Troubled Past: Chapter 10: Captivity

Guess who's back? I'll give you one guess... no not him... (smashes laptop) me! That's right! Troubled Past is continuing again, great...right?

Blake awoke in a light, dirty cell, the lights was probably because of Ruby's new ability. Blake turned to see Ruby, she had bruises on her face and arms, suggesting the grunts had taken a few swings at her. Blake felt a surge of anger rising up in her but she went back to being concerned when Ruby started to stir, she went to sit up but winced at the pain in her ribs ''Ruby are you okay?'' Blake asked worriedly, Ruby shook her head ''What happened?'' Ruby asked, Blake looked at Ruby in confusion before remembering when Ruby's wolf side took over she couldn't remember anything, she had only known she'd hurt Weiss because she'd snapped out of it and saw her. ''Well, Blake?'' Ruby asked impatiently, she was wondering what had happened, she remembered her legs being frozen but that was about it.''Ruby... the white fang are working with some humans, I don't know much about them but I know one of them is Roman Torchwick and I believe we are in the new white fang base'' Blake said

''Humans? I'm glad we're co-existing and all but we're still the ones taking the blame'' Ruby said in annoyance

''Ruby I don't think you understand, that means the white fang willingly imprisoned two faunus for humans'' Blake said

''What!? That's bull'' Ruby exclaimed, she was ready to start a rant when the door opened and a Lion faunus walked in with two armed guards behind him he stood before them with an evil grin.

''Hello young ones, my name is Thomas and I will be your captor for your stay here'' he introduced himself before letting out a hearty chuckle ''Now, stand up'' he ordered, voice turning more assertive, Blake did as ordered although it was difficult with her hands tied behind her back, Ruby merely stared into Thomas' eyes with a look of defiance ''Oh I see we've got a rebel here, tell you what, you don't stand up... we break a rib'' he said suggestively

''Bring it asshole'' Ruby growled, Blake watched this scene play out with great concern

''Ruby just do what he says and he wo-''

''Won't what? Hurt me? They already have, haven't you noticed?'' Ruby said angrily before turning back to Thomas ''Go on, throw whatever the fuck you got at me because when I get free I'll return the favour and then some!'' Ruby yelled, Thomas chuckled before kicking Ruby in the ribs, she let out a yelp of pain before giving him a glare that could silence the strongest of men, and it would've if she wasn't tied up but because she was Thomas just laughed at her before delivering another swift kick to the ribs causing Ruby to fall on her side ''Get up!'' he roared, Ruby got up but she never broke eye contact with him, Blake watched as Ruby breathed unsteadily due to the previous blows.

Thomas pulled out two collars and clapped his hands extravagantly ''Guards!'' he called in a posh voice, said guards moved to his side rather than behind him ''hold these two please'' he said calmly, the guards did as ordered holding the two in place, Thomas clipped the collar on Blake first as she wasn't resisting unlike Ruby who was squirming so much that Thomas needed the two guards to hold her so he could clip the collar on. ''Now these collars are fitted with a GPS tracker and have some rules assigned to them, if you step inside Beacon's perimeter they will shock you, if you spend more than three days on a mission they will shock you and if you attack me, I will press this button and?...'' he trailed off suggestively

''They shock us'' Blake and Ruby said in monotone voices

''Ah see you're learning already'' Thomas said teasingly

''Whatever... so what now?'' Ruby asked

''Now you follow me'' he said while turning and making his way down the hall, the two followed quickly with the guards behind them weapons at the ready ''Since you both have sustained some injuries you will spend two weeks recovering and building up your strength, understood?'' Thomas asked while looking back at the two, they both nod and he continues ''So I see you two are faunus, ever with the white fang? Thomas asked, eyebrow slightly raised.

''We were but our home was attacked and we then found out more about the... less than peaceful side of the white fang and left'' Blake explained

''Well sorry to disappoint you darling but your missions are gonna be for the less than peaceful side as you call it'' Thomas said, Ruby and Blake didn't answer they merely gave pained expressions as their response.

They finished their walk in silence after the exchange and they soon found themselves in a training room with a kitchen off to the side, the two looked around in awe, it looked more expensive than Beacon, Thomas chuckled at their reactions ''This is where you will be training for the next two weeks'' he said gesturing to the whole room ''Now I can't make this anymore clear but if you're seen outside of this room you get shocked, understand?'' they nodded ''Good, as you see we have the newest prototype of holographic training simulators, feel free to use this at any time but be careful, they are holograms but they are programmed to hurt'' (A/N think of the one Katniss uses in Hunger Games: Catching Fire but on a much bigger scale, hope that helps) he informed them, they both nodded, still speechless at the massive training room, they noticed that the room where they trained was lower and there was a kind of spectators area, they noticed three people, the woman with the red dress who had frozen them, a boy with silver hair and a girl with green hair. Ruby wondered if they would spar with her she decided to put that to the test right away, who cares if she didn't have her weapon?

''Oi you! With the silver hair!'' Ruby called up, said boy turned to her with a sneer on his face

''What do you want?'' he asked

''Spar me!'' Ruby answered

''You're not worth my time'' he said dismissively

''Pussy, pussy, pussy!'' Ruby chanted, angering the boy

''Oh is that right!? You're so fucked!'' He yelled angrily while advancing towards the elevator that separated the two, however he was stopped by the girl with green hair ''Mercury you need to ask Cinder first'' she said in a commanding tone, Cinder was currently off to the side sifting through a folder of schematics, records and plans, she was currently looking through the records for the two girls identities.

''Teach her a lesson, don't leave any permanent damage'' Cinder said absently while waving her hand dismissively

Mercury smirked ''My pleasure'' he said while walking over to the elevator and pressing the descend button

Ruby grew a Cheshire grin, she didn't know why but she felt a compulsive need to fight ''Blake you might wanna clear out of here'' she said she then turned back to the spectators while the boy was still descending ''Hey can my friend come up to watch!? I don't want her getting hurt when I smack Silver around this room'' The green haired girl turned to Cinder and gave her a questioning look.

''Yes let her up I don't want Mercury hurting her as well'' Cinder said

''Don't you think you're underestimating her?'' The green haired girl asked

''Maybe, I guess I'll give these records a break and watch the fight'' Cinder said while placing a book mark in the page she was at in the records, she had only recently started and was still on the A section, for all she knew they could be in the the later end of the alphabet which annoyed her but she knew it was to gain control of her weapons so she kept at it, while she was considering just getting Emerald to do it the faunus she had assigned to ensure the two girls didn't try anything approached her ''Miss Fall I have some information that may help you'' he said

''Well what is it?'' Cinder asked

''The one that's about to fight, I believe I heard her being called Ruby'' he said

''Thank you that's very helpful'' Cinder said before her eyes returned to the training room, that was one taken care of.

After Mercury was down in the training room and Blake was up in the spectators area, the two combatants took their places ''You're so screwed Red'' Mercury said

''Think you got our roles reversed Silver'' Ruby retorted before taking her place ''So...'' she paused to crack her knuckles ''You ready or what?'' she asked

''Never been more ready'' Mercury said

''Ruby!'' Blake called out ''why aren't you using your weapon?!'' she asked very loudly

''Cause I don't need it!'' Ruby called back with that Cheshire grin reappearing on her face

''Red! I don't have all day!'' Mercury called and Ruby's attention returned to the fight

''Actually you do!'' Emerald called in a teasing voice

''S-shut up!'' Mercury stuttered before turning back to Ruby ''Let's just get your punishment over with, hope your ready to feel some pain''

Ruby let out an evil chuckle ''I'm a glutton for pain!'' she laughed manically which looked unsettling with her Cheshire grin present. She charged at Mercury with her semblance, not caring if she got hit, it was her plan after all, she cocked her arm back and when Mercury did the same she made the slightest of movements to make it look like she was attempting to dodge it, when the fist hit her face she was launched backwards, she made a show of picking herself up unsteadily to make Mercury think he had the upper hand.

This time it was Mercury's turn to charge, he did so and Ruby again made the slightest of movements to pretend she was dodging, this time the fist it her stomach she fell backwards, Mercury smirked 'this is easier than I thought it would be' he thought as Ruby picked herself up.

'One more hit, that should be enough, I'll go all out then' Ruby thought before charging at Mercury and getting hit in the nose, she felt the blood trickle down from her nose, she tasted it, at this her Cheshire grin grew even larger, it looked inhuman, she then let out a maniacal laugh, it was one of pure insanity, Mercury seemed put off at this but he shrugged it off and charged at Ruby, he was surprised when his fist met the rose petals instead of Ruby's face, all feelings of surprise were overpowered by pain in mere seconds and he found himself on his knees, he looked up at Cinder who had an amused smile as if to say 'so fucked is she?' Mercury glanced around to see Emerald with a mix of surprise, concern and amusement on her face and Red's friend who had a smirk, he then turned his head to the last person he wanted to but knew he had to, she had a red hue in her eyes and that ever present grin ''H-how?'' was all he could say.

Ruby tilted her head curiously at this ''Remember what I said before the fight?'' she asked

''What? About being a glutton for pain?'' he asked

''Exactly'' was all she said before kicking Mercury away from her, she wasn't merciless as many would believe her to be after seeing her wolf side take over, she patiently waited for Mercury to pick himself up ''So... everything, the failing to dodge,the shaky recoveries, none of it was real?'' he asked

''Nope!'' Ruby chirped before observing Mercury sit on one knee for about a minute she lost her patience ''Get up or I'll knock you down'' she growled, Mercury pushed himself up and charged at Ruby again, Ruby merely sidestepped his punch and tripped him up ''Practically no form or strategy, what's wrong with you man?'' Ruby said, trying to antagonise him, everyone in the room except Mercury saw this.

''SHUT UP!'' he roared before before charging at her again ''I'll KILL YO-'' he was silenced by a kick to the jaw that sent him sprawling over the the floor, when he picked himself up the first thing he noticed was Red's friend smirking at him ''What are you looking at SLUT!'' he screamed, when he looked back to Red he noticed her grin was replaced by a cold glare ''Oh that was a biiiig mistake Silver'' Ruby said in a deathly calm voice.

Before Mercury could even come up with a retort he was flat on his back with Red or as she had now gained his respect in fighting, Ruby was now on top of him pummelling his face with strikes ''Don't. . . . YOU HEAR ME!? DO YOU!?'' she roared, accentuating every word with a punch, Mercury did his best to defend his face but the punches kept on coming.

Mercury suddenly felt a weight being lifted off of him, he looked towards where Ruby should be and saw that her friend (the one he called a slut) had pulled her off and was holding her in a hug and whispering in her ear while stroking her hair.

''Ruby calm down, calm down'' Blake whispered as Ruby thrashed violently, Blake held on despite the protests

''I can't! I can't! He needs to be taught some manners!'' Ruby growled and continued her thrashing

''Ruby what is wrong with you?'' Blake asked ''This isn't you, you're acting...'' Blake trailed off as she looked into Ruby's eyes, they had a slight red tinge to them, Blake realised what was happening, Ruby's aggressiveness, the strange need to fight she showed, the toying with Mercury and sudden outburst at Mercury after he verbally abused her, like a wolf protecting it's pack

Blake sighed ''The wolf is trying to take control again isn't it?'' Blake looked into Ruby's eyes and her thrashing came to a slow step, Ruby looked like she was struggling to even control her movements, a weak nod was her response.

Cinder looked at the events with amusement, then wonder and finally excitement ''Looks like the next few weeks are going to be very interesting'' she said to no one in particular ''Very interesting...''

Aaaaand that's a wrap! Hope you enjoyed troubled pa- wait no it's just the end of the chapter, silly me! Hope you enjoyed, don't forget to leave a review or pm me with suggestions/thoughts and/or corrections