Third Person POV
The sun slowly swayed in the sky above, making the moon disappear. The beautiful light shined on Emerald and Mercury, who were sleeping peacefully in their arms. Mercury woke up and lifted his hands up in the sky, feeling the nice warmth from the sun. Or Emerald. He found her holding him in her sleep, cutely nuzzling her head on him. He couldn't help but smile at the young teenager. So, he stroked her hair and tried to get used to the nice scenery of the morning.
Until, a huge yell was heard from far away! With that, Emerald popped open her eyes, dashed out of Mercury's arms and grabbed her scythes. She got ready for the approaching threat but Mercury just stood there in defeat. Suddenly, the one who made the noise revealed his or herself. It was Cinder. She ran towards them with Zwei. She was totally freaking out as shown in how she was running to her teammates. She was also screaming weird things quickly, neither of them could make it out. "Holy shit!" Emerald screamed. "Guys! Ohmigod, ohmigod, omigod!" She yelled as she got closer and closer. Finally,she hit Mercury down with all her force and the two fell down on the floor. Zwei quickly licked Emerald's face, making her laugh a little.
"What the hell is the problem, Cinder?" Mercury asked as he continued to see her panicking. She quickly got off of him and her eyes were glowing a little to indicate her fear. Out of nowhere, she started to hum music like a crazy person. As much as Emerald loved getting her face licked by a dog, she didn't love to see Cinder lose her shit. She needed to know what's wrong. And now. "Cinder!" She shouted, getting her attention. "What the fuck is wrong with you?" "I-I. I saw-. A-And. Oh man!" Cinder stuttered and tried to find the right words to say. While she was, Mercury took a good look at Zwei. He made some faces as he wondered where he saw him from. Finally, it hit him.
"Isn't that Ruby's mutt?" He asked quietly. "Oh yeah! It is!" Emerald agreed and pet the little dog. "Zwei, right." When she said that, the dog immediately barked at her happily then continued to lick her. "Haha! Hey, stop it!" She commanded. While that was happening, Mercury got up and cleaned himself off. Cinder paced around slowly but clumsily. This finally irritated him and he stopped her. "Cinder, what happened while we were asleep?" When Mercury asked that, both him and Emerald stared at the woman. She stared back, this time she stopped pacing and just. Took a nice deep breath. Both teammates expressions soften after that, because the first thing they wanted her to do was to take a breather.
After, she finally spoke, "I-I couldn't sleep last night. So I woke up to see you guys sleeping. Suddenly, I saw Ruby-I found her! But before I could get her, she fell through the ground and disappeared into that hole over there. I tried to use my fire to see if she was okay, but I couldn't see anything! I think... I think-." "Woah woah woah," Mercury interrupted her before she could get to the worse part. "We can't assume that. She might actually be okay. Maybe something broke her fall and she found another route out." "I don't think so," Cinder continued. "Because I ran around the whole city, but still couldn't find her. I'm-." Emerald then put down Zwei and touched her friend's shoulder. "You're scared, I know. But don't worry. We will find her, I promise." Emerald assured. "Okay. Okay..." Cinder said quietly.
"Then what the hell are we waiting for? Let's go!" Mercury called out and walked away. "Uh, genius?" Emerald yelled out to him, making him stop. He then turned and forced a smile on his face. "Do you know where you are going?" She continued. He almost answered until words couldn't get out of his mouth. After a couple of seconds, he shook his head in disappointment. "Yeah." Emerald answered as she turned to Cinder. "You know where to go?" Cinder was about to talk before Zwei barked out loud. He was trying to say something to them or show them something. This caught their attention as Cinder replied. "What is it Zwei?" In a sweet voice. Zwei then stopped and ran pass Cinder's legs, into the streets. The team followed where the fellow dog lead them.
Suddenly, Zwei stopped, making Emerald and Mercury do the same. But not Cinder. As she clashed into someone at the end of a corner. After she fell, Emerald helped her up slowly. "You okay?" She asked. "Y-Yeah." Cinder responded. When her eyes opened, she saw someone she didn't expect to see. Weiss Schnee.
"You?" The white hair girl said in a little bit of anger and surprise. "You?!" Cinder replied in just surprise. Without question, she helped Weiss up to her feet. But she didn't say thank you. Just looked at the team in front of her. "What are you doing here? To ambush?" Weiss questioned as she was about to take out her rapier. "No no no!" Emerald quickly stated as she guarded Cinder. "We just got a little worried." "Worried? About what?!" The answer they gave Weiss made her want to question more. "I was worried that Ruby probably got hurt, so I came here to see her." Cinder answered nicely. Weiss looked at them for a second until she let her hand down. She then lifted her hand up to the air, making Team CEM go into a fighting stance. Weiss just rolled her eyes and the rest of team RWBY walked out from a building.
"Cinder?!" Yang called out. "What are you doing here?!" Cinder smiled at how Yang took her appearing really lightly. But this got on Mercury and Emerald's nerves. So, Cinder had to tell her why they were there quickly. "Hello, Yang. I'm here to check on you guys. Hello to you too, Blake." She responded to her. Blake's reaction was pretty normal. She waved at her confusingly. Yang walked towards her and told her, "Well, we're okay. I'm glad you cared. But. Ruby is missing. Good thing you found Zwei though! Seems to like Emerald." Cinder turned to them to find Zwei licking Emerald's face again. "Yeah. He was actually taking us somewhere leading this way." Yang nodded in understanding. "Maybe she knows where Ruby is! Take us, buddy!" Yang called to Zwei and he ran to a building across the street. The two teams followed to a door. Cinder slowly opened it to a staircase.
"You think. She's down there?" She asked quietly. "Maybe. We don't know until we find out. Let's go." Blake commanded. "Wait!" Weiss called out, grabbing Blake's wrist before she could move any further into the dark abyss. "What about Mr. Oobleck?" "He can wait for us! Or. Just leave us, I guess." Yang answered for Blake. "W-Well, what about, THEM?!" She said when she pointed at Team CEM. "What about us, princess?" Mercury called to her in a angered tone. "You guys will just get in the way." Weiss replied in a delicate yet rude tone. Mercury looked like he was about to hurt her, until Cinder got in front of him and told Weiss, "We found her dog. And I really care about her. If she's hurt, I wouldn't bare to live with myself. Yeah, you don't like me and we got problems. But when it comes to Ruby, I'm sorry, but she needs me. And I need her. So let us come!" Weiss and the rest of Team RWBY just looked at her.
Finally, Cinder wasn't playing around. But actually said what's in her heart. The group didn't know what to say, but they found out that maybe Cinder isn't such a bad person after all. Sure, Weiss still had her suspicions, but still couldn't help but understand what Cinder was coming from. Without any words, the snow white signaled them to go first. "Stand back." Cinder commanded. As the group did, she made her hand turn into a huge flame, covering all where the hand used to be. Finally, she walked down the stairs and the others followed, even Zwei.
Ruby opened her eyes to find herself in a dark room. There was a table filled with tools and the ground was covered in blood. Ruby was scared at the sight and tried to move, but she was cuffed to the wall. Suddenly, the door opened to Roman with a serious look on his face. Usually he would joke around, but he seemed to not be this time. This just made Ruby more scared. "She's in here." He stated and a figure walked in. Ruby looked up at the door, but it closed as soon as the girl entered.
A little light turned on to the intruder from the dance. Elizabeth Fall. And she seemed to be smiling at her in a sinister way. The girl walked towards the redhead until she stopped. "Ruby Rose. Remember me?" She asked her. Ruby nodded slowly, afraid of what would happen next. Elizabeth kept smiling then grabbed a knife off the table beside her. "I wonder what the color of your blood is." She whispered and walked closer to her. The young girl couldn't speak, just stare at the devil in front of her. The devil stopped at her face and pointed the knife to her neck. She then pierced it lightly on it as the blood trickled down her neck slowly.
"Hmm, seems to be a A-type. Interesting." She smirked and threw the knife down. "Did you know that Cinder's blood type is O?" She stated to her in a regular tone like nothing was happening. This soon caught Ruby's attention, making her look at her. When their eyes connected, Elizabeth's smile disappeared in a instant. "Yeah," She continued. "Her blood type is O. Also, when she was little, she ran away from home." She backed up from Ruby, got a towel and wiped the blood from her neck. Then she threw the towel at the door. "Don't worry. The janitors will pick it up," She informed her. "Now, back to what I was saying. Did you know Cinder was sent to Beacon to kill Fanus?" After she said that, Ruby's eyes went wide in disbelief. "Leave your faces for the end, Red." She commanded.
"Did you know, she was trained to take out punks like you and your team? Did you know she's actually 18? That her favorite color is yellow like her eyes? That she loves to eat jello? Her birthday is February the 15th? That her middle name is Zezolla?... That her last name is Fall?" She continued. Ruby couldn't speak. All she felt was a weird feeling in her stomach. She couldn't believe what was coming out of Elizabeth's mouth. She fell for a spy. A bad guy! Half of her was confused, but the other half fought back, telling her this was not true. She was just being played! But that didn't matter because the smile on Elizabeth's face came back.
"I know you don't believe me, but it's true. Face the fact, Rose. You've been tricked. And I just saved you before you fell into sanity. So, you should be thanking me." Elizabeth splat out to the redhead, about to touch her hair. Until, she bit her hand in anger. Elizabeth didn't scream, but hissed for a second. She just watched as her red substance inside her enter Ruby's mouth. "Now you're just making a stupid scene." She told her and yanked her hand back. "You know? To see blood spill is such a amazing scene to stare at. I mean, imagine how many people I've tortured to make this place into my dream room. It's amazing. Now. I'm not going to spill yours, because that would anger Cinder. So, I'll just leave you to it. Hope you rot!" Elizabeth called out before she left.
Suddenly, a boy went into the room. It was Victor. He walked to Ruby and broke his knuckles. Finally, he punched her in the stomach hard, making her cough out a little bit of blood. After a couple more of punches, he left Ruby there to look at the floor. Minutes later, a girl waled to the door and looked through the little window. She whispered, "Hey..." Ruby still looked at the floor though. She was lost in thought. And the girl knew it, but just kept talking to her. "I'm here to help. To get you out, don't worry. Okay? Wait here for me, okay?" She assured her and ran away. Ruby then looked at the little window at the light. The only thing in her mind was Cinder... As much as she should not like her.
She couldn't help but still care.
