This is going to be a short chapter but there is a little something at the end as a little apology.
It was dark. She could barely see anything.
Her hands and legs were bound to the chair she was sitting in. She struggled against her binds, but to no avail.
"You're not going to get free that way." A feminine voice told her from the darkness. Neo stopped trying to free herself. A single flame was lit, partially illuminating the room.
Neo could finally somewhat see that she was in one of the Beacon dorm rooms. She could also see who her captor was.
Cinder.
Neo stared with wide eyes at her captor as she slowly walked forward, flame in hand and a wicked smile on her face.
"Don't worry Neo. I'm not going to hurt you." Cinder said as she stroked Neo's hair with her free hand.
Neo tried move away but couldn't because of the chair and binds.
"Now Neo, I know that we're not the best of friends. But, I'd like to change that." Cinder said as she grabbed Neo's chin and forced her to look into her eyes.
Neo couldn't look away. She didn't realize until now how beautiful Cinder's eyes were.
"Good girl." Cinder said as she released Neo's chin. "Now, if we're going to be friends then you're going to have to do a little something for me."
Neo nodded her head slowly. Her eyes still locked with Cinder's.
"I know that you're staying with one of the teams here at Beacon. Specifically, JNPR."
Neo nodded again.
"Pyrrha Nikos is on that team and it would be very helpful if she could be eliminated. Unfortunately, in your current condition you would be unable to do the task."
Neo frowned.
"Don't worry. I have another idea for you in mind. She seems to have very obvious feelings for her partner, the Arc. He would be a much easier target. Nikos would be devastated and her team would be left without their leader."
Neo broke eye contact and shook her head. She glared back at Cinder.
Cinder frowned. "You do realize that I no longer require you're uncle's services."
Neo started to get nervous.
"He served me well, but I can't leave any loose ends untied. That is unless you take out the Arc. Do this and I can free you're uncle and you two will be free to do as you wish."
Neo stared at Cinder, unsure of what to do. After a few minutes she lowered her head.
Cinder smiled. "I knew you'd come around. Now, look at me."
Neo looked back up. A single tear trailing down her face. She suddenly felt very sleepy.
Neo slowly opened her eyes to see that she was back in JNPR's dorm. She stretched as she sat up in her spare bed. Looking around, she saw that Jaune was the only other person in the room and he was asleep. She got up and walked over to his bedside.
"Waffles." He spoke quietly in his sleep.
Neo smiled and she noticed that something was in her hand. She looked down and her smile faded. In her hand was a black knife.
"Do this and I can free you're uncle and you two will be free to do as you wish." Cinder's words echoed in Neo's head as she looked at the knife. She took a deep breath as she raised the knife over her head.
He's asleep, this can be done quickly and painlessly. He won't suffer at all. Neo told herself this as a tear trailed down her face.
"Neo?"
Neo looked down to see Jaune looking up at her.
Jaune started to get up. "What's wrong?" He asked with a concerned expression on his face.
Neo's hand holding the knife started to shake.
"Come on Neo, put the knife down." Jaune said as he moved closer to Neo.
She panicked and brought the knife down onto Jaune. He managed to catch the blade with his right hand. Neo watched as some blood trickled down his arm.
She let go of the knife and ran for the door. She reached for the handle but was stopped by a hand grabbing her wrist. She was then pulled into a hug by Jaune.
Neo was confused. She had just tried to kill him, so why was he hugging her?
"I'll make them stop." Jaune said as he crouched down to be eye level with Neo.
"Whoever made you do this, I'll make it so they'll never bother you again." Jaune told her as he placed his left hand on her cheek.
Neo buried her face into Jaune's shoulder and hugged him tightly as tears stained his shirt.
Jaune just hugged her back as he watched the black knife that was now lying on the floor dissolve into nothing.
Ren, Nora and Pyrrha entered the dorm to see Jaune asleep in his bed with Neo in his arms snuggled close to him.
"Aw, they look so cute." Nora said.
Pyrrha looked a little annoyed and walked over to them. She was about to drag Neo out of bed when Pyrrha fell to the floor unconscious. Ren stood over the knocked out red head with his hand raised.
Ren sighed. "You're going to owe us big time for this Jaune."
Nora giggled and with the help of Ren they dragged Pyrrha over to her bed. Nora tucked Pyrrha in while Ren checked on Jaune and Neo.
Ren adjusted their blanket when he noticed a wet spot on Jaune's shirt near his shoulder. He also noticed that Neo's cheeks were slightly red. Ren let out another sigh before getting into his own bed.
"Ren?" Nora asked quietly.
"Yeah?"
"Can I sleep with you tonight?"
Ren smiled and lifted the blanket for Nora to join him which she happily did.
Everyone would be sleeping well tonight and the next morning wake up feeling refreshed. Well, except for Pyrrha who would wake up with a headache the next morning for some reason.
Tell you what. Since this was a short chapter, people wondered what Coco did and since I wouldn't have been able to find a place for this in the story...
Here's what Coco did
Jaune was sitting alone in his dorm with nothing to do.
*Beep*
His scroll went off. He opened to see that someone had sent him a message. "Huh, wonder what Coco wants?" He asked himself as he opened the message.
"Hey, I found this video you might like to see."
"Looks like anime, judging from the thumbnail."
Jaune clicked on the video attachment and it started to load.
"Why is the video starting at 12:50?"
"..."
"Wait, why is that girl ti- why does she have a to- what is that guy doi- OH GOD!"
Jaune made it exactly twelve seconds into the video when he started to feel sick. "I think I'm gonna hurl." Jaune quickly ran to the bathroom to empty the contents of his stomach.
CFVY'S dorm
*Knock*
*Knock*
"Vel, could you get the door?"
"Yep."
Velvet opened the door to see Jaune on the other side. "Hey Jaune, you don't look so good."
"Could I please speak to your leader?" Jaune asked sounding very annoyed.
Velvet nodded and looked back into her dorm. "Coco, Jaune's here to see you."
Coco got up from her bed and walked to the door. "Hey Jaune, I see that you enjoyed the video." She said with a grin.
Jaune just glared at her. "That video was disgusting, probably the most disgusting I will ever have the misfortune to view and it was a goddamn cartoon!"
Coco laughed nervously. "I thought that it would be a good joke."
"I'm not laughing."
"Sorry, I won't do it again." Coco said as she lowered her head.
Jaune turned to leave but was stopped by Coco. "W-wait, did you happen to watch the rest of the video?"
"Why would I watch the rest of that video?!"
"I was just wondering if-"
Jaune turned around and left not wanting to listen to what she had to say.
Coco closed the door and sat back down on her bed across from Velvet.
"What video did you show him?" Velvet asked.
"You know that video you accidentally caught me watching?"
Velvet thought for a minute. "Which one?"
"E-Eu-" Coco didn't get to finish.
"Coco, oh god why?!"
"Thought it would be kinda funny and that maybe he might have watched the rest of video. Maybe find something else that interested him."
Velvet stared at Coco in disbelief. "I don't think Jaune is into that kind of stuff."
Again, Coco laughed nervously.
That's it. That's what Coco did. Now, I'm not comfortable with giving the name of that video and I will ask that you don't try to guess the name of it in the reviews. If you think you know what it is then just go ahead and PM me and I'll tell you if you're correct.