RWBY: The Fallen

Based on the original series by: Monty Oum

Written by: SonicBoomCD

Chapter 1: Make Your Mark

She steadied her breath, aimed, then fired. The bullet shot from the chamber and hit the Grimm with ease, killing it in one shot.

Ruby had been doing this a lot recently. Things were… stressful, to say the least. The Fall of Beacon still flashed through her mind every day and night. She was losing sleep, she couldn't focus. So many problems, both inside and outside of her mind, yet almost no certain solution.

So, she had been, for the past few days, sneaking out in the middle of the night to hunt Grimm. Not the best idea, but it allowed her to have some time alone to contemplate her thoughts.

She mainly thought about Yang.

Seeing Yang again really cheered her up. Ever since Ruby left home to travel to Haven, Yang was all she would think about. With her arm gone and her cheerful personality clouded with despair, Ruby truly thought that she would not return to the battlefield.

When Yang showed up in Haven riding on Bumblebee, Ruby had never been happier. They visited with one another and talked for hours on end, ate at a local restaurant, and Yang even showed Ruby the "true power" of her new mechanical arm.

Although Ruby could have been deceived by her joyful exterior, she was still sure something might not be completely okay within herself. She always seemed concerned about something, though Ruby really didn't know what it was. Maybe Weiss or Blake?

Yeah, probably that.

Ruby reloaded Crescent Rose and waited. She saw the other Grimm look over to see their comrade disintegrating, leaving no traces of its body behind. One Grimm began to walk where its friend had been shot, and before it knew, it had a bullet in its skull and it tumbled to the ground.

"Well, I think I've been out here for long enough," thought Ruby, while getting up from the position she was laying on the ground in and stretching her muscles, "Time to head back."

Ruby retracted her weapon, and used her semblance to get back to the town in almost no time at all. She sneaked into her room, not to wake up Yang, dressed in her pajamas, and fell asleep.

Surprisingly, she didn't notice the tall, red, metallic figure standing outside her window. She didn't see it as it murmured to itself, "This is my target? Too easy."