Okay, So time is up. But at the same time for the epilogue. So let's see where this can go.

Epilogue:

Ruby punched the table in front of her. She was angry. How could she not be. She gripped the wheels on her chair and began to storm the best she could. She could see out of the corner of her eyes her multi-coloured hair girlfriend quick to following her out of the courtroom.

Ruby began to slow down as she came up to the elevator doors. She began to press the button over and over again. She was getting angrier and angrier. She knew Neo wasn't going to be far behind her.

When she felt a hand rest on her shoulder, her tense shoulders relaxed. She knew who it was going to be. She rested her hand atop the other.

"Sorry... I just can't see how they don't see him as a monster." Ruby spoke, trying desperately to maintain all the anger she could. Neo had seen her anger more and more, but Ruby had always tried to hold her anger and resentment towards the world when Neo was around.

"They won't listen to his appeal. This is his final one for a decade. And every time they reject it. Why do you keep coming to these?" Neo asked pushing Ruby's wheelchair into the steel box.

"Because if that bastard gets out, I don't want to stay here. I don't care where we go, or who knows. But I can't stay in the same country let alone same city as him." Ruby debated just punching something.

Neo began to pat Ruby's shoulder as the girl glanced up at the girl with a slight glare. Ruby didn't want to be malicious towards the woman, but she hated when people did that to her. Treated her like she was a child again.

"Well, Junior gave me the night off. So we can either spend the entire night complaining about that monster, or we can go and do something fun. After all our two year anniversary is tonight." Neo began as she pushed Ruby out and down the hallway.

"We aren't married. We aren't even engaged. We are just dating. Why do you keep acting like these milestones of how long we've been dating seem like a huge thing?" Ruby seethed. She was feeling pain both from the fact that her dad was close that time to getting the original verdict overturned. And pain in her legs.

"Okay, I'll let that slide because I know you haven't taken your afternoon dose of painkillers so that pain is making it harder for you to control your anger. But do not take your anger on him out on me." Neo spoke in a definitive tone, one she had learned she needed to adopt while dealing with Ruby when she was like that.

"Sorry. We should find somewhere to eat so I can take those god damn pills." Ruby sulked as Neo let a small smile take her lips. "What type of food? I think there is a Mexican restaurant around here." Neo asked as they exited the building and the sun light basked them in its golden rays.

"Sure. I don't care. I just need some food, or I can't take those pills which makes me even angrier and I'm afraid I may hit you again."

That memory no matter how much time had passed was still as fresh in her mind as the second after. She felt so disgusted by it. It all stemmed from her forgetting to take the painkillers for a few hours and accidentally hit Neo across the face.

"Ruby, forgive yourself will you. That was a year and a half ago. I don't blame you for hitting me. No one does. You didn't even leave a bruise or do any damage. Just shook me up a little." Neo commented as she let Ruby take over the wheels herself.

"I just don't want to end up like him. He beat both Yang's mom and beat mine into early labour which ended up killing her. I don't want you to die." Ruby spoke softly as Neo rolled her eyes. "Ruby, I promise you, if you get bad, I'll dump your ass."

"You have no idea how soothing that is for me to hear." Ruby spoke as Neo laughed. She quickly kissed her girlfriend on the cheek. "I know dear. You make that clear every time I've promised that." Neo began as she walked up to the door holding it open for Ruby to wheel herself in.

"Seriously Ruby. You won't end up like him. If you get really bad and I can't leave, I'll just go up a flight of stairs." Neo joked as Ruby glared. "What I'm just saying, you can't use a wheelchair to get up stairs and the last time you walked up a flight it took you two hours. But at least that is just proof Doctor Weiss' friend slash physical therapist is working for you."

"Let me guess, that sounded funnier in your head?" Ruby snarked as Neo giggled. "But Doctor Octavia should be good. She is costing Junior a lot of money." Ruby withheld a laugh as she came to a stop in front of a table waiting for the chair to be removed as Neo stood behind her to try and make it easier for anyone else to pass by.

"Neo can you get me my pills from the backpack while your back there?" Ruby asked as Neo held the clear orange bottle out in front. "Already got it for you. You act like I'm new to this. I've been helping you for two years after all." Neo smiled as Ruby took the bottle and quickly opened it to swallow two pills as Neo moved her into the space provided by the waitress.

"Should I text Yang and Pyrrha to meet us here or do you just want to leave them in the courtroom scratching their heads as to where we went?" Neo asked as Ruby shrugged her shoulders. "They know we will be in a place for food. Text them once the waitress comes back for our order. That way we can order something for them as well." Ruby spoke resting her hands on the table as she looked out the window to see the cars passing by.

She felt Neo take her hands into her own. "You need to relax about this all. The judge won't pay Tai any heed. He is a monster and if the judge does listen, then something is amiss with his character." Neo spoke as Ruby smiled. "I'm just nervous about this. Like I am about everything involving his case. Why is he fighting it so hard?"

"I think we know we can't use normal logic when it comes to him."

"You're right Ice Cream. You are always right about this kind of thing."

Author's Note:

There tis be the epilogue. Don'tcha love the interaction between now disabled Ruby and Neo? I do. That is for sure. But I would like to thank everyone who reviewed, followed, and favourited. This story was fun to write. And sadly no one stepped forward to write the sequels, so I'll just have to do it eventually. See you guys next time then.