Chapter Seven: To Hell and Back
The music was really loud and it hurt Ruby's ears, then she gasped as she saw her uncle Qrow, he was beaten up and looked like he'd spent the night in a meat grinder. The big guy had his arm in a locked position, but Qrow wasn't responding to the pain that he must have obviously been feeling.
"Uncle Qrow?" Ruby asked
Qrow picked his head up slightly to look and he saw his niece standing there with tears in her eyes, he spoke
"Hey kiddo, sorry that we keep having to meeting like this"
"It's ok, uncle Qrow, I'm use to not getting to say goodbye" Ruby said
"Oh sweetie, I wouldn't worry about that, you'll be being saying goodbye very soon" Cinder said appearing out nowhere, making Ruby jump
Cinder had an evil look in her eye.
"Who are you?" Ruby asked
"Your worse nightmare, kid" Cinder said
"Hazel dear, Finish him" Cinder said
"It would be my pleasure my lady" Hazel said letting go of Qrow and that was his last mistake
Qrow shoved a dust crystal into Hazel's juggler vein, there was a fountain of blood just oozing out of Hazel's neck
"Checkmate asshole" Qrow said
Hazel dropped to his knees he was dead this time for sure. Now only Cinder and Emerald remained.
"Ouch, that has to hurt" Emerald said
Ruby couldn't believe it, her uncle had killed someone, that wasn't her uncle, no this guy looked like Qrow but he didn't act like Qrow, there was something more to him.
"Ruby..I know what it looks like but I'm doing this for your mother, you understand that right?" Qrow said wiping the crimson liquor from his lip.
Cinder grabbed Ruby and holding a flame in her other hand she attempted to burn Ruby right then and there.
"Don't follow us Qrow, or I wasted this little cunt" Cinder said
Cinder led Ruby to the front of the club and Emerald opened the door for them, Cinder winked at Emerald and Emerald's heart fluttered a bit.
"Ruby!" Qrow screamed and fell to his knees
A brief moment later Raven and Yang appeared out of nowhere, and Yang gasped when she saw Qrow
"Hey Firecracker" Qrow said
Qrow said to Yang, he always called Yang that ever since she was little.
"Hey Sis" Qrow said to Raven
"Qrow" Raven responded
Yang was finally able to speak
"Uncle Qrow, is that really you? I'm digging the whole edge thing"
"Qrow, Ruby? Where is Ruby" Raven asked
"Ruby?" Yang said with slight worry in her voice
Yang looked around the club but there was no sign of her younger sister, now she was starting to panic
"Cinder took Ruby, but I don't know where" Qrow said hanging his head in shame
"Well I can find out for you, I'll be right back" Raven said heading toward the door
Emerald stepped aside after watching Hazel die like that, it had scared her worse than anything all she wanted to do was go back home, back to Haven. If Qrow was capable of such feats, then his sister was too, and Emerald wasn't about to find out.
Raven got the Bird's eye view of all of downtown Vale, she looked every where for her niece Ruby but no such luck. Then out of the corner of her beady eye she saw them approaching the church and now knowing what she knew she would return to Yang and Qrow with her foundings.
Emerald was still standing by the door when it slammed open and Raven was on the other side of it, she glared at Emerald and within the blink of an eye Emerald grunted in pain because when she looked down she noticed that Raven's sword had just penetrated her, and it was painful. It wasn't a pleasant feeling by any means because she knew this was the end. Raven withdrew her blade from Emerald's chest and before she put her blade away she wiped off the blood. She watched as Emerald fell to the ground dead, blood streaked out in a line behind her. Raven then turned to her brother and said
"If you hurry, then you can find them at the church, you know the one, your grave is right outside of it, yeah that Church."
"Raven? Why the change of heart?" Qrow said
"I don't know I suppose that it is because your wasting time, or perhaps I care what happens to that kid, hmm maybe your starting to rub off on me, and frankly I don't like it." Raven said
"Ha same old Raven always the self centered bitch" Qrow remarked
"Ha maybe, but every second you waste the closer poor little Ruby is to her demise, now I did my part, it's on you to finish this." Raven said
"Yeah well thanks again sis, Only the leader remains now and I have something special just for her" Qrow said
He then approached Yang and placed his hand on her shoulder and without a word he then walked out of the door, he didn't look back, but he did say to Yang
"Don't worry I will bring back Ruby, and in the morning things with be different, very different, goodbye Firecracker"
Yang was dumb founded she could only look at her mother, Raven had moved over to the bar and Yang went to sit beside her, she put her hand on her mother's shoulder. Raven was uncertain what was going on here she looked at Yang
"Mom, it will be alright, I trust that Uncle Qrow will bring Ruby back, I just know it" Yang said still with her hand on her shoulder
"I know that honey, and I appreciate that your not going to run" Raven said
"So how about a drink? I could should use one" Raven said
"I'm Eighteen mom, still to young to drink but I'll take a water, you buying?" Yang said
Raven winked at her daughter and said
"Ha right, I knew that, and this one is one me dear."
