After finishing another exam, he walked out of the class as the first thought occurred to him. God I need a drink. Then Johnny was caught by surprise when his friend called him out.

Of all the nice people he enjoyed in his company, Velvet was the nicest of them all. "Johnny, how did you do in class?"

Vastano turned his attention as he scratched the back of his head. "I'm going to be honest, I think I didn't do well as I thought."

Immediately, Persinette arrived on the duo with a laugh. "I actually passed the test!" She yelled out. "I am so happy I think we need to have a shopping day for all of us."

Johnny chuckled. "Okay, you go do that. I have to take care of some things back in the dorm."

"No, you are coming." Aiming her finger at the man. "You always go back to your dorm and start writing down in that journal of yours."

"There is only one problem with this. I don't go shopping with anyone." He defended himself. "Besides, I enjoy writing in my journal."

Then Persinette rolled her eyes. "Come on, its only for one day."

Velvet grabbed both of their attentions. "I'm with her, I think we could go out and shop for clothes, get Coco with us, and then go to a café. What do you guys think?"

"Yeah, that definitely sounds nice."

"You guys go ahead." Answered Johnny.

"Oh come on, you always do this to us." Commented Persinette. "Why can't you just have fun with some friends for today and we won't bother you anymore? Velvet, help me out here."

Turning away from Persinette, Vastano found Velvet giving him a saddening look with her eyes while her bunny ears were lowered. He knew she was trying to convince him to join, but damn did he found that expression so adorable. "Okay, okay, you gals got me. Where are we going?"

"You know what, I don't know if I should stick around with you guys any longer." Commented as they walked out of the clothing store. However, Johnny carried all of their girl's clothes as they continued to move through the sidewalk. He was just lucky that there wasn't any ice on the ground or at least didn't slip and fall. "Does anyone want to carry some of their clothes?" The Atlas student asked.

Persinette laughed at the thought. "Please, don't be such a wuss. Besides, you're the only guy I know who hasn't taken the opportunity to hit on any of us? Right, Velvet?"

The bunny girl was simply taken aback when she looked at the television screen on the left. She was joined by Coco as they watched the scene with many other people.

"Hey, what's going on?" She asked before joining them.

Johnny followed suit as well and used his toes to lift himself off of the ground; however, he was met with a familiar sight of men wearing the US Army uniforms. The news showed General Ironwood speaking with the GIs, his Paratroopers, Rangers, and many more. Then the screen shifted away from the video footage to the news network.

"What happened?" Vastano asked as Velvet turned away from the television screen.

"Something about a military camp being attacked by the Grimm. It's common on the frontiers, but that's the first I've heard about a military camp."

Then Coco commented on subject. "I know Atlas Military does some neat things, but they're smart enough not to build a military base in the middle of nowhere unless it's important. No one is crazy enough to live out there." Soon the girls heard the man chuckle. "What's so funny about that?"

They immediately turned their attention to Johnny as he struggled to carry their bags filled with clothes. "I might know someone who is just like that, but has a tendency to steal weapons from other people."

He noted Persinette rolling her eyes. "No offense Johnny, but you must be mad."

"I'm a bit mad." Vastano replied, gesturing to the size of his insanity with his fingers. "Depends on what you call insane."

"You know." Commented Coco. "We should head out and get some coffee." She began. "You know, end the day once and for all."

Then Velvet jumped up with excitement. "I know a place to go, StarChuks."

Coco smiled at her suggestion. "Yeah, I'm up for that. What about you, Pers, Johnny?"

"I'm up for it." Persinette answered.

Vastano shrugged his shoulders. "Sure, I could use some coffee after being with all of you gals."

"What's that supposed to mean?!"

"Nothing, nothing at all."

After putting down the bags of clothes on the ground, Vastano immediately walked over to the couch and threw himself onto the confines of the comfortable seats. "That was a long day." He said while he mushed his face into the pillow. "Thank goodness it was just one day."

Then he looked back to the dorm door and saw Coco leave him and his friends off. "We should do this another time. Alright, see you all later." She immediately closed the door as Persinette and Velvet began to grab their bags.

As Velvet walked to her bedroom, Persinette took a seat on a couch besides the man. "Johnny boy, what you think about today?"

"I don't know." He answered. "The fact that I was the one running around with all of your clothes most of the time doesn't seem to be very much fun."

"Don't worry, I might think of something up." Then Vastano sat up on the couch as Persinette pulled out her scroll; however, it was ringing.

"Someone calling you?"

Persinette opened the scroll and her expression of goodness turned into disgust and anger. She closed the scroll immediately before she took inventory of the clothes she bought. "It's my mom." She replied. "Bitch is calling to get me out of Atlas."

Johnny raised an eyebrow. "You have a problem with your mom?"

"You have no idea. She is one of the reasons why I decided to continue schooling and not give a single fuck about her." She answered. "Now let's not talk about her." Then her scroll grabbed her attention once more. "Why the fuck is she calling me again? I told her to fuck off." She fiddled with her scroll and began to press the answer button on the screen. "Mom, what do you want?"

A voice replied, but Vastano lived long enough on the streets of Chicago to know what kind of person Persinette's mother was like. A voice spoke up, but she seemed to be a bit crazy on the side. "Pers, honey I need you back here in the shop." She began, trying to be all sweet-like. "Business is getting bad and I wanted someone to help me out. If you want, I could give you fifty percent of my earnings."

Agitated by this attempt to sweet talk her, Persinette simply stated to her mom. "Fuck you." Then she closed her scroll and put it away. "Sorry about that." She apologized, referring to the only other person in the room.

Then Vastano grimaced at the thought. She probably has terrible mother to begin with. "What kind of business does your mom do?"

Persinette shook her head at the thought. "Johnny, don't try to get into my business. Please don't."

He gestured his hands that he would back off. "Got it, don't piss you off." Then he rose from the couch and walked to the door. "I'm going to take a walk." He opened the door as he left Persinette to her devices as he left the dorm.

Within the hallway, he looked both ways, only to see two figures who seemed out of place. They passed through this hallway, going into deeper into the heart of the Atlas Academy.

The American paratrooper noted the figures and their white masks. He knew he saw the sort somewhere, but he couldn't put a finger on it. Yet, there was a terrible gut-wrenching feeling. The same kind he had when Captain Jackson went missing during the attack on the Twin Villages.

Reaching down into his Atlas school coat, he pulled out the only weapon he had on himself ever since he was transported into Remnant. Luckily, he didn't reveal the weapon, but merely felt its presence in his coat. "Something up and I don't like it." He whispered to himself as he walked to the last place the strangers left off.