Taiyang heard the Amber alert sound coming from the foliage in front of him, by the side of the road. Then, wheezing. It didn't sound like an animal, but Taiyang moved forward cautiously. He wagged his light and shouted, but the wheezing did not change character. Taiyang pushed aside the fronds of a palm.

"What is it?" Goodwitch said.

"It's Ruby," Taiyang said.

Ruby lay on her back, her skin gray-white, mouth slackly open. Her breath came in wheezing gasps. Taiyang handed the flashlight to Goodwitch, and then bent to examine the body. Ruby's outfit was ripped on the right side of her torso in the shape of a bite mark, but it was covered by her cloak, which she had wrapped around herself to stop herself from bleeding out. Taiyang touched the wound gently, and Ruby groaned.

Taking stepped back and tried to decide what to do next. Ruby might have other injuries. Her back might be broken. It might kill her to move her. But if they left her there, she might die of shock. It was only because she had the presence of mind to stop the bleeding that she hadn't already bled to death. And probably she was doomed. They might as well move her.

Taiyang picked his daughter up, carrying

Her bridal-style. Ruby groaned, and breathed in ragged breaths. "Yang," she said. "Weiss . . . Blake . . . went . . ."

They carried Ruby back to the Jeep, and rested her into the back seat. Goodwitch tightened the cape around her body. Ruby groaned again. Taiyang pulled off the mangled corset and examined her ribs, seeing the pulpy flesh beneath, the dull white splinters of protruding bone.

"We've got to get her back," Taiyang said.

"You going to leave here without the rest of her team?" Goodwitch said.

"If they went into the park, it's twenty square miles," Taiyang said, shaking his head. "The only way we can find anything out there is with the motion sensors. If they are alive and moving around, the motion sensors will pick them up, and we can go right to them and bring them back. But if we don't take Ruby back right now, she'll die."

"Then we have to go back," Goodwitch said.

"Yes, I think so."

They climbed into the car. Taiyang said, "Are you going to tell Ozpin WBY is missing?"

"Already did." Goodwitch said.

—JNPR—

JNPR received another Amber alert five minutes after the first. Jaune checked this one as well: RUBY ROSE IN CRITICAL CONDITION. "She's alive!" He yelled, joyously.

–IN THE PARK–

Yang sat at the base of a tree, hugging her knees to her chest, and sobbing. She had been about to call for help when she got the Amber alert, notifying her if her sister's death. Her scroll had lost connection soon after, so she didn't get the second.

She looked up at Blake. "Do you think she died in pain?" Yang said.

Blake sighed, "She probably lived the initial encounter," the faunas said, "but went into shock and bled out before any of us regained consciousness. So, yes."

"What exactly happened to her?"

"She asked me if I had any suggestions on what to do, and I told her that I couldn't think of a thing, before I could stop her, she got out and started to run. Even as Ruby ran, she was too late, the Tyrannosaur too close. There was another crack of lightning, and in that instant of glaring white light, I watched in horror as the tyrannosaur roared, and leapt forward. I'm not clear about exactly what happened next. Ruby was running, her feet splashing in the mud. The tyrannosaur bounded alongside her and ducked its massive head, and Ruby was tossed into the air like a small doll."

"Jeez, are you writing a novel about it or something?" Weiss asked.

"No."