The loud engine of a motorcycle can be heard echoing throughout the lush forests of the Mistral countryside. Neo and Pyrrha were traveling down a long barren road that was in the middle of the pine forest they were currently in. Winter has melted into Spring as flowers started to bloom along the dirt road, bright and vibrant as they bask in the sun's warm rays. After having received information from Yang and her father Tai, learning that Ruby, Ren and Nora were in Mistral looking for Cinder; Pyrrha and Neo wasted no time to catch a boat there, wanting to get to Ruby as fast as possible before she gets to the safe haven of Haven Academy.
As Pyrrha rides along on the motorcycle, she looks ahead as she keeps an eye on the dirt road that she and Neo were travelling down. This road is a road that leads to vengeance and bloodshed, a path that both girls are willing to take for their own selfish reasons. Both girls know that Cinder needs to die. It's a sentiment that's not only shared between the two of them, but with Ruby Rose, the girl that they're hunting down, as well. So, if they all share the same enemy, then why bother to waste the energy to injure the poor girl? To them, they believe that it's too teach Ruby a lesson on her childish beliefs of a knight in shining armor, slaying the dragon and saving the princess are nothing but fairy tales and should stay as fairy tales. They in no way reflect the harsh reality of this world they're living. At least, that's the reason they believe. The actual reason, not even they don't truly know. Is it because they're angry at Ruby for failing to save their loves? Well whatever the case may be the two women were determined to find Ruby through any means necessary.
With a deep sigh, Pyrrha looks up and notices the sun is starting to set. She looks out at the horizon and sees that they're no where close to a village. "Neo, let's pull over somewhere and set up a camp." She says with a gruff yet tender voice. Neo would give a small nod as she continues driving, trying to find a good spot that can be used as a camp. She would eventually find a small trail that led into the woods, tall pine trees creating a small ceiling over the path that had small specks of sunlight peeking through the branches. Neo turns the cycle into the path and starts to head down the trail for about five or so minutes. Eventually she comes across an empty circular clearing with tall thick grass in the middle. "This looks good. Let's get started." Pyrrha said as she hopped off before Neo had a chance to turn the motorcycle off.
Rolling her eyes at how hasty Pyrrha is, Neo parks the cycle up next to a tree, turning it off and takes a small backpack that she had hanging from it's side. Before leaving for Mistral, the girls made sure to do some shopping buying supplies such as another sleeping bag, ready to eat meals, empty dust cartridges, whetstones, and various other camping supplies. Neo gets started on rolling out the sleeping bags, a white one for her, and a dark crimson one for Pyrrha. Meanwhile, Pyrrha is getting a small campfire started to provide them warmth. Just because it's spring, doesn't mean the cold chills of winter don't linger anymore, and tonight proved to be no different. While their aura does protect them from the freezing cold temperatures of even a blizzard, that doesn't mean it makes blizzards comfortable. All it simply does is just prevents them from dying from the cold.
Setting a ring of rocks around in a circular pattern, Pyrrha places several logs of firewood inside the circle and ignites it with a lighter, the logs slowly catching fire as a gentle crackling sound fills the air. Neo walks over and holds out two "ready to eat meals" in front of Pyrrha, one saying spicy pork curry with rice while the other said beef lasagna. Neo motions her head towards Pyrrha, as if saying to pick one. Pyrrha shakes her head as she looks up at Neo. "You pick whichever one you want. I can't taste any of it, so it doesn't matter which one I get." Pyrrha explained, this being the first time she told Neo about her lack of taste.
Neo gives a small nod and picks the beef lasagna, leaving the curry for Pyrrha to eat. She opens the packet and takes her water canteen, pouring a tiny bit of water into the packet and closing it so that the food can hydrate. Pyrrha does the same as the two sit on the comfy ground. "So, you don't have a sense of taste huh?" Neo signs, wondering how it's possible to live with this.
"Yeah… started a few weeks after the fall of Beacon." Pyrrha mumbled, remembering those early days all too well.
"Well your lack of taste explains the disaster that is the clothes that you're wearing right now." Neo teased with an ass eating grin, eliciting a growl out from the bigger woman.
Pyrrha gives a small groan as she's gotten used to Neo being like this, despite having only been travelling together for almost a week. "The best part about you being mute is that it makes it way easier for me to ignore you." She said with a grin, not really having the best comeback for Neo's jab. She could really care less about her physical appearance, in fact she never really was one too care about what she looks besides some green eye shadow that she liked to put on to highlight her eyes back when she went to Beacon.
Neo gives Pyrrha an angry glare as she signs rapidly at the grumpy spartan, only for her words to fall on deaf ears, or in this case blind eyes. Pyrrha hums to herself softly as she ignores Neo's rapid movements. "This forest is so lovely. I do wish Neo could express her feelings about this forest." Pyrrha teased at Neo's frustration, who was letting out audible grunts and growls to get Pyrrha's attention, before pouting and turning away from her. "Oh Neo!" Pyrrha says in mock surprise as she turns towards Neo. "Is there something you want to say?"
"You're a bitch, you know that right?" Neo signs as she pouted, tipping her hat over her eyes to try to look cooler. Pyrrha only gives a small grumble as she starts to get back into one of her moods again. Neo notices that her meal is ready, picks it up and starts eating it with a small fork that was prepackaged on the outside of the packet. Pyrrha took her meal and started to consume it as well, eating quickly so that she could get to bed earlier. Soon enough, she was done before Neo was even halfway through her bag. Neo just stares at Pyrrha with an odd look in her eyes, not really expecting Pyrrha to eat so fast. But then she remembered that Pyrrha said she had no sense of taste and shrugged her shoulders as she finished eating. Crumbling up the bag, she puts it back into her backpack so that they can properly dispose of it later. Just because they were both women who wanted to stick Cinder's head on a pike, doesn't mean they will throw trash anywhere. They had standards after all, even someone like Pyrrha agreed that she has some form of standards.
Pyrrha looks into the dancing orange flames of the campfire as she thinks to herself, remembering how she came to be here. She looks over at Neo, the embers of the fire gently floating around her as she looks back. She tilts her head and stares back at Pyrrha, wondering what's going on in her head. "Can I help you with something?" Neo asks. "And before you ask, no. I won't transform into Jaune for you." Neo signed with a grumpy expression on her face.
"I wasn't going to ask you that!" Pyrrha grunted, a hint of embarrassment in her voice. She had considered asking such a thing before, but she felt that it just wouldn't be the same. Instead what she was thinking about was how Neo got here. What did she do after the fall? Afterall, Pyrrha told her story a last night, so it's only right that tonight is Neo's turn. "I was just wondering how you ended up here?" Pyrrha asks with a curious look in her eyes.
Neo gives a smile as she leans back, stretching her legs. "Well, my parents wanted to have kids, so my Dad, Barnel-" was all Neo was able to sign before Pyrrha cut her off.
"I don't need to hear your life story. I'm just asking on how you got here from the fall of Beacon academy. What did you do during those long months of winter?" Pyrrha asked, mentally slapping herself as she knew that she should've been more specific around a person such as Neo.
Neo gives a silent giggle as she crosses her legs before looking over at Pyrrha. "Well it was a fun journey, I must admit. So let me start from right after the fall." Neo signed as she got ready to tell Pyrrha her story.
After a long time of clinging onto her parasol for dear life, Neo would finally find herself near the wreckage of an Atlas Battleship. Looking at her surroundings she would see that the battle is over already, Grimm crawling all over the area as it looks like the last transport ship leaves for the evacuation point, flying above her. She looks around at all the Grimm, trying to find the one that killed her love. She walks through the burning wreckage and eventually, she would find a small group of Griffin Grimm gathered around some kind of point of interest. Recognizing these as the culprits, she draws out her parasol and starts firing at the Grimm, catching them by surprise with her sudden attack. Two of the Grimm would evaporate into black smoke. The other Griffin Grimm take notice of Neo, letting out a loud roar as they charge towards her blindly. Neo gives a snarl as her image breaks into glass, confusing the Grimm on her sudden disappearance. They look around and stick their noses into the air as they try to see if they can smell her location.
Before they had a chance to pick up on her smell, one of the Grimm would feel a piercing pain through their neck, letting out a low groan before dispersing into smoke. As the Grimm faded away into smoke, Neo bounces off of it's back and stomped onto the skull of another Griffin, hitting it with her parasol to beat it down as she hops from head to head, bashing each Grimm to weaken them. They give out pained grunts as they try to reach up and slash at her with their bird like talons, only for Neo to dodge every single one of them with grace. She lands on the other side of the small group of Grimm, the group letting out a roar as two take off into the air while the other two stayed on the ground. The group charges at Neo, who glares at them as she slides between the legs of one of the Grimm, hooking it with the hook on her parasol, causing it to stumble onto the ground, impaling itself on a sharp chunk of metal as it roars in pain before disappearing into smoke.
As Neo slid, the other Grimm that was on the ground tries to kick her with it's hindlegs, only for her to shatter into glass once again, tricking the brainless monster and meeting the blade from Neo's parasol in it's mouth, going limp as it poofs into black smoke. Hearing the roars above her, she finds two Griffins flying in, talons extended as they grab Neo by her shoulders. The woman gives a hiss in pain as the sharp talons dig into her flesh, before swinging her body so that she can break free and flip herself on top of the back of the Griffin. Once on the back, she swings her parasol at one of the wings, causing it to hang off from the flesh as the Griffin starts flying towards the other Griffin, flying off balanced. The two Grimm crash into each other with a pained roar as Neo jumps off of their backs, twirling in the air as she holds up her parasol, pointing at the two of them and fires the trigger, sending an explosive round of dust at them and causing the Grimm to explode into an inferno.
Seeing the Grimm taken care of, she opens her parasol and floats down to the ground. Once she was back on the ground, she rushes over to the spot where she saw the Grimm gathering around. She gives out a large gasp of horror as her body starts to tremble. In front of her, was her love Roman Torchwick, his white overcoat stained with black ash and blood as piercing through his chest was a large piece of rebar. His cane was snapped in half, dust remnants lingering on the bottom. He must have been able to fight his way out from the Grimm by killing it, only to fall and get pierced on a piece of rebar. Roman almost had a relaxed look on his face as his hat gently dances on the ground beside him, the wind blowing it softly. Neo grabs his hat and holds it in her hands, looking at it before looking at Roman. Her eyes fill up with tears as she gives a loud sniff, wiping her tears away. She puts his hat on and leans down to give Roman a small kiss on his forehead. 'Roman… you fool… we should have never taken the job…' Neo thought to herself as she sits by his corpse, sobbing softly as tears run down her face.
Neo would stay like this, silently crying over her love, not really caring what may happen next to her. If she would die from a random Grimm, then so be it. She doesn't care at this point anymore. If she dies, she'll at least be with Roman again and won't be alone anymore. The candle flame that lit up her life is gone, extinguished and all that remains is a burnt candle wick, not capable of being lit anymore.
As Neo would grieve, she would fail to hear footsteps and the cocking of guns coming from behind her. She was suddenly broken out from her grief when she hears a loud shout behind her. "PUT YOUR HANDS UP WHERE I CAN SEE THEM!" Shouts a male figure. Turning around she would see five Atlas military personal, guns trained on her as she slowly raises her hands. The leader of the squad motions for the others to get closer and put Neo under arrest.
'I'm not even allowed to grieve for the lost of my love… these bastards!' Neo thought to herself as she feels her arms being put behind her with a firm grip. She tries to break free from the grip and was able to for a second before she was held firmly in place, the arms of the soldier hooking underneath her shoulders as Neo gives a grunt, trying to break away.
"Just calm down there lady. We don't want to hurt you. Just come with us quietly and you won't get hurt." He says, holding her back. Neo gives a small sigh as she swings her right leg high up into the air. With a small "shink!" a hidden blade comes out from the heel of her boot before she swings it backwards, the blade piercing into the soldier's crotch with a loud squish. The man let's out a blood curdling scream as he falls to his knees, letting Neo go as he rolls onto his back in pain.
Neo performs a front flip once she was free, grabbing her parasol in the middle of the flip before landing back onto her feet and opening her parasol to block the oncoming gun fire from the soldiers. She starts running around, the parasol acting like a shield as bullets bounce off of it. She closes in on one soldier and closes her parasol, hitting him on the side of the head with the blunt weapon before kicking him down, bashing his face with the parasol once again. When the soldiers would reload their weapons and start firing at Neo, they notice her break away into glass as she disappears. "Where did she go?!" The captain shouts as he looks around, forming into a small circle with his two other men, back to back. The captain would see a small flash of pink and white running towards a chunk of steel, aiming his rifle towards the debris. Then out of the corner of his eye, he spots the same flash of white and pink on the exact opposite of where he saw it earlier. "Come out here now!" He shouts, not enjoying the mind games.
One of the soldiers points out towards a small piece of rubble, walking up slowly to investigate. He goes behind the cover, concealing himself from his comrades. The two soldiers look on in anticipation, waiting for their friend to come back. Soon enough the man comes back and shakes his head, signaling that Neo was not there. The two soldiers give a sigh as they get back into a circle to try to look for Neo once again. However, the soldier that came from the cover gives a wicked smile as he turns around and lays fire into his comrade's back, causing him to fall to the ground with a lifeless thud. The captain turns around and sees the disturbing sight of friendly fire, only for the soldier to shimmer pink before transforming back into Neo. She tosses the assault rifle to the side as she walks slowly towards the Captain, her heels clicking onto the stone floor like a clock, counting down the final minutes of his life. The Captain fires rapidly at the approaching Neo, who ducks and weaves through the bullets. She would hear a clicking sound coming from the gun as the Captain ran out of ammo.
With a scream he swings his rifle at Neo, who expertly parries it with her parasol, before smacking him on the head. She hooks his neck and swings behind him, kicking him down onto the ground. The Captain gives a grunt as he tries to get up. He hears a loud spine chilling "Ssshhh" from behind him, followed by the clicking of high heels, his death approaching him. Neo, having pulled out the hidden blade from her parasol, tossing the strong lace to the side as she spins her blade in the air with the hook handle. Neo whistles casually as she walks over to the fallen Captain. She kicks him onto his back forcing him to look at his killer. Neo had a sadistic grin on her face as she raises the blade high above her head before thrusting it into the Captain's neck, the man letting out a pained cough, blooding running down his neck before he goes limp.
Neo removes the blade from his neck, giving it a swift flick to remove any excess blood. She goes to the man's uniform and cleans off the rest of the blood with the fabric, before sheathing the blade back into her parasol. She walks back to where Roman was and kneels down, thinking over what Roman would want her to do. She recalls a very faint memory of her and Roman when they were teenagers on the streets, hearing Roman's voice in her head. "We're survivors Neo! Not like those fools back home. Unlike them we will survive using our wit, strength, and our bonds. And, if by some chance one of us is to bite the dust, then the other must survive in their memory. I promise Neo, we will survive together. No matter what it takes."
He would want her to survive and work towards her dream and not to grieve for him for too long. With a longing sigh, she leans down to kiss Roman's cold lips softly before getting up and tilting her hat, hiding her eyes in shadow. She starts to walk away quickly, not wanting to get caught by any more Atlas Soldiers. Did she need to kill those men? No, she didn't, she could have just as easily used her semblance to run away but for a brief moment, but she felt she was possessed by anger. Killing those men with out an inch of remorse. Even now she doesn't feel bad about killing them. But then again, killing is nothing new to her, she's killed before to reach her goals and she will kill again. But those soldiers… they weren't really interfering with her goals. While they did want to put her under arrest, it was a situation where she could easily disappear from their sights.
As Neo would run, she would find herself in a forest and leans against a tree to catch her breath for a bit. She looks around and shivers softly, noting on how the air is getting colder, winter slowly approaching. Giving a sigh she goes back on the run again, no real destination in mind. Just as long as she isn't here, she could care less.
After a few weeks of being on the road, Neo finds herself moving from village to village, stealing food, cheating people out of their Lien, and indulging herself in sweets. Using some of the money she stole, Neo decides to get a room in an inn of a small rustic farming town she was at, all of their buildings being made of wood. The town itself felt all too familiar to Neo as it reminds her of something that she wished she could forget. Resting in her room, she thinks to herself on what she should do next. 'I don't know what the best course of action is. Being a wanted criminal doesn't help matters either as my options are limited.' Neo thought to herself as she lets out a loud groan and throws herself onto the bed. 'I need a drink…' With a small groan, Neo gets herself off of her bed, taking the key to the room and heads out for a late night of drinking. As she walks down the empty rustic streets of the town, she would pause as she finds a small tobacco stand. There was no clerk currently there, signaling that the stand must be closed for the night. She inspects the wooden stand and gives a small gasp, finding something that catches her eye. There on one of the shelves was a pack of cigars called "Stromboli Cigars" that was locked behind a glass case. A small tear runs down Neo's cheek. 'That's Roman's favorite brand…' she thought to herself.
She remembers a faint memory on a Roman's birthday where she got him a large pack of the cigars. He would give a huge grin as he opens the gift. "Oh you shouldn't have! You know that I can just steal these myself right dear?" He asked her, taking one of cigars as he spins it between his fingers.
"Who said anything about me buying these for you?" Neo signed with a smug grin.
"Ahahaha that's my girl. You really are the best!" Roman praises as he takes one cigar and hands it to Neo, lighting both of them. They give one big puff of smoke as they give a happy sigh. "Now I have to think about what I should get for your birthday." Roman says with a small happy sigh, twirling his cane in his hand.
"You don't have to get me anything. Having you by my side is enough for me." Neo signs, holding the cigar in her mouth.
"Heh, I could say the same thing my sweet strawberry." Roman smiled, giving another huff of the cigar.
Neo gives a small sigh, remembering that was the last birthday that Roman had before he passed. She reaches up to her hair, pulling out a hairpin as a small strand of hair falls down onto her shoulder, having been pinned up to stay out of the way. She looks around, making sure that the coast is cleared before sticking the hair pin inside and attempt to pick the lock of the case. After a few minutes of fumbling around, the lock lets out a satisfying click as Neo opens up the case and grabs the pack, stashing it in her coat pocket, before swiftly closing the case. She walks away from the stand as if nothing ever happened and heads into a bar.
The bar was surprisingly empty, only having a few patrons casually enjoying their drinks as they talk silently to each other. Neo heads up to the bar keeper and sits on the stool. "How much is it for me to buy a bottle of your finest whiskey?" she signs to the bartender. She could distract him with her semblance and steal a bottle herself, but she doesn't really feel like putting in the work to do so.
"It'll be one hundred Lien Miss." He says with a disinterested voice, just wanting his shift to be over. Neo places the money on the counter, sliding it over to him as he takes a full bottle of whiskey and gives it to Neo. "Here you go. Enjoy ma'am." He said before getting back to work. Neo nods her head and walks out of the bar, booze in hand.
Neo would walk out of town, not going too far, only far enough to find a lone tree stump. She sits down on the stump, putting the bottle of whiskey to the side as she opens the pack of cigars. She puts one in her mouth, holding onto it firmly with her teeth as she lights the end with her light. She gives a small puff as she exhales a ring of smoke, holding the cigar with her index finger and a thumb. She picks up the bottle of whiskey, pops the cap of and takes a swig of the bitter substance. She takes another puff of the cigar as she thinks to herself. 'What would Roman want me to do…' She thought as she looks up towards the broken moon of Remnant. 'He would want me to avenge his death. Kill Cinder for roping him into this mess that turned out to be far bigger than he anticipated as well as bring a world of suffering to Little Red for foiling his plans each and every single time. Then after that, he would want me to survive and live in his name.' She thought as a small glare grows on her face, hand trembling.
She takes another swig of booze as she gives a loud sigh. Now she knows what she wants to do. But the question is now, where does she go from here? She has no idea where Cinder, nor Ruby may possibly be and for all she knows, they could be on the other side of Remnant right now. She thinks once more, smoking and drinking, finding the two help clear her mind from other intrusive thoughts. Perhaps she can try to meet with one of the local gangs around Vale, see if they have any kind of info that may clue her in on the whereabouts of Cinder or Ruby. Though it's unlikely that they would actually know anything. At least the gangs that are located in Vale won't know anything. Going to the White Fang would be a risk, due to her being a human and not a faunus. Even if she were to disguise herself as a faunus, it wouldn't help as they could easily detect her scent and tell that she is a human. Plus, Adam was quite upset at her last time they met, still feeling that the help of Cinder and Roman was unnecessary.
Neo gives a growl of frustration as she throws her head into her free hand, stuck between a rock and a hard place. A flame than ignites in her mind as she remembers a name that Roman said before. 'Lil Miss Malachite!' Neo thought to herself, remembering that Roman expressed wanting to work with them before Cinder approached the two. Yes, this is perfect! Lil Miss has her influence spread all over Remnant, all she has to do is find someone with a spider tattoo and she will be golden. With her help, Neo will be able to track down Cinder and Ruby and kill Cinder and torture Ruby. She stands up from the stump giving one last puff of the cigar before throwing it down onto the ground and putting it out with her boot. She gives one final swig of booze, letting out a happy sigh as she stares up at the moon. 'You were always a genius Roman, even if I didn't see it at times.' She thought to herself, tipping the bottle over and pouring the contents onto the ground in remembrance of her lover. She takes the empty bottle and throws it into the trash, along with the butt of her cigar as she heads back to the inn for the night, determined for she now had a plan.
Unfortunately, finding someone that was a part of Lil Miss's gang was much harder than she thought it would be as weeks turn into months, Winter nearing it's end. Every town she's gone to, every shady and dark bar, resulted in no information about any potential members of the gang. Were they perhaps intimidated by Neo and didn't wish to reveal themselves? Or is it perhaps because the members were all located in one singular building in a specific town she has yet to visit. Whatever the case may be, Neo starts to feel herself losing hope. There's one town left that she wants to visit that may hopefully shine some light on where Lil Miss and her gang may be. Walking through the snowy woods, her boots crunching in the snow, Neo would hear the sound of rushing water in the distance. This is the way. She's getting close. She picks up her speed, as she walks briskly towards the source of the sound. Neo would soon find a large crevice, a long rope bridge connecting the two sides together. Behind the bridge roared a giant waterfall. There was a thick layer of fog covering the bridge, preventing her from seeing the other side. With a small grunt, she tightens her hood around her face, cloak blowing softly in the wind as she starts crossing the bridge. Making about halfway through, Neo would spot another cloaked figure crossing the bridge. This is a path that very few people take, so seeing someone else was odd, if not suspicious. Deciding that it's best to pay no mind to this figure, Neo walks past them. As she did, she picks up an all too familiar scent of iron from their gear. Both figures stopped on the bridge, backs turned towards each other. "You reek of blood." Said a gruff female voice.
Neo takes out her parasol and taps it on the wooden plank. 'So do you.' She thought to herself, getting ready for a fight that's no doubt about to break out.
"And I'm pretty sure you know what happens from there." Neo signed, giving a quiet yawn as she stretches her arms.
"I see. I'm jealous of you Neo." Pyrrha said with a grumble, crossing her arms. Neo tilts her head, confused on what Pyrrha could mean. "You got to see Roman's body one last time and say goodbye to him. I wasn't granted that pleasure." She murmured, giving a quiet sniff.
"I see… I don't really know what to say if I'm being honest except that I'm sorry." Neo signed with a sigh as she looks into the fire.
"You, not knowing what to say? This must be a dream." Pyrrha chuckled, trying to lighten the mood.
"If you want, I can call you a bitch again." Neo signed with a teasing smile.
"Nah, let's get some rest. I'm pretty certain we'll find Ruby tomorrow." Pyrrha said with a yawn as she lays down onto the ground. She stares up at the stars and thinks to herself what Jaune looked like in his final moments. Was he in pain? Or did he have a relaxed look on his face? Pyrrha shakes her head dismissing the thought. It was obvious that Jaune was in pain. He died in the hands of Cinder. Of course, he would be in pain. Jaune deserved a better death than that. He deserves being able to die happily and in peace, not in cold blood. 'I'll make sure that you suffer the same death he did Cinder. I will torture you for days on end before I finally kill you.' She thought to herself, glaring up at the stars before rolling onto her side.
Neo looks at Pyrrha, giving the red head a sympathetic look. She couldn't even possibly begin to imagine what it would be like if she didn't have a chance to say a final goodbye to Roman. Would she have turned into what Pyrrha is now? A being of pure rage and vengeance? It's possible, considering the people that she brutally killed right after discovering Roman's body. But she doesn't want to dwell on this thought any longer than she should. At the end of the day, she's still Neopolitan, and she will carry out Roman's will, no matter what. With a deep sigh, Neo would roll over facing Pyrrha from across the dying fire. "Well… good night. Hopefully tomorrow we will be able to find Little Red." Neo signed.
Pyrrha gives a small nod as she wraps herself up tightly in the sleeping bag. "Yes. Good night Neo." She said before falling asleep, going back into that nightmare realm that she knows so well by now.
The next day, Pyrrha and Neo would wake up and pack their things up, not even sparing time to eat a quick breakfast. Ruby was close, they can feel it. With a roar of the engine, Neo and Pyrrha drive down the dirt road on their motorcycle, wind blowing through their hair. As they drove, they would find themselves in an Eastern looking village that was under construction. The houses were incomplete as the support beams grew moss, indicating that this town will never be finished. They would drive through this place without a second thought, before something catches Pyrrha's eye. She taps Neo to stop for a quick moment as she hops off. Walking towards the object that caught her eye, she bends down and picks up a red rose petal and what appeared to be a giant scorpion tail. Pyrrha looks at the blood that was running out of the tail. "Still fresh." She said to herself as she throws the tail down, taking the rose petal to Neo. "Ruby was here not too long ago. We're getting close, I know it." Pyrrha said as she hops back on.
Neo gives a nod, an excited smile growing on her face as for finally after so long, she can enact her plan to avenge Roman's death. With a roar of the engine, the two would soon quickly take off down the road. As they rode down the path, they noticed that the trees around them started getting barren and lifeless, the ground going from a warm green color to a cold brown, almost purple color. As they rode, Neo and Pyrrha spot a trail that leads up to a cliff. Judging from where the cliff went, they assumed that it all leads to the same place. Figuring that having the high ground will grant them an advantage, they drive off towards the cliff trail and ride along it.
Both women's hearts were beating against their chest as they road through the dead forest, getting closer and closer until finally they reach a cliffside that overlooked a fork in the road they were on earlier. There at a sign that stood where the paths split, was Ruby Rose herself, carrying a stretcher that held a man with a red cape. Ren appeared to be carrying the other end as Nora stuck close to him. Pyrrha takes out Milo and shifts it into a rifle, looking through it's scope. The man on the stretcher was Qrow, Ruby's uncle. On his stomach seemed to be a large bandage, blood stained on it. Pyrrha lowers her rifle, heart stopping as she now knows that this is it. It's finally time. "It appears that Qrow is injured. Good. That just means he won't get in our way when we attack. Neo, mind disguising me real quick?" She whispered to the brown and pink haired girl. She gives a small nod and soon Pyrrha felt the familiar tingling feeling over her skin as she now finds herself having long brown hair and brown eyes. Her weapons too were changed to look like a generic spear and shield, their vibrant red and gold colors shifting to a plain grey. Her armor changed to that of simple leather gear that most huntsmen wore. Pyrrha takes a deep breath, mind racing and simulating what will happen. "Ruby Rose… your time has come."
