Hey guy's, I haven't forgotten about this story and I hope you haven't either, I lost my way of posting for awhile there but I'm back now and I hope I can post steady updates. It's been so long since I wrote on this so I hope the characters still come across ok. Let me know how this chapter sounds if you will and remember your comments motivate me to write faster.

The heavy iron door screamed on its unoiled hinges as it was pushed open, Ruby squinted against the bright sun that was wreathed in coal black smoke that gave the sky a sinister color. It had been a week since she had last saw the sky but it had been worse then this then.

She rolled her shoulders the stark white clothes itching her body, She took the first step out side, the chains rattling as they pulled at her legs, and a old quote surfaced in her head. 'Every step you take is one step closer to your last.' She couldn't remember where she had heard that from but now she wondered how many steps she had left. By the looks of it, about thirty, she reasoned as she stared out into the courtyard where a few posts where set up.

"Move it traitor." A guard growled behind her and gave her a push almost making her stumble, the chain holding her legs was to small and her arms behind her back made it hard to balance but she wouldn't fall, not infront of all those watching her.

She regained her balance and walked forwards her head held high as she headed towards her death.

She reached the first post and the guard knocked her to her knees and hooked her handcuffs to it. She flicked her head to clear her bangs out of her eyes as she looked up at the five atlas soldiers holding rifles at attention. Behind them was a stand filled with angry looking atlas civilans. All here to watch a traitor, a terorist die. And behind them on the horizion was a sea of damaged buildings smoke and fire still rising from their busted iron bodies.

Several airships floated lazily in the distant smokey air

She had done it, she had finished it, but her story would never be told, she knew that this was what waited on her at the end of the road, but she still walked that path because it needed to be done, and now it was all coming to a close.

The Jailer stood next to the soldiers and raised his hand, "Bring out the other one." He ordered. The door opened again and Ruby could hear footsteps and the sounds of chains drawing closer and a body was pushed to the ground agains the post next to her. Ruby glanced over, it was another girl, but she had a bag over her head as the guard chained her to the post.

The guard stood and ripped the bag off of the girls head and Ruby screamed. She wasn't suppose to be here, She lunged against her chains trying to reach her as she smiled kindly at her with tears in her eyes, she screamed because seeing her here hurt worse then the scars on her body, it hurt worse then anything the doctor had done to her, and worse then the bullets that ended her life.

"I will never leave your side again."

Ruby's eyes snapped open as Blake shook her awake. She panted looking around her wildly as she tried to crawl away, her hands gripping franticly at the sheets. but Blake's hands held her in place as she sat ontop of her to keep her from trashing around. "Shhh." Blake breathed helping to ease Ruby's nerves. "It was just a dream."

Ruby panted. Was it, she couldn't remember, but here lately she had been waking up like this in the middle of the night.

"You've been having nightmare's alot lately." Blake said her voice giving life to Ruby's thoughts in the dark air of their room.

Ruby nodded her head against Blake's chest not trusting her voice as Blake rolled off her and laid beside her pulling Ruby into her arms. Ruby latched onto her closing her eyes as she listened to Blake's heartbeat as her own beat quickly in her chest.

"Can you remember what it was about?" Blake asked softly as she ran her hair through Rubys hair.

"No, It dissapears whenever I wake up." Ruby said, as her breathing slowly returning to normal.

"Do you need some water?" Blake asked but Ruby shook her head. "Let me just stay like this." She requested.

"Of course." Blake agreed and in the silence of the room she held her running her fingers slowly through her hair. Seconds turned to minutes and minutes to hours but neither of them spoke or slept. They just lay there in holding each other, the bed they shared was a like their own world, a world without pain or death. Without fear and worry.

"I want to go back there." Ruby said breaking the silence as the sun broke the horizion. "Go where?" Blake murrmered sleeply.

" Mare sidera." Ruby said making Blake smile. "That would be nice." She missed her sea of stars. So much had happened in the past few months that it felt like years since she had been there.

Blake leaned up suddenly and put her face over Ruby's, Blake's hair hung down like a curtain on either side of Ruby's head creating a curtain making it so that Ruby only saw her.

"Remember how a while back you asked me if I would escape with you?" Blake asked her.

"Yeah I remember." Ruby said with a smile and reached up brushing Blake's hair behind her ear.

"Lets go, right now, the White fang has changed, I don't like the violence. Lets run away." She said excitedly.

Ruby smiled leaning up to press her lips to Blake's, She loved the way her lips felt, so warm and full of love.

There was a knock on the door and they seperated, much to Ruby's disapointment, Blake fell beside her on the bed as a voice spoke.

"Miss Ruby?" The man called to her.

"Yes." Ruby answered already sitting up and stretching "Adam wants to see you."

"I'll be there soon." She responded standing up and getting dressed as Blake watched her back.

Blake waited until the man's footsteps had faded. "What's your answer?" Blake asked as Ruby laced up her boots.

Ruby grabbed her cloak and swung it around her and fastened it as she sighed. "I can't go, There's nowhere for me to run to." Ruby stated as she headed towards the door.

"Beside's I owe it to those I killed to see this through." She said softly as she walked out the door.