Red.

Most would think of it as just a color, but if that's the case life is just a word. Colors can mean almost anything. Victory, pride, pain, or even loss.

Summer knew her time was short, she knew the risk of the mission and still accepted it. After all it was what she signed up for, to protect and serve.

But this, this was different. This was hell on remnant. After fighting wave after wave tooth and nail against the creatures of Grimm, she found herself at the center of a horde of beowulves and knew her time was soon to come. She was outnumbered and low on aura but she would be damned if she went down without a fight. She calmly reloaded stormbreaker her scythe-assault rifle combo, and got ready for the fight of her life.

The second she pulled the charging handle for her rifle, she was met with roar and a attempted slash by a young beowulf, that she promptly met with a slam from the butt of her rifle and a 7.62x52 in its skull. On to the next target a small controlled burst to the chest to drop another and another until she was met with an audible click. Out of ammo she flipped a switch near the grip of her weapon and let her weapon shift into a six and a half foot long scythe, painted white and trimmed in red. Another roar this time met with a response from the cloaked red head. In a flurry of mad slashes and gruesome swings she cleaved her way through beast after beast. Lost in her own adrenaline rush she failed to notice an alpha on her six, and paid the price.

Her weapon was on the ground out of reach and a large gash with a growing crimson pool on her left side summer was left with no choice.

With her last breaths she pulled herself up and unleashed the dormant power of the silver eyes.

Goodbye Ruby, Mommy will be home in time for your birthday and then I'll bake the best cookies ever.

Ruby. I'm sorry I wont make it.

In her dying breath she felt nothing. All she saw was red, not the angry kind but the warm welcoming red of autumn.

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2 Days later

Ozpin hated this part of the job, no matter the circumstances he could only blame himself. But it was the harsh reality, people died, and in this line of work death was expected but still disheartening.

Hello?

Mr. Xao long are your daughters near?

No, their at school right now why?

I have news, but it's not what you are hoping for.

As of October 30th Summer rose has been found, sadly it has been under unfair circumstances. She managed to complete her mission but died of aura exhaustion.

What? NO! Your joking this has got to be some cruel joke. Ozpin plea- His words were cut off by his own tears.

I'm afraid not.

Summer Rose is dead.

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Red like roses fills my dreams and brings me to the place you rest.