Ruby grinned as she followed Sun across rooftops, easily keeping pace with the older boy as the pair darted across the city while the moon hung overhead, out for a nice midnight stroll, much to Blake's eventual chagrin when she found out they were both gone.
Clearing the gap between two apartment buildings, Ruby stopped for a moment to look out over the city, and gaped when she caught sight of the bright lights shining around one of the most well-known locations in all of Vale: the Schnee manor.
Sun jumped down beside her soundlessly, and put his hand on the young wolf's head, "why'd you stop puppy?" He asked, before noticing where she was looking and clicked his tongue in understanding, "ah, the Schnee manor, sure looks like they're putting on a show tonight."
"What do you think is going on over there?" Ruby asked curiously, looking up at her big brother, who offered her a bright smile as he scratched behind one of her grey wolf ears.
"I think that I heard something about the Schnee family hosting some kind of big ball tonight, so if I had to guess I'd say the party is in full swing," Sun replied, keeping his eyes trained on the distant mansion.
"Do you think that we could get a bit closer to it, maybe try and see what's going on?" Ruby inquired hopefully, having never gotten to see a ball before in her young life, and very curious about what it looked like.
Knowing that Blake wouldn't approve of him bringing Ruby so close to the number one anti-Faunus group in the city, Sun was almost ready to tell the younger girl no, but one look at those hopeful silver eyes and he immediately caved, reaching down to pat her head again. "Fine, but we have to stick to the rooftops so we aren't seen by anyone, don't want to get in trouble for loitering around the Schnee mansion."
Ruby cheered comically before bolting off in the direction of the mansion, and Sun wasn't far behind the excitable girl, shaking his head as he tried to think of what he would tell Blake if she found out the two had gotten close to the mansion.
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Yang squirmed uncomfortable in her orange dress, forced to stand next to her mother quietly as she made nice with a few of the other guests at the Schnee ball. The blonde-haired girl would have given anything to get away from all of these people for the night, but at the moment it didn't look like there was a hope in a hot place of her slipping away.
Of course she had caught sight of the Schnee Heiress a few times, but the white-haired girl didn't seem very approachable, judging by all of the boys that had walked away from her looking disappointed or angry, which made the blonde chuckle to herself quietly to avoid inciting her mothers wrath.
'Leave it to a Schnee to have no fun at their own party,' Yang thought to herself, 'hasn't even stepped out for a dance once tonight, and has been turning away potential suitors left and right while making nice with all of her fathers business partners.'
It was all Yang could do to hold her tongue and avoid making a scene, as she hadn't even wanted to attend this event, but her mother basically told her that she was going without any room for argument, and as much as she wanted to tell the woman to shove it, she found herself biting her tongue and simply dealing.
She knew that she couldn't make a scene anyways, since anything she did tonight could lead back to her father, and at the worst he could end up losing his job if she made a bad showing. Considering how much power the Schnee family had, getting a company to fire a single man would probably require barely more than a wave of the billionaire's hand.
Sighing as she let her eyes wander around once more, Yang suddenly noticed something that seemed a little out of the ordinary, and tried to focus harder on it to compensate. From what it looked like there was a man in a black suit standing by one of the exits of the ballroom, which wouldn't have aroused any suspicions in the blonde, except for the fact he was wearing sunglasses, unlike anyone else.
Now that she had noticed it, she started to catch sight of other people in odd states of dress. Standing at attention at another exit was a woman in a black suit with a bow tied in her hair and a matching pair of sunglasses, at both balcony windows were very stocky men wearing black berets, and very close to the Schnee heiress were a pair of gangly men wearing strange furry belts around their waist.
'Something seems wrong here,' Yang thought to herself, 'none of these people look like the security that the Schnee family hired, and they're blocking all of the exits.' Choosing to err on the side of caution, Yang slipped away from her mother, and started towards the Schnee heiress, hoping that the feeling in her gut was wrong and there wasn't something fishy going on.
Unfortunately the blonde apparently wasn't sneaky enough as one of the black-dressed men saw her approaching the Schnee heiress slowly, and spoke into a walkie-talkie he had been carrying, before slipping back into the crowds while adjusting the Black bandana around his forehead.
Catching sight of the way the two men were now hurrying towards the heiress, Yang's stomach dropped and she tried to push through a few guests, hoping to close the distance between them first and intercept the pair before they reached Weiss.
She jumped in shock when gunfire suddenly rang out in the room, and everyone turned to look at where the sound had come from, finding a single tall man in a black suit standing there, holding a gun aimed up at the ceiling, the barrel smoking from discharging it, "nobody move, the White Fang are taking control of this party, and all of you are now hostages!" He shouted.
A few people gasped in shock as the various black-dressed people pulled off shades and hats, revealing Faunus features like strangely-colored eyes, ears, and some even had tails. Each of them was carrying a firearm of some kind, and pointed them threateningly at the guests, beginning to corral them towards the centre of the room.
Growling as she knew something was fishy, Yang managed to close the distance just before the two guys reached Weiss, both reaching out to grab the heiress, and punched one of the Faunus in the face, sending him flying away from the white-haired girl.
Shocked at the blonde who suddenly blasted out of the crowd to save her from the Faunus that had snuck up without her notice, Weiss stepped back and brought a hand to her mouth in shock as the other tried to stop the blonde from interfering.
Ducking out of the way of his sloppy swipe at her, Yang managed to connect a punch with the man's gut, sending him to the ground in a crumpled heap. Grinning at her victory, she was unprepared for another Faunus to bash her over the back of the head, stars exploding in front of her eyes as she fell forward, but was grabbed before she could hit the ground. Hearing a cry, she knew that the Schnee heiress was also being taken.
"That was pretty ballsy of you blondie," the obvious leader of the group growled out as the two girls were brought before him, while the rest of the Faunus made sure none of the others tried to play hero, "brave, but also quite stupid. Now it looks like we're going to have to take care of you as well as miss Schnee here."
Yang was able to catch her mother shout something at the man, but her head was swimming too much for her to make it out as the two girls were dragged out onto the balcony, where the moon hung tauntingly overhead. One of the men raised his sidearm to the blonde girl's head with a grin, "too bad heroes don't actually exist, or you might have had a chance to be saved," he snarled in Yang's ear.
Closing her eyes, Yang patiently awaited the end, knowing that with her head as muddled as it was she had no chance to break free, but could at least go with the knowledge that she had tried to protect the Schnee heiress to the best of her abilities.
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Ruby grinned at she stopped on the last roof opposite the Schnee mansion, and her mouth opened wider as she caught sight of all of the bright lights shining around the building, and the large garden leading up the driveway.
Sun landed beside the girl and sighed in relief as he leaned against the edge of the building, taking in the same view that the younger girl was, and whistled appreciatively, "when the Schnee family host a party, they really go all-out, don't they red?"
Ruby pouted up at the older teen, "I thought I told you not to call me that Sun," she complained, hitting the older boy in the arm, making him laugh before the pair settled back down and continued watching people slip inside of the mansion.
Tensing up as her ears suddenly picked up something odd, Ruby turned her attention to the front gate, where a group of men in black suits were standing and conversing, one holding a walkie-talkie to his mouth as he quietly relayed orders to someone, making the hairs on the back of the young Faunus' neck stand on end.
"Sun, I think there's something strange about those guys by the gate, and I have a bad feeling," Ruby explained to the monkey Faunus, who simply shrugged his shoulders at the younger girl dismissively.
"Don't worry about it Ruby, they're all just humans, probably the same as all the rest in this city, looking down on us Faunus just because we exist," Sun replied to the girl, "if they have a problem, leave it to the Schnee family to clean it up."
Both teenagers heads perked up when they saw a van park in front of the gate to the mansion, which all of the men in black withdrew firearms from before the truck rammed down the front gate, giving the men an entrance as they rushed up the drive towards the mansion.
Turning to look at the younger girl, Sun bit his lip before trying to tell her off, "Ruby, don't you even think about getting involved, you know what Blake will say when she finds out about this," but he noticed with annoyance that the girl was already gone, having jumped from the roof and easily cleared the fence, following the path up through the garden, and then jumped up onto the roof of the mansion in order to stay out of sight of the guards.
Groaning as Ruby took off without him, Sun knew that he couldn't leave the girl by herself when there were armed men and women in that building. Considering how well he knew the young Faunus, he could put dollars to donuts that Ruby would find a way to get herself into trouble, and knew that he would be blamed if anything were to happen to her.
"Honestly, I need to stop getting into these kinds of messes," the monkey muttered to himself before he followed Ruby's example and tried to catch up to the spry young girl.
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Weiss watched in barely restrained horror as the girl that had tried to protect her closed her eyes and prepared to be executed by the Faunus scum that chose to threaten her family.
The tall Faunus that held the gun to the blonde girl's head had a grin on his face as he began to depress the trigger, but he wasn't expecting a young girl to jump down from the roof onto his head, knocking both to the ground in a heap, with the girl on top. Weiss breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the man's gun slide across the balcony and slip over the side, falling safely down the cliff into the ocean.
It seemed that the other Faunus were equally shocked at the appearance of the black-haired girl with a red hood, as they stood staring at her for a few minutes until the leader of the group finally got his bearings back and shouted for them to grab her.
Acting quickly, Weiss threw her head back and connected with the nose of the man holding her, hearing a satisfying crack as he released his hold on the heiress, allowing her to get up while she watched the black-haired saviour.
The first thing she noticed about the girl were the rather cute wolf ears atop her head, which twitched as they heard movement around her and were probably one of the reasons she managed to dodge all of the other Faunus' attempts at trying to grab her. Moving like water, she weaved between the White Fang members, stopping to kick or punch one here or there, but not even getting them to flinch thanks to her slim frame.
Weiss gasped in surprise as the leader suddenly wrapped his arm around her neck and pulled the heiress against his chest, holding a gun to her head and making the young Faunus girl pause as she noticed him. Everyone stopped moving as they realized they were in a standoff.
"Don't move girlie," the leader snarled out, "you might be Faunus, same as us, but that doesn't mean we won't stop from blowing both your brains out if you don't surrender right now and let us take care of this stuck up princess."
The wolf Faunus growled at the man's threat, but didn't immediately make a move, allowing the other Faunus to surround her and begin to reach out, intending to hold her back in case she intended to keep fighting.
"That's a good girl, now just stand there like a good puppy while we take care of this nasty job, and we can be on our way," The leader hissed out, but Weiss noticed that his hand was shaking as he held the gun to her head, obviously not expecting another Faunus to get involved in this terrorist attack.
Weiss was equally surprised when yet another Faunus fell from the roof, this time a blonde-haired monkey, who kicked the leader in the face, sending him sprawling. What the boy obviously wasn't expecting was for the leader to shove the heiress towards the railing, and for the white-haired girl to be so surprised that she couldn't catch herself in time, and went over, falling down towards the ocean.
Weiss' last thoughts before she blacked out from fear were that the girl and her friend would be okay, and that she could at least miss the rocky cliff.
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Ruby saw the heiress go over the railing, and panic settled in her stomach as Sun continued to hold off the other Faunus from approaching the pair.
Suddenly the stand-off was broken as another Faunus burst into the ballroom, waving his gun around and shouting, "Verde Schnee knows we're here, and his security is on their way. We have to get out of here now, abort mission!"
Most of the Faunus scoffed at the order, but did as told, putting their weapons away and hurrying after the now retreating man, obviously unwilling to be caught by the Schnee family and being tortured and questioned about the White Fangs motives.
Sun finally relaxed as the Faunus ran with their tails between their legs, allowing Ruby the chance she needed. Pushing past the boy, the wolf Faunus used her natural speed to jump onto the railing, and then vaulted off of it, trying to get as much distance as she could from the cliff-side to avoid potentially hitting the wall.
At the same time, Yang finally got her act together, and just as her vision cleared up she caught sight of a head of black hair, a red cloak, and a pair of wolf ears on a young girl that was currently jumping from the balcony in front of her. Acting accordingly, the blonde-haired girl shouted out her name just as the girl disappeared from view, "Ruby!"
Ruby was unaware that was the moment the Schnee security detail rushed into the room, demanding everyone to get down while they secured the area. Sun took this chance to bolt, jumping over to another balcony on a higher floor, and made away into the night before he could be caught.
Hitting the water and thankfully not blacking out, Ruby used her superior night vision to try and catch sight of the Schnee heiress, but when no sign of her turned up, the young girl took a deep breath before diving down, hoping to save the girl's life.
Thankfully Weiss hadn't sunk that far while Ruby was distracted, so she managed to find the girl after only swimming a little deeper, and with more than a little effort the young girl managed to bring the pair up to the surface, Weiss' dress adding a little extra weight, but unfortunately Ruby had no way of cutting it loose.
Fighting the current of the waves and carrying an unconscious heiress, Ruby managed to work her way towards the beach nearby Schnee mansion, the place the family would have used if they were still as close as they had been, and was thankful when Sun appeared, wading into the water and helping out the young wolf Faunus with the heiress.
Taking liberal breaths of air once the three were back on shore, Ruby turned to check on the heiress, and was relieved when Sun, after checking the girl out gave her a thumbs-up, letting her know that Weiss Schnee would be okay.
Hearing the sound of more security turning up, Sun turned to the younger girl and grabbed her wrist, half-dragging her along behind him as they tried their best to avoid the humans. The pair were lucky that they managed to go around the threat with the help of their night vision, and slipped back over the front gate without any trouble.
Meanwhile, still slightly out of it, Weiss coughed out water and gasped for air as her father's security turned up, wrapping her up in blankets and making sure she was okay as her mind was stuck on the thought of the black-haired wolf Faunus that had saved her life.
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Ruby and Sun jumped from the fire escape back down into the nest without a sound, the younger girl breathing a sigh of relief as she thought they were going to manage to avoid Blake's wrath for running off in the middle of the night.
"And where have you two been tonight?" The black-haired girl in question asked angrily, looking over the two sheepish Faunus, before noticing that Ruby was soaked from head to toe, "Ruby, did you fall in a swimming pool again?"
"Err, not quite sis," Ruby admitted, "We might have kind of, sort of gotten into a little bit of trouble tonight. But don't worry, we're both completely okay, and got out of it without any trouble," the girl was quick to assure Blake.
Groaning and bringing a hand to her forehead, Blake knew that she wasn't going to like what Ruby would be telling her, but decided to listen to the pairs story before deciding on their punishments, while she brought a hand to her forehead to try and stave off the headache she could feel coming.
Sometimes dealing with Ruby just wasn't worth the trouble, Blake thought to herself.