Experiment V
Hey Guys it's been a while, sorry I've been busy but here's your chapter that is long overdue so without further ado, enjoy.
Chapter 9
Ruby's POV
I stared after Doc, a bewildered expression on my face, suddenly I felt a hand clasp onto my shoulder and Dad's voice said "Go after her…we'll all talk about it later" and with that, I went after Do-Mom. It didn't take long for me to find her, due to the fact that she used her semblance, which was speed like mine, and left a trail of white rose petals that lead to the roof. I opened the door softly but she seems to have expected me to show from how she didn't react to hearing my footsteps behind her "Hey…uh…mom?" I started to say, already at a loss for words 'What should I say? Should I yell at her for leaving? Should I hug her? Ugh, why is this so hard?!'
Before I could end my inner struggle, I heard her speak "You don't know what to say, do you?" she then turned around and I saw a contact container in her hand and her eyes…they were black… "Ruby…" she said as she frowned and looked at her feet in shame "Ruby, I regret leaving…and I know that you all won't forgive me for not saying anything, but I-Slap!" Her sentence didn't finish, and it took a moment of realization for me to figure out why. The sound, the sting of my hand…I had just slapped my mother.
When she recovered, she didn't get angry; she only seemed to feel more shame, as if she knew she deserved it. "Listen Summer, I have a lot of questions that you will answer later, but if for right now he needs us." I stated coldly to her as I turned to leave but I all of a sudden heard loud sobs coming from behind me, turning around, I saw mom had sunk to the ground and started crying like a little child that had just gotten scolded by their mother and I slowly felt my heart break at seeing her like that. I soon walked back over, knelt down, and wrapped her in a hug and allowing her to cry into my shoulder.
Once she had stopped crying, she moved to look at me and smiled a little "Thank you Ruby…" she stated simply as I smiled back at her and we got off the ground. After we had cleaned ourselves of any dirt, I saw mom take off her cherry, blonde wig; revealing her long, black and red hair. I marveled at its sight until I snapped back to reality and remembered that we had to return, so after we had made our way down, a doctor came in to tell us that Al-James was done getting treated and we could go see him, which we all did.
We had got to the room that was told to us and immediately felt bad for coming in.
Original POV
I sat in the hospital bed, talking with Weiss when I remembered the ring I had gotten her as a gift "Weiss…there's something for you in my pants" I had said and immediately back tracked "I-I mean in my jeans there's a box for you!" I said hurriedly, causing the girl to giggle a bit at my expense. After she had retrieved the box and opened it, her eyes lit up as she looked between me and the box before taking the ring out and started to tear up "Alex…it's beautiful" she said as she stared, practically mesmerized, at the item 'Almost as beautiful as you' I thought but shook the thought away. Suddenly, the door opened and Ruby, Yang, Blake, Tai-Yang, and…what the hell?!... 'That's the woman from my dreams?! But…how?!' I thought to myself, not noticing the mixture of sly and angry looks from the group. I suddenly heard someone clear their throat, which snapped me back to reality. "Huh? What?" I said as I looked to see that it was the woman who had cleared her throat.
"It's me, V" the woman said and I instantly knew who she was by the authoritive tone in her voice "Doc? What happened to you?" I asked, taking note of the sudden appearance change. "This is what I naturally look like, V" she said as she produced a file from her coat and tossed it at me, it landed on my lap with a soft thud. I took the file and started to read it; Ruby Rose…sister…Sister?! "What is this?!" I shouted as I looked up to Ruby to see her nervous expression then I moved my view over to Doc who looked at me passively "Now…James…" "Do not fucking call me that!" I shouted at her, aggravating my wounds, causing me to double over in pain.
Ruby and Weiss rushed to my side to make sure I was alright, once the pain had subsided, I glared at Doc and immediately, something clicked "Doc…are you…Summer Rose?" I asked slowly, causing her to nod slowly. My eyes widened as I looked back and forth between Ruby and her "Ruby's my sister?! Wait…I actually have a family?!" I shouted in shock. Ruby's face broke into a huge grin as she latched onto me and squealed. I hugged her back, holding back my own tears. After Ruby let go of me, I continued to look through the file until I stumbled upon a picture of a blond haired man with his arm around Doc, or should I properly say Mom, and the longer I stared at the man, the more some bits and pieces of memories came flooding back to the point where it brought on a headache so I decided to continue in the file.
After I had gone through the file, I handed it to Ruby just as the doctor came in "Mr. Smith, you are free to leave, all of your tests seem to prove that you're healing at an exponential rate but avoid any physical activity for at least a week" He said as he turned and left. I instantly got up and started to get ready, causing all the women in the room to cover their eyes until I got my pants on. Once they were on, I started to get my shirt on and that's when I heard Ruby ask a question, innocently "Uh…James, what's with those claw marks on your back?" Immediately, my face flushed red as I turned around to give Ruby a lie but I saw Yang's sly look that was just oozing embarrassment towards me.
"They're…nothing Ruby" I answered, quickly as I got my shirt on and walked towards the door.
Back At Beacon
We arrived to Beacon; meet by team JNPR, Ozpin, and Goodwitch. As we got off the airship, I saw Goodwitch and Ozpin's faces go into shock upon seeing Mom get off. Ozpin soon recovered and smirked while Goodwitch marched over to Mom and stood in front of her with her arms crossed and her foot tapping the concrete while Mom rubbed the back of her head sheepishly with a nervous grin. Before anyone knew what happened however; Goodwitch punched Mom square in the jaw, knocking her to the ground "I suppose I deserve that one" Mom said as she rubbed the spot where she was punched "Where have you been for the past twelve years?!" Goodwitch shouted, losing her temper.
Ozpin calmly strolled over and put an arm on Goodwitch's shoulder "Well she can explain later, at the moment we have other matters to attend to" he said as he motioned for all of us to follow and we did. Eventually, we all were standing in Ozpin's office while he went through the file with little to no reaction. After he had finished, Ozpin looked up at me and spoke "Mr. Rose…did you know about this?" he asked, clearly referring to the file "No sir" I responded. At that, he stood from his desk and pulled open a drawer, retrieving something from it then walking over to me.
"Your father was a great man, Mr. Rose…" Ozpin began "And he was quite proud of you" he handed me the item; a picture. I looked at it and saw three children in it: a blond haired boy with black tips, a brown haired, slightly older girl with a squirrel tail, and a red haired girl. All three holding hands and smiling, my breathing stopped when I looked at the red haired girl again, my headache starting to come back and I soon turned the picture over which read; James: 5, Isabella: 8, and Phyrra: 5. 'Phyrra?!' I screamed in my head as my eyes darted from the name, to the picture, to the girl in question and continued in that pattern until finally, my mind put all of the missing pieces together.
That night. The blood. My…Dad…dead. Everything. All of those memories that I couldn't remember from when I was a kid, came flooding back until eventually I started to hyperventilate and become dizzy. Everything went black after that.
The Next Day
I slowly started to sit up, after waking up, so that I didn't aggravate my wounds. I looked around to find myself in the nurse's office and I soon heard a door slide open "Oh! You're awake!" I heard a cheery female voice say, turning my head, I saw Phyrra taking a seat in the chair next to my bed. "Phyrra…" I started to say but she held her hand up to quickly silence me "I already know, after we got you to the nurse's office, Ozpin explained it to me" she said.
"Oh…" I simply said as she looked at me, her expression changing from cheery, to depressed "James…" she started to say, I looked at her so that she knew she had my attention "…I'm sorry" she said "Its fine Phyrra, I disappeared over ten years ago, it can't be helped if you don't remember…anyway…" I said, which seemed to make her slightly more happy as she spoke again "I missed you…" she said but clapped her hand over her mouth in embarrassment. I got out of the bed and hugged her "Missed you too, Phyr" I said. We stayed like that for a few moments, before we heard "I'd hate to break the mood" come from the door.
We separated and looked to see Ozpin standing there "James…after looking over your file, I have some good but also bad news for you…" I nodded for him to continue "As of now, as Alex Smith, you are expelled from Beacon Academy but as James Rose…I'd like to welcome you" he said with a smirk and I quickly said 'thanks' just as he continued "Bad news is, you have to go through initiation…by yourself and whatever relic you collect will say what team you will belong to…see you later today" he said as he turned and left.
Well here's chapter 9 for you guys…sorry for the wait and I'll try to put up the next chapter much faster this time. But until then, stay tuned readers!