Securing A Future

Chapter 1: A New Old Face

It was early morning in Vale and the city was mostly quiet. It was that time of day when the only people that were going around were either those that were returning home from work at late night shifts or those that needed to start closing up the places that had been open late at night. This was the same for the more rundown area in Vale, where a lot of criminals had gathered. There was practically no one walking around.

However, there was one person at this rundown area, who had a very special destination in their mind. This person was heading towards Junior's club, even though the place was closing up. One could not recognize who they were, as they were wearing a long, brown cloak with a hood that covered their entire body.

The cloaked person got out of one of the alleys in the area and looked around, taking in all of their surroundings. The way this person was walking and looking around gave the impression that they were reminiscing, like it had been a long time since they had last been there.

''The bad parts of Vale. Never looked good and never will look any better,'' the person mumbled to themselves. If one were listening to them, they wouldn't be able to recognize the person's voice as they were using something to mask it. ''Honestly, a little destruction would probably just make it better.''

The cloaked person eventually made their way to Junior's club, but they didn't go to the front entrance. Instead, they went to the back, where the famous Malachite twins were having a cigarette break. It didn't take long for them to notice the mysterious person walking towards them.

''Hey, sis,'' Miltia called out to her twin. ''What's wrong with this picture?''

''The fact that some hobo is walking around places they have no business to,'' Melanie answered. ''Let's go teach this creep a lesson.''

The two criminal twins started to make their way to the cloaked person, fully intent on driving them away. If words wouldn't work, they would use force and wouldn't hold back at all.

''Hey! What do you think this place is!?'' Melanie yelled. ''This isn't your cardboard box, so get lost!''

''Yeah! Why don't you go dig through trash cans somewhere else!?'' Miltia added.

The cloaked person looked at the two twins before letting out a sigh and saying, ''You two are always the same, aren't you? More make-up than brains. Don't you feel the least bit ashamed that the collective IQ is lower than the price on any of your beauty products? Or is that just the way you like it?''

The stranger's remark angered both twins to no end and Melanie went to punch them. However, with amazing speed and technique, the cloaked person used one arm to grab their attacker's arm, pull her towards them and then wrap their arm around her head in a headlock, keeping them in place. Miltia moved to assist her sister with her weapons out, but the stranger used their other arm to first parry her attack, before punching their fist right through her gut. The red-clad twin could only look down in shock and horror as she saw her blood flowing out from the big hole in her stomach, before falling to the ground dead. Melanie tried to struggle against the hold, but the cloaked person made a quick twist and broke her neck, killing her.

''With these two out of the way, let's go deal with the rest of them,'' the stranger mumbled as they picked up the twins' bodies and went inside the club, intent on killing the rest of the gang.

Later that night, during the time Junior's club would normally be opening, the place was completely silent. Any people who would try to enter the club were treated to the sight of a sign at the entrance that said ''Closed during repairs.'' This managed to drive away most people, but there was a certain person that would go in, regardless of the sign. And there was someone in the club, waiting for that person.

The cloaked stranger had been very quick and silent when they took out the rest of Junior's gang. Every single person was killed with speed, skill and silence. Because of this, no one managed to cause any kind of a ruckus that could potentially get unwanted attention. The cloaked person didn't want anyone to know what was going on. Especially their target.

Hours of waiting inside the club was finally paid off by the sound of a motorcycle stopping outside the place. It seemed like the target had finally arrived.

''She's right on time. Just like I expected,'' the cloaked stranger said to themselves before going into hiding.

Soon the club's front doors opened to reveal a young, blonde girl entering the place. This was Yang Xiao Long, one of the members of team RWBY in Beacon Academy. She had come to Junior's club in hopes of getting information on either her missing mother or the White Fang terrorist group that her partner, Blake Belladonna, was looking for.

As Yang entered the club, she was quite surprised by the lack of people in the club. Normally the place would be filled with Junior's goons going around, doing whatever chores they had been ordered to do, but now there were no signs of life at all. It was like all the people had disappeared into thin air.

''Hello? Is anyone here?'' the blonde girl called out, hoping to receive an answer, but was only met with silence. ''Junior, your favorite customer is here! ...Twins? You wanna have another go at me?''

Seeing how there was no one responding to her, Yang decided to walk up to the bar and wait for someone to come there. If the waiting got too long, she might even consider making herself a drink.

Little did she know that a certain someone had been watching her all time.

The cloaked person got out of their hiding spot slowly and as silently as possible. They then started to sneak towards Yang, trying their best to not make any noise. The cloaked stranger succeeded, as the blonde brawler never noticed them, until it was too late. In an instant, strong arms wrapped around her neck, cutting off her breathing. Yang desperately tried to fight back by trying to grab her assailant and kicking around furiously. However, it was all for nothing as her eyes eventually closed and she was unconscious.

Some time later, Yang started to wake up. She slowly opened her eyes to see the familiar ceiling of Junior's club, telling her that she had not been taken anywhere else. The blonde tried to get up, but soon found her movements to be restrained. She looked down to see that she had been tied up with some kind of black wire, which made moving for her practically impossible. She also had a rag covering the lower half of her face, thus preventing her from calling for help. Yang also noticed that she was laying on some sort of a plastic wrap that had been spread over the floor.

Despite her situation, Yang was still a fighter and wouldn't just sit around and do nothing. She started to thrash around wildly and let out muffled screams in the hopes of either getting loose or someone hearing her and coming to her rescue.

Unfortunately for the brawler, the only person to appear was her captor, who walked up to her and stared down at her.

''I really should have prepared this better,'' the cloaked person said with a frustrated sigh. ''I was hoping that you would still be unconscious while I did my business here. It would have made this a lot easier. Oh well, guess I just have to do it like this then.''

Yang watched as the cloaked person pulled out a knife and a canister of red Dust. They then smashed the canister on the knife, causing the blade to heat up and glow red.

''You know, I've never been much into science. I have always been more into having thrills and fun, instead of anything that sounded even a bit boring to me,'' the stranger explained before crouching down next to their captive. ''Now, for the first time in my life, I'm going to perform a bit of an experiment. I hope you can cooperate with me.''

Yang tried her best to struggle, but was unable to prevent her captor from dragging the knife over her cheek, leaving a nasty cut there. The blonde could only let out muffled screams of pain and hope that her torment wouldn't get any worse. Having her skin get cut with a heated blade would leave a scar that would never go away.

After cutting their captive's cheek, the cloaked person threw away the knife and walked away. Yang managed to bend her head enough to see that her captor went into one of the restroom's. She had no idea what they were doing there, but she didn't want to find out. Once the cloaked person had left, the brawler once again resumed her struggles, hoping to get away.

Unfortunately, the cloaked person returned very soon and walked up to their captive. They stood over Yang and looked down at her while she let out threats that were muffled.

''Well, would you look at this,'' the cloaked person said before reaching up to their neck and taking off the device that changed their voice. They then threw away their cloak, fully revealing who they were. ''It seems like multiverse theory is true, after all.''

Yang could only look up with wide eyes full of shock as she saw what her attacker looked like. Standing over her was a perfect copy of herself, another Yang Xiao Long. Every possible detail was same as with herself. Face, height, hair, even her clothes were completely similar to the captured blonde's. The only difference was the lack of a fresh wound on her cheek. Yang could only wonder who this copycat was.

Before the brawler could break out from her shock, the new Yang suddenly put her hands on her throat and started to strangle her. Yang's body thrashed around wildly in a fruitless effort to break free, but her attacker simply increased the pressure on her neck.

''I'm sorry that I have to do this, but we can't have two of us walking around, can we?'' the new Yang said as she continued strangling her helpless victim, who was now shedding tears out of terror. ''If it makes you feel any better, I will take care of Ruby from now on. And I will do a lot better job than you could.''

Hearing her attacker mention Ruby's name brought a new wave of terror through Yang. The fact that this person was not only after her, but her precious, little redhead, as well, was even more terrifying.

The new Yang leaned closer to her captive's face and whispered, ''Believe me, I know from experience,'' before there was a loud cracking sound that came from Yang's neck breaking, ending her life.

With her victim now dead, the new Yang stood straight and looked down at what she had done. Even though this wasn't her first kill, she had only killed bad people before, like Junior's gang that were criminals. However, this blonde girl was completely innocent. The murderer had only killed her in order to further her own goals and nothing more. The new Yang couldn't help but feel guilt and shame flow through her as she looked at Yang's dead eyes, frozen in a look of terror with the markings of tears underneath them.

But as much as she hated doing this, the blonde killer remembered that she had no choice. In order for her to avoid hell that she had previously gone through, she needed to make sacrifices. One of which was Yang Xiao Long.

With a heavy heart, the killer started to wrap the corpse in plastic. She still had a lot of work ahead of her.

After some time had passed, the new Yang was riding on Yang's motorcycle through the empty streets of Vale. Despite it being very late in the night, the blonde killer was going through the more rarely used streets. She had a certain blonde girl's corpse wrapped in plastic tied to the back of the bike's seat, which she didn't want anyone to see. Junior and his goons could be left back at the club, since the murderer had made the place look like a battlefield. The police would just assume that a rival gang had taken them out. However, Yang Xiao Long was another matter. If she were to be discovered, it would affect the blonde killer's plans in a very bad way. Her remains needed to be disposed of and quickly.

It took some time, but the new Yang eventually managed to make her way out of Vale and into a forest that was near the city. The killer stopped in the middle of the road and got off her ride. She lifted the corpse over her shoulder and started to make her way through the forest. Deep in the woods was a swamp where the new Yang would be able to dump her victim, thus disposing the evidence of there being two Yangs.

Just as the blonde murderer was about to reach her destination, the sound of a Scroll ringing brought her to a stop. The killer had taken three things from her latest victim, her bike, her weapons and her Scroll. The new Yang quickly put the body on the ground and took out the Scroll, wondering who was calling. her eyes went wide as she saw Ruby's name on the screen.

With trembling hands, the blonde brought the Scroll up to her ear and answered the call. She barely managed to keep her voice steady as she said, ''Hello?''

''Yang, where are you? It's very late and I've been very worried over you,'' Ruby said on the other side.

Hearing the redhead's voice brought tears to the new Yang's eyes and she had to lean against a tree for support. It had been a long time since she had heard Ruby's voice and the killer almost started crying after hearing it again. She barely managed to compose herself enough to talk in a normal voice.

''I'm alright, Ruby. Sorry for making you worry,'' the new Yang said. ''I kind of lost track of time and then ran into some trouble on the road. Nothing too bad, but it's enough to slow me down quite a bit.''

''Okay, that's good to know,'' Ruby said with a sigh of relief. ''Just... Just get back here, okay? I'm always worried when you go out on your own like this.''

''Don't worry, Ruby. I'll be back soon. You just get some rest, okay? See you later.''

The call ended and the blonde fell to the ground while sobbing. Hearing the redhead's voice was something she had missed for so long. The experience brought such joy that the only thing she could do was cry in happiness.

However, the new Yang soon remembered that she had a job to do. The other Yang's body needed to be disposed of and soon. Otherwise, the blonde killer would risk having her plans fail and that was something she couldn't let happen. She had put too much on the success of her plan to let it all go to waste.

After composing herself, the new Yang got up and carried her victim to the swamp, where she dumped the body into the muddy water. She watched as the corpse sunk and disappeared beneath the surface, thus hiding the last bit of evidence to her crime.

''I'm truly sorry for doing this to you,'' the new Yang whispered once the body had disappeared completely. ''I know that you haven't done anything to deserve this, but I couldn't let you stay and ruin everything for me. I will keep my promise of looking after Ruby, since she is the reason I came here. I won't let the same thing that happened to my Ruby to happen to her. I will make sure that the future won't be the same here, as it was in my time.''

With her final words said, the new Yang turned around and started to head back towards Beacon. She had a mission to accomplish. To protect Ruby and prevent the future from becoming what it had become in her world. The blonde would make sure that the young redhead would stay safe from those that would harm her.

Not only her enemies, but also her friends that betrayed her.

Author's notes: Hey everyone. Hope you like the start on my new story. I got the idea for this when I got a suggestion that I should do a story based on Terminator. At first, I didn't think much of the idea, but eventually started to like it upon thinking about it a bit more. If you haven't figured it out yet, this will be a Yang/Ruby story, where Yang comes from the future to kill the people that were responsible for Ruby's death in the future, thus preventing her death.

Right now, I'm leaving the first chapter to see if you guys like the idea and want to see more. If you like it, I'll continue writing this. If you don't, I'll just delete it and get rid of it. I really want to know how you feel about this and if you're interested in the idea.

However, if I do continue this, please be prepared for long pauses between chapters. I haven't yet fully thought of where to go with this story, so you might be in for long waiting every now and then. Hope you understand.

Also, if you haven't seen the first two Terminator movies, shame on you. You are missing on cinematic classics. The rest, on the other hand, you can skip those. Especially Genisys. Even I decided not to waste a single cent on it, and this is coming from the idiot that bought the DVD for Alien VS Predator 2.

Anyways, until next time.

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