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.
(Mantle Warehouse 5.)
Ruddy didn't enjoy being around massive crowds of people. He was fine with it being with other soldiers, but people who didn't like the Atlas Military?
It was about one accident or misunderstanding away from a riot. He turned to Penny.
"Why are we here again? I didn't think they would need us with the Ace Ops here." Ruddy asked the other cyborg.
Penny put her hands behind her, the sensors in her ears picked up the extremely rehearsed speech.
"General Ironwood wishes to keep an eye on Robyn Hill incase her activities turn towards vigilantism." Penny turned to look at Robyn and her 'Happy Huntresses'.
She didn't hate the woman, but fighting against the Military instead of at least approaching the general to ask for answers? It made her come off as extremely hotheaded and unwilling to trust authority.
"I know, but we have the Ace Ops… You're getting a lot of uncomfortable looks." Ruddy whispered towards Penny as they continued to view Robyn's speech.
"I'm fine, Ruddy." She didn't sound reassuring as Ruddy crossed his arms behind his back.
"We're partners, if this about the sparring match or all the hugs you've given that might have damaged my cybernetics by accident…" Ruddy started to say.
He didn't care about all the looks he got; they didn't know Ruddy was a cyborg. Ruddy knew he wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for the robotic components that were now part of his body. They were as essential as air, or nerves to move limbs.
"It's about what I am. I'm not a real girl. I don't feel real." He turned to Penny and crossed his arms.
"We're both cyborgs, Penny. Your acting a lot more… Jumpy, then you usually are. You aren't acting like the peppy partner I like to hang around," Ruddy stated. Penny turned to the side, a blush on her cheeks as Ruddy raised one of his hands to rest it on her shoulder.
"Pen… You can trust me, just like you can trust the others. We're your friends." Penny turned to look at him.
That was when the lights were killed, throwing the room into darkness.
Ruddy and Penny heard someone unsheathe blades as Ruddy drew his weapon. Penny spotted a Scorpion Faunus lash out at the others before noticing Ruby was pinned to the stage.
"Damn it, everyone gets out of here!" Ruddy fired a round which sparked off the man's tail as he continued to slash and stab the guests. Penny flew overhead and sent 2 of her blades towards the man which were dodged and a third parried.
He rushed towards Robyn as Ruddy fired another round, it was blocked, but it gave enough time for Robyn to be moved backwards.
Penny lost him in the crowd as Ruddy fired his grappling hook into the ceiling. He turned towards Penny as Tyrian leapt into the rafters. Ruddy fired another bullet, breaking the beam under him and causing him to leap to safety before Ruddy clicked another round into the chamber. A Gravity Dust bullet.
Ruddy managed to tag the man as he angled for another attack and fired.
The bullet hit under his feet and threw him through the windows, raining shards of glass down as he dropped to the ground.
He was greeted by the lights going on again as he started looking around. He scanned the area before he walked forward.
Penny looked at the carnage in horror. Ruddy looked at his partner before someone screamed.
"It was Ironwood's robot!" Ruddy glared at the wounded man from behind his helmet.
He turned back towards Penny who backed away in fear. He walked through the crowd.
A few tried to grab him only for Ruddy to easily shrug them off. He saw their panic and knew his concern should go to the wounded and worse.
Penny backed off before looking at a terrified Robyn. Ruddy leapt onto the stage before holstering his weapon.
"Pen… You didn't do that, I saw what happened with my own eyes, the cameras in my helmet…" Penny turned to him before she crashed through the roof.
"PENNY!" He turned to Marrow.
"I'll keep an eye on her, get medics here… I saw what happened and I'm uploading the footage to the net." Ruddy said before he fired his grappling look through the roof.
He didn't want to stay and see the carnage, it reminded him too much of how his life as a regular human started.
He spotted Penny flying away, her jets streaming as she fled.
"PENNY!" Ruddy rushed along the roof and followed her. he paused only to notice a Manticore appear in front of him.
Penny fled further into Mantle as Ruddy drew Fusillade and put a bullet into the Grimm's mouth as it lunged forward.
He turned and followed Penny, his legs carrying him at speeds unobtainable by a regular human being.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter done! I know this chapter focused a lot on Ruddy and Penny. I want to point out the story will focus almost entirely with Ruddy and Penny. Next chapter will show Ruddy following Penny and comforting her while showing their relationship advancing past friends. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: Yang's chapter is on Sunday and Winter on Saturday is 2000 words. Raven is on Friday maybe.