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Ruby darted past the confused white fang faunus her head pounding with every single step. Even without her semblance, she was fast enough that the only thing most saw was a blur. That didn't stop them from shooting at her not that she was shocked they would shoot at an unarmed fifteen-year-old. Terrorists were hardly known for having strict morals.

A gunshot rang out and she stumbled. Wow, after about two hundred shots one had actually managed to hit her. They were really doing amazing at their job; she could almost feel the morale go up as someone cheered behind her. Still, she couldn't praise their efforts too much since the bullet had only grazed her arm and nothing else. Gripping her arm to stop the blood she spotted the open door of the train car.

Grabbing what aura, she had left in an iron fist she tugged and activated her semblance. Rose petals fell to the ground as she shot forward straight out the open door. Landing roughly on the ground she cried out as her bleeding hands took most of the impact. Hearing thundering footsteps, she lashed out with her foot kicking at the faunus approaching her from behind. The feeling of her foot impacting someone's ankle was immensely satisfying the thud as he landed on the ground was even better. Rolling, she slammed her heel down on the terrorist's shoulder causing him to cry out and drop his gun.

Grabbing the weapon before his comrades could realize what was happening, she lunged upward aiming for the terrorists surround her only to freeze at the number of guns aimed in her direction. Even if she did manage to shoot one of them the others would react before she could escape. Without her aura, a single shot could be fatal, and she doubted that even the White Fang would manage to miss at this distance. The dark metal of their guns pointed at her face was terrifying, but she didn't close her eyes. If she was going to die, then she wouldn't close her eyes and look away. She hadn't turned away from death as Alice and this life would be no different.

Spotting a black blur rush past the White Fang members she felt something wet splattered across her face. Almost on instinct, she reached up to touch the liquid on her face before pulling away her hand. Part of her had known it was blood well before she saw the red staining her hand. Watching the faunus closest to her drop to the ground with a curtain of red flowing from his throat. She barely had a moment to register that the man was actually dead before Blake was standing in front of her.

Even with her back turned Ruby could see the rage her teammate seemed to radiate. The dagger she'd given the older girl was clenched in her hand with a thin line of blood dripping down the blade. Her kitten had just killed someone. She didn't know if she should be proud or worried. The girl's movement had been flawless, did that mean her teammate had killed before? Either way, she would have to talk to Blake later to make sure that the faunus was alright.

Blake's golden eyes were cold as she shook the blood off her dagger. Turning toward the other White Fang members, she almost snarled at them. How dare they try and kill her leader. The urge to carve them into tiny pieces was almost overwhelming but she held herself back. Despite their mistake of attacking Ruby, they were still her people. Slaughtering them in cold blood wasn't what she wanted. The wary expressions of the faunus around her meant that they knew who she was. Some of them must have remembered her from when she'd been Adam's partner and those that didn't have just seen her murder one of their own.

"Stay away from her," Blake ordered. Chancing a glance at her leader she tightened her grip on her dagger when she saw the blood on Ruby's arm.

Roman watched from the doorway of the train impressed with how easily the girl was able to control the faunus but he was slightly worried at how simple it had been for her to kill. Then he realized that this must be the White Fang traitor that Adam had told him about. Glancing toward the faunus he hid his anger behind a cruel smirk; he'd given no orders for them to try killing Ruby. Snapping his fingers, he gained their attention and motioned for them to back away from the girls.

When the faunus all stepped back at once Blake rushed to the girl's side. She didn't worry about how their other teammates would react or about how she'd just took a life. In the White Fang, she'd killed people before, but they'd never been a faunus life. Kneeling beside her leader, she hesitantly reached out to touch the wound on the younger girl's arm.

"Well kitty cat, it seems Adam wants you back for more reasons than your sparkling personality," Roman said stepping out of the train. He kept his tone light and mocking even as Neo looked over at the reaper worriedly.

"Did you do this," Blake asked. She sneered at the man in anger, as he gave a taunting smirk.

Roman didn't get a chance to answer because their teammates finished knocking out the White Fang members they were fighting. Glancing at the teens now charging to their leader's side, he raised an eyebrow when the blonde boy froze. Oobleck frowned at the dead body but didn't stop to think about it; his student was wounded. Pyrrha tugged on Jaune's sleeve as he stared horrified at the dead body while disguising her own horror at the situation. Zwei whined nuzzling Ruby's hand as he smelled the blood causing her to sigh. Reaching out she petted the dog on the head trying to reassure him she was okay.

"Jaune! Ruby's hurt snap out of it," Pyrrha pleaded as she looked away from the dead body. Slowly his head turned to look at Ruby, Jaune startled at the blood running down her arm. Oobleck stood in front of his students ready to fight as Jaune kneeled beside his leader. Pushing back his dizziness at the sight of blood he pushed his aura out toward the younger girl.

"A healer," Roman muttered watching as the girls wound closed. It'd been years since he'd seen such a rare semblance. Remembering the pain, he'd gone through over the last few years he frowned if only he'd had that boys ability years ago. Looking at the still seething cat faunus he smirked. Now that he was sure the girl would live; he could mock the kitty all he wanted to. With a grin, he said, "for your information kitty, I gave no order to hurt little red."

Ruby smirked as her wounds healed. Clenching her hands, she grinned when she didn't feel a bit of pain signaling that the wounds were closed. Pushing herself up to her feet, she gave a small nod toward her blonde teammate. The boy looked toward the ground as Ruby laid a hand on his shoulder.

"Thank you."

Hiding her frown, Pyrrha handed Ruby Crescent Rose and watched as her leader walked forward. She might not want to kill Roman, but they did need to move this situation along. Moving faster than most eyes could follow Ruby appeared in front of Roman the bladed pummel of Crescent Rose's shaft pointed at his neck. His eyes widened for just an instant before a pick boot was rushing toward Ruby's face causing her to flip back.

Landing easily Ruby glanced toward her teammates for a second as Oobleck took a protective stance in front of his students. The glare on his face didn't change even as Roman met the expression. Tilting his head back, the doctor tightened his grip on his thermos. With a smirk Roman laid a hand on Neo's shoulder.

"All forces attack," he ordered looking away from the other man. Stepping onto the train, Neo vanished in a shower of broken glass.

Obeying the order, the faunus ran for the group of five. Roman took one last look into silver eyes before following Neo; he had a job to do. As he stepped on board, Ruby chuckled. With her aura returned, it would far easier to fend off the White Fang then when they were shooting at her. Still, she motioned for her teammates to deal with the faunus as she checked her aura levels, apparently, Jaune had returned at least half her aura. Staying beside Oobleck she noticed the worried expression on his face and sent him an arrogant smirk.

"I'm fine," she said hoping to ease his worries. From the way his brow furrowed, she hadn't succeeded. Then again, he was a veteran huntsman, he wouldn't fall for her manipulations as easily as her own team would.

"I very much doubt that is the case Miss Rose," he said eyeing the drying blood on her arm. Scoffing at his tone she rolled her eyes before turning toward her teammates as they finished off the attacking faunus.

Glancing toward the train, she frowned slightly before clicking her tongue. She doubted they would be able to stop the breach; it was after all a major event. That did not mean she was about to let it go off without a hitch, besides once the bombs blew open the ceiling, they would get cut off by the grimm. Their only real option for survival was to go after the train.

"We have to stop the train," Ruby said ignoring the uncertainty she saw on Blake's face.

She knew the faunus was worried about her reaction to the murder but right now it didn't matter. They could talk when it was safe; besides she didn't have an issue with murder. If Blake hadn't attacked, then she would have dealt with the White Fang herself. Turning her attention away from Blake she realized that her partner and puppy might have an issue with killing. Taking a moment to look at them she found horror hidden in Jaune's gaze.

Feeling sick, she turned away from the blonde in favor of lunging toward the train. Kicking off the ground, she activated her semblance in order to gain speed. Hearing Blake curse she smirked and landed on the roof of the train at the same time Oobleck and her team moved to follow. Moving to the roof hatch she opened it slowly. Looking down she felt a momentary rush of panic at the sight of the bomb, but she pushed it away easily. Noticing Blake look over her shoulder, she sighed.

"We have an issue," Blake said upon seeing the bomb.

Ruby watched as they all leaped to another car at Oobleck's instruction, before going last. Watching her teammates for any sign of injury, she was relieved to see that they were unharmed. Jumping to the next car, she followed her teammates until the White Fang mounted a counterattack. Seeing the army of at least one hundred walking toward them Ruby launched herself forward with the recoil. Spinning like a dancer the scythe wielder took out some of the grunts knocking them off the train without hesitation.

The fact they would die once they hit the ground and once the grimm got to them didn't bother her. She looked up to find her team taking out the others; it was likely Jaune hadn't figured it out yet. Hearing an explosion, she twitched as the ceiling exploded causing grimm to fall into the tunnel. Exchanging a glance with Oobleck who knew far too well what the grimm would do the faunus they'd defeated. Sheathing her weapon, she turned to her teammates.

"You need to go below and stop the train," Oobleck said before shooting more fireballs at the paladins coming in their direction. While he might not be the same man, he used to be he was still a huntsman. These White Fang weaklings were nothing but an inconvenience. Tightening his grip on his weapon he bent down and opened the hatch and the four students dropped down into the train. When he closed the hatch and found the dog still there, he smiled. Maybe he should invest in a dog.

Landing easily, Ruby stiffened before smirking slightly. All she had to do was keep a smirk on her face and ignore her doubts. The breach, then the fall of Beacon. Straightening, she laid a hand on her weapon. It should be Neo that came to greet them first, although she had no desire to fight the woman.

"Are we really not going to talk," Jaune asked his voice sounding serious for once. Blake flinched waiting for the accusations that would come, but Ruby interfered.

"No. We can talk when it's safe," Ruby ordered stepping in front of the faunus. They didn't have time to worry about personal ethics; not when they could all die. Blue eyes hardened with annoyance, but he nodded in agreement anyway. Pyrrha looked down but said nothing she didn't want to pick a side in this. Ignoring how uncomfortable the current dynamic of her team made her feel, Ruby said, "let's go."

Watching the show, Neo hummed silently in amusement. Their enemies were obviously still just little kids. The reaper did show promise however, she couldn't wait until she got the chance to see what Ruby would become. Deciding to play around with the kids, she stepped off one of the high crates in the train car and landed in front of them. She smiled politely just enough to be mocking before bowing to the teens.

"Pyrrha, Jaune, you're up," Ruby ordered. Without much hesitation, she smirked as she walked past Neo. Winking at the multi-colored woman she broke into a run. Rushing from the train car, she didn't look back.

Watching the teen run off, Neo barely had to look to block the attack from the redhead. Now, this was interesting, the Mistral prize fighter would be fun to fight. She just hoped the girl would fight better than just some textbook attacks. Tournament fighters were always so by the book and boring. She'd always hated fighting them.

Blake frowned and went to follow her leader only for Jaune to grab her arm. For a moment she thought the boy might begin to snap at her again, but instead, his eyes softened. Feeling his grip on her arm loosen, she relaxed as her worry started to melt away. He might be angry with her actions, but he was still her partner.

"Be safe," he said softly. They could talk later; he did have a lot to say about her choices. Nodding she ran after Ruby leaving her teammates to deal with the small woman. Letting her pass, Neo smirked before kicking Pyrrha in the face. Jaune growled at the attack on his girlfriend and charged the short woman.

With a smirk, Ruby deflected the giant man's chainsaw with Crescent Rose. He might be an upper-level White Fang, but he still couldn't keep up with her speed. Feeling a hand land on her shoulder, she tightened her grip on her scythe as Blake vaulted over her shoulder. Kicking the man in the face, the faunus landed behind him as Ruby laughed. He stumbled back and retaliated on instinct as his face twisted in rage. Vanishing in a burst of petals, Ruby reappeared between the two of them as she stabbed the pummel of her scythe into the floor.

Her smirk was finally gone as she blocked the slash while he stared in shock at Adam's lost partner. Stumbling back, he praised whatever deity he could think of that the girl had stopped him, Adam would kill him if Blake even got a scratch. Paling at the hardened glow in the redhead's eyes, he flinched.

"Go, I'll deal with him," Ruby ordered. If he wanted a fight, then she would deal with him. She didn't need Blake here to help her defeat a weak little warrior.

Nodding Blake rushed to go try and stop Roman. Holding his chainsaw, the man charged the girl who frowned. Blocking and dodging around him she swept his feet out from under him with the blade of her scythe before hitting him in the back with the shaft. She hated it when people endangered what she considered hers. Blake belonged to her, along with Jaune and Pyrrha. None of them would come to harm while she was alive. Dancing away she rested the weapon on her shoulders and waited for him to stand.

Watching him get up to charge at her again, she rolled her eyes. Some people simply didn't learn. Dodging his attacks, she sent him crashing into the wall of the train car. With a strike from the blunt side of her scythe. Shifting her grip on her weapon as he stood, she rolled her eyes.

"Adam won't be happy when he learns of you," the giant warned tightening his grip on his weapon. Almost growling at her he snapped, "ordering around his partner is a mistake."

Frowning, she twisted on her heel before lashing out with her scythe to carve a long opening in the wall of the train. Seeing the panicked expression that overtook his face she took a step in his direction only to burst into petals. Spinning around the man wildly searched the area for the girl. The issue was that he was too slow to do anything once he found her. Well not before she buried the sharpened pummel of her scythe in his chest. It was a small wound with less chance of being identified as an attack from her rather than the grimm.

Choking, he crumbled to his knees a single hand coming up to grab her wrist with a weak grip. Humming softly as she kicked away his chainsaw she couldn't help the anger that infused the sound. Jaune would be so disappointed with her; that was the only thing she could think for a moment. After all, here was his team leader burying a piece of sharp metal in a man's chest. Then she remembered that her puppy wasn't here to see this; what he didn't know couldn't hurt him. Looking into his wide shocked eyes with an emotionless gaze she raised a foot and kicked him away.

Looking down at the blood coating her weapon, she sighed before walking over to the man. He was still trying to reach for his weapon as if it would save him. Honestly, the entire thing was pathetic. Spinning her scythe to shake the blood off, she holstered the weapon before reaching out to grab the back of his shirt. Dragging him toward the opening she'd created, she ignored the desperate cry he let out. If she left him alone then he would die on his own, but if she threw him out of the train there was less chance of her puppy finding out.

"I really hate it when people try to hurt what belongs to me."

Letting him go, she kicked him out of the train without hesitation. It was odd to say but she didn't feel anything having killed someone. Turning away she walked toward the door to the next car. She barely had a chance to open the door before the train rammed into the end of the tracks.

So, that happened. I just had Ruby kill a guy, not sure how I feel about that but I'm not taking it back. Anyway, the next chapter is the conclusion of the breach and the aftermath. What did you guys think of this chapter?

Stay safe and have a good day

-Shyla

-ps. my college classes start this week. I might have to update slower again.