Ruby just stared at the fallen, large body on the floor. Her hands were shaking more than usual and she covered her mouth, muffling a cry.

The Punisher laid there, bullet hole in his head, blood pouring out from the side of his head. Ozpin walked slowly to her, draped his arm around her, and brought her closer to him. She then began to cry into his chest.

Everyone stared at the dead body of Frank Castle. No one dared moved him, nor did they feel any sadness to him. They all heard what he did to those Gang members and WF members as well.

"I...I'm...s-sorry about t-this." She continued to cry while Ozpin let her.

Suddenly, they heard a gasp. Everyone went wide eyed when they saw the Punisher twitch and move a bit.

Ruby was wide eyed as she saw the Punisher groaning and tried to get up using his arms. He was only able to get his upper body up but his legs stayed on the floor.

"How are you not dead?" The punisher just chuckled a little.

"I've been shot in the face before Red. Looks like your not that good of a shot." He looked fine but something was...off about him. His eyes showed something. Not daggers or anger or the look of murder.

His eyes showed sadness and empathy.

"Have you ever felt the moment when your life just...ends, Red?" Ruby shook her head. "It feels...peaceful. Like a bunch of cloud just swooped you from your feet and just taking you to the afterlife. It's peaceful."

"Yeah, Yeah it is." She had no idea how to answer but she talked to him regardless.

(Play Spiderman 3, Sandman Theme Skip until 0:25)

"You and your team keep asking me why I do this. I do this because of my Family. My family was killed in a Sting 4 years ago. Police were trying to capture several gangs at once." He paused, closing his eyes. His voice was a whisper, but she heard him. "They ended up screwing up and the Gangs started shooting one another.

Frank showed no tears but his voice cracked a bit. "My family and I were there when bullets started flying. My sister, Angela, was the first to die." He paused again, but a tear escaped his eye

"That day was her birthday and she wanted to see me, because I was off somewhere training with my Grandfather. What I didn't know is that I would be holding her lifeless body in arms. Meat was spilling out of her Red, the place her face used to be."

(Pause wherever you are at and skip to 1:25)

Ruby had no way of answering that. She started feeling empathy toward him...

NO!

She couldn't feel empathy towards a serial killer. He killed so many people, even though they were bad and they were also killers.

But, at the same time, he put down some pretty awful people. That she admits, WOULD go back to killing and hurting other people. Regardless, he was still a killer.

"Like Blondie, I also care about my sister as well. I just...*sniff* didn't save her in time." Ruby stared at him. The cold, hard killer was now tearing up because of his family.

That's why he let her go.

(Stop Sandman Theme)

Before he was able to say anything else, Yang punch him in his head, knocking the big guy out.

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