They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself.

A/N: I will be ending the story with the 45th chapter. It's been a journey and I've enjoyed every minute of it, hope you have to. I won't come out with the 44th and 45th chapters soon. I will most likely type, edit, and upload them weekly. Since it's spring break? I might finish the story up soon. I might include a notes chapter between 44 and 45. Next chapter I'll tell you what I've decided…

Chapter 43:

"Listen. I know Ruby wouldn't do something like this if she didn't have a good reason."

"Yes listen, to yourself. Do you realize how foolish you sound right now? Ruby cheated on you. We need to dump her, and move on with our lives."

Weiss was arguing with her self, out loud. The heiress was currently pacing the RWBY dorm room. Her classes were over, she had finished all the study homework that was required, and the testing wouldn't start until after the weekend. Due to all this Weiss was very…frustrated, for lack of a better word.

Weiss often argued with herself, she found out pretty early in life that it helped clear her mind; if she didn't let anyone else hear? Then talking to herself often helped her make decisions. Weiss had found out about Ruby's 'confrontation' with Alice, and realized something was amiss. Ruby wouldn't normally do such a thing, 'Something has to be up with that Alice character' Weiss thought.

After a few more minutes, Weiss's arguing gave the white haired heiress a few ideas. First Weiss would confront Alice, and find out what was really going on. After that Weiss…didn't know that she had planned. All she really had was mostly to tell Alice to back the fuck off her girlfriend. After that she would just wing it.

Weiss POV

It was Saturday, and I didn't expect to run into Alice. It was (according to my scroll) 5:00 o' clock, in the morning. It didn't hurt one bit when Ruby started ignoring me, in fact Yang and Blake hadn't seen her either. I wonder if the reason no one has seen her is because of Alice? Well if it is I'm going to teach that bitch a lesson she won't forget.

Well I didn't exactly run into Alice, I sort of locked eyes with her across a courtyard. When Alice saw me her eyes lit up, no I mean like they lit up. Flames actually replaced her eyes and her face started to morph. "What the fuck!" I muttered to myself. What now looked like an Alice demon scuttled up the outside of the gym, and climbed through a window into the rafters in the gym ceiling? At least that's what it looked like to me.

I had never been up there, but I wasn't about to let my fear of heights get in the way. In fact this will be the last day that fear will be realized. I will use this opportunity to purge myself of my fear of heights and forever be able to stand, looking down a cliff edge, and not get scared.

Quickly making a decision I walked across the courtyard and through the gym doors. Inside was something I hadn't expected. Geoff was hanging upside down, by his feat, suspended from the ceiling with a sticky substance not unlike what I saw in a video game Ruby once played.

Where was Gavin? I can't say, there was so much sticky stuff everywhere it was hard to see anything. Where was Alice? I knew exactly where she was, but the problem would be getting to her. Looking closer I realized that the rope holding Geoff to the ceiling and the floor actually created sort of a rope/ladder/pole that I could climb.

Taking advantage of my opportunity I quickly crossed the gym floor. Thank goodness I had the thought to steal a pair of Ruby's Gym shoes. Nike free runners I think they're called? Anyway the gym floor was entirely coated with the same sticky substance…that had Gavin suspended the same level as Geoff (half way to the gym ceiling). Except Gavin was entrapped in a sphere of sticky gunk-I still didn't know what to call it-that was stuck to the wall.

Now that I look, the walls were completely covered in a fine layer of sticky gunk. I decided to get a name for the stuff and yelled to Geoff, "Hey Geoff. Geoff you awake?"

I heard a mumbling, so I decided to take matters into my own hands. If I wanted to climb up to Geoff, it would mean actually touching the sticky stuff. It being on the shoes I was wearing was bad enough, but it actually touching my skin? If I was being honest with myself, and I wasn't, I knew that as soon as I entered the gym; I would be leaving covered in whatever this stuff was.

Grabbing onto the substance I started to climb. The texture was so slimy I wasn't worried about falling or my fear of heights. I was really worried that this stuff would give me a reaction that would be painful.

I got to the same rope Geoff was suspended on, and discovered that the man had escaped his prison. "How did you get out?" I asked, keeping my voice low as to not attract Alice's attention.

"You woke me up when you asked me if I was awake." Geoff said as if the answer was obvious.

"No how did you escape?" I repeated glaring at him around our suspension. My eyes widened when I say Geoff holding a very dangerous and futuristic looking tactical machete.

"Hold on. Once I cut the puss this rope contraption will start swinging." Geoff said still avoiding my question.

"Wait puss? What-" I was cut off when Geoff swung the machete and cut us free from the puss. I was thoroughly disgusted, I actually touched the puss (and it felt really slimy). Once the rope we were clinging on to was cut free from the puss anchor, the entire thing went stiff.

"So the rope was puss as well? Hum. This must be succubus puss, a substance not unlike dwarf spit but with…different properties." Geoff said.

This only proved I was a geek, because I knew what he meant by dwarf spit-I had at one time read the entire Artimis Fowl book series. Great read by the way. The puss rope began to swing back an forth like a pendulum, after a few swings the height started to worry me and Geoff.

He and I weren't afraid of heights, we were afraid of falling. Sure our hands were completely immovable but that didn't mean…speak of the devil and she shall appear, Alice. She stood? Suspended from the ceiling. No she was flying. I remembered from a demonology text book that succubus had wings. 'A flying demon, how morbid' I thought as our entrapment swung closer and closer into Alice's clutches.

"Here take this! I'll drop down, don't worry the puss can absorb impact, and you just kill Alice." Geoff shouted and tossed me the machete. Once I caught it and had it in the appropriate grim, and once the puss pendulum swung to its apex Geoff jumped. He was right the puss could absorb impact.

Once Geoff hit the ground he began climbing up the wall to free Gavin. On my own now I prepared myself for what I had to do. Keeping my hold on the machete, I swung my body with the pendulum to add extra momentum. The puss rope stretched towards the hovering Alice and I leaped into the air.

With an almighty swing, I brought the machete into the top of Alice's horned skull. The blade sunk all the way to the hilt. As soon as hilt struck head, Alice began to dissolve. But no before her clawed feet raked my entire left leg.

The pain hit and I screamed. Losing my momentum I fell rapidly toward the gym floor. As luck would have it Geoff caught me. Although I could tell he was trying to be gentle, it still hurt to land in his arms. Once Geoff carried me into the sunlight, muttering about getting me to the infirmary, my blood started to boil. And it was painful as fuck.

Geoff POV

I took Weiss to the infirmary as fast as I could. Only halfway to the infirmary did I realize that I had left Gavin trapped in the succubus puss. Gavin however surprised me, and almost made me drop Weiss, by coming up behind me and saying, "How is she Geoff?"

"Jesus! You scared the shit out of me…she's fine." I said. Now with Gavin at my side, looking really worried; I finished carrying Weiss to the infirmary room. Once I put her down on the operation table, the Beacon doctors began their evaluation of her injuries.

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