RWBY: Lost and Forgotten

(Author's note: so, because of my previous chapter, I have decided to release this one early. Please do not read unless you have watched RWBY Volume 7 Episode 6 A Night Off as this chapter contains spoilers.

The next chapter will release one week after episode 7 is released to give everyone more than enough time to watch the episode.

Anyways, enjoy!)

Chapter 52

Chrome

For the next few days, Winter and I trained together. She helped me with my summoning as well as my fighting style. I was now much more precise.

As for today, all of us have the night off. No missions. No training. Nothing. Mainly because it's election day, but hey, after Winter's constant training, a night to myself sounds pretty nice.

"Hey, Chrome." Yang tapped me on the shoulder. We were currently in her team's room, discussing what we planned to do with our free day. However, everyone but me and Yang had already left to go spend their free time. "Me and Blake are gonna go dancing. Wanna tag along?"

I rubbed the back of my head as I chuckled. "Actually, I already made up my mind to go to the election party." I told her.

"Really?" Yang asked sadly. "Any way I can change your mind?"

"Not really." I shook my head. "Also, Ruby already, kind of, talked me into going with her, Nora and Ren."

"You're going to hang out with my sister?" she asked.

"Yep. And who knows? Maybe one day she'll be my sister-in-law." I replied while giving Yang a wink.

Her cheeks turned a soft pink as she glanced away. "You're so cheesy."

"Maybe." I shrugged. "Besides, I'd like to see Jacques lose to Robyn. And who this Robyn person actually is."

"Yeah..." she said. "Okay, I guess I'll see you in a few hours."

"See you in a bit." we shared a quick kiss before parting.

Watching Yang leave the room, a second passed before Ruby popped her head in. "Chrome, let's go!"

Half an hour later

Throughout the walk to the victory party, Ruby, Ren and Nora talked while my thoughts kept drifting from on thing to another, hardly spending a second on one before another. "We're here." Ren said, getting my attention.

Entering the building, I was taken a bit back by how crowded it was. The place was filled by humans and Faunus. "Ruby, Nora, Ren, Chrome!" I was surprised to see Penny pushed her way through the crowd and over to us.

"Hey, Penny." Ruby greeted.

"I am so glad you made it. It's just Marrow and I tonight, so more friends means more fun. Where are the others?" Penny asked.

"Weiss is out with the boys, and Blake and Yang are off doing their own thing..." Nora told her.

"At least they're back to being friends." Ren said.

"Friends, huh?" Nora said. "Just friends?"

"What else would they be?" Ren asked her.

"Two people who've gone through that much? I think there's more going on." Nora replied.

"I think you're getting Blake confused for Chrome." Ren told her. "In case you hadn't noticed, there's definitely something between those two."

"Uh, standing right here guys."

"It's just, there's a lot of things going on right now." Ren said, not hearing what I said.

"Well, how can they figure things out if they don't talk about it?"

"Don't talk about what?" I scratched the back of my head.

Ruby placed her hand on my shoulder. "I don't think they're talking about you." she told me.

"Who are we talking about then?" Penny asked.

"I'm not really sure."

After a second, I looked over to Ruby but she was walking away with Penny, leaving me with Ren and Nora. "Awesome." glancing back to the duo, I just shook my head and began making my way to the front of the crowd.

Hearing loud feedback, I placed a hand over my ears as I looked to see a sheep Faunus standing on stage. "Ha-ha, well, that worked." looking to the election screen, I saw Robyn had 57 percent of the votes. "I want to thank everyone for going to the polls today. This is Mantle's moment. I know that, like me, you're all thrilled that we chose Robyn as our voice in Atlas. No one has fought harder for Mantle than she has. And…" She covers her mouth, trying not to cry, and then wipes a tear from her eye with her palm. "I know Robyn will continue that fight on the Council. Will you share a few words?"

After a few seconds, Robyn entered the stage and took the mic. "I've never been much for public speaking, probably wasn't my best idea ever to go into politics."

The live election results show Jacques has 45 percent of the votes and Robyn has 55 percent.

"Thank you so much, everyone, for choosing me. You said you believe in me. But I'm the one who believes in all of you. You've proven to me that as individuals, we are strong. But together, we're unstoppable. So no matter what happens tonight, win or lose, we will continue to fight for our city, because it is this city that brings us together."

The crowd cheers, and upbeat music begins playing. Robyn walks off stage, smiling and waving to the crowd.

"We're in the final minutes now, and it's looking to be a closer race than anticipated." the newscaster announced.

After a few minutes, the crowd began counting down the last few seconds. "Ten, nine, eight..." watching the election screen, I could feel someone standing rather close behind me but thought nothing of it since it was a rather large crowd.

"Hey, Chrome!" looking over, I saw Ruby smiling at me and waving. Waving back, her eyes suddenly narrowed.

"Seven, six..."

The person behind me leaned over my shoulder.

"Five, four, three-"

"Chrome, watch out!" Ruby yelled. Quickly turning around, I was met with a hooded man.

"Jacques Schnee sends his regards." as the man said that, a sharp pain rushed through my side as the power to the building was cut.

The pain was indescribable.

Screams filled the building as I stumbled over to the stage, placing my hand on it in an attempt to keep me standing but it was no use as my legs gave out, causing me to slump to the ground.

My vision blurred as I fought to stay conscious. I could see blurred images of something, or someone, killing and injuring people. They were just slashing through them like they were nothing.

Blinking to try and clear the blurriness, the man was gone and the lights came back on. Bodies were scattered across the floor. "And the winner of the Atlas Council election is… Jacques Schnee!"

Fighting to stay awake for as long as possible, I began coughing. Covering my mouth, I pulled my hand away to see a purple substance coating my palm. "Chrome!" Ruby rushed over to me and knelt down. Looking at my hand, her eyes widened. "You're going to be okay, Chrome." she told me. However, I couldn't understand her next words as her voice became distorted and distant.

"Ruby..."

My vision faded.

End of chapter 52