Chapter 3

Upon seeing the girls, the creature lands it's leg onto them but they manage to dodge. Blake quickly jumps onto it's back and strikes it's head with Gambol Shroud. Ruby and Yang fires their weapon to it's face while Weiss attempts to freezes it's legs. The creature shoots the green fluid to the blonde and the white girl. They quickly dodge and Yang lunges herself to it. She punches it's face violently. The Grimm shook itself, causing Blake and Yang leaps away from it. As Ruby is about to shift herself, she hear a child's voice, "DAD!"

A boy running towards his father who lying unconscious on the ground. The Grimm is distracted and head towards him. He doesn't realizes the creature targets him. He freezes as the spider stands before him. It's about to plunge it's leg into him but Ruby manage to reach him and tries to parry it's attack. The Grimm pushes her down to the ground with a strong force. Crescent Rosé couldn't withstand any longer and breaks into pieces. Her eyes widen in shock but she grabs the boy and dodges another attack.

"Stay here, okay?" She say to him. He nods and hides at the alleyway. She turns to look at the spider Grimm. Her weapon is completely shatter into pieces. She could uses her bare fists but brute force isn't enough to kill it. Weiss lunges herself to it's legs and attempts to freeze them but it shoots the green fluid, completely distracts her. The Grimm slaps away Myrtenaster from the heiress. She freezes at her spot and look at it in horror as it raises one of it's legs. "WEISS!" Ruby yells and shifts herself into her Grimm.

Blake quickly brings Weiss away from the brawlers and picks up Myrtenaster. The spider shoots green fluid to Ruby but the white Grimm manage to dodge. She tackles it to a building and smashes it to the ground. She roars and rips it's head away from it's body. Ruby ends it with a final blow into it's abdomen. It's body twitches but it soon stop moving and starts evaporating into the air.

Ruby shifts herself normal and gasping for air. Blake, Weiss and Yang approaches their leader. The blonde helps her to stand on her feet. The white girl gives them an assuring smile. Then, they hear the boy calling his father, "Dad, wake up! We have to go home! Dad!" He violently shook his body. However, the man who they think is his father is dead. Upon looking at him, Ruby reminisces of her past, "Mom, wake up! Please wake up!"

She slowly walk towards him. The boy looks up and meet with her crimson eyes. He gets up and tugs her shirt, "Sis, help my dad! Please help him! He's the only one I have! Please, sis!" Ruby pulls him into a tight hug. She look at the man with a sad face. What can she do? She can't bring his father back to life. The only she could do is to comfort him, "I'm sorry. I can't do anything..."

"It's very unfortunate for breaking your weapon, Miss Rosé. However, the government is quite grateful for the four of you to be there and exterminate the Grimm. As for the boy, the police department handed me the documents containing his biodata. I'm afraid we can't keep him here. I suggest the four of you to look for a family who willing to adopt him," Professor Ozpin say after handing Ruby the documents. She opens it up and found out his name is Luke. She look at the blue-haired boy inside the infirmary with a sad face.

"I feel sorry for him. He lost his father before his eyes..." Yang say out of sympathy. The four girls look at Luke who's sitting on a bed and watching some cartoons. Ruby feel the most pain since she faced the same circumstances as him. She sighs. "He's not just our problem. Your weapon's broke, Ruby. How are you going to fight Grimm?" Weiss say.

"I can shift myself into Grimm if I have to..."

"But you can't rely on it too much. You need a weapon too. Plus, Ozpin said we can't go out for a fight unless you have a new weapon," Yang say with concern. The white girl groans. She turn to look at the boy again. Blake say, "Where are we going to send him?" Suddenly, an idea pops into Ruby's head. "I'll handle this..." She say. She enters the infirmary and slowly approaches the boy. Her team mates follow her lead.

The white girl sits on the edge of his bed. The blue-haired boy turns his attention to Ruby. "Your name's Luke, right?" She asks. Luke nods his head. For few seconds, silent takes over. The white girl take a deep breath and let it go. She say, "Luke, would you like a sister?" He nods vigorously. She smiles. "Alright, I'm going to bring you to her, okay?"

"Okay!" He replies. Yang brings her closer to her sister and whispers, "Where are you going to bring him?"

"Someplace I know and safe..." She say.

Their helicopter pilot drops them at the village they once visited few months ago. Upon dropping themselves from the vehicle, a little brunette girl runs towards them, "Big sis! Big sis!" Ruby bend to her knees and hugs the brunette. Blake, Yang and Weiss giggles. Ellie saw someone behind the white girl's back. She asks, "Who's that, big sis?"

"Ah, I want you to meet someone, Ellie." She stands and brings Luke closer to the brunette. The little girl waves at him. The blue-haired boy shyly responds her wave. "Ellie, this is Luke. He'll be your brother from now on and Luke, this is your sister. Say hi to her," Ruby shoves him gently. The boy stutters, "H-hello..."

"Yay, I have a brother! C'mon, let's play!" Ellie pulls him away from the girls. Ruby saw a smile forms on his face. She stands and look at them. A woman approaches her, "My, that's very generous of you, Ms Rosé. She's been so lonely for the past few days. But now she has someone to play with. I'll try my best to look after him."

"It's the least I could do, ma'am. Here's his biodata. I'll keep in touch with you when you need something..." The woman nods. They hear the laughters from Ellie and Luke playing in the snow. Yang approaches her sister and place her hand onto her shoulder, "I'm proud of you, little sis..."

"Luke reminds me of myself. Both of us lost our loved ones before our eyes. Remember the time Uncle Qrow adopted me? You were so excited to meet me, just like Ellie. Don't they look like us?" Yang nods. The four of them didn't realize it's almost nightfall. They excuses themselves and aboard their helicopter. Ellie and Luke waves at them and they respond them back. The vehicle slowly ascends from the ground.

"Well, I thought those kids are your children, Ms Rosé!" The helicopter pilot, Charles say. Weiss blushes in embarrassment. Blake and Yang tries to contain their laughters. "That's so distasteful, Charles!" Weiss say.

"My, are you her wife? You're lucky to have such a beautiful wife, Ms Rosé!" Yang bursts out laughing. Blake covers her mouth with her hand. Ruby giggles, "We have yet engage, Charles. But you could say fiancée next time!"

"RUBY!" Weiss' cheeks completely turns bright red. Blake laughs along with her partner. Even Charles laughs at her. The heiress hides her face into the white cloak in embarrassment. Ruby giggles and grins at her partner.