another one! OMG! I know this one is a little shorter than usual, but they can't all be their own novel. Thank you reviewers, and to all of my followers and favoriters?. Enjoy,
Early the next morning, before the sun had even crested the horizon, Oscar and his team slowly made their ways onto the dock. They hid behind a large crate of shipped goods, as multiple crew members walked about, preparing the large cruise ship for its voyage.
"How are we going to get on board? There are people everywhere." Damien asked, Oscar shrugged and kept a watchful eye.
"C'mon. It's getting bright. We don't have much time." Valerie pressed.
"Just hold on." Oscar demanded. He peered around the crate once again and smiled.
"I got an idea." Oscar announced, gesturing for the rest of his team to look. They did and saw the two guys and two girls who were in an isolated part of the dock, slacking out and smoking.
"Well, that's convenient. Like, movie convenient." Liara commented.
"I won't fight it." Oscar noted. Valerie took control of the shadows on the ground. Silently, she had them creep across the ground and approach the 4. Suddenly they burst forward, gagging and choking out the 4." The four fugitives quickly raced across the dock and pulled the crew somewhere private. They quickly exchanged clothes with the crew and stepped out into the light, walking towards the ship. The four were about to get onto the ship when someone yelled out.
"Hey!" They froze in their tracks as a man approached them. They desperately hoped he wouldn't realize what had happened as he got closer.
"Yes?" Oscar asked, quickly so as not to betray a difference in his voice.
"You've still got to move all those boxes. Get a move on!" He yelled, walking past them and into the ship. Oscar and his crew sighed in relief and went upon their unexpected job. They finished with unexpected quickness and soon slipped away from the rest of the crew to hide in the bottom level of the ship.
A few hours later, the cruises passengers started to board the ship. They all appeared to at least be fairly wealthy, but not quite Weiss's crowd. Team RWBY approached the dock in awe at the massive ship they were about to embark. The K.V Clockwork was a beauty. It was almost 1000 feet long and boasted 17 decks. Team RWBY hadn't known what to expect but it would be quite the challenge for them to find the four people they were searching for. They sighed and stepped towards the massive ship.
Team RWBY walked into the dock's office. It was painted totally white, and attendants in suits manned the counter. Team RWBY walked up to the first open one and smiled at the woman.
"How may I help you?" She asked politely, curious about the four teens before her.
"You could please get us a room on this ship." Weiss answered in a kind tone.
"I'm sorry we are totally booked up. Except for our first class suites." The woman answered, frowning.
"That won't be a problem." Weiss replied, handing her credit card over the counter. The woman swiped it, frowned and swiped it again. Weiss frowned as well when the woman swiped her card for the third time and passed the card back.
"I'm so sorry, but this card has been declined." she explained, easily picking up Weiss's confused works. Weiss sighed.
"Please ma'am this is important." Blake said, pulling out her Beacon I.D. The woman looked at it curiously.
"We are huntresses in training on an important mission. We believe there are some fugitives onboard your ship." Blake explained. The woman chuckled lightly.
"While I appreciate your effort, but our policy is that non paying customers are not allowed on the ship under any circumstances. I'd love to help, but hey, policy is policy. I'm sure our onboard security can handle. Team RWBY looked at the woman skeptically.
"Do you know who I am?" Weiss said, pretending to sound angrier than she was. The rest of her team cringed. This is not the first time they had seen this, and it hadn't worked before.
"Hey!" a friendly voice caught their attention. They smiled as they turned to see the man whose family they had saved yesterday. He walked up to them and shook their hands.
"I apologize ma'am." The woman responded.
"I am Weiss Schnee Heiress to the Schnee Dust Co." Weiss told her, giving her an intense look. The woman typed some words onto her computer and shook her head.
"I'm sorry. I don't see you on any of our V.I.P lists." the woman answered. Weiss groaned frustratedly. Yang gently squeezed Weiss shoulder and the four of them walked out of the building.
"I guess that means we're going to need to sneak on huh." Ruby said.
"I guess, but how?" Yang asked.
"We might not have to." Weiss said, waving to the man whom they saved the other day.
"Hey!" He called back, walking over to them and shaking their hands enthusiastically. "I can't thank you enough for what you did yesterday." He continued.
"Please it was our pleasure. We're just glad you and your family are safe." Ruby said, smiling.
"Of course. What brings you to the docks?" He asked.
"We're trying to get on this cruise ship, but… unfortunate circumstances have made it impossible for us to get passage aboard it. We believe that there are some fugitives hiding aboard." Weiss explained.
"Well you girls are about to have a lucky day. I happen to be the owner of this ship." The man smiled as he watched the girls faces light up like the sun.
"No way!" Yang exclaimed. He laughed.
"Absolutely. I'd be happy to return the favor and give you a top level suite, as long as you promise to prevent these fugitives from disrupting this cruise. It is this ship's maiden voyage and I need everything to go perfect." he confirmed. Each girl nodded in the affirmative.
"Wonderful." He said, leading the girls past security and up into the ship.
The ship's owner opened the door to their suite and the girls stepped inside.
"This is our prime suite. I hope it meets all of you necessities and then some." He said. His comments when unanswered. Weiss looked about the room, adequately pleased. Blake just stared with her eyes as wide as possible, and Ruby and Yang fell to their knees, with their mouths wide open.
"Excuse me." the man coughed, caught Weiss's attention, she turned around and nodded.
'Yes this will be more than necessary. You're kindness is unbelievable." Weiss answered for her team.
"I've alerted our staff. They promise not to make any moves to detain the fugitives, rout all information through you, and cooperate with anything you need." he explained.
"Thank you." Weiss responded. The man closed the door and the team heard his footsteps walk down the hall. Once they disappeared the three girls screamed and jumped up and down, obviously giddy about their new accommodations. Ruby did the first thing she could think of. Taking of her shoes and jumping on the bed.
"This place is amazing!" Ruby cheered. Weiss quickly walked around the room.
"2 bedrooms with king beds, small nook, full living room, veranda, full bathroom with double vanity and jacuzzi. This place is quite remarkable." Weiss complemented nodding.
"If even Weiss is impressed, this place must really be as fancy as anything could possibly be." Blake commented.
"No kidding." Yang commented, using her scroll to send a number of selfies to Allister.
"You suck babe." Allister replied, making his girlfriend laugh loudly. Team RWBY continued exploring their temporary home.
"Oh my God!" Weiss yelled out startled as she fell backwards. The rest of her team quickly ran to her aid, right in front of the room's mini fridge.
"What?!" Ruby asked concerned. Weiss grabbed to Ruby's clothes desperately, hysterical.
"They they they." Weiss repeated nonstop, until Yang gave her a shake.
"Spit it out." She demanded.
"They don't charge you for taking anything out of the mini fridge. It's all free. I've never seen that." (I've had bad cruise experiences) Ruby and Yang dropped Weiss and Blake shook her head, the three girls laughing.
"Of course that would freak you out Weiss." Blake commented.
"I'm sure you guys haven't seen this before." Weiss accused.
"Weiss… we've never been on cruises." Ruby pointed out. Weiss pushed herself to her feet and brushed herself off.
"Right. Are any of you motion sick?" Weiss asked, realizing that that could be a major problem. Fortunately, her entire team shook their head no.
"What time do we push off?" Yang asked, sitting down on the large couch in the living room.
"According to this not for another 3 hours" Blake answered, reading off a pamphlet in the room.
"I think we shouldn't leave this room until we are a safe distance from shore. It would be bad if we scare them off the ship. If we wait we can corner them." Ruby announced.
"That'll work, but we need to make sure we keep them contained to the lower decks. We should avoid any public confrontations if at all possible." Weiss added.
"We should probably come up with a plan." Blake suggested. The rest of team nodded and they all gathered on the main couch to discuss their new plans.
Down in the bottom deck, the fugitives had managed to find a back corner in an unused storage closet. The hunkered down, Damien keeping a close eye out to see if anyone would wander their way.
"Ok wise guy, we're here but now what?" Liara asked, frustrated.
"I'm sorry that I'm not a master fugitive. I'm making this up on the go just like the rest of you." Oscar countered. Liara sneered, and prepared another comeback, but was cut off when a deep growling sound sounded out from Valerie's stomach.
"I think it would be wise to get some food first." Valerie noted, chuckling.
"Well how are we going to do that oh wise leader?" Liara asked.
"We'll use the outfits we stole, in our sizes perfect, and get food from the employee mess." Oscar suggested. The two girls looked at each other and shrugged.
"That's what i thought." Oscar gloated sitting back. "Anything Damien?" He asked.
"Nothing." Damien returned.
"Who should go?" Liara asked.
"I'll go. I'm the one who got us into this mess. I'll get us out of it." Oscar declared. The rest of the fugitives nodded, accepting their impromptu leaders decision.
Once team RWBY had finalized their plans they were greeted with the sound of the ships horns informing the passengers that the ship would be leaving the port. Weiss chuckled as Ruby and Yang raced out to the veranda to stare out at the water and watch the ship leave port.
"This is amazing!" Ruby basically screamed as the boat pulled away from the harbor. Ruby looked down at how high they were off the water and smiled broadly.
"This is the life isn't it Rubles?" Yang asked, leaning against the railing.
"Totally. Once we graduate from Beacon, Max and I are going to do this all the time." Ruby said, before realizing what she said and blushing intensely. Yang fell to her knees she was laughing so hard.
"So what?" Ruby yelled at the laughing Yang.
"I know it's just so damn cute! Have you even kissed yet?" Yang asked.
"In fact we have. Twice." Ruby declared. Yang shook her head.
"No. Really kissed. Gotten entwined with each other, felt each other's passion, not some chaste nervous peck." Yang explained. Ruby looked down at the ground nervously.
"I don't think either of us are ready for that kind of stuff." Ruby said.
"I'm not talking about sex, just a deep long kiss. Trust me, he'll love it." Yang explained.
"Yang's right. That's how I got a husband at 18." Weiss added, walking out onto the balcony.
"If you guys think so. I mean it's not se… you know what right?" Ruby said.
"Of course not. You're 16. This is just something to shake things up a little." Yang smiled. Ruby steeled herself.
"Of course. Next time I see him. I'll do that." Ruby stated.
"Atta girl." Weiss and Yang congratulated simultaneously, The three of them remained on the veranda and continued to look out at the vast ocean.
Once Weiss had walked onto the veranda to add to Yang and Ruby's conversation, Blake snuck out of the room and walked down the hallway. Blake slid into a side stairwell, and ensured that there was no one around. Blake pulled out her scroll and opened it, calling Darron. Blake bit her lip nervously as it rang. Once, twice.
"Hey kitten." Blake smiled as Darron finally picked up the phone.
"Hi Darron." Blake said back.
"How are y- shut up!... I'm sorry how are you?" Blake laughed at Darron's question as she heard him yell at Allister and storm out of what she assumed was his dorm room.
"I'm doing good." Blake answered, trying to build up to what she actually wanted to talk about.
"I miss you." Darron said, catching Blake off guard. She drew in a sharp breath as she felt her heartstrings pull a little tighter.
'I miss you too. I love you." Blake answered, her voice betraying her longing for him.
"I love you too." Darron responded without hesitation. She could here just how much in the tone of his voice. Blake smirked to herself and gently purred into the phone.
"Cute. How's your mission?" Darron asked, revealing his own concern.
"It's going well. We got an amazing room on this cruise that we think they escaped to." Blake answered.
"Allister showed me. Finally living like the queen you are." Darron commented. Blake couldn't help herself but to blush.
"But what's a queen without her king?" Blake asked teasingly.
"I don't know. I'd rather see what happens when they get together." Blake could literally feel Darron wink on the other side of the phone and let out an uncharacteristic giggle. She slowly calmed herself down and steeled herself for the second and, if she was being honest, reason which wasn't as important as hearing his voice.
"Hey…." Blake trailed off.
"Yes Blake?" Darron asked, noting her voice.
"I love you so much, but... " Blake trailed off again. Sending off alarm bells all over Darron's head.
"But?" Darron asked, his voice quivering slightly.
"I feel like you don't love me. Like you're holding something back. I want to fight." Blake finally announced. Darron sighed, that it wasn't as bad as he imagined.
"What babe?" Darron asked, still a little confused.
"When I get back. I want to fight. I want to be sure that you love me enough to trust me with everything like I do." Blake elaborated.
"Blake… I'm sorry. I understand. I don't want to hide anything from you my darling. This isn't something I can tell you over the phone though. This is something that we can talk about once you get home." Darron answered. Blake felt a warm feeling of reassurance explode in her chest at his readiness to confess everything to her.
"Thank you." she whispered.
"You're the woman who's given me everything. Who am I to deny you the same thing." Darron responded.
"Darron… never leave me." Blake said, her eyes a little teary with emotion.
"I could say the same to you." Darron responded, with a light chuckle. One of Blake's many feline instincts kicked in and she gently rubbed her cheek against the phone.
"I love you." Blake said back into the phone.
"I love you too Kitty." Darron answered.
"So how are things without us?" Blake asked.
"Well it's a real sausage party, but hey Weiss's sister showed up and fought Zade." Darron said.
"No way!" Blake exclaimed.
"Yes way. She won in a close fight, but it's crazy. She's like his sister in law, but also his stepmom." Darron continued.
"She's gonna freak." Blake laughed.
"I know." Darron responded. The two of them laughed for a moment, before falling silent.
"I have to go. We need to get ready to search the place, and tell Weiss." Blake said, sadly.
"Don't be sad kitty. Do what you need. I love you." Darron said.
"I love you too." Blake reciprocated and the two of them hung up. Blake stood up, gently kissed her contact photo, the only photo of Darron truly smiling that ever existed, and raced back to her room to tell Weiss the hilarious news.
