Alright, here is the time where I actually publish a hell of a lot faster. Enough wasting time, here is Chapter 3…

I could only hear their muffled voices outside the room we were in, but Blake could hear them certainly. "They know about your father… and the things he did." she whispered in a dark tone.

"But how, no one even knew about what he did secretly?" I replied in the same volume as her voice.

"Wait… shh, hold on." She pressed herself on the door and I could notice her bow twitching. A moment later, she slowly moved away from the door, her eyes wide in shock.

"What is it Blake?" I asked, my voice filled with concern.

She shook her head and her expression was back to normal. "It's nothing important really, just thought of something." I heard footsteps becoming distant, they may have left. "We should get going." I took the lead and opened the door slowly, and then I looked from both sides just in case the coast was clear, no one was here anymore.

"Let's head down to the lab and go to my father's office, the medicine Ruby needs should be there." I opened the only black door in the hallway and began going down the stairs. As I walked down, the only thing that bugged me is Blake and how she moved away from the door with wide eyes… something was wrong and I can tell. We walked through the dimly lit corridors of the laboratory and got another tour of what had happened when we were here. Blood stained the walls and the foul odor of death was lurking in the air… I hated it so much that I just wanted to leave.

This place only reminded me of father and his cruel acts to innocent people and myself. Only using and treating them as subjects, nothing special but as for me, any little mistake I made and I would get the back of his hand. I had to be his assistant forcefully and even when my mother was around, he would still abuse me, even when she was right in front of us. "I hate him so much." I muttered under my breath.

"Did you say something?" Blake asked. I forgot that she has faunus hearing.

"It's nothing special, just thinking about my father." I said, not even bending the truth.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

I shook my head. "I just want to forget all the pain he gave me."

"Oh… okay, I'm sorry for bringing it up."

"It's alright Blake… just promise me one thing?"

"What is it?" she asked.

"Make sure whatever happened to Ruby here doesn't happen again, even if it's something different… I don't want her to suffer anymore."
She gave me a weak grin. "I promise Weiss, I know how you feel about her and I'll make sure it never happens to her again."

I smiled. "Thank you." I took a right turn to my late father's office.

"Do you know how it looks like, the medicine I mean?" Blake asked.

I nod. "Just look for a vial of a clear liquid." I replied and began to look for it. It's not in the medicine cabinet. I thought as I closed the doors to the medicine cabinet. Where could it be… maybe on that table next to Blake? I walked over to where Blake was and began looking. There were a lot of documents with my father's handwriting as I looked around the table but then one unfamiliar document struck my interest. I picked it up and began reading it.

Something had struck my interest in our successful project, Ruby Rose. Apparently she keeps having these fevers that past subjects had but so far I had counteracted with that medicine I use for those abnormal fevers. I began to work on a permanent solution to end it since it has become a pain to handle. I had left the sample in the research hall for testing but I believe that it will cure her since I had used a bit of it myself.

He already found a way to cure it. I thought and smiled, for once, I'm not angry at my father. "Blake, it's not here, it's somewhere else."

She stopped searching and gave me a look of worry. "Where is it?" she asked.

"Follow me." I replied and went out of the office in a run. The lights began to get brighter after every turn until it was almost blinding us at the research hall. "My father found a permanent solution while he had Ruby years back but he never used it. If we can find it, then we don't need to deal with her fever anymore when we give it to her." I said. Blake immediately went into searching for it while I did the same. Now I wonder if he left anything else that had to do with Ruby. I found a rectangular glass vial of a clear liquid up on a counter filled with files and business documents. This is where he filled out papers for the Schnee Dust Company. I thought. So many moments of him filling them out brought shame and guilt to me. The company was only a front for what we were really doing.

"Did you find it?" Blake asked. I snapped out of my thoughts and showed her the vial. "Okay, is that all we need?"

I nod. "Let's just get out of here." We ran out of the room as fast as we could. "I realized that we just wasted an hour here, we need to get back and fast." Our way of transportation took us an hour to get over here so that means Ruby might be in danger. All of the horrible memories of my father faded away as we went up the steps at lightning speed and ran towards the front entrance of my home. Then I was knocked off my feet in a blink of an eye. What was that?! I thought, panicking as I looked around for the cause of it all. I got back up and looked at our exit that was blocked by none other than Cinder Fall. I thought they left already!

I unsheathed Myrtenaster and prepared myself for a fight. "I think fighting me would not be a great idea." I felt my legs trembling like they were jelly. I can't be afraid… I'm never afraid. I thought repeatedly. Her fiery death glare threw my courage out the window. She's right, why am I fighting a fight that I will lose? I know cowards run but the incredibly stupid would stand their ground in this kind of situation. That's when my thoughts went to Blake, where is she? That's when I saw her, sneaking up on the black-haired woman. She wants me to keep stalling. I thought as she tilted her head towards Cinder.

"I'm not going to run like a coward." I said, my voice filled with regained confidence.

She smirked. "Nice try." Then she disappeared and Blake looked around, confused.

"Where did she go?" Blake asked.

"She just disappeared!" I exclaimed, my voice filled with worry.

That's when I heard footsteps rushing towards me from behind and then I felt someone grabbing me. "Weiss!" Blake yelled, aiming Gambol Shroud at the person holding me hostage.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you Blake Belladonna… or shall I say Mrs. Rose."

I saw her look of confidence drain into a look of surprise. "How do you-"

Cinder lifted her hand, signaling Blake to stop talking. "Don't put on a charade, we've met before."

I raised a brow at this statement. "What does she mean Blake?"

I saw my friend become abnormally enraged. "You only used me to do your dirty work!"

Cinder laughed. "Well, I hope you learn to never run away from us. Oh wait, I only used your group of misfits so I can finally do something bigger than what I've done in my life of crime."

She yelled in frustration and rushed towards us, that was when I felt the knife slowly slide along my throat but it only stopped as it started. "One more childish move like that and the Schnee girl dies." I felt the vial of medicine for Ruby fall out of my pocket, if we were going to save Ruby, then I have to give myself up.

I whimpered. "Blake… just run." I put my foot behind the vial and kicked it towards her. She picked it up and began to run.

When she was out of sight, I was hit on the side of my head with something and I fell to the ground. The only thing I heard as I was losing consciousness was Cinder's voice. "Finally, I have what I need to start the operation…"

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