After cleaning up and changing back into their normal clothing, the piled into Atticus' truck and went off to the PNA Office.

Unlike every single company on the face of the planet, the PNA Atlesia Office was located in a lesser congested area of the City of Manchester. But because of that, it was only 5 miles away from the SDC Main Headquarters. Atticus was driving this time, occasionally glaring at Rei as she did her up into a ponytail.

When "Normal Clothing" was mentioned, Atticus and Alexis were dressed in their regular clothing. Rei and Alex were not. They were both wearing "Corporate" attire.

Rei was wearing a Cobalt Blue Suit and Slacks combo, a company pin on the flap and matching Ankle boots that were similar to Alexis' own. Her hair was tied into a ponytail and she had done up her mascara. Atticus was having issues paying attention to the road as he tried to steal glances at the Blue Haired woman.

Alex was in the back and was checking something on Frameskips Scroll Projection. He was wearing a typical Black Suit with matching black slacks and a tie, dress shoes that matched the outhit he was wearing, his hair was slicked back as best as he could considering how short it was, and Company pin on the flap on the left side. The only thing he did to his face was just apply some lip balm, his lips having gone a little dry.

The blonde was really trying her best to not stare. In fact, both siblings would be content to just stare at their partners.

After successfully not crashing the truck into the nearest hedge, they arrived at the parking garage, and were greeted by the security guard. He was an old chap, going on to 65 years old. He asked Alex something in Atlesian, and simply laughed as he tried to answer as he waved them in.

"What was that about?" Alexis asked the brunette.

"Ah, it's just Fred. He's been working here for the past 30 or so years." He explained. "I've picked up a few extra phrases here and there from him."

Atticus eventually did park on the third story, near one of the elevators. There were cars scattered around this level of the parking lot, more so than the first two levels. The parking spot was an empty one near the elevator. Though clearly it was 'Reserved', as it said on the pavement.

They all got out of the car, Rei and Alex brushing themselves off and straighting out their clothing so that they look presentable.

"Have I ever told you how beautiful you look in that?" Atticus complimented the Blue Haired teen.

"Yes, and you've shown me how much it means to you as well." She said with a suggestive wink.

The blonde and brunette behind them hid their faces, knowing what they were on about. Atticus saw them through the corner of his eye, and nodded towards them. Rei smirked and nodded back.

"I'm sure Alexis here would like to show Alex how much that Suit makes her feel about him." He wiggled his eyebrows.

Before the blonde could murder him and stuff the body in the dumpster, The brunette stepped in and held her back. She couldn't let her kill him.

Could you imagine the headlines? Besides, body disposal costs have gone through the roof as of late.

"Lex, relax. Let's just get inside and let the President handle everything."

She mumbled something and crossed her arms before being led to the elevator.

As soon as they stepped in, Rei swiped her scroll and the door shut. Instead of feeling the elevator go up, Alexis and Atticus nearly lost their balance as the elevator shifted to the left, which meant the elevator was going right. Then it changed directions and started going up.

"What was that about?"

"Did you see where the Building was? You expected me to WALK all that way?" He asked, as if she suggested something ludicrous.

"Alexis, you seem to underestimate how lazy he can be sometimes." Rei not so subtley whispered.

He just shook his head. "People like you don't appreciate my genius. I don't call it being lazy, I call it being healthy inactivity."

"He understands me!" Atticus reached around the CEO. "I've been trying to explain Lexi and Rei this all this time!"

"Its because they don't appreciate the finer things in life." He mocked the blue haired teen by again, not so subltey whispering into his ear.

The blonde, while annoyed at her brother, was glad that Alex was getting along with him. And that they weren't at each other's throats.

There was a 'Ding!' and the doors opened to reveal a complete surprise to the Blonde. Being in the center of Manchester, and judging by a first glance at the Building, Alexis thought that it would be a generic office with cubicles for employees, a water cooler, stuff you would see on TV.

Nope

It had more of a laid back vibe going on. The level they were on, PN1 if the elevator is to be believed, looked as if it was more of a school or something of that nature. There are cubicles but they more off to the side. She could see panes of glass the farther she looked down the floor, and people walking out and into them. They looked like commons areas. There were a few people dressed in suit and tie, but most of them were dressed casually, though a bit more on the higher end of that scale.

"I see by the look on your face you're impressed?" The brunette asked her.

"Yeah, I was completely expecting some old, stuffy room with a bunch of cubicles and some bored employees but this…"

"With the shift away from Weapons of War, and the move into Technology, you need to liven the place up a little. Give it some life. It inspires creativity, otherwise you design and produce products that have an empty feeling, with no soul." He explained as he gestured around them. They passed by the commons area, people brainstorming ideas and laughing about.

"Like the Schnee Dust Company?" Rei asked, already knowing the answer.

"Precisely." He snapped his fingers and pointed at her.

They passed by people that were entering or leaving the commons room or their cubicles. As they walked along, the employees shook hands with Alex, Rei and Atticus as they were more Familiar faces, and a few asking about Alexis. The blonde was looking around at all the Laptops, Scrolls, computers that she had never seen before.

They arrived to a set of doors with frosted matte glass and wooden doors. Alex placed the screen of Frameskip to the blank area of the door handle and the door unlocked and opened itself, revealing one of the biggest rooms on the floor.

The CEO's Office.

There was a huge desk right at the end of the room staring right at them. But between them and the Desk was plush carpet, two large sofas against each wall. Above each set of couches was what appeared to be a 55 Inch Television, along with two coffee tables infront of each set of couches.

Past that there was a small kitchen area. There was a Refrigerator, a stove and oven combo, some drawers for utensils, a microwave, and a-

"You have an ICEE Machine in here?" The blonde gasped in shock.

"Yes, we do." Alex grinned as she saw the huge smile on her face. Like a child during Christmas.

"If you haven't been able to tell already, she has a bit of a sweet tooth." Atticus mentioned to the boy.

"The amount of doughnuts she bought yesterday gave it away." He laughed. He turned back to her, and he noticed that she was trying to restrain herself from getting some.

"Go ahead. The cups are below the Microwave."

She briskly walked to the cups and got one, along with a lid and straw, and started to pour some of the Cherry Flavored one.

"The superior flavor, great choice." Alex nodded in agreement with the beverage flavor.

"Excuse me, I'm pretty sure that belongs to Coke flavored ICEE." Rei nodded in agreement with Atticus.

"Nope, it's Cherry." Alexis came back with drink in hand, backing up her partner.

"See? This type of negativity and just blatantly incorrectness is what I dealt with before going to Beacon!" He gestured at Rei. "I had to buy a bigger machine because she wouldn't let me have one in here without getting Coke as a flavor."

"It's the superior Flavor." Atticus mocked him, imitating his voice.

"I do not sound like that!"

"We can fight about Coke being better later. Let's get this done quickly so that we can go home."

"Right. We'll be back in a bit. You can watch anything you like there, and if you want there is a computer there." He pointed to the smaller desk that had a laptop hooked up to a small box. "You can charge your scroll there as well."

"And Atti, please don't break anything this time."

"You broke something?" Alex and Alexis both asked, though the blonde instantly grabbed her head in pain. She had drank her drink too fast, causing a nerve response and rapid constriction and swelling of blood vessels.

She had a brainfreeze.

"To be fair, you said I could touch!"

"Yes, touch. As in, not moving the bloody things!"

"Wait, he broke something?"

"That isn't important! Let's just do the thing and leave." Rei grabbed his arm and marched out.

Alexis took a seat on his chair and laid back. It was very, very comfortable. And there was a faint smell of his cologne in the leather of it as well. She spun in her chair, looking around the office. Behind her was the thick window that separated them from the outside, she could see the entire city below. Off in the distance was the Aero Stadium and not too far from it was the Aero Training Campus.

On the Desk were a few pictures. There was one with a young boy smiling widely, a front tooth missing and a medal in one hand with a ball tucked in the other. He had a baby blue shirt that was very loose fitting and white shorts and socks.

Next to that, there was another picture. This time a blonde with Pigtails was had a little girl with red hair above her shoulders, and a boy with slicked back hair was next to them. They were all smiling for the camera.

The last one was framed in a special frame. It was all black, and it was clear that the glass was thicker than the other Frames. It was a Brunette Woman, who looked no older than 30, was sitting next to a brunette man who looked around the same age and in the middle was a small boy who looked like he was about 4 years old. They were all smiling and facing the camera.

Alexis leaned back into the chair as she realized that these two were Alex's parents. She could tell what came from where. His eyes were clearly his mother's, as hers where Brown like his own while his father had teal eyes. His nose was his Mother's as well, his hair was like his father, mouth and ears were his father, cheeks belonged to mom, his-

"You are really into that picture." Atticus nodded at the frame in her hands.. And he was partially right too. She was really into the picture. Partly because she now knew what his parent's look liked…

But also because she never got to even have a family photo. Nothing to remember her own parents by. She smiled sadly, her finger brushing the glass. She jerked her had back slightly as her finger pressed a button on the side and the inside turned over to reveal black. A second later, a splash screen with the company logo appeared, before arriving at a lock screen. She stared at it for a few seconds and it acted on its own, unlocking and going straight to the gallery application. The gallery then displayed some video clip previews, allowing her to choose which one she wants to watch

She looked over to Atticus, who was laying on the couch with his eyes closed. She tapped on the first video, the screen going black before it starts to play.

_Line_

"Mijo, corte por adentro!" (Cut Inside!). Was the loud voice that was holding the camera.

The camera itself was pointed at a child, around 5 or so, wearing bright green shirt and shorts, who had possession of a the ball and was near the corner flag. He maneuvered the ball through one of the other kids legs and was about to break into a sprint, but the other kid who was also guarding him tackled him in a scissors tackle. The brunette boy went down and was holding his knee as he cried out in pain.

"Albiltro! Es expulsion!" (Ref! That's a Red Card!) The male voice yelled again. The kid who tackled him just got up and brushed himself off, spitting in the direction of the down child. The ref went to the kid and pulled out a yellow card. "Puto Albitro es expulsion! (Fucking Ref! It's a Red Card!)

The camera was still pointed at the boy, and a brunette female figure jogged over to the injured boy, clearly in distress.

"Hey, watch it. That's my kid you're talking about." Another male voice was heard.

"You're kid nearly cut off my child's legs!" The male voice spoke in English this time, though there was a slight accent that gave away the fact English was not his first language.

"Maybe if you're kid wasn't so flashy mine wouldn't have done so."

"Maybe if your kid was actually talented he wouldn't need to injure others!" The male shot back.

The boy got up slowly, wiping his eyes as he rubbed his knee. He looked up and over to someone else, and twirled his index fingers.

The boy hobbled closer to the camera, and the scroll was at level with him. The person behind the camera must've been kneeling. "Estas bein? Puedes caminar?" (Are you OK, can you walk?)

"No." came the boy's reply as he shook his head. "Choque la rodia contra una piedra." (I think I hit my knee against a rock.)

"Alex, creo que se fracturo la patella. Tenomos que llevarlo al hospital." (Alex, I think he fractured his patella. We need to head to hospital.)

The video abruptly ended their.

_Line Break_

Alexis watched as the screen highlighted the next video. The clip she just watched must've been when Alex had just started playing Grifball. And the woman must've been his mom and the "Alex" she mentioned must've been his dad.

She tapped on the next video, again a black screen awaited her before the video began. This was much shorter, but the center of attention was a blonde female and a brunette male. The blonde was backing up as the brunette was moving forward, a ball at his feet.

"Get him Yang!" So it was Ruby, Yang and Alex when they were younger then.

As soon as she said that, Alex rolled the ball between Yang's legs before she could close them and that caused a chain reaction that ended with Yang sitting on the grass.

"Oh. Nevermind then." Was Ruby's voice behind the camera.

Before should go watch anymore, she heard footsteps and pressed the button again. The screen flipped and the photo of the three was back in place.

"You've been holding that for a few minutes now." Atticus said as he yawned, stretching his legs from where he took his seat on the other side of the desk. The blonde just shrugged, causing the brown haired boy to frown. "Lex, you can't keep thinking about 'What if'. She was a terrible person."

She nodded sadly. "I know."

He went around and kneeled next to her. "Look on the bright side, you get to make new and happier memories. And with someone that isn't me." He semi-joked, but a little bit of him was happy that she finally found someone else to be with. Though she didn't expect her to demolish her shell that fast and already be in a relationship this quickly.

He grabbed a chair and sat next to her. "So Lexi, you didn't tell me about Rich Boy. What did he do or what does he have that made you fall for him, this fast no less."

The blonde shrugged at first, placing the frame back where it was. "I mean, at first we were both paired up by force. We were both late by a week to the start of the semester and since all the teams were made up, we had to share a dorm with another team until two others showed up and another dorm opened up." She began.

"Most of the first semester so far is just review of what we learned at Atlas Academy Division 2, so we both would just spend time at the library to finish our work before heading to the dorm room."

"Are the Dorms Co-ed?" He asked.

"They are, but in our specific case Alex is the only boy. The rest are girls. Another team across from us, friends of ours, have two boys and girls on their team." She didn't notice his turn of lips when she mentioned "Friends"

"I see." Now she did notice that shit-eating grin. "So how does Rich-Boy control himself by having several naked women in one room?"

"By not being as perverted as you are, that's for starters." She crossed her arms and gave him a look.

"Alright, I'll stop." He chuckled.

She sighed and ran her fingers through her scalp, something that the Brown haired sibling noted was different. "I don't know what it is, but when I first met him. I felt as if I was physical getting pulled to him, it didn't help that he seemed interesting as well. I know its sounds cliché, the whole "Physical Attraction" thing, but whenever when he isn't nearby…" She thought out her response, trying not to sound creepy. "It's like, I know he'll be in this general area. And sure enough he is."

It didn't work. "That…sounds really creepy sis. Are you sure you don't have people watching him and texting you his location?"

"No Atti." She drawled. "It's…I don't know how to explain it." She sat up as she came up with an example. "Alright, so we were doing this thing in our combat class right? We had to basically fight off a bunch of holographic Grimm that weren't very holographic if I'm honest. And the goal was to get through the wave with the least amount of bodily harm. We would feel the pain, but instead of cuts and bruises, our damage would be calculated in Medical Expenses."

"Understandable."

"We were part of Team RWBY at the time, and the lowest scoring Team was Team JNPR. Specifically it was Ren and Nora, who had suffered the least damage. I think they only suffered Ⱡ500 in "Medical Expenses."

"That isn't that bad actually."

"I know right? So, when it was our turn we both agreed to go a little more conservative instead of Nora's approach of 'Smash all the legs!'. As soon as we started, we didn't even verbally communicate. Like, I knew where to go because I…" She paused for a second. "felt that he needed me in that position? It was as if we were in sync I guess. We moved around perfectly, he did give verbal orders though they weren't positioning orders. We managed to clear the wave in short time."

"So you guys were…connected?"

"I guess so? I don't know, but it's as if I knew that I needed to be in this place because he was going to do this. And then he did it a few moments later and it worked because I was in the right place. I want to say telepathy, but I couldn't read his thoughts."

"You would like that wouldn't you?" He teased her again, before backing off when she glared at him. "Sorry. But going back to what you were saying, that sounds freaky…yet cool at the same time. How much was your total by the way?"

"Ⱡ50"

"I'm sorry, did you just say Ⱡ50?"

"Yeah." The blonde nodded in confirmation.

"Damn. You are still keeping form! I'm so proud!" He wiped a fake tear from his eye. "Is this the first time this happened?"

"No, its happened several actually. There was an incident during our Initiation, then when we needed to collect this big chess piece thing. We have another assignment soon where we are supposed to collect some honey, so it probably won't be the last time."

"Right, and you don't mind all of this?"

"It's weird, but I've gotten used to it. It's not that bad if I'm honest." She shrugged it off.

"Wow, you really have broken out of your shell." He was truly happy that she had. "Do you think Boss Man knows about this?" This simply earned shrug as an answer.

"Maybe. I did notice that whenever he was happy with the result, I would get this happy tingle." She admitted.

"Is it…you know." He nodded down there.

SMACK.

The blonde crossed her arms and "hmphed." As she turned away, blushing scarlet. "Nothing like that! You…Fiend!"

"Alright, Alright I'm done…" He rubbed his cheek and the red hand print. "This happy tingle, how would you describe it?"

She narrowed her eyes at him, seeing that he was genuinely curious. "I guess I would describe it as me being reenergized? Like I was a little tired after, but when I would see him cheering I would get this weird feeling for a few seconds and suddenly I don't feel tired. As if my Aura was replenished."

At that moment, the door opened and both the blue haired woman and the brunette, who was the topic of their conversation, walked in. They closed the door and they both took a seat. Well, one of them did…Alex just leaned against the desk as he raised an eyebrow at the blonde sitting in his comfortable CEO chair.

"Someone's gotten comfortable with the whole "My Partner is a very rich person" Situation and the accommodation it provides..." He smirked. Alexis spun around in the chair in response.

"Yeah. I mean, I've seen better at Atlas Academy." She mocked critiqued.

"Really now?"

"No, this place is livelier than Atlas Academy."

"And that is what we strive for." He snapped his fingers, before shooing her off the chair. "Now shoo, I need to do a few things before we leave."

"Make me." She challenged him, crossing his arms. Atticus watched the whole exchange play out, for his own personal research.

"Alexis, I will pick you up from the chair." He threatened. Alexis just shook her head again, refusing to leave. "Fine, I warned you."

The brunette lifted her from the chair, picking her up bridal style. Which caused the blonde to squeak as he carried her to the neared empty chair, bouncing with every step. Only to unceremoniously drop her in another chair and make his way back.

"Rude." Alexis responded as she grabbed another cup of frozen beverage.

Atticus had said nothing during the entire charade, just watching like a hawk.

The room was silent, with the exception of the clicking of the keyboard. Atticus laid back against the leather cushioning and let his eye drop slightly. Though enough that he could still see Alex typing away on his computer.

Before nodding off, his last thoughts were about how Alex was a good influence.

Author's Note: I actually forgot to update, and I had the chapters ready to go. That is a fault on my part, and I do apologize. I am trying to get a bit ahead of what I upload so that I can kind of align and Realign things without creating another monstrosity, like the beginning of the story is. I'm still tweaking thing. So lookout for that.