Jet and Ruby were both in flight over Vale. For the most part, they were undisturbed, save for several people who were taking pictures of Jet. Ruby couldn't remember the last time she'd felt so powerful.
"We can do anything now, can't we?" Jet asked, tentatively.
"You're kidding, right?" Ruby responded in disbelief. "You're practically a god now."
"My apologies, my love." Jet answered, the darkness returning to his voice. "It's just hard to believe."
Ruby wondered briefly how their powers would affect her own abilities. She put it out of her mind, thinking Jet would explain later. As if reading her mind, Jet turned to meet Ruby's eyes.
"We are lords of Grimm now. And while you're not as strong as me, you're the one keeping me here, making you just as important as me." he explained. "We have to conceal our powers, at least until Flux shows herself again."
A small part of Ruby rejected this whole thing, and wanted nothing less than to go back to Yang and the others. She swiftly silenced that part of herself.
The two Roses landed near a restaurant that nether recognised in Vale. No party to hunt them was seen, so Ruby took this to mean that news of their betrayal had not spread to Beacon yet. This was good; it would make things easier.
Vale at night was a metropolis of dark streets, luminescent shop lights and noisy bystanders. As Jet and Ruby advanced across the streets, they happened upon a group of large and burly men. They reeked of alcohol, the stench making Ruby's eyes water. Their solution was to cross the quiet road and pass them on the other side of the road.
As the pair walked across from the group, one of the men suddenly pointed at Ruby and called out.
"Hey baby! Leave goth boy over there and join us!" he yelled drunkenly.
"Goth boy?" Jet muttered, leering at the group. There were six of them, and all of them looked pretty burly to Ruby.
"Leave them. We fight only if we have to, my crown gem." Ruby said, commandingly. Jet nodded in agreement, and they continued. The group of men, egging each other onwards, followed the pair for several blocks, catcalling all the while.
"Leave him! We'll show you a good time!"
"Show us some more!"
"You know you want to!"
Jet growled. Ruby agreed with his non-verbal expression of irritation, these idiots were asking for it.
"They'll only attract attention to us. Why is it always the big guys? Insolent fools." Jet hissed, as the pair came to a standstill.
"Let's silence them in that alley. Come on!" Ruby whispered, and with a cheeky wiggle of her bum, took Jet and lead him into a back alley. It worked, and all six of the drunkards followed. They let the group about halfway between the two entrances of the alleyway, then turned to face the men.
"What is your problem?" Jet asked them, darkly. "Leave us be."
"We want your bitch, of course." the largest of the six grunted.
"You can't have me." Ruby stated, blushing a little at being called that.
"We'll take you if we have to." a short member of the gang responded, flexing his knuckles.
At this, Jet unfurled his wings, stretching them to their full extent, their black feathers casting dark shadows in the alley. The purple flames roared around Jet, and the Angel of Darkness took a step in front of her. Ruby let out her best evil laugh, and found that the darkness amplified it and deepened it, which both excited and terrified her at the sound.
"You'll regret calling my girlfriend that." Jet angrily spoke. "Taste my wrath!"
"Get out of the way, freak." the biggest brute growled, before charging with his arms outstretched, one of his mates moving behind him with his eyes on Ruby. She waited for Jet to redirect the charging brute before focussing on the smaller target behind him.
The little thug that had threatened to take her swung a wild punch. Ruby easily blocked it, before retaliating with a swift jab at her attacker's torso. It connected, and her opponent gasped in pain. She followed up by aiming her fist at his head, intending to knock him unconscious with a strong blow, but he raised his right arm to block the attack. However, her attack broke the arm used to block, and her opponent howled in agony, clutching his now useless limb.
Two of the other drunks attacked her at the same time, pushing past the injured one. Ruby ducked under their punches before kicking one of the men directly in the crotch, causing him to collapse. The other thug kicked her in the chest, knocking her over but not causing any harm. Before Ruby could get back up, her attacker leaped on top of her. It was a blonde haired man, square jawed. His stink of BO and alcohol caused Ruby's eyes to water.
"Time to squeal, bitch." he shouted, and his hand went towards her skirt.
Before he could do anything, however, Ruby saw Jet pick up the crumpled form of the big brute and threw the man at her would-be rapist. The hairy boulder smashed into him, sending both men into a stony wall, and she heard the tell-tale crunch of bones breaking from the impact.
From the ground, she watched as her lover grabbed the remaining two men on the ground by one leg each. Jet then slowly began to whirl in circles, spinning the men faster until he threw the men one by one into the pile of bodies. Black rose petals scattered everywhere as he turned to face the only man still standing, as Ruby rose up.
She was furious. Only Jet could touch her there. These men were going to pay!
"He's mine." Ruby growled as she lunged at the one-armed leader, feeling her anger increase her strength. Jet took flight, and as the man tried to run, he found Jet behind him, blocking his path, and dooming him to the fate that the enraged Ruby had in store. Panicked, the man cursed before swiftly pulling a gun and firing at her head!
At once, a black barrier materialised and deflected the bullet before vanishing. Ruby reflexively cowered, but Jet was now the angry one. He grabbed the man from behind and took flight, hovering several meters above the pile of his broken and bruised mates, purple flames dancing around them.
"You dare threaten the love of an Angel? Let's see how you like this!" Jet roared, before throwing his victim hard into the pile of bodies. Screams and crunching coupled with groans and cries from the six men followed the impact. As he landed, Ruby looked upon the body pile with satisfaction. She could get used to this.
"Stupid." Ruby said to Jet. "They wanted to rape me."
"We punished them for their insolence. Now, let us continue." Jet replied, before taking her hand and leading her out of the alley, leaving groaning and pleading voices behind.
Inside, she was giggling to herself. The power she felt was like nothing she'd ever felt before.
"I could get used to this." she mumbled to herself.