Author's Note

I was suppose to publish this chapter last night. I feel there's something wrong with this chapter but oh well, please enjoy it.

Chapter 4

Since team RWBY is given a rest until Ruby gets a new weapon, Yang been rolling on her bed and groans for a couple of times. Her groans annoys the heiress on her bed, studying, "Would you keep it down, Yang?! I'm studying here!"

"You always think about studies, princess! Why can't you just chill out for a moment?" Weiss sighs and continue with her studies. Ruby is sketching something in a book on Blake's bed. The blonde turns her attention to her sister, "Whatcha' doing, little sis?" The white girl looks up to her sister and replies, "Just doing some sketching..."

Yang look at the sketching of the spider Grimm they fought yesterday. The sketches looks exactly as the Grimm. On top of the sketches is it's name, Aráneam, "Wow, you still remember how it looks? And you gave it a name, too!" She say out of impressed. She saw some detailed descriptions about it. Ruby grins at her and continue with her sketching. Few minutes later, she's done with her work. "I'm done!" She say.

Weiss gets up from her bed and take the book from her partner. The book contains all the information regarding the Grimm they fought and encountered. What impressed her is the sketching and the details she wrote, "We just fought one of these spider but you named it already?! Even the details here are complete! Since when you observe this thing?!"

"Heh, I'm not just all muscle, you know?!" The heiress shook her head. She hands the book to her partner. Ruby gets onto a sitting position and stretches both her arms. She gets up from Blake's bed and say, "I'm going to tell Professor Ozpin about this. You guys want to come along?"

"Sure, we can go to the cafeteria later," Yang replies. Weiss and Blake nods in agreement. The three of them follow their leader to the headmaster's office. On their way to his office, Blake asks, "So what about your weapon, Ruby? Have you think of something?"

"I don't know, Blake. I want something other than a scythe. Something easier for me to carry..." Suddenly, she accidentally hits someone's shoulder and drops her book. A man in a white coat immediately apologize, "Ah, my apologies! I didn't see where I was going!" Ruby rubs her shoulder gently. The man picks up her book and hands it to her. "Thank you... Wha-...?"

"We meet again, Ruby Rose..." The man say. The man is actually Doctor Alex. Yang activates Ember Celica and points it to him. Weiss and Blake do the same thing. The blonde pushes her sister to her back. Ruby looks at him with a calm yet serious face. Yang say in an angry tone, "What are you doing here?! We thought we put you in prison!"

Before he could reply, Professor Ozpin stops by them, "Ah, I was looking for the four of you. This is Doctor Alex, the new doctor for Beacon. He'll be staying here and assists you girls in the future..."

"What?! But, professor! You know what he did, don't you?! Why would someone like him help us?!" Weiss say.

"I understand what he did to Ruby. But he's the only one who would wanted to be working here. So I want the four of you to be polite with him. I hope there's no trouble between the five of you..." Blake, Yang and Weiss are speechless. Suddenly, Ruby walk pass through them and bow to the red-haired man, "Welcome to Beacon, doctor. I hope you enjoy your stay here..."

"Thank you, Ms Rosé..." He replies. Her team mates look at her in disbelief. She look at the headmaster and hands him her book. Professor Ozpin nods and excuses himself from the group. Yang lashes at the man, "What exactly you trying to do to Ruby, Alex?!" The red-haired man smirks and replies, "Dear, I have no intention on doing anything to her. But perhaps you might want to be more polite with me..."

"What?! How dare you!" Ruby quickly shoves her sister away from Alex before she punches him. She say, "Please excuse us for a moment..." She brings her teammates farther from him. When she thinks Alex won't hear them, Yang says to her sister with an angry tone, "What the hell, Ruby?! That man experimented you and you keep being polite to him?!"

"Look, if it's true Professor Ozpin brings him in, we have no choice but to treat him as a guest. Also, about that he experimented me, just put it behind. It's no use to be angry with him. Plus, we don't even know what's his actual purpose. For now, let's be cautious..." The three of them nods. They return to Alex who keeps watching them.

"I'm sorry for the inconvenience just now. And please excuse my sister..." Yang is about to open her mouth but Blake quickly covers it with her hand. Ruby glares at her and the blonde immediately silent herself. She turns to look at Alex and say, "Once again, welcome to Beacon. I look forward on working with you..."

The red-haired man bows himself slightly and excuses himself. Yang pushes away her partner's hand from her mouth. Yang, Weiss and Blake glares at him but Ruby watches him walking further from them. "C'mon, let's get something to eat..." She say in a soothing voice. The three of them nods and follows her lead. After taking a quick glance on the man, they head to the cafeteria.

The clock strikes 12 midnight. Ruby is seen sleeping next to Weiss. The white girl nuzzles herself into her partner's bosom. Yang is snoring with her mouth slightly ajar while Blake is sound asleep. The room is quiet except for the blonde' snores.

The door creaks open and stood a figure at the doorway. It slowly enters the room and creeps to Ruby. The figure touches her pale white skin. The white girl mumbles in her sleep, "It tickles..." And turns herself over, facing the figure. It smiles and touches the scars on her face. Ruby whimpers and it quickly pulls it's hand away. Few seconds later, she stops whimpering.

It gently caress her white hair. It look at her with a sad face. It proceeds on her scars once again, causing her to whimper. Her whimpers are heard by her partner. Weiss slowly flutters open and jolts awake as she saw the figure. She yells, "YOU! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Yang and Blake jolts awake upon hearing her scream. The blonde's lilac eyes turns red and drops herself from her bed.

She say in an angry tone, "Get out off here before I kill you!" The figure knows it's outnumbered immediately left their dorm. Blake heads to Ruby and checks on her, making sure she has no injuries. Yang turns to her partner and asks, "Is she alright?"

"She's fine. I'm quite surprise she doesn't wake up due to the commotion."

"Let her sleep. We'll keep this between us," Yang replies. She sits at the edge of Weiss' bed and caresses her hair. The white girl nuzzles her face into her palm. She smiles. "But why was he here? And how does he know our dorm?!" Weiss say.

"I don't know. But if he touches my sister again, I'll rip him apart, limb to limb..."