The dance at Beacon was still early but more people were coming in by the minute and they were all in formal wear. The guys were wearing tuxedos and the girls were wearing elegant dresses, it was really like a night at the ball. The girls of Team RWBY who were organizing the whole thing were no exception either, Yang was in a white dress the same as Weiss, but Blake was wearing a black and purple one. They all looked beautiful, but the group was not complete as they were missing a certain redhead, not that they were complaining.
It was true that they still wanted to make amends with Ruby but after the verbal beat down they got from her they were fine with delaying that for a little while. The WBY understood they had said bad things about Ruby behind her back, but they believed that what Ruby said about them was worse. Calling Weiss a bitch, reminding Yang that her dating life was nonexistent, and blaming Blake for their encounters with the White Fang was enough to make them want their space from Ruby.
With that in mind, the WBY was going to use this night to have fun and just get Ruby off of their minds for a while. The girl said that she would be completing her make up work so she would not be attending the dance which was no problem to her teammates. The four of them could use some time away from each other and the dance was the perfect way to do that. The girls were going to enjoy the dance to the fullest, the only problem was that only one of them had a date.
It took some consideration, but Blake accepted Sun's offer on going to the dance with him. She did not want to go alone, and she wanted to figure out her feelings for Sun, so she decided to go to the dance with him. Yang and Weiss were not so lucky, no one asked them to the dance, and they would never admit it, but it hurt them. Weiss fully expected Neptune to ask her but that never happened, and Yang expected at least one invitation but got none much to her dismay.
Yang told her that they could not show sadness tonight though, so she just told Weiss to focus on having fun. Yang told Weiss that they could still turn some heads but that didn't really get either of them excited enough. Weiss' pride took a hit when Neptune didn't end up asking her even though that she was so sure he would. Yang was smiling on the outside but on the inside she was upset, especially since this happened after Ruby reminded her of her nonexistent dating life.
Both Weiss and Yang knew that they had to keep their sadness down deep inside for tonight though, because the whole point of this night was to have fun and get a break from the Ruby situation. So that is what they were doing, taking pride in the work that they did and chatting with their friends. They smiled at the compliments they were getting on their decorative work, and they noticed their friends from Team JNPR approaching them.
Nora had on a pink dress while Ren had on a tuxedo with a pink bowtie, they were kind of matching, but Nora insisted that they weren't together. Pyrrha had on a lovely red dress but look saddened because she was apparently alone, and the girls then saw Jaune on the other side looking off into space. The girls had noticed that Jaune had been quiet lately, and he wasn't trying to get Weiss to go on a date with him anymore. Weiss was secretly glad at that fact, but they all wondered what happened to make Jaune act so down.
"Hey you guys, great job with the party!" Ren complimented and the girls smiled.
"Thanks Ren, it was a lot of work, but it turned out great!" Yang said happily.
"I love the aesthetic; it really feels like we are in a fairy tale or something like that. Though the chocolate fountain takes that away, but it is still a nice touch." Pyrrha said sweetly with a smile.
"Thanks, Pyrrha!" Weiss said gratefully and Nora asked the question that they were all thinking.
"So, where's the jerk?" Nora asked bitterly and Weiss and Yang rolled their eyes.
"She's back at the dorm, she said that she would rather finish her make-up work than come to the dance." Yang said in an annoyed fashion.
"Good for us." Nora said in pleasure but Ren and Pyrrha gave her a look.
"Nora…" Ren chastised but Nora just glared at him.
"What Ren? I am supposed to still want to be her friend after what she said to all of us? She told me to my face that I people think I am a drug addict!" Nora said angrily and Ren just sighed.
"While I agree that what Ruby said to you was WAY out of line, we have to remember that this all started because she heard what we all said that night. Now Ruby is expressing her anger with us by basically doing what we did to her, even though it is right to our face so of course it is going to hurt more. We just have to keep calm and remember that we were in the wrong first and now we know how she felt that night. We have to use this pain and figure out a way to fully resolve this issue." Ren explained but Weiss soon spoke up.
"See, that is where I have to disagree with you Ren. I know that we were wrong in ditching Ruby to go to those parties and for talking badly behind her back, but quite frankly what she said to us was worse than what we said. None of what we said was comparable to Ruby calling me a bitch or telling Nora that people think she is a cocaine addict. And why does she even care about us ditching her to go to parties? She's gone to parties with her new Atlas friends and clearly had a better time than we did!" Weiss argued and Ren tried to respond but Yang got in between them.
"Ok that is enough guys, we came here to have fun remember? The whole point of tonight was to forget about Ruby and dance, we can't do that if we are just complaining about our frustrations with Ruby. Plus, we need this because all of us have been pissed all week, so let's just drop it ok?" Yang instructed and Weiss and Ren calmed down, knowing she was right.
"Hey, are you guys talking about Ruby Rose?" A boy who they did not know they name of asked them.
"Um yes, why do you ask?" Weiss asked curiously.
"She just left with some guy." The boy told them nonchalantly and the whole group went blank.
"U-um I'm sorry what?" Yang said dumbfoundedly as she tried to process the information she just gained.
"Yeah it seemed that you guys wanted to know where she was at, I saw her leave with this guy on an airship to Vale. He seemed to be a little bit older than her, was wearing all black just like Ruby and had black hair with a white streak. Ruby was leaning into him so maybe they are going on a date or something." The boy said before he walked off and everyone looked shocked, Yang the most shocked of them all.
Yang was feeling a lot of emotions right now, and none of them were good. She was still pissed at Ruby for what she said to her and the others, but right now she was more pissed that the girl was doing something so irresponsible. Who did she think she was going out with some boy that Yang had never met? Her protective big sister vibe came back, Ruby may have been sixteen but that did not mean that she was ready to start dating, at least to her standards it didn't.
Especially with some guy that she nor their father had ever met before, didn't she know how dangerous that was? Yang already knew that whoever this guy was he had ill intentions, since she knew that guys only wanted one thing and didn't want Ruby to get mixed up in that. Yang may have been angry with Ruby, but she was not going to allow the girl to get into trouble, not if she could help it. Yang was about to race out the door to go to the airship field until her wrist was caught and she looked at Weiss who was holding her.
"Yang, I know what you are thinking, you can't go." Weiss said but Yang gave her a death glare.
"The hell I can't, now let me go!" Yang exclaimed and Weiss just sighed.
"Yang you are overreacting, Ruby probably knows the guy from when she was in Atlas." Weiss said trying to calm her down.
"But we know nothing about this guy, his intentions are probably bad! I'm going to bring Ruby back and you are not stopping me Weiss!" Yang declared but Weiss tightened her grip on Yang's wrist.
"Yang, you said yourself that tonight was about having fun and forgetting about Ruby for a bit. Well, I don't see that happening if you go storming over to Vale and getting yourself arrested for trying to assault the guy she is with. Ruby can handle herself, no matter how much it pains me to admit it and when she gets back we can make her tell us what is going on. There is no need to rush into things, that will probably make things worse." Weiss said and her friends nodded but Yang did not seem convinced.
"But-" Yang tried to argue but Weiss shot her down.
"Do you think I like this? Ruby saying all that crap about us and then going out with some boy that she never mentioned? I don't but if we go down there and cause a scene that may not be needed, then Ruby will just push us away even more and she will probably hate us forever. So, we need to be calm and just enjoy the night, considering that when we go back to the dorm our emotions will be on the downside." Weiss instructed and Yang looked down, knowing Weiss was right.
"Fine, but when she gets back she's dead!" Yang said angrily as she huffed and went to get some punch.
Truth be told Yang was getting sick of all the things that her sister was doing. First she took the job in Atlas without consulting her, their team or even their family. Then she came back and said all that crap about them just to express her anger of what she heard them say that night. Now, she went out with some guy who Yang nor any of their friends had ever seen before. Yang was going to use this night to have some fun because when she got back to dorms she was going to unleash her frustration on Ruby. In the midst of her anger, Yang nor her friends noticed a certain group from Haven eyeing the ballroom and specifically the door…
IN VALE
Ruby and Seth were currently at a pool hall in Vale, munching on junk food and playing pool. Ruby was kicking Seth's ass in the game as usual, which was hilarious because this was only her third time playing pool. Seth had tried distracting her with pick-up lines, hugs, kisses, none of them worked as Ruby's precision was once again proven incredible. It also did not help that whenever Ruby sank the ball in the pocket, she trashed talk Seth much to his annoyance.
"You know Dreyar, you're gonna have to find a game that you can beat me in because this is just getting sad." Ruby taunted and Seth rolled his eyes.
"Honestly Rose, I think it's really cute how you think that beating me in a game with an overpowered character and beating me in an easy game makes you better than me." Seth said with a smirk, but Ruby just smirked back.
"If it's so easy then how come you can't beat me or put a ball in the pocket?" Ruby asked teasingly as she sipped her drink.
"I'm just going easy on you but that changes now, watch." Seth instructed.
"Oh, I'm watching." Ruby said with laughter in her voice which increased when Seth missed.
"Dammit!" Seth whined but Ruby just kissed him.
"At least you tried baby." Ruby said while laughing.
"Yeah-yeah whatever, he while we are talking I wanted to ask, how come you didn't tell me that there was a dance tonight?" Seth asked curiously and Ruby sighed.
"I was just gonna use tonight to take advantage of the peace and quiet to finally finish up all of that damn make-up work. If you think I didn't ask you to come because I didn't want to be seen with you, you are dead wrong. I didn't want everyone all up in our business and I sure as hell didn't need my team knowing about you. The last thing that I want for tonight is for Yang to try and punch you through a wall." Ruby explained but Seth just chuckled.
"Babe, why do you keep using the metaphor of your sister punching me through a wall?" Seth asked in amusement, but Ruby wasn't laughing.
"It ain't no metaphor honey." Ruby said seriously and Seth was taken aback.
"Wait, what do you mean?" Seth asked and Ruby pulled out her scroll, hit a few buttons and then a video feed appeared.
What Seth saw was a video of Yang Xiao Long punching a number of people through walls and ultimately causing havoc. He remembered that Sindel once told Ruby her concerns about her team and that Yang had destroyed a night club. Some of these guys did seem like criminals but others seemed like normal teenage boys like him. Seth didn't know if this girl had anger management issues or if she was just hyper but there was only one thing that he could say.
"Damn…" Seth a said a bit freaked out.
"Yeah, hence the no callbacks." Ruby said as she ran her hand through her long hair.
"Yeah I can definitely see why, hey since we are on the topic how did it go when you talked with your team and your other friends? I know that you were reluctant to speak with them and you never told me or anyone else if you did it or not." Seth asked and Ruby just sighed.
"I thought that I could keep my emotions in check but then I remembered the advice that you gave me and I let it all out. I'm so glad I did, I had so much anger inside me, and you were right, bottling all that up wasn't going to be good for me or them. I told them exactly how I feel, and I told them that I needed some space from them, which they have been giving me, but I think it's mostly because they need space from me. Honestly Seth, I think I may have gone a little too far…" Ruby admitted while scratching her head and Seth widened his eyes.
"Wait, what do you mean?" Seth asked curiously.
"Some of the things I said needed to be said, like Yang and her hypocrisy and Jaune with his nonexistent hunstmants skills who has no right to talk badly about me. But then there were some things that I said that I probably should have kept to myself. You know Weiss right? I told her that I also had a negative reaction to becoming her partner and I called her an ice bitch. Then Nora, the crazy ginger haired girl? I might have told her that some second and third years think she is a cocaine addict." Ruby said sheepishly and Seth widened his eyes.
"Whoa…really? That's…damn." Seth said surprised at what Ruby just said.
"Yeah…" Ruby said while running her hand through her hair, showing a bit of remorse.
Seth was trying to think of what to say because it was obvious that Ruby was showing some regret for what she said. He agreed with her that what she said about Nora was going too far because bringing drugs into things was pretty extreme. Seth wasn't sure if he disagreed about what Ruby said about that Weiss girl because Mira and even their boss told them about their negative experiences with the girl. Sure, calling her an Ice Bitch was a bit harsh but from the way she acted was it really invalid?
Going into this Seth knew that Ruby's team and friends were going to be hurt when she expressed her frustrations with them. Especially because she said it to their faces whereas they said those things behind her back, kind of like a double-edged sword. Seth truly believed though that it was better that she expressed those frustrations rather than keep them bottled in. If she kept it all bottled in and was released at the wrong moment then things could be critical.
Ruby showing her remorse proved that she was not just a hateful person, rather she was fed up with her teammates and friends and finally had the chance to shoot back. Not to mention that she had new friends that she met in Atlas, people that she clearly liked being with more than her team. Seth kind of had to admit that Ruby's team was being hypocritical because they didn't want to involve her in anything before but now that she heard them they wanted to know what she was up to? He wondered how things were gonna go but at least the worst was probably over.
"Look babe, I agree that what you said about that Nora girl was out of line and I know that you were just angry. The good thing is that you feel regret and that shows that you are not a hateful human being. It's obvious that they are angry because they feel the anger that you felt when you heard them that night, but that's not the only reason. I fully believe that they are also angry because they feel like if they didn't say anything that night then none of this would have happened. Maybe there were some things you shouldn't have said, but I think it's good you said them and didn't just bottle everything in. God forbid it come out on a mission or something." Seth explained and Ruby smiled.
"Thanks Seth, but what about Weiss? Do you think that I went too far with her?" Ruby asked and Seth just sighed.
"Ruby, I know that you want to believe that you went too far by calling Weiss an Ice Bitch and maybe that was a little harsh. The fact of the matter is you are clearly not the only one that feels that way about her. Mira told us how badly she was treated by Weiss when they were younger and even our own boss has expressed her dislike for Weiss and her sister. It's clearly something that she needs to work on and maybe you yelling at her will make her realize that her judgmental behavior isn't acceptable." Seth explained and Ruby looked down in thought.
When she thought about it, maybe Seth did have a point about the situation with Weiss. Before the revelation incident happened, Weiss was being judgmental with everyone, and no one really called her out about it. Whenever she did it everyone just brushed her off and she clearly thought nothing was wrong, so she kept doing it. Maybe now that Ruby called her out on it, Weiss would actually try to change since she wasn't really keeping the promise that she made to Ruby all those months ago.
The same could be said with Nora, Ruby felt bad that she went too far on telling her that some people think she is a cocaine addict. However, Nora did need a wakeup call on all the crazy stuff she did before someone got hurt or if a mission went badly. Though Ruby doubted that Nora would see it that way considering how she thought and how she acted. Who knows though, the girl may have been crazy, but she was smart in a way. Still, what was done was done, and Ruby was enjoying the time away from the others and the time she was having with Seth.
"Thanks Seth, that makes me feel better." Ruby said as she hugged him, and he hugged back.
"Anything to make my girl feel better." Seth said with a smile as he kissed her, and she kissed back.
"This has been great babe but unfortunately all great things must come to an end. I need to be getting back to Beacon and you need to get back to your hotel." Ruby said as she reluctantly pulled away from Seth.
"Right now? It's still early though." Seth said a bit surprised.
"Yeah babe but tomorrow is my first mission with my team and I want to be well rested so there will be no mistakes. Not to mention that I want to be fast asleep when me team comes back from the dance so they don't wake me up, hell I know Yang is probably still gonna be in party mode. Not to mention that you need to get back to your hotel so that you can get some rest. Don't you have to leave early in the morning tomorrow?" Ruby asked Seth who rolled his eyes.
"Yeah I do but I'm like a night owl, I can be at 100% with only three hours of sleep." Seth said proudly and Ruby just scoffed.
"Well, that's good for you Night Owl but Ruby Rose needs her sleep so come on." Ruby said as she and Seth left the pool hall and went to get on the airship for Beacon.
Luckily the pool hall was close to the airship landing zone and Ruby and Seth found transportation back to Beacon with ease. They were also the only ones on the ship which they liked because it allowed them to engage in a make-out session that both of them enjoyed. Ruby also took some pictures of her and Seth and sent them to Cana and the rest of the girls. Her friends responded with pictures of them and their boyfriends, it seems it was a date night for all of them.
About fifteen minutes later the ship had landed and the couple was back at Beacon. They immediately headed to Ruby's dorm and couldn't help but notice the noise coming from the auditorium. It seemed that the dance was still in full swing, clearly people were enjoying themselves. Ruby didn't mind that she was missing it though, it contained people she needed space from, and she wasn't really a formal girl if she was being honest.
"Guess the dance is still in full effect, you sure you didn't want to go?" Seth asked his girlfriend who rolled her eyes.
"Does it look like I have any table manners? Fancy dresses, classical music, and high etiquette are not really my thing babe. The only I do feel sad about is that I won't get to see Jaune wearing a dress, but maybe someone will get pictures." Ruby said while laughing but Seth just raised an eyebrow.
"Um, why would that Jaune guy be wearing a dress?" Seth asked very confused.
"I told the guy that he should give up on trying to get Weiss to notice him because she has made it clear that she wants nothing to do with him. Then I informed the dense idiot that Pyrrha likes him for some God unknown reason, and that he should invite her to the dance. He claimed that I was lying and said that there was no way that someone like Pyrrha Nikos would like someone like him. Jaune then said that if she came to the dance with no date he would wear a dress, to which I told him that he should wear white since it would go great with his skin." Ruby informed Seth who was chuckling at that last part.
"Ruby that doesn't necessarily mean he's going to be wearing a dress, what if Pyrrha had a date of her own?" Seth asked her.
"She won't because she wanted Jaune to ask her, and I already know that he didn't." Ruby informed him and Seth just nodded his head.
"Still, that doesn't mean that he actually wore the dress, no guy would humiliate himself like that." Seth deadpanned and Ruby just smirked.
"Oh yeah? Hundred lien says he wears the dress!" Ruby bet and Seth smirked back.
"Are you serious? Fine, I'll take you up on that, more money for me is a good thing." Seth taunted.
"I bet it is but you're not gonna get any, because that money is mine!" Ruby said cockily with a smile.
"That's what you think- What the hell?!" Seth exclaimed and Ruby looked to where Seth was looking, and her eyes widened.
It was near the Cross Continental Transmit System Tower where Ruby and Seth found a couple of guards down on the ground. They both immediately ran over to them to check them out and thankfully they were not dead, just knocked out. There was a more pressing matter though, someone had infiltrated the tower but who? Clearly they thought it through to do it on the night of the dance when everyone was distracted, that's when both Ruby and Seth had the same realization.
"You think it was them?" Seth asked seriously and Ruby already took her scroll out and pressed General Ironwood's contact.
"Detective Rose? Why are you not at the dance?" General Ironwood asked.
"General, I need you to listen to me very carefully. As of right now, do you have eyes on the group from Haven?" Ruby asked in a serious tone that made the general widen his eyes.
James did a quick turnaround and then went back to make sure that he wasn't noticed. He only saw the Mercury boy and that girl Emerald, but he did not see Cinder Fall. Immediately James felt like an idiot, talking with Ozpin and Glynda and not watching that team's every movement. Of course tonight was the best night to make a move, the dance would have everyone distracted and there were so many people that no one would notice that they were missing. James got out of his thoughts though and answered his detective.
"I see Sustrai and Black, I don't see Fall." James said in anger.
"Dammit, ok General, Seth and I are at the tower right now and the guards are knocked out. It had to be Cinder, she's in there doing God knows what and we all know that it can't be good. General you need to stay there and do not let Emerald or Mercury out of your sight, but make sure they aren't on to you because we don't know if they are communicating. Seth and I will check out the main room, that has to be where Cinder is, and we will contact you if we apprehend her or we need more backup." Ruby instructed and Ironwood agreed.
"I think that's the best option for now Ruby, I can't send any soldiers to you right now because they would get there too late. However, I will have them on standby to bring these people in because whether you capture her or not, we can still bring in Black or Sustrai for questioning. Be careful you two, this is it, it ends TONIGHT." James said as he ended the call and went to back to the festivities and to keep an eye on that duo.
"This is it, you ready?" Ruby asked Seth as she put Crescent Rose into dual pistol mode.
"Hell yeah, let's bring in these jackasses once and for all." Seth said with a smirk as he got out his daggers and Ruby smiled and gave him a good luck kiss.
"Let's go." Ruby commanded and Seth nodded as they went into the tower.
The two went into the tower and saw that there were even more guards that were knocked out, but it was better than them being dead. The trail of knocked out soldiers went to the elevator that was used to get people into the main control terminal of the tower. Seeing as though there was no doubt that Cinder was in the control room, Ruby and Seth entered the elevator and went up. Ruby had come up with a plan and explained it to Seth.
"Once we get to the top, you hang back and I'll engage. Once I wear her down a bit, you make you're surprise attack and stun her with your semblance. Sound good?" Ruby asked and Seth nodded.
"Yeah sounds good, let's add a bit of stealth to this elevator though." Seth said with a smirk as he opened up the control box and tinkered with a bit.
Meanwhile, Cinder Fall was in the main control room of the tower just sitting back with her feet up. Her scroll was doing the work as it was implanting the virus into Beacon's mainframe all thanks to the help of Doctor Arthur Watts. Soon she would have the information that she needed for getting the maiden powers and turning Beacon into ash. Everything was going perfectly, until she heard the door open and not a second later she heard a gun being shot and then there was a bullet in her scroll. The bullet destroyed the scroll and stopped the virus, along with the contact she was having with Emerald and Mercury.
"What the hell?!" Cinder yelled in outrage in trying to figure out what just happened, and she turned around and immediately scowled.
"You didn't actually think that it was going to be that easy, did you Cinder?" The voice of Ruby Rose asked in a sarcastic tone as she pointed her guns at the black-haired menace.
"Ruby Rose!" Cinder yelled in anger.
"Yes that's my name, and sorry for ruining your evil plan or whatever, I'm a pain in the ass huh?" Ruby asked with a smirk and Cinder just growled.
Cinder got something from her side and immediately swung her arm in a horizontal motion, causing a slew of ice shards to come out and shot them at Ruby. Ruby being the gunslinger she was, sent bullets at the ice shards and broke them all, none of them hit her. Seeing her opening Ruby used her semblance to give herself a boost and hurled herself into Cinder knocking her back a bit. Enraged Cinder dashed to Ruby and decided to give her same hand-to-hand combat damage.
Cinder got a couple quick hits on Ruby but to her surprise Ruby was dodging most of her attacks and at the same time stayed to close to her. Ruby knocked one of Cinder's blows away that caused her to spin around and Ruby used that to quickly put Crescent Rose back in its scythe form. Ruby then pulled it around at hit Cinder in the side with the back of her scythe, knocking her a few feet away from Ruby but she would not go down.
Ruby saw that Cinder was about to use that thing in her hand to probably create some more daggers so she put Crescent Rose in its sniper form and shot the device out of her hand. Cinder was enraged but she smirked before jumping into the air and creating what looked like a bow. Ruby quickly went back to pistol mode and shot the arrows Cinder sent out. Ruby hit all of them as she did previously but the damn things exploded and knocked her back. Cinder used this opportunity to dash at Ruby and finish her off.
"You're mine now Little Red-AHHHHH!" Cinder screamed as she felt herself get shocked by some kind of blue lightning and fell to the floor.
Cinder couldn't move and looked up to see some guy dressed in black looking down on her with a smirk on his face. The next thing she knew her arms were being held behind her back and some heavy things that felt like cuffs were placed on her wrists. She knew that it had to have been Ruby Rose and after a few moments she found that she could move again, but she also noticed that she couldn't activate her semblance. She furiously struggled and wondered what was going on until she heard a voice.
"My semblance allows me to create balls of blue static electricity that target anything that is close to them. They do stun you yes, but it is only temporary as the effect wears off soon however that doesn't matter to me. For my fighting style it's great for me because I can get decisive blows in quickly and have my enemy down on the ground, just like you are right now. Oh, and those cuffs on your wrists nullify your aura so you can't fight back no matter how much you want to. Thank you Atlesian scientists!" Seth said with a smirk and Cinder growled in rage.
"Who the hell even are you people? How do you know who I am?" Cinder asked angrily looking at Seth.
"Oh you know, just some detectives from the newly formed Intelligence Unit in Atlas." Seth said with a grin and Cinder's eyes widened to the size of saucers.
Cinder could not believe the words that just came out of this boy's mouth, and for the first time in a while she became worried. Atlas had an Intelligence Unit? And Ruby was apart of it? How long had this been going on and how much did she know? Did Ruby report Cinder and the others the moment she met them and was she just playing dumb this whole time? She thought that they had been hiding themselves incredibly well and now apparently they have been figured out.
"Hey Seth, look at this." Ruby said pointing to a computer screen that said, 'Virus Upload Failed.'
"Ok I know you are not some kind of hacker so who are you working with and why were you trying to implant a virus into the tower's transmit system?" Seth asked with a glare and Cinder just rolled her eyes. "
"The fact that you think I am going to tell you anything boy is laughable, it seems that you are not very good at this Detective thing. I haven't even been read my rights yet…" Cinder said with a chuckle and Seth glared at her but then Ruby spoke up.
"Go on, keep talking in that condescending tone and thinking that you are some clever, badass villain. Here is the reality though, this master plan of yours' is over and that run down factory where you have your operations is a little slice of heaven compared to where you're going. Oh, and if you think that Torchwick or the White Fang are going to try to help you then you are dumber than I thought. When we find them, and we will, they will give you and those other two up for a slice of pizza." Ruby said with a victorious smirk on her face while Cinder just looked dumbfounded as Ruby took out her scroll and hit a button.
"General Ironwood, the offender is in custody." Ruby said happily as Cinder yelled angrily but was held back by Seth.
"Incredible work you two, bring her to the auditorium so she can join with her little posse. My soldiers are already on their way here to meet them." General Ironwood informed them.
"Understood General, we are on our way. Come on you heard the man, move your ass!" Ruby commanded as Cinder reluctantly walked into the elevator with Seth close behind her, his daggers ready just in case Cinder made a move.
Cinder was beyond furious at this point, she was so mad that she couldn't even express her anger. Everything had been going perfectly, they were checking off everything that the plan included accordingly without worry because no one knew who they were. Tonight was supposed to be the night that they started phase two but of course Little Red had to show up and tear the whole plan down and flip Cinder's world upside down.
Now apparently Ruby Rose, and more importantly General Ironwood, knew who Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald really were and what they were up to. Not only that, but they also knew that they were involved with Torchwick and the White Fang, both of which were not on Ironwood's good side. Everything was crashing down, and she couldn't contact Watts because that brat put a bullet in her scroll, she couldn't even tell Mercury or Emerald to run. What exactly was she going to do now? What were they all going to do now?
Author Notes:
It all falls down, what's up everybody I'm back sorry this took a while. I went on vacation and had a great time, not to mention that I have been enjoying the heck out of Scarlet Nexus and Skyward Sword. Anyway, I have been looking forward to this chapter for a while because this is where things really change from the Canon story. Instead of Cinder escaping, she gets caught because Seth wired the elevator not to make a sound when it reached the top floor. Ruby goes one on one with her and is even, but she doesn't need to win because of Seth and his semblance. Now she is captured and her lackeys are next. We also saw Yang freak out on finding out that Ruby went out with a boy, and we saw Ruby have some regret on some of the things she said. What will happen next? Find out next time!