As the sun climbed into the sky over the ruins of Mountain Glenn Weiss, Blake and Yang were searching the area she ran off to in pursuit of the Alpha Beowolf from the other day, "Come on guys!" Yang said as her eyes burned crimson red as her aura flared up around her like wisps of flame, "She can't have just disappeared without a trace we would have found something." Weiss spoke up before a yell from Blake had them both running in her direction, "Did you find something Blake?" Yang asked as Blake looked at her for a moment before handing her Ruby's silver scatter emblem that had originally belonged to her mother Summer Rose, as well as a few tattered scraps of her red cloak and noted tears welling in her eyes as well as Weiss' own, "Oh... No... No fuck no!" Yang shouted as tears rolled down her cheeks before she slammed her fist into the wall of the alleyway they were standing in, Weiss merely stood still as a statue with tears rolling down her cheeks as she allowed the information to sink in, that her partner, her leader, her best friend... Was dead.

Ruby wasn't quite sure when it had happened but she was lying wide awake curled up in Adam's frame face blushing beet red as she was held snuggly to Adam's bare chest, as she tried to move away Adam began to stir as his arm moved over to his nightstand reaching for his mask before he sat up in bed keeping his back turned to her as he put on his mask once It was in place he turned to look at her with a warm smile, "Morning Little Rose." Adam said as Ruby remained silent for a moment, "G-Good morning." Ruby said as she continued to lay in the bed as Adam stood up and walked over to his dresser and produced a blood red dress shirt identical to the one he had been wearing the night previous before he walked over to the torso mannequin that held his jacket as he pulled the layer of clothing over his form before he grabbed Wilt and Blush from a rack that hung on his wall, walking back over to Ruby he leaned down and planted a tender kiss on her forehead, "Go back to sleep. I'll be back before you know it." Adam said warmly as Ruby nodded still blushing from the kiss as she settled under the blankets pulling them up far enough to cover the lower half of her face.

Adam walked for what felt like an hour but in reality had only been fifteen minutes before his scroll began to ring with a eight bit version of "This will be the day" by one pf Ruby's favorite artists, Casey Lee Williams, pulling up his scroll he scowled when it was shown to be Cinder calling him, "Now what the fuck does she want?" Adam thought to himself as he answered the call, "Yes?" He asked, "How long do you plan on playing house with that girl Adam? You know we're on a schedule." Cinder's voice rang through from her end with a hint of annoyance, "Cinder, Ruby was a childhood friend of mine whom I haven't seen in three years so forgive me if I could give a fuck less for your schemes at the present time." Adam said flatly as silence reigned for a moment before Cinder spoke again, "If that's the case then bed her and be done with it. I don't have time for nor do I need further interruptions." Cinder spoke in a flat tone with more than a hint of venom before the call cut out as she had hung up.

Adam merely grit his teeth in anger as he walked down the corridor at a quicker pace, "I'm gonna kill that bitch if its the last thing I do." Adam muttered under his breath as he walked into the hangar bay and boarded the unregistered bullhead with Roman and Mercury, "Cinder must be pretty pissed at you if she's making you go on this job." Mercury said in an uncaring manner at which Adam scoffed, "Cinder didn't make me do a god damn thing nor can she." Adam said with much venom in his tone, "I just need to let off a little steam and hitting this SDC dust freighter gives me the opportunity to do just that." Adam said as he drew Wilt partly out of Blush letting the light in the crew compartment glint off the blade casting an eerie red glow inside.

Ruby woke about two hours later and got out of Adam's bed she had changed out of the tank top and jeans the previous night before she had gotten into bed so she hadn't been wearing anything besides the plain white undergarments grabbing the tank top and jeans she walked into Adam's bathroom to get dressed she walked out some fifteen minutes later to find someone she didn't recognize sitting in the plush chair Adam kept in his room for guests, "Oh! Uh... Hi I uh... I didn't see you there." Ruby said sheepishly as Cinder smiled, "No worries, though now that I see you for myself, I can understand why Adam was so harsh over the phone earlier." Cinder said, "Oh wait, where are my manners? I'm Cinder its wonderful to meet you." Cinder said, the smile never leaving her lips, "Oh... I-I'm Ruby... Rose." she said as she took hold of Cinder's outstretched hand and shook, "Like I said, its wonderful to meet you." Cinder said warmly.

The bullhead pilot announced that they would reach the dropoff point in less than five minutes and for them to make last minute preparations before they reached their destination, Adam took this time to check over his supplies he brought with him four extra magazines of slug rounds with which to keep Blush loaded two of those magazines carried special dust shells that exploded with violent force on impact with any surface, Roman took a moment to adjust the dust output on Melodic Cudgel while Mercury adjusted his weaponized prosthetics.

The side door of the crew compartment opened up to deposit Adam, Mercury and Roman to their dropoff point in the Foreverfall Forest from where they sped off into the undergrowth coming out to a familiar hillside, "Alright lets get this done, Adam, Mercury, there are civilians on this train as well as SDC forces, Cinder has made it clear that there are to be NO civilian casualties SDC personnel however, are another matter entirely and are to be handled at your discretion." Roman said as the train slowed down to turn on the track it was at this moment that the three of them leapt off the edge of a cliff and slid down the hillside kicking off at the last moment to land on the roof of the rear car.

Adam dashed forward and leapt over a gab onto the next car before slicing through the lock that held the rooftop hatch shut before dropping in followed by Mercury and Roman, Adam let out a low groan as they had landed right in the SDC crew quarters in which twenty armed guards were currently residing one of which had a raised eyebrow as he looked at the three intruders, "Now look here this is a private party and you three aren't on the guest list, so we're gonna have to ask you to leave... OR we can do this the fun way where we beat the utter shit out of you three then throw you off the train for the Grimm to find and dispose of, your call." the apparent Captain spoke with a smug expression on his face as Adam looked at the man before a smile curled onto his lips as he walked into the circle of guards who all had their stun batons extended and coursing with electricity that came from the dust crystals powering them.

Two guards walked over to Adam tapping their batons against Blush, "Well, what do we have here?" the guard asked, "Oh..." Adam asked in mock innocence as he brought Wilt and Blush up to let them have a closer look, "This?" Adam asked as he positioned the weapon's handle so that it would strike the guard Captain in the chin which would more than likely break his jaw, a moment later Adam pulled the trigger on Blush as a loud report sounded off and the carbon fiber handle of Wilt flew forward crashing into the Captain's chin with bone crushing force making the man stagger backwards as Adam dashed forward to catch his sword before slicing through the mans neck and blasting it off into the distance with another shot fired from Blush before he brought Wilt down in a diagonal slash that bisected the Captain from shoulder to waist in a shower of hot blood seconds later Wilt was once again sheathed inside of Blush in a smooth motion that more than showed Adam's mastery of his weapon, the remaining guards stood motionless for only a moment before mob mentality took over and the other nineteen guards rushed the three all at once in a chorus of yells.

Ruby and Cinder spent much of the afternoon walking through her established base taking care to avoid areas she claimed were unstable and required additional construction work done, "So Ruby, how long have you known Adam exactly?" Cinder asked wanting to gather both intel and ammunition to keep Adam in check should he act up again like he did during their earlier phone call, "I don't really remember much of anything about my past with Adam except for his name... I guess you could say my mind has forgotten him but my heart still remembers a little bit." Ruby said slowly as Cinder nodded her understanding, "That's gotta be difficult for him if not outright painful seeing you right in front of him all the time feeling the way he does about you but you don't remember him at all." Cinder said as Ruby looked at the ground in shame, "It's not like I haven't been trying to remember him Cinder! But anytime I do try my head starts hurting like no tomorrow." Ruby said as Cinder nodded, "What you are describing... Sounds like an aura based memory blocker something or someone doesn't want you to remember your past with Adam." Cinder explained as Ruby looked at her, "My memories are being blocked? Is there a way to remove it?" she asked as Cinder shook her head, "Unfortunately the only person who can remove such a thing is the person who put it there in the first place that or a force more powerful than the one that put it in place." Cinder said flatly as they continued walking.

Outside the security car, several families nervously stared at the door with the power lock's light indicator glowing red before it switched to green without warning and the door opened slightly before a black gloved hand reached out to grab the side of the malfunctioning door and force it the rest of the way along its track until it was completely opened as a blood soaked Adam walked out of the shadows of the security car his aura flaring around him like a cloud of bloody red miasma as he let out the breath he was holding which due to the cool temperature of the car was visible to all that laid eyes on him further attributing to his frightening appearance as he walked past the civilians Wilt in hand, blood dripping off the blade periodically seeing the visage before them no one in the car dared even to breathe until he had gone into the next car over where once again the sounds of gunfire and screams of pain sounded once more as blood began to pool under the door into the civilian car.

Weiss, Blake and Yang all boarded the bullhead back to Beacon without a word as Oobleck pulled down the crew compartment door and the light inside flicked on. Both Weiss and Yang had soulless eyes glazed over with grief as Yang clutched Ruby's scatter emblem tightly in her hands, "You two are being a bit too quick to assume the worst, you especially Yang you're her older sister for god sake." Blake said firmly, "Am I Blake!? Her emblem was left behind along with tattered and bloodied scraps of her cloak, I don't think im being too quick to assume anything at all!" Yang yelled out, her eyes blazing bloody crimson, "Stop it. Both of you. Ruby is gone yes, but we can't let this tear us apart." Weiss said as the bullhead continued on its course back to Beacon.