Blake stared at the ceiling of the cargo bay counting the rivets in the metal for the fifth time, they only had around thirty minutes until they reached the ambush zone and the entire time they had been on the Osprey Ruby had been constantly moving around and humming that song, at first it had gotten on her nerves but she had started to like it.
"What is that song you keep humming?" Adam said, it was the first thing he had said since they had left. Ruby looked up, she had been picking at the hem of her hood. "its a song, my mother use to sing to me." she explained in a quiet voice.
"I'm curious, could you sing it?" Adam asked her. She shook her head and ducked her head. Blake found her self frowning, slightly disappointed, she had wanted to hear the song.
Ruby started singing, her voice was light and beautiful, it seemed to reach into Blake's soul.
"Red like roses fill my dreams and brings me to the place you rest...
White is cold and always yearning, burdened by a royal test
Black the beast descends from shadows!
Yellow beauty burns gold."
The last note of the song hung in the silence of the air. And Blake realized she had been holding her breath during the song. She let it out, her ragged breath breaking the silence. Ruby ducked her head again. "It's something like that, my mother could sing it a lot better then I could." She mumbled awkwardly.
Blake scoffed "I doubt that."
"I've never heard anyone sing like that." Adam stated agreeing with Blake. "Thanks." Ruby muttered pulling her hood lower over her head.
Adam sighed and stood up with a groan and stretched until his joints popped. "We will be landing soon, so here's the plan so listen up good." he told them. Ruby looked up pulling her hood back.
"when we get there Ruby will stay at the landing site while I stop the convoy. When the soldiers make their appearance to confront me. Me and Ruby will handle them while you Blake will get our new friend." he explained the plan to them.
"How is Ruby going to help you take out the soldiers from where we land?" Blake asked. "That's easy!" the hooded girl exclaimed jumping to her feet. She produced the red rectangle from the holster on her back. It extended and unfolded into a massive black and red scythe. Blake jumped slightly out of surprise as the tip of the scythe stabbed into the floor of the osprey.
"This is Crescent Rose, a high impact sniper scythe, my baby." She purred petting the metal. Blake smirked slightly at the girl. 'She's kind of adorable.' Blake thought then shook her head frowning. 'what am I thinking?' she thought.
"Sir, were landing now!" the pilot shouted from the front. "alright, everyone on their feet and ready. Once we land we have fifteen minutes to get into position. Then the convoy would reach the interception point." Adam ordered as they felt the osprey start to descend. Ruby returned crescent rose to its unreleased form and put it in its holster. Blake lifted herself off the floor and stretched.
This mission was different in so many ways. The white fang she had grew up in was gone now and in its place was this group that carried out violent acts. Maybe this was the right way to go about winning equality for faunus. She wasn't sure.
The osprey sat down with a slight bump that jostled them. Ruby waved her arms in circles comically as she regained her balance. "I am OK." Ruby stated regaining her balance. "Lets get this done." Adam stated as the cargo doors slid open with a mechanical groan.
"Lets go shoot some people." Ruby giggled and jumped out of the doors to the ground below.
"She's eager." Adam commented amused, Blake just shrugged and then they followed her.