearly dying."

Ruby paled. "I…I almost died?" She placed a hand over her chest and gulped. "The blade was that close to my heart, huh?"

Ozpin nodded, his face appearing grave. "Yes, the 'Umbrella-girl' as you call her seems to have it in for you. Have you seen her anywhere else that would explain this sudden attack?"

Ruby shook her head. "No, I can't think of anything… Cinder, what about you?"

Cinder gulped and shook her head. "Nah, must have been someone jealous of Crescent Rose…"

Cinder made eye contact with Ozpin that said "We need to talk", and he nodded. "Miss Rose, I suggest you get some sleep; you will need your energy to get better and get back to your combat classes."

Ruby sighed. "Okay, Sir…" She snuggled in her bed and despite her protests earlier that she wasn't tired, she fell right to sleep.

Ozpin turned to Cinder and his face never appeared graver.

"Now, Miss Fall, I think you should head to my office the moment you can. It appears Neo disappeared; along with Emerald Sustrai."

"So, Neo, you broke out of Beacon's jail." Roman observed.

The teleporter only glared.

"And let's not forget me; who nearly got killed by Mr. Ozzy." Emerald stalked in behind Neo and Roman sighed.

"Oh. You made it." He stated.

Mercury laughed, slapping his knee. "Nice one, Roman! I mean, you're going to lose your balls but hey; way to go out with a bang."

Emerald glared at him. "You shut it before you lose something too."

Mercury held up his hands in surrender. "Whoa, easy. Please don't take anything of mine; I need those!"

Emerald just groaned. "Ew. Anyway; we have to decide what to do with Cinder. She remembers everything now; she could decide to go against us and kill us all. It's a more pressing matter than your precious genitals."

Roman hummed thoughtfully. "What if we take the fight to them with a distraction? We gather the White Fang, our best fighters, and attack. Then, you three can go after Cinder and I'll go after little Red."

Neo twirled her umbrella around and nodded.

Emerald grinned. "I can't wait to finally silence Cinder so we can all go back to doing whatever we want...This battle is going to be awesome!"

Mercury groaned. "Do we have to? I mean, it's like the big game this weekend and if we could hold off this attack for like three more days or something then-"

"No!" Roman and Emerald shouted. Neo just huffed and glared at Mercury. She was doing quite a bit of glaring.

"Jeesh, fine, you can't blame a guy for trying…" He mumbled.

Emerald just threw her hands up in the air. "Fine, we're just going to finally get our lives back and the person who could ruin us forever gone, but I mean no biggie."

Mercury paused. "You have a point."

Roman sighed. "If you kids are done fighting, I've got quite a bit of work to do if we want to actually win against Cinder. Mercury; move those boxes of red dust crystals and get someone to work on turning them into bombs. Emerald…-"

Meanwhile:

"And so then I charged the Ursa and killed it stone cold with one head butt! It was awesome!" Ruby laughed at Yang's hand movements and her wide grin. She loved it when Yang told her stories, because while Ruby was energetic and passionate about it, Yang was just crazy.

"Right, and that's also when Weiss saved you from three beowolves because you nearly passed out from the blunt-force trauma of head butting the Ursa." Blake stoically pointed out.

Yang pouted. "Aw come on Blakey, you promised you wouldn't share that part!"

"And that's when I had to support your weight and fight off the other two beowolves all while you were mumbling nonsense." Weiss said with her arms crossed.

Cinder cracked a smile at that. "Nice rescue, Weiss. Looks like Yang got a bit 'burned out' by head butting the Ursa."

There was a pause before Yang hugged Cinder tight and lifted her into the air. "I am having a punsitive influence on you! This is great!"

Cinder coughed "Air…need…air…" Yang quickly put her down. "My bad…sorry."

Cinder coughed some more, but she held out a thumbs up. "Remind me to say puns far away from you…"

Yang fake pouted.

Just then, the nurse came in and told them that Ruby needed to get her physical done so they should come back in a couple hours.

Now Yang was actually pouting.

"Aw come on, doc just a few more-"

"Out, Xiao-Long."

Yang sighed in defeat because really, she only wanted Ruby to get better, so leaving for a little bit was probably the better option.

She joined everyone outside the room. "Gosh this is depressing, huh Cinder?"

Cinder nodded. "I know…if I had woken up earlier…" She just hardened her gaze and swallowed. "Anyways, yeah."

Blake luckily changed the conversation just in time. "So, you and Ozpin seem to be hanging out often; what's going on with that?"

Cinder sighed. "It's…complicated."

"As well it should be- it's classified information!" Said a voice behind them.

Yang, Weiss, Blake and Cinder all whirled around, and came face (or faces) to face with Glynda Goodwitch.

Cinder gulped. "Uh, hello Mrs. Goodwitch…I was just explaining to them that it's complicated and-"

"And explaining no more and heading to Mr. Ozpin's study right away? That's right; yes you were."

Cinder frowned. "Of course…" She quickly walked past Glynda, sparing a fleeting glance at her friends before vanishing down a corridor.

Blake caught the look, and Weiss looked like she had too, while Yang was just staring at Glynda. "Mrs. Goodwitch, please don't expel me…"

Glynda sighed "Teenagers…" and left.

Blake and Weiss exchanged looks. "Just what are they up to…?" Weiss mumbled.

"What's who now?" Yang said, throwing her arms around Blake and Weiss's shoulders.

"Cinder and the teachers; they all are up to something; we should figure out what…" Blake said.

Weiss interjected. "Okay look I know we all want to find out what's going on but Mrs. Goodwitch made it clear that it was off limits. The last thing I want to do is get expelled for finding out about some secret Ozpin and the other teachers are sharing with Cinder."

Yang frowned. "Hey, why don't we just ask Cinder? I mean, she's going to spill eventually. Besides, if she really can't tell us yet then there must be a really good reason she's keeping it a secret."

"Keeping what a secret?"

In a moment of déjà-vu, Blake, Weiss and Yang whirled around and came face (or faces) with Cinder.

Cinder smirked. "I just wanted to let you guys know that Ozpin said I could tell you when he gives the signal; but until I do please don't eavesdrop on our conversations- it's vital that nobody knows what we are planning."

They all just stood there in shock, and Yang nodded. "All right; let's go then guys."

Cinder watched them go and sighed.

You can't keep your secret a secret forever…eventually they are going to find out about your past - and that eventually is coming up pretty soon.

Cinder sighed again.

I just need to go visit Ruby again; she always calms me down…

"Cinder!" A red blur ran into Cinder when she entered Ruby's room, and Cinder smiled at the familiar feeling of Ruby's arms around her.

"Hello Rose; missed me much?" A soft chuckle at that.

"Quiet you…I get to leave the Med-ward today!" Ruby wiggled free of Cinder and bounced up and down. "I cannot wait for my own bed to sleep in…gahhh and my sweetheart! I haven't cleaned her in forever!"

Cinder grinned. Dust she missed Ruby. "How about we stop by and pick up Crescent Rose on our way back to the dorm?"

Ruby nodded her head vigorously. "That sounds awesome! Joy checked me out five minutes ago and said I was all good to go; so let's get out of here!"

Ruby rushed out of the room in a flurry of rose petals and Cinder smiled. "Rose wait; we have to go back to the other dorm room; the healing one I had to move out of because some other kid got hit by a Boarbatusk and he'll be using it for a while."

A red-haired head peeked out from behind the corner. "Say what now? Where have you been staying then?"

Cinder smiled. "I have been moved to the dorm rooms a couple floors above you; the previous team had some fall-outs and had to quit attending Beacon. But honestly, I basically live in your dorm; Yang forced me to sleep in Blake's bed while she slept in that…very nice bunk of yours…and I've kinda stayed there."

Ruby pouted in that adorable pout where she pushes out her bottom lip and goes puppy-eyed. "You don't like my bunk? You didn't want to sleep in it?"

Cinder laughed. "No, I was still healing and Yang made me take a bottom bunk and Weiss was not parting with her fancy shmancy mattress from Vale."

Ruby grinned wide. "You really have been hanging out with Yang."

Cinder chuckled and took Ruby's hand in hers as she headed out the door. "Come on, silly goose; I think Crescent Rose has needed you."

Ruby giggled and walked next to Cinder. "So, where is my sweetheart?"

Cinder smirked. "Last I checked: you were holding her hand…"

Ruby paused and then smacked Cinder in the arm. "I will slap you!"

Cinder burst into laughter. "You just did!"

Ruby groaned. "You have been hanging around Yang wayyyyyyyy too much…"

A/N: Okay so no excuses here-totally all my fault for taking so long. I got a guest review that was super super duper nice and gave me motivation to get my lame-ass bum in gear haha so here you guys go. Happy Valentine's Day! :D

Peace! Jackie out!