"Oh my god. This is delicious."

Sun never had food as delicious as this. The meat practically melted in his mouth. The peas popped like grapes.

Qrow mocked a bow since he prepared the dish. "Thank you, thank you."

Content, Sun sank into his chair as he stared at the steam. "It's been too long since I've had steak."

Happy that he liked it, Ruby chirped. "If you like that, then you should try Blake's bass. I don't even like fish but she made me with that dish."

The compliment caused Blake to smile. "If you like it so much, I'll make it next week."

"That would be awesome!" the captain exclaimed.

"Aw," Sun whined with a pout. "I won't be here to try it."

After swallowing some mead, Yang smirked. "Sucks to suck."

"It really does," Sun agreed.

Weiss set down the fork and laid it on the plate. "I particularly liked the chicken we had the first night I was here."

"Moi made that one," Yang proudly pointed to herself. "The food made you stay, not us."

"Exactly," Weiss joked. "You bunch of dolts need to be good for something."

"Hey, I got it," Yang pointed at her with a wide grin. "You should make us somethin' one night."

Weiss sank into her seat. "If I knew how…"

"You dunno how to cook?" Yang asked, curious.

"I never learned," Weiss informed. "People did it for me."

"Oh yeah."

Yang almost forgot that her companion was from the nobility. It'd been a while since her background was relevant.

"I'll help you, Weissy!" Ruby offered in excitement as she leaned onto the table. "We'll make the best dish ever!"

A small smile quirked on Weiss' lips. Of course her lovable dolt wanted to join her. "Which dish?"

"Make turkey," Yang suggested. "It's not as hard to make as you think. And it's delish."

From the thought of turkey, Qrow almost drooled. "I haven't had turkey in years."

"Turkey it is!" Ruby beamed. "Hey, does anyone know if Adam wants dinner?"

Blake simply crossed her arms. "He'll get it later. He usually waits for everyone to leave."

After Sun ate some peas, he nodded. "I know he's a loner, but not this much of a loner."

Yang held her girlfriend's hand under the table. "As long as he stays away from her, we're good."

Collective nods.


Only silence remained in the dead of night.

The Howling Thorn swayed quietly. Like it was rocking the crew to sleep.

Footsteps moved with purpose in the hallways. There was only one night left to pull this off. It was now or never. It had to be tonight, or his task would fail. Otherwise, this was all for nothing.

Living with humans on the ship would be for nothing. At least he was being paid for this. He could do it. Easily.

Quietly, he turned a corner. Some creaks echoed, but could easily pass off as the ship itself making the noises rather than him.

It was dark and not a soul in sight. Under the mask, he spotted his destination. Adam slowly opened the door. With his night vision, he was able to see the purpose of why he was here in the first place.

Good thing she was alone. That made everything much easier.

Before, Adam worried if her girlfriend would be dozing with her. Ruby was probably on the lookout for any nearby enemies on the water. If he was going to be successful, he had to be discreet and slip under the radar.

Like a predator, Adam stalked his prey as she slept.

A small moan.

This was bad. She wasn't supposed to wake up.

"Ruby? Are you back?"

From one glance, it was easy to tell the large silhouette wasn't her girlfriend. All in a second, adrenaline spiked and Weiss' eyes widened as she propped herself up in shock.

"Adam."

She said his name eerily. Like it wasn't meant to be spoken. Even though it was pitch-black, something told her that it had to be him.

There was a deathly silence that towered above. After he took one step forward, he growled like the name was poison.

"Schnee."

From hearing her last name, she was undoubtedly in danger. The world told her to scream. And that's

exactly what she did.

"Agh!"

She screamed to the heavens before she was knocked out.

"Shit," Adam cursed as he moved swiftly. "Damn you."

After he tossed her over his shoulder, he bolted out the door. Subtlety was out when the entire world heard her shriek. Even though she only had seconds to react, she picked the best course of action, much to his dismay.

In a rush, the bull faunus jumped out on deck. No one was here. With that in mind, he sprinted toward the edge of the ship. Before he reached the railing, Ruby landed directly in front of him with the most pissed of scowl he'd ever seen.

"What're you doing?" the captain hissed with worry as she examined him. "What- Weiss!"

Her beloved girlfriend dangled over his shoulder. Seeing her unconscious made Ruby angry. She shouldn't have trusted him.

And now...

"Put her down!" Ruby demanded.

Defensively, Adam sheathed his blade. "The Schnee is coming with me. If you don't want her to get hurt, then move!"

Rather than heed his orders, Ruby poised her scythe. "She's a Thorn. Not a Schnee."

"Schnee's are all the same!"

After Adam growled, he launched himself at her. When he was about to strike, the weight on his shoulder disappeared. He was so focused on attacking that he didn't watch his back.

Rather than attack, Adam whirled around to notice that Blake had wrapped her ribbon around Weiss before yanking her over. Safely, Blake transferred her companion into Yang's capable arms. In the darkness, lilac eyes had warped crimson.

From the sight, Adam frowned. "Blake-"

Before he could say more, Ruby rammed his back. That made him stumble a bit. The only reason she halted was to give them a chance for conversation. Something told Ruby that they wouldn't talk after this.

"Give up, Adam," Blake stated. "Your cover is blown."

"You of all people, defending a Schnee?!" Adam roared. "What's gotten into you?!"

"Don't act like you know me!" Blake hissed.

"Sienna knows she's here," Adam forewarned. "Next time, it won't only be me!"

When he turned around, Qrow towered over him. It took him a while to hear the ruckus. At least it was easier to hear since it was calm outside.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"Move it, old man!"

"I'm not old!" Qrow quipped.

With power, Adam was able to force him to slide away with his blade. Qrow used his scythe as he slid across the floor from the sudden force. Before Adam could approach the railing, another opponent clashed against his sword.

"Adam, where the hell are you gonna go?!" Sun shouted in an attempt to reason with him. "You wanna die or something?! What was the point of escaping if you're gonna throw yourself overboard?!"

"Part of my job was to help you escape, dumbass!" Adam retorted to knock some sense into him. "There's always traitors in the Khans!"

Unamused, Yang muttered. "The Khans keep gettin' better and better…"

"Fine!" Sun yelped. "If you wanna kill yourself, go ahead!"

With that, Sun pulled away. There was no way he was going to take the risk of dying in the middle of the ocean. No one in their right mind would-

Without hesitation, Adam jumped into the wild waters below. The waves swallowed him whole as he vanished into the depths.

Rushing, Sun leaned over the railing. "What the fuck?!"

Ruby was equally confused. "Did he really…?"

"He's alive," Blake said with no doubt. "He wouldn't do that without an escape route."

Sun tilted his head in exasperation. "But where would he go?"

There was a short silence. It didn't take Qrow long to think of a plausible explanation.

"If he's working for Jackass, then he might have a submarine to help out," Qrow suggested.

There was an annoyed groan. From the noise, Ruby perked up. In seconds, she was by her girlfriend's side.

"Ugh," Weiss mumbled. "What happened?"

Gently, Yang set her down on the floorboards. "Adam was being Adam."

Weiss shivered as the recollection raddled her. "He frightened me for a second there."

Happy her girlfriend seemed okay, Ruby hugged her. Fondly, Weiss returned the embrace. She finally felt safe.

"It was a good thing you screamed," Ruby said. "Otherwise, I don't know what would've happened. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Weiss said bitterly, thinking she should've saw that coming.

"That was wild," Yang commented. "The douche played us."

"I should've known," Blake said guiltily.

Weiss set a hand on her shoulder to comfort her. "It's not your fault."

"It's mine. I'm sorry, guys," Sun apologized. "I didn't think he'd pull that crap."

"No one did," Blake admitted.

Annoyed, Weiss whined. "I'm not going to sleep after that."

Judging by how high the moon was, the sun wasn't rising for some time.

Ruby held her hand in understanding. "Let's play video games or something."

Quickly, Yang darted to the door. "I call the ninja!"

Ruby cupped her hands over her mouth. "Wait, you're not invited!"

"I call the sand dude!" Sun announced as he followed her inside.

"I'll make snacks," Qrow offered.

Ruby sighed in amusement. "Guess it's a party now."

"Unbelievable," Weiss groaned.


The goal was to keep you focused on our poor Blake so no one would bat an eye at Weiss. Hopefully you forgot most faunus hate Schnee's.

Pft Adam didn't want to escape the Khans! Sienna hired him to take Weiss back so they could earn some moneys. Buuuuut he failed epically just like our CinCin. Sienna, how about you get off your ass and do the work for once?

Stay dandy,

~Toto