Hey guys/gals! SmallTownGamer here with another chapter of Team RCWY. This one had quite a bit more fluff than normal. Hopefully that isn't a bad thing. I also go no feedback in if you guys wanted a filler-ish chapter that explained how Cyan and Weiss bond got stronger, and how Teams RCWY and JNPR got the bond that they share. It would take place in the three month time skip.
Anyways, here is the chapter.
Excerpt from the journal of Blake Belladonna
I don't understand why the headmaster of this school is so forgiving. I was part of the White Fang for Dust's sake! It's almost like he didn't care that I helped kidnap Cyan and attacked the school. I don't get it. Why are these people so nice?
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"How does it feel?"
Cyan hopped off the table and tested out his new arms, wires connected them to Fish's computer. The grey metal shined in the bright lighting of the infirmary room. The prosthetic did a good job of mimicking the arms they replaced. The elbow had a plate of metal covering it, protecting the sensitive wiring of the joint. The knuckled were like individual boxes with the fingers poking out. It was a simple but effective design.
Team RCWY had accompanied their engineer in his operation. Ruby had begun nerding out over the tech, while Yang tried to hold her back. Weiss herself sat quietly, only observing Cyan curling his arms and wagging his fingers.
"It feels alright so far."
Fish grabbed the Plasma Cutter that Cyan had built earlier. "Take that apart, and build it again. I'll configure your arms while you do it." he handed it to the engineer, who grabbed it with his new robotic hands. He set it down on a desk table and began to disassemble it much Ruby's pleasure.
"Can I watch?!"
The engineer nodded, to focused on the work to give a verbal answer. Just when he pulled the dust heater out his left arm fell limp. Fish gave it irritated glare, "Give me a sec." After he hit a few keys the arm came back to life and Cyan continued working, successfully disassembling the weapon into parts.
The shark faunus watched the screen, for any irregularities in the operation of the arms. The engineer finished putting it back together, and held it up to firing position at the wall. The laser sights trained on the painting of a beach.
"Alright everything looks fine. Remember, those are only the vanilla model. You can come by later today and customize them if you wish." The engineer nodded his thanks, picked up his N7 jacket and pulled it on. Fish waved him off and walked out of the room leaving all of Team RCWY together for the first time in awhile.
"Alright, see you guys!" Cyan turned to walked off, but Yang angrily caught his arm. "You've been gone for three days being tortured, All of us have been worried sick." She gestured to her sister, "Ruby didn't sleep a wink because she was worried about you." The leader kicked her feet, head hung in embarrassment. The engineer flinched, "No, Engi, you are doing stuff with your team, and you will like it." She began dragging the teen by his mechanical wrist, and drug him off. She glanced back at the bewildered Weiss and embarrassed Ruby, "Are you two coming? We're going shopping in Vale."
"I just wanted to play video games in peace…"
Weiss rolled her eyes goodnaturedly. Team RCWY was sitting in a booth at the Vale Mall, shopping bags were stacked besides them. Cyan was resigned to his fate of carrying all of them back to the Bullhead himself. Yang took a loud slurp of her shake nonchalantly, "Well it's better than having you god knows where, being a loner when you have three women who want to spend time with you." The statement caused engineer to flush, the brawler laughed while gesturing to his jacket, "We need to find you another jacket to wear as well." Cyan looked visibly offended, "What's wrong with my jacket?"
Ruby scratched the back of her head, "Well, you wear it everyday… It get's… old?" the engineer frowned, "I wash it every week…" Weiss grimaced before adding, "There's nothing wrong with it. You just need some variety." Her eyes softened a little, "I know how important it is to you." The male of group grumbled before grunting his acceptance of change.
Wow, I didn't think you would ever switch out that jacket.
Well, I honestly don't think Olive would want me just to wear the jacket she gave me either.
Right…
Are you alright?
Yeah… Just thinking…
"C'mon Cyan!" Ruby tugged on his arm, pulling him from the booth. "Jeez, I'm coming." One of the first things that Cyan had learned about Ruby was that she liked contact with her close friends. The engineer found it adorable and endearing, so when Ruby laced her fingers through his own mechanical ones he didn't think anything of it.
The leader laced her other hand through Yang's and looked expectantly at Weiss. The heiress sighed, but but her small hand in Cyan's larger one. The group kept walking ignoring the stares they go from other people in the mall.
They passed by an old school gaming store, and Cyan stopped suddenly, accidentally yanking his skipping leader back. He murmured an apology before untangling his hands from the two girls. Yang groaned, "We can look at video games later!" The engineer gave her a smirk over his shoulder, "Seeing as you dragged me here, I believe I am entitled to go to one store." and without another word he walked into the store and straight to the GameCube section.
Isn't it odd that this is a different world but they have the same video games?
I try not to think too hard about that kind of thing. Besides, If they have the game I'm looking for then it's Nostalgia Street for the rest of the break.
Is this the 'one' you keep telling me about?
Yeah. I hope they have it.
Cyan stood, staring at the selection of games. A small frown beginning to form, on his face. "Hmm…" He felt someone tap on his shoulder, and he heard Weiss' voice, "What are you looking for?" The engineer's eyes scanned the selection of games till his eyes fell on a specific one, and he smiled. "Found it."
Cyan grabbed the game and brought it up to the register, payed for it and thanked the clerk. "That's a good game. The best one in the series." Cyan nodded, smile plastered on his face, "I used to play it all the time with my sister."'
He ignored the curious looks from his teammates, "Are we going?" Yang raised an eyebrow, but didn't question it.
Not long after they had bought Cyan a new jacket, a white one with blue sleeves. The group was just leaving when Yang's head snapped up, "Oh yeah! We need to get some dresses!" She turned to Weiss and Ruby, "Lets go!" The brawler held up her hand triumphantly.
"I already have one that I'm going to use." The blonde gave the heiress an incredulous look before grabbing Ruby and running off, "The mall closes in two hours, we will be back!" Cyan sighed and put down the mountain of shopping bags, making sure to keep his two bags in hand.
I guess that's one of the positive things about metal arms, no more muscle fatigue in them.
Hey! Look at you being an optimist!
"So…"
Cyan snapped to the present to see Weiss looking at him expectantly, "Did you get a tuxedo for the dance yet?" The engineer's face turned blank, "...Was I suppose to?" The heiress rolled her eyes and facepalmed, "Yes." She turned to go inside, "Might as well do it now. Come with me."
Cyan stood uncomfortably in the suit Weiss picked out for him. The heiress herself was meticulously making sure everything was perfect. Other ties, belts, and the like were scattered across the floor haphazardly. "Hmm… Blue really is your color." The engineer pulled on the blue necktie, trying to loosen the pressure on his throat. "Are we good to go?"
To Cyan's dismay Weiss shook her head, "No, A darker blue would be even better. She turned to the tie rack nearby and began searching for the right color. The engineer sighed deeply, eyes wandering around the room. "Here." The heiress grabbed the neck tie and strode back up to Cyan. "Hold still."
The duo were only a few inches apart and suddenly the distance seemed really small to the engineer. A light red dusted his cheeks, and he turned his head. Weiss' top was a little… low. He pulled on the collar only for the heiress to slap his hand away, "Stop." Cyan just focused on keeping his eyes averted.
After three months I hoped that I broke you off your cowardice… It's a shame, you were just about to get your man card back.
How many times do we need to talk about the time and place for these comments?
"It's rude to have a private conversation when you have company." Weiss was giving him an irritated look. The engineer rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "Sorry." The heiress humphed and pulled her hands away, nodding at her work. "You look nice." Cyan turned to the mirror in the room. He was wearing a standard black tux with black pants. The white dress shirt accompanied by the dark blue tie. "I would like it a lot more if I could move in it." The white haired teen rolled her eyes and slapped his shoulder, only to hiss in pain and grab her hand when she made contact with the metal appendage.
Cyan turned to her concerned, but Weiss waved it off, "It's fine." Her eyes locked on the metal hands poking out of the sleeve. "W-What's it like anyways?" She gestured to the limb, "Having arms like that?" The engineer frowned and brought his hands up to his face for inspection. "It's almost like wearing a glove all the time." He clenched his fists, "There's feeling, but it's… reduced. I can tell when something is hot or cold but pain isn't a factor. Neither is fatigue." His frown deepened, "I feel… less than whole, you know?"
There was an awkward silence between the partners, which was interrupted by Weiss grabbing his hand, "You're still-" Her foot caught on an errant tie and she let out a squeak and stumbled forward into Cyan's chest, knocking the cyborg to the ground.
The engineer grunted at the unfamiliar weight on his chest. He breathed in heavily from his nose, taking in a strawberry scent. He opened his eyes to see Weiss herself laying on top of him. Cyan turned red and his mind shut down.
OHMYGODTHISISLIKEACLICHEROMANCEMOVIE!ILOVEIT!KISSHERNOWYOUIDIOT!
Weiss' eyes opened and her face turned a similar color. The two stared at each other, wide eyed and blushing. The two leaned closer together unconsciously, close enough to feel each others breath. Brown orbs searched their lighter blue counterparts, until Cyan slowly closed the distance and their lips touched. The heiress took only a minute to recover from her shock before reciprocation the kiss, wrapping her arms around his shoulders and deepening the kiss.
Eventually the pair separated for air, panting heavily, not breaking eye contact. "W-weiss… that was rude just to-" The engineer was cut off by the Weiss' lips meeting his again for a brief moment before they separated once more, "Who said I didn't like it?" Cyan's reply was cut off by the PA system.
"Attention all shoppers! Please make your final purchases. The mall closes in ten minutes!"
Weiss reluctantly got off the top of her partner, while Cyan followed suit. They gathered the suit that the heiress had picked out for him and he made the payment. "What are we?" Weiss tilted her head at the question about to answer when Ruby came speeding out of nowhere in front of the two. "Yang's all ready to go. What about you two?"
The white haired teen murmured, "We will finish this conversation in private." to which Cyan nodded. The duo ignored Ruby's questioning of why they were both still had a tinge of red around their cheeks.
"So we have every we needed to get here?" Yang looked to the other members of her team, Ruby was carrying their dresses and a bag full of hair products that they would need for the night. Weiss seemed a little out of it and she couldn't see Cyan's face past all of their purchases. The brawler checked her watch, it was five. "Where do you guys want to get dinner?
"I don't care."
"Neither do I."
"Somewhere we can get some cookies."
The blonde nodded, "Let's drop this stuff off at the Bullhead and go eat." After a short trip to the air vehicle the group stopped at Papa Joe's Hamburgers. The group took another booth and sisters sat together on one side and Weiss and Cyan on the other. The two sat a little closer then what was necessary, which irritated the brawler.
"So can you tell us what game you got?" Ruby asked innocently. Cyan smiled, "Maybe sometime later." The leader pouted, "C'moooon!" Cyan stretched his hands behind his head, smile growing wider, "I can tell you that it's a game that I haven't played since I was a kid with my sister." He put his hand down under the table and grabbed Weiss' hand subtlely. "Maybe you can play it with me someday."
"You say that about every game!"
"Well if you want to play some with me just ask."
"Can we do it when we get back?"
Yang raised an eyebrow at her little sister, "Since when have you cared so much about video games?" Ruby shrugged, "They seem like fun. You, Jaune, Ren, Aurelius, and Cyan like them so that has to mean something right?" The leader's eyes brightened, "Oh I got an idea! We can play one for a team bonding thing!" Cyan seemed to be giving it thought.
"NO ONE MOVE." A loud shout followed by the sound of a gun going off caused mass panic inside. The red ski masked man with the dual pistols stood arrogantly in front of the cash register with two others, pointing one of the guns at the clerk. "Put the money in the bag." He put away his left hand gun and held up a nylon sack. The one on the left had a blue ski mask and a shotgun aimed at a cowering man while the other one with a black ski mask aimed his rifle right at Yang.
The girls readied their weapons while Cyan's arms glowed blue with his Omni-Tool. "Boss, we have a problem over here. Looks like hunters in training." The leader grabbed the bag of money from the terrified clerk, "Just grab a hostage and don't turn your back-" The rifle wielding robber turned to face his boss, "What was that, boss? I can't hea-" The black masked robber was promptly knocked out by Yang's fists. "The leader of the robbers began swearing about his 'incompetent, stupid, morons.' Before he oped fire only for the bullets to be stopped by Cyan's recently deployed Bubble Shield.
Ruby used her semblance to speed forward and knock the shotgun out of the black masked man's hands, and hit him with a strong kick amplified by a shot from her rifle. The boss began panicking and shooting all over the place, nailing a civilian in the thigh. The man fell to the ground. Weiss wasted no time in freezing the boss with one of her glyphs.
And just like that it was over, police sirens rang. Cyan rushed over to the injured man and began deploying a dispenser. "Don't worry, guy. You're going to be fine." His Omni-Tool took a lighter shade of blue, signifying the switch from combat to medicine. "I'm going to need to pull out the bullet, Okay? This is gonna hurt some." The man nodded, his face pale. "J-just do it." He grunted in pain as the engineer removed the bullet, and began coating it Medi-Dust.
A groan caught his attention, Cyan looked to see the blue ski mask robber had somehow woken up and was pointing his shotgun right at Ruby's unsuspecting back. A malicious grin covered his face.
Time slowed down for Cyan, as he saw the man pump the gun. Ruby started to turn around, startled by the noise. The engineer reached his hand out, his Omni-Tool returning to it's original darker blue except with the fingertips being pure white. He felt his aura surge through him and he pushed out through his hand.
A bright surge or electricity erupted from the shotgun wielding man, making him convulse violently until Ruby kicked his face. Successfully knocking the man out cold. Yang bolted to Ruby's side, "Ruby, are you ok?" Before The young crimsonette could say anything her sister wrapped her in a bear hug, nearly crushing the life out of her.
Cyan breathed a sigh of relief and looked down at his Omni-Tool. It was still cooling down.
So your semblance finally surfaces! Why am I not surprised it's another engineering thing from Mass Effect.
Overload. I wonder if I can change it to Incinerate or Cryo Blast with Dust?
When his Omni-Tool cooled down he continued working on the man, getting him bandaged up. The paramedics came and carted the man off to the hospital. Later, Cyan sat in the same booth that he and his team had been at, gazing forlornly at the ruined bacon cheeseburger, while the rest of his team talked to the officers.
Why do the good have to die so young?
At least the owner said that you guys could eat here for free anytime you can get another one when you come back to Vale sometime.
But my stomach is crying out for bacon...
"Cyan Novak?"
The engineer's eyes locked with a police officer. "Yes?"
"Can I question you about the attempted robbery?"
The group left the closed restaurant at around seven 'oclock to get back on the Bullhead. Yang was piloting the aircraft back to Beacon, leaving the other three in the passenger seats. Cyan was messing around with his Omni-Tools and Ruby was taking a nap, leaning against the engineer's shoulder. Weiss sat on his other side, inspecting the unfamiliar letter's being displayed. The young leader's snoring and the engineer's furious tapping were the only sounds in the small compartment.
"So…" The heiress glanced at Cyan's face, "What?" He flushed, before stuttering something out. "Speak with words, not gibberish." Cyan's Omni-Tools faded away and he took a deep breath and turned to Weiss. "Would you, uh, maybe like to go get a cup of coffee sometime?"
"We have a coffee maker in our room." Cyan nearly face vaulted, the heiress idly examined her nails, "Try again."
"W-would you like to go see a movie with me?"
"We also have movies in our room."
"I-I meant like a new one…"
Weiss smirked, and her gaze caught the engineer's, "I suppose I can find the time. What day did you have in mind?"
"Uh, Tuesday?"
"Two days from now? How bold."
"W-wednesday?"
The heiress gave him a peck on the cheek, "Sounds like a plan."
Excerpt from the journal of Cyan Novak
The dance is in less than two weeks. I need to calm myself down. Wasn't there suppose to be something happen plot relevant in the original story at that point? Damnit, I can't remember. But then again, I have changed the timeline a great deal, who says that the plot of the show is even relevant any more?
End of excerpt.
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