Jail Break

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Chapter 1: Denial

Yang couldn't believe what was happening. She was attacked. She was defending herself. Why was she surrounded by knights? Why was everyone staring at her? Why was Mercury acting as if his leg was shattered, when that blow shouldn't have dealt that much damage, even if his aura was depleted?

"Yang Xiao Long, drop your weapons immediately!" she heard one of the knights shout.

"B-but he attacked me! I was defending myself!" she protested, though it seemed nobody was listening.

"Place your weapons on the ground, NOW!" the knight responded.

Yang could see she had no other choice. She looked up at the crowd, and at the screen, and she saw what they thought was the truth. The screen showed an unprovoked, unmerciful attack. She looked up at her team-mates, and saw shocked looks. Blake looked betrayed, Weiss looked horrified, and Ruby… Ruby looked devastated. Did she really do what the knights had said? Biting her lip, she slowly removed Ember Celica and placed them on the ground… or perhaps she dropped them, Yang wasn't really paying attention to her surroundings anymore as the knights confiscated the weapons, and handcuffed her.

She was no longer aware of anything. Her mind was a blank. She didn't even register being escorted out of the stadium. "Yang Xiao Long you under arrest for the unprovoked assault of Mercury Black."

Had she really done it? Did she really destroy his leg? Had she failed her promise to herself to protect Ruby?

She didn't even see the smirk on Cinder's face as she was led out.

Ruby could barely move. After what she saw what happened, she was in shock. Eventually Weiss and Blake decided to bring the poor girl back to the dorm, and so Blake carefully carried her young lover on her back while Weiss used her aura, or perhaps just a Schnee-brand glare, to keep everyone away.

Eventually one of the two girls needed to break the uncomfortable silence, masked only by Ruby slowly munching on a therapy cookie, and eventually Weiss' shaky voice broke through.

"I… I can't believe Yang would do something like that… I know she has a temper, but to lose control like that…"

"It really doesn't seem like her," Blake agreed, "but we all saw the truth…"

Ruby, still riding on Blake's back eventually broke her own silence. "Yang would never do that… she couldn't do that…"

"But Ruby," came Blake's reply, "we SAW her do it. You were so shocked by it that we had to carry you back…"

They soon came to their room, and Weiss unlocked the door, leading the other two inside. Ruby, now able to walk, dropped down from Blake's back and strode in front of the other two.

"I KNOW what I saw, Blakey. But something's screwy here. Yang doesn't kick people when they're down. Even if her opponent can still fight, she lets them get back up before attacking again."

"I agree it doesn't really make sense…" Blake started.

"OF COURSE IT DOESN'T!" Ruby yelled, halting Blake's train of thought, "and it's not the first time we were thrown by sudden news. Like the time we all found out Blake was a Faunus. NONE of us saw that coming!"

Blake snorted, "I did."

"Or when dad suddenly sent Zwei to us in the mail! Would either of you ever expect to receive a DOG in a MAILING TUBE?" Ruby paced towards the window and looked out, her hands' grip betraying any semblance of stability. "Or how about the time Yang punched Torchwick only to hit an illusion? I know what she did falls under the category, but this is way too out of character."

"Ruby," Weiss started, "I know she's your sister, and you probably know her better than anyone, but the evidence is pretty clear…"

"IS it though?" Ruby practically yelled, "Were EITHER of you paying attention to the actual fight, and not the screen? I saw it too, but I also saw Yang walking away, like she always does. More to the point, why do we believe our eyes when we know for a fact that there's a girl who has some sort of illusionary power who has a reason to really hate Yang!"

Ruby began pacing the room, her rant uninterrupted. "And why would ANY of us trust the authorities?" She pointed at Blake, "They think YOU'RE a criminal, still in deep with the Fang!" Ignoring Blake's glare she pointed towards Weiss, "and they'll bend over backwards to do ANYTHING you say if they think it'd curry favour, and they're just as likely to brand you a traitor to Atlas just because you came here." She stopped pacing and stood in front of her dresser, "for fuck's sake; the cops thought that I'M the one who attacked the CCT. The authorities aren't always right, and frankly if General Ironwood wasn't in charge, I'd be stunned that Atlas isn't overrun with crime."

"Ruby..." Weiss frowned slightly at her. "How about we wait until we hear what Yang says, okay?"

"No Weiss!" Ruby shouts at her partner, "Don't you get it? Yang's been arrested. Now she's sitting in jail, and what can we do to help? NOTHING!" Ruby angrily darted forward and grabbed Zwei, the small corgi yelping slightly at his unceremonious deprival of Blake's bed, and left the room, practically kicking down the door in her frustration, leaving a stunned Weiss and Blake in her wake.

"...was the demon spawn on my bed the entire time?"

Ruby hurried quickly towards the roof tops, not noticing a leisurely following Uncle Qrow behind her, pocketing his flask as he went.

Oh hello there, how are you?

After watching V3E6 and breaking down in bad feels; my good friend, the adorkable Slayer-ONE and I started hatching this little plot bunny. The story is obviously not going to follow the events of the show when it comes back in 2016 (for one thing, we're going Ladybug while the show is clearly going Nuts & Dolts) but the whole idea is to have fun with it, not to be accurate.

This chapter's a bit on the short side, but hopefully they'll get longer in the near future.

Asky awaaaaaaaaaaaay