Hello everyone and welcome back to HellFall!

Well the new RWBY episode was productive. It's clear that volume 3 is coming to a close. Unfortunately it looks to be in the exact same way as volume 2, only with a few extra people thrown into the mix. Hopefully the fight will be good at least. Volume 3 feels like it hasn't really gone anywhere, with most of the episodes being centered around the tournament. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but it makes it feel like everything is happening over the course of a single day. But that's just me.

I was actually pretty fond of this chapter. Don't know why, but it's kind of important. Enjoy!

"Remember what I told you," I said as Weiss continued to hit the punching bag.

"Yeah, yeah, I know." She replied, changing the way she hit it suddenly.

"Don't get sloppy now" I told her.

She didn't respond, but kept punching.

I heard a small beeping sound. Weiss stopped and pulled her scroll out from her pocket.

"Looks like I'm done for the day." She said, starting towards the locker rooms, "Thanks"

"No problem." I replied quickly, "When should we meet up tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow?" She asked.

"Yeah"

She sighed, "I don't know." She replied, "Just show up around the same time. Here, get out your scroll." She walked back over to me. I pulled it out and we connected them. "There, you can contact me anytime"

"I'm so honored" I said.

"You should be." She replied, "I'm a Schnee, after all. I'm kind of a big deal"

"Yeah, yeah"

"So, anyways," she continued, "If you need to contact me, you can just do so. Okay?"

"Sounds good"

"Alright," she turned and started to leave, "bye"

"Bye"

She disappeared into the female's locker room.

I turned around and faced the punching bag. As I started to throw punches again a thin boy with a pale blonde mohawk, whom I believed was Russel Thrush, walked up to me.

"So," she started, folding his arms across his bare chest, "what was going on there?"

"Training" I replied.

"Pff!" He waved his hand, as if waving off my statement, "Please, you just connected your scroll with hers. No ordinary guy gets that for 'training'"

"Well I did." I replied, "And I'm not an ordinary guy, so please don't refer to me as such"

"What, you think your special or something?" He asked.

I turned, "What do you want?" I asked, starting to feel déjà vu.

"Nothing." He replied, "My question is what do you want?"

"For you to leave me alone"

He frowned, "Fine" He replied, turning and walking away.

I watched him for a few seconds, then returned to the punching bag.

Shortly after my scroll rang. I pulled it out, seeing that it was Ember. Sighing, I answered.

"What?" I asked.

"Where are you?" She asked, "Its dinnertime"

"I'll be there in a bit" I replied, hanging up and heading towards the male's locker room. There were a handful of people inside. A few glanced up as I walked by, but none looked long enough for it to be considered creepy, which is always a good thing in a men's locker room.

After showering and retrieving my things from my locker I headed back up the elevator to my floor. The wooden table in the center of the room was covered in platters, and the chairs were sparsely filled by people. I found my team around the center of the left side of the table. Grizzly stretched in his seat and waved to me, a huge smile spread across his face. I waved back and made my way towards them, sitting down next to Ember.

"Where's Roy?" I asked.

"He doesn't eat, remember?" Ember pointed out.

"He said he eats a big breakfast." Grizzly corrected, "I guess breakfast is all he needs for an entire day"

"I'm going to call him" I said, pulling out my scroll. I heard it ringing on the other side, and eventually he picked up.

"Yep?" He asked, sounding strained.

"Where are you?" I asked, "The military has prepared a huge meal for us. Come on"

"I'm not hungry" He replied.

"What do you mean you're not hungry?" I asked, "All you've eaten today is breakfast. You are definitely hungry"

"What do you mean?" He asked, "I only had breakfast today? Where'd you get that from?"

"That seemed to be the case for the last few days"

He didn't respond for a while, "I'm busy" He said finally.

"Busy with what?" I asked, "Another home invasion perhaps?"

"Yes"

I froze, "Are you serious?" I asked, suddenly worried.

No response.

"Roy?" I asked, trying to stay quiet, "Roy?!"

"Hello Mr. Coal" The new voice was not Roy's. It was deeper, and much less panicked.

"Who're you?" I asked.

"An invader." He replied, "So, what's on the menu tonight?"

I struggled to find something to say. Ember tapped my shoulder, so I turned. She and Grizzly looked terrified. She shrugged, asking what was happening.

"Um," I stammered into the scroll, then covered the speaker and whispered to my two other teammates, "Roy's got an invader. Go to his house, I'll catch up in a bit"

They both nodded and pushed their chairs back, running towards the elevator. Everyone else at the table watched as they ran.

"Mr. Coal?" A man announced from the head of the table.

I jumped, slamming against the table and shaking it enough to knock my glass of water over.

"Yes?" I asked.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"My other teammate is having a home invasion." I replied, "I sent my team out, and I'll be leaving soon"

"Oh," The man said, lowering his wine glass, "don't trouble yourselves. We can send some soldiers out"

"I appreciate it," I started, "but this isn't the first time this has happened, so I think I'd rather handle it myself"

"Very well." He replied, "We'll wait. Please, return safely"

"I'll do my best"

Returning my ear to scroll and standing, I started talking again, "The menu?" I asked, "Well, uh," I glanced over at the table.

In my panic I hadn't noticed the faint ringing on the other side, indicating that the invader had hung up. I pocketed the scroll and ran towards the elevator.

"Good luck, Mr. Coal!" The man announced.

"Thank you!" I replied, "And you may proceed without me!"

"Nonsense!" He said, "We'd be happy to wait" At that statement I heard several people groan.

"I really think you should start" At that, I turned and ran into the elevator.

So there you have it. Despite my complaints about repetition this chapter has yet another home invasion in Roy's house.

Nevertheless I really like where the story goes after this. It picks up, and some major stuff happens. Let's just say that no one's died recently, and it's starting to bother me.

I've been really distracted recently, having had a really awesome story idea. It won't be up anytime soon, sadly, but I'm hoping to write a bit more HellFall today.

Anyways, as usual, favorite, follow, review, tell your friends, tell your enemies, or don't if you don't want to, and I'll see you all in the next chapter!