"You're sure?" Fury nervously paced back and forth in front of War Machine. Jaune nodded. "Do we have a location yet?" Jaune shook his head.
"No," he said. "But we have a name of someone who can get that information for us." Fury nodded.
"Good job, Arc." He said. "But now, the professionals have to take over." Jaune tilted his head.
"What?!" He asked. "I can do this! I just need to know what I'm after. Or who I'm after." Fury shook his head.
"Sorry, kid." He said. "Only the Avengers are cleared to know what Salem is."
"But—" A blue, gloved hand suddenly landed on Jaune's armored shoulder.
"Son." The owner of the hand said. "Just don't."
Jaune shook angrily as he quickly made his way back to Ruby's lab, his boots making a metallic clanking with each step. He wasn't very surprised to see WBY waiting there for him. They all quickly sat up as he entered the room.
"Did you find out where she is?!" Yang asked. Jaune stepped into the same case that he had found his armor and stepped out of the back.
"Sorta." He told her.
"Aren't you going out there to get her?" Yang asked. Jaune shook his head.
"I don't have the clearance." He said.
"What is going on with SHIELD?" Blake asked. Jaune shook his head.
"I don't know." He said. "But this has to have something to do with Cinder, I know it. This Salem character, maybe she's Cinder's boss or something."
"Ruby did say that we were looking for Cinder's boss." Weiss added. Yang held out a hand to keep Weiss from saying anything else, and Weiss huffed.
"If you're not going to help Ruby, then who is?" She asked. Jaune sighed and leaned against the wall next to his armor case.
"The Avengers." He told them. "But I just don't have a good feeling about all of this."
"Neither do I." Yang agreed.
[Shift]
Ruby's hair draped in front of her face as her head hung low, her chin pressed against her neck. Her face was covered in dried tears, and her hands heavily shook.
"If you're going to kill me, just do it already." Her voice was weak and shaky, but it was also extremely hoarse from all the screaming she had done these past few days. Every day it was the same thing; Salem would torture her until she became bored, and then Ruby would sleep until Salem returned. The witch hadn't fed her, but she wasn't hungry anyway. If anything, starving to death would have been preferable over what she was currently experiencing.
Salem lightly laughed. "Before I break your body, I will break your mind." The witch's pale hand suddenly clasped Ruby's cheek and the visions began again. Ruby screamed at the painful mental intrusion, but it didn't stop. This time, she saw a SHIELD helicarrier falling atop both her and Steve. Then, she saw Jaune with his armor's Arc Reactor torn out and his armor destroyed. Blood covered his face and Ruby felt tears beginning to move down her own. Finally came a vision of all of her friends, WBY, JNR, and The Avengers laying dead on a flight of stairs. This vision was much more realistic than the others; she felt as though she was actually there, moving towards the stairs. She could see that Steve's shield was torn in two and that the Hulk lay with dozens of arrows in his back. Natasha laid not too far away from Ruby, her lifeless eyes staring right at Ruby. Yang suddenly gasped and Ruby sprinted to her side. Yang was missing an arm and blood covered her usual combat attire.
"You failed." Yang hoarsely said. "You let this happen to me. You're a horrible sister." And then the life left Yang. Ruby could feel more tears moving down her face, but they did not obscure her vision. Ruby could see dozens of dragon like Grimm heading towards the many cities of Remnant. Ruby stood in a futile attempt to do something. Anything. But Cinder stood in her way. An arrow suddenly flew from the woman's bow and contacted Ruby's chest. Ruby fell backwards, back down the stairs, blood leaking out of her chest. She gasped for air, but she just couldn't breathe. She knew none of this was real, but she could feel the pain, she could feel the blood staining her clothes and pooling under her body.
The vision suddenly flew away, and Ruby saw Salem grinning evilly at her.
"Why me?" Ruby sobbed. "Why can't you just leave me alone?!" To this, Salem gave no answer, she just smirked and left Ruby all alone, heavily sobbing.
Long after Salem left her all alone in that room, Ruby began quietly singing to herself, just trying to calm herself down.
"Did you lose what won't return? Did you love but never learn? The fire's out but it still burns. And no one cares, there's no one there. Did you find it hard to breathe? Did you cry so much you could barely see? In the darkness all alone. And no one cares, there's no one there. Well, did you see the flares in the sky? Were you blinded by the light? Did you feel the smoke in your eyes? Did you? Did you? Did you see the sparks filled with hope? You are not alone, because there's someone out there, sending out flares." Her voice eventually gave way to even more sobbing. There was no doubt in her mind that someone, whether it be Yang, or Jaune, or even the Avengers, was on their way to save her from this hell. "Please hurry." She whispered.
[Shift]
Arthur Watts sprinted through the streets of Mystral, trying desperately to escape his pursuers. But he wasn't fast enough. Captain America bounded across the rooftops above him, Hawkeye beside him. Behind Arthur was the Black Widow, trying to navigate the twisting streets on a motorcycle. He thanked God that there were so many turns on these streets, otherwise Romanoff would have caught him by now.
Cap suddenly threw his mighty shield, and it nailed Watts in the back, causing him to fall onto his face. Natasha turned her bike in a hockey stop, while reaching out to catch the shield, and toss it back to the Captain. Before Watts could get back on his feet, Cap leapt off the roof and tackled the poor man. Steve roughly pulled Arthur to his feet and slammed him against a nearby building.
"Get your hands off of me, you brute!" Arthur cried, struggling against Steve's grip. Steve gave no response to this and just silently sheathed his shield on his back.
"I'm sure we can work this out like gentlemen." Steve told Watts. Watts gave him a shocked expression.
"After what you did, you think there's any chance of me being civilized about this?" Watts asked. Steve silently stepped away and shrugged, allowing Romanoff to take his place. The red haired woman scowled at Watts, as she grabbed his jacket collar and threw him to the ground, almost making him do a cartwheel. Once he was in the ground, Romanoff pressed her heel into his shoulder blade and lifted his arm off the ground, taking it behind his back. Steve kneeled in front of Watts as the man cried out in pain, struggling to break Romanoff's grip.
"Where is she?" Steve asked him. Watts looked bewildered.
"Who—?! Ah!" Romanoff pressed his arm further behind his back.
"Ruby Rose." Steve calmly said. "Where did Salem take her?"
"I— I don't know! I'm sorry! No one knows other than Salem herself!"
"Where's Salem?" Steve asked. The man looked at him like he was crazy.
"She'll kill me!" Steve didn't look sympathetic.
"You don't tell us," Romanoff began. "And I'll kill you myself." She suddenly cocked her handgun and pressed it against Watts' skull.
"Fine!" He shouted. "Fine! I'll tell you! I'll tell you what I know!"
A/N: And, boom! Season Finale! Sorry I haven't updated in awhile, I had spring break and Mass Effect came out. And let me just say; the reviews for that game are bullshit. It's AWESOME!