"Jet, or Flux, whichever you are. Is it done?" Mike asked the hooded Reaper. Jet grinned from under the mask as Flux's regained strength began to flow through his arms.

"It is. I wouldn't go in there though." Jet replied as he started to walk away. "The stench is quite… overpowering."

With that, Jet vanished. Mike leaned into the torture chamber. He sensed two things that made him feel nauseous instantly.

The coppery smell of a large about of gore.

The whimpering of a terrified and broken man.

"Feel my strength. Doesn't it feel wonderful?" Flux asked tenderly in his mind as Jet flexed his muscles in the old gym area.

"We only need one more dose of pain like that. Right?" Jet asked apprehensively. Even if he had been intrigued by Flux talent before, it still nauseated him to no end.

"Right." Flux replied, and Jet sighed in relief. He lifted the weight he'd used to bash that Skull from earlier, and was surprised to see that he could now easily wield and swing it. He'd won his fights by overpowering his opponents with Semblances, but maybe he didn't need to anymore. "But…" Flux continued.

"But?" Jet asked aloud nervously.

"Our victims must die for me to achieve full strength." Flux growled. Jet sighed. He'd been afraid of that.

"We've done gruesome things, isn't that enough?"

"No. Death is a sweetmeat to me, and what I need."

Jet let go of the weight, which landed with a resounding clang. There had to be another way to gain strength.

"You're going to restrain me again, aren't you?" Flux whispered.

"No. I just…" Jet took a deep breath. "I don't want to cause any more pain that I can avoid."

Night fell, and Flux remained silent. She was asleep in her cell, but Jet was on high alert within her mind, ready to rouse her if needs be. It seemed as though it would be a peaceful night, however.

Or so it seemed. A figure dashed to the prison door in a flurry of rose petals, and opened the door. Flux herself was nearly asleep at the time, but Jet used his power to awaken her, unsure of the presence outside the cell.

Disgruntled, Flux rose, ready to fight if needs be, but once she saw the intruder, she felt her heart skip a beat.

"Ruby?"

She pulled her into a tight hug, to which Flux returned, still gobsmacked at how she'd gotten here, and Ruby began to cry, silently. Flux held her tight, trying to radiate her body's warmth, but to no avail, as Jet returned and their eyes returned to emerald.

He whispered the question that was playing on his mind. "What are you doing here?"

Ruby did not answer immediately. Something was definitely wrong with Jet. His strength felt like it was diminished, and his usual warmth was replaced by a chill that rivalled Weiss'. It felt like she was hugging a corpse.

Jet did what she never expected him to. He pushed her back, and Ruby immediately felt her heart waver. Was he not happy to see her? Had she done something wrong?

Jet backed up into a corner of the cell, arms crossed around his chest, and continued.

"You shouldn't put yourself at this much risk just to see me!" he hissed. "What if the guards see you? You could end up in a similar position to me!"

Ruby had the sense of cracks appearing in her heart. Did Jet seriously think she would just leave him alone after he'd been gone for goodness knows how long?

"B-but Jet." she stuttered, before regaining her composure. "I wanted to see you."

Jet turned away, and Ruby saw him blush profusely. "Please," he implored, "leave me alone for now."

Ruby could not believe what she was hearing. Jet, who had been her source of joy since she'd started going out with him, was only now starting to crack? Tears appeared in Ruby's eyes as she silently gave him a questioning look.

"Soon, I'll be able to clear my name, and by that time, I'll come and pay a visit."

Coming out of his corner, he grasped Ruby's hand with both of his own, and strained to maintain a confident smile. "I've missed you so much, but right now, I need to focus on getting myself out of here. If you can promise me that nobody from our teams will come near this prison tomorrow night, then I promise you that soon, everything will be back to normal. Please believe me. You don't know how much it pains me to say this."

Emerald eyes locked with silver eyes, and Ruby despaired at the sight of her lover. If Jet was pushing her away, then he obviously had to. He'd have a lot of explaining to do later. But she had to be sure of one thing first.

"Do you still love me?" Ruby whimpered, immediately regretting even asking. Jet used a dark glyph to pull her back into the cell and gave her a tight hug, and Ruby was surprised at his strength.

"You dolt!" Jet whispered, reminding her of Weiss in the sharpness of his voice. "Of course I do!"

"Then let me help you!" Ruby hissed.

"No." Jet said, and Ruby could see dark tears in his own eyes. "You have to let me deal with this on my own. You have to trust me. I'll come back for you, I promise, no matter what." He leaned in close, and whispered. "I love you, really big, red heart love you. That will never change."

Nodding sadly, Ruby replied with "I love you too", before activating the door to Jet's cell and watching him disappear behind it. She knew better than to challenge him at a time like this, and could only hope that he'd be fine, and that she'd be with him as he'd promised.

Hearing voices around the corner of the cell block, Ruby swiftly departed. Only time would tell what Jet had planned.

"Jet, we must kill. Otherwise our struggle will have been for naught!" Flux called.

"I know, but we can't do it. If anything, killing will lessen our chances of getting out." Jet replied calmly.

"Let me take control! Succumb, for both our sakes!" Flux practically yelled. Jet sighed.

"I know you plan to go on a rampage, so let's go somewhere we can cover up any mess." Jet thought, getting out of bed.

"Thank you Jet. Trust me, your soul will feel far better, and then we can get back to Ruby." Flux reassured.

After Ruby had left, Jet had been unable to sleep, though he partly owed that to the uncomfortable nature of the bed in his cell. He'd waited until he was released into the main dining area, where he sat, alone.

His early morning feast (if you could call it that) was interrupted by the appearance of three burly Faunus inmates, who circled Jet. They were in one of the older buildings, which was not guarded by androids and the security system was easy to sabotage. He rose as a bear Faunus addressed him.

"Look what the man's dragged in, boys. An anti-faunus!" he sneered, while his two cronies leered at Jet, flexing their muscles.

Jet rose, and checked all three. The bear was obviously the leader, with a stag faunus and a monkey faunus that had spikes protruding from his tail. All three were heavily muscled and blonde haired, square jawed, though this was exaggerated on the bear.

'Easy targets.' Flux thought.

"Clearly I've done something to upset you. Out with it." Jet commanded, attempting to aggravate them. It worked.

"It isn't clear enough then?!" the bear faunus roared. "You've been taking shots at us Skulls, and that only means one thing to us."

"Death." the other faunus said in unison.

"Well, I need to finish my meal." Jet growled, lowering his posture while gesturing to the unfinished gruel that was today's breakfast. "You can either leave me alone, and I'll finish, or you fight and die, in which you become my three course meal." he continued, dragging out the last three words and emphasising them. The bear roared with laughter, which the other two joined in.

"You? Kill us three elite skulls? You're having a laugh!" he yelled. In an instant, Jet closed his eyes and Flux's black pupils gleamed out when he opened them. In the next instant, Flux was at the Monkey faunus' side, who turned in shock, and as the bear and stag watched, she effortlessly lifted the faunus before breaking his spine over her knee.

Before either of them could react further, Flux then lunged, sinking her teeth into her victim's throat, tasting blood, before her control was finally lost, and she ripped it out, swallowing the meat greedily, blood spattering her face, before dropping the rapidly cooling corpse.

"Jack!" the bear roared in anger, before both he and his surviving mate charged. Flux waited until they were close enough before jumping up, having backed into a wall earlier, and the two brutes collided with it. Dazed, the bear barely heard the crash and scream of his friend as Flux swiftly ripped his heart out with a clawed hand, then proceeded to drink the blood pumping out of it.

Flux then turned to the bear, who looked at his two fallen friends. He roared a battle cry before charging again. Flux chuckled, before flaring her dark aura and lengthening it into a spike, which the bear promptly impaled himself on, intestines flowing freely from the spike. Flux then retracted the spike, before surveying the carnage. Completely silent, she used a dark glyph to collapse the roof of the building onto the corpses, hearing a satisfying crack of bone as the bodies were crushed flat. She then started to run as alarms began to sound.