"Aaaaaahhhh!" - Ruby Rose suddenly fell from the ceiling.
"Ruby! look-" - Weiss fell on Ruby.
"Fuck-" - Yang crashed to the wall.
"Yang!" - Blake head-butted Yang.
"Shit! Shit!" - The poor author panicked - "Where have I messed up?" - He quickly reviewed the equation.
"What the Fuck?" - Yang's hair burned a golden flame.
"Sorry! Sorry! Wait there for a minute." - He yelped.
Yang heard the reply, pissed off charge toward the author.
"Wait, where the rest?" - He sweated bullet. "Uhmmmmm, Fuck it!" - Gave up, he pushed a big red button.
Boom* - A loud bomb explosion erupted from nowhere. Flame combusted around the room.
"Oh fucking good! You four! Head to the exit!" - He instructed while still gluing to the computer screen. Team RWBY had no time to argue, followed. White light suddenly appears at the center of the room.
"Please! Please!" - He crossed his finger.
"Aaaahhhhh" - _NPR started popping out the white light, everyone else soon followed.
"Yes!" - The author cheered.
BOOM* -"Oh yeah, that still going on".
"Everyone! Head to the exit! GO! GO!" - He cowardly ran first.
Sometime after the disaster.
"Let me punch him!" - Yang yelled while being held back by Ruby.
"Not the face, anywhere but the face." - The author begged.
"Students! Calm down!" - Glynda scolded.
"Young man, can you explain what happened?" - Ozpin asked.
"Yes, yes, I can" - he quickly replied
"Uhmmm, is everyone all here?"
Ozpin looked back and mentally counted heads:
Team RWBY Team JNPR minus Jaune Team CFVY Team STRQ Glynda Goodwitch, Peter Port, Bartholomew Oobleck James Ironwood, Penny Polendina, Winter Schnee Ghira Belladonna, Kali Belladonna, Ilia Amitola
"I believe that's everyone" - Ozpin answered.
"Jesus, no wonder" - He sweated bullet.
Ahem* "I sorry for hijacking your teleportation, I sure you all want to go home already." - He spoke up.
"Get on with it already!" - Coco yelled.
"Yes, yes, my name is #* %. Uhmm, just call the Author, I'm a graduate of the "Multiverse Watcher" Academy. Proud member of the "Jaune is love, Jaune is life" club. I-"
"We don't need your backstory." - Yang interrupted.
"Wait, Jaune is love, Jaune is life?" - Pyrrha questioned.
"No! Not the dunce again!" - Weiss groaned.
"If you tell we watch him again, I will cut you." - Raven threated.
Many of them were breaking knuckles.
"No no, wait, please calm down" - Author yelp.
"It's about your Jaune."
Everyone was surprised.
"What do you mean our Jaune?" - Pyrrha worried.
"Explain." - Weiss demanded.
"Uhm do you guys notice anything out of ordinary about your Jaune?"
"No, nothing" - Ren replied.
"Nope" - Nora said.
"He's normal?" - Ruby question.
"He had a few nightmares." - Pyrrha joined in.
"Did he tell you anything about them?" - Author questioned Pyrrha.
"No."
"So what? Anyone can have nightmare." - Qrow said.
"No... like this, they don't" - Author confirmed.
"Your Jaune is special, not in He has potential special, he has power, a gift, and a curse." - He took a good look at everyone - "It's hard to explain, it'll better if I show you." - He lighted up the next room revealed a cinema room.
Pyrrha not hesitant quickly took a sit. Ruby and the rest of team RWBY, JNPR soon followed.
"What if we don't want to watch?" - Ghira asked.
"Well, there're many rooms here with enough entertainment to keep you all occupied. But I'm sorry, you have to stay here until I fixed the teleportation machine." - He nervously looked at the collapsed room - "Don't expect it to be fixed soon."
Not seeing a way out, everyone took a sit.
"Now showing: Nightmare Ruby Rose"
"Me?" - Ruby's confused.
"Nightmare?" - Yang asked.
The screen showed Jaune was in his bunny onesie.
Laugh* - "Oh Oum, what's he wearing?" - Coco laughed her butt off.
"How childish." - Winter held in her laughter.
The whole cinema filled with laughter, even The Tin Man chuckled a bit.
"Jaune-Jaune, what're you doing?" - Nora asked. She was curious why Jaune packing his backpack right before bedtime.
"Just checking some stuff." - Jaune replied.
"Jaune always packing his backpackbefore bedtime." - Pyrrha clarified.
"Why?" - Glynda asked.
"He always likes to be prepared."
"This is two weeks ago?" - Ren said.
"Humm?" - Ruby looked at Ren.
"I'm still in the bathroom, normally Jaune and I finished already."
"Do you need any help?" - Pyrrha asked.
"No, thanks Pyrrha, I'm about to be done."
"We out of hot water." - Ren walked out the bathroom.
"It's getting late, Everyone, head to bed." - Jaune declared.
"Night-Night, fearless leader." - Nora said.
"Goodnight" - Ren hopped on his bed.
"Goodnight" - Pyrrha followed.
"Night" - Took a deep breath, Jaune closed his eyes.
"It's normal?" - Ruby asked.
"I yet not seen any abnormally." - Penny stated.
"Give it a minute." - Author said.
Past forward toward midnight.
Jaune opened his eyes and see his not in his room.
"And there it is." - Author stated.
"Don't ask now, I will explain the details after the viewing."
"Now where am I." - Jaune inspected the surrounding.
He was in a corridor of some kind. The wall was painted dark green with white ceiling. The corridor's light looks old, flicker every now and then.
"Alright then."
Jaune ripped out his onesie revealed a police bulletproof suit under.
The cinema gasps in surprise.
"It's not his first rodeo." - Qrow stated.
He quickly took out his gears in his backpack. Armed himself with a practical ax, a standard handgun.
Noticed footstep behind him, Jaune took guard, raised his gun.
"Who there?"
"That's me?" - Ruby asked.
"She looks weird." - Blake stated.
Seeing his best friend's silhouette, Jaune relaxed a bit.
"Ruby?" - He asked.
He immediately noticed something wrong with this version of Ruby. She covered in some kind of black glue. Her eyes dyed black without any sign of sclera, iris, or pupil.
"Ruby?" - He took a step back.
Ruby gave to respond, suddenly attacked him. Jaune wasted no time, blocked incoming attacks with his ax.
"Stop! What are you doing." - Ruby shouted at her other-self.
"Shit! She skilled."- Ruby's weapon - Crescent Rose isn't designed to be used in tight space. But she still somehow swung at him, targeted his weak points.
Saw an opening Jaune rushed at her, gave an overhand punch, hoped it would knock her down.
"Look out!" - Pyrrha shouted.
Ruby easily dodged his attack, circled her weapon around, sliced his left arm off.
"Jaune!" - RWBY, _NPR shocked.
"Shit!" - Jaune panicked. Ruby took her chance rushed him with a powered swing. No other choice, he fired his handgun, forced her to hold back the attack. Gave him time to breathe.
"He not strong enough." - Raven stated.
"That Ruby is skilled." - Ozpin said.
"He needed to retreat." - James joined in.
"No, Ruby's too fast." - Tai disagreed.
Suddenly Jaune threw his gun at her.
"Are you stupid!" - Ilia shouted.
Ruby casually blocked the gun, surprised to see dust trail behind it. Jaune revealed two pieces of metal stuck on his front-teeth, clenched his mouth creating a spark. A bright fireball appeared, blinded her. Jaune took the chance, charged at her with his ax, aimed at her chest.
Everyone was surprised at the underhanded play.
Ruby semblance activated, she exploded into rose petals.
"Fuck!" - Jaune groaned at the missed opportunity.
"No." - He saw the rose petals files rapidly everywhere filled the corridor, surrounded him. The Crescent Rose appeared from nowhere sliced his chest.
"What was that!" - Everyone's surprised.
Jaune tried his best to block Ruby's attacks but they came from everywhere in the petals storm.
"She learned this technique already?" - Jaune panicked. He had seen it only one by a 30 years old Ruby. The technique was developed to help her fight in tight space, cut down many of her enemies.
"That's an awesome technique." - Summer amitted.
"No other choice." - Jaune took out a grenade, threw it into the ground.
"That's too dangerous." - Glynda shouted.
The grenade exploded into a red mist. Jaune clenched his mouth again created a spark. The whole corridor filled with fire burned every petal came near it.
"The technique is fearsome but it also makes you vulnerable." - Jaune put off some of the fire latched on him.
"Have enough?" - Jaune looked at the heavy injured Ruby.
"He smart." - James stated.
"Yes, Mr. Arc is a born strategic." - Ozpin agreed.
"It's that Ruby ok?" - Yang asked.
He noticed something wrong, very wrong. All the petals ash returned to Ruby healing her.
"No, she's not healing, she revered the damage she took" - Jaune panicked, grabbed his gun then double-tapped her. The bullets stopped in mid-air not hitting her.
"What?" - Everyone's surprised.
"Fuck, I got 10 minutes tops." - He quickly retreated, ran toward the end of the corridor.
"Hurry! Jaune." - Nora begged.
"How did she healed herself?" - Winter asked.
"Magic." - Author answered. - "But not that kind of magic you know of." - he looked at Ozpin.
"7 minutes left." - Jaune noticed something disturbing. He got nowhere near the corridor's end. "The space is wrapped?" - Jaune abandoned the ideal. He looked at the sidewall then took out the ax, made a heavy swing at it. The wall was damaged but recovered like Ruby was but much faster.
"How can he escape now?" - Kali worried.
"He can't." - Ghira saddened.
"He won't survive." - Raven stated.
"6 minutes left. Come on Jaune! Think." - Jaune banged his head to the wall.
"I don't see any way out." - Glynda's ashamed.
"He can just wake up right?" - Nora hopefully asked.
"It's not that simple." - Author stated.
"5 minutes." - An ideal popped in Jaune's mind. "That's too dangerous, but... it could work." - He immediately put his thought in action. He pulled out a pack of C4 explosives.
"Blow the wall off?" - Winter wondered.
"It's could work, but we don't anything about the other side." - Dr. Oobleck said.
"Not to mention can he reach the other side fast enough." - Ozpin joined in.
"I believe my boy can make it." - Peter stated.
Finished wiring the C4, Jaune took out a grenade, strapped it to his back.
"He intended using the grenade as a launcher?" - Blake asked.
"1 minute left." - He closed his eyes steeling himself.
"He's not?" - Yang asked.
Ruby's footstep was getting louder and louder. Jaune immediately shot at her. She spun her weapon blocking the bullets. He rushed at her, made a powered ax swing.
"Jaune! Don't." - Pyrrha shouted.
Ruby dodged the obvious attack, circled back her scythe intended to cut off his right leg. He took it, his leg came right off.
"Nooo." Everyone shouted.
Using the momentum, he head-butted her then use his ax chocked her neck, forced her to the wall. Ruby exploded to rose petals rematerialize behind him. Jaune triggered the grenade blew her to the opposite wall. At the same time, the C4 exploded, made a big hole in the wall. Jaune took his chance pushed stunned Ruby toward the hole. Ruby tried to escape but Jaune kept head-butting, stunning her from using her semblance.
The hole was closing as the wall recovered itself, left Ruby merging with it until only her hand stuck out, fell on to the ground.
"That's..." - The audience lost their word.
"He did it." - Ozpin was in awe.
The students threw upon seeing Ruby's lifeless hand on the ground.
"Ruby." - Summer mourned.
"It's ok, it's not our Ruby." - Tai comforted his wife.
Jaune took a deep breath, lied against the wall, hurting, missing his left arm and right leg, bleeding out.
"Come on, wake up." - Jaune groaned in pain.
Then he noticed Ruby's hand was melting to black goo. The wall was bleeding out the same substance. Chunks of the wall were falling apart. Lights were getting dimmer and dimmer.
"Wake up! Wake up!-W" - A chunk fell, crushed him.
And then there black.
"He died?" - Everyone shocked.
"Don't worry." - Author assured.
"Jaune!"
Jaune opened his eyes to see Pyrrha was shaking him.
"Thank Oum" - Pyrrha just remembered what's happened the next day.
"So it just a nightmare?" - Blake asked.
"Jaune, you were screaming for a while now. Bad dream?" - Pyrrha worried.
"Yeah, but I'm fine now." - Jaune replied.
"I need a hot shower." - He then headed to the bathroom, intended to collect himself.
Jaune looked at the mirror shocked to see his right eyes turned black just like that Ruby.