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Fourth Case:

Night Out

"Yup, Yang's my sister," Ruby said. She leaned forward, obviously trying to look intimidating. Somehow, Weiss just thought it looked completely adorable. "So unless you want me to call her… while she's relaxing… and drag her down here..."

"Are you okay, boss?" a woman asked.

"Yeah, need us to deal with these two?" another said.

Weiss examined the newcomers. They were identical twins, although they dressed and kept their hair completely differently. One had her hair cut short with a black feather in it, and was wearing a very short and revealing black and red dress along with matching thigh-high high-heeled boots. Her sister had her hair very long with a white flower in it, and was wearing an equally small and revealing white and blue dress, with thigh-high white stockings and white stiletto heels.

As she looked at them, Weiss felt something strange come over her. It was a vaguely warm sensation pooling in the pit of her stomach, which made her turn her gaze away from the newcomers and look at Ruby. Her partner was looking at the two women with a bland sort of curiosity, before she looked over at Weiss with a small smile when she saw her looking. Weiss forced her eyes away from her partner to look back at the twins.

Something about the way she felt was very strange, and with a frown she concentrated on her aura. Sure enough, something was manipulating it, seeking to compromise her self of self. With an almost contemptuous shove she easily forced the foreign mana away from her aura, freeing herself from the faint sensation. She wasn't actually sure what it was supposed to accomplish, since it mostly made her think about her partner in that way, and even then it wasn't a very powerful effect.

"Ugh, can you believe this Militia?" the white dressed girl scoffed. "Our auras didn't work on either of them."

"I know, Melanie," the other agreed. "Just our luck they're in love with each other or something, probably."

Weiss blushed, and a glance told her that Ruby was as well. "W-what!?" her partner stuttered.

"We're part succubi," Militia said, putting her hand on a hip which she thrust out. "Our mom could seduce men and women with just a glance, and we've got a little of her magic."

Her sister replicated the move, although with the opposite hip. "Usually we can pick up anyone we want, and people fall all over us. It doesn't work on people who are in love, though. Ugh, so gross."

Weiss kept blushing, unable to meet anyone's eyes as she cleared her throat. "Um, anyway, we came for information."

"Right!" Ruby, as red as her name, said as she perked up, although she kept shooting Weiss tiny glances. "Come on, Yang said you could tell us stuff!"

"Yang?" Militia asked.

"As in, Yang Xiao Long?" Melanie repeated.

"Er… yeah, she's my sister," Ruby said.

The two part succubi sighed, dreamy expressions crossing their faces. "Ohh… now I really wish our magic worked on you, little red. If you're anything like your sister..."

The two sighed again in unison before the other picked up the thought. "It was worth the club being destroyed to meet her. She can 'interrogate us' any time she wants."

"Um… which one of you?" Ruby asked slowly.

The two shared a look and leaned against each other, the pose far too sexual for sisters for Weiss' peace of mind. "We never make our dates choose… and in her case she was more than enough for both of us, right Melanie?"

"Oh, yes, Militia. We were sore for days after… she's so strong… and rough…"

"And the things she can do with her tongue… mmmm…."

"Ugh..." Ruby choked, looking green. "That's my sister…"

"So?" the two hummed, lost in their own world still.

Ruby looked even greener. "Dang it, Yang… I did not need to know that… it's bad enough she forgets I'm home with Blake sometimes..."

"Who's Blake?" Melanie demanded.

"Yeah, is that why she hasn't come around when we've been here lately?" Militia asked.

"Um… I guess," Ruby said. "She's her partner, and, um, they're kinda… together… now. Yang doesn't usually talk about stuff like that with me… which I'm really, really happy about… please don't tell me any more..."

"Ugh," Melanie grunted, stomping one heeled foot. "So that's why! How rude."

"Like, I know," her sister complained. "How are we supposed to go cold turkey without our Yang?"

Ruby shuddered before speaking loudly. "Speaking of cold turkey! We're looking for a drug dealer!"

Junior, who had been very amused during the entire exchange, spoke up for the first time in a while. "You're looking for a dealer? I thought you were Supernatural Affairs, not Narcotics?"

"We are," Weiss said. "It's a magical drug called Red Sap. If people with magical abilities, like your bodyguards here, used it they'd find it very addicting. Whoever is the supplier would be able to suborn then in no time at all."

Junior sighed. "Fine, fine. I was offered some of this Red Sap stuff, but something about that Emerald woman rubbed me the wrong way… besides, I might look the other way if someone is dealing a little E or coke in here, but I'm not going to sell drugs myself, especially something I've never heard of."

"Emerald!" Ruby said, finally losing her sickly appearance. "That's the name we've heard, too!"

"Right," Junior said. He eyed them a for a moment before sighing. "Alright, I'll tell you what I've heard, just make sure you don't tell the world you heard it from me."

"Of course," Ruby agreed seriously, undermining it with her loud slurp from her virgin daiquiri.

Junior stared at her with a long suffering expression before sighing again and speaking. "A while back some new player arrived in town. He kept a low profile, but he had his agent, some girl named Emerald, check in with all the other players offering some new drug he had called Red Sap. Most of us turned him down, but we've heard he sent her to peddle the stuff directly to the street dealers instead."

"What was his name?" Weiss asked.

Junior shrugged. "No one knows for sure. Apparently he decided to be a comic book villain and call himself 'The Prince'."

Weiss scoffed. "What, does he think he's following Machiavelli's style?"

Junior shrugged again. "All he's accomplished so far is to send out Emerald to peddle his Red Sap all over the city. Like I said, the big players don't want anything to do with him, and most of the rest of us have too much sense to sell drugs directly. He's mostly just suborned a bunch of street level dealers so far."

"Do you know where to find him?" Ruby asked.

Junior shook his head. "No, I've tried to steer clear of him, and working through an agent like he does makes it difficult, anyway. That's all I know."

Weiss sighed. "Well, I didn't expect this to be easy."

"It might not be too bad," Ruby said encouragingly. "Organized Crime Control usually knows what's what. I bet they know where this Prince guy is setup."

"None of my business," Junior said with a shrug. "Now, if you'd like to use the VIP room it's still available Ms. Schnee, or you can stay here in the main club area. Either way, I've got my own business to attend to."

"Thanks!" Ruby chirped, while Weiss just nodded to him.

"So, any interest in joining us?" Melanie asked. "You two are cute, and we're always down for a foursome."

"Especially if you're anything like your big sis," Militia said, biting her lip with a dreamy expression on her face. "She's so primal and raw, like a stevedore."

"Mmm..." Melanie moaned.

"No!" Ruby yelped. "I really don't want to hear this!"

Melanie chuckled. "Ah, look at them turn red. I just want to take them right here just to see how red they get. Come on, come with us to the VIP room. I guarantee we'll be the best you've ever had."

"We'll rock both your worlds until you pass out, then wake you up for round seven," Militia agreed.

Ruby hopped to her feet. "Come on Weiss, let's get out of here!"

"Oh, going back to a more private love nest?" Melanie asked. "Have fun you two… and when you see your sister, tell her to swing by with Blake!"

"We'll show them what they've been missing!" Militia agreed.

"Eep!" Ruby objected. "Don't want to hear this!"

With that she finally had enough, all but running out of the club to the mocking laughter of the twins, who then turned to Weiss, eying her up and down like a side of beef. "You though, I can taste the virgin from you..."

"Why wait for little miss red, when you can have both of us?" Militia finished for her sister.

"We promise, it'll be better than you've ever imagined..." Melanie finished, running a seductive hand down her sister's side to her hip.

Weiss sneered, flustered but angry at them driving Ruby off, and more than aware of why she'd never been with anyone. "Try it and you won't just get a little death from me."

"How rude."

"I know, Militia. Let's find someone who wouldn't be a disappointment in bed."

Weiss picked her way through the crowd, eager to reach her partner, but even distressed and confused about everything that had just happened she frantically tried to avoid touching anyone. The press of the crowd made that impossible, however, and the flashing lights and pounding music seemed to make everything so much worse. Alone in the sea of gyrating humanity, it was all Weiss could do to keep her focus on the door as her vision grayed slightly in response to her pounding heart.

With a desperate gasp for fresh air Weiss pushed her way out of the building, hands shaking and eyes wild. She almost jumped out of her skin when a nearby voice spoke. "Weiss? You okay?"

"R-Ruby?" she gasped, flinching away from the instinctively offered hand from her partner.

"I'm here… are you okay? What happened? Did they do something to you?!"

"No- I- I… just… the crowds..."

"Oh, Weiss, I'm so, so sorry… I shouldn't have abandoned you!" Ruby said, covering her mouth with her hands. "I'm sorry! Is there anything I can do? Come on, come over here and sit down on the curb."

Weiss shakily followed her partner, almost collapsing onto the concrete she was directed to. She wrapped her arms around her legs and pressed her head to her knees, breathing heavily for a moment as she tried to get her heart rate back under control. For long minutes she heard little besides the rapid pounding of her own heart in her head, until finally she heard her partner's soothing voice.

"Hey, it's alright, it's going to be alright," Ruby murmured, sitting beside her. Weiss looked up, surprised to see so much concern and care in her big silver eyes. "Hey, there you are! Feeling better?"

"Y-yeah," Weiss said, taking a deep breath. "Sorry."

"Hey, you've got nothing to be sorry for, I'm sorry!" Ruby said. "I shouldn't have left you in there."

"No, it was my fault," Weiss said. "I didn't even tell you how much crowds bother me, although it's never been this bad..."

"You didn't have to tell me," Ruby said. "I guessed you'd react bad, and I still left you in there. I was just so flustered, and, well..."

"How about we just move on," Weiss said with a smile.

Ruby grinned. "Sure. Ugh, I really don't want to go home and look at my sister yet..."

Weiss smiled slightly. "Want to do something else then?"

"Like what?" Ruby asked.

Weiss looked around. "Aren't we close to Vytal Park?"

"Yeah, it's about two blocks that way," Ruby said, gesturing down the street.

Weiss smiled. "Then how about we take a stroll in the park. It's been a very long time since I've been there."

Ruby perked up. "Really? That sounds great!"

Weiss stood, and she and her partner walked along the sidewalk, not saying much until they reached the entrance of the park. It wasn't the largest park in the city, but it was famous for the late spring festival that took place there every year.

While it lacked the vibrancy of spring, the riotous color of the leaves in fall gave the park a beauty of its own. Weiss found herself smiling happily while she walked, enraptured by the sights, sounds, and even smells of the park at night. She looked over at her partner, who had an equally bright smile on her face.

Ruby was so beautiful in the soft evening light that it almost hurt to look at her. Weiss knew that her partner felt the same as she did, which was part of what made it so painful to be close to her, knowing that they couldn't really be together. Just thinking about it made tears well up in Weiss' eyes for a moment, and she quickly looked away, blinking to try to hide them.

Not fast enough apparently. "What's wrong?"

"N-nothing," Weiss said. "I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" Ruby asked. "You can tell me anything."

Weiss gave her a gentle smile. It had been so long since she'd really believed that, but with Ruby, she actually did. It had been since…

"The last time I went to the Vytal Festival, it was with my mother," Weiss said, looking back up at the sky, wishing that the city lights let her see the stars. "She died… when I was young."

"I'm sorry," Ruby said. "Do you… want to talk about it?"

"Not really, but… maybe I should," Weiss said. "Sometimes I feel it eating away at me, even after all this time…

"We were riding in the car… actually, we were coming back from the Vytal Festival," Weiss said slowly. "There was a bang… and the car flipped over. We were seat belted in, and I remember… hanging upside down. I was in a lot of pain, and my mother… she wasn't moving.

"Someone came to the window, and I asked for help. They just looked at me, and that's when I saw that they were a faunus. They… they pulled out a gun, and shot my mother… then me."

"I'm so, so sorry, Weiss," Ruby said softly when she didn't speak for a bit. "Is that why you… had difficulties with faunus?"

Weiss smiled at her thinly. "I wouldn't necessarily say 'had'. I try not to, but… it's hard to trust a faunus. I know it isn't fair, but… Anyway, I woke up, kind of… in the hospital…"

"Kind of?"

"I remember my mother hovering over me, and a strange woman, and… and she was Death," Weiss said quietly. "My mother begged for me to live, but Death said that I was already in her realm. Eventually… mother persuaded Death to let her guide me back. I didn't understand anything that was happening at the time, but… I spent a very long time researching everything when I grew older.

"My mother used her soul to guide me back from being in the afterlife. That time spent there… it's the connection that makes me a necromancer. I wasn't just injured… I was dead in every way that matters. My heart was kept beating by machines, but I was no longer home. And then my mother accepted oblivion to make me live again."

They were silent for a while. "My mother's gone, too."

Weiss looked over at her. "I'm sorry."

Ruby gave her a sad smile. "I was really young… sometimes it's hard to remember her. My mom… she was the best. She baked cookies, and always took care of me and Yang… and she had some kind of important job. Dad always said she was saving the world, but I don't know what she really did. Then one day, she was just… gone.

"Dad said… she was in the afterlife. That she wished she could stay with us forever, but that she had to leave. I still don't know what happened to her… I don't know much about her at all. Dad was just so broken up about her that I couldn't ever ask him. For a long time it was practically just me and Yang, with Uncle Qrow checking in on us when dad couldn't even get off the couch."

They were silent again, until Ruby chuckled. "Wow, we really suck at this, don'tt we? We came to the park to enjoy ourselves and this is what happens."

Weiss smiled. "Maybe, but… I actually feel a bit better, talking about it. I haven't spoken of my mother since… I can't even remember when."

They reached the entrance to the park again, and Ruby sighed. "Well, I guess I have to face Yang sometime..."

"You could… you could come to my place for a little bit," Weiss said, cursing herself internally for the offer. As wonderful as it sounded, having Ruby so close was almost torture.

"Really?" Ruby asked, perking up happily. "I've never been inside before!"

Weiss smiled, unable to say no. "Sure. Come on, I'll give you the tour."

When they arrived Ruby looked around in awe at the fancy building, loudly saying 'hi' to the doorman and looking at every fancy thing in the lobby like a puppy sniffing around a new place. She oohed and ahed as Weiss pushed the elevator button for the penthouse, and almost vibrated with excitement while Weiss unlocked the door.

"It isn't much, but… welcome to my apartment," Weiss said, turning on the lights.

"Isn't much… Weiss, this place looks amazing!" Ruby shouted, eagerly looking around. "Wow, that's a big TV. I thought you said you didn't have one?"

"Yes, well..." Weiss trailed off, blushing and looking away. "You said I should get one if you were going to come over, right? I also bought a few movies you said you liked."

"Weiss, you're the best!" Ruby shouted, looking at the very full DVD shelf. "You really didn't have to do all this!"

Weiss shrugged. "It wasn't very much, and I actually just had my personal shopper pick most of it up. Honestly, I've never even turned it on."

"Alright, give me the grand tour, and then we're totally watching this one!" Ruby said, holding up a DVD with cartoon princesses on the cover.

Weiss smiled. Somehow, her sterile apartment felt more like a home than any time since she'd moved in all those months ago.

Author's Notes

Sorry for posting this late, but Fanfiction is having some kind of problem, and it wasn't until just now that I found a workaround on the forums. Silly me thought following the recommendation on the error message to email support would help... anyway, here's the chapter, and hopefully they get things sorted out soon (and if my chapter is delayed on here in the future like this, I was able to post to Ao3 at my usual time this morning).