A Place of Particular Concern

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Narrator: This is the story of a girl and a boy, who had a lot of problems...

The screen remains black, sounds of an explosion are muted before eyes blink to Ruby Rose's point of view of what happened in the Evacuation Central Location. Team RWBY, Donald Azuris and Penny Polendina turn to find an explosion caused by Cinder Fall. Ruby panics as the evacuees run in fear before quickly blinking, transitioning in black.

Yang: (off-screen) Ruby!

The scene transitions to Neopolitan attempting to attack Ruby, but she was tackled out of the way by Yang, who took the brunt of Neopolitan's slash and broke her Aura. Ruby then constantly blinks in a panic as she watches Yang being thrown backward, tumbling bodily over the platform. Later, Ruby helplessly tries to reach Crescent Rose, but watches it slide over the edge and falls into the abyss. Later, Ruby is clinging onto Neo's ankle as Cinder glares down on them. Ruby's Silver Eyes are seen glowing faintly.

Cinder: (echo) And you... should have never been born...

Cinder uses the Staff to smash Neo's hand, causing her to lose her grip and fall. Ruby starts to fall with her, and the glow from her eyes disappears. After Ruby falls down, Blake Belladonna holds Ruby while swinging Gambol Shroud to back up to the platform, but its ribbon gets burned off by Cinder. Ruby helplessly watches Blake fall before disappearing into the abyss.

We cut to the first-person perspective of Rody Azuris as he screams out in emotional pain, holding the dead body of Jasmine Brax, before looking up at Cinder and his friends fighting. We then smash cut to Rody on the ground as Cinder flies away and Jaune Arc picks Rody up in a fireman's carry as Cinder taunts them.

Cinder:  I'll look forward to it. Assuming you live, of course. Miguel can't lose his prize after all.

We see Rody watch Jaune run them to the Vacuo portal and Winter Schnee tries to reach them, but she goes through. Jaune and Rody both fall as Rody reaches up to where it was before he and Jaune disappear.

Ruby opens her eyes to find herself surrounded by floating red balls. She looks down to her hand encoated by one of them before it begins floating from her hand. Ruby then sees Neo delivering a punch at her. Ruby tries to defend herself as she grabs Neo by both of her hands. Neo tries to grab Ruby by the neck as Ruby pushes Neo's hand away from her. Neo uses her Semblance to transform into Oscar Pine, and roughly pulls her hands away from Ruby. Neo glares as she transforms into Yang as Ruby defends herself. Neo punches away Ruby's hands and grabs them, again transforming into Penny. Ruby struggles as Neo armlocks her, strangling her. Ruby almost loses her breath, but she breaks free from Neo by kicking her legs backwards. Ruby tumbles over and watches Neo in the distance as they both fall through the clouds.

Rody's perspective can be seen as he sees the same floating red balls around him. Rody looks around to see if he can find anything he can use or anyone to help him, but he sees nothing. He gasps as he sees Ruby's scythe, Crescent Rose and reaches out to it, but he can't move. He propels himself with magic for a few feet and just as he's about to reach it, gravity takes effect. Rody falls down and he screams as everything suddenly goes white. 

???: How has this happened?

???: It's because of this bumbling fool!

After some time passes, Rody slowly wakes up as he then sees where he is. He knew he wasn't falling anymore, and he could feel grass beneath him, tickling the back of his neck. The scent of trees, fruits, and the faintest whiff of the ocean filled his nose, yet they were...alien, in some form. As the ringing in his ears calmed down, he heard the chattering calls of birds echoing all around him, and the rustling of tree branches. When he finally rustled up the energy to open his eyes, he found himself surrounded by trees that were twisted in odd shapes, rainbow stalks, alien flowers, and a yellow sky with two suns. For a moment, given the hit he took and the fall, he wondered if this was the afterlife. That thought disappeared the minute he attempted to sit up as every muscle in his body screamed.

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