In the deserted alleyway with a graffiti-marked dumpster as Penny reveals her secret to Ruby.
Ruby: Penny, I-I don't understand...
Penny: Most girls are born, but I was made. I'm the world's first synthetic person capable of generating an Aura.
Penny turns her head to the side sadly.
Penny: I'm not real...
Ruby is taking Penny's hands in her own.
Ruby: Of course you are. You think just because you've got nuts and bolts instead of squishy guts makes you any less real than me?
Penny: I don't... um...
Penny leans in close to Ruby's face.
Penny: You're... taking this extraordinarily well.
Ruby: You're not like those things we saw back there.
Ruby taps Penny's chest.
Ruby: You've got a heart, and a soul; I can feel it!
Penny: Ooohh... oh Ruby.
Penny grabs Ruby into a hug and shakes her back and forth.
Penny: You're the best friend anyone could have!
Ruby: (Muffled groaning.) I can see why your father would want to protect such a delicate flower!
Penny releases Ruby and she is fully back to her happy self.
Penny: Oh, he's very sweet! My father's the one that built me! I'm sure you would love him!
Ruby: Wow. (Giggles.) He built you all by himself?
Penny: Well, almost! He had some help from Mr. Ironwood.
Penny: 'It's not a lie, Ironwood did help my father but then he found out why Ironwood wanted to help my father. Thank Oum my little brother IG escaped.'
Ruby: The General?! Wait... Is that why those soldiers were after you?
Penny: They like to protect me, too!
Penny: 'But now I think that they want to keep an eye on me.'
Ruby: (Scoffs) They don't think you can protect yourself?
Penny: They're not sure if I'm ready yet... One day, it will be my job to save the world, but I still have a lot left to learn. That's why my father let me come to the Vytal Festival. I want to see what it's like in the rest of the world, and test myself in the Tournament.
Ruby: Penny, what are you talking about? Save the world from what? We're in a time of peace!
Penny: (Confused) That's not what Mr. Ironwood said...
Penny: 'If we're in a time of peace why are Ozpin and Ironwood trying to attack Auradon? We just want to live in peace but thanks to Ozpin and Ironwood we won't have peace.'
Soldier 1: Check down here!
Penny grabs Ruby by the shoulders.
Penny: You have to hide!
Penny lifts Ruby above her head effortlessly. Ruby struggles and screams as she is carried toward the dumpster.
Ruby: Penny, wait! What are you doing? You don't have to go with them! I can help you!
Penny throws Ruby in the trash and lifts the lid so she can still talk.
Penny: It's okay, Ruby. They're not bad people; I just don't want to get you in trouble. Just promise me you won't tell anyone else my secret. Okay?
Penny gravely stares at Ruby.
Ruby: I promise.
Ruby lowers her head into the garbage as the lid is put down, but she lifts it a little to peek at the scene outside.
Atlas soldier 1: There she is!
Penny: Sal-u-tations, officers!
Atlas soldier 1: Why were you running? And what happened to the other girl?
Penny: What girl? I've been by myself all day!
Penny hiccups then smiles.
Atlas soldier 1: You shouldn't cause such a scene.
Atlas soldier 2: Are you okay?
Penny shows off her "injured" palms.
Penny: Just a scratch.
Atlas soldier 1: Penny, your father isn't going to be happy about this.
Atlas soldier 2: Please, just come with us.
Penny: Yes, sir!
Penny and the soldiers are heard walking away as Ruby looks on in sadness... until a rat screeches from below her feet, causing the young Huntress to fall and close the lid on herself. In the ruined parts of Vale, the sound of an engine gets closer and closer until Bumblebee pulls into the street and stops just short of the camera, showing Yang behind the handlebars in her matching helmet. Yang is taking off the helmet and talking to Neptune as she gestures with her thumb to the music playing nearby.
Yang: Come on, my friend's right in here!
Yang gets off the bike to reveal Neptune sitting right behind her, his hair and goggles are messed up and he has a petrified expression of terror on his face.
Neptune: (Sounding dizzy) Cool...
Neptune shakes his head and it somehow perfectly fixed his appearance Neptune gets off the cycle and is looking around worriedly.
Neptune: And where exactly is... here?
The music from Junior's Club gets louder. Inside the club, Junior is behind the bar adjusting his cuffs as his henchmen stock the bottles, carry boxes, and otherwise stand around on the dance floor, until... a henchman seen running and shouting.
Henchmen 1: Hurry, close the door - she's coming!
He and another Henchman proceed to roll the doors shut and keep them closed with their bodies. Junior is walking out from the bar.
Junior: What are you two idiots doing?!
The Henchmen shout incoherently until an explosion knocks them to the ground and forces the doors open, allowing a familiar face to walk in through the smoke.
Yang: Guess who's back!
Yang continues to smile and pose as eight guns are pointed in her face with an equal number of angry Henchmen behind them. Though this doesn't faze her, she stops and glares at the recording studio where the track is messing up until the frightened bear-headed DJ takes the needle off the record and retreats back under the table. Neptune appears behind Yang as the Henchmen continue hoisting their guns.
Neptune: Yeah, so could you define "friend" for me?
Junior: Stop, stop! Nobody shoot.
Junior cuts his way through the crowd of goons, straightening his tie.
Junior: Blondie, you're here! ...Why?
Yang: You still owe me a drink.
Yang grabs Junior by the arm and drags him to the bar through the hired guns.
Neptune: Whoa-ho-ho-ho, what a woman...
Neptune breaks from his lovestruck staring to see the twins Melanie and Miltia standing beside him.
Neptune: 'Sup?
Melanie and Miltia: Whatever.
Melanie and Miltia walk away with their noses in the air.
