Chapter fifteen: Ruby the broken, Pyrrha the false

(a/n- this first part's written from… well you'll figure it out soon enough. Minor disclaimer on this one. Skip past the first part if you don't want to see child abuse)

"GAH!"

I yelled as I felt the familiar pain at my back. I saw only darkness as I heard the familiar sound of my chains rattling. "Repeat after me. I am a failure." I heard the familiar, dark velvet voice of my mother say. I was still panting from the workout I'd had before I was taken up here, but I gulped and said so anyway. "I am a failure." I grunted as I felt the whip on my back again. I moved my hands, feeling the old shackles nearly cutting into my wrists. I gulped as I felt a soft hand on my side. I knew the drill, and I just repeated whatever she said, and I really did believe it, at this point.

"Mama knows best."

"I deserve worse."

"I serve mama, and only mama."

"No one is better than my mama."

"I am worthless, mama makes me worth something."

"No one deserves to live if they hurt mama."

I felt the last sting of the whip as I repeated the last line, the feeling of my feet's shackles being undone. When I looked up, I felt my blindfold removed, revealing my mother standing there. Piercing silver eyes gazed at me as she placed her hand on my scarred stomach. She gently trailed it up, smiling at me. "Who are you?" she asked. I knew the answer, from being wrong so many times. Or rather, I knew what she wanted to hear, and what the correct answer was in her eyes. "I am the bloody rose. I was made by you, I kill for you, I will die for you." I said, my mouth twinging up in an insane smirk. She smiled at me, leaning in and planting a kiss on my cheek, the way she always did. "That's my girl. Now go ahead and play~" she said, unlocking my arm shackles as I fell to the floor. I stood, walking right past her. I walked down the hall, not bothering to go to my room and put on clothes. I wouldn't need them for what I was doing.

The few servants that walked past me quickly looked away or ran the opposite direction the second they saw the insane smirk on my face. I walked into the familiar room, with the gun range and the practice dummy, and walked over to the familiar, blood splattered spot. I walked over, grabbing the handgun from the ground as I aimed at the target dummy. I saw a man walk over, standing nearby. I aimed down the sights, and I fired three rounds. "Two hits!" he said. I gritted my teeth as I reached over, grabbing the knife, stained red with blood. Mine. "RAH! TWO MORE!" I yelled, slicing the knife over my forearm, feeling the blood splattering across the wall, as well as my bare stomach. I aimed down the sights, fighting through the pain of my injury as I shot three more times. "All hits!" he said. I nodded, firing the rest of the bullets in the mag, meaning there were two of them. "Miss!" he said. I growled as I reached down, making two more long slices in my arms. I set down the gun, walking over to the dummy and holding the knife.

I started swinging around, punching, stabbing, slicing, and kicking at the dummy, slicing hard enough that, at one point, I watched it's head fall off. I panted as I felt my vision blurring, no doubt from the blood loss. "Never good enough for mama. Train harder, get better, fight through it for mama!" I yelled to myself as I kept training, even when I felt my body get weaker, I pushed on, striking and striking at it, splinters of wood hitting my bare body. Let them hit, the little pains distracted me from the main one. Eventually though I dropped the knife, staggering backwards as I held a hand up to my head. Everything started spinning as I fell down, looking up to see a woman rushing towards me. I just shut my eyes, letting my head loll of to the side as I passed out from exhaustion and blood loss.

"I will be perfect for you mama, even if it kills me."

(a/n- wow… that came outta nowhere. Anyway, back to some less dark stuff relating to Jaune.)

I don't know how long I stood there, standing in Blake's embrace and smoking my cigar. Blake warmed the outside, and the smoke was slowly warming my insides too, muddling my thoughts a little. Eventually though, I tossed my cigar to the ground, Blake doing the same. We snuffed them out at once, having burned them down to stubs. I looked over at Blake, and she looked over at me. "Hey…" we both said in unison. Then we looked away, my face tinged slightly pink as I noticed hers was the same way. When I looked back, I found her looking back as well, gazing up at me. "So… guess we should head in huh?" I asked, giving her a little smile. She sighed, moving her arms and surprising me by wrapping them around me. I felt my face tinge light red, but I followed suit, wrapping mine around hers. When she looked up, she was smiling at me. "Guess so huh?" she said. I noticed something off, one of her hairs was over in front of her face, on the right side. I reached up, moving it back behind her ear as I nodded. "Yeah…" I said, using my other hand and doing the same on the other side.

I felt my hands come to rest on the back of her neck, our breaths fogging between us. It had gotten a bit colder since we'd been outside. I leaned in closer, so did she. In my head I was slightly panicking, was I really about to do this? She leaned closer still, enough that I could even smell the perfume she was wearing. I leaned in, our breaths mixing as amber eyes met blue one's. We both stayed there for a moment, just staring at one another eyes, it felt like a lifetime doing it. I was fine with that though. "Has anyone ever told you you have really pretty eyes?" I asked, smiling slightly at her. I heard her giggle, shaking her head as I saw her bow twitch slightly, her ears flicking around a bit. "Your's are pretty too. Like looking into an ocean…" she said, stopping as she leaned closer. I did too, at this point our lips were just barely a hair's breadth apart.

"JAUNE!"

I jumped back, Blake and me both hitting the wall as I saw Nora come stumbling out of the door, a bottle of Khan special in one hand, Ren's hand in the other. Ren came out, stumbling slightly. His face was as red as his girlfriend. Both of them were completely drunk. I was slightly thankful for that, since now Ren couldn't see what me and Blake were about to do and tease us about it. Speaking of, I pulled back a little from Blake, but still held her close, as the two drunk lovebirds, looked at each other. "Come on baby~ Let's have some fun." Nora said, grabbing Ren's tie and pulling him into a drunken kiss. I looked over, seeing May walking out, covering Neo's eyes with her hands, and her ears with her arms.

"What's going on?!"

"DON'T LOOK NEO!"

She looked over at me and Blake, gesturing towards the drunk kissing couple with a quizzical look. I didn't doubt it meant 'How're we getting home?'. I sighed, walking out of Blake's warmth and over to Ren. I grabbed the keys out of his pocket, and thanks to his drunken state, he didn't seem to notice. I walked over to Neo and May, motioning them to follow me. Blake did the same as I saw a few sugar sloths going over to their boss, guiding the two lovebirds back into their 'nest' as it were. "Let me guess… this happens often?" Blake asked, looking over at me, back to her normal expression. I just sighed, picking up my hat slight and running a hand through my hair. "Sadly yes. Normally I just walk home, but I don't intend doing that with all of you. This isn't the first time I've taken his keys and drove home without him." I said, smiling slightly at the memory.

May, seemingly having figured we were far enough from Ren and Nora, let go of Neo, letting the girl disguised as a sloth look around again. "Are we going home Jaune?" she asked, blinking up at me with her pale pink eyes. I just nodded, smiling down at her before I turned around, walking back past the entrance to Nora's hide away and towards Ren's car. I pulled open the door, gesturing inside the vehicle. May and Neo got in, but Blake walked past, waiting for me to get out from the passenger door. I shut the back door, opening the passenger door as Blake got in, her hand brushing against mine as she smiled. "Thanks." she said simply, shutting the door behind her as I shook myself out of my sudden stupor. I walked over to the edge, getting in the car as I adjusted the mirror's, seat, and basically everything else. Me and Ren drove completely differently in so many aspects.

When I was finally settled, I buckled up and drove off, heading for the office at first. "May… do you still-" "No." she said simply, smiling over at me. I looked back at the road, being a responsible driver and waiting until we got to a red light before I turned around to talk to her. "Now that I know Nora's still around… well, we've got some catching up to do. Hard to do that if she doesn't recognize me." she said, smiling over at me.I nodded, smiling right back as I headed for the office, getting the idea of going to Coco out of my head. "If she wants to stay as she is, I say let her. She can take care of herself." I thought. Even if she couldn't, there was always me, Blake, Ren, and Nora to do it for her.

I drove up to the office, slowing down as I saw a police cruiser in the front. Maybe it was Pyrrha again? Though, this one seemed different. I'd told Velvet to open up shop today short before we left Mistral, but I didn't expect her already here and waiting. "Is that miss Pyrrha?" Neo asked, popping her head up over Blake's seat. I looked back at her, trying to think of a suitable excuse for why she was in a sloth costume to tell Pyrrha. "You are wearing clothes beneath that right?" Blake asked, saving me the trouble. Neo just smiled, zipping down the back of her costume and stepping out, dressed exactly as we'd left her. She folded the costume over her shoulder as I parked, getting out. I opened the door for the two girls as Blake got out, already scanning the place with her hand on her gun. I didn't blame her, something was out of the ordinary, that was for sure.

When everyone was out and the car was locked, I walked up to the door, slowly pushing it open as I laid my hand in my jacket. I noticed a woman sitting on the stool, one long leg crossed over the other. She was facing me, her face set in a stern expression. She had the hair of a business woman, blonde pulled back into a bun with a curl on the right side. She had bright green eyes and wore short, ovular glasses. She was clad in a black skirt, likely the reason she was crossing her legs, and what looked like stockings, bleeding down into a pair of black heels. She had on a black jacket wrapped around what looked to be a white undershirt. She also had a belt on, with the familiar gun and mace can on the side. I didn't even have to look at her nametag to know who I was looking at.

"Glynda… haven't seen you in awhile." I said, giving her a slight nod. I knew better than to show too much emotion around the stone cold woman. She was decent looking sure, but she struck like a viper when you showed weakness around her. The easiest way not to show weakness? Don't show any emotion at all. (a/n- in other words, be like Ren!) "Mr. Arc. I see you have company…" she said, looking over at Neo and May. May seemed suspicious, and since she ran with the Khan's in the past, I wasn't surprised. Neo, on the other hand, just smiled and waved at the woman. "Hi pretty lady!" she said, giving her the childlike smile I was expect from Neo. Glynda gave a little smile back before she turned back to me, wiping away all traces of a human being from her face, going back to that perfect business model. "Why're you here might I ask?" I said, looking behind her to see that Velvet wasn't at her station, where I'd expect. She was probably hiding if I was right.

She glared at me, her eyes boring into my soul as if to find weakness, but just like Blake, she would fail on the ground. "I've been trying to get into contact with you for weeks Mr. Arc. I simply grew tired of being put off by that idiot of a secretary you have." she said, rolling her eyes slightly as she crossed her arms. I walked over to her as she stood up to her full height, which was maybe five inches taller than me. "I told you once Glynda, don't insult my friends. Do it again, you will be escorted out." I said, giving her the most menacing glare I could. It wasn't really hard, I was genuinely angry when she called Velvet an idiot. Or that time she called Ren a bastard. You did not insult my friends and expect no consequences, especially not in front of me. She glared right back, but then she stepped past me, shoving past me with the walk of someone with better things to do with her time. "I'm passing along a message. Chief Ozpin has requested a meeting as soon as possible. When would be good for you?" she asked, looking over her shoulder.

"Tell him sometime tomorrow… now get out of my office." I said, glaring at her. She let out a little noise of discontent before she strided out, shoving past Blake and out the door. Blake glared at her retreating back before she walked over to me. "Who was the bitch?" May asked, glaring over her shoulder at the woman as she held her hands to Neo's ears, keeping her from hearing her swear. I sighed, "Glynda Goodwitch. Second in command of the VCPD. Right under Ozpin. If Pyrrha's Ozpin's left-hand, she's his right." I said, walking over to Velvet's station. I looked around, raising an eyebrow when I didn't see her anywhere. Normally she'd be somewhere nearby. "Velvet?" I asked, looking around.

"Is she gone yet?"

I looked down, frowning as I saw her sticking her head out from under her desk, her face cast in a frown and a fearful expression. I sighed, walking around and nodding as I helped her up from the floor. "Why were you under the desk Velvet?" I asked, though, I had a bad feeling I already knew the answer to that question. Sure enough, Velvet confirmed my suspicions when she looked away from me, leaning down slightly and pressing her index fingers together. "She kept yelling at me and calling me an idiot… then she called me an animal. I… I got scared so I hi beneath my desk and locked the door… I'm so glad you're back!" she said, leaning over and wrapping her arms around me. I lightly pat her back for a few seconds before she let go, and I just gave her a concerned look. "Are you okay?" I asked.

She nodded, smiling at me, "Yeah… I just don't like being called an animal in front of my daughter…" she said, looking back towards the desk. Sure enough, Ton-Ton stepped out, her own eyes having dried tear trails down them. I felt my fist clenching as I grit my teeth. "Oh that stuck up bitch…" I muttered, hopefully Ton-Ton wouldn't hear it. I would have to have a serious word with Ozpin when I meet him tomorrow about that secretary of his. I looked over, seeing Ton-Ton walking over towards me. She looked up at her mother, sniffing slightly. "The mean ladies gone now, right mama?" she asked, a few new tears forming in her eyes. I leaned down, wrapping the young faunus in a hug as she hugged back. I picked her up, pulling back and smiling at her. "Don't worry Ton-Ton. Uncle Jaune scared her off just fine. She won't be back here for awhile." I said, trying to quell the burning anger I felt towards Glynda.

Ton-Ton smiled, rubbing against my shoulder for a second as I just moved my hand up, petting between her ears slightly as I started walking towards the stairs, everyone following me. I looked back, handing Ton-Ton to her mother as she walked back towards the entrance. I looked over at Neo. "Blake, May, give me and Neo some time. I'd like to discuss a few things." I said, looking down at the small child. She nodded, smiling up at me as she held out a hand. I took it, guiding her into my office before I shut the door, hearing May and Blake leaning up against the wall outside. I motioned to the chair in front of the desk before I walked over to my own, sitting down. Neo jumped onto the chair, scrambling a bit to find purchase. Never noticed how tall it was until now.

"You want to know about my dad right?" she asked, giving me a little frown. I had to stop myself from flinching back at her accurate intuition, but I managed, nodding towards her. She smiled, looking down at the ground. "My dad was Roman Torchwick. He was a criminal, but you knew that already right?" she asked. I nodded, motioning for her to continue with my hand. She did, "Yeah. He was a good dad, when he was my dad at least…" she said, letting out a little giggle. I raised an eyebrow, when he was her dad? What the heck did that mean? "Before you ask, he and my uncle Ronald used to play pranks on me when I was younger. I could never tell them apart since, well, they looked just alike. They even sounded the same. The only way I could tell was since uncle Ron didn't talk as much." she said, giggling at the end of it. I slowly nodded, useful information. So Torchwick had a twin huh? Maybe that was the body double. "Is Ronald still alive?" I asked.

Neo looked down at the ground, frowning. "Uncle Ron died a week before my dad." she said simply. I nodded sympathetically, grabbing my notebook and jotting down the information Neo had told me, most of it at least. When I was done, I nodded, asking her to go on with my eyes. She didn't disappoint. "My dad was kind of a flirt I guess. He'd bring home people and do… things I'm not supposed to know about, to them in his bedroom. It used to be different but, maybe a month before he died it was always the same person…" she said, frowning slightly as I saw her eyes both flash brown. Maybe that meant she was thinking about something? I jotted down the information. A ladies man that found his life-long lover? I doubted it, but maybe it was more than a one-night-stand kind of thing. "She had… black hair, I think. It might've been dark brown actually. She always wore this kind of red dress, and she'd have a white jacket over it… or maybe it was a white dress and red jacket?" she muttered, rubbing her chin in thought. I sighed, shaking my head as I looked up at her, giving her a tired look. "Neo, can you tell me anything you know about this woman?" I asked. Neo nodded,

"She definitely had silver eyes."

My eyes widened a bit as I wrote that down, "Did you catch her name? How tall was she? How old?" I asked, readying my pen to write down a storm. Though, Neo just shook her head, scrunching up her eyebrows again as she scratched her chin, seemingly trying to think. "I think… she was a little shorter than my dad. She looked about his age though. I never caught her name. But every time she came over I always had to clean up these weird, white rose petals. Maybe she was a gardener?" she muttered, shrugging as she tried to come up with an explanation. I nodded, I'd say it was Ruby but, the bloody rose leaves behind red rose petals, not white one's. Not to mention, Neo would know if it was Ruby, since she was so much younger than her father. I looked toward her, "Is that all you can think of Neo?" I asked.

Neo nodded, looking down at the ground. "Sorry. I wasn't there when he got killed or anything… he made a lot of enemies, it could've been anyone." she said. I slowly nodded, an idea of where to go next forming in my head. I had to go see Ruby and give her Yang's locket later anyway, may as well talk with her mother about it. Of course I'd also have to play dumb, make sure she didn't realize I knew who her daughter was. "Thanks Neo, I think I've got all I need. You can… well, do whatever it is you do now I guess." I said. She nodded, smiling as she stood and walked out the door, right past Blake actually. She walked off to the right, towards the entrance. If I was right, she was probably going to go play with Ton-Ton. Blake walked in, and I felt a faint blush bubble up to the surface of my face as I remembered what almost happened before a drunk Nora and Ren interrupted us.

"Hey." she said, giving me a little smile as she sat down in the chair across from me. I nodded, giving her a smile in return as I flipped my notebook to the 'Gone Blonde' case. I wrote down that Yang was dead, and that I found her locket. If someone stole it to get information, I wanted them to at least get the cover story, and not have any doubt that I thought Yang was dead. I set my notebook to the side as I looked up at Blake, placing my hands in steeples as I always did. "What can I do for you?" I asked, giving her a smile. She looked back over her shoulder, her eyes filled with anger. I had a bad feeling I knew what she was going to ask, so when she did, I wasn't all that surprised. "Does that lady call Velvet an animal a lot?" she asked.

"Every time she's over here. Before you ask, no, I can't stand her either." I said simply. She nodded, giving me a brief hint of a smile before going back to her normal, expressionless face. "Isn't she a police officer? How is she getting away with this?" she asked. I could tell she was angry at the woman. Hell, so was I. She insulted my friends and then had the nerve to order me around like I was her employee. "She's second in command, as I said before. The only one over her head is Ozpin. Everywhere she goes she expects people to bend to her every whim… hehe, probably why she doesn't like me." I said, leaning back in my chair as I moved my hands over to the sides. Any other honest citizen in Vale? Sure, they'd buckle under. But me and Ren? Oh we'd sooner shoot up the entire police department than just give in.

"I can tell. So… what're you planning to do about Yang?" she asked, quickly changing the subject. I could tell from the look in her eyes that it was bothering her, and it probably had been for awhile. I sighed, "I'm calling Ruby, I'll show her the locket and tell her I found Yang dead. Then, I'm considering it case closed. I'm… going to try and not get more involved than that." I said, looking down at my desk. I was a detective, not a vigilante. I didn't want to 'declare war' on the Rose family, it would just get me killed. I just wanted to do what I did best. Solve crimes with Ren… and maybe Blake I guess. "Say, Blake… what're you planning to do? After this is… well, all said and done?" I asked, my eyes burning with curiosity. She looked down at the floor, her eyes flashing with something I almost didn't recognize. Indecision. I didn't know what it was, but she was trying to decide something. She looked back up at me after a moment, and I guess she'd figured it out.

"I want to stay with you… and the others too of course." she said, adding that last phrase quickly as a blush tainted her cheeks. I smiled at her, my own face slightly heating up to match hers. I wasn't really sure why, but there it was. "And I wouldn't have it any other way." I said, sitting upright and laying my hands on the table. Blake mirrored my own smile, but after a moment she dropped it, looking at the ground as I saw guilt flash across her face.

"Well… I wouldn't be able to pa-"

"I don't care about money Blake."

Her eyes widened as she looked up, and I saw her bow shoot upright, I guess I really did surprise her. "Wait, what?" she asked, blinking a few times as she rubbed a finger in her ear, likely making sure she hadn't misheard me. I just repeated the same sentence as before. She looked like she couldn't believe her ears, her eyes wide as I just stood, walking over and laying a hand on her shoulder. "I don't mind you staying here Blake… I like having you here." I said, feeling my own face heating up to a light red. Her face mirrored mine as she stood, taking my hand in hers as she moved it between us. "Jaune… earlier, when we were in front of Nora's apartment…" she stopped, her face blushing bright red as she did so. I smiled, my own face mirroring hers as I wrapped my arms around her, pulling her into a hug. "I meant what I said Blake." I said simply.

I felt her wrap her arms around me as well, melting into the hug. I could hear the smile in her voice as she spoke, "If you were anyone else I'd have punched you right then and there." she said, pulling back as I saw her smiling at me. I smiled right back, feeling heat creeping up my face at our close proximity. "I guess lady luck finally got bored of screwing me over." I said. Blake giggled, leaning against my shoulder as I felt her head rubbing against my chest. She looked up after a moment, "You're so different than anyone else I've ever met… I'm not sure I'm willing to let that go yet…" she said, leaning up closer. I smiled as I leaned down, setting my hat off on my desk before I spoke, slowly trailing my hands up from her lower back to her stomach. "You're not like anyone I've ever met either… I don't want… whatever this is, to be over. Not yet." I said, leaning in closer.

"You know… you've got a really pretty smile. It's a shame you don't show it more often." I said, leaning closer towards her. She giggled as she leaned closer, sparkling amber eyes meeting my own blue one's. I could see every detail of her face, from the way her shadowed hair framed her pale face, even right down to her long eyelashes. I was close enough I could almost count them. They almost looked like they'd get tangled up in each other if she just blinked. We both leaned closer, "Are you… about to give me a reason to smile Jaune?" she asked, leaning close to me. I could feel her breath on my lips, and both our faces were burning bright red at this point. I leaned closer, as close as we were not a few hours ago. "Yeah… I am." I said.

"Jau… am I interrupting something?"

I looked over, pulling Blake slightly closer as I saw, strangely, Pyrrha standing there. She was dressed just like last time, only now she had her gun drawn in her hand. She must've been aiming in at us, since her gun was only just now going down to the floor. I sighed, "Yeah, you kinda were." I muttered. The second time today I'd been only a few seconds from kissing Blake that someone had interrupted us. Blake's face burned bright red as she stepped back, looking up at me. "Uh, who's this Jaune?" she asked, looking over at Pyrrha. She no doubt noticed the police uniform first, as I saw her hand slowly reaching for the gun at her hip. I sighed, looking over at Pyrrha as I stepped out of Blake's embrace. "Blake, this is Pyrrha Nikos, captain of the VCPD. Pyrrha, this is Blake Belladonna. She's a… friend of mine." I said, struggling for a second to come up with the right word.

Pyrrha nodded, holstering her gun and smiling at Blake, holding out a hand. I saw the two shake hands, but I noticed that Blake had moved her hand back a bit, gripping at Pyrrha's knuckles rather than her hand. When I noticed Pyrrha trying to squeeze her hand together, I figured out why. The two locked eyes, but even Ton-Ton could tell that their smiles were forced. When they stopped and stepped back, Blake looked at me, her eyes holding a spark of longing in them. "I'll see you around Jaune." she said. I had to hold back a sigh of disappointment as I saw her walk out the door, heading off to the left. So close… yet so far away. Pyrrha walked over to the chair Blake was sitting in not thirty seconds ago, and I walked back behind my desk. "Well Pyrrha… what can I do for you?" I asked, putting on a fake smile as I dealt with the annoyance I felt towards the police officers unintentional interruption.

"I was just making sure you, Ren, Blake, and May all got back from Mistral alright. I didn't want to be relying on you for a case and then you suddenly go missing right?" she said, giving me a little smile. I quickly stood up, drawing my revolver and aiming it at her head. "Move one inch I pull the trigger, got it?" I asked, glaring down at her as I felt my hitman instincts take over. She held up her hands, her eyes widening. "WOAH! What's gotten into you?!" she asked, her voice cracking with fear. I let my eyes trail along her body, looking for anything that was different from the Pyrrha from last time. "Take off the belt, drop it on the desk." I said. She stood up, slowly complying as she laid it down, holding up her hands as if in surrender. I could hear the nerves in her voice as she spoke, "You're not actually stripping me at gun point are you?" she asked.

I shook my head slightly, glaring at her. "Who are you?" I asked. She raised an eyebrow, opening her mouth to speak, a little more calm than she was two seconds ago when she thought I was about to rape her. "I'm Pyrrha Nikos, captain of the Vale city police department, who else would I be?" she asked, giving me a little smile, as if treating it like a joke. I glared at her, squinting slightly as I suddenly thought of something, a sure fire way to know if this was really Pyrrha. "Where's Neo?" I asked simply. If she were Pyrrha, she'd assume that Neo was still here somewhere, but if she wasn't… "I don't know." she said simply. I grabbed her handcuffs from her belt, lunging over the table and knocking her to the ground. I set down my gun and pinned her hands above her head, quickly handcuffing her and grabbing the gun. I stood, aiming down at her. "Jaune?! What's wrong?!" I heard Blake ask, barging through the door.

"Call the police, and tell them we have an impostor on our hands." I said, forcing 'Pyrrha's' hands behind her back as I undid the handcuffs, locking her in place to the chair. She looked back at Blake, her eyes pleading. "You have to help me! He's gone mad! I AM PYRRHA NIKOS!" she yelled. I tapped her forehead with the gun barrel, my eyes showing no emotion towards her. I knew she wasn't Pyrrha, the Neo comment was proof enough. "Jaune, how do you know she isn't Pyrrha?" Blake asked, looking over at me. I smiled, she trusted me at least. I guess that was good for something. When I looked back down, I saw the woman struggling against her own handcuffs, trying to move. One jab to the forehead with a gun barrel stopped her in her tracks.

"Two things. She didn't know where Neo was, and she knew about May being with us."