RWBY: When The Clock Strikes Twelve
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Part 1: 11:25 P.M.
As all the students were enjoying themselves in the ballroom engaging with multiple different dances Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai were observing them from the next tier with cocky smiles.
Emerald: It appears all the dancers have partners.
Cinder: (heard via earbud) How long do I have?
Mercury: You should probably be home by midnight, to be safe.
Cinder Fall is shown to be somewhere outside, holding her fingers to her ear. She wore a black infiltration outfit and a mask covering her lower face.
Cinder: I'll keep my eye on the clock.
Having made her way to the exit, Ruby walks out of the dance and into the night air. She stretches and stares up at the night sky lazily.
Ruby: I am so bored…
?: What? Got abandoned by your dance partner Red?
Turning to her left, Ruby sees Cardin Winchester lying back on a pillar with folded arms and drinking from a half-empty beer bottle. Ruby frowned when she noticed it was the bully, she turned away from him and folded her arms.
Ruby: What do you want, Cardin?
Cardin: *scoff* Nothing from you. I was just out here enjoying the silence. I swear I was going to vomit after seeing those idiots dance in there.
Ruby: Not having fun?
Cardin: Ha! Please, events like this are a waste of time. I only came because I heard there would be drinks…(Cardin starts clutching the beer bottle in his hand and staring at it angrily) But all these dumbasses have is punch and cheap beer! I wasted fifty lien getting this damn suit!
Cardin throws the beer bottle to the ground, shattering it. Ruby backs away quickly frightened by the big guy's sudden outburst.
Ruby: W-watch out! You could have gotten beer on my dress!
Cardin: Tch! Are those idiots done in there? Sky has the damn keys, I want this night to be over already!
Ruby: Same here…Ah!
Ruby suddenly yelped aloud which made Cardin jump.
Cardin: W-what's up with you?
Ruby: I just realized that Weiss has the key to the room! Argh! Now I have to walk all the way back inside just to find her!
Cardin: So what? Just walk.
Ruby: Hmph! You're a guy so you don't understand the struggle of walking in heels!
Cardin: Nikos and Schnee walk on heels all the time don't they?
Ruby: Weiss would literally rather die than not look her very best and Pyrrha isn't exactly normal…huh?
Cardin: Huh? What?
Ruby: What is that?
Ruby pointed off to the distance. Both team leaders witnessed a figure running along the rooftops.
Cardin: The hell…?
Ruby: *exclaim* Is it a ninja!?
Cardin: Are you a dumbass?
The two then started to pursue the figure.
Back in the Dancing Hall, the remaining members of Team CRDL were by the punch ball. While Sky and Dove were drinking away at the tasty juice, Russel was standing around with a heavy frown.
Russel: This sucks! No sexy ladies want to dance with me!
Sky: Well it's not like we are the most popular guys in the school. But is that really the only reason you came to the dance?
Russel: Hell yeah! Women in expensive and hot dresses, dancing, touching you~...it's the perfect opportunity for stuff to happen, you know what I mean?
Sky: *sigh* You are impossible. If Cardin hears about this he will destroy you.
Russel: Bah! You and Cardin are both party poopers! Dove, you get what I am saying, right man?
Dove: (Nodding aggressively) Absolutely! There is one lady I want to share the dance floor with~...
Dove's eyes turned into hearts as he trailed off in the direction of Glynda Goodwitch who was standing near Headmaster Ozpin while looking stoic as always. He started blushing feverishly and hugging himself.
Dove: Oh~! Miss Goodwitch~! I hope she will be my dance partner before the night ends~!
Both Sky and Russel stare at Dove with blank expressions.
Russel:...I…don't see that happening.
Dove: Not with that attitude!
?: SALUATIONS!
The four boys jumped in surprise and turned around to see a new person. Approaching Team CRDL with a gleeful smile and waving was Penny Poledonna. While Sky and Dove just looked at her questionably, Russel grinned while blushing. He quickly got up close to her and gently held her hand while bowing.
Russel: H~Hello there madam~! Do you wish to dance?
Penny: Oh, sure! But can we dance over there?
Penny pointed over to the far corner of the ballroom right behind a massive pillar.
Russel: You…don't want to be on the dance floor?
Penny: I don't like people staring at me when I dance, I get embarrassed *hiccup*!
Russel: Heh, no problem, as a reward could I get your name and number before the night is over, pretty lady~?
Penny: That's all? Okay then! The name is Penny Poledonna! I am a student at Atlas Academy! And…number? Do you mean like my favorite number? Well…I honestly like the number thirteen!
Russel: Huh…?
Penny: Never mind that, let's go dance!
Penny grabs Russel and drags him into the corner of the room. While they went away, the two Atlas Soldiers who were by Penny's side before ran past Sky and Dove.
Atlas Soldier 1: How the hell did you lose her!? I went to the bathroom for one damn minute!
Atlas Soldier 2: Let me live okay?! I just wanted to have fun tonight!
Atlas Soldier 1: With a bunch of kids!? You're damn sad. Argh! If General Ironwood finds out both of our asses are on the line!
The soldiers run off as Sky stares at them.
Sky: Who were they looking for? Meh, whatever. Do they have any more of those delicious cookies?
Outside the Cross Continental Transmit System Tower, Cinder stealthily approaches an armed guard. She knife-hands the back of his head, rendering him unconscious with a stunned grin on his face. She drags him behind some bushes.
Inside the building, Cinder approaches more guards.
Atlas Soldier 1: Excuse me, no one's allowed in this area. (Cinder continues to approach.) Stop!
The soldier opens fire when Cinder does not heed him. She charges in and manages to overpower him, punching the soldier and then grabbing his arm. Cinder kicks another soldier and uses the first one's gun to take him out. She then kicks the soldier's knee and throws him against a handrail. Two more soldiers rush her wielding batons. Cinder flash-forges a pair of black blades from Fire Dust and slashes at both of them. Batting the first aside she advances on the second and strikes him before sweeping both legs. The first soldier recovers but she blocks each swing with her blades. After blocking a kick she elbows then shoves him to the floor. As he tries to get back up she flips over to kick him in the head, checking for more guards before moving on.
As Cinder enters she approaches an elevator door which opens immediately upon her arrival. Inside the elevator were two more Atlas soldiers who did not notice the masked infiltrator and were conversing with each other.
Atlas Soldier 2: Hey, man, do you know the Wi-Fi password?
Atlas Soldier 3: It's Beacon, but replace the E with a 3 and add a pound symbol to the end-W-wha…?
One of the guards finally notices the fallen men outside. Both guards grow apprehensive as Cinder casually walks onto the elevator, the doors closing as she turns around. Thrashing sounds can be heard from outside the elevator.
Outside the building, Ruby and Cardin approach and see the unconscious guard. The two leaders stared at each other and nodded. Both pulled out their Scrolls, dialing for their lockers which crashed into the courtyard and opened to reveal their respective weapons: Crescent Rose and The Executioner.
Inside the building, the elevator doors open as Cinder walks out while examining a Scroll. The two guards who were in there before were knocked out.
Cinder: Oh! That's handy.
She pockets the Scroll and walks out of the elevator and toward the control consoles nearby.
Emerald: (via earbud) A party guest is leaving.
Cinder: (sighs) Which one?
Back at the ballroom, Emerald was dancing with Mercury while keeping a close watch on her target.
Emerald: Ironwood, with a few soldiers with him. They seem to be looking for someone…
General Ironwood was running out of the ballroom with the two Atlas Soldiers by his side. The general looked enraged while the soldiers that were with him looked frightened.
Ironwood: I can't believe you lost her!
Atlas Soldier 1: W-we're sorry sir! Will do everything in our power to-
Ironwood: Search the premises! It's too dangerous for Penny to be wandering on her own!
Mercury: Damn, he is mad~. Wonder who they're looking for?
Cinder: (via earbud) I could guess…it seems that Ironwood can't control his pets~...
Emerald: What does that mean?
Back at the tower, Cinder plants a flash drive into a computer and starts typing away.
Cinder: *chuckles* I'll let you know later…
Cinder continues to hack through the system using complicated coding.
Cinder: It should take about ten minutes to get past the Bi-Code. Just continue to keep me updated on Ironwood's movements so-
Cinder stops talking as she hears the ding from the elevator door. She ducks quickly behind the table, keeping her breath still.
Walking out of the elevator slowly and with weapons in hand was Ruby and Cardin.
Ruby: Hello?
Cardin puts his huge hand over Ruby's mouth silencing her before she can say anything else. The girl was caught off guard by the sudden grab and started muffling aloud but the big guy quickly shushed her.
Cardin: Are you an idiot!? Why are you trying to alert the intruder!?
Ruby: (Removing Cardin's hand from her mouth) I'm pretty sure they know we're here anyway because of the elevator and don't call me an idiot!
Cardin: Whatever…(Cardin stares at her right hand which he noticed is now damp. He skins up his face) Did you fucking lick my hand?!
Ruby: Hello? (Ruby stumbles due to her high-heeled shoes. Getting annoyed, she kicks them off her feet and continues) Is anyone there? Hello?
Cinder smirks confidently then rises from her hiding place and steps out towards the two leaders. Both Ruby and Cardin aimed their weapons at the masked infiltrator the moment she came into view.
Cardin: Who the hell are you!?
Cinder stays silent and just continues to stare at Ruby and Cardin sizing them up. This angered Cardin and he continued to shout at the intruder.
Cardin: Unless you want to get hurt you better start talking!
Back at the Dance, Yang walked up to Weiss who was sitting down and talking to Neptune. She tapped her teammate on the shoulder drawing her attention.
Yang: Weiss, have you seen Ruby anywhere?
Weiss: No, I thought she would be with you.
Yang: *sigh* She probably scurried off when nobody was paying attention. I guess she still hates going to functions like this…
Weiss: I'm pretty sure Ruby will be fine.
Yang: I wasn't worried before, but now people are getting drunk and I don't want some creep feeling up my sis! I'm gonna call her!
Weiss: Do what you want.
As Weiss continued to have a pleasing conversation with Neptune Yang took out her Scroll and dialed on her sister's number.
Ruby, Cinder, and Cardin were still staring at each other, not moving an inch from where they were standing. Getting impatient and slightly nervous, Ruby called out to the masked infiltrator.
Ruby: Excuse me? You know, it's not a masquerade party, so why don't you take off that-!
At that moment, the loud sound of rock music rang throughout the room. The music is coming from Ruby's dress pocket as she realizes it is her Scroll. In a split second, Ruby's attention was off her target, Cinder produced a container of dust from her belt expelling a cloud that glows. Condensing into glass shards that go flying at Ruby.
Cardin: RUBY!
Cardin's yell snaps Ruby back to attention as she defends herself then opens fire. Cinder blocks each shot with her hand as parts of the outfit glow. She once again summons a pair of blades, Ruby launches herself forward but Cinder dodges. Her eyes and outfit glow again as she combines the blades into a bow and fires three arrows. Ruby manages to destroy two of the arrows with her scythe, but one lands near Cardin. As the black arrow hits the ground, the floor starts to heat up with a swirling fire. Cardin noticed just a second late and jumped away right as the floor at his feet exploded.
Cardin: The hell?!
The brute jumps back and realizes that his coat is on fire. He quickly takes it off and throws it away. Cardin points his mace at Cinder, seething with rage.
Cardin: That's gonna cost yah, bitch!
At that moment, Cardin put Ice Dust into the center of The Executioner and jumped at Cinder. She gracefully dodges while the mace impacts the ground creating pillars of ice. Very quickly, Cinder got up close to Cardin, creating a black dagger. He slices across his chest in an "X" motion, cutting his center. Cardin lets out a painful groan as he stumbles back.
At the same time, Ruby uses her semblance to become rose petals and come up behind Cinder, with her weapon in blade form. Cinder simply moves her head to the left dodging Ruby's strike and then turns around turning her black dagger into a black lance. She then attacks Ruby who just barely dodges the strike at her head.
Ruby: Eep!
Cinder then swipes Ruby's feet and gives a devastating hit to her side. All the air is knocked out of Ruby as she flies into a desk of computers, crashing and destroying all of them.
Cardin: Dammit!
Cardin charges at Cinder who fires two black arrows. The brute deflects them both and tries to crush the masked infiltrator with the power of his mace. Cinder backflips out of the way as Cardin's mace makes a large crater. She jumps forward, grabs Cardin's shirt, spins him around, and then puts her foot on his stomach to launch him in the air. Cinder then jumps up higher than Cardin and sends him crashing down to the floor with a devastating kick to the stomach, creating a big crater. Cardin groans in pain but quickly rolls out of the way as Cinder falls towards him with a black spear in her hands, trying to impale him. The brute then takes a Fire Dust Crystal out of his pocket and throws it into the air, using the Executioner like a baseball bat he hits the crystal and launches it at Cinder. It causes a great explosion, but Cinder quickly reappears from the smoke and stands tall and unharmed which leaves Cardin in disbelief.
She gives him four blows to his body and then a powerful kick to his face, knocking him to the other side of the room.
Both Cardin and Ruby slowly get up from where Cinder had thrown them, both pretty battered. Cinder then summons two black blades, pointing them at both of the leaders as she stands at the center of the room. Ruby and Cardin were breathing heavily while sweating.
Ruby and Cardin: (In their heads) She is tough!
Ruby: (In her head) I thought she was just some burglar, but she is definitely an experienced fighter. It's almost like we couldn't even touch her!
Cardin: (In his head) This feels like I'm fighting my grandfather…this person is on the same level as an experienced Huntsman! This is bad, I have to stay focused. If I even drop my guard for a minute…
Ruby and Cardin: (In their heads) I'm dead…!
As Ruby and Cardin readied themselves, Cinder chuckled as her eyes glowed.
Cinder: Let's dance~...
Author's Note:
Hello! This is part one of a RWBY fanfiction series that I have been thinking about for a while. It is a revamp of the scenario in Volume 2 episode 7: Dance Dance Infiltration. It extends the fight between Cinder and Ruby of that moment making it more epic and chaotic. I also decided to get Team CRDL involved in this story because their involvement would be pretty funny plus they don't do much in the original series anyway.
I hope you guys enjoy the ride!
P.S.: The dresses that Team RWBY are wearing in this fanfic are the beta dresses mainly because I personally like them better than the ones in the show.
Also, Penny is wearing this dress which is just one of her beta concept outfits because I find it flashy and fits her personality more.
I am currently writing my own original web novel! The story is called "The Branded Hero Volume 1: Baxter the Failure"! It is out on Tapas and is still going. If you are interested, please give it a read!
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I am also creating a comic on Webtoon and Tapas called "The Curse of Gringerfield". The story is written by me while other very talented people do the art. If you love drama, magic, and a little horror and action please check out this comic!
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