Chapter 6

As Ruby and Weiss stared at the wreckage, Summer contacted Ruby and said "Ruby, that nice lady."

"Great etiquette, Mom," Ruby whispered. "Let me get back to you…" She disconnected her Chatter and looked at Weiss. "My mother says I should thank you for saving my life."

"Couldn't save the car, though," Weiss stated. She then struggled to get something out of the car. "I think there's something stuck in the…Oh."

She picked something up. "That's a…Eww," Ruby said.

"Paw…Yeah. I can see that."

Weiss dropped the paw, as Ruby said "Weiss. Seriously. Thanks."

"Hey, I didn't want to be someone who left a person to die."

"Plus all the lights turned red when you tried to drive away."

"How did you…?"

"Vergil," Ruby simply said.

"Who's that," Weiss asked. "Your…boyfriend?"

This made Ruby chuckle. "Not quite. You know the Superintendent?"

"Sure. The AI that runs the city. Picks up the garbage, monitors the traffic. It helped me trace a license-plate last week."

"Well…Vergil is part of the Superintendent-a sub-routine my Mom wrote after me when I was a kid."

"Look after you?"

"After my dad and sister died, it was just Mom and me," Ruby sadly said. "She did her best. But her job…When Mom couldn't be there, Vergil was. He helped me get to school on time, made sure I bought a healthy lunch and didn't watch too much TV-that sort of thing."

"Must have been annoying," Weiss replied.

From Ruby's Chatter, Vergil said "YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!"

"It still is…" As they were walking, Ruby asked "Weiss. Why are you helping me?"

"I'm a cop. 'Service to All,' right?"

"uh-huh."

"Look, the city's under attack…A lot of people need help. Well…I can die a hero or die a coward but-"

"Got any choices that don't involve dying," Ruby asked.

As she said this, they heard a distant explosion at the city center. "Not if you want to go back over that bridge."

After a long walk, the two finally made it to the bridge, but now, they had to cross it. As they went through the crowds, a voice came over the PA. "Citizens! Your neighbors are resisting! A popular uprising is inflicting heavy casualties on the invaders! We will prevail!"

"How are we going to get across this bridge," Weiss asked loudly. "It's packed!"

"Good manners and pointy elbows," Ruby shouted, making the ex-officer groan.

"Jeez, Schnee. The things you do for a kiss," Weiss muttered, enough to make the red-haired girl blush.

"What," Ruby shouted back, making Weiss realize her mistake.

"I said, I won't let you down, miss!"

"Right…"

As they pushed through the crowd, Ruby yelled "Excuse us! Sorry."

Weiss started to yell as well. "Hey, step aside! Police business!"

"It's an emergency! Let us through!"

"Step aside people!"

"You know, if the panicked mobs would just stay in nice, neat lines we'd-Oof! Watch it!-get across this bridge a lot faster!"

Ignoring her, Weiss said "Do you hear that?"

"What, the water," Ruby replied. "Don't tell me you're afraid of heights!"

Weiss pointed to the sky. "Pelican drop-ship. Hard to see through all the smoke. But it's heading our way."

Ruby spoke into her Chatter. "Vergil? Got eyes on the sky?" She was met with a tapping noise and a dog barking. "Not good. Cane tapping. Seeing-eye dog. Means Vergil can't see it…"

"And who do we know who likes to travel off the grid," Weiss asked, making Ruby go pale.

As the Drop ship landed on the bridge, and the drop-bay doors opened, Weiss groaned. "Aw, crap…"

A man came into view, holding a SMG. "Hello, Ruby…Remember me?"

Roman brought up his SMG and pointed it at Ruby and Weiss, causing the crowd to murmur.

"It's so good to see you again Ruby," Roman said. "But please, no sudden movements. This Pelican isn't stablest thing to stand on. I'd hate to shoot you accidently." He then looked at Weiss. "Schnee. Your service pistol. Remove it from your holster. Slowly…"

"Yeah, yeah," Weiss said, removing her pistol.

"Now toss it off the bridge." Weiss did so. "Good. I must say, Ruby. You play very hard to get."

"Bet that makes you angry," Ruby said.

"Oh…quite the opposite."

Ruby activated her Chatter and whispered "Vergil…a little help here!"

"Your chatter made you easy to track," Roman said. "But I think you and Vergil have talked quite enough. Take it off." Ruby did, as she ripped it off her wrist. "Now smash it." She placed it on the floor and put her foot on it, hearing the crumble coming from below. "Do you know what I've learned in all my years in politics?"

"That you're an asshole," Ruby said.

"The value of escalation," Roman corrected. "For example, last time we met, Schnee hit me with her fist."

"Keep talking. I might do it again," Weiss said, as Roman pointed his gun at her.

"I think not. This time, I have a sub-machine gun. You see? Escalation…Goodbye, Schnee."

"Do it and you're a dead man," Ruby said, frowning.

"Ruby. You're such a bright, beautiful girl. You have no idea how much it pains me when you act so incredibly stupid." As he was saying this, Weiss was hearing a rattle, coming closer and closer. "I have. The gun," Roman said, about to fire.

"Yes," Ruby calmly said. "But I have the garbage truck."

Out of nowhere, an Olifant came driving in and smashed into the Pelican, causing it to fall into the water.

"My drop-ship," Roman yelled. "That's city property, Vergil! What the devil do you think you're doing?!"

"Escalation," Ruby said as the garbage truck honked and drop the garbage onto the corrupted commissioner, burring him in the garbage, and making the crowd laugh.

Ruby and Weiss went up to the Olifant, as Weiss groaned in disgust. "Ugh…Man, what a smell!"

"Come on! This is our ride," Ruby said.

The ex-officer stopped as Ruby said this. "Oh, no…No, no, no! I am not getting in the back of a-" She gaged. "-Olifant!"

"Think of it as an armored personal carrier, for the…smell impaired."

Another chapter ended, as Ruby and Weiss move on. Little Note, the next chapters could either be short or long, it depends on the game's Arc, which it is three equals to one. I will try to make it long, but no promises. Review please, and I'll see you next time.