As Ruby regained consciousness, she could see a blurred mixture of colors. There was black, and red, and as she started to wake up more, she saw it was Pyrrha dressing up in the killer's costume. She was looking away from Ruby, and Ruby stayed silent. Her hands and legs were tied to a chair, and she saw her weapon in a corner across the room. Ruby saw as Pyrrha continued putting the costume on, and picked up a black box, similar to the one Ruby saw in her room. Pyrrha opened it, and pulled out a hunting knife with a strange black aura surrounding it, before it quickly vanished. Ruby was truly terrified. Ruby struggled in her seat a little bit, trying to escape. Pyrrha suddenly turned around, and saw Ruby. She frowned, and walked down to Ruby. As Pyrrha knelt down to Ruby's level, Ruby looked into Pyrrha's eyes. She was the killer. The whole time. Pyrrha sighed, her frown spread across her face, and she went into the nearby closet, while speaking, "Well, Ruby, this isn't exactly how I imagined things would go…" Ruby grew angry, "You mean you planned this? For how long?" Pyrrha pulled out some clothes. It all looked like they would fit Pyrrha easily. "Not long. But I have thought about him since the moment I arrived at Beacon." Ruby looked at Pyrrha, trying to understand what she was talking about. Pyrrha finally pulled the killer mask out of the closet and knelt down in front of Ruby again. "Jaune. I'm talking about Jaune." Ruby almost laughed, "You mean you did all this…" Pyrrha sighed, "I knew you wouldn't understand. My whole life, I've had a hard time feeling positive emotions. But when I first met him, it felt like my heart had come to life. But then he met you first...and Velvet fell in love with him after he protected her...and he asked Weiss out in many romantic gestures. I wanted him all to myself, and look where that got me…" Pyrrha stood up, and put a small device in the killer's mask mouthpiece. A voice-changer. She continued speaking, "He rejected me. So I'll pin it on him, getting revenge for the way he hurt me, and I'll leave town using the 100 grand that Blake will use to return you safely back home. And if she doesn't show…" Pyrrha put the mask over her head, and the voice-changer made her sound like the mechanical voice Ruby heard on the phone. "...She'll never see you again."
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Blake walked down the sidewalk. It was night, and she was told to meet the killer with 100,000 lien or Ruby would die. She couldn't let the police get involved, not while Ruby's life was on the line. Yang and Weiss were dead, which left Ruby as the only one Blake cared about. She finally arrived at the docks, where she was supposed to meet the killer. She was holding a suitcase, but it was containing a remote-controlled bomb instead of the money she was supposed to bring. Blake walked to the exact location she was supposed to meet the killer, and Blake shouted, "I'm here!" No answer. Blake held up the briefcase, and one of the nearby storage buildings opened, and the killer could be seen. Blake walked up to the killer. Blake didn't know who it was, because Jaune was still imprisoned, but she was determined to find out. "Where's Ruby?" Blake asked, sternly. The killer pointed up, and Blake looked up to see Ruby hanging from a rope from a crane, a gag in her mouth, over the sea of water. Blake returned her gaze to the killer, and held the briefcase in front of her. Blake took a deep breath, and started walking towards the killer. The killer held his hand, telling her to stop, which Blake obeyed. Suddenly, the killer moved his hand, and the case opened, revealing the bomb. The killer made a *tsk, tsk* sound, as he held the remote holding the crane that Ruby was hanging from. Blake shouted, "Wait! I couldn't get the money, but please don't hurt her. This is between you and me." Blake said, throwing the briefcase to the side, and drawing her sword. The killer chuckled in his modulated voice. "You still have no idea, do you?" Blake kept a stern gaze, and then the killer raised his hand again. Ruby tried to scream "Look out!" as the killer moved his hand to use his semblance - Pyrrha's semblance - to move the knife that was lying on the nearby ground, and stab Blake through the chest. Ruby screamed in horror, as Blake fell to the ground. The knife had cut through her aura like butter, and she stared up at the killer who now stood above her, and removed his mask…
Blake was shocked. Pyrrha was the killer the whole time. Pyrrha held a second knife up to Blake's throat. "Goodbye, kitten…" She said as Blake closed her eyes, accepting her fate, until bright lights surrounded the scene. "Attention! Pyrrha Nikos, put the knife down! This is the remnant police!" Ruby's tears dried. The police was here. Blake was confused as how they showed up, and Pyrrha knew she was finished. She dropped her knife, and raised her arms behind her head.
Pyrrha was sent to prison, and Jaune was soon released. The police arrived because they had placed a device in Blake's scroll, that allowed them to hear the killer's phone call to meet at the docks. After a few days, Pyrrha confessed guilty to four accounts of first-degree murder, and was sent to life in prison.
Now, 5 years later, Ruby had graduated Beacon, and sat outside her family's house, watching the sunset. Yang would have loved to be here… Ruby thought as the sun had set, and her father called her inside for dinner.