The opening credits to Burning Passion and Bullets 5 rolled up the TV screen, and the Lieutenant hopped into his seat to watch Ruby's favorite movie on the big screen downstairs. With his daily life not being overtaken by his babysitting duties for once, the White Fang member was trying to make amends with others in the house. Figuring Ruby was one of the more forgiving residents, he invited her along with Sun to waste a few hours on a movie. To his dismay, Ruby had dragged that filthy Schnee wench along with her, much to the princess' dismay. Apparently Weiss knew how this film was going to turn out having seen its four predecessors before, and was all too eager to make initial judgement.

"This is going to be so predictable," Weiss yawned, studying her nails, "Just like the other ones."

"Can't just enjoy a mindless movie, can you?" Sun said with a groan.

"I don't care what you say," Ruby smiled, punching at the air, "This movie is too cool! The part when they drive across the aircraft carrier on a tank is the coolest!"

"Hey, spoilers!" the Lieutenant hushed, pointing at the screen.

"Oops! Sorry, um…"

The masked man looked at her. "Something wrong?"

"Seriously, what is your name? I've been meaning to ask you, but Adam was always around doing Adam things."

"…Do any of you know my name?"

Weiss and Sun shook their heads no.

"I assumed you never had one," Weiss said.

"Same here," Sun muffled with a mouthful of popcorn.

"Oh, well I guess I should properly introduce myself. My name is-

A loud slam from behind them cut the Lieutenant off. They turned to see a very concerned Jaune standing halfway on the staircase. "Hey! Sun! Big guy! Adam's going after Blake! We need muscle now!"

"Goddammit!" Spitting out his popcorn, Sun immediately leaped out of seat and sprinted past Jaune, "I'll meet you up there!"

"Hold up Sun!" Weiss called, following after, "We'll come too! Let's go Ruby!"

"Wait!"

Ruby detoured to the projector, pressing PAUSE on the remote and giving Weiss an enthusiastic thumbs up.

"Okay! Now we're good!"

Once the girls and Jaune were gone, the Lieutenant stood and clenched his fists. He knew this day would come. While he admired his boss deeply, there was only one person who could knock him off his high horse and rein him in. He knew him best. He knew his weaknesses. And he would put him in his place.

A pleased Mercury stepped out of the bathroom, fastening his belt while kicking the door closed behind him. The editor was right this month: this issue of Haven Harlots was filled to the brim with juicy articles. And by articles, he meant centerfolds. Oh, what he would do to get with Miss Magenta Magiana…

He tucked the magazine under his arm, whistling as he walked down the hall to his room. With his head still full of mental images, he was oblivious to the red-haired warrior dashing around the corner.

WHAM!

He and Pyrrha collided, knocking each other to the floor. Reaching desperately for his smut, Mercury's eyes instinctively gazed towards the girl's chest as she picked herself up on her hands.

"So, come here often?"

A slap to the face knocked the perverted thoughts from his mind. Pyrrha kicked herself up, crossing over his prone body and completely ignored him as she continued running. "I was just joking, you know! Christ, people can't take a joke nowadays…"

THUD!

The wind flew from Mercury's lungs as Sun's foot landed on his chest full force. Before he could recover and lift himself up from the floor, Mercury was soon trampled over by three more pairs of feet as Jaune, Weiss, and Ruby chased after Sun and Pyrrha. His head turned weakly to his magazine, which was now crumpled and torn across the hall.

"…Of fucking course."

As Mercury collected the pieces of his 'literature', Pyrrha and the others were closing in on Blake's room. Sun was neck and neck with Nikos, and soon passed her when he heard a heavy thud come from up ahead. He skidded to a halt at the open doorway, and…

Well, he was pretty shell-shocked, to say the least.

On the floor was Adam, twitching slightly and making weird gurgling noises. Foam bubbled from the corner of his mouth as he continued having what looked like a seizure of some kind. Sun looked to the bed next, where he saw what had caused Taurus' current state.

Though it was nearly obscured by a mass of messy blonde locks, Sun could see Yang and Blake's lips touching one another very daintily. Their eyes were closed, and were oblivious to the small audience gathered in their doorway. Sun had hushed the others as they rounded the corner, wanting to see just how long the two girls would remain like this. After a good ten seconds, Ruby couldn't contain her giddiness anymore. She whipped out her phone, and it gave off a loud clicking sound as she too a snapshot. The two girls on the bed opened their eyes and fell off the bed in a frantic mess.

"Awwwww!" Ruby cooed, leaping onto her sister, "You guys are sooo cute!"

"Did you take a picture?!" Yang demanded, reaching for the phone in Ruby's hand, "Delete it! NOW!"

"Nope!" Ruby giggled, tossing the phone to Weiss, "Keep it safe bestie!"

"Wha-?!" Juggling the phone in her hands, Weiss soon realized that Yang had set her sight on her now. She brushed between Jaune and Pyrrha and darted away, with the blonde and Ruby close behind.

Blake stood up, wiping her mouth and staring guiltily at the others. "…We had no choice."

"If you insist," Sun smirked. Blake punched him on the arm as he approached her. "How was it though?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Oh, come on. You know exactly what I'm talking about."

Picking up her bow, Blake retied it over her ears. She looked down to avoid eye contact and to hide her slight blushing. "It wasn't really that bad. I just closed my eyes and thought about someone else. That's all."

"I hate to interrupt," Pyrrha said, stepping in and pointing at Adam, "But is he going to be okay?"

The four of them stared at Adam's twitching body for a bit before Blake gave him a swift kick to the spine. He let out a painful little moan, so Blake kicked him again. A little harder this time, for good measure. She had cared about causing him physical harm before, but she'd probably never have this opportunity again. Best to indulge in it, you know?

"I don't think kicking him is going to help," Jaune's suggestion was ignored as the feline switched sides and punted him in the gut.

"He'll be fine," Blake replied coldly, kicking him again, "Just a seizure. Nothing major."

"I'll take it from here."

They all turned to see the Lieutenant enter the scene. The big guy looked down at his boss's convulsing body, and lifted it over his shoulder with ease.

"How are you going to punish him?" Sun asked, soon regretting his choice of words. He had to stop doing that.

"Oh, he's already punished himself enough," the Lieutenant said, studying Adam's face, "From the looks of it he'll be out for a while, probably a week or so. He's had these kinds of attacks before. Usually after a mission fails or he sees a picture of the Easter Faunus."

"Wait… the Easter Faunus?" Jaune asked, "What's he got against him?"

"I've been asking myself that for years. Now if you'll excuse us, it's time I get back to work. You'll have to finish the movie without me, Sun. Nice abs, by the way."

The quartet stood in silence after the Lieutenant disappeared, realizing just how strange the past minute or so had been. Blake was just relieved to have Adam out of the picture for a bit, whereas Sun was getting the sinking feeling that the big guy was setting his sights on more than just Adam. Pyrrha looked to Jaune, who still seemed caught up on the whole Easter Faunus thing.

"So… I guess this means I'm done watching over Adam."

"This house is really weird, Pyrrha."

"My thoughts exactly, Jaune."

"I'm beginning to think it's a little on the small side," Ren scratched his chin as he and Nora looked down on their completed Adam-house. While the box-shaped hut was well crafted and painted, it stood only four feet high and three feet wide. It was the perfect size for Zwei, but Adam? That would require a lot of squeezing and contorting.

"Nah, it'll be fine!" Nora smiled, slapping Ren on the back, "I bet he'll love it! I mean look how pink it is! I could see this from space!"

With Adam still slung over his shoulder, the Lieutenant joined the two in admiring the work. "So, this is Adam's new home?"

"Uh…" Ren raised an eyebrow, distracted by the foaming Taurus, "It is a bit small for him, but-

"Doesn't matter," The Lieutenant knelt down and shoved his boss's limp body into the hole, laying him face-first on the house's grass 'floor'. Dusting off his hands, he began walking back to the house. "Keep an eye on him until I get back. Gotta get him a straw and some mashed up food for dinner."

Unsure of what to do, Ren and Nora opted to just walk away and let Adam foam out on the ground.

"Do you think they broke his legs?"

"Once we leave this house, I'm getting you help Nora."