Chapter 18

Yang

"What are you going to do about it?" she asked still softly petting his wings. "I will tell Blake you want to fuck her senseless." He said struggling to regain control. She stopped and backed away instantly, giving him a mock look of disgust. "You wouldn't dare." She said sarcastically. He put his wings back and they turned into the tattoos on his back. "Yes I would dare. Fuck you." He said angrily "now get the fuck out of the bathroom so I can change." He said crossing his arms. "Fine. I surrender." She said jokingly. She walked out and he slammed the door behind her. Ruby walked in and looked at her suspiciously. "What did you do?" she asked, Yang grinned "Nothing. Nothing at all."

Colin

He toweled himself off and put the shorts and shirt on he had grabbed. He looked down at the watch and it said he had 15 hours till the big fight. Mighty as well finish the project. So he walked out to see Yang and ruby laying in their respective beds chatting. He went to work, welding and grinding and building, working so intently that he didn't eve notice Weiss and Blake enter the room. About an hour after he started working he was finally finished. He looked over his work, it was very good work, he hoped they liked them, and he hoped the teleporter worked.

He took off his mask and wiped his workbench down, turning towards the group who were lounging on their beds. "Hey, I got some stuff for you guys. C'mere" he said waving them over. They got up and walked over to his bench. On it there were four metal boxes, each completely sealed and smooth. He flared his hands over them and picked one up. He presented it to ruby and she looked at it oddly. "What is it?" she asked perplexed. "Put your finger in the center, and watch the magic happen." He said smiling. She put her index finger in the center of the box and waited a second, then the box opened up revealing a perfect copy of her scythe, only miniature and on a necklace. "That is so cool." Yang said gawking at her sister's new necklace. "Put it on." She lifted it out of the box and the box turned into a ruby red bracelet.

The necklace fit perfectly, his guess had been right. "Now tap the necklace three times, and everyone stand back." He said waving at ruby to step back. She tapped it twice and on the third try nothing happened. Then a few seconds later the necklace and bracelet unfolded covering her in silvery red armor, helmet and everything. "This is so awesome." She said, voice partially muffled be the helmet. "Tap the bracelet three times to set it back to normal." She did and the armor retracted back into the bracelet and necklace. "How did you do that?" she asked looking at the bracelet and necklace in awe. "Dimensional portals, bigger on the inside and other sciency miggery." He responded with a smile. "Who's next?"… After they all had had more than their fill playing with their new toys, they marveled the craftsman ship on the gifts. A scythe, snowflake, fire, and black cat. All hyper realistic, and nobody asked any questions about Blake's odd necklace design.

"Now use these with caution, they only last about 15 minutes on the current power supply. Whenever you use it I get a distress beacon and will come running, or send someone in my place. Emergency use only." He emphasized pointing a finger at Yang. She raised her hands in surrender, "I promise I won't misuse it." She said "good now let's go get something to eat, I have to leave soon and I don't know when I'll be back." He said grabbing his sweatshirt. "But I'm tired." Ruby whined .He held out his hands for her, she grudgingly accepted and he pulled her up. "C'mon, it might be my last day with you guys. Dinners my treat." He said putting on his sweatshirt. "What is happening? Why might this be your last day?" Ruby asked concerned.

"Honestly?" he asked looking at ruby, "yes honestly." She responded. "Well in about 14 hours a gigantic fleet of Shadow will be upon this world. They want me and my ship. So I can't be anywhere near you guys when that happens, can't let my new friends die on me now can I?" he said giving a halfhearted smile. "What?" Weiss asked from her position laying on the bed. "Shadow." He said not realizing they knew nothing about it. "Again, what?" she asked perplexed. "It's easier to show you." He said pulling a small disk from his pocket, throwing it on the floor. It spun for a second and blinked. Then an image of what looked like a Zenomorph from his favorite old movie, Aliens. But these were worse, very sharp and spiky but nearly the same overall. They all jumped back in horror.

"These are the masterminds behind the war I fight. They corrupt and destroy the minds of the weak, and they made the Chaos I fight. They are nasty and look terrifying." He said picking the projector up and turning it off. That's what is going to be here, and why I'm leaving, so you guys don't get killed. And so the crew of my ship doesn't die." He said walking to the door. "We going or not?" he asked smiling.

3 ½ Hours later

They returned to the dorm, Colin was slightly drunk and the rest were exhausted, they went out for dinner but ended up at one of the clubs yang frequented. (We all know what happens there) Colin had taken more shots than a person of his size should be able to, and was still in good condition, but the dancing after that was the kicker. And he was very sure he saw Weiss and ruby sneak off as some point, and Blake was definitely dancing with Yang for quite some time. But he was just fizzy enough to not perfectly recall exactly what happened. The walk home had been super awkward, nobody talked, just silence. "Night" he said flopping into his hammock. He received some "good night's" back but passed out in a minute.

The next morning Colin woke up feeling surprisingly ok. Looking himself over and looking around, he noticed he was still wearing his pants and sweatshirt. Looking around Weiss was neatly tucked in, Ruby was still in her outfit hanging off the bed a little. But Blake's bed was empty. He swung out of the hammock and grabbed his canteen remembering he needed some water after alcohol. He looked around for Blake. Checked the shower, nothing, outside the door, nothing. He walked over to Yang's bed and peaked over the edge. There was Blake wrapped in Yang's arms, sleeping soundly. He snickered and got his stuff ready for a shower.

After the shower he was feeling refreshed and the rubber and titanium body suit he was wearing made him feel secure, it was a tiny bit showy, but nothing his armor couldn't fix. He walked out towel wrapped around his waist, bodysuit halfway unzipped and was greeted by a very sleepy Weiss. " Waa, wha are you do hur." She said in a sleepy voice. "Nothing go back to bed." He said softly getting a nod in response. She was out cold in seconds. He zipped up the suit completely, the nanites gathering around him to form his armor, heavy combat mode. Which was heavily inspired by his favorite video game, Halo. He quietly packed his stuff into the backpack he had made earlier, leaving the hammock, workbench, and shelves. He grabbed a disk about 2 feet in diameter and 6 inches thick, and walked out. Making sure to leave a note as to where he was going.