Weiss grips her communicator tightly as she paces, the worry getting too much for her to handle. "Oh god...oh god...what's going on..."

Spike lays on the floor by the door, "Sweetie, you're making me dizzy..."

Weiss ignores him and continues to mumble to herself "Maybe..maybe it's not THAT bad...maybe he's joking...or overreacting..."

Spike stands, and suddenly Yang crushes him into the wall as she slams the door open, only his right hand curved into a painful claw showing. "Weiss, your father just showed up!"

"WHAT?!" She races out of the room, grabbing Yang's wrist and pulling her along "WHERE?!"

After Lucy frees him with a crowbar she follows with Spike as Yang leads them outside to where an Airship is pulling into port. "FATHER!" Weiss yells, feeling her panic levels rising "Oh gosh...please let everything be okay..."

Spike stops short, "Oh man, I am SO not ready for this..."

Weiss rushes over to meet her father, shaking a little. "Are you okay? What's going on!"

He gives her a small smile, and hugs her, "My dear... We should go inside, sit down..."

"What? Why? Are you ill? Do you feel okay? Please...you're frightening me..." She frowns

"I believe there is good reason to be frightened," he says as he follows her inside the club. Smoke fixes them some tea, and Mr. Schnee sips his slowly.

"And this reason IS?" She grips her own cup tightly..TOO tight...her knuckles turn pale as she stares at him with wide eyes. "You're not..dying...are you?"

"No my dear, nothing like that..." He sets down his cup, "With the attacks made by the White Fang it has been... Difficult... To keep our company afloat. Therefore most my stocks had to go back on the market... And they were bought up by an anonymous buyer."

"And...um...is this...good?" Weiss raises her eyebrow.

"Yes, and no," he sighs. "This means that the company still lives... But I am no longer CEO."

"Then...who IS?"

"The buyer was anonymous, I have no way of knowing until he, or she decides to contact me."

"Then..why sell it?" She frowns "I thought I was supposed to be taking over..."

He sighs, "Every time one of our Dust shipments was stolen by the White Fang we lose a profit, and essentially have to refund our buyers' purchases. And since we still have to pay our workers we lose money quickly this way. I had no choice if I wanted to keep the company alive."

"But will I...will I still inherit everything?"

"Of what I still own," he affirms. "I'm still a leading executive."

Smoke rubs his chin, "Give me fifteen minutes to figure out who bought those stocks. I got a guy working in the stock market for me, and a few computer hackers."

Weiss sighs "I...I don't know what to think of all this...what do we do now?" She looks at her father in desperation.

"Weiss, this is the life of a businessman," he says calmly. "Yes we've lost a lot, but it's not the end. We can buy them back eventually."

"How long is eventually?! What if we can't!"

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"

Weiss's father jumps a bit as Smoke yells into his cell phone.

Weiss glares at him "SHUT UP, YOU IDIOT!"

He holds up a finger at her, his attention on his phone, "Raph, you're supposed to be the best so... I see... Yeah, sorry for snapping... Thanks anyways." He hangs up, "The stocks were bought online, whoever did it covered their tracks. My guys can figure it out in a day or more though, I have that much confidence in them."

"Well hurry it up already!" Weiss growls "We don't have time!"

Smoke shrugs, "Ice Queen, I run a club, and a network of guys that know shit, and I can kick the crap out of pretty much anyone. That doesn't make me a god, I can't pull miracles out of my ass."

"Well my foot will be up your ass if you don't DO SOMETHING!"

"I AM," he says, and his phone lights up. He checks it, and walks over. "And in other news I have my guys on the lookout for our buddy Egg-Butt. He's hacked the news world-wide to make an announcement." He passes his phone to her while a video link buffers.

Weiss groans "It's one thing after another!"

The video finishes buffering, and the infamous fatty appears.

"People of the world," he announces grandly. "As the wealthiest of you are no doubt aware by now, I have recently become the owner of the largest company world-wide."

Mr. Schnee jerks, "But that's..."

Smoke snaps his fingers, "Milsha, turn the tube to any news channel." He turns his attention to the screen of the TV sets over the bar that show a grinning Eggman giving his audience a chance to soak in his information.

Weiss gapes "No...father...what?"

Eggman chuckles, "That's right! For those unaware, I am now the main stockholder of The Schnee Dust company!"

Lucy pops her head over the table, "I go get the others!" Then she dashes out of the club in a purple blur.

Weiss stares in utter shock "Please...tell me...I didn't just...hear that.."

"I hate lying though," Smoke says as he leans on the table with his arms crossed.

Eggman continues, "Good people, I will admit I'm not from this planet, possibly even of this dimension, but when I saw the state of this planet I had to act. I see a world torn by a war won long ago, given credit only by your ancestors, and passed down to all of us."

He folds his hands, "Therefore I am using the bulk of my wealth to help end this conflict. As of today the White Fang has my public support."

Mr. Schnee gets to his feet, "Why the gall! How dare he?!"

"He supports...White Fang?" Weiss narrows her eyes "AND HE'S RUNNING THE SCHNEE COMPANY?!"

"Not for long," Smoke says with venom in his voice just as Ruby bursts into the club ahead of the others.

"He better not...I'll wring his neck.." She seethes "How dare he! FATHER! How could you...sell...to him!"

Mr Schnee looks as outraged as his daughter, "I will not stand for this! Using MY company to openly support terrorists?! Murderers?! Thieves?!"

Ruby gawks, "Oh my god..."

"Father...what are we going to do?! He's going to tarnish the Schnee name..."

Smoke crosses his arms thoughtfully, "I may have a plan... And odds are I think you'll like it."

"WELL SPIT IT OUT!" Weiss snaps.

"We kill him," Smoke says simply.

"What happened to the no killing rule?" She crosses her arms "Adam was almost reprimanded for it...how will this solve anything!"

"We amended that rule to, "No killing unless absolutely necessary," remember? With Eggman in control of the Schnee company the Black Fang loses almost all it's funding, and resources."

Smoke paces as he explains his thinking, "Also, Blake mentioned the White Fang would never work with a human, never. So we take him out, and let the White Fang take the credit for the kill. Then I have my hackers set it up to look like he bought those stocks with fake credit, then BOOM the Schnee company belongs to you two again."

Mr Schnee looks thoughtful, "...Desperate times I suppose..."

Smoke nods, "Luckily the Black Fang already has an Assassin as one of its members."

"Who...?" Weiss frowns.

"Reave," Smoke replies. "Back on Möbius his clan, the Nightshades, are a secret family of Assassins who have been in a blood war with a family of ninjas since the fall of the Echidna empire. He's been trained since he was a kid so we can count on him for this."

"Then go tell him and let's get it over and done with already!"

"I'm right here," Reave says from behind her, scaring the crap out of her dad.

Weiss snaps her head towards him, grasping her father's hand in her own "Are you going to kill someone for us?"

He nods, looking up at the pauses image of the doctor. "Smoke, I'll need some information; where he is, and what his forces on hand are."

Smoke nods, "That I can get you in an hour."

"Then hurry it up already! He should be dead by now!"

Ruby walks over, "Weiss, listen to yourself. You having someone killed... For money...?"

Mr Schnee shakes his head, "No, not money, for our legacy, for our birthright. That company has been in our family for generations, and I for one refuse to see it squandered by he likes of that buffoon. Mr Nightshade, I will gladly pay you once-"

"Don't," Reave interrupts. "I'm not a mercenary... And I know what it's like having your family name ripped from you." He puts his hood up, and checks his weapons.

Weiss frowns "And is THAT why you're agreeing to do this?"

"One of them," Reave replies as he checks a pistol. "The other is that Spike cares deeply for you, and I don't want to see either of you upset by this."

Mr Schnee raises an eyebrow, "Spike?"

Weiss cringes. Oh dear... "Um...Spike is...he's...uh...well I'm not entirely sure..."

Spike walks in, "Hey Reave, is there an ass that needs kicking?!"

"Speak of the devil," Reave muses, and Mr Schnee blinks at the new arrival.

Weiss avoids eye contact with him, and clears her throat "Father...shall we take a walk perhaps? It's rather...stuffy in here..."

...Anything to avoid a confrontation...

Smoke says, "Well I need to find Eggman fist so-"

"Oh Sun told me where he was last week," Spike says casually. "C'mon Reave! See you when we get back Weiss!"

"Yeah...um...bye..." She blinks, feeling a little awkward.

"Unless you would care to come along," Reave offers.

Spike glares at his best friend, "Hell no!"

"I merely thought she would like to personally oversee this."

Weiss glares at Spike "WHY NOT! YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO! I THOUGHT YOU LIKED ME, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU DON'T WANT MY COMPANY!"

Spike cringes, "It's not like that! I just dot want you in harm's way..."

Reave deadpans, "Spike, this is Eggman we're talking about, the danger is minimum. As a Huntress Weiss is training to take on opponents a hundred times as dangerous as Eggman."

"EXACTLY!" She kisses her father on the cheek and stomps over to them "Now hurry up, we don't have all day. And don't you DARE underestimate me, Spike.."

"Sorry," he says as he trails after her.

...

Reave looks through a spyglass at the fortress overlooking the sea on a cliff. "Hm... Not all the guards are robots like I expected, but there are a good many of them."

Spike looks over as Reave passes him the telescope, "So what now?"

"I was considering taking Weiss around the back to sneak in while you attack the front gates to draw most their guards."

Spike smiles, "I like this plan already."

"Why didnt more of us come? What if Spike needs help?"

"Doubtful," Reave replies. "Given time Spike could beat everyone in that fortress, but Eggman will have escaped by then. Spike, wait here ten minutes before following through on your part."

Spike sets a timer on his watch, "Clock's ticking."

Reave nods, and slinks to the side, running for the rear of the fortress. Weiss suddenly throws her arms around Spike "Be careful...or else!"

Spike hugs her back, and gently kisses her. "You too, you actually got the dangerous job."

"I...have?"

Spike nods, "Eggman like to have giant robots on his side, especially as a last resort."

"But... are you sure you'll be okay? "

He flexes his arms with a smile, "I got all the guns I need."

Weiss deadpans "Just...be careful..." She dashes off after Reave.

Reave pulls her behind a boulder as a spotlight washes over it, and they hide in its shadow. He draws his blowdart shooter, and eyes the guards on the wall. Picking out the largest, he pulls a dart with a red plume, and loads it in the shooter.

"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" Weiss whispers.

He nods, "Berserk Dart, adrenaline mixed with a pathogenic hallucinogen... A panic inducing toxin. It'll make the target attack anything around it for up to a full minute, but it kills the target in the end."

Weiss cringes "Damn...glad I'm on YOUR side!"

Blake takes split-second aim, and fires the dart into the massive guard's side. The guard jerks, and holds his head as his buddy puts a hand on his shoulder. suddenly the injured guard backhands his friend to the ground, and draws his sword.

"Let's move," Reave says as the two searchlights focus on the berserk guard, and Reave bolts for the wall. he drops to one knee, indicating for Weiss to get on his back.

"No!" She scoffs with narrowed eyes "No way."

He narrows his eyes, and jerks her arms around his neck, then he uses his Hookblade to climb fast up the wall, sideways, then up again until they're at the top of a guard tower.

Weiss glares at him "Who said you could touch me!"

"Not now," he says flatly, and peers over the edge of the tower. He slips her off his back as he eyes two guards headed towards the side of an open door. He jumps off the eighty-foot tower with his swords drawn, landing on the guards. As he does he slams his feet into their backs, and his swords skewer their necks. Then he gestures for Weiss to follow him.

She gapes, going after him "You just..."

He peeks around the door, and whistles quietly. A shadow appears in the doorway, and a guard pokes his head out. Reave claps a hand over his mouth, and stabs him in the neck with a Hidden Blade before dragging him out of the doorway. Checking again to make sure the room is empty he starts dragging the bodies inside, putting them in a closet. "Check the bodies for something you might be able to use."

"Like what..." She mumbles, patting the bodies down.

"Keys, weapons, ammunition, etc." He closes his eyes, casting out with his aura to sense others anywhere. "Spike should be headed into position soon."

Weiss rolls her eyes, and her hands clasp around something metal in one of the pockets on the body. She pulls out a knife with a frown "Uhhh...you want this?"

He eyes it, "I have enough weapons, it will be handy for you to have a backup in case you are separated from your sword." He finds the arm sheath, and help her secure it inside her sleeve. "There, that should do."

"I don't use knives...I will use my rapier.." She remarks "And my dust."

"And if you lose both it will be best to have something unexpected," he says as he heads for the hall, using a mirror low to the floor to look both ways before heading down to the left.

Weiss follows after him, hand resting on her sword in preparation...she hopes, deep down, that she won't have to watch...

Reave guides her through the building as the alarms sound, no doubt Spike has begun his assault. They pause by a window so Weiss can see him littering the courtyard with prone forms. He's PLAYING with them more than anything. One of them he even drops his pants, and moons before knocking out with a headbutt.

Weiss growls "HE'S SO IMMATURE!"

Reave chuckles as they continue, "You're simply frustrated for being so worried about him earlier."

"What do YOU know! You know nothing about me!"

"As you wish," he says distractedly as he looks up one final flight of stairs.

"Stupid little...thinking he knows everything..." She mumbles, and pulls him along "Come on!"

"I don't know everything, just how people think," he says quietly as they reach the top of the staircase, and he kneels by the door to inspect the security system. "...Can I see that knife again?"

Weiss unsheathes it and shows it to him "Why?"

He takes it, and uses it to pop the panel under the handprint scanner. Then he cuts a few wires, and starts messing with them.

"What are you doing?"

"Opening the door."

"Then why are you taking so long!"

"It's taking longer the more you speak to me," he says calmly, and two wires spark together.

Weiss rolls her eyes, and leans against the wall with a heavy sigh. After a minute the door jerks slightly into the wall, and Reave pushes it the rest of the way open.

"How do you know where we're going..."

"I sense he's somewhere in this room..." Reave steps inside, looking around slowly.

Weiss immediately puts her hand back on the handle of her weapon "Where?!"

Reave frowns, "I can't see him..."

"Then maybe you were wrong..."

"There's something off here," Reave muses. "It's his Aura, but it's not focused in the slightest like a normal person's would be. It... it's spread out over the room somehow, I can't get a lock on him."

"Spread out..." She frowns "Is this a trap!? YOU IDIOT!"

Reave furrows his eyebrows, "No, not a trap, he would have sprung it by now... A diversion maybe, but what for...?"

"...Oh no...do NOT tell me he's planning is escape!" She deadpans.

"Probably," Reave turns, and starts running. "Which means we can throw stealth to the wind!"

Weiss chases after him and speeds past, angrier than ever "OI! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU, JACKASS?!"

"I love that show, Johnny Knoxville is my idol," Spike calls from outside.

Weiss frowns "WHAT!?"

"It's an amateur television show where people preform stupid stunts most likely to land you in a hospital," Reave explains. "Such as duct-taping fireworks to roller blades, lighting them, and trying to skate downhill."

Weiss facepalms "That is utterly stupid...why would any idiot be dumb enough to do THAT!"

"Spike would," Reave deadpans. "And I believe they call people who do things like that on a regular basis Rednecks."

"But why would anyone want to risk themselves!" Weiss sighs "What if he got hurt!"

"HUMAN CANNONBALL!"

Outside as they run past a long line of windows they see Spike somehow riding on a flaming ariborne car. He waves to them before dipping out of sight, and the building rocks with an explosion.

"I'M OK!"

Weiss groans "It amazes me that this guy is the same person who said all that sweet stuff the other day..."

"Perhaps we can discuss this after we've saved your company?"

"Oh...yeah..." She nods, "Now, where do we go from here?"

Reave opens a window, "Spike! Where did her go?!"

"Looks like her brought the whole damn Carrier over with him! Just look up!"

Reave does, "...How did we miss that?"

"It's night time dude!"

Weiss frowns "WELL NOW WHAT!?"

Reave steps aside, "have a look for yourself."

Weiss looks outside, and growls "We need to stop this NOW! HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD DAMNIT!"

Spike points up, "Can you fly?"

She follows his pointed finger to see an airship lager than an entire city in the sky.

"Um...no..." She sighs dejectedly "Can ANY of us fly, idiot!"

"I believe I can flyyyyy," Spike sings.

Reave curses, "Damn... I'll call Shadow to teleport us up there."

"Why doesn't everyone else join too.."

"Some of us have to be awake for school tomorrow," Reave reminds her. "Blake promised to give you a copy of her notes so you're covered."

"Good! Now, how long does it take for Shadow to get here!"

A flash of green light reveals Shadow by Spike, and then they teleport up to Reave and Weiss.

"About time! This guy could have escaped by now!" She snaps at them "I just want to get back home already!"

Shadow ignores her attitude, and teleports them up to the tarmac on the Egg Carrier.

"And where do we go in here? I don't want to get lost and end up almost being killed by these idiots..."

"But I wouldn't hurt you," Spike complains.

"NOT YOU!" She sighs "Not you...I meant...whatever's inside..."

Shadow flicks his ears, "No need, it's coming to US." He, and the other men take fighting stances.

Weiss rests a hand on her rapier, ready to draw it..

A platform raises... with a single enemy.

If she didn't know better Weiss would swear she were staring at a white Beowolf with metal forearms. Also it has black pants, stands six feet tall, and has way more muscle. Its red eyes with slit pupils watches them without emotion. Then it speaks.

"Intruders, you are advised to leave now before your predicament becomes lethal."

"And what the hell kind of beowolf SPEAKS?!" Weiss shrieks "WHAT IS THIS!?"

"I am Unit 7 of Ivo Robotnik's "Hunting, and Tactical Killing" project, codename "W.O.L.F." This is your final warning, please leave now."

Spike gives it the finger, "Up yours buddy!"

Weiss rolls her eyes "No thanks, we're just going to go kill someone, thank you."

"The only Lifeform taking residence on this ship is my Master, and I cannot allow you to harm him." Wolf takes a fighting stance, "You have been warned."

"Then we only have you to fight, eh?" Weiss raises her eyebrow and charges at him with her rapier poised to strike.

Abruptly two lasers fire from his eyes, blasting her back by the handle of her sword. He backhands Spike to the side as he charges, and when Shadow leaps from above Wolf fires a beam from his palm that almost knocks him off he ship. Reave, who had snuck around behind him, stabs his Hookblade through Wolf's throat, but as if he barely notices Wolf grabs Reave, and throws him with the others.

Weiss groans "What the hell kind of beowolf IS this!"

Shadow groans as he gets to his feet, "That's no Beowulf... I'd bet anything it's a wolf from our planet, a cyborg one."

Weiss gets to her feet and races towards him, rolling to the side and slashing at him with her sword.

It cuts a gash in his flesh, but before her very eyes she sees metal bones. His flesh joins in rapid healing right in front of her before he slams a fist in her face. With wide eyes she is knocked to the floor like it's nothing. "What the hell ARE you!" She grimaces, rubbing her face. "Ow..."

Spike stabs him from behind with his sword, but Wolf tosses him off like a rag doll. Shadow flips, curling in on himself as good energy surrounds him, and he soars through the air in a Homing Attack that Wolf catches.

Weiss growls in frustration "You keep him company, I'll go see to this myself!" She races off, weapon in hand.

Something sticks her in the back of the neck, something thin. Eyes wide, she halts in her tracks, reaching around to feel. "What...the..."

She pulls out... A hair, but it's too stiff. And why does she feel so numb all of a sudden?

She frowns, and collapses to her knees "What have...you done!"

She sees Wolf extend blade like claws, and hold Spike at bay, "I injected you with a paralyzing sedative. My Master wants you all captured alive for experimentation."

"Wh-what..." Her eyes go wide, as her entire body goes limp "Experimentation?!"

Shadow's hair flares up like quills. "Over. My. Dead. BODY!" With a growl his body begins to glow red with an aura of energy covering his body like angry bees.

Weiss frowns "What the...hell is going on!"

Spike quickly scoops her up, and starts running, "Trust me this will not end well!"

Shadow wraps his arms around himself as he raises slightly in the air, "Chaos... BLAST!"

Spike yells out in terror as he tries to outrun the massive blast of energy Shadow releases, "Bad day bad day bad day bad day bad day!"

Weiss cringes, and buries her head into his shoulder. Well...if she dies today at least she'll have no regrets...she thinks.

"This has gotta be Karma for kicking Maine out the window," he shouts as he jumps off the Carrier feet first, and the energy soars right over their heads.

Weiss screws her eyes shut and clings to him for dear life "Oh jeez.."

"Oh boy, better pull something out of my ass, erm, hair," he fishes around, and pulls out a HUGE trampoline. "Sweet, been saving this for a special occasion!" He throws it on the ground ahead of them, and bounce off it, shooting right back upwards.

"How the hell do you fit all that stuff in there!"

"Don't question greatness," he says. "I'm just glad I can."

"Y'know...I am too right now! Do you think Shadow is okay?"

"Yeah he's fine," Spike says as they bounce a few more times before coming to a stop. Then he smirks, "We should have totally recorded that, we could have been on Jackass."

"You idiot!" Weiss glares "Just be glad we're alive right now!"

He looks up, and goes pale, "Not for long..." He points up to where the Egg Carrier is falling out of the sky, explosions bursting all over it.

"Oh dear..." She breathes, wide-eyed "And...how would you suggest we evade THAT?"

Shadow appears by them, and teleports them to a cliff a safe distance away as the Carrier crashes. Spike sighs in relief, "Thanks... Think that killed him?"

Shadow flicks an ear, "...Nope."

Eggman hovers over them in his hovercraft, "Look what you've done to my airship! And it isn't even insured!"

Weiss glares at him "YOU! HOW DARE YOU BUY MY COMPANY! HOW DARE YOU SUPPORT THE WHITE FANG!"

Eggman waves a hand, "Bah! Who cares what you think little girl? This is why insolent brats like you should stay in school!"

Weiss gapes "HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME! GET DOWN HERE NOW SO I CAN KICK YOUR ASS!"

Spike looks around, "Speaking of, where's Reave?"

Eggman tilts his head, "Who?" He doesn't even realize he's in danger until Reave spins from around a tree, and shoots the fat human in the forehead.

Weiss cringes, and turns away from the scene, hands over her mouth. Did she really just witness that...

Reave holsters the pistol back across his chest, "Rest is Peace." He takes a white bandanna out of his pocket, and when Eggman's body hits the ground he it's it around the doctor's neck. It has the White Fang insignia.

Weiss glances at the body, feeling a little queasy "Can we please go home now..."

...

The next day the word has spread over the news that Doctor Eggman was found dead at the hands of the White Fang, and has been proven of fraud in the buying of the Schnee stock shares.

All's well the ends well... Sort of.

Spike is eating lunch on the roof with Weiss when out of the blue Wolf slams into the ground nearby. He looks to Weiss, "Pardon me, is Shadow nearby?"

Weiss is immediately on guard "Why? What the hell are you doing here?!"

"Mission objective is confidential," Wolf monotones.

"How do we know you're not going to go assault him? Like you did yesterday with the rest of us, HUH?!"

Spike hops to his feet, "Yeah man, you were like the frick'n Terminator!"

"My apologies, I was simply following the directive of my Master. That directive is now void with his termination."

Spike looks utterly lost, "English dude."

Wolf looks to the side, and then back to Spike, "Until I register my new master I have no reason to preform lethal, or even violent action."

"New master?" Weiss frowns "Do you really NEED a master?"

"Affirmative, I do not have free will as you organics do. My programming only allows me to act in a manner that will please my Master."

"What if your master was YOU?"

"As preferable as that may be, it is not possible," Wolf replies. "My CPU is a complex mixture of organic brain, and cybernetic implants. Such core alterations to my programming would have been needed to be done during my creation. Any attempt to alter my core directives at this stage would result in my termination."

Weiss blinks "Yeah...whatever...I don't believe you. You're not getting past us."

"I have no intention of doing so," Wolf states. "I am simply looking for Shadow the Hedgehog."

"He's not here...go away."

"Thank you for your assistance," Wolf says, and takes off in the air using thruster in his hands and feet.

Weiss blinks "That is one strange beowolf..."

Spike watches him go, "Yeah, and if he's not out to kill no one I wonder why he's looking for Shadow..."

"He might be lying...and just saying all this when really he's going to kill him!"

"Hey, is he coming back?" Spike shields his eyes from the sun as he looks up.

"I don't know," Weiss groans "I don't caaaare..."

Spike leans over, putting his head on her shoulder, "Aw cheer up! You got your inheritance back!"

"Now THAT is true..." She immediately perks "And things with my father and I seem better than ever."

Spike closes his eyes, "He even likes ME now."

"That's probably because he doesn't know you're my...uh...he thinks you're my...teammate..."

Spike looks up at her, "You didn't tell him?"

She cringes "Uh...um...n-no..."

Spike sighs, "Just when I thought I wouldn't have to be afraid of him anymore..."

"He's my father, Spike." She reasons "Every father is overprotective of their little girls, mine is worse because I'm his only child, the only family member he has left AND the heiress of his company...you have to understand..."

Spike rolls onto his back with his head in her lap. He looks at the sky with another sigh, "How am I supposed to make a good impression though...?"

"My father is a particularly hard person to impress...I guess you treat him like you did me..."

"EW! I am NOT making out with him!" Spike screws up his face in disgust.

"SPIKE!" Weiss slaps his head, blushing "NO YOU DOLT! PERSISTENCE I WAS REFERRING TO!"

"Oh... Okay, that I can do," he says with a sheepish smile. He reaches up, passing a hand over her cheek, "You know, I never get over how beautiful you are."

She slaps his hand away "I am not...my father is the only one to tell me and that's because he HAS to."

Spike sticks his tongue out at her cheekily.

Weiss rolls her eyes "...But thank you..."

He smiles, and sits up, putting a feather-light kiss on the corner of her mouth.

She blushes deeply "W-Why do you do that..."

"Kiss you? Because it feels good to," He whispers as he touches their lips together.

She flinches at the contact, but finds herself kissing him back...

He tilts his head, and hugs her as he teases her with a kiss on the neck.

Weiss lets out a shriek, and laughs "HEY! THAT TICKLES!"

Spike smiles, and hugs her a little tighter so her arms are to her sides as he kisses her throat a few more times.

Weiss laughs even louder "STOP IT!"

He laughs right along with her, and finally stops, going back to making out with her. To her utter shock, she lets out a moan, her arms wrapping around him...but she doesn't understand why her body is behaving like this! Spike slips his tongue into her mouth, and lies back on his back as he pulls her down over him. She gasps, and kisses him fiercely. For the first time in her life she's actually ignoring the nagging in the back of her mind...but will she regret it..

Slowly he pulls back, and hugs her tightly. "I love you Weiss."

The smile on her face suddenly drops "...What..."

He sighs, "I know I don't say it enough, but I love you Weiss."

Weiss suddenly has an expression of anger "Don't you even dare...do you think I'm a FOOL?! You don't love me so quit pretending." She clumsily gets to her feet, and storms off "Liar..."

Spike abruptly turns her by the shoulder, and pins her back to a wall by the door to the stairs. He looks a bit irritated, "Why is it so hard to believe? Look at all I've done for you, and not once have I hurt you."

"But no-one loves me!" She snaps "I've been through the fake feelings, the fake confessions, and not one of them even MEANT it when they said the exact same thing...I just...no-one loves me but my father and that's how it's always been..." She whispers.

He takes a deep breath, and slowly kisses her again, trying to wash away the doubt.

Weiss pushes him away gently "We haven't known each other long...do not tell me you love me if in a week's time you're going to take it back."

"Then I won't take t back," he says sincerely. "What if there was something I could do, something that would bind us like cement, something I can't wiggle out of so you know I'm dead serious?"

"Marry me." She laughs "But I don't want that now, so I don't think there IS anything..."

"You could get her pregnant," Blake suggests from over their heads.

Spike jumps back looking scared out of his wits, "Shit, tits, and gravy! How long have you been there?!"

"BLAKE!" Weiss yells with a blush "You dolt! NO!"

Blake smirks, "Just a suggestion."

"AN INVALID SUGGESTION, THANK YOU!"

"You're welcome."

"SHUT UP!" Spike shakes himself, "I mean, I've kinda always wanted to be a dad, but that was WAY out of line Blake!"

"Exactly! Have you been taking lessons from Yang?!"

Spike crosses his arms, "Yeah!"

Blake tilts her head, "Are you saying you wouldn't WANT to?"

Spike blushes, and mutters, "Never said that..."

Weiss forces back a blush "I am not having kids with you! I'VE BARELY LIVED! HOW DARE YOU!"

"Hey I'm not TOTALLY stupid! I figured if I even brought it up it'd scare you out of your panties!"

"S-STOP TALKING!" Her entire face goes red "All of you stop!"

Spike throws his hands in the air, "We've got more important things to worry about, like a homicidal robot for instance."

"Oh I forgot about him..." She blinks, "Your fault."

Spike looks up at Blake, "Yeah, your fault!"

"No, YOUR fault!" Weiss glares at him "You...distracted me..."

"Hey!"