(Charged)

Chapter 1: Long Tongue Liar

"Guilty!" CLACK

Ruby jumped awake with a start, she felt her arms pull against something on her wrists.

She pulled against the cuffs of her shackles, remembering where she was the moment the whir of the bus engine registered in her mind. The young brunette gazed down at her orange jumper.

"Prison," she whispered to herself, the sting of reality had lost its bite, however. Ruby Rose was going to spend the next two years of her life in a maximum security prison. She let out a wistful sigh as she peered out of the window, watching the desert zip past the bus.

Sand and more sand, she thought to herself as the featureless expanse stretched out in all directions. Schnee Correctional Facility, located in the middle of a salt flat, no escapes in over eighty years of operation. Not surprising where are you gonna go? You can get shot, go back, or thirst to death in the desert, either way, you were stuck.

The bus began to take a turn catching Ruby's attention given that they had driven in a straight line for the past hour. She gazed out the window catching a view of the facility. It was a huge compound with four high-security wings, the building loomed over the backdrop of the sky as the bus approached. The blocks were built into a giant square, a shared yard in the middle of the four buildings. Sky walks connected the buildings to one another. The perimeter was surrounded by chain link fence eleven feet tall topped with razor wire and guard towers placed every nine meters, snipers posted scanning the horizon as the bus pulled up to the first security checkpoint. The driver presented her ID and the guards waved them through the gate, this happened three more times before the bus pulled into the receiving area.

"Alright ladies, time to face the music!" The guard at the front of the bus stood up holstering her pump-action. "Stand up," she ordered, Ruby slowly rose to her feet looking around at the other riders for the first time, given that talking or raising your head during the ride would get you screamed at. The bus wasn't full by any means only about four other prisoners, one caught her attention though, a black haired girl with a bow on her head. "how had she been allowed a bow?" Ruby questioned.

The rear guard came forward ushering the girls off the bus, they shuffled in their shackles as they lined up on the hot concrete loading bay. A guard with a White ponytail tucked under her pitch black "SCF" baseball cap walked up to the new arrivals. She wore a standard uniform consisting of a black bullet proof vest over a white army fatigue shirt and similar navy blue cargo pants, she had a can of pepper spray and a night stick on her belt along with a pair of handcuffs and a walkie-talkie. Ruby felt uneasy when the woman stopped, blowing a bubble with her chewing gum before popping it with a smack as she continued to chew loudly baring her teeth.

She walked past each prisoner eyeing them from behind her aviator sunglasses chewing her bubble gum, occasionally blowing a bubble and popping it with her teeth.

"What ya in for," she asked the first woman in the line-up.

"Murder."

"MURDER, MAM!" the snow-haired officer snapped.

She smirked at the self-proclaimed murderer who had jumped at the sudden outburst.

She snaked down the line to the next convict, the black haired girl with the bow.

"Welcome back Blake, did ya miss us?" She giggled blowing a bubble in the girls face letting it pop loudly.

The dark woman merely smirked, "I missed the tuna sandwiches...mam"

The guard laughed loudly slapping her knee dramatically.

"I always did love your sense of humor."

She moved over to the next woman between "Blake" and Ruby. She merely lunged her body forward at the inmate causing the woman to jump backward. "Pfft," the officer muttered.

She then stood in front of Ruby looking down on her.

The icy woman leaned in close to Ruby's face making her gulp.

"What ya in for?"

"Nothing I'm innocent," she noticed Blake tense up as the officer pulled away from her face.

"No you aren't," remarked the woman.

"Yes I am," Ruby retorted she heard an "oh no" escape under Blake's breath.

The Woman leaned in peering into Ruby's eyes over her aviators, her ice blue orbs burnt a hole in poor Ruby. She smiled leaning in so close Ruby could feel her breath on her neck.

"No. You. Are. Not." she whispered through gritted teeth.

"And you know why, worm?"

"Because when I say something its law in here bitch... There is one rule in here, worm." She spat the words with venom directly into Ruby's ear.

"Do. not. FUCK. With Weiss Schnee, now say my name and tell me you're sorry."

"I'm sorry Weiss Schnee, Mam," Ruby forced out with a yelp.

"Oh, I forgive you but uhh..." she whispered into Ruby's ear her breath causing a shiver to run down her spine.

"Talk back to me again and I WILL crush you." Weiss kissed Ruby's neck causing the poor girl to yelp. She gritted her teeth before pulling away giving the order for the women to move into processing, she stared Ruby down the whole time.

Ruby panicked internally under the icy girls gaze as she entered the, thankfully air conditioned, processing building.

Once she was lined up for processing and her shackles were removed she felt a nudge on her back, when she turned to it she looked the dark haired woman directly in her orange eyes.

"You already fucked up on day one newbie," Blake said with very little emotion.

"W-What do you mean," Ruby asked.

"Name's Blake by the way"

"R-Ruby," the poor red head stammered offering her hands for a handshake, Blake merely shrugged at her.

"Well, Ruby you need to watch your back."

"W-why," she asked, naivety thick in her voice.

"You caught the Ice-Queens gaze," Blake nodded up to the second floor of the processing block.

Sure enough, up on the balcony, Weiss was looking over her sunglasses, chewing her gum, staring down on Ruby as the poor girl was processed.

"859," the processing officer barked, startling Ruby as an orange jumpsuit with "859" emblazoned on the back was shoved into her arms along with a pair of laceless slip on shoes.

"Strip," commanded the officer.

"Right He-" Ruby was cut off by Blake grabbing her shoulder, "Just change dumbass, there isn't any privacy in here so get used to it."

Ruby nodded as she began to unbutton her current jumper. She glanced up at the balcony her face flushed red as she saw Weiss lick her lips and blow a large bubble as Ruby started to strip.

Blake spoke up while donning her own jumper labeled "999","Welcome to the Ice Queens castle."

Ruby groaned as her jumpsuit hit the floor.

It was gonna be a LONG two years.