(Charged)
Chapter 3: Hurt
"That means NOW, maggot."
Ruby jumped up and dashed past officer Schnee, lining up outside her cell she looked around the cell block. Blake gave her a reassuring nod as Captain Schnee went over some details for the new girls.
"Ahem, listen up ladies because I'm not repeating myself." Captain Schnee folded her arms behind her back and began to pace in front of the girls like a drill instructor.
"At six a.m. an alarm will sound you have one hour to do what you have to do, shower, shave, shit, I don't care."
"Seven a.m. you will report to the cafeteria where you may eat breakfast, it isn't mandatory, technically you can do whatever during this time but I recommend you eat." Weiss pivoted on her heel in front of Ruby. Ruby couldn't help watching her hips as she moved.
"Then from eight to noon, you maggots will try to give back to society for once… You will work a job which I will be assigning each of you tonight after dinner."
"Noon to five is a period known as "free hour," this is a privilege, you must remain on good behavior or free hour will be revoked and your cells social slot will be locked."
"Speaking of, the social slot is an attempt to keep you bitches sane, since the shrinks tell us cutting you worms off from each other completely can cause mental instability BUT, if you or your cell neighbor fall from the good behavior list it will be locked." "This is, if you couldn't tell, a measure to get you animals to keep each other on the narrow." Captain Schnee stopped in front of Blake and eyed her up and down for a second, Blake didn't give her a reaction.
"It is now five fifteen," Weiss checked her watch.
"Dinner is served at five every day, dinner is not optional you must report to the cafeteria until six."
"Six to seven we report to the yard, we report late in the day so you slimy fucks don't dry out."
Weiss stopped in front of Ruby and looked at her, Ruby blushed and looked at the floor. Having got the reaction she wanted, Weiss smirked and continued her patrol.
"After the yard hour you shower, then report back to your block, you can socialize with other good behavior prisoners at this time but at nine you MUST be back in your own cell, cells are locked at nine thirty and the lights go out at eleven."
"And that's all you need to know, now go eat dinner." Captain Schnee nodded towards a security door at the end of the cell block before taking her leave.
Ruby caught a familiar scent when Weiss walked past her the captain made sure to bump her shoulder. "Watch it maggot!" Ruby tried not to smile at the captain's scent and closeness. She smelled of strawberries.
Blake showed her to the lunchroom but didn't say anything until they were in line.
"You can't be serious," deadpanned Blake.
"W-what do you mean?"
"Oh come on Red, I could have seen you giving the captain baby-doll eyes from the other side of the block."
"Was it that obvious?" Ruby winced as one of the lunch ladies slapped a tuna sandwich onto her tray along with a hefty serving of baked beans.
"You were swooning, over the ice-queen, what are you a fucking masochist?"
"I don't think so I just…. thought she was pretty," Ruby mumbled under her breath coaxing a groan out of Blake.
"You're hopeless, whats next dreaming about her?"
"Uhhh..."
"Oh. My. God. Why. Me."
"I didn't do it on purpose she just kinda embodies a lot of… I don't know."
"Just shut up and follow me I need to give you the 4-1-1 on the big fish in this pond."
Ruby timidly followed Blake to a table and sat down next to her before realizing two people were already at the table.
"Okay, Red let me introduce you to my friends."
Ruby looked across the table at the other two women, a nice looking redhead with a "901" on her jumpsuit, and a girl with pink and brown hair with a "333" jumpsuit.
"Red, meet Pyrrha Nikos and Neo," Blake nodded towards the girls who both smiled at her.
"They're good people… well..."
Pyrrha spoke up giving Ruby a cheerful smile and a "hello."
The other girl merely nodded and smirked.
"Okay Red so here's the thing, your crush might have given you the run down on the official rules, but the inmates have their own set."
"Crush?" Asked Pyrrha tilting her head slightly at Ruby who flushed red and tried to sink into the floor.
"Oh, I forgot to mention girls, Red here has a Weiss fetish."
Neo covered her mouth with her hand and silently laughed causing Ruby to blush even harder. Pyrrha simply smiled the type of smile you give a dead person.
"Anyways, there are some unspoken rules, don't touch another inmate's girlfriend, and don't make eye contact with someone you can't beat the shit out of."
"Also, don't ever, under any circumstance, mess with Glynda."
"Who's Glynda?"
Blake nodded up towards a blonde woman with a "020" jumper who was working in the kitchen, barking orders and stirring pots. "She has been here longer than any of us and she's basically "prison mom," she takes care of all of us, so if you cross her you have the whole populace targeting you, it is NOT smart."
Ruby nodded and began to eat her food silently, lunch went off just fine, Ruby honestly did not trust Blake's "friends" so she merely sat in silence waiting for it to be over.
"C'mon kid I'll show you to the yard."
Ruby nodded and followed Blake after they returned their trays to a wash bin. Blake led her out a set of double doors and into the yard. It was about a one hundred foot by one hundred foot square filling the space between the four cell blocks. Ruby looked around, she saw several weight benches, a few bleachers and a basketball court where a few inmates were shooting hoops.
"You need to work out, you're tiny, these girls see that as weakness."
Ruby followed Blake over to the lifting area where Blake began racking up a bench press bar.
"How much can you bench?"
"Uhh, two-fifty..."
Blake glared at her, "kid lying is not going to do you any favors."
"I'm not lying..."
Blake sighed racking up two hundred and fifty pounds onto the bar.
"Here let me show you something." Blake approached Ruby and began to unbutton her jumpsuit from the top.
"B-Blake," Ruby stammered.
"Here watch this," Blake took a step back and unbuttoned her own jumpsuit down to just above her pantie line, Ruby gulped at the sight of Blake's crop top and tone stomach, at which point she slid her arms out of her sleeves and tied the upper half of the jumper around her waist.
"See, keeps your sleeves from tearing when you lift."
Ruby gulped and nodded doing the same to her own jumper, exposing her rainbow trim bra. Blake didn't seem to notice however as she was gazing at Ruby's well-defined muscles, her six pack and well-defined arms on full display. Ruby got into position to do her first set of reps and Blake moved to spot her, but what the girls didn't see was the spectator watching from the top of cell block A.
Weiss let out a light sigh and scowled down on the two inmates. Weiss couldn't help but bite her bottom lip watching the tiny brunette bench press more than twice her body weight like nothing. She glanced down at her clipboard with the files on both Blake and Ruby. "Ruby Rose, something is not right about you," she mumbled to herself. Weiss watched them closely until the work out period ended before she headed back inside the cell block.
"Just don't make eye-contact and you will be fine," reassured Blake as she stripped out of the last bit of her clothing.
Ruby tried not to look at Blake's body as she slid off her panties and placed them in her locker.
"I just haven't ever taken a shower like this..."
"Just stay near me and no one will bother you."
Ruby nodded as she followed Blake into the shower, keeping her eyes to the floor.
Ruby stood under a shower head uncomfortably blushing, trying her hardest not to look up or touch any of the other women. After a few minutes, however, she noticed one of the shower stalls was empty and decided to slip inside. She began to wash herself reveling in the privacy until…
"You lost newbie?" Came a voice like shattered glass from behind her, Ruby yelped and turned to face the voice, covering her unmentionables.
Ruby looked into the slightly taller brunettes amber eyes.
"This is MY shower stall bitch."
Ruby jumped a bit and tried to exit but the woman blocked her.
"Where do you think you are going," the woman snapped her fingers and a dark skinned woman with green hair walked in behind her.
"Emerald." Commanded the amber-eyed woman.
"You need something Cinder?" came the new arrivals response.
"This one thinks she can use my shower stall… why don't you help me put her in her place."
"I-I'm sorry I didn't know let me ju-" Ruby was cut off by the "Emerald" woman shoving her backward into the shower wall. Ruby let out a grunt as the air was knocked from her lung. Before she could react "Emerald" had her pinned, holding her arms above her head and standing on her feet. "Cinder" began to approach, licking her lips as she eyed Ruby from head to toe. Ruby gulped and struggled for freedom.
"What's the rush little red… were just gonna have some fun with you," whispered Cinder her voice sweet but filled with anger as she cupped Ruby's cheeks and shot her a sarcastic pouting face.
Cinder began to snake her hands down Ruby's wet body slowly moving lower and lower, Ruby closed her eyes and tried to brace herself for what came next…
"HEY!" came a thunderous voice from behind Cinder.
Ruby's eyes shot wide as her assailants turned to face the voice's owner.
"Let. Her. Go."
"Oh, we're sorry Blake-y we didn't realize this one belonged to you," teased Cinder. "Thought you were into blondes?" Cinder seductively stared Blake down before licking the side of Ruby's face causing the young girl to whimper. "Come and get her."
Blake's eyes widened and her fists clenched as she lunged across the shower and decked Emerald right in the face causing the girls hold on Ruby to weaken enough for the girl to wiggle free. Cinder took this opportunity, however, to kick the back of Blake's knee in forcing the girl to the floor. In seconds Emerald and Cinder were kicking and pounding on Blake as she tried in vain to protect herself.
"Oomph, ooph, mmph, nngh," came Blake's grunts as Ruby watched on in horror while Cinder mercilessly kicked her friend in the gut. Ruby's fists tightened and she could feel her nails dig into her palms, but she was stopped dead. Her eyes widened when she made eye contact with Blake. Blake was bleeding from her nose her eye already swelling from Emeralds kicks to her face. Blood splashed from Blake's mouth with each kick, splattering Ruby's ankles. Blake looked up at Ruby and mouthed the word "no" over and over again between gut wrenching kicks. Ruby just watched.
"What the hell is going on in here?" came the shrill voice of Captain Schnee.
"Break it up!"
Cinder and Emerald stopped their relentless assault.
"318,276, I think she has had enough, now get out of here," barked the captain her face full of anger. The two assailants casually walked past Captain Schnee.
"As for you two, get dressed and report back to your cells you have lost your social time for today."
Ruby felt anger well in her throat, "you aren't going to do anything about this?"
"About what?" Weiss asked defensively, "Blake what happened to you?"
"I slipped," Blake said as she spat blood onto the shower floor.
Captain Schnee nodded and turned towards Ruby, "she slipped she says, so what do you want me to do?"
"You bit-"
"RUBY!" Blake shouted, "just get dressed"
Ruby gritted her teeth and stomped back out of the shower glaring at anyone who dared look her way, she dried herself and threw her clothes back on before waiting for Blake outside the showers.
Blake came limping out a few minutes later and Ruby helped support her weight during the walk back to their cells.
"Why did you say that?"
"Things work a specific way in here Red, better for everybody."
Ruby grit her teeth and helped Blake back to her cell laying Blake down on her bed before returning to her neighboring cell. Captain Schnee soon came and locked their cell doors shut. "I will have your work assignments delivered to both of you by lights out, since it's your first day I will keep you both off the bad behavior list but please, watch yourselves." Ruby felt her anger spike and as soon as her security door was shut she threw her fist at the concrete wall.
"AHHH," she shouted pacing in her cell for a minute before she heard the social slot slide open.
"Calm down kid," coughed Blake.
Ruby huffed and flopped down on her bed. "Blake, why did you take a beating for me, and why on earth did you let those two get away with it?" Ruby began to feel guilty, tears stung inside of her eyes.
"What are you in for kid?"
"I thought you said you believed me when I said I was innocent."
"I do believe you, but I want the whole story."
Ruby felt her anger die down a little as she recalled the events that led to her incarceration.
"It's a long story.." Ruby felt the guilt well up in her stomach.
Blake began to half laugh half cough as she found Ruby's comment hilarious.
"W-what's so funny?" Ruby pouted.
"Kid... we got nothing but time."
