Weiss Schnee: Commonwealth Minuteman (RWBY x Fallout 4)

Chapter 7 - Boiling point

After the event regarding the raiders happened, Mary and Weiss went on with their plans to collect materials for the generator. The walk to the area was silent and awkward, Weiss occasionally stole glances at Mary who had a grim look on her face the whole time. Weiss had only known Mary for a short while but she didn't think Mary was even capable of making a face like that.

Anger and frustration, those were the emotions that Weiss saw on Mary's face. If this was remnant, a horde of grimm would have already been attracted to the negative emotions that Mary was clearly displaying.

The only words that were exchanged between the two were directions on which area of Concord they were going to search, both girls continued to search for parts in silence, the only thing that briefly broke the silence was Weiss's occasional "ouch" as she sifted through garbage with her hands.

After gathering a good amount of materials, Weiss took a breather and decided to steal a glance at her friend, Mary continued to sift through garbage in silence and occasionally tossing valuables in the little bag she brought.

'Maybe I should leave her be for now" Weiss thought as she decided to get back to her work, she was about to continue when she notice something about Mary's arm and emmediately alarmed her.

"Mary!!, your arm it's bleeding!!"

Weiss's sudden shout woke Mary out of her trance forcing her to notice the pain on her wounded hand.

"Oh, i must have cut myself on the broken glass....my bad" Mary said in a weak voice that was trying to mimic her happy demeanor but was failing miserably.

Weiss sighed as she looked at her friends rattled state, she then walks to her and ushers her to a nearby bench.

"Come on, let's get that treated before it gets infected, god knows what kind of bacteria is in the garbage."

Luckily, Weiss brought with her the first aid kit she found some days back, she hoped the disinfectants still worked.

The two sat facing each other but still found themselves is total silence as Weiss tends to Mary's wound. After a while, Weiss decided that enough was enough and she broke through the silence.

"Mary, did something happen between you and the raiders in the past?" Weiss asked her fried softly.

Mary was hesitant at first but the trust she had built with Weiss over the past few days won her over.

"It's not like one big thing happened in the past Weiss, it's the fact that the same thing has been happening for years now...."

Weiss understood now, Mary's rage came from the fact that she and her family were trapped by these raiders and were treated like milking cows.

"I'm so sick of it Weiss!! The world is already harsh enough but these asshats have to go around and make people's lives a living hell."

Weiss was angry at them too, but years of controlling her emotions allowed her to calm herself enough to listen to her friend without butting in. She felt Mary's sadness and her frustrations at being trapped. Weiss wanted to fight all those raiders so bad, if she had aura she could mop the floor with all their faces, but seeing as she still had no aura, a simple bullet hit on the right spot would do her in.

"I understand Mary, I would take those guys on for you if I could, but I would just kill myself trying..." Weiss said in a voice that indicated her disappointment in herself.

"Maybe, your family is right. Maybe we should just endure it for now, at least until you get a chance to escape this place." Weiss said hesitantly as she still felt like confronting those raiders was better option.