Stele (A RWBY story)

The Island (Day 4)

We spent the night laying against a tree. For a while throughout the night she just stared ahead at nothing. She did fall asleep at one point after I put a blanket on her, one of the only things we had left after running.

I spent the night and part of the early morning just watching the area. I hate that babysitting a Schnee was added to this whole event. It's truly become survival for both of us.

"What are you going to do?"

I looked over at Fonti, still showing up for me. She was laying on the floor making a...dirt angel? Either way she was always having her own fun.

Stele: "I'm waiting for the princess here to wake up. Then I ask questions."

"Why do you think she knows?"

Stele: "She's bound to know something. She is a Schnee after all."

I was bored and playing with my metal can only last so long, and it's not hours on end long. Too many things in which I have to do, but just couldn't right now. I'm literally stuck to Schnee so I couldn't do anything to her right now. I gained my cuff arm yesterday only to not be able to use my actual arm the next. Last thing I can really do right now is try and clean as much of the blood off us. I'm sure Coco can fix up or give an all new outfit.

"Why are you cleaning her?"

Stele: "I don't need her breaking on me again."

Fonti was crouched on the opposite side of Schnee watching me try and wipe her clean. I could only get so much off of her, but it was still better than before. It will be a small problem if I can't get it off Magnhild, how would I explain it to Nora?

"You know you broke seeing something like this the first time."

I stopped for a moment thinking about it. It was an awful thing for me to witness then. Its also something I try to constantly block out, but apparently everything I try to doesn't stay that way.

Stele: "That was different. I was younger and...and I watched it happen in front of me."

I was wiping her face again when she started moving and eventually opening her eyes. We looked at each other for a moment before she tried to rub her face. In doing so she brought up her right hand, which brought up my left.

Stele: "Yeah, yeah. It wasn't a dream or anything of the such. We are stuck together so hurry up and wake up."

She was still able to wipe her face with her left. Luckily what she had touched had already cached on her, so I could play it off.

Weiss: "What...what happened yesterday Stele? What's on my face?"

Stele: "What happened was mercenaries have arrived on the island. Now, you have to know something about all of this."

She was still in the process of waking up. Yawning and stretching out her limbs, as well as my arm.

Weiss: "What makes you think I know anything about them? And what is on me?!"

She was looking at the dark stains on her dress. I needed to distract her from it all, but more so I needed to clean it all off. I ran my cuff arm through the dirt and mud and threw it onto her dress.

Weiss: "What the hell Stele!"

She started wiping some of it off now.

Stele: "I'm just showing you that's it's only mud and dirt. We fell while running last night and luckily you only got dirty."

Weiss: "Then what abo-"

Stele: "Yes it is blood on me. They only want one thing which is me. they do not care who gets in they way including their own allies. This only makes them more dangerous."