Damn... have fun. I have run out of stuff to say.

Blake and Weiss stood in their rooms, undressing from their fancy night on the ship..

"You know, I'm surprised that Yang and Ruby didn't meet us on the way out." Weiss voiced, wrestling with a stubborn shoe.

"It doesn't seem that they are here either." Blake announced, taking a glance around the room as she took off her jewelry.

"I hope they are ok." Weiss said, looking at the door worriedly.

"If they ran into anyone I'm sure they would've called us." Blake responded. Weiss nodded and continued undressing. After a moment Weiss couldn't withstand the urge and pulled out her scroll.

"No signal?" Weiss asked confused. Blake looked over, as confused and pulled out her scroll as well.

"Oh yeah… maybe we are too far off shore?" Blake asked, no other reason popping into her head.

"Perhaps." Weiss answered. "But what does that mean for Ruby and Yang?" Blake and Weiss looked at one another worriedly when the door slammed open. The girls turned around to see a teary eyed Ruby walk into the room. Both girls had a concerned look on their face as they watched their leader cry and throw herself on the couch. Weiss walked over and gently sat next to Ruby.

"What happened?" Weiss asked, trying to be comforting. Ruby slowly calmed herself down, sitting up.

"Yang's gone!" Ruby exclaimed, causing the rest of her team to gasp.

"What happened?" Blake asked, sympathetically.

"We we're fighting some of the fugitives. One of them tried to escape, and Yang told me to take off after him. I did and when I came back, both Yang and the guy she was fighting disappeared." Ruby explained, hysterically. Blake and Weiss hugged their leader tightly.

"Let us get dressed and we'll all go looking. Ok?" Blake asked. Ruby nodded wiping the tears from her eyes. Ruby took a few deep breaths, steeling herself as her team got ready to go out and search.

Oscar finally managed to get back to his friends in their little nook, all of the food still intact. He tried to conceal his panting, not wanting the slightest of the things for alert others to their presence. As he stepped into their hiding space, he was surprised to see Damien, Valerie, and Liara all passed out on the floor. Oscar set the food down and shook the girls awake.

"Hey, what happened?" He asked, looking down at them and the beaten Damien. The girls slowly sat up, rubbing exhaustion from their eyes.

"We don't know." Liara answered.

"You don't know?" Oscar pressed, more confused.

"Yeah. We were chatting when suddenly we grew tired and passed out… When did Damien get here?" Valerie asked, yawning loudly.

"Why does he look like hell and missing a tooth?" Liara asked, noticing his tended to injuries. She inspected them, and was thoroughly impressed with the skill of the bandages.

"Something weird must be going on on this ship." Oscar declared, handing the bag of food to his friends. As the two girls rooted through it, Damien slowly started to stir.

"Ow." Damien moaned, failing to sit up.

"Just rest. You've been through hell." Oscar commanded. Damien nodded and laid back down, He looked puzzled as he felt. Damien gingerly reached up and pulled a small note from under his head.

"Hey. Read this." He suggested, throwing the note at Oscar. Oscar caught the paper and unfurled it.

"To whom this clearly concerns.

Your welcome."

Is all the message read. Oscar stared at it curiously for a moment, before tossing it aside.

"It's not that important right now." Oscard declared, sitting Damien up and passing him some food.

"Do you remember what happened?" Liara asked gently. Damien shook his head a little.

"Not really. I was fighting that girl, and she had a burst of power. It felt like everything I hit her with just came right back at me. I knew I needed to get out of there and i saw this little bunny." Damien explained.

"Oh god, were you hallucinating? Did you get brain damage?" Valerie asked, inspecting his eyes.

"No I wasn't, but it was strange. I followed it while being chased by the girl. It jumped threw the door into a room. I opened the door, but it was empty. I suddenly felt dizzy and I guess I passed out right there." Damien described, still trying to remember things.

"Well it seems like someone is on our side here, but what do they want in return?" Oscar asked aloud. Damien shrugged and conveniently, another note slipped out from his armor. Oscar picked this one up as well, reading it.

"Food thief,

Yes, we know all about that. In fact know all about you and your dirty little secrets. The mistress is impatient so I will be brief. This is not a request. It is an order. You will continue the game of cat and mouse with those girls. However, we want you to split them up. Once you have done so we will move in and collect them. Succeed and you will be rewarded with safe passage to menagerie, and she will ensure that no "government" will pursue you, fail and face a punishment that would make satan himself cringe in fear. Indicate your loyalty by placing yourself on the top pool deck at noon tomorrow. We will see you, and that is all you need to know."

Oscar was as impressed as he was confused, not two words were written in the same handwriting. He pulled out his scroll and looked at it 3:44 AM.

"Are we going to just let them command us like that?" Valerie asked. Oscar just continued to stare at the paper.

"I don't think we have a choice. They were able to subdue both of us without either of us knowing. How would we fight them?" Liara countered.

"We're going to have to. Somehow I don't believe these people would be nicer to us than general Ironwood." Damien added. Oscar sat back, clenching his teeth, not liking either choice.

"Can we really do that to people we've never met though?" He asked out loud.

"I think these are really the two choices: Give these people the girls, and we live. Or, we don't play along and they get all 8 of us. I mean we've lost two of our group already, I'd rather not lose anymore." Liara explained sadly. The fugitives looked down, not particularly happy about what they would have to do, but knowing their was no other way.

Ruby sat on the couch in her cabin. She looked across the way at Weiss and Blake, who were sleeping soundly in one of the beds. Ruby laid down across the couch and fiddled with Crescent Rose. She sniffed, trying not to cry as she methodically cleaned each of her parts. Ruby kept thinking about what she should have done, or what she could have done to stop Yang from disappearing. She begged in her mind for Yang to just come walking through the door, and everything would be fine. She just couldn't stop herself from assuming the worst. Ruby, overcome with emotion hugged Crescent Rose to her chest and sobbed until she fell into a restless sleep.

The next morning Blake and Weiss calmly woke up Ruby.

"Hey. You ready to go find Yang?" Weiss asked calmly. Ruby slowly opened her eyes, and nodded. Ruby sat up on the couch and stood up. She took a deep breath, and put on a smile.

"Alright team RWBY, let's go get out teammate back." Ruby declared. Weiss and Blake smiled, happy to see Ruby so determined. The three girls stepped out of the room.

"Where should we check first?" Blake asked.

"For one, we are staying together." Ruby stated. "I think we should start where Yang went missing." Weiss and Blake nodded, following their leader.

Ruby lead her team through the hallway to the cordoned off section of the ship. Ruby knew to have that area closed off until further notice. She stepped to the side and let her team take a view of the scene. Weiss and Blake walked around, examining everything.

"Well there's blood, so the fight must've been serious." Blake concluded, staring at the significant pool of blood near one of the walls.

"There's a tooth." Weiss pointed out, all the girls looked at it, unable to decide whose it was.

"I sure hope that's not Yang's." Ruby said, her team nodding in agreement. They continued looking through the area, but nothing seemed to be indicative of where Yang had disappeared to.

"Well this isn't good, but where should we search next?" Blake asked.

"Let's scour this ship from the top down. We'll start with the pool and move down into the cargo holds." Ruby decided, walking up the stairs, her team in tow. Weiss and Blake lagged behind just slightly so the two could whisper to each other.

"Ruby seems to be taking this really hard." Weiss said.

"I know, but at least she's determined to find her." Blake added.

"I just worry she'll do something reckless." Weiss voiced her concern.

"At least we are here to keep her under control." Blake noted. Weiss nodded and sighed.

"LET'S GO!" Ruby yelled down the stepped at her team. Weiss and Blake exchanged worried glances and raced after their leader.

Oscar stood on the pool deck of the boat, leaning against one of the railings. He checked his scroll 11:58 AM. He sighed, still unhappy about his current situation, but still lacking another way out. Oscar growled to himself and slid his scroll back into his pocket, and turned around. Oscar pulled the hat he stole over his face, kept an eye out. Oscar scanned each person he could find, trying to sniff out their mysterious benefactor. Oscar casually walked towards one of the empty table and sat down at it. As he kept looking for anyone that seemed out of the ordinary, he caught a glimpse of team RWBY walking around, looking through everything.

"Crap." Oscar whispered to himself,recognizing Ruby, drawing into himself and trying to make himself as inconspicuous as possible. He couldn't stop looking at the girls though, wondering if the mysterious people would orchestrate such a public attack. Oscar looked up at the clock and saw that if finally struck twelve. Strangely, he heard a small bell, and a note appeared on the table before him.

"Thief,

Get up. And leave… make it obvious."

Just as Oscar read the final word on the note it started to char and its ashes blew away in the wind. Oscar clenched his fists, steeling his resolve. Oscar finally stood up and started walking.

Ruby and her team were basically tearing everything they could apart, looking for clues to where Yang could be.

"Ruby. If Yang was on this deck I think we would have found her by now." Weiss pointed out. Ruby ignored her and kept looking. Weiss sighed and shared another sympathetic looked with Blake. Blake looked up and saw a man walking down the deck. Blake looked closely and saw Ember Celica, in its compacted form. Blake started walking after Oscar, tapping Weiss and Ruby and motion for them to follow her. Oscar walked into the club house, following his own strange white bunny. Team RWBY were straight on his tail as they followed him deeper into the shit. The team followed Oscar into one of the ships lobby's and were stunned. Hundreds of Oscar's all wearing the exact same outfit were milling around, enjoying themselves.

"How the hell are we going to find the original one?" Weiss asked, looking around confused.

"It's easy. The real one has Ember Celica strapped to his belt. That's the real one." Blake explained. Ruby briskly walked through the room, checking every Oscar before her. She walked back to her team.

"There's so many." Ruby complained, getting ready to go check even more Oscar's. Blake scanned the room when Yang's weapons caught her eye. Blake turned back to tell her team what she had found, but they had disappeared. Blake assumed they must have wondered off, but couldn't let the opportunity pass her by. Blake broke into a light jog, keeping up with the escaping fugitive. He led her deeper and deeper into the ship, out of the residential areas and into the more isolated industrial part of the ship. Blake turned the corner immediately following Oscar, but there was no one there. Blake couldn't help but get the feeling that someone was behind her. Blake turned on her heel and came face to face with Liara.

"You." Blake growled. Liara's face was deathly serious, knowing her own life was at stake. Blake drew gambol shroud and held them before her. The two stood staring at one another silently.

"Where's Yang?" Blake demanded.

"Who?" Liara asked

"Our teammate which you kidnapped." Blake accused. Liara felt a knot in her stomach, knowing it must have been her groups mysterious contact who was responsible.

"I… all I know is that I won't lose another member of this team." Liara responded. Blake growled and walked forward. Liara stepped back and drew a large six shooter from her belt, and started firing at Blake. Blake use Gambol Shroud's sheath to block the bullets. Liara seethed and started reloading her pistol. Blake took the effort to press her own attack. Liara held out with her left and and Blake staggered back, choking. Blake clawed at her throat, desperately trying to get air into her lungs. Liara kept her hold on Blake, and finished reloading her Pistol. Liara looked up to fire at Blake again, but was surprised as Blake was right in front of her, slashing all over her chest and body. Liara grimaced and stepped back, reaching out to choke Blake again. Blake stopped in her tracks for just a moment, then used her semblance to replace the target with a clone, and continue pressing on Liara. Liara drew her large cutlass from her belt and desperately blocked Blake's onslaught, still angered that one of her semblance key features was ineffective. Liara kept blocking Blake's attacks, and stepped in, ramming her shoulder into Blake's chest. Blake staggered back and shifted Gambol shroud into its pistol form. Blake started firing at Liara. Laira rolled under Blake's bullets and sprung up, slashing at Blake's chest. Blake scowled and jumped back, making Gambol Shroud a katana again. Blake and Liara looked at one another wearily, trying to get a read on their enemy.

"There's no escape you know that right?" Blake asked, still watching Liara's pistol.

"It doesn't matter. We won't surrender… I won't surrender." Liara answered.

"So you'd rather die than go back to Atlas?" Blake pointed out.

"I won't let Ester go unavenged!" Liara shouted. Blake knew she had struck a chord when Liara started hacking at her with her cutlass. Blake dodged the first two, used her semblance to dash behind, catch Liara's blade as she tried to turn around, and sliced across Liara's cheek.

"For what?" Blake asked, trying to see if she could get more information, as well as anger her more.

"He hated the Schnee's more than I… More than any of us did. He was kind, and caring, yet always mission orientated. He did whatever Oscar, and Zade asked. What did he get in return. They killed him. Left him for dead in the atlesian snow! They took him from me!" Liara shrieked, angrily using her semblance to send a blast of wind at Blake. Blake used earth dust to generate a clone which she used for cover.

"Zade?" Blake asked, curious, but not entirely surprised that a member of team ENDD was involved in this.

"Yes! That bastard hired us to help him get back his Schnee. He didn't care about us. He used us!" Liara answered, the gale force winds growing stronger. Blake sighed. Weiss told her that Zade had some help, but neither of them knew that they had suffered this much. Despite her sympathies, Blake readied Gambol Shroud to fight the wind and defeat her enemy.

"I'm sorry for what happened. Zade didn't intend for him to die." Blake shouted back.

"Him and Ashley! I watched them bleed out! None of this would've happened without the Schnee family. I will kill them all!" Liara ignored her. Liara stepped forward and destroyed Blake's cover with her cutlass. Blake kept her body as aerodynamic as possible, jumping in and kneeing Liara's chest. A quick stab, and slash limited Blake's exposure to the wind, but were just as effective. Liara snapped up her pistol and fired a shot right into Blake's face. Blake staggered back in pain. Liara snapped her arms forward. A solid wall of wind smashed into Blake and crushed her against the wall at the end of the hall. Liara couldn't stop her tears from finally coming forth as she walked towards Blake, the wind growing ever stronger.

"I loved him… and they took him from me." Liara quietly lamented as she tried to flatten Blake with the force of her wind. Blake struggled desperately against the wind, and could feel her chest starting to compress under the unbelievable force. Liara and Blake continued to stare at each other, waiting for Blake's inevitable death. At the last moment, Blake managed to dash behind Liara, blade poised to try and pierce her skull. Yet, before Blake could get the chance, the wind died down and Liara stumbled, falling over unconscious. Blake walked up to the Liara, and felt her pulse.

"Good. just asleep." Blake sighed, gingerly touching her own injuries.

"I couldn't run the risk of her beating you." an eerily monotone voice spoke behind her. Blake spun rapidly, Gambol shroud at the ready, but all she was met with was open space. Blake furrowed her brow, looking at and unusually black mark on the ground. Blake's expression turned to one of panic as black liquid started gushing out. Blake turned to run, but found a steel wall blocking her path. Blake turned and found the other wall blocked in as well. Blake started to hyperventilate as the liquid reached her knees and she realized that she was completely boxed in. The liquid continued to fill up the box as Blake lashed against the box in a frenzy. Each strike did nothing to but speed up the liquid.

"Darron!" Blake cried out, his being the first name to come to her mind.

"DARRON!" Blake screamed, the liquid now up to her jawline. Blake struggled to keep her head above the liquid as it threatened to overtake her.

"Please" She begged as she was finally pulled under.