Chapter 5: No Time Left
Ruby was lost. She didn't know where to find any of her potential teammates. After all, Alex had forgotten to mention where Weiss could be found. Besides that, Blake was apparently on the move, similar to the behavior of her sister Yang. Feeling a bit discouraged and resigned, she decided to head home. She had done enough for one night.
She was sad when the motorcycle turned off. Travelling always gave Yang time to think. She hardly got any of that these days since she hardly got a moment's rest. The place she just stopped at promised that she would not be getting to rest any time soon. As she looked up the stairs towards the nightclub, she began to wonder why she was there in the first place.
Alex sat on his bed in the team dorm. He couldn't stop thinking about Ruby. How could one girl be mixed up in so much trouble? He hoped she would succeed so he could see her at Beacon sometime. He knew she had what it would take to become a true Huntress in time. He also wondered what those criminals were doing. They had attacked the store, not Ruby. They had even acquired what they had gone there for. What would they be doing with all of those materials? With endless thoughts streaming through his head, he said goodnight to his teammates and fell asleep.
He wakes up on the ground, feeling the damp grass. Feeling disoriented, he stands up and looks around. He is in a meadow. Oh no, he thinks. Suddenly, he looks around in fear, the place now all too familiar to him. Before he can react, he hears that same piercing scream, the one he relives with every additional nightmare. He turns to find his mother in the claws of a Beowulf. He attempts to pull out his weapon and fight, but the Beowulf has already retreated, his mother in hand. He stands there, stunned, as he listens to her continue to scream. There is nothing else in the world at that moment. She screams, and screams, and screams…
He bolted upright, sweat beading on his face as he pants loudly. Then, remembering his teammates are still asleep, quickly attempted to silence his distress. He stood up and headed out the door to take a stroll outside the dorm around Beacon. He stood outside, feeling the cold air of winter on his back. It was snowing outside and it was hard to see anything beyond the walls. In a way, it was peaceful. There was nothing else in the world at that moment, only him and the snow. As he continued to listen to the quiet snowfall, he heard a rustle. Quickly, he turned and looked towards the source of the sound, expecting trouble of some sort. Instead, he found someone standing there and looking at him curiously.