Hey Guys, RWBYBlackFlames here, and this is Chapter 3. I hope you enjoy! Black Flames out!
Chapter 3:
The Bloody Wall
"Yang?" asked Ruby with her voice barely audible, hoping that this was one of her pranks but to no avail. This was NOT good. First of all, her sister was gone, second was that she had the radio. Third was that she was all alone. This wasn't going to end well if she stayed. She grabbed Yang's gun and the dress from earlier, and ran back to the main lobby and waited for everyone else to come back.
"Hmm... Nothing here..." said Jaune as they finished off the last room in the corridor. They heard a scream earlier, but nothing was on the radio and it could've easily been Ruby being scared by a spider or something.
"Oh well, at least we know that there was nothing worth noting in this hallway..." said Pyrrha.
"True, it seems that this hallway was a waste of time..." said Jaune. He then pulled out the pocket radio.
"Shield to Sloth, anything worth noting in your hallway?" asked Jaune, after a couple moments, he got his response.
"Sloth to Shield, other than a lever in the dining room that led to a small passage way in the walls that you could observe the halls, it's been quiet." said what Jaune assumed to be Ren.
"Ren! Can I say hi to Jaune? Hi Jaune! We found a super spooky secret hallway in the walls! It's like we're detectives!" said Nora.
"Okay then, Shield to Arctic, anything worth noting?" asked Jaune.
"Nothing at all that we noticed, just a couple rooms, nothing out of the ordinary." said Neptune.
"Hmm... Okay then, how about you Eclipse?"
"We found what we assume to be a lounge that had a couple buttons, we heard something go off when we pressed them but we couldn't find what went off, and that was pretty much it." said Blake.
"Okay then, we're making some solid progress! How about you Team Sisters?" asked Jaune. All that he got for an answer was some static along with demonic chanting before stopping entirely.
"... I don't think that was Team Sisters..." said Jaune, attempting to remain calm. "Okay then, everyone back to the lobby."
After a few minutes, Jaune and Pyrrha had made it back to the main lobby were Ruby was sitting in a chair attempting to remain calm, with on the table a dress and a dustgun.
"Ruby, are you okay?" asked Jaune, trying to be delicate.
"I was too slow... I was too slow..." Ruby repeated that phrase without acknowledging Jaune's presence. Jaune went over to her and grabbed her by the shoulder and shook her.
"Calm down Ruby, tell me what happened." said Jaune.
"We were exploring the c-c-corridor, and we found a k-kitchen. It was a very big kitchen, so we split up to c-cover the room faster. I found this dress and heard Yang scream and fire a few shots. When I g-got to her, all that was left was a pile of blood, her weapon, and a single strand of her hair." said Ruby in a very stressed voice.
"Ruby, freaking out isn't going to get us anywhere. Let's get some basics down. Are you sure that Yang isn't still in the kitchen? Why did you take this dress? And did you find anything else worth noting?" asked Jaune as he successfully calmed Ruby down.
"O-okay, I'm pretty sure Yang isn't in the kitchen, this dress looks a lot like Penny's, one of my friends, and I didn't find anything else." said Ruby in a strained calm voice.
"Okay then, let's wait for the others to get here before doing anything else." said Jaune as he and Pyrrha sat down. When everyone finally got back, Jaune explained that something got Yang, which shocked them all, as Yang was one of the best fighters of the group, even without her Aura.
"Okay then, what are we going to do?" asked Blake.
"I'm thinking that we're going in groups of 3 now. Ren, Nora and Sun, you will explore the corridor on far left in the upstairs, Blake, Weiss and Neptune, you will explore the rest of the base floor, including all the non corridor rooms, and Pyrrha, Ruby and I will go back to that corridor that we lost Yang in to make sure that we aren't leaving her behind. Is that acceptable?" asked Jaune, aside from a few grumbles from Sun, no-objected and the group split off again.
"So this is the place that you lost Yang?" asked Jaune. They were in front of the kitchen again, hopefully for the last time.
"Y-yeah, just in here..." said Ruby as she opened the door. As they got to where Ruby found the blood, it was still there, and so was the hair, However, what unsettled them the most was the fact that on the wall, written in the blood was [IT'S ME!]. Ruby nearly had a heart attack when she saw that.
"I think that we should leave..." said Jaune.
"Agreed" said both red heads simultaneously. Before they walked out, Ruby noticed that something had changed. To the far right of the door, there was something strange. Strange as there was a door where there wasn't one previously.
"Guys... This wasn't here before..." said Ruby as they looked inside. Inside was another passage, connecting to apparently nothing, but you could see through the walls. They walked back out, and headed out the door, towards the main lobby. As she looked behind her for a moment, she saw an illuminated smile, with a pair of eyes.
"Jaune..." said Ruby, unable to take her eyes off of it.
"What is i- Oh sweet Monty..." said Jaune as he saw the face.
"Penny? What are you doing-" Suddenly, thin wires shot out and were heading towards Ruby, who was frozen in fear.
"RUBY NO!" said Pyrrha as she pushed Ruby out of the way as wires grabbed her and pulled her towards the shadows. She fired at 'Penny' as she was being pulled, but the bullets just reflected by more wires.
"Jaune! Ruby! Run!" said Pyrrha before she was enveloped completely by the darkness, as well as 'Penny' disappearing. Ruby was still frozen, unable to believe what had just happened. As for Jaune, he had ran for Pyrrha to assist, but was held off by the wires, he was barely able to save himself with his sword. Now, he was broken that he couldn't save his friend. Now there was only one thing left.
"Shield to Everyone: We've lost Spartan"
I hope you enjoyed! Black Flames out!
