Chapter 4

The Gods Have Abandoned Us, But We'll Get Through This Together

"Be gentle with the little scamp," Qrow grumbled, pushing Oscar into the living room. He stumbled onto the floor, averting his eyes from Ruby's promiscuous outfit.

What is she wearing? I want to look but…

(Sorry, Oscar, but you're on your own for this one.)

"Wait!" Oscar cried out loud. "Don't leave!"

"Oh, sweetie," Ruby said, kneeling down to him and lifting his chin up. "I'd never leave you."

"I'm heading back to the bar," Qrow said. "Keep the party contained, will ya?" The door shut behind him, and Oscar was left in the room with Ruby who now wore a sinister looking grin.

"We're going to have so much fun," she smiled.

"Ruby, please," Oscar was sweating profusely, trying to keep his eyes far from the outline of Ruby's bikini. "I-i've never... I mean…"

She stroked his hair gently, "I know, babe." she soothed. "My first time was scary too, but Weiss and I are gonna take real good care of you."

Weiss?!

As if on cue, Weiss Schnee's voice echoed from the hallway. "Ruby! Are you coming or what?"

Oscar felt the blood rushing to his head as Weiss appeared from the hall wearing nothing but a pair of miniscule white panties that left nothing to the imagination.

"Oh, Oscar came back," Weiss said. "Good, I've got the nipple clamps ready."

Penny had tried shouting after the drunken Qrow Branwen as he had drug Oscar away, but he had not listened. Instead, she had tailed them back to a house where Qrow had left the boy before heading back to where they had first appeared. Neo had followed her, if reluctantly, as Penny still held the remote.

Neo tapped her palm impatiently.

"No, Miss Neo." Penny replied, "We cannot leave without Oscar."

In a flash of pink smoke Neo transformed into Oscar once more, posing excitedly.

"That is a nice trick," Penny said, "but we need the real Oscar. He still has the Relic of Knowledge."

Neo returned to her regular form, a look of disgust on her face.

"I know you want to get back to your friend."

Neo's eyes widened, then narrowed at Penny's words. She had not forgotten about the man from Vale that Neo had tried to escape with.

"Roman Torchwick," Penny accessed her data banks, "Master criminal, thief, and conspirator in the attack on Beacon Academy. He is currently wanted by the authorities in all four kingdoms, but his whereabouts are unknown."

Neo removed the bowler hat from her head and held it to her chest with her head down. Penny watched as the scene of Mistral changed before her eyes. She was now on top of an airship in Vale; far below she could see the chaos on the campus of Beacon Academy.

Ruby Rose was fighting with Roman, but she was losing. "You wanna be a hero!?" he cried at the defeated girl, "Then play the part and die like every other Huntsman in history!" He hit her once more with his cane, knocking Ruby to the floor.

"As for me, I'll do what I do best: lie, steal, cheat, and survive!"

As he spoke those words, an enormous Alpha Griffon swooped down and closed its beak around him. The scene shattered, and Penny found herself back in Mistral. Neo was there as well, but she sat crouched upon a nearby step, her face buried into Roman's hat.

Penny was at a loss for words. She had not dealt with grief much in her life; the concept of it seemed so foreign to her.

"He was important to you?"

Neo nodded.

Penny sat down next to the girl and placed her arm around her. She had seen others do this to comfort their human friends.

"I…" she paused for a moment, choosing her words carefully. "I do not understand death. I have died once, but I am different. My father tells me that he will die someday, buty that I will live on long after he does. When I think of life without him, I believe I feel very sad, because I would like him to always be there."

Penny paused for a moment. Was she making sense?

"I do not truly understand how you feel, Miss Neo," she continued, "but if you help Oscar and I return to Atlas, I promise I will help you to find your Roman."

Neo looked up from her hat, tears streaming down her cheeks. She cast a hurt glance towards Penny; perhaps she had said the wrong thing?

"I know he is gone right now, but father tells me that nothing is impossible. When Winter Schnee takes over the power of the Winter Maiden, I'm sure she will help us."

Neo let out a deep sigh, burying her head back into the hat.

"I know she will help us," Penny reiterated, "because you love him."

Penny felt Neo begin to sob before succumbing to her friendly embrace.

Ozpin was silent, and Oscar found himself ever in need of sage advice. Stripped to his underwear, a pair of black boxer briefs, his ankles and feet were tied to a stiff wooden chair in one of the bedrooms of the house.

To his left, he could hear the muffled sounds of Nora Valkyrie engaged in what he only wished was rigorous bed jumping. To his right, the whimpering of Jaune Arc was audible from another room.

"Come on Jaune-y boy," erupted the boisterous voice of Yang Xiao Long, "slay this dragon! Fuck me like volume three fucked Pyrrha!"

"Oh god why!" Jaune cried out.

What the hell is going on, Oscar wondered. Did I suppress some really bad memories or something?

The door to the room swung open and slammed the wall with a loud thud, startling him. Ruby and Weiss had returned; an unhealthy assortment of props and devices in their arms. Weiss was still not wearing a top, and Oscar averted his eyes quickly.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Osky Wosky," Ruby beamed.

Weiss gasped, "Ruby, look! I think I see a little chub."

Oh no, please no, not like this!

Ruby came over to Oscar's chair and got up onto his lap, the warmth from her body rubbing against his groin.

"Oh you're right," Ruby grinned, "I feel it too." She leaned down and touched her forehead to Oscar's. "Do you have a little present for me?"

L...little?

"Please, Ruby," Oscar pleaded, desperately trying to avoid the barely clothed girl straddling him. "I don't know why you're doing this, but I am not okay with it!"

Weiss walked behind the chair and massaged Oscar's shoulders. She leaned down and whispered into his ear, "Quit being such a pussy." And then he felt something soft against the back of his head.

Oh god…. She's pressing them… against me…

"Good idea," Ruby added. She reached a single hand behind her, and Oscar watched the black bikini top fall from her body to the floor. Despite his struggles, his head was now wedged in between Ruby's uncovered breasts, and she was gyrating on his lap with a degree of force.

A loud crash from the hallway caught the girls' attention, and they graciously stopped their sexual onslaught.

"What was that?" Weiss asked.

"Nora's probably going overboard again," Ruby sighed, dismounting Oscar's chair. "We should check on her, just in case."

Now free, Oscar pulled with all his might, but the restraints would not break.

"Now, now," Weiss chided him. "We'll be back in just a second, so you stay put."

As Ruby peeked into the hallway, she shrieked. "What the… where did all this blood come from?"

Oscar couldn't see what she was talking about, but a quick flash of steel passed by the door. Red spray erupted from Ruby's neck, painting the hallway wall. Oscar's eyes widened with horror and he struggled harder against his restraints.

What now?! What is going on!?

"Ruby!" Weiss screamed as her friend's body hit the floor, still spewing blood. Yang appeared in the threshold from the other room; thankfully she had donned a large black hoodie before emerging.

"Yang!" Weiss said, "Ruby's d—"

Yang took Weiss' head and slammed it against the wall, leaving a sizeable crack in the boards. She repeated the violent action several more times until the girl's forehead, and the damaged wall, were saturated in blood. Weiss' body fell limp beside Ruby's and Yang turned her attention to Oscar.

"Oh my god!" Oscar cried, "Yang, please! Stop this!"

With only a sinister grin upon her face, Yang closed the bedroom door, shutting out the sickening scene outside. As soon as they were alone, a cloud of pink dust erupted and Oscar found himself staring at Neopolitan.

He didn't know whether to feel horrified or overjoyed, but Neo put a finger to her lips, urging silence. Her glance then fell to his boxer briefs, Ruby's handiwork had not yet worn off.

Covering her face with her hands, and holding back a grimace, Neo inched forwards and used a kitchen knife to quickly free Oscar from his chair binds

Without a word, Oscar leapt to the corner of the room where his clothes had been carelessly thrown onto the floor and hastily dressed himself. He caught Neo snickering at him once more.

"Not a word of any of this to Penny!" he whispered.

Neo gave a playful eye roll before opening the bedroom window. A cool breeze blew in from the free world outside.

"What is this!?" Nora's voice came from the other room. "You started the blood orgy without me again?!"

Neo waved Oscar through the window hurriedly and the two made their escape into the night.

The plan had worked perfectly! Penny beamed as Neo and a visibly distressed Oscar made their way down the road to her hiding spot.

"Great work, Miss Neo!" Penny offered a high five to celebrate, but Neo did not return the gesture.

"Well," Oscar straightened his coat, "I'm glad everyone is all friendly now, but can we please get going?"

"Did you find anything out about this world?" Penny asked.

"I just want to leave this place!" Oscar shouted. A group of nearby bird vacated their roost at his outburst.

Neo bent over and pinched Oscar's cheeks before looking to Penny and nodding.

"Very well," Penny agreed. "May our next destination be our home!" She pressed the giant glowing button on the remote and the group disappeared once more.

Neo had still not become used to the light that overcame the group when they changed worlds, and she squinted through it to try and make out their new destination.

It was dark; the light of the moon illuminated a single scene before her eyes. She saw Cinder Fall, that devilish woman, standing before a girl with red hair and golden armor.

"Do you believe in destiny?" the girl asked as she sat on the ground, helpless.

Cinder hesitated a moment, before replying, "Yes." She stepped back, getting ready to draw her weapon. This was Neo's chance, to strike down that wretched woman who stole her Roman away. That arrogant harpy who'd corrupted him with lies of power and wealth, only to abandon them both once they had played their part in her scheme.

She drew Hush and leapt forward, preparing to strike Cinder while she least expected it.

"Cut!" a man's voice shouted.

Neo froze in her tracks; suddenly a hundred lights illuminated the space around her. She saw a large group of people all gathered around, spectating on Cinder's actions. The woman now knew she was there; both Cinder and the other girl did not look amused to see her.

The man's voice called out again. "What the hell is Neo doing on set?"