"Another Language Ruby speaks and understands"
~New POV~
"English/Japanese" – depending on which POV
Disclaimer: I don't own The One Piece Characters, but I do own Ruby and her sisters.
The East Blue Saga
Arc 1: Chapters 0-2: The Ruby Arc
Chapter 2 – Luffy's wanted Poster and Mirror Ball Island
Ruby eyed the food in front of her. It appeared to chicken and rice with a mixture of fruits and vegetables. She watched the rest of the crew out of the corner of her eye, waiting.
Luffy didn't appeared to be waiting for the 'okay'. He dug right in. Ruby was glad she didn't lose her appetite, just watching him shove food into his mouth.
Zoro ate at a pace just slower than the Straw Hat Captain. Nami closed her eyes and ate a normal speed. Usopp guarded his plate as he noticed Luffy start stretching across the table for more food. Sanji, sitting next to Ruby, sighed, after he grabbed a plate of food, "What's wrong, Ruby-chan?"
"Nothing," Ruby replied, too quick. She mentally cursed. She need to train her response time when it came to lying. She didn't want to accuse Sanji of possible poisoning the food. She waited long enough for any poison, she knew of, to become active and killed a person. So far, none of the crew knelt over. She grabbed her chopsticks and tried to pick up some food. She managed after three attempts and brought it up to her mouth.
Luffy, suddenly, started choking. Ruby froze. Her face hardened. Her blue colored orbs shot over to him. None of the others were panicking. Zoro reached over and slapped Luffy's back, hard. Whatever Luffy was choking on, went down. He went back to eating. Ruby felt Sanji's gaze on her as she took the first bite of food. She ignored him as she chewed the tender, spicy chicken, the blend rice, the buttered flavor of the vegetable, and the sweetness of the fruit. She shallowed. Her mouth cried for more. However, it was missing something for her tastes. She tested the rice. Yup, it was missing.
"Could I have some salt?" she asked, remembering to be polite. Sanji got up and walked over to a cabinet by the stove. He opened it and reached into the bottom shelf. Ruby saw it held various spices in various containers- small appeared to be on the bottom shelf, medium sized containers were placed on the middle and the large containers – the ones you could find at a local Sam's club or another food warehouse – housed on the top shelf of the cabinet. Sanji grabbed whatever he was looking for and turned around, closing the cabinet with a snap. Ruby watched him as she chewed on another bit of chicken. She glanced down in time to see a hand reached for her chicken.
Ruby grabbed the wondering hand in a tight grip. She followed the arm up to Luffy's guilty face. She had an idea. She started to speak, "Sanji, could you please translate for Luffy something?" Sanji nodded. Ruby leveled her eyes with Luffy's and continued her idea, "The last time someone tried to steal food from me, he lost two fingers and I gain two extra sausages with bones for breakfast."
Sanji repeated what she said. Luffy's face grew horrified. Usopp and Nami looked like they were about to pass out. Zoro paused, watching her. Ruby slowly brought the hand up to her mouth, licking her lips. Luffy struggled to get his hand away from Ruby. She parted her lips and opened wide with sharp teeth as she forced the hand nearer to her mouth. Luffy lend back in his chair, pulling on his hand. Ruby loosen her grip, slightly, allowed the hand to slip through hers and bit down into the thin air. She smirked at Luffy in amusement. Luffy fell back, landing on his upper back. Ruby grabbed another piece of chicken and vegetable before she popped them in her mouth.
Sanji walked over and handed her what she assumed was the salt shaker. he sat back down beside her. She held out her hand and shook some of the white grains into her palm before she licked it. The tang of the salt was familiar to her. She shook some salt over the unflavored rice and mixed it into the rice.
Zoro said something, staring at her. Sanji spoke up, "Moss head wants to know if that story has anything truth to it."
"Not an ounce," Ruby replied, meeting Zoro's eyes, "However, it will teach someone not to steal from my plate or I will see if I like the taste of rubber enough to have it once in a while."
Usopp did faint at that. Luffy pouted as he realized what happen. Zoro roared with laughter. Nami gave her a fearful look. Sanji shook in his head in amusement.
"I don't poison the food I cook," Sanji commented after dinner. Ruby helped clean up the makeshift dining table. It was just a few boxes with a slab of wood slapped together and a table cloth covered it all.
Ruby paused, replying, "I was that transpired?" The blonde nodded. "I need to work on my poker face. My mom would have been so ashamed."
"Yes, you do, my dear," Sanji agreed as he put away any leftover. There were very few leftovers. Ruby carried over the dirty dishes. "So, why did you become an assassin?"
"It wasn't much of a choice for me," she replied, remembering the reason, "Grew up with mom as an assassin and a super spy. What about you? Why did you get trained as one and cook as a day job?"
"My father didn't give me much of a choice," Sanji commented, "but I haven't seen him since I was 9. I fled home and hop aboard a cruise as a kitchen aid, eventually meet the man who taught me how to cook."
Ruby nodded, understanding. If it was not for the fact, Natasha taught Ruby how to tell if somebody was a threat or not, Ruby would have missed the signs of Sanji's past training.
The following morning dawned and Ruby stepped out of the women's quarters with her laptop in hand. She headed to the kitchen, planning to use the software Tony installed to help her learn the Japanese language.
Sanji already was forearms deep in cooking. Zoro walked past Ruby as she sat down at the kitchen table and set the laptop on the table top. She noticed the green hair man paused. She felt his eyes over her form, eventually settling on her laptop. She opened the lid and waited to type in her password. She plugged in her earbud. She saw the log in screen and with lightning speed from practice, she typed in her password.
"Good morning, Ms. Ruby," she heard her personal A.I. say into her right ear, "I can't tell you at the moment the weather for today or traffic."
"Morning, Phoenix," she replied, "I would be highly surprised if you did."
"Who is that handsome man behind you?"
Ruby smiled in amusement, "His name is Zoro of the Straw Hat Pirates."
"Straw hat pirates?" Phoenix asked, question, as Ruby nodded, "As in from the anime show One –"
"The same, Phoenix," Ruby cut in. She blinked, realizing she was thirsty. She got up and unplugged the earbud. "You could create a reminder."
"Reminder for what?" Zoro stepped back in shocked. Sanji glanced over his shoulder, hearing another female in the kitchen.
"Challenge Tony to connect you to the mainframe across dimensions," she said, heading to the fridge. She opened the fridge and peered in.
"What are you looking for, Ruby, dear," Sanji asked, peering at her.
"Cola, soda, pop, fruzzy drink, whatever you guys call it," Ruby replied back.
"I'm sorry, darling, we don't have any right now," Sanji responded.
"What about highly caffeinated tea?" Ruby asked. She was gonna have to survive without her life blood for a bit.
Sanji nodded, "That I do have. Sugar?"
"Poor Ruby," Phoenix chirped, "She doesn't have any soda."
"I will dismantle you for money to buy said soda," Ruby warned, glaring at her laptop. "Honey, please and thank you," she replied to Sanji.
"Steep for two minutes," Phoenix educated Sanji how to make the hot drink the exact way Ruby liked her teas.
"Bossy A.I." Ruby muttered loud enough for Sanji to hear.
"I heard that," Phoenix commented dryly. Zoro said something. Sanji turned to Ruby when Phoenix replied in Japanese. Both men turned to the laptop, surprise written over their faces.
'I think I just lost my laptop for the day,' she thought as she listened to the Japanese flowing from the laptop. She noticed Nami, Usopp, and Luffy wondered into the kitchen after a few minutes. The entire crew asked questions to the A.I. and Phoenix replied.
Ruby left the kitchen and decided to grab the power cord, knowing Phoenix had only three-hour battery life. She reappeared with the power cord in hand. She stepped into the kitchen and paused as the crew looked at her.
"They want to know why I am named 'Phoenix'," the A.I. informed her. Ruby felt her body straighten. Her eyes went cold as glaciers. Her face hardened into a stone. Her shoulders went back, tensing. Her hands curled into fists. Her arms tighten up. A flash of bright blue with yellow tinted flames went through her mind. They were so much like Marco the Phoenix's flames. It felt natural naming her A.I after the mythical bird. After all Ruby went through a similar transformation, raising from the ashes of what burnt her.
"Tell them, I got the name in a dream I had when I was 14, nothing more," she ordered. She made eye-catch connect with Sanji, by mistake. She watched his eye widen before she moved to the counter. She spotted the plug and pushed the power supply into the wall. She went to her laptop and grabbed it. She set it on the counter by the wall and plugged it in. "Are you done giving an explanation on what the hell you are?"
"Yeah," Phoenix knew the subject they asked was a touchy one, "So, do you know their language?"
"Just it is Japanese," Ruby stated, "Can you teach me?"
"Hai," Phoenix replied, "I will go over the basics with you. You should know some of it since you watch that show all of the time."
"Not all the time," Ruby argued, "Just most of my free time."
Phoenix managed to teach Ruby the basics around meal time. The following day, Phoenix got Ruby to know more of the language and Ruby started to get to a hang of it.
The fourth day of being with the Straw hat crew, Ruby sat with her back to the mast, her eyes close. She took a break from studying. She planned to pick it up again after lunch. Right now, she just wanted to enjoy the sun. Ruby felt a presence loom above her. She popped open an eye, looking up at the swordsman.
~Zoro~
The swordsman spotted the red head woman sitting at the bottom of the mast with her eyes closed. She was different from the women he knew. He tightened his grip on her shinai and walked over, standing over her.
He smirked as he noticed it took her a second to realized he was there. She blinked up at him. He held out a hand for her. Her blue orbs roamed over him, finally settled on the bamboo weapon in his hand. She smirked in reply. She grabbed his forehead and planted her right foot under her. He pulled her up to her feet. He handed her weapon.
Ruby walked a few feet away from him and held out her weapon in front of her. Zoro grabbed his white sword with sheath. They made eye-connect, challengingly the other to move first.
Zoro moved toward her. She shifted into a defensive position as Zoro brought down his sword against her bamboo one. She stepped out of the way, letting the swords angle down to the deck. She spun, showing Zoro her back for a moment. He felt the tips of her soft hair brush against his cheek. He smelt strawberries in the air before the woman finished her spin, facing him again.
~Ruby~
She spun around and gave the green haired man a grin. She saw him take a huge breath, closing his eyes. She wondered what he was doing. She noticed the way his arms tensed. There was a glint in his eyes when he opened them. She recognized it. Zoro, the swordsman of the straw hat pirates, was turned on. She cocked an eyebrow at him. She wondered…she could wonder about that later.
Zoro came at her. She rose her bamboo sword to meet his. They met with a muffled bang. Zoro flexed his arms, his shoulders hunched forward, trying to overpower her. Ruby pushed on her bamboo sword, fighting him off. She felt her hands and the bamboo hilt forced against her chest. If they were wielding actually blades, her shirt would been cut and she would have been bleeding as she felt the white sheath push on her left shoulder.
~Zoro~
Zoro didn't know what the hell was wrong with him. He didn't feel this way toward Nami. He stared into Ruby's blue orbs before his eyes slid down to her lips. They were pushed into a thin line. His eyes continued south until they reached the medium sized mounds already heaving. He spotted two hard pearls through her blue tank top. His eyes flashed upwards and met hers. There was a flash of pain as she made a noise of pain. He blinked, resting his eyes on her collar bone and shoulder. He backed off a bit. He heard Ruby gave a sigh of relief and hoped he hadn't given her a bruise.
Her eyes flickered over his shoulder. He heard Love-cook shout something about those damn trees. Ruby's eyes widen and she sunk down, sitting on her ankle. Zoro cursed as he realized she was eye-level with his crotch, his eyes following her movements. An image flashed through his mind of Ruby gazing up through her eyelashes and her lips wrapped around his cock – pain erupted from the back of his shoulders.
~Ruby~
Ruby glanced over Zoro's shoulders. She saw Sanji kicked Luffy from the small tree grove, aiming at Zoro. She spread her legs, kneeling down to sit on her ankles. she noticed something as she became eye-level with Zoro's crotch and saw the tent. She glanced up. Zoro's eyes darken with desire before he soared over her head and through the wall a few feet behind her.
"Ruby, dear, are you alright?" Sanji asked, "That shitty swordsman didn't hurt you, did he?" the cook growled, "I'll kill him if he did."
"Na, he didn't, Sanji, I'm alright," Ruby smiled up at Sanji. His visible eye transformed into a heart. He did a noodle danced and started yelling something about Nami-swan and Ruby-chan.
Ruby rolled her eyes. She glanced behind her. Luffy stood up out of the part that used to be a wall. Zoro could heard muttering something unintelligent into the floor. She shrugged and walked to the women's quarters, putting her shinai away.
She came back up and headed to the kitchen when "NNNNNNNAAAAAANNNNIIIIII?" seemed to echo off the water's surface. She blinked as she peered on the back deck where she spotted Nami, Usopp, and Luffy staring at a piece of brown paper on the deck. Ruby walked over, bent over, and grabbed the paper. She turned it over and Luffy's wide grin stared up at her. He held two fingers up in a peace sign.
'Straw Hat Monkey D Luffy Wanted Dead or Alive $30,000,000'
Ruby looked up at Luffy and grinned, nodding her head. She handed the bounty poster back to Luffy before she walked off toward the kitchen. Sanji came out of the kitchen, nearly running into her.
"Sorry," he said before he joined the rest of the crew on the back deck, probably discussing the wanted poster.
Later that afternoon, Ruby looked up, hearing an explosion. She glanced at Sanji, meeting his eyes.
"Probably Usopp and Luffy firing the cannon again," the cook explained, shrugging his shoulders, and turned back to the stove, cooking dinner.
"Still, I'm gonna check, just in case," Ruby replied. She had past missions where one of her teammates – Tony or Clint, sometimes another idiot - misfired something and everything went to hell in a hand basket, lightspeed. She stood up from the table and walked to the door. She opened it and stepped out. She sighed. She hated being right sometimes.
Ruby walked down to the main deck. She spotted Zoro with a sword out, holding it in front of him. Something exploded on the other side of the Going Merry, over the ocean. She glanced where Luffy and Usopp stood and on the other side of the railing, there was a shitty looking Marine ship.
The ship was no bigger than the Going Merry and it was in poor condition. Ruby wondered briefly how much longer would it stay afloat. Her blue eyes roamed over the Marine crew – they were out of shape. She noticed the Marines stared at her. They probable haven't seen a woman in god knows how long. Ruby let a coy smirk with a wink. Their eyes transformed into hearts. She swayed her hips a bit more as she walked to the mast and lent against the mast with her arms crossed under her breasts.
Ruby looked at the pink haired man who apparently was in charged. He blinked at her before he decided to ignore her. He would regret that, later. A couple men rushed to one of the Marine's cannons and prepared to fire. Ruby spotted a crack along the cannon barrel. She shook her head, wondering if this Marine crew were part of the budget cuts since their ship was worst state then she thought it was.
The cannon backfired in the Marines' faces. Ruby snorted in amusement, watching as the black smoke cleared. The entire Marine crew were covered in scoot and gunpowder residue. The pink haired man – Fullbody, right?- stared in shock before he growled an order. The Marine boat bumped against the Going Merry. The Marines jumped on the Going Merry.
Usopp back peddled away from the charging Marines. Luffy stood his ground and slipped into his signature stance. Zoro pulled out his swords, biting down on the white sword's hilt. Ruby pushed off from the mast and stepped away.
Ruby saw four of the Marine rushed her. She noticed the lusty glint in their beady eyes. She smirked. She snapped one of the Marines' in his gut, sending him stumbling back a few feet. She threw a hard right hook at the next man, sidestepping his attempt to slice her in half. The Marine crumbled to the ground without a sound as the third marine stepped up to face her. She ducked under his wild swing of his sword and jumped up, slamming her right knee into the underside of his jaw. He fell back, eyes rolling into the back of his head. The last marine paused and stared at her with horror. She took a step forward. The Marine gave a small scream before he ran away. Ruby cocked her head to the side, thinking 'Well, that was disappointing.'
Fullbody screamed, suddenly. Ruby's eyes snapped to him. Sanji stood at the top of the stairs, wearing a pink apron and holding a frying pan. The blonde glared at the pink haired man who yelled something. The conscious marines limped back to their ship as Fullbody jumped off the Going Merry railing, flew over his ship and over the far railing of his ship. Ruby blinked. She glanced down at the trio she knocked out.
"Are they dead?" Sanji asked.
"Shouldn't be. Just knocked out. See if Zoro will help me move these guys and Luffy will keep the ships together long enough to get these three over on their ship, would ya?" Ruby replied. She reached down and grabbed one of them by their shirts before she dragged him over to the railing.
Luffy held onto the Marines ship railing. Ruby bent her legs and bodily picked up the marine before she threw him over onto the other ship. Two more bodies flew over her shoulder as Zoro stepped up next to her. Luffy let go of the Marine ship and used his legs to pushed it away from them. Ruby glanced at Zoro before she nodded her thanks. She walked away, swaying her hips, feeling eyes on her rear and disappeared back into the kitchen.
~Abroad the Moby Dick~
Marco read the newspaper in silence. He muttered to himself, "Another coup in a South Blue Village." He turned the page and came across a new wanted poster. "Straw Hat Luffy, 30 million," he studied the picture. The guy – Straw Hat Luffy – looked like an idiot.
"Hey, Marco," Ace, the second division commander, walked up, "Is there any new wanted posters out?"
"Just this one," Marco handed the wanted poster of 'Straw Hat Luffy' over, "He looks like an idiot." He glanced at Ace. Ace's face froze. "What is it, Ace?"
"That's not just any idiot," Ace grinned brightly at the first commander, "My younger brother!" He started to jump around, "He finally did it. He got a wanted poster! Not bad for his first bounty! Pops!" Ace ran toward the huge man sitting in the captain's chair. "Pops! This is my younger brother, Luffy!"
Emerald, the red head second division vice-commander, walked up and asked to Ace, "What got you excited, dear?"
"My younger brother, Luffy, finally has a bounty!" Ace explained.
"Hmm," Emerald looked at the bounty amount, "He's just starting out, right?" Ace nodded. "His first bounty is higher than your first bounty."
Ace paused, thinking back and shouted, "That little shit!"
~The Straw Hat Pirates~
Later that night, Ruby blinked at the huge gold speakers tiredly. She just spent most of day trying to get through the rest of the 'Beginnning Japanese'. She was pretty damn sure the sound coming from those speakers echoed all the way to the Grand Line. She heard someone speaking and caught the name of island 'Mirrorball' and something like "Tonight's our great….Dance Carnival!" If she understood Japanese right.
The Straw Hats walked forward, looking around. Ruby blinked as she took in the vivid colors. The anime was not this bright with its colors. She followed the crew as they walked down the street. She heard someone running and glanced forward.
Micheal Jackson dashed toward the crew. Ruby blinked, again. That didn't look right. Micheal Jackson died back in 2009, right? She turned, watching as the man with an Egyptian style beard. She knew the creator of One Piece based someone of the Characters off of famous people like Micheal Jackson and that character was Jango, right. He was a hypnotist if she remembered correctly.
Zoro asked "Huh? Wasn't that Jango?"
"Yeah," Usopp replied.
A squad of marines ran past the crew with their weapons drawn. Ruby waited until they passed before she snorted in amusement. She heard the crew except for Luffy walked away.
"Looks like the Marines are after him," the long nose stated, "Serves him right."
"Let's just get going before we get involved somehow, okay," Nami suggested.
"You're so right, Nami-san," Sanji immediately agreed.
Ruby muttered a "Goddamn it!" as she spotted a Marine stop and pulled out something and look back before re-directing his gaze down at the piece of brown paper.
Ruby grabbed Luffy's arm and dragged him behind her as she took off in a dead run.
"Run for it!" Ruby yelled, running pass the crew.
"Why did this have to happen?" Nami questioned.
"I can't imagine!" Sanji replied.
"It's because Luffy was standing there like an idiot!" Usopp added in.
"Less talking," Ruby called out, "More running!"
"Don't sweat it!" Luffy said, with a hand on top of his head, holding his hat in place.
Ruby led the crew through back streets, ran up staircases, bumped into crates and dodged people as the crew tried to lose the Marines. Half way through the chase, Ruby let go of Luffy.
Ruby skidded to a stop as she realized she made a wrong turn and led the crew to a drop off. She spun around and saw it was too late to go the way they came. However, Luffy ran straight them. The SHIELD agent paled, knowing what would happen and braced herself as Luffy forced the crew over the edge. Nami, Usopp, Sanji, and Zoro could be heard yelling. Ruby kept her mouth shut.
"Gum-Gum no Fussion!"
Son of a bitch!
Luffy's midsection swelled up and pushed the crew forward, straight at the mirror ball. They landed. Zoro, Sanji, Nami, and Usopp were back on their feet within a second. Ruby took a moment longer. Zoro's hand wrapped around her upper left arm, helping her to her feet, and tried to escape what was coming.
Ruby felt Luffy's body weight slam down onto her. She, now, knew what it felt like to be a smooshed bug. Luffy deflated as the mirrorball started to rock away from the crew. Ruby reached out and grabbed Luffy's red vest with her right hand, holding on tight onto it. She grabbed Zoro's upper arm and tighten her grip as the mirrorball flew away from the crew. They flew through the air.
Ruby heard Jango's voice through the speakers. She knew enough of Japanese, now, to understand what the idiot was saying.
"Time to let loose! Nothing can stop us now! When the music starts kickin', you're gonna dance til you drop!" Jango said, "One! Two! Jango!"
Ruby landed on top of Luffy. She rolled off of him, in time for Zoro, Sanji, Nami, and Usopp to land on top of him. Luffy looked daze. Ruby shook her head. The Music started with a thunderous first note. To Ruby's horror and amusement, the crew raised their arms as one. They took a step back, throwing their arms down, turned their heads back and forth before they rose their left hands. Ruby felt her hips sway circle as her arms rose, her fingers snapping to the beat. Nami looked enraged as did Zoro. Sanji looked irritated. Usopp appeared to be annoyed. Luffy took it in stride. Ruby grinned at the crew and stated in Japanese, "I have an idea to get back to the Going Merry."
"Oh," Zoro said.
"We will dance our way back," Ruby smirked as Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, and Nami glared at her, "Just do as I do," she stated, "That should be easy enough for the four of you." Nami glared even harder, getting the hinted insult.
"I cannot deliver my words,
cannot make you understand
My heart outruns my body
I want to see you now
I can't wait any longer
The midnight freezes my sighs."
Ruby spun several times, heading down the street. Nami followed Ruby's example. The men followed the two woman.
"Ready to, Steady go, my feelings
Run at full speed
This heart that beats strongly, quickly
Ah! My sadness won't stop."
Zoro switched places with Nami, suddenly, and Ruby blinked at him, surprised. He wrapped his arm around her waist.
"Lovin' you, lovin' me, I accelerate myself
And lose control
The shooting stars want to share
This new love."
Ruby placed her right hand on top of Zoro's shoulder and grasped his other hand as the green haired man led her through a fast ballroom dance, emerging them out on to a crowded street and the duo cut a path for the rest of the Straw Hats to follow.
"We begin now not as family, not as friends
I feel you so close
I always wanna see you
I wanna hold you tight again."
Damn! If Ruby didn't know any better, she would have thought someone wrote this song for her and Zoro. She always dreamed of meeting Zoro.
"at a bench under the sky full of stars
The air makes me shake
Ready to, steady go, my overwhelming
Feelings become one
Fall and go down at this moment
Ah! Come true my wishes
Lovin' you, lovin' me, this light
Hidden in my heart is true
The star of eternity will always, always
Show this brightness."
Ruby broke eye connect with Zoro. She couldn't afford to like this man, now when she was going to leave within the next few days. She glanced over at Sanji and Nami who appeared to be dancing a ballroom style dance too. Luffy disappeared. Usopp danced by himself.
"I cannot deliver my words,
cannot make you understand
My heart outruns my body
I want to see you now
I can't wait anymore
I cannot stop myself a bit."
Ruby felt Zoro grab her chin, forcing her to look at him in the face. Their eyes met. She felt his body tensed with some energy.
"Ready to, Steady go, my feelings
Run at full speed
This heart that beats strongly, quickly
Ah! My sadness won't stop
Lovin' you, lovin' me, I accelerate myself
And lose control
The shooting stars wanna share
This new love."
What would her mother say? The infamous Black Widow never had a man to bring home to meet Ruby before so the red head had no clue. The only advice she gave Ruby when she had asked about love, 'Love is for children'. If Ruby knew anything about Natasha, Natasha would play for a while and figured out a way home.
The crew reached the gangplank of the Going Merry. Zoro and Ruby quickly danced up it, followed by Sanji and Nami with Usopp bringing up the rear. Zoro parted from her as he and Sanji prepare the ship to leave the docks.
Ruby laughed as she reached into her jacket and pulled out her IPod as the swordsman, the navigator, the sharpshooter, and the cook fell to the deck. She scrolled through her music collection and quickly choose 'She-Wolf' by Shakira. She blasted the volume and danced around the deck with a playful smirk on her lips. It would another hour before she fell to the deck.
~The Avengers Tower~
Natasha Romanoff paced back and forth. Her green eyes glinted with worry. It had been five days since anyone seen her adoptive daughter, Ruby. The young woman disappeared on the way to her classes. She heard the elevator doors opened. Her gaze snapped to the doors as they part. The rest of the Avengers minus Thor stood there.
"I'm sorry," Clint said, "None of my contacts have heard anything about Ruby."
"Jarvis hasn't been able to find her on the planet," Tony stated, "I've been watching the footage." He paused, "Didn't Ruby arrive the same mysterious way 13 years ago?"
"Yes," Natasha replied.
"So, in other words, we may never see her again," Tony stated.
"Stark," Steve snapped. Natasha sat down on a nearby couch. She remembered Ruby's birthday present. Ruby wanted to go to the amusement park off of Cota Risa, Jurassic World. The young woman had been wanting to go there since it opened. Now, Natasha might not never be able to take her daughter there.
~Ruby's Story~
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