It was the day after the Breach, around noon, and RWBY was still sleeping, worn out from the battle the day before. Ruby was the first to get up, hopping down from her bed, her legs buckled, and she fell onto her hands and knees. Ruby brought herself back onto her feet, beginning to feel a little light-headed, she sat down at her desk, trying to catch her breath.

Then, she felt nauseated, to the point where she had to run into the bathroom, and began to throw up, but due to the fact that she hadn't eaten anything since the night before the Breach, she only produced bile. "I just need to eat something," she assured herself. Slipping on the first pair of shoes she could find, she went down to the dining hall. Students usually came to the dining hall in their pajamas on the weekends and days where they didn't have school, so she wasn't worried about that.

When she made it down there, she saw that JNPR was already there. She made eye-contact with Jaune before running to a trash can and producing more bile.

When she turned around, Jaune was standing there, a look of concern on his face. His lips were moving but no sound reached Ruby's ears.

"Ruby," Jaune said. "Are you okay?" She looked at him as though she couldn't hear him, and her eyes began to look very dazed, before she collapsed. He managed to catch her before she hit the ground.

Jaune looked around, not quite sure what to do. He could see NPR coming over to see what was going on, speeding up when they saw that Ruby was unconscious. "What happened?" Ren asked.

"She just kinda passed out!" Jaune explained.

"We should take her to the infirmary," Pyrrha suggested.

"She didn't hit her head, did she?" Ren asked.

"I don't think so— No." Jaune answered. "One of you needs the get Yang,"

"I will." Pyrrha said, beginning to walk out of the dining hall.

WBY was awoken by a loud banging on their door, well, Blake and Weiss were woken up, Yang wasn't. Weiss opened the door, almost getting hit by Pyrrha, who was mid-knock.

"Yeah?" Weiss asked.

"Is Yang here?" Pyrrha asked.

"Yeah. Why?"

"Ruby passed out in the dining hall. Jaune was taking her to the infirmary."

"Good luck waking Yang up." Weiss walked off, letting Pyrrha in and getting dressed.

Pyrrha began to walk towards Yang's bunk, only to see that it was empty. She looked around, finding the blonde mostly dressed, and frantically putting her shoes on. Blake just stared at Yang, "I've never seen her get up that fast for anything. Not even free food." She said.

"Certain things will make me go faster than Ruby." Yang said, dashing out the door.

RUBY

Ruby was lying on something hard and bumpy, like concrete. She could hear voices surrounding her, only recognizing a few.

"Oh, shit, man. You weren't kidding." She didn't recognize this man.

"Why would I be kidding about a teenage girl being unconscious in the parking lot?" Professor Port?

"Cause you're Ryan fucking Haywood."

"Got 'em there, Geoff." Sun?

"What should we do about her?" A deep voice, deeper than the other's.

"And they call me the stupid one." This guy had a strange accent, only slightly resembling Velvet's.

"What are you guys doing out heeeeeere— is that an unconscious teenager?" Yang?

"What did Ryan do?" Another man.

"Me? Why would it be me?" Port again.

"You trap farm animals in holes for fun." It seemed as though a crowd was forming.

"Why are you all standing around and not working?" Yet another man.

"Unconscious kid." Yang said.

"Did Ryan do it?"

"For the love of..." Port seemed to be getting annoyed.

"Never mind. Is she alive?"

Someone touched her neck.

"Yeah." Jaune.

"Should we take her inside?" Blake.

"Might be a good idea. She probably had a heat stroke." Wait— Torchwick?!

"Or we could call an ambulance." Neptune.

"Man up." A woman said.

Something grabbed Ruby's arm, and propped her up.

"Barbara, can you help me with this?"

"Sure." Yang said

Someone— presumably this Barbara chick grabbed Ruby's other arm. Ruby then managed to open her eyes, adjusting to the sun, she could now see the people who were helping her up. Barbara was a blonde woman, looking a little like Yang, but a little different in... Certain areas. Ruby looked over at the woman on her right; she had red hair, looking similar to Ruby's, but longer, just past her shoulders.

The woman must have noticed that Ruby was moving around, because she turned and looked at Ruby. "We think you had a heat stroke," she told her. "We're just gonna take you inside to let you cool down, okay?"

Ruby nodded.

"Can you tell us your name?" The man who had been bossing the others around asked, walking alongside the other two. He had short, wavy hair that kinda spiked up in the front, he also had a thick stubble, and looked very serious.

"Ruby..." She managed to say before once again losing consciousness.