It had been a couple of days since Ruby had her adventures with her teammates and things had calmed down a bit since. After the young team leader had done her favors to the three older girls, she had been forgiven for the film she made of them. It seemed like everything was fine with team RWBY again.
However, nothing good lasts forever and trouble would be coming soon. This time it came in the form of one of the Atlesian military's newest projects that was under Winter's observation. The white-haired woman had actually called her two comrades from the WGC and her rivals, the WBY, to test it out. They needed at least six people to test it out and Winter was certain that she could somehow benefit by having her rivals in love be part of the test. Not to mention, she would never want to put Ruby in any possible harm.
The six ladies were walking through the building where the SDC was currently developing all sorts of different machines. While some of Winter's companions were looking around with curiosity, especially Cinder, there was one person who wasn't excited at all. That was Yang Xiao Long.
''Would you remind me why I had to join you on your stupid sci-fi project?'' Yang asked, obviously not wanting to be there. ''I could be doing a lot of better things at the moment. Many of which involve Ruby.''
''You are here because I need six people, myself included, for this test,'' Winter said with a slightly angry tone, not liking the way the blonde had just spoken or the fact that she talked about doing things with Ruby. ''I chose you people, because Huntsmen have better chances at getting out unharmed from these types of things and it's preferable to have people that I know take part in this.''
''Why do you need people that you know?'' Glynda asked out of curiosity.
''Oh, I know why!'' Yang said as she held up her hand, like a student wanting to answer a question in school. ''It's so that she can have a real tragic backstory, after we have all either died or turned into mutants from her weird project!''
Blake slapped the back of her partner's head and said, ''Stop watching so many movies!''
''Just to make it clear, that is NOT the reason,'' Winter said with a small frown, irritated by Yang's behavior. ''The reason is that I know I can trust you all. There are some very secret projects here and they absolutely must not fall into the wrong hands. That's why I chose you all. None of you would ever let any of this go to the wrong people. Understood?''
The white-haired woman looked as all of her guests told her that they understood, except for one. When she didn't hear Cinder's voice among the others, she looked around and found her comrade stand near a window, looking through it at some new robot the scientists behind the glass were working on. Little did Winter know that the raven-haired woman had her Scroll in her hand, ready to take a picture.
''Cinder, what are you doing there?'' the soldier asked, surprising said lady so badly that she accidentally dropped her Scroll into a trash bin.
''Oh, nothing! Nothing! Just... looking at what they're working on,'' Cinder lied. ''It's all just... very interesting and exciting to look at, you know?''
''I understand. Some of this stuff has only appeared in fiction so far,'' Winter said with a smirk, happy that someone was interested in the things she was responsible for. ''However, you are allowed to only look. That means no touching and absolutely no pictures or videos. Are we clear?''
''Crystal clear!'' the villainess quickly replied, hoping that no one noticed her Scroll having been out. When the other women continued on their way, she let out a sigh of relief and picked up her Scroll from the trash. Unfortunately, it was broken. ''I knew I should have bought a better one...''
