AN: I couldn't help but put this out a week early. (Btw longest chapter for this story) It's one of those things where I felt like not finishing this little tale would be an outrageous thing to do, so I wanted to give you guys something for being absolutely awesome. Between my stories Life of a White Rose and Brand New World, I have such a long story that I don't think will end any time soon. But with this story and my new story Grand Theft RWBY, I see the potential for them to be so much bigger than those two stories. But enough about that, thanks for all of the praise and kind words for all of you out there, even the ones who have posted negative feedback, thank you as well. I read everything you have to say, I listen to what you say, and I respond plenty of times. While not always, I try my best to respond as often as possible. Anyway, thanks for all the support you guys have given me, and please enjoy this read, because I enjoyed writing it and I hope that you get the same feelings that I get when you read it.

Ruby worked quickly to finding out how to remove the cage that held this young girl in it. She tried to find some notes hidden inside of the room, a set of switches that unlocked the chamber, and she even at one point tried to break the chamber open by force. None of it worked though, and she started to grow more frustrated. She didn't know what to do, and she was afraid that she could save this person, whomever they were. Not even a name, something that she was hoping to learn about, among many other things, but it just wasn't working out that way. Before she knew it, there was a voice coming into her ear trying to get a hold of her.

"Yo, Rubes, you have the experiment?" Yang asked. It must have been a while since Ruby last talked to Yang, and now she realized that she needed help.

"I found her, but I think we need a technician to get to her though." Ruby said.

"The experiment is a girl? Well now, that's pretty cool." Yang said. "Either way, me and Blake can find you one of these technicians and send him up to you."

Ruby was relieved to hear some good news. She knew that she had to wait a little bit, but it was better than letting this girl suffer any longer than she had to.

Once Yang got off the hook with Ruby, she knew that time was short. Finding a technician would be easy, it would be a different matter of getting him or her to cooperate with them. Yang walked over to the console and started to filter through the cameras, trying to find the nearest person with what appeared to be a technician's outfit. "Blake, when I find a techie, you go grab them and bring em back here ok?" Blake nodded and ran out of the room. At this point, she was less concerned about stealth, and more concerned about the speed at which she was to perform her task. Something compelled her to move and so she didn't question what she was doing.

Along the way, she encountered some guards. Pulling out Gambrol Shroud and using it as a pistol, she threw it towards the guards. It went past them, but it was connected to Blake by some ribbon she hid under her black cloak. Pulling back on the ribbon, she managed to strike the first of the guards in the back, and angle it so that when she fired the pistol, the bullet would strike the second of the four guards that stood there. With both of them down, she pulled Gambrol Shroud back and started to swing it around, letting the ribbon carry it in a circle as it struck down the last two guards. Pulling her weapon back to her, she replaced it onto her back and continued her way to the tech head.

Blake didn't have to travel much farther before she found her target, surrounded by two guards. She pulled out her blade and ran towards them, the guards unsuspecting until it was too late. Once they were both cut down, Blake turned her attention towards the technician. "You worked on the experiment right?" The tech was shaking at this point, but he somehow managed to nod yes. "If you can help me get the containment pod open and the person inside out, then you walk. If not, then pray to whatever god you believe in, because you're seeing him tonight."

"O-ok, ju-just don't k-k-k-kill me please." The techie said, visibly shaking and his voice giving away his fear.

Blake smiled, she ordered the technician to follow her, returning to the room Yang was in. By that point, security knew that they were there, so guards were coming towards the security room. Blake arrived just in time to see a guard burst through the door and hit the wall on the other side. Looking inside she saw Yang smiling, she was enjoying the fight. "Having fun Yang?" Blake asked.

"Oh-ho you have no idea Blakey. I would give you a hug right now, but I'm kinda sweaty from all this hard work that I've been doing." Yang said, her grin growing even wider, and filled with a devilish touch.

"Oh great, I'm partnered with a fiend." Blake said, her eyes rolling, yet her face still holding a smile around Yang.

"Admit it, you love me." Yang said.

Blake chuckled. "I would, but we got bigger things to worry about right now."

"Ugh, fine, back to work I guess. But when we get out of this, I'm getting some fun time with you." Yang said as she walked with Blake over to the console with the techie.

Blake's face turned beat red when she heard Yang. "Oh god Yang, seriously?"

"What can't take the heat?" Yang said.

Blake just kept her mouth shut, she knew things needed to be taken care of and she had to get herself together. What mattered now wasn't her mood towards Yang, but of the real reason they were there to begin with, the experiment. Turning towards the tech person that she had just brought over to help them break the experiment out, she began to question him on what to do. "You know how to open the container right?" He nodded to Blake. "Good, now you're going to go step by step and show me exactly how to do that. I have someone with the experiment now ready to free her, and I will know if you're lying or not."

The technician nodded, and proceeded to write down a list of instructions. "What's that?" Yang asked.

"It's um, uh uh a list of instructions on how to uh, safely open the container, without killing the girl inside." The technician was stumbling over his words, evidently nervous by the two armed women who were putting his life on the line. "You, you need to first, deactivate the safety protocol from the console over there." He said pointing to the main security console. "It needs a c-code that I uh, have right here." He said, holding the key card containing the code up to Blake. Blake took the key card and dragged the man over to the console.

"You know how to work this better than I do, and we're kinda in a hurry." She said to the man, who was visibly sweating from the pressure of both Blake and Yang. "My friend here has a bit of a temper." Blake said, throwing a smirk towards Yang.

"Hey!" Yang shouted.

"Either way, I wouldn't want to upset her if I were you, the last guy who upset her is laying dead a floor below us because he wouldn't cooperate." The man's eyes widened, and Blake moved in closer. "You wouldn't want her to get upset with you now would you?" She said, merely whispering into the man's ear. The man instantly turned towards the console and disabled the safety protocols as fast as he could. "Good choice." Blake said. "Now, what's next."

More calmly, the man took a deep breath to keep his nerves in check. "This person you have in there needs to flip the lifesign monitor switch, but before they do that, once she does that, there is a button that she needs to press that will drain the fluids inside the container. If she doesn't hit that right away, it could damage the subject."

That set Blake off. "Subject? That's a living person inside of there. Don't think that it's ok for you to just go and disregard the life of a person." Blake said passionately.

"I-I never once agreed to any of this, but it's not like I had a choice. If we didn't say that then we would get yelled at by Mr. Schnee himself. I really hated to do that but I had to bite my tongue." The technician said, regret filling his voice.

"That doesn't excuse the fact that you not only didn't help this poor girl, but actually caused her more pain and suffering, just to-" Blake felt someone grab her shoulder, turning around to see that it was Yang grasping her.

"Blake, what are you doing?" Yang asked, pulling her away from the technician, while never letting him out of her sight. "What did he do that he deserves this kind of treatment?"

"He stood by and just let this torture happen without doing anything Yang. He should have done something." Blake said

"And what could he have done exactly?" Yang said, standing up to Blake for this man she had never met before today. "I'm pretty sure based off what we've been seeing and hearing today that if he stood up, it wouldn't have ended well for him. Would you want him to die just for standing up?"

Blake just stood there, the tension building up inside of her. "He deserves a chance at life too Blake, just remember that." Yang walked back over to the technician, letting Blake have a moment to cool off. "Look, just ignore that. Just make sure that our friend in the tower with the experiment knows what to do." Yang leaned in so that the sound of the technician's voice was able to be heard from Ruby herself.

Ruby stood around waiting for something from Yang and Blake to come through. At one point she noticed something going on with the machine keeping the experiment it's prisoner, but nothing changed since. She started to think about the girl inside, how terrible her life must have been. Somehow she almost knew that it wouldn't be easy, trying to talk to this girl, but she had to try. It was only when Yang got back onto the line, that Ruby was brought back into reality.

"Hey Ruby, I've got a technician who is going to tell you what to do." Yang said, quickly.

Before Ruby could speak again, the sound of a different voice, one she didn't recognize came up. "You need to first, flip the lifesign monitor switch. Once you do that, there will be a green button right next to it that will drain the container's fluid."

"Ok, so after that how do I get her out of that container, and get that mask off of her?" Ruby asked.

"The lifesign monitor switch will automatically remove the mask, hence why you need to drain the fluid as fast as possible. Now once the fluid is drained, there will be a button on the side of the pod that will open the front of the container, and let the, girl, out." The technician said.

"Ok, don't go anywhere in case something goes awry." Ruby found the switch that the man was talking about, flipping it after she found the button to drain the container. Once she flipped the switch, she pressed the button, and then ran over to open the container while the fluid was still draining. Not electing to wait for the fluid to drain, she opened the container, letting the contents spill onto the floor. "Yang, Blake, Pyrrha, Jaune, get out of here. I'll meet you outside the walls when I'm done in here." As the girl in the container fell out, Ruby noticed that she had regained consciousness, landing on her hands and knees, and coughing up any fluids in her lungs. Ruby noticed this and ran over to help her, forgetting about everything else. "Hey hey hey, just relax, you're gonna be fine." Ruby said.

The girl finally looked at her, and her expression changed. She looked shocked, feeling like Ruby was a threat to her. She somehow managed to push Ruby away, throwing her to the wall, and run towards something on the other side of the room. Unfortunately, her body didn't have enough time to wake up enough, and so she fell down onto the ground again. Ruby decided to take a more tactful approach with her, realizing that she was confused as to what was going on. "Woah, take it easy. I'm not here to hurt you." Ruby said.

"Why should I believe that?" Ruby heard the girl said, noticing her stand up as the girls body started to come to life. "What makes you any different than everyone else here?" The girl asked.

Ruby decided to show a gesture of good will, electing to take her own weapon, and place it on the ground away from her as she moved forward slowly. "I'm here to help you." Ruby said. The girl looked at her with a clear intent of not letting her defense fall.

"Is this another test?" The girl asked.

"Pardon?"

"Is this another one of his tests? Are you just here to fight me?" She said.

"I don't know what kind of tests you are talking about, but I have nothing to do with them, or the people here." Ruby said, genuine concern and care in her voice.

The girl picked up on that, electing to hear Ruby out. "Then what are you here for?"

Ruby smiled. "To help get you out of here." Ruby slowly moved closer and closer. "My name is Ruby. Do you, mind if I ask what your name is?"

The girl shut her eyes for a second. "Why?" Ruby's expression changed, her demeanor showing confusion. " Why do you care to know? No one else wants to know so why do you?"

Ruby could tell that something was truly bothering this girl. She needed a friend, not someone that was going to lead her into battle. She knew that it wasn't truly fair of her to ask all this from the girl, but she had to. "I want to know because I want you to come with me." The girl in front of Ruby stood there, staring at Ruby, who was just smiling. "I want to be your friend."

That struck a chord within the girl, having someone who was her friend. She lowered her guard and decided to relent, realizing that this girl had good intentions. "I've never had a friend before." The girl said.

"Well then, I would be more than happy to be your first friend." Ruby said. "We'll go traveling the lands, fighting off evil dragons and rescuing princesses. You and me, the team of Ruby and...and...uh..." Ruby realized her mistake, in her moment of just relaxing, she realized that the girl never said her name.

"Weiss." The girl said. "My name is Weiss."

Ruby smiled. "That's a really nice name Weiss." Ruby said, walking over to her. "Do you want to come with me?"

Weiss pondered for a few seconds. "Where would we go and what would we do?" Weiss asked Ruby.

"Well, we would go all over the world, traveling all over. As for what we would do, well, what do you want to do?" Ruby asked Weiss.

Weiss didn't know what to say, she never had been asked what she wanted. "I, I don't know exactly."

"Well then..." Ruby said as she finally stood directly in front of Weiss. "...I'll help you find out what you want to do."

Weiss smiled for a split second. "Well then I guess I'll go with you." Ruby's face turned ecstatic, before Weiss continued. "However, I have a few things that I need to put together first, and clothes to change into."

"Right, don't rush yourself on my account though." Ruby said. "I need to think of a way for us to get out of here.

Weiss walked over towards one of the tables along the wall, a bag placed upon it's top. She started to load containers of something only she knew about inside of it. Once she filled the bag with a large amount of those containers, taking all that she could, she walked over to a wardrobe to put on something decent. Ruby called out to Weiss, breaking the girls concentration. "So I think we're going to have to leave the same way I came in." Ruby said as she was looking out the window.

"Don't tell me we're having to jump." Weiss said, wishing that maybe she didn't let herself get into it with the red haired girl.

"I can't promise that, but it will be fun of course." Weiss questioned this girls idea of fun.

"Maybe to you, but I actually want to live for a few minutes." Weiss said quietly to herself. She pulled out a white sleeveless shirt and a pair of light blue shorts that were loose on her legs. She pulled out a white bolero jacket to place over top of her shirt and she slipped into a pair of white boots. She wrapped a thin white scarf around her neck and she pulled her hair into an off center ponytail. Before she turned to Ruby, she walked over to a small weapons rack, and looked through the weapon choices, electing to use a weapon she had much confidence in using. It wasn't much by many people's standards, but it was nothing to mess with. Named Myrtenaster, the weapon was a rapier that housed a revolving dust barrel that enhanced the blade with different abilities. Now that she was ready to leave, she turned towards Ruby. "I hope you know what you're doing." Weiss said to her.

"Eh, kinda. I got in pretty easily, so getting down shouldn't be too hard. Just hold on tight to me ok?" Ruby said, making sure that she had her weapon with her.

"Like I have much of a choice anyway." Weiss grabbed a hold of Ruby's waist as Ruby climbed onto the window sill. "Are you sure about this?" Weiss said to Ruby.

"Totally. Remember, just hold on." Ruby jumped, with Weiss hanging on for dear life. pulling Crescent Rose out and transforming it into it's scythe form, Ruby fired off a couple of shots that gave the two of them the momentum to make it over the wall and past the moat. The two of them approached the ground at incredible speed, forcing Ruby to fires some shots off to slow them down. As the were about to make contact with the ground, Ruby threw her arms around Weiss and took the brunt of the impact with the ground, before the two of them continued their momentum for another few feet rolling on the ground. As they stopped, Weiss laid atop of Ruby, and immediately jumped off of her. "Well that was a thing." Ruby said. "You alright Weiss?"

"Can we not do that again?" Weiss said as she stood up, walking over to Ruby and helping her to the girls feet herself. "I'd hate it if this new freedom didn't last."

Ruby looked over to notice Yang and everyone else heading towards them. "Hey Ruby, you ok?" Yang shouted. Weiss drew her weapon, not knowing who these people were. Ruby noticed though and fortunately stepped in.

"It's ok Weiss. Their my friends." Weiss looked to Ruby, hoping she was telling the truth. Once she lowered her weapon, Ruby began introductions. "Ok, so this is my sister Yang, that's Pyrrha, Jaune, and this is Blake." She gestured to each one so that Weiss would know who was who. "Now, everyone, this is Weiss. I hope you guys show her just how kind hearted you all are ok?"

"Of course." Pyrrha said. Before anyone else could say anything, they noticed that the guards were starting to muster in the castle. They were about to be chased after.

"We need to leave now." Jaune said.

Ruby wasn't about to argue with that, but she turned to Weiss first. "You going to be ok Weiss? Once you come with us, I don't think there's a way to turn back."

Weiss just sighed, she felt free for the first time. "I don't want to go back. This is the first time where I can choose how I live my life. I'm not letting that go anytime soon."

Ruby nodded, a smile plastered on her face, as she turned to everyone. "We need to leave now." Turning back to Weiss, she let everyone else get ahead so they wouldn't interrupt them. "I'm sorry for doing this to you when you just met me."

"Don't worry about it right now. I'm sure there are other things that are more important than that, such as staying alive." Weiss said. Ruby just nodded as they all ran, the hunters now becoming the hunted.