Chapter 10: Matters of the Little Red Heart
Red Dwarf/Still Tuesday/5:21 pm
A transparent shimmer is sneaking it's way around the ship and- Hold on, let me see if I can...dammit! The probe can't identify what it is and I used all the known types of visual sensors! Anyway, back to the story. The shimmering figure sneaks around the corridor and avoiding a few skutters that were passing by by hugging against the wall. Once cleared, the somewhat invisible figure continues to tip-toe his way down the hall until he comes across one of the Drive Rooms. The mysterious figure approached the seal door and...it looks like he's trying to access the area by bypassing the console. (Well it is hard to describe what the guy is doing with him being slightly invisible!) The figure managed to get the door open and enters. The room was filled with all sorts of mechanisms and devices that keep the ship running with a lack of terminals. The mysterious figure then comes across a sign that says 'Holly Hop Drive/Quantum Rod Engine. Handle with Care. -Kryten' The figure said to himself "There you are." and started working on taking it apart very delicately. Wait, where's Holly?
Red Dwarf/Hallway/5:22 pm
Linkara and Stewie were on the Red Dwarf and met Kryten. "Ah, Kryten," said Linkara in a greeting tone "can we have a word with you for a minute?" Kryten shrugs and said "Sure, how may I help you?" Stewie started to say "We need to use the Holly Hop Drive?" Kryten is confused and said curiously "What for?" Linkara explains "We need to hook it up with some sort of communication device along with the Quantum Rod in order to communicate with my ship, Comicron-1." Kryten looked surprised and said "You have your own ship?" Stewie, not impressed, said "Yeah he does and I find it hard to believe how he got it. Just like it was hard for me to believe that Brian sold 5 million copies of his novels."
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"Where the hell is the clip?" I am not doing it. This is a written story, not a television show or something like that. That is the Watcher's job. Linkara said "Well anyway, we need to borrow the Holly Hop Drive and the Quantum Rod and hook it up with some communications equipment in order to establish communications with it. This ship got here by accidentally fusing those together and having Holly online caused it. So we were thinking that combining these with a communications array, we should contact Comicron-1 and have Holly do most of the hard work. Comicron-1 has the ability to travel from one dimension to another thanks to some of the technology aboard it. We will be able to get everyone back to their home dimension by following the strange particle trail that everyone made while being transported here. So, where's Holly 'cause we need his help?" "Oh, he's getting ready for an interview at VNN." Kryten explained "The interview is going to start soon."
"Oh," said Linkara "guess we have to wait." Stewie said with some annoyance "Oh god, I hope he doesn't do that thing where he-" "We get it."
Beacon Academy/Cafeteria/5:31 pm
Team RWBY and some of the other students of Beacon Academy are having dinner. Across from Team RWBY is Team JNPR and-
Blake: "Can you two please explain why you're wearing orange handcuffs?"
Ye-ah, Pyrrha handcuffed Jaune to herself. Pyrrha explained with the look of disapproval "It is because I have noticed Jaune taking an interest in some of the girls." "Oh come on!" Jaune yelled at Pyrrha, "I was just asking them some questions about the world's they live in!" Then looks at Blake "And for the reason why the handcuffs are orange is because I'm yellow and Pyrrha is red. So basically combining the two makes orange." Weiss was busy doing her nails to take part in the conversation and Yang chuckled at the whole ordeal. Nora and Ren said nothing as they continue eating. Ruby, however, was looking rather sad and is just staring at her food. Blake took noticed and said "Ruby, are you okay?" Ruby wasn't paying attention until Yang shook her and said "Ruby!" Ruby immediately snaps out of it, turned her head and said "Huh?" All members of Team JNPR and Team RWBY (especially Weiss) were looking concern for Ruby's well-being. Yang asked "Are you okay, sis?" Ruby took a deep sigh and said "I'm...I'm not sure." then starts to look sad again.
Nora said "Maybe you need some pancakes. Ooo-ooo, maybe you need toseesomethingawesomelikeanewweaponor-" Ren covered Nora's mouth and said "Maybe you should tell us what's wrong." Ruby then said "Alright. It's just...it's just that I know I should keep an eye on Dutch and pretend to go out with him. But lately, I'm actually starting to fall for him." This is quite the shock to all seven of the huntsmen and huntresses in training to hear her say something like that. Ruby continues as she starts to smile, "Dutch is my ideal boyfriend. He's like me except he's a guy and he's really fun to spend time with, fights for justice, and..." She starts to look sad again. "And I think I might be really in love with him. Like real love. Really, really, really, REALLY, real love." Pyrrha then said "Oh dear." then looked at Yang and said "Would you like to handle this or should I?" Yang said after remembering what Pyrrha almost did last night "I think I should. Or better yet, the rest of our team should handle this." Pyrrha nodded her head and said to her teammates "Come on guys. Let's leave them alone." Team JNPR got up and left Team RWBY alone with Nora saying "Say, have you guys noticed that Chuchu and Moka sound the same?" [They are both voiced by Alexis Tipton in the english dubbed version of Show By Rock! and Rosario + Vampire for those that didn't watch any of the series.]
Weiss said "This is gonna be a problem." Yang wrapped her arm around her sister and said "When did it started?" Ruby explained "At first it happened at the library where he kissed my hand and I thought he was just flirting with me. That was before we were called to Ozpin's office and that's when we learned that he was a middle man between Merlot and some one who was supplying them. Since he really likes me, I thought I could use that to my advantage. But the more we hang out, the more I started to feel something. Something new that makes me feel so warm and full of life. Every time I see him, my heart feels like it would pop out of my chest and my head feels funny. And my chest hurts." Ruby looks like she was about ready to cry until Yang gave her a hug and pats her head. Blake asked "Is this the first time she has ever fallen in love?" Ruby said to Blake "Yes." before Yang can answer. Yang said to her emotionally confused sister "Everything will be okay Ruby." while petting Ruby's head. "Maybe when this whole thing is over, there could be a chance that you and Dutch will be together." Yang is actually unsure about the outcome of what would happen but does her best to comfort Ruby for the time being. Albele showed up and said "Hey, girls." in a flat tone of voice. Yang let's go of Ruby and said "Oh, Albele. What's up?"
Albele sat down next to Weiss and said "Nothing much. Just a bit sad that Dutch actually asked someone else to go to the dance." then changed her expression and said "But hey, at least I'll try to score with his brothers." The four looked confused and Weiss asked with her head tilted "Brothers?" Albele took a sip from her milk and said "Yeah, he has nine brothers and ten sisters." Her eyes widened when she realized what she said and turn to the four "Oh shit! I didn't mean to say that out loud. Please don't tell anyone I said that." Yang is completely confused and asked "Wait, why? Why should we keep it a secret?" Albele sighed and said "Just don't tell Dutch I spilled the beans okay." then walked away. After that awkward moment, Weiss then asked "Just what was the whole point of that? And 19 siblings, that's a lot." Yang got curious and said "I don't know, but I have to agree. That's a lot of siblings." Yang, Blake, and Weiss looked at Ruby and Blake asked "Did he tell you anything about himself?" Ruby said "No, I-I never asked him." Now the girls are starting to wonder with one question in their heads 'Just what the hell is going on?'
Then Yang gets a call from her scroll. She pulled it out and it turns out it was her father, Taiyang Xiao Long. Yang answered and said in a happy and pleasant tone "Hey dad, what's up?...Yeah...Uh-huh...Oh, sure hang on." She looked at her teammates and said "Hey, guys. My dad wants us to come over for a visit tomorrow. Anyone interested?" Ruby jumps up with arms up in the air and said "Yay! Home visit!" Blake smiled and said "Sure, I'm up for it." Weiss shrugs and said "Eh, why not." Yang then place her scroll towards her ear and said "We'll be there dad. See ya' tomorrow." Yang hangs up the phone and said "What were we talking about?" They all looked confused and seem to have completely forgotten about what they were talking about. Weiss then said "I'm sure it was nothing important." Really? Really?! REALLY?! Hang on let me see what happened. Okay adjusting the field...checking sound...hold on. There is some sort of sound that was emitting from Yang's scroll and...it seems to be affected by- Hang on. Is that Ringo outside the window holding a sonic screwdri- Oh I get it. She used it to fix Albele's mistake by wiping their minds by using some sort of sonic frequency that humans or faunus can't hear. Hey, the Multiversal Scientist can explain better than me.
Red Dwarf/Science Room/6:12 pm
Linkara, Stewie, Kryten, Rimmer, Lister, and Cat were waiting in the Science Room for Holly so he can disconnect himself from the Holly Hop Drive that is fused with his systems. Linkara and Stewie told Rimmer, Lister, and Cat about what they are trying to do and agreed to help out. While waiting, Lister is still busy eating his chicken vindaloo with Rimmer and Stewie playing chess (with Rimmer losing). Kryten and Linkara were going over the simulations on how to create the interdimensional communicator. Cat is busy grooming himself and admiring himself in a mirror. They all stopped what they were doing when Holly appeared on the screen (wearing a toupee) and said "Oi, what's everyone doing?" Rimmer said "Oh finally, I was losing to a one-year-old goint." Stewie was annoyed and said "Oh shut up. There's nothing wrong losing to a baby now isn't there?" Lister noticed the toupee and said "Holl, why do you wear that?"
Holly: "Wear what?"
Lister: "That thing on your head."
Holly: "Just what are you talking about?"
Lister: "That false carpet on your head."
Holly: "I don't know what you mean."
Linkara got upset and said "Alright already! Can you please help us?" Holly then said "Okay, no need to lose your trousers. Just tell me what is going on I'll do what I can." Linkara and Stewie explained that they are planning to use the Holly Hop Drive and the Quantum Rod for some communication device that allows them to contact Comicron-1. After the explanation, Holly said "Hold on." Holly's head fades to black on the screen then came back 3 seconds later and looks surprised and shouted "They're gone!" Rimmer and Lister said "What the smeg?" "Someone took it apart and skittled off with them! I can't find any footage of the bastard who did it!" This was a shock to everyone and they all went down to one of the drive rooms to discover that the two devices have been removed. Linkara hands Stewie the tricorder, he grabs out his sonic screwdriver, and Kryten brings out the psi-scanner. Lister checks the scorch marks where the two devices were at and said "This is definitely been cut with pure precision by some laser of some kind."
Rimmer said in a sarcastic yet annoyed tone "Thank you, Captain Obvious." Stewie said while looking at the tricorder "There seems to be some particle distortion in the air, but..."
Cat: "But what football head?"
Stewie turned off the tricorder and said "There seems to be particles similar to everyone had since they got here. Yet they are completely different." Linkara turned his sonic screwdriver off and said "Yeah, I'm getting that too. Except the particles are more decayed and have a completely different structure. Not only that, they seem to be more magical in nature." Holly then said "Well I don't know what is going on nor do I want to know. But I wanna know is who took both the drive and rod." Kryten then said "Hang on, I found something on the psi-scan. According to this, there is some sort of advance camouflage capable of generating some sort of distortion in the air that cannot be detected by any sort of scan." Linkara looked confused and said "Then how would the psi-scan know that if the invisible whatever causes distortion?" How indeed.