Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Cybernetic Couple. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth do.
(Pietro's Lab.)
"The rally is something we're invited to… General Ironwood wants security there and he's sending the Ace Ops there as a guarantee… I heard you were at a convoy a few days ago…" Ruddy stated before he turned to the side.
Penny said nothing and hummed again. Ruddy offhandedly tapped his holster again and looked to the side.
"Something wrong, Pen?" Penny tapped his head playfully and Ruddy smiled.
"You know no matter how things get; I'm always going to be here if you need someone to talk with…" Ruddy stated. Penny nodded.
"I know, I'm just trying to think of how to help the others… Ms. Robyn Hill isn't making things easier to handle." Penny turned to see Ruddy crossing his arms as he sighed.
He grunted before starting to speak again.
"From what I've heard up the chain? Ms. Hill is a very annoying and persistent Huntress when she doesn't get what she's chasing. It makes things a lot more frustrating for her not to get the hint that we don't want to be bothered." Ruddy muttered. Penny nodded.
"My father told me your cybernetics should be stabilized. He did say they may need to keep being modified and upgraded like mine." Ruddy tapped at his arm only for Penny to swat his arm down.
"No, you're going to damage something if you mess with them… My father isn't a surgeon, he had to get help from outside Mantle to help with his surgery on you…" Penny stated. Ruddy sighed.
"I've been meaning to wonder what happened to you last time. I didn't watch the camera footage… I didn't want to see it, all those people we couldn't save… I hate all the helplessness of being stuck here and not being able to do anything but cower from the bad guys… Cinder destroyed Vale, if she comes here? I just don't know what to do anymore to save the things worth protecting… I hear she has some special super powers or something she got from someone else. I can't fight someone like that, I don't even know where to try to be honest." He sighed and crossed his arms with annoyance.
Cinder Fall… That was the name of the person who killed her by making Pyrrha freak out and use her semblance to rip her in half… Penny had no ill will towards the Mistral Champion. She didn't know Penny was a machine or the danger her semblance could do.
She also heard Pyrrha had given her life failing to stop Cinder from killing everyone. She had already paid the price of being another victim of Cinder. Pyrrha was just another toy Cinder had played with before throwing away like a discarded ball of yarn and a cat.
Ruddy watched Penny's fists clench before she put a hand on her shoulder and Penny swung her swords at him. Her eyes wide and her teeth gritted in anger.
She gasped as her eyes dilated. She looked at Ruddy who had several small cuts on his face before his Aura knitted them back together.
She could see where she hurt him, and the cybernetics holding his very body together.
"I'M SORRY!" Penny retreated out of the room with her jets before Ruddy could respond.
Ruddy winced before shaking his head and following after the girl. He knew she had a painful reaction to whatever caused her death, if he was killed? He'd probably be scared of whatever took his life as well…. He didn't even know how to cheat death to begin with. Ruddy felt like asking her father if Penny had a semblance allowing her to come back to life or not.
He continued to chase after her. Ruddy cleared his throat.
"Penny!" She turned to him before he walked over, she tried to fly higher only for him to grab her foot.
"Penny, I'm not mad at what you did. I know your scared. I can heal, remember?" Penny blinked before trying to fly off again.
Ruddy dug his cybernetic legs in as the servos in his legs cracked the floor in his attempt to make sure she didn't fly off to panic at the moment.
"Penny, I'm fine, look at my face, you didn't do anything to me. I'm fine." He stated. Penny looked at his face to see he had indeed healed from Floating Array.
Penny looked at Ruddy who continued to grab her foot gently.
"Unless you're willing to rip my arm off, I'm not letting go… Pen, you're going to be fine, you don't have to tell me what happened to you. I don't want you to do anything you don't like, we're partners, partners don't get mad at each other like this. Pen? You see me being mad?" He smiled and Penny slowly floated down where Ruddy hugged her.
"Your fine… Ok?" Penny blinked and then smiled and wrapped her arms around Ruddy.
Then both heard something crack in Ruddy's body as his Aura flared.
Author notes.
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that Penny and Ruddy are supposed to be bonding slowly and next chapter will be on 'A Night Out.' Next chapter will be on next, next Tuesday or maybe next Tuesday and will start the story chapters. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!