Sorry for my bad English.
Ruby still on the lead of the poll with Pyrrha behind and finally Weiss. Keep voting!
Miles didn't know what expect when received the notice that he was going to be a father.
He looked to his daughter asleep on the crib, wondering how he could be responsable for something so innocent. Sylph's face moved and she open her eyes. She meet the vision of the frowning face of her father. Interestingly she start to giggle and reached her hands up like wanted him to carry her. Miles just look at her without move.
-Wouldn't hurt be a father some times. -Sylph's mother spoke to Miles who see her on the door of the room. The woman with emerald hair and eyes smiled to the Dark Knight. -Come on. What's wrong about be a paternal figure now? She won't even will remember of that when she grow up.
She did know if her words is what did some effect on him or something else like her daughter voice, but whatever is make Miles grab his daughter and hold her closer to his chest, making Sylph let a soft and melodic chuckle that would melt anyone's heart. Except maybe for Miles who keep the same sour expression he always have. Yousei wondered how her daughter could smile looking to such serious face. Maybe she knows that Miles is her father after all.
The search was going to nowhere for the team CNVL. Of course that the attacker wouldn't be around after what happened last night, but considering his travels with his master he thought that once alone, the crusader would go after him already.
That was the plan.
But the day was going to the end and no sign of the attacker. Letting a deep sigh, Ceodore turn back to the academy, hoping that no problem would happen because of his presence. But after two steps, he heard something from the branches. He made cautions steps to where the noise was coming.
-Okay. Whoever is, show yourself already.
Ceodore start to hear footsteps and from the bushes come a girl with short pink hair and green eyes. In her hair a safety black goggles. She was wearing a white jumpsuit shorts, pink shirt, boots and gloves. Some freckles on her cheeks and nose and a pink start on her right cheek. Oddly, she seemed very familiar to Ceodore.
-Sorry. I scared you? -The girl asked. Her voice filled with kindness.
-A little. -He answered looking to the girl's face from left to right, trying to figure out where did he see her. -I'm sorry, but I know you?
-No. But I know you Ceodore. -She said pointing to his chest. -You don't seems like a grimm-hybrid to me.
-Who told you that? -Ceodore asked not being able to hide the annoyance from his tone.
-Let me see. Cardin. Mellon. Bushido. Bubble... -She stopped say the names and slapped her forehead. -Where is my manners. -She reach her hand to Ceodore take it. -Hello, my name is Milk Rose. Member of team SLDR.
Ceodore grab her hand and shake it, smiling happily that have someone else willing to see him as himself and not a copy of his-wait a minute, Rose?
-Nice to meet you Milk. Uhh, you don't happen to know a girl named Ruby, didn't you?
-To be honest, there is a girl with that name in my uncle's house sleeping in one of his rooms and eating some of his food. How do you know my cousin?
-We are friends.
-You are friend with her? -Milk sounded surprised. -She never was good with conversations. Oh my! If uncle Taiyang discover that, his head will blew up like KABOOM! -Milk even raised her hands to gesture a explosion. -Will be worst than any of my bombs! That would be awesome. But pretty bad either. He never was good accepting boys closer to my cousins. But the apprentice of the Dark Knight? Somebody stop the presses. But not wouldn't be worst than uncle Qrow. Dear god! Uncle Qrow would freak out. Since after he...
-Uhh Milk? -The girl stopped to talk and look back at Ceodore. -Too much information. -He said with a little sadened expression. First Yang and now he was affraid of what would happen if he meet Ruby's father and uncle. -Changing the subject, what you was doing on the bushes?
-Oh! I was testing some bombs!
Ceodore and Milk blinked a few times before Ceodore registered what she said.
-... bombs?
-Yes. Bombs. -She reach her arms to her back and grab a feel grenades from her belt. -Dust bombs! I have to test some new types I was working a while now. Since the staff don't let me use the test field after my last experiment, I have to find another place to... *KABOOM!* ... so I can be sure that work properly. Ms. Goodwitch and the headmaster were pretty angry at me because of my last field test, but how come I would know that my bomb would cause a EMP blast that permanetly damaged his coffee maker? I mean, I used electric dust to a electric explosion, not a magnetic explosion! But after that, the SDC was pretty interested in my dust since somehow I made a EMP bomb with electric dust and some peanut butter, but that is not my fault. Y'know when I was working I got hungry and needed to eat, so I made a sandwich...
-Milk. -Ceodore interrupted again and he become surprise that Milk stopped to talk. She is like Ruby when talk about weapons, she just don't stop unless someone interrupt. -Your bomb.
-What about my bomb?
-What about your bomb? -A annoyed voice spoke from behind Milk.
-Uh-ho. -Milk said.
-Ms. Rose. -And the voice is none from Glynda. -What were you thinking when decide to use the courtyard as a field test?
-Well, I have to test some new types I was working a while now. Since the staff don't let me use the test field after my last experiment, I have to find another place to... *KABOOM!* ... so I can be sure that work properly. You and the headmaster were pretty angry at me because of my last field test, but how come I would know that my bomb would cause a EMP blast that permanetly damaged his coffee maker? I mean, I used electric dust to a electric explosion, not a magnetic explosion! But after that, the SDC was pretty interested in my dust since somehow I made a EMP bomb with electric dust and some peanut butter, but that is not my fault. Y'know when I was working I got hungry and needed to eat, so I made a sandwich...
-Ms. Rose. -Glynda interrupted massaging the middle of her nose. -Go to the headmaster office. -Milk lowered her head and start to walk. Before Glynda follow her, she turned to Ceodore. -I hope that you are having a good evening Mr. Ceodore.
-Was going calm, I mean, before I meet her. -Ceodore said scratching his head. -Ruby didn't told me about her.
-Maybe because she only come a month after the initiation. She along with a little number of new candidates made the same test and she is one of the few students who succeed.
-How many of them succeed?
-Only enough to make one more team. Since was only one the use of a ceremony seemed too much. -Glynda give a look on Milk who was waiting on the door of the tower. Then she remember about something. -Mr. Ceodore, you meet someone suspect today?
Ceodore knew that she was talking about the crusader and seem that the staff come with the same conclusion of him.
-No. Unless you count Milk as someone suspect. -Ceodore chuckled a little but stopped when notice the teacher not laughing. -Why are you asking me that? Is not about my master, isn't it?
-No. It just after last night, I want to have sure that no one else end attacked by some agressor.
-I will keep my eye open. -Something that he already was doing. -Have a good evening. Oh! And please, don't need to call me sir, just Ceodore is fine.
With that, Ceodore left. Glynda watch him walk back to the academy, once he pass through the door, Glynda start to walk to the tower to deal with Milk and her strange ideas.
-His daughter did a good job teaching him some manners. -Glynda said. -I wonder what kind of person she is.
Atlas
Secret Lab
Winter didn't know what to think when her group found the secret passage on the wall, even less of what they found. On the large room was nothing than a big computer that seemed in no use for a long time. The screen was big as one of the TVs in her house. She have to wait to use since Crimson have to encrypt and hack the system so she could check what have on the files to be so important to use such a advanced security system.
-Done. -Crimson spoke and Winter nodded approval.
-Good. -She sit down on the chair in front of the screen. The soldiers reunited around her. -Now let's see what General Dragoon was hiding from us.
-Commander. -One of the soldiers spoke. -Are you sure that we should look on whatever have on this computer?
-If this is a matter from General Dragoon, we should not respect the protocol and not meddle in his work? -Another solder asked.
-I have conscious about that. -Winter asnwered. -But was a task from General Ironwood and General Dragoon is retired. Since then he have no authority as a general. Besides, if he was hiding something from Atlas Military, means also that he was hiding valuable information from our superiors.
-I can't believe that someone like General Dragoon would do something like that.
This statement make Winter sigh.
-General Dragoon had his own reasons to study miasma. -Winter spoke. -His family, a daughter and a wife, were infected a long time ago. He spend almost all resources he had trying to find a cure. When his wife succumbed to the miasma, he doubled his efforts to not loose his daughter. But the researches were ending in the same way.
-With all doctors and scientists dead from two to six months. -One soldier spoke.
-Correct. As we can see, miasma can be something very personal to General Dragoon. -Winter spoke while tapping the keyboard. -Since then he claimed the mission to get rid of that evil energy from Remnant. No matter what. But it seems that mission became a obsession.
-That is the reason he was retire? -The one who asked that was Crimson.
-I would be lying if I say no. He spend all resources of the military trying to discover the cure to miasma and where is coming from. As far I know, he didn't even come closer and ended wasting good part of the military resources.
-Is kind a sad. -One soldier said.
What come next was a sad silence. The only noise on the room was from Winter tapping the keyboard.
Vale
Mountain Glenn
Yang was awful quiet, something that Blake notice make a while. Since after the Dance, she was a little reserved from her team and Blake knew very well that this silent involves a black haired knight and his Master. Since doctor Oobleck was watching Ruby, she and Yang were alone, so she thought that would be a good opportunity to have a talk.
-Yang. -Blake called and the blonde averted her gaze from the ruined city and look to her partner. -Something is wrong?
-Is that obvious? -Yang didn't even tried to fake a happy mood.
-Well, you never be so quiet since I meet you. -Blake answered. -What's the problem.
Yang thought for some seconds and remember when wanted to deal with a problem related with Ceodore. She have forgot about her parnter and ironically, was because of Ceodore that Blake give a break from the White Fang thing. Not wanting to forgot about her partner again, she decide to answer.
-Before we board on the Bullhead, Ruby asked to me to get her backpack. When I got the backpack, a notebook fell from inside and on the notebook have some... draws.
-Draws? Oh! Is such a big deal? I mean, Ruby is not a child anymore and...
-Not that kind of stuff! -Yang shouted interrupting Blake.
-Okay, okay. My bad. So what was the draw?
-It was a draw... of Ceodore. -This didn't surprised Blake. -And above the draw she wrote "My brave knight". -Now that surprised Blake.
-Ow. So she and Ceodore...
-No. It just her who feels like that. She never felt in that way for some guy and the first one have to feel in that way have to be the apprentice of the Dark Knight?
-You still don't trust in Ceodore right?
-I can't. I just don't want to loose her like my her mother.
-Her mother?
-Yeah. I never told to you right?
-You don't need to tell me if you don't want to.
-But I want. -Yang said with a sad smile. -My mother dissappeared when I was a little girl. No letter, no explanation, nothing. My father was so sad, then she came and become part of the family.
-Ruby's mother?
Yang nodded and continued.
-Her name was Summer. She was a super mom. She could rip off a grimms head and come back home in time to make some cookies. Didn't take too long to Ruby enter in my life. After some years together, Summer just went in a mission and didn't came back. -Yang start to look to the floor, the bangs of her hair hiding her eyes. -I don't want loose someone else.
-And why do you think that have this risk if Ceodore be around her?
-Miasma. -Of course was because of the miasma. -There's no cure for this. If I be forced to see Ruby dying because of that evil? I couldn't do absolutely nothing to save her. -The thought make Yang tremble a little in fear. Then she felt a hand on her shoulder.
-I have a idea of how terryfying can be that thought. But you already know that Ceodore is a good guy. The only reason that you didn't notice that is because of his miasma. Remember that what happened to his parnter was out of his control and after that, I'm sure that he will work to that not happen again.
-But he still have miasma on his body.
-But does it even matter even he being a good guy?
No. It didn't matter, Yang knew that. But the thought of lost someone else of her family make her act reckless and out of her original character. She never judge someone by what he have, be animal parts, tattoos, piercings or glasses. But when come to miasma she forget completely about not judge someone by what she heard or what that person have. Would take a while to Yang accept that her sister have a crush on Ceodore.
Atlas
Secret Lab
After a couple of minutes looking on the files, she found a file with a interesting name.
Sample.
She needed again to Crimson to hack the computer but instead of the file, was opened a compartment on the side of the keyboard. What came was a glass tube with a dark purple content inside. Everyone on the room knew what is the content.
-To think that he would left this behind. -Winter spoke.
-Comander. -Crimson called. -Something big is coming.
-How big? -A soldier asked.
-Very big.
The wall was crashed and a old Atlas sentinel appeared with his weapons ready to fire. Winter knew that wouldn't be that easy.
End of the chapter. I thought in make Yang talk about Raven and Summer to Blake since she only talk about both her mother with Fernando. To be honest I create Fernando specially for counseling. Is not like I think that the staff wouldn't make a good job, I just thought that needed someone who can give advice to them like they are just teenagers, but also help them with problems involving huntsmens stuffs. And since some of them are a bit reserved to any matter about miasma, I thought in a OC and come the blind samurai.
Again, not wanting to decress the credit of the Beacon staff, it just none of them strike me as a counselor about problems like teenager romance and other stuffs like that.
I'm adding some more OCs, but I will try don't create too many character to this fic. Can be hard to focus in so many characters. I think that I will add two more teams and slow down with the OCs for a while. But some ideas can come and make want to add more character to those ideas work. Like some people say, inspiration can come any time.
That's all folks. See you next time.