Ch.14 For Whom the Bell Trolls

In the Sierra Madre

The four had slowly made it back to the fountain. While traveling back Ruby and Weiss talked or in Weiss' case struggled. The week in the city was not only dangerous but also unhealthy for her lungs. It became apparently clear by her raspy voice whenever she opened her mouth to speak. Still from what she manages to say Ruby pieced together that she landed in an alley near the fountain. There she met Dean when he had a close encounter with one of the ghost people. From there the two entered an uneasy alliance at best. Weiss adapted to the technical know-how of the Villa fairly quickly, while she learned a thing or two from Dean on surviving in a hostile environment like this one. As they made their way to the Villa Weiss took a moment to cough before pulling out a pack of cigarettes. As she pops one into her mouth Ruby immediately snaps at her partner.

Weiss' eyes widened at the sight of her putting that tar stick between her lips.

"Weiss don't do that! It's not good for you." Ruby remarks as she plucks the cigarette from her lips.

Weiss gave a sigh of relief at her partner's action, but is now wondering how she could fall for such toxin.

"Heh heh. O'L snowflake here has mentioned you to be the over caring leader of your partnership." Dean remarks as he hands Weiss another cigarette that she quickly lit it up. "But let me tell you Mrs. Rose. The cloud doesn't just kill you upon exposure, well unless you're in the thick of it I mean. You see spending too much time here can cause your lungs to fill up with residue. If it wasn't for the inhaling of this cheap tobacco then your friend would have choked on her own blood a long time ago,"

This causes everyone to gain a horrific look on their face, it is an unspoken agreement that that's maybe the worst way to go out. Weiss herself starts to shake at the thought of her dying like that.

Ruby was absolutely horrified. Her partner is an amazing singer and even though those cigarettes may have prevented the cloud residue from building up inside her lungs she couldn't help but feel sorry for her partner's unfortunate luck.

Weiss grows a small smile at how caring her partner was for her. She does wonder how well her voice would be, if it even comes back.

"It's alright." Weiss remarks in a slightly better tone. "If I must smoke these cheap death-sticks to survive so be it. Survival is more important than gaining a nasty habit."

"Still don't have to like it." Yang commented in a disappointed tone.

Ruby could understand why she did it. It didn't make her feel any better. As she puts on a sad puppy eye expression Six spoke up.

"Alright, so a few cigarettes can help subdue this gas. Any chance you could spare one, personally prefer the coyote tobacco in a hand rolled pack. Still I'll take what I can get." Six said as he pointed to the packet now sticking out of Weiss' pocket.

"Where do they even get those, they would have run out about now." Coco wonders out loud which made Weiss, Velvet and Penny think of an answer.

"Hmm, that does sound lovely. Been a while since I found that Cuban. Still I'm afraid you're gonna have to get one from the shop." Dean replies as he points with his thumb at a strange vending machine.

"The vending machines are the shops? Again, how would they still have things?" Coco is now begging to know how the supplies are thrown in this layer of hell.

"Shop?" Ruby asked as she stared at the strange machine. It looked like an open's jukebox with a glowing blue disk overhead. She noticed a coin slot and a few buttons to the side till she finally realized what it was. "Oh, like vending machines."

"Eh, well sort of. Sinclair wanted to make sure that any money that came through here went one way. Although he didn't call it that, he actually called it "self-sufficient". Like he was doing the residents a favor. Look, all you need to know is that you place a certain amount of chip, get a treat. Like some dog doing a trick." Dean said, sounding spiteful at the end.

"Chips, does he mean those that I found in the fountain?" Ruby recalled what her story self found in the previous chapter.

"Chips? You mean these things?" Ruby asked, holding up a metal chip she picked up from the fountain.

"Exactly." Weiss remarks with her voice returning back to that raspy tone.

"Wait so just insert these chips into the machine and you get it right? Like a grifter without any personality?" Six asked, sounding a little excited.

"Well, in a way yes. Usually I dig up a few chips from a nearby fountain or cashiers' box whenever food is scarce but it doesn't..." before he could even finish Six was already gone. "Wait, where did he go?"

"Maybe getting himself some darts." Neo raised a sign.

He looked around before noticing Six digging through a dirty wall fountain and pulling a few dozen chips in the sewage filled three watch as he raced over to the fountain and placed in all his coins for a pack of cheap smokes. Once done the machine slowly begins to glow before a pack of cigarettes falls down the slot slide. He hastily opens the pack before racing over and plucking the lighter from Deans pocket and lighting two cigs at once. He then took a long drag of the cigarettes, whittling it down halfway before exhaling the smoke.

"Damn, I think he has a problem." Yang leaned back as everyone gave her the 'You think look'.

"Ahh, that feels. So good." Six remarks with a smirk.

"That's because it's addicting." Ruby pouts and scolds at Six's behavior.

"It also smells like my Great Grandparents and Great Great Grandmother." Xion commented before noticing the looks, she turned to them with a cheeking smile. "Dad adopted me pretty young."

"What? Dean said it's for survival." Six remarks while pointing to him.

"Oh, please leave me out of this." Dean remarks as Ruby begins to lecture and annoy Six on smoking while Weiss and Dean watch from a distance. Smoking their own cigarettes.

"Gah, those forceful PSA just make me want to try it." Jaune groaned remembering all the PSA he had to do so when he was at his old school.

"Also I love the fact that Dean and Weiss are just smoking in the background." Yang sneakers.

"Why is that?" Weiss asked the blonde brawler.

"Because it looks like you just give a fuck." Yang chuckles as Weiss gives an annoyed stare but let it go from there.

After a while Six gives in and reluctantly hands Dean the pack of cigarettes. The four then head to the fountain. Before arriving, Dean told Weiss to hang back not wanting to get caught with the ace up their sleeves. Once they approached the fountain Dean looked up at the hologram of the woman with something most people don't notice. Regret. As he stares longingly at the hologram the display alters to the picture of the old man.

Weiss was glad that her partner in crime is smart enough to lose their advantage, but she also failed to notice Dean's stare. Nora noticed it and put a tack on that for later.

"Ah, you two not only survived but also brought the other three. Hmm that good. Now for the festive and the role you'll all play in this." The screen went blank before showing an ad for the Sierra Madre grand opening appeared on the fluctuating screen. "The owner of the Sierra Madre, for whatever reason keyed the grand opening to the Gala event itself."

"That makes little sense." Weiss pointed out.

"Why that?" Came the inquisitive monkey.

"Because that also could mean that every time they open the Sierra Madre they have to make an event in the Gala everytime." Weiss pointed out which made everyone else in the room quickly agree on the stupidly of it.

The screen then reverts back to the original photo of Elijah. "So, for us to enter the casino we must set off the event. Seeing this as a four-man job I guess two people will head east to set up the lights while the other escorts the other two to the sound speakers and fireworks display. I already sent you two the coordinates to your Pip-Boys. Bring your teammates to these locations and head to the bell tower to start the event. Don't let me down or else I'll rely on the next team to do so."

"How many bomb collars does he have?" Sun asks, a little curious about the whole new team.

"Too much to waste." Sienna answered with a low growl in the end.

With that said the projection switches back with some static to the women. Leaving the five alone. Each gave a different response to the instructions.

"Oh boy. If it was only that easy to do the Gala event, I would have sacked this place a long time ago." Dean remarks as he takes out a new cigarette.

"True but it's our only chance to lure our captor out. Then, (evil chuckle) we may have some words we like to relay to the old man." GoD said sinisterly.

Christina didn't say anything but motion her thumb like a knife to her neck making sure she didn't touch her sore throat. Once she made it clear that she wants the old man dead Six steps in after looking down at his Pip-Boy.

"At least they hate the old man like the rest of us," Coco chuckled.

"Alright so for us to advance further more towards freedom we have to start up some prewar festival. So, I guess we are splitting up then." Six remarks getting a really negative response from the rest.

"That is a dumb idea. Especially for a human." GoD remarks.

"No kidding," Weiss agreeing with GoD and getting a small chuckle from Sienna at a Schnee indirectly agreeing with what GoD jab.

"Yea I think I rather go back to talking with my agent over my contract then to walk around town without an escort." Dean said as he crossed his arms.

"Have you ever seen a horror movie! You never split up." Ruby said in fear.

"Yeah, and the fact there is mist and whatever those creatures are," Blake says, refusing to call those monsters humans in any form.

Christina simply waved her hands back and forth to say no way in hell.

"Look, Me and Ruby will be escorting you three all the way. By the looks of the instructions Elijah has sent us only one person has to escort DoG to Salida del Sol, while the other brings you two to different spots in Puesta del Sol. If it helps you can choose which one to bring." Six said assertively.

"How much do you want to beat they'll all pick Six?" Yang asks Sun and Coco who agree with Neo joining in with a wicked smirk.

The three looked at each other. Then back at Ruby and Six. Six was clearly a wasteland Veteran. The scars on his head told you that he was a survivor. Ruby on the other hand, was like comparing the ferocity of a lion to a house cat. So, thinking things over all three then noticing Six at the same time. They soon begin to argue over who should follow who till Ruby has enough.

Ruby groans at being compared to a house cat as Yang and company laugh… or in Neo's case giggles.

"Come on guys. Can't we just vote on it?" Ruby replies to which GoD shuts her down.

"Then I'll be out voted. Quite frankly you two will have a bigger group then the rest of us. So, the way I see it. You should have her while I take the other human."

"Poppycock to that. We will be an easier target in a group. You also have those big muscles of yours so use em." Dean argues back with Christina agreeing with him. Before the two could finish Six steps in.

"They both make a point." Weiss silently agreed to both parties of the argument.

"Your right, the three of you. So instead of arguing here till these explosive accessories of ours goes off, how about instead we break even." Six remarks before pulling out a single Sierra Madre Chip.

"Guess that's better than having your heads explode." Sun nods at the idea of a coin flip, hell that's how he felt before his team.

"Heads, Ruby goes with Dean and Christina. Tails I go with you two instead." Six proposed. The three looked over each other and decided that sounds fair and Six flips the coin upwards before catching it. He slaps the coin onto his wrist before revealing the face of a woman. "Heads, I go with GoD."

"Oh, come on. Heading out will be like a pendulum over a head." Dean remarks getting a "Hey" from Ruby.

Ruby shouted the same at Dean's comment.

"We flipped, you two lost. End of discussion." Six said as he crossed his arms in irritation. "Besides Ruby may not look like it but give her a rifle and she can put any sharp shooters in the NCR to shame with ease."

At hear such praise made her buff her chests as those who know her skills nod in agreement.

"Right but she doesn't have one. Not only am I babysitting the kid but also, I have the mute with me. No offense, um Rebecca? Emeralds? Sheila? Am I in the ballpark?" Dean asked Christina to which Christina simply rolled her eyes before flipping him off.

"Christina." Neo raises a sigh with an angry look on her face. She then flips it around. "Torchwick can be a smartass but he knows not to be one to a mute about their name."

"Is there a story behind that?" Yang asks the shorter girl.

"Me." Was all that the girl showed.

"Christina." Six said in a disappointing tone as he pinches the bridge of his nose.

"Aw, Christina, what a lovely name. Well I can't say I'll see that up on a billboard but, it's a lovely name. By any chance you're not just another pretty face in our merry band of partners?" Dean remarks to which Christina rolled her eyes and walked over to him. She simply grabbed his arm and twisted it around before shoving him aside. When Dean looked back, he noticed that she was now holding his gun. She removes the clip before removing the one in the chamber giving a sense of not to be messed with.

"I like her." Yang smiles as Coco and Sienna full heartedly agree.

"Alright, point taken love. Just don't crease the suit." Dean said spitefully as he fixed his suit and retrieved his gun from an annoyed Christina.

"Right, as entertaining as it is to watch the broken doll beat the ghoul, I believe we have a festival to start." GoD points out.

Neo glares at GoD, she doesn't like his 'broken doll' comment. Hits a little too close to home.

"Fine, just let me collect winter smoke from the shop and we'll be on our way. Till then we will see each other in the Madre." Dean remarks slyly giving the hint for Six and GoD to walk away.

"Or when the ravens call for us nevermore." GoD comments before motioning Six to head out. Six gave a lazy salute before leaving Ruby in their care.

"Ravens call for us nevermore?" Ren was curious about the quote.

"The Raven is a poem by the poet Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven would only say Nevermore which meant back then never again." Xion explains, Ren gives a thankful bow.

After leaving Dean collected his "Winter smokes" who was watching the entire events from the sidelines. After meeting with Christina, the four head west, down Puesta del Sol to drop off Dean and Christina at their positions.

They barely avoided the few Ghost people that prowled the outskirts of the Villa. A few speakers made their relatively short distance walk into a terrifying hike through hunting grounds of an unrelenting predator. They arrived at Deans location first. A building where the sound speakers' line has been chopped so that the radios couldn't work. He was at first unwilling to stay up there. Once the bells and whistles of the Gala event begins it will be like ringing the dinner bell of a silver platter. Ruby wanted him to simply duct tape the wires together so he can just wait by the fountain while Weiss wanted to stay and help Dean. They came to a compromise when Christina managed to patch up a few Holograms as bouncers for Dean. He wished Weiss the best of luck before the two left him alone up on the rooftops of Puesta del Sol. From there it was a matter of a simple hop and a skip to a switch station where the fireworks were set to work. Problem being that the door was behind a thick pocket of the cloud. So, taking one last breath before racing through the cloud Ruby felt the effects of the cloud for the first time. It was crushing against her body, like the dept of the ocean against her body. Her lungs were shriveled up and her eyes budge and reddened from the exposure. She begins to cough and hack desperately for air. They did manage to get inside the switching room which thankfully was a bubble of fresh air to them.

Weiss wonders what would have happened if she'd stayed with the ghoul. Her thoughts stop at hearing everyone commenting about Dean's desire for more than what the group had though Yang smirk when Christina fixes the problem. The thick gas did make Weiss a little concern for both her story self and Ruby's safety.

"(Cough, Cough) oh Oum (Cough, Cough) that was horrible. (Cough, Cough)" Ruby struggles to say as she coughs up cloud residue that formed on the side of her cheeks.

"Yea, try a week." Weiss remarks as she strikes up another cigarette.

Ruby winces at Weiss' comment as the girl feels worse at the sight of another cigarette.

Inside the room was a bunch of mechanical supplies, and technical supplies. The door at the end of the hall was locked but in the corner of her eye Christina spots a power box with a graffiti heart on it. She hesitantly opens it to see that someone purposely sabotages the device. So, with some jury rigging the power returned to the switching station. With that however a multiple radio activated causing the two's collars to start beeping. As Ruby struggles to even walk while coughing Christina scrambles to the desk and quickly builds a mechanical ball like machine while Weiss scatters about looking for the radio. As the beeps from their collar got louder Christina activates the strange jury-rigged device causing the collars to go silent. It didn't take long for Weiss to find the radio. With the threat of the radio destroyed the three gave a sigh of relief before continuing on down the halls. As they head deeper into the switching station Christina starts showing signs of being claustrophobic. As they reached the end of the hall, they found themselves in a huge room with the cat walking on both sides of the room. Below them was multiple pipes leaking the cloud into the room. There was only one way to cross and that was to go down and through the cloud. Something that the three refused to do.

To say everyone's hearts were racing was an understatement, Xion was lucking enough not needing to call someone in to check. Though Coco is understanding Christina's problem all while Velvet is giving her leader some small circles on her back.

"... (sigh) Christina, I think I have a way for us to cross without going down into the cloud." Ruby explains to Christina hesitantly getting her to raise an eyebrow. "But you must promise me that you won't tell anyone about it. Do you understand?"

Neo raises an eyebrow before raising a sign. "How is she going to tell anyone, when no one seems to understand her?" After reading the sign, the red hoodie girl blushes at her foolishness.

Christina gave her a strange look before looking down at the cloud. She then turns to Ruby, after giving it a few moments she made a motion to cross her heart while nodding. The moment she agreed Ruby grabs her by the arm and in an instant turned into a mixture of red and dirty peach color flowers that swiftly floated over to the other side. Immediately after Ruby begins to hack and cough. She was still suffering from the gas but at least they made it to the other side. Christina looked around her absolutely startled by what had just happened, she was just on one side of the room and now on the other. As she tries and wraps around the idea or logic of what happened they notice something, which leaves Weiss behind.

"Ugh, Dolt." Weiss silently remarks.

"Ugh, Dolts." Weiss remarks as she disregards the cigarette over the edge before taking a few steps back. She then races forward before jumping over the railing onto a circular white glyph that worked like a floor for her to race across.

Weiss gives a low groan at hearing her remark on screen.

She did a backflip onto the catwalk before turning to Ruby and flicking her forehead and pulling on her cheek. "The last time you left me I was hanging from a Nevermore leg a hundred feet in the air. Don't think for a moment that will happen again here."

Sienna looks at the Ice Flower duo with disbelief.

"Alllright Weiss aght hurts." Ruby struggles to say as she pulls on her cheek. While Weiss scolds her in a returning raspy voice Christina tries to piece together what happened before chalking this up to one thing. Just some mystical shit.

"We've been hearing that a lot." Yang leans back, already getting a little tired of hearing that phrase.

Eventually Christina had to split the two apart before they had to race through some more speakers and a bouquet of grenades to get the door open. Once open Ruby saw to her delight a mostly intact Browning Automatic Rifle (B.A.R) that she inspected with glee. She strapped it to her back while Weiss fiddled around with some computer systems. Once they finished, they entered the other room where a set of laser turrets fired at them with a few radios that was protected by a holographic shield. They had to dance around the turret fire and disable the speakers. Once done they got to the controls to the fireworks. Problem was that it required taking an elevator to a cramp control center. Something that Christina absolutely refused to do. Weiss wanted her to get over her fear of small spaces since this will be brief while Ruby wanted to help her. Eventually they found a computer program that allowed her to activate the fireworks display without going down into the claustrophobic space.

Though Ruby lit up at the BAR before cringing at the room full of turrets, at this point everyone is going to have a healthy dislike for the damn things. Coco gives Weiss the hardest slap in the back of the head that it throws the heiress off her chair. Sienna gives a chuckle as did Velvet and Neo at the snow white girl rubbing the back of her head as she takes her seat next to Yang's right this time.

They said their goodbyes before taking the elevator to the upper floor. The two exited the elevator and headed to Salida del Sol. After narrowing avoiding the residents using Weiss glyph the two found themselves at the base of a bell tower in Salida del Sol north. There they met up with Six who was patching himself up while sitting atop a few dead Ghost people.

"What happened to him? Weiss asks in a groan from the pain in the back of her head.

"What happened to you?" Weiss asked in a raspy tone.

"Great." Weiss pinch the bridge of her nose. "Now I have a greater headache than before."

Coco gives a knowing smirk at the heiress pain. 'Services you right.'

"GoD didn't want DoG to get hungry. So, I had to drag a few bodies to a switching station." Six replies as he stabs a stimpack into his stomach for the pain of being punched by a bear trap. He then stands up and cracks his neck before turning to the bell tower.

"Gross." Sun cringes at the mention of DoG's hunger.

"Alright, let's do this quickly. Something tells me it ain't gonna be pretty." Six Remarks as he heads to the door of the bell tower with Ruby and Weiss following behind.

After solving a few traps and fighting a few stragglers the three-barely managed to get up onto the Villa bell tower. Up there, there was a control next to it was a Ham radio. As the three slowly approached the control the radio came to life to all three's discomfort. After a brief moment a familiar grouchy voice came over the radio.

"Hello, Hello? Is this junk working?" Father Elijah asked over the radio. Six looked towards the two girls who gave a simple shrug as a response. Six then hesitates to answer the radio.

"um, Hello?" Six answers.

Ruby, Yang, Coco, Sun, Jaune and Xion snicker at the insurance in Six's tone.

"Aw good. You are in positions. What about the rest of you?" Father Elijah asked over the radio.

"Yea, me and Ruby are just peachy, well except for this pain in the neck choke collar constantly getting in the way." Six remarks sarcastically.

Sienna gives a snicker at Six's remarks.

"Watch it twenty-one. I care not for your tone and the only reason why I hadn't detonated is because this group are the only ones to successfully gotten this far." Father Elijah threatens. "Now check in with your team members before throwing the switch. The frequencies to communicate are the same as their collars labels. But be warned. Once that switch is pulled and the Gala event begins there is going to be a lot of lights and noises."

"Doesn't take a genius to figure that one out." Weiss round her eyes.

With that finish the radio went dead silent leaving the three alone on top of the bell tower. Six deciding to get this over with adjusted frequency to match DoG/GoD. After a brief moment another voice came over the line.

"Master? Is that you?" DoG answers.

"Um sure, DoG. Listen, are you ready for the task given to you?" Six answers.

Coco leans back before saying. "Huh, guess Six is now DoG's master. Better than that old fart."

"I am here Master, just waiting for the pretty lights to sparkle." DoG said over the line before pausing and then the other voice spoke. "Yes, we are ready, just note we will head for the Madre once the light show begins."

"I say that's a good sign then, makes rushing for the gate easier." Jaune hummed.

"Alright, meet you two inside." Six answers before adjusting the radio to Christina's collar. Once set to the different channel, it was static at first till a few random taps can be heard. Ruby then recognized Christina and took the speaker from Six.

"Hey Christina how are you doing?"

"Poke, Poke, Poke."

"Yes, or No questions. Dolt." Weiss growled as her headache was finally calming down.

"Yes, or No questions. Dolt." Weiss struggles to say before pulling out a cigarette to burn the cloud residue from her lungs.

And Weiss' headache came back.

"Oh, Christina Tap twice for yes and once for no. Do you understand?" Ruby asked.

"Poke, Poke."

Alright, are you fine?" Ruby asked.

"Poke, Poke"

"Can you activate the Gala event?" Ruby asked

"Poke, Poke."

"Alright, once we check in with Dean then we'll start the gala event. Meet us inside with the rest. Ok?" Ruby asked before waiting for an answer.

"… Poke, Poke."

"That has to be the weirdest one sided conversation I have ever seen, of all time." Xion commented, with everyone in the room agreeing.

With that finish Six takes back the radio and sets it to Dean's frequency. Once set you can hear Dean humming a toon from his earlier days as a singer. "To right the unrightable wrong, To love pure and chaste from afar, To try when your arms are too weary, To reach the unreachable star."

Weiss nods her head and starts making some notes with the lyrics.

"Hey Dean, ready to finally get in?" Six asked over the speaker.

"I have been for the past two centuries, Numbers. What about our little snowflake? Are you not getting cold feet? Well metaphorically I mean." Dean asked.

Weiss rolls her eyes with a small smile forming on her lips. 'I wished you were my manager back when Winter was still the heiress. Would have made things more fun.'

Before Six could answer Weiss took the radio from him and answered in a hush tone. "Dean, just remember that if you continue to irritate me, I'm almost tempted to get caught to see you fail. Just remember my cut as well. Are we clear?"

Sienna looks at the girl and wonders where that bravado came from. From what she heard about the girls, she was a polite and well mannered girl.

"… Crystal. I swear you would have given every Hollywood agent a run for their money." Dean remarks before the radio went silent. Once all three had been confirmed Six places down the radio and went for the lever. He hesitantly pulls the lever. After a few moments nothing happened before every single speaker slowly buzzed to life with music of the old world.

"Let's Heist!" The same voice from early shouted which made everyone jump.

"Seriously, again?!" Velvet complained at the suddenly shouted voice. Xion shook her head before mouthing 'Let's Play'.

Play American Swing

Ruby and Weiss went to the edge to get a better look of the Sierra Madre. Searchlights broke through the blood red cloud as fireworks shot up into the crimson sky behind the Madre. If this was any other time the display would have been beautiful and magnificent. Yet there was something sad about this ancient display of wealth, class, and failed promises. As they watched from the sidelines Six took notice to the streets below. What he saw absolutely horrified him, ghost people crawling out from the sewers, maintenance tunnels, and shops onto the streets, all wild up into a frenzy from the music.

Though they felt dread at the sight of the Madre skyline they lost to fear at the number of Ghost people crawling out of what can only be described as coming out of the walls.

"Um, guys. We need to leave. Like right now." Six said in horror before making a beeline to the trapdoor. The two looked at each other before looking down to see that horrifying sight. Realizing the danger, they found themselves in a quickly followed suit in terror.

Down below the three quickly sprint through the streets of the villa, with the ghost people just behind them. As they ran, they nearly got picked off by multiple spears that were thrown from the shadows. As they got to the fountain it seems Vera's ghost couldn't stop the ghost people from hunting them. Still they pressed on towards the gate leading to the Madre. Inside the casino you can hear the sound of hundreds of footsteps racing towards the door. After a brief moment of silence before the door burst open with Six, Ruby and Weiss barreling in before slamming the door shut as multiple spears penetrates the ancient wooden door.

Everyone released a breath they were holding from the sight of hundreds of the undead monsters throwing spears and almost hitting the trio. But now everything should be okay, or at least the reason

"Jesus H Crist. The hell is that bullshit." Six complains as he quickly barricades the door with an emergency locking system.

"Too many." Weiss responds in a raspy tone as she backs up in fear every time the ghost people tried to break down the door.

"I think one is too many. I think I have a new nightmare now." Jaune complained, as everyone slowly agreed.

"Hey, where is everybody?" Ruby asked as she turned on her Pip-Boy light to see around her. Nobody answers but Six managed to turn the lights to reveal Dean, Christina, DoG/GoD on the ground unconscious.

"The hell happened?!" Yang stared in shock.

"Oh, my Oum, Christina!" Ruby squeals out before racing over to her. As she does so Six noticed a grate with a motion sensor next to it. Before he could even call out to her to stop but it was too late. Just like the bunker a white gas blows out into the casino causing the three to become faint.

"Ugh, not again." Ruby complained to herself.

"God, Damn it... Ruby." Six mutters before falling back against the door.

"You... Dolt." Weiss remarks before falling over.

"Ugh, not again." Ruby remarks before falling down unconscious.

"Damn it." Ruby slightly cursed at herself saying the same as her again.

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