Disclaimer, I do not own RWBY
AN/ I'm back and after 15 total votes as well as a tie breaker, the winner was modern PTSD au! I'm going to do this right and will be doing research as needed to represent this right. Going a bit odd again and doing a Ren/Ruby ship, Red Lotus. Something you will all notice is I'm a Ruby centric shipper, and in that being said, my choice for Ren should be somewhat clear. Anyways, let's get this show on the road!
"Ruby come on or you'll get lost. Your sister wants to get her music." Summer called trying to get a ten-year-old Ruby to stay by her side.
"Sorry mom, I saw some new mechanical sets." Ruby said.
"Remember where they are, and we can come back to it, your uncle Qrow should be at the music store waiting for us." Tai spoke.
"Now Yang, what was the name of the band again?" Summer asked.
"They're the Achieve Men! Come on mom, I've told you a thousand times already. I just hope they haven't sold out yet." Yang said hopefully.
"Why do you like them so much Yang? I can't stand them." Ruby asked.
"Ruby, you like dad's rock music, that automatically means you can't say anything about mine." Yang shot back.
"Alright Firecracker, no need to insult music." Qrow said as he walked up behind the family.
"UNCLE QROW!" Ruby shouted as she grabbed onto him.
"Hey Ruby, and happy birthday Yang, are you ready for your party tonight?" Qrow asked as Ruby let go.
"Yeah! Are you going to be there for dinner?" Yang asked as she rushed into the store.
"No sadly, Ironwood needs me at the station in a couple hours, but that doesn't mean I can't get you something, now, find your cd." Qrow followed, leaving Ruby with her parents.
"Did Qrow just highjack our present for her?" Tai asked.
"Let him have it, we know full well this isn't all she wanted." Summer sighed. Within two minutes, Yang was running back out.
"I got the last one!" Yang shouted as she ran out of the store.
"Lucky you Yang, now come on, the mall will get busier soon." Tai gestured towards the center of the mall. Patch was by no means a large city, but it's mall was a massive structure.
"Now then, where do you want to go next?" Sumer asked. As Yang began to talk, multiple screams filled the air, followed by multiple gun shots.
"It's the White Fang!" Someone yelled.
"Mom, what's going on?!" Ruby asked, as her and Yang were both picked up.
"Don't worry about it Petal, just focus on us ok?" Summer asked desperately.
"You guys get out of here, I'll catch up!" Qrow broke off, drawing his pistol.
"What is the White Fang doing here? Why would they attack Patch of all places?" Tai asked.
"I don't know, but we have to get out of here." Summer said as she turned a corner. Stopping and getting back around the corner, Summer tried to calm herself. "They have the doors blocked."
"Damnit. Girls, you need to hide. There, hide in those bushes, don't make a sound and don't come out, ok?" Tai pointed towards a small indoor garden.
"But what about you?" Ruby asked.
"We have to find a way past the bad guys, ok? We'll be just fine, alright?" Summer explained.
"Are you sure? Why can't you just hide with us?" Yang asked as she held Ruby close to her.
"Because there isn't enough room for us, now go!" Tai pushed them towards the bushes. Making sure he couldn't see either of them, Tai sighed.
"So how are we going to do this? This is practically suicide, you know, that right?" Summer asked.
"You think I don't know that? I didn't want them to see what happens. As much as I would rather it not happen, Raven can watch them if anything happens to us." Tai explained.
"You don't trust Qrow?" Summer asked.
"It's Qrow, he would've found us by now if anything didn't happen." Before Summer could say anything, two faunus wearing masks found them.
"Hands up!" One shouted. Complying, Summer and Tai put their hands above their heads. Summer watched as one of the faunus hit Tai in the gut with the stock of his rifle.
"Filthy humans, what does Adam want done with these ones?" The other faunus asked.
"The other are rounding up the ones that survived in the food court over there. Mass execution." The first Faunus explained. At this Summer began to struggle.
"You won't get away with this!" She screamed as the second one secured her arms. With her arms now held behind her, the first Faunus hit her in the stomach as well, causing her to crumple to her knees.
"Come on, the rest will be here soon." As the two faunus pushed the couple towards the food court, Yang and Ruby watched on in horror. Soon after, a group of people were brought in, flanked by more armed faunus. The two children watched as each person was forced to their knees. However, they noticed that each person that was forced down was a human, while the masked people were faunus.
"Brothers and sisters of the White Fang, today we have fought for the glory of faunus! Sienna Khan was murdered by these lowly creatures, and now, we will show faunus superiority over the scum of this planet! Take aim, and fire!" A bull faunus shouted. As he spoke, the White Fang raised their rifles and began firing. Yang and Ruby couldn't pull their eyes away.
"Mom, dad, no." Yang spoke before silently sobbing. Ruby couldn't bring herself to move or make a noise. Neither of them noticed that the gunfire had stopped, or that the White Fang had begun to disperse with their slaughter now complete. Before she could clamp down on her emotions, Yang let out an audible sob.
"What was that?" Was all they heard as a faunus with wolf ears turned towards them.
"Go check it out, leave no witnesses." Was all the wolf faunus needed before he began walking to their hiding spot. With her heartbeat rising, Yang remembered her yellow shirt. With fear gripping her, Yang began to try to shuffle away, resulting in the faunus noticing her sooner. Before either could react, he sprayed his rifle into the bush, with two of his shots hitting Yang in the leg.
"Found ya, you little shit." The faunus growled as he pulled Yang out of the bush by her shirt. Mustering what strength and courage she had left, she swung her fist at his face, landing a solid hit, but doing nothing more than angering her.
"You monster!" Yang screamed.
"Wrong move." Was all Yang heard before a knife was jammed into her throat. Reaching for her throat, Yang felt the knife rip through her flesh before she was dropped to the floor, frantically trying to stop the bleeding. "Vermin like you deserve no mercy."
With the faunus leaving, Yang was free to make any amount of noise she desired. Ruby was petrified, and only slightly thankful Yang wasn't looking in her direction. As Yang stopped moving, Shouting erupted.
"It's SWAT, open fire!" Ruby covered her ears as gunfire erupted once more. Lasting only a few minutes, Ruby opened her eyes and looked out at the food court. Seeing people dressed in a different uniform, Ruby shifted to get a better look. Noticing the bright white SWAT on their backs Ruby began standing up.
"Hey sergeant, I got survivor over here!" Ruby immediately froze. "Hey hey, you're safe now. Are you hurt?"
Ruby turned towards the officer and shook her head.
"Ok, I need you to come with me, ok? We're just going to go outside."
AN/ And that's the first chapter! I know some things would never have actually happened here, but screw it, I needed to make this situation cause reasons. Next chapter is a time skip and will set up the world for the rest of the story. Anyways, until next time, have a great day!