Rwby: Fatherhood

Chapter 2

How did we get here? Gaius thought to himself while staring down towards a barrel of a gun pointed at him. The look on his face was that of confusion and perplex. He had arrived in Vale by driving the family car towards the city just to go into the Dust store with Ruby. It had been peaceful up until the suddenness of a group of armed men storming in then holding the cashier and Gaius at gun point. The man sent a glance over towards an oblivious Ruby who had headphones on while reading a magazine for weapons. With a roll of the eyes, his ears nearly perked up when the man holding him at gunpoint began to bark at him once more.

"On the ground now!", he spat, "And give me all of your Dust! I won't say it again!"

Gaius narrowed his eyes on the man then shook his head at him. That was when he noticed one of the men heading towards Ruby. He was willing to comply until he saw that his daughter was in danger. His facial expression became deadly, as if a switch had been flipped. With sleight of hand and years of practice, Gaius snatched the weapon out of the man's hand and used it as a club to smack him up side the head with it. He didn't have his primary weapon with him, with his reason being that he didn't truly need it at the moment. With the crook taken cared of, Gaius turned to find the man heading for Ruby being sent flying out of the store. A sigh left him as he realized that she had defended herself. So without a moment's waste, he went to work.

"Dad!", Ruby called, "We're being robbed! Does that mean I can fight?" Her request was met with an odd look, he didn't truly wish for his daughter to be in danger but he couldn't stop her from becoming a Huntress. After all, she aspired to be just like her mother, and he couldn't stop her from doing that. With a breathe leaving him, Gaius sensed that the crook he hit with their weapon was getting back up. With a spin, he used their gun like a bat and smacked them right out of the store just like Ruby did.

"Just this once", Gaius relented, "But no glory seeking or selfish actions." Ruby was elated to hear this, gaining my a beaming smile as she dashed out of the store to face the rest of the criminals. Gaius watched her for a moment and felt a proud smile curl onto his lips. Then stowed his emotions before joining her. Ruby brandished her scythe, then began to dispatch the handful of thugs who aimed their weapons at them.

She swiped one crook's weapon right out of their hands before sending a spinning kick that knocked them unconsciousness. Ruby then hit another with a smack from the butt end of her scythe. Just as she was about to finish the small skirmish, one crook had an opening on her. She was unaware that he had a clear shot on her and was about to pull the trigger. That ended when the crook felt himself unable to move. Gaius had an outstretched hand out at at the crook and with a sweep, sent the man flying into a nearby wall. "That was careless, Ruby." Her father scolded as he stood close by with a neutral expression.

"Well I thought that she was pretty good!" Called a male voice, both father and daughter turned to find a white suited man with a top hat smirking at them. With a twirl of a cane in his hand, he fired an explosive round at the ground aiming to disrupt their vision. Ruby shielded herself while Gaius somehow kept his eyes on the man. His eyesight may have been clouded but the Force was all the sight that he needed. His one good eye stayed trained on the man as a sigh of relief left him. With the crook gone, the fight should be over...or at least it would have been had he didn't just see a red blur go after him once the smoke cleared. With his eyes wide with shock, Gaius knew who that was.

"Ruby, no!"

Ruby

Ruby Faradei Rose wanted to prove herself, she wanted to show that she could become a Huntress. As she got atop of the building that the man was on, she opened fire on him with her scythe, transforming it into a rifle. The man seemingly dodged the round and gave her an impressed look. "You're really persistent Red", he complimented, "But this is where we part ways!" Just as he said that, an aircraft descended for him with a side door opening for him. He jumped and turned to fire another explosive round at Ruby. Her eyes widened upon seeing the round travel towards her. She jumped back to try and dodge but knew that the shockwave from the explosion would still sending her flying. Closing her eyes, she expected to be sent off the building. Except she didn't, though she still felt weightless as if she were in the air.