"Ok, I'm pretty sure everyone else is thinking this, so I might as well say it. What the F #k is going on?" Hicks said.
The tension was thick in JNPR's dorm as the owners of the room aimed their weapons at team RWBY, who aimed at Burn, who aimed at Ruby.
"Burn what are you talking about? Ruby is right there in front of you." Weiss said.
"Well, maybe that's what she wants you to think." Burn said, never taking his eyes of Ruby.
"Burn, its me, loveable 15 year old prodigy who wields a giant scythe gun, remember, the person you traveled a dimension or two to learn from." Ruby said as she slowly got up.
"Don't think you got me fooled." Burn snapped. "I've been on to you since the moment you arrived."
"The man's telling the truth." Rico said as he materialized next to Burn. "This is not our Ruby."
"What proof do you have?" Weiss asked.
Burn chuckled slightly as he lowered his weapon.
"Sit down and grab some popcorn sister, cause this is going to take a while." Burn said. "You see, I first noticed something was wrong when you had Ruby sign that paper when she got back from 'prison'."
"We had to compensate for missing classes." Weiss stated in a matter of fact tone.
"Yeah, whatever." Burn said. "Anyway, when she wrote her name on the paper, she used her right hand."
"Your point?" Weiss asked.
"Weiss." Yang said as she looked up. "Ruby's left handed."
"Exactly." Burn said.
"But, how did you know?" Yang asked.
"RWBY wiki, its pretty accurate, and also provides something to look at when your bored and curious about the new hit internet show you recently got into." Burn answered. "It also states that Ruby's favorite food is strawberries. And yet, when I provided her with a strawberry smoothie a few days ago, she declined, saying she 'hated' strawberries."
Yang stared at Ruby for a moment.
"That so?" She asked.
A few of the people in the room started to lower their weapons.
"Exactly." Burn said. "And then there's exhibit B. Yang, you have a dog named Zwei, who Ruby loves dearly, right?"
"Yeah." Yang said.
"When I asked about what her dog was like, she seemingly forgot his name for a little bit, referring to him as 'Kiwi'. Now, would someone who had an adorable corgi her entire life just forget about its name just like that, even after being away from it for a while?"
More and more people lowered their weapons. Ruby was starting to look nervous.
"But what about the security footage Grant had?" Ruby asked.
"You're right. We haven't taken a proper look at it now, have we?" Rico asked. "Lets see what its like, without any edits, shall we?"
The footage once again showed Jaune in the locker room. But rather than walk towards it, he walked past it at first before Ruby walked up behind him.
"Oh, Jauney boy." The digital Ruby said teasingly.
"Hey Ruby, how's it going?" Jaune asked.
"Its going alright." Ruby replied. "Just enjoying my earned position at this academy, glad to not have faked my way in, unlike a certain someone I know."
"What?" Jaune asked nervously.
"I mean, it would be such a shame if the headmaster found out that a member of the great Arc family had faked his way into Beacon. Don't you think so Jaune?" Ruby asked, a wicked smile growing on her face.
"Ruby, you wouldn't-" Jaune seemed worried now.
"You're right vomit boy." She said. "I wouldn't let my 'assistant' get kicked out now, that would be just plain wrong."
"Ruby, why?" The blonde knight asked.
"Because a lowly worm such as your self needs to know their place." Ruby hissed. "And I doubt you'd tell anyone. Who would Yang believe, you, or dear sweet innocent baby sister." She said that last line sweetly.
Ruby paused slightly as she looked slightly over Jaune's shoulder, almost missing Coco duck in cover. A small smirk spread over the digital figures face as she looked towards Jaune.
"You do what I say, and I'll keep your little secret." Ruby said. "First order of business, fiddle around with Coco's locker."
"What?" Jaune asked slightly confused.
"Just do it." Ruby said. Jaune did as he was ordered, walking up to Coco's locker and randomly pressing numbers on the keypad, with nothing happening. " Now then, go on back to your dorm with your buddies."
As Jaune walked away, Ruby went up to Coco's locker and started adding some modifications. She then looked at the camera once she was finished.
"Afterwards, she altered the footage to make it look like Jaune messed up the locker." Rico said as the footage stopped.
By now everyone was looking at Ruby with an angry glare, particularly Pyrrah.
"B-But what about the footage of him talking to his boss?" Ruby asked, stuttering.
"Oh, That's easy." Rico said. "All you have to do is take some footage of Jaune looking at his watch, and then using a voice modifier, a pretty high tech piece of equipment, and make it sound like Jaune was contacting someone else."
Everyone now had their weapons aimed at Ruby by the time Rico finished talking.
"Need anymore proof?" Burn asked, prepping his shotgun.
"Where's Ruby?" Yang asked.
"Well, she sort of is Ruby." Burn said, causing everyone to look at him puzzled. "You see, I figured the only way for you to look and sound like Ruby, and be capable of mimicking her in nearly everyway, was if you were Ruby. So, you probably are from an alternate universe, am I correct?"
'Ruby' chuckled slightly.
"You know, the boss said you were and idiot. I almost believed him, but then you pulled this Sherlock Holmes s $# on me." She said. "Not bad, for a reject."
"So, you replaced the real Ruby at some point before arriving here, and decided to use the idea of a spy in our midst to tear us apart. Nice try, but your brilliant scheme has failed."
"Oh, this isn't the plan." 'Ruby' said darkly. "This is only a distraction."
Before anyone could further press the imposter's interrogation, an explosion shook the building.
"What was that?!" Jaune screamed.
Rico disappeared for a brief moment before reappearing.
"Someone blew the Cross Continental Transmit Tower!" Rico screamed.
'Ruby' suddenly ducked as the wall to the dorm exploded, knocking everyone back. A figure began to materialize. As the smoke cleared, the group was shocked at what they saw.
It was another Yang. She looked nearly identical to their own blonde brawler, with a few differences. Where there was yellow on one, there was green on the other. Sports tape was wrapped around her arms and legs. She seemed to lack Ember Celia on her wrist. Her orange eyes glowed briefly before she looked towards the other Ruby.
"How's it going sis?" 'Yang' asked.
"You're late." 'Ruby replied. "That tower should have been blown an hour ago."
"Sorry, had to break a few skulls before lighting it up." The green Yang overlooked RWBY, JNPR, and Burn squad as they attempted to recover from the blast. "So, they saw through your disguise, huh?"
"Just get on the f$ #ing airship." Ruby said coldly as she twisted a watch like device on her wrist. Then, everything that was once red, turned turquoise almost instantly. She turned around and threw Crescent Rose towards the downed Yang. "I prefer mine better than this piece of garbage." The duo then jumped on an airship hovering outside the window. The fake Ruby then did a mock salute as the ship took her and the green Yang away.
"NO!" Yang screamed as she punched the ground in rage. They still had Ruby. And they didn't know where to even begin looking.
"Well find her Yang." Blake said as she pat her teammate's back.
"I don't know what's weirder. The fact that there's an evil Ruby and Yang, or that Burn is actually smart." Hicks said.
"What happened, where is everyone?" Burn shouted as he ran around, dust covering his visor. "I've been blinded, HELP!" He then crashed into a wall.
"I take it back, he's an idiot."
And this ends Volume 2: The mole.
"Dude, is Ruby going to be back?"
Which one?
"You know, the one that's good."
You'll have to wait and see.
P.S. The reason I updated so soon, I was bored. Anyway, see you guys during Volume 3