The Coming Storm

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Y/N POV

A snow storm appears at Brunswick Farms, making visibility nigh difficult. A wind howling is heard.

Amber: (sighs) I don't get it. The empty towns I've passed through were all damaged or unfinished. But this place looks... fine.

Team RWBY, Amber, Emily, Qrow, Oscar, Maria, and me arrive at the porch of a residence. Weiss is shivering as she wraps her arms around her to keep herself warm.

Weiss: Maybe everyone left in a hurry. Before things took a turn?

Qrow tries to open the door, only to notice it was locked.

Qrow: Hmm. Stay on guard.

Qrow kicks the door open, everyone proceeds forward with their weapons drawn. They cautiously look around the place.

Maria: Close the door already! It's cold enough in here as it is.

Maria walks into the house. Afterwards, Emily and I push a nearby drawer to block the door.

Blake: I saw a chimney from the outside. Maybe we could get a fire going?

Weiss: Please. I'll look for some blankets.

Y/N: I'll, go with.

We walked upstairs and when we opened the door to one of the rooms, we saw a horrific sight that made Weiss scream. A pair of decomposing corpses. Everyone arrived to the room and saw Weiss clinging onto my arm.

Time-skip

A fire is burning in the fireplace. Weiss watches it, still shaken from what she saw earlier. I wrap a blanket around Weiss before next to her. The group hears the door open and close, and Qrow walks back in brushing snow off himself.

Qrow: It's the same in every house.

Yang: What?

Qrow: Bodies. Every bed in every home. It's like the whole estate just went to sleep and never woke up.

Weiss: Then we're not staying here, right?

Qrow: (walks over to the fireplace to warm up) We don't have a choice. Storm outside's only getting worse. We'd freeze to death before we made it anywhere.

Maria: Well, might as well get comfortable. (walks over to a bookshelf)

Emily: Get comfortable? When we know that every house in the estate is filled with rotting corpses? Fat chance.

Ruby: Okay, then, let's do something. If this place wasn't abanodoned it might still have supplies we could use.

Oscar: Hey, yeah. Maybe even a car.

Qrow: I'll do another sweep of the grounds. No one else goes anywhere alone.

Blake: Yang and I can search the other buildings for vehicles.

Yang: (annoyed) Fine, whatever gets me out of this house.

Yang and Blake leave, with Ruby moving the drawer to let them exit. Afterwards, Ruby looks at us to see Weiss' head on my shoulder.

Ruby: Hey...Food always makes me feel better. (chuckles nervously) Just saying.

I looked at Weiss before Weiss spoke.

Weiss: Right...

Weiss and I got up to go with Ruby.

Y/N: Emily? Amber? Could you take one more look around the house to make sure we didn't miss anything.

Amber: Sure thing.

We went to the pantry and Ruby uses her scroll's flashlight to look around. She finds alcholic bottles on the shelves. Weiss uses Myrtenaster to send small flames to light up the candles in the room.

Weiss: There.

We look around the room. Shelves are full of alcoholic bottles and a bar is seen as well.

Ruby: On second thought, maybe we should keep this room closed.

Weiss: Huh?

Ruby: I'm just... Not sure how well my uncle's taking all of this.

Y/N: Fair point. We should avoid him being a drunken mess.

Beat.

Ruby: Come on, we'll never get to Atlas on an empty stomach!

Ruby walks forward, though Weiss lingers and sadly looks down. I then opens up another door.

Weiss: Y/N? Are we really still going to Atlas?

Y/N: Why wouldn't we be?

Weiss: I mean... you heard what Jinn said. If there's no way to kill Salem, then what's the point in all of this?

Y/N Please, you can't be serious.

Weiss: (sighs) Sorry, I- I don't know what I'm saying, I'm just really tired and I really, really hate this place. (walks up to enter the room with Ruby) Anything in there?

I turn around and used my flashlight to look around. I see more alcoholic bottles arranged on a shelf on the right side of the room.

I: (annoyed) More alcohol... A fire wouldn't be a problem in this place.

Weiss: What's that?

The two notice a large, metal cellar door in the ground. Its handles are chained together.

Weiss: A wine cellar? Great.

Y/N: One more mentioning of alcohol and I'm gonna punch something.

Ruby then looks up to her left and lets out a yelp before zooming over.

Weiss: What? What is it?

Ruby: Food!

Ruby holds out a can that says "THREE BROS. BEANS: SHRIMP FLAVORED, EXTRA SODIUM".

Weiss: (incredulous) Canned food?

Ruby: Oh trust me, you put enough salt on anything, and it will taste juuust fine.

Y/N: Just...if you have no choice, might as well eat it.

I faintly smile. Weiss and I walk over to help Ruby grab a few cans of food.

Weiss: But I still seriously hate this place...

Y/N: You and me both. But tomorrow we'll leave.
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