"Weiss, speak to me," Ruby calls, shaking her friend to try and wake her.

Weiss groans and rolls her head around before opening her eyes to see a familiar red outfit. "Ruby…?"

"Good. You are awake. Can you walk?" Ruby asks, sighing in relief while cradling the naked girl.

Weiss scrunches her face in exertion as she tries to stand. "What…what happened?"

"No time. We have to go," Ruby informs.

Weiss groans while holding her head and then turns to the redhead. "Ruby…another girl. One with green hair…I think she is from our world."

"I already got her," Ruby says, pointing her to the girl who was feeling woozy and trying to get her sense equilibrium back.

Weiss squints her eyes and sees the state of the green-haired girl. "You got us cleaned up?" she asks, running a hand down her legs to feel anything there.

"What are you talking about? I found you like this," Ruby informs as Weiss is finding it hard to recall what happened to herself.

Weiss groans and rubs at her head. "Wait…Yang. And the others. Where are they?" she asks in fear if they are injured or raped right now.

"We will get Yang soon. I found you first," Ruby explains, starting to try and help Weiss up.

Weiss's stance shakes and wobbles while reaching out and grabbing Ruby's shoulders to stay upright. "Thanks for coming to get us."

'And thank you for the egg,' Ruby thinks, having gotten her nightmare to take the egg away so when it hatches, she would have another monster.

Weiss sighs and hugs Ruby's neck now. "Seriously…thank you. It's been…crazy since we got transported."

"So, do you recognize her?" Ruby asks, looking at the green-haired girl.

Weiss looks to the girl and squints her vision at the girl lying beside them. "Is that…Reese from the festival?" she questions while hanging onto Ruby and leaning closer.

"Yep, found her board when I went to get yours and Yang's weapons," Ruby informs, helping Weiss move to the girl to free her.

"Thanks for that, by the way. What about Blake and the others?" Weiss asks, starting to undo the tight bindings while not noticing Ruby take some under her outfit.

"They are going after the one in charge," Ruby informs.

"What?!" Weiss calls out in shock. "Ruby, that guy…he's not normal. He is nothing like we have faced before. I don't think any of the monsters we have faced can equal up to him. We have to help them, now!" she yells and starts to run off before slipping and missing a step to fall flat on her face. "Damn it…" she groans, trying to get up again.

"He is a demon. A succubus to be exact," Ruby clarifies before they heard an unholy scream.

"What was…?" Weiss questions and gets back on her feet again. "We have to help them now. That doesn't sound good in the slightest," Weiss says with complete worry.

"We have to find Yang first," Ruby reminds as she picks up Reese.

Weiss starts to cry before kicking a shoddy box away. "Damn…okay. Well…that guy talked about her being with the minotaurs somehow. We need to find a place where minotaurs could be," Weiss explains as she tries to remember what that demon said to them.

"The southeast part is where I saw them come from when they went for the distraction," Ruby informs.

Weiss groans and holds her stomach before looking around outside the little store. "Seems clear enough," she guesses as she looks at all the overturned stands and mall inventory everywhere with what looks like flags and banners of a certain date everywhere. "I am guessing the little guys are down that way," she also notes when she sees the messy stores and fire pits right outside the entrance of each. But it is also the victims still left on the walls or floors in various positions and situations. Weiss swears she can see one woman completely without limbs and still moaning up a storm among the other females. "Which means Yang can be the other way. That guy hated the goblins for being too messy," Weiss shrugs and looks at Ruby to see her carrying the naked Reese on her back.

"So…we are going to address you look like a nudist?" Ruby asks.

Weiss blinks and looks down at her naked form before groaning and covering herself as best she can. "Please tell me you have clothes…or a towel," she says hopefully.

"Ah…" Ruby tries to come up with a way to tell her nicely they don't have time.

"Never mind. Just kick the monster's ass if they try to go for me. I can grab Yang," Weiss says, uncovering herself a little to peek out into the hall again.

"Wait, take your weapon from my belt," Ruby insists.

Weiss quickly snaps her head to Ruby's belt and sees her Myrtenaster hanging there. Ruby blinks and in surprise when she feels the weight gone and now sees Weiss hugging her weapons in front of her. "Wow. Didn't know you were me," she jokes, smirking.

"Shut it…" Weiss warns before noticing the chamber. "They took out the dust," Weiss says, looking into the chamber.

"You can have ours when this is over. But let's get Yang first, get the others, and get the heck out of here…my dress is starting to stink from this place," Ruby mutters at the end and starts to walk out of the store with Weiss behind her.

Weiss and Ruby quickly make their way around the mall to where Ruby pointed out where they came from and finds no minotaurs, to Weiss' surprise, before starting to check every room till they found Yang lying on the ground, abandoned and naked.

"Yang! Sis!" both girls call as they rush over to the knocked out girl before shaking her around.

Yang groans and rolls herself over onto her back. "Ruby? Weiss?" she breathes out, trying to sit up and ignore the mess around them and on her. "Please tell me Richard and the others aren't here to see me like this again."

"They are fighting right now, I think," Ruby informs before Yang got a good look at Weiss's naked form, and something in her seems to be turned on by it, which she shows by a blush forming on her cheeks.

Yang starts to roll around and get to her feet before sighing. "Damn. This is stupid. We got caught way too easily. That…a minotaur somehow got past our aura before we could kill it. It was like a punching bag. So fucking dumb," she spits before noticing the state of Weiss. "Damn," she sighs. "So…uhh…dragons…how were they?" she asks, trying to be nonchalant.

"I don't remember what happened after the demon. Truth be told," Weiss informs.

Yang rubs her head now as Ruby eyes them both. "Weird. Same thing. I can hardly remember what any minotaur did to me."

"Ok, first, Yang," Ruby says, setting down Reese before giving Yang her Ember Celica.

Yang gives a small cheer and slips on the gauntlets. She then checks the ammo and frowns. "Dammit. The enchantment dust is gone. I had to remake that part with whatever I had left."

"Something to think on later. For now, it's time to go. Maybe also get you two something else to wear as well unless you want Richard to see you as you are now," Ruby teases as Yang picks up Reese.

Yang blushes heavily and groans. "You are a bad sister," she whispers to the side, and Ruby leans close to her. "Shut up. Don't say another word about this…but we need to get some clothes from somewhere," Yang says, looking around the store while they all try to ignore the other women and girls knocked out, most with large stomachs.

"Girls, it's time to go," Weiss says, thinking she spotted something.

"Grab some of that stuff, and let's go," Ruby says, gesturing to the tossed aside clothes racks with ripped or crumpled clothing. "I will go on and lead. We need to get to the others, so they don't go everywhere in this place for you two," Ruby instructs while walking out of the store with Reese moaning over Yang's shoulder. "And grab something for her."


Blake sets Richard down to rest as they had just escaped from the mall as the monsters started to fight each other. They wait nearby in another building of a cell phone business as they look out the window and see the different monsters fighting each other in a flurry of chaos. Almost as if they have no direction or orders and are going by on instinct. "What the heck happened? Are the monsters this chaotic?" Blake asks, looking to Herleva, who is looking out the window with her.

"Usually," Herleva sighs before looking to Richard as he lies behind the counter. "Will he be okay? He seems exhausted to the afterlife."

"I think so, but we should let him recover before questioning him on what happened," Blake says as they then see Ruby, Weiss, Yang arrive with Yang still carrying Reese, who was still very out of it. All of them rushing past the mess of a monster war and into the store while Rachel goes to barricade the front doors again. "What happened?" Blake asks, sighing, fearing the answer as she looks at the state of dress and mess on Weiss and Yang, but also Reese, who seems to be going in and out of consciousness.

"A whole lot of stuff," Ruby sighs in relief as they are safe again before looking around. "Where's Richard?"

"Resting. He did something to the demon, and let's just say that demon will never win another beauty pageant," Blake informs.

Ruby smiles with a proud look on her face. "How cool was he? Did he at least do some kind of cool line?"

"He collapsed right after he did it," Blake says, sweatdropping.

Ruby now slouches with a disappointed look on her face. "Can't we enjoy one thing," she groans before walking around the store, hoping to find something useful.

"Don't bother. This is our world's phones. The moment we leave, they will be completely useless," Rachel informs, seeing her eye them.

"Is there anything magical to communicate with that can jump across worlds?" Evie asks curiously as she comes out of the back office.

"Sadly, not to my knowledge," Herleva says.

Evie huffs. "Phooey. Where are we going now? Since we are all stuck in a monster-infested city with hardly any direction here."

"Richard's in no shape to walk and look like you three are the same. We also need to move fast as who knows when or if those monsters will come after us or discover us," Rachel points out.

"Agreed. Now without a unifying will, they are unpredictable. So best to put as much distance between them and us," Herleva points out.

Rachel looks out the window and tries to see a way out past the monster war happening nearby. "Okay. Until Richard starts waking up soon, we should find a way to get over there," she says, pointing to an alley across the street. "Anyone have any bright ideas?"

"Those beasts will be too interested in each other to notice us. A killer is much more dangerous than a…thing to fuck around with," Herleva finishes with a slight tremble as she wonders how she could have spoken so casually about that. "What's more, the night can help us. We could wait it out, but by then, most of them would be dead," she adds in thought.

"But we don't know if they are nocturnal monsters around as well," Ruby points out, finding Richard.

Rachel groans, feeling the fact that Richard's decisions and help are now weighing her down. "We could take a small risk. Carry Richard and…the new girl," she suggests, seeing Reese bring set down.

"Reese. She is from our world," Weiss informs.

Rachel shrugs. "Of course. Why not? More the merrier," she sarcastically says before looking to Herleva and somewhat to Evie. "We can carry them, go silent into the alley, and stick to them as we make our way back to the shopping centers. We had supplies lined up to take before Evie told us what happened. We need to grab those before we get out."

"There is a possible fast way we can escape," Richard says as Ruby helps him up.

"Richard," Yang calls as she rushes over to him. "How are you feeling?" she asks, helping him up with Ruby.

Richard groans. "Like hell just went through me twice and took all my energy. Other than that, peachy," he jokes, smiling at her before noticing the state of her and Weiss, along with the new girl lying next to his spot. "Reese? Where did you find her?"

"Should have known a fan of us would recognize her," Weiss says, smirking.

"Later," Ruby advises him as she was the only thing holding him up.

"You're right. There is a place where they sell cars halfway to the outskirts. If we can make it there, then we might be able to find a vehicle that we can take to get us the rest of the way out of here," Richard informs.

Rachel smiles at his thinking and wonders why she didn't notice. She's a fucking cop after all. "Okay. Great. Well, since you are up, one less weight to carry. Let's get going," she says in relief that they now have a proper plan and goes to pick up Reese. "By the way, we will ask later about what happened in the mall."

"To be honest, I don't know myself," Richard admits as they rush out of the store and try not to make eye contact with the bloody street of monsters near the mall.


"The hell? This is the place?!" Rachel asks in shock as they stand in a surprisingly clean dealership, but that can be attributed that there is no way in since they have to go at the garage gate to get in and bend it. If it wasn't for Herleva's and RWBY's team strength, it might not have been easy to break past the metal. "Holy…" she tries to come up with words, but couldn't believe that she is standing in that famous electric car company's dealership. What was the fucking name of it?

Richard chuckles as he rushes around, trying to find something among the lifts and stacks of cars around the place. "Big-time release that just happened before all of this, they should have even a display model in stock. We can use it since it's so much tougher than fiberglass," he says as they all look in awe, Evie slightly unamused but rushes over to help with anything as she can guess what is needed. "We just need to find…" he voices before coming to a computer at an office desk in the small backroom warehouse as the window outside shows the lot with lots of cars to choose from. "Uhh…" he groans as he sees the interface while trying to figure out how to start.

Evie suddenly moves into the seat and starts to click around. "I know which one you are talking about. Let me guess, highest of the high?" she asks while intensely looking at the screen.

"These kinda remind me of our cars, but a bit more spacious," Yang points out as she looks into one on a car lift.

Richard smiles as he finally gets one-up on their world. "Yeah. I always wanted one but was too dang poor. But hey. Apocalypse happening, this place still has power from backup batteries, and we can take one for ourselves," he says happily while Rachel gives him a certain look. "Don't look at me like that. I know you want one," he says, and he can see a twitch of a small grin on her face before it disappears. Cop interrogation skills at work there.

"Can't deny it. Everyone wants one, but's just so ugly," Rachel sighs as everyone looks around the place. Which is also finally on a quiet street so they can make all the noise they want in that moment of rest and relaxation.

"I mean the other cars too. But, hey, trucks were ugly to begin with back then," Richard quips before the computer beeps behind him.

"Okay…it's…above us," Evie informs, and they look at a very angular and flat large looking vehicle on the vehicle lift. Yang rushes over to the car lift before pressing a button and brings it down. As it comes down, Evie grabs a cart with another computer and some tools on it before pushing it over. Richard rushes over with her as the truck comes to a stop between them all. "Okay. Connect this, I will give you the full package," Evie says, giving the little cable as Richard opens the door and connects it to the large screen in the middle on the back.

"What's so special about this one than any other car can do?" Ruby asks, wondering about it as Yang looks under the big thing and wonders herself how it's made.

Richard smiles as he goes beside Evie and helps her up by holding her in his arms so she can type and see the computer screen better. "Five hundred miles of power, fourteen thousand pounds of pulling power, self-driving to the extent that it doesn't rely on maps of roads, tough plating made to go into space and easy to repair, big fat wheels that I am sure can take a beating, can seat seven, and, cool ass air conditioning," he lists off like a kid in a candy store. Even Rachel snarks to the side how much he is acting like other people who are so into cars. So much so, he doesn't notice his hand holding Evie's ass cheek as she doesn't seem to notice either with how engrossed she is in the settings and version to give to the truck.

"That's a problem then. There are nine of us," Herleva points out.

Richard sighs. "Yeah. Some of us are either sharing or riding in the back. Don't worry. The trunk can be covered up," Richard reassures.

"I don't mind sitting on your lap," Ruby informs, smirking.

Richard clears his throat as he blushes heavily at the sound of that. "Well…"

"Self-driving. We can relax and not worry about hitting the pedals," Ruby points out, grinning.

Richard groans and turns his head away from her. "Man, this place is getting to you," he whispers to where Evie can only hear. "How's it coming?"

Evie hums. "I can sit with Rachel. And the update is happening now. Whatever they had, even experimental, I put in. Literally, everything they had is now being out in, and it will take…five minutes. Wow. Good connection. I also shut off another part that I am sure could have killed some power as well."

"Take the computer then. Download what you can. If we need it, we will change it. A smart girl like you, I am sure you can do it," Richard says while putting her down. "Okay. Last chance for a pee break. Anyone?" he asks, looking to everyone before smiling as if he made a joke. "Or a snack?"

Ruby gives a lick to her lips at the sound of that while staring at Richard before Rachel holds up a cookie in her vision. "Richard told me how much you like these," she says skeptically. A chomp sounds out, and the woman looks to Ruby to see her chewing, and the whole cookie and crumbs are gone. "Holy shit."

Yang giggles. "Yeah. I sometimes let Ruby cook something sweet if we wanted something. Maybe we can make a cake or cookies for you guys if we make it back to the castle."

"I want five," Evie immediately says as she peeks her head up over the cart.

Ruby swoons. "A girl after my own heart," she voices in a romantic voice before both sisters giggle with each other.

"Everyone better pile in," Richard says as he helps Rachel and Herleva get Reese into a seat and buckles her in. "And Herleva…maybe put your sword and shield in the back," he says, seeing that the height alone is almost as big up to her chest. Herleva gives him an annoyed look before tossing her weapons into the trunk, and he slides the top slider close as everyone piles in.

"We got everything, right?" Rachel asks as Evie grabs the computer and hops in as well, sitting in the middle between Rachel and Richard, who gets into the driver seat.

"Do you see bags of supplies on the ground?" Richard asks, somewhat giddy to try out this thing and maybe even burst through some cars.

Rachel frowns. "No…"

"Then we're good," Richard laughs as he looks to Evie and watches the progress happening on screen.

Ruby smiles in the middle seat with Yang taking the other side. "What's the smile for sis?" Yang asks, noticing her expression and where she is looking towards.

Ruby hums happily. "It's just…this looks like one of the few times he is really happy," she notes and looks at Yang. "Is he?"

Yang looks at Richard as well as he talks with Evie about a few things. "Yeah. After I met him, it was nothing but sadness or being nervous around us. Doubt anything else can make him happier," Yang jokes, smiling while Ruby smirks at the thought.

"And we are good," Evie calls as the truck starts up with the screen resetting and showing a picture of the vehicle and various statuses, and the girls all look at each other.

"I don't hear anything," Blake says, making sure Resse is staying in her seat with Weiss.

Richard smirks but doesn't say anything as he hits the pedal, and the vehicle starts to drive off with hardly a sound and only the sound of tires hitting the ground. He then moves toward the slightly open garage door and smashes through the spot where the bent areas they came in are. Metal screeches are heard as the metal grinds against the flat plates and windows but hardly leaves a scratch or dent. Richard laughs and cheers as he drives through the street now, heading towards the highway to leave the downtown area, but stays off it, considering it could be packed and stuck that way.

Herleva then leans forward and hums as she hears only the ground being driven on beneath them. "I wish we can have a carriage like this. It would be beneficial in battles and tough enough to deal with arrows."

"But at the same time, if only your house had it, the rest of the kingdom would force you to share it or would see you as a threat and attack," Richard points out.

"Wise. And true. This…carriage would be the gold mine of the entire kingdom and country. A true weapon of war," Herleva notes to herself.

"If we outfit it with weapons and…what kind of magical armor do you have?" Rachel asks, wondering if what Herleva is wearing right now is magical.

"That would take some time, and the enchantments need to be empowered every so often, or they stop working," Herleva informs.

"Is the magic or fights that strong or is it just magic constantly leaking out because of it?" Richard asks and wonders while Evie moves to sit on Rachel's lap, and she holds her to make sure she doesn't fly off.

"Stressing it in fights does drain it faster, but without constantly feeding it, the magic starts to dissipate over time," Herleva says.

Richard hums and thinks on that part. "What about cycling magic back into something? Like capturing air in a bottle that you exhale," he suggests before looking at Herleva in the rearview mirror and sees that idea went a bit over her head. "Better to ask a mage, huh?"

Herleva nods before smiling. "I do have a mage as a good friend. She can answer magic questions better than I can," she says while looking up and thinking about what to do when they get back.