RWBY: Penny and the Tin Man

See No Evil

While Penny and Ember were busy having their heart to heart. We rejoin Axel in the newly established dorm room for team GEAR. The room is dark and Axel is sitting on the edge of his bed with light of his scroll acting as the only source of light in the room. On the other side of the room George lays completely prone on his bed. As far as Axel can remember George has always been the type to fall asleep the moment he'd lay down and has always been quite difficult to awaken afterward. Axel counted this characteristic among one of his most annoying but. He felt he had more than enough of his antics for today, so he counted himself lucky. Besides Axel felt he had more important things to deal with at the moment. As he finishes this thought a new message appeared in his scrolls inbox. Axel flicked the screen to open his messages and he was not surprised to see Ruin's number pop up, so he flicked the screen again to open the message.

Ruin – "Is it clear?"

Axel read the short message then glanced around the room simply out of instinct before replying. "Yes, George has powered down for the night and the others have not returned yet."

Ruin – "Open the widow."

With hesitation Axel sat up and moved towards the window before he pulled the curtains open. Then he took a moment to glance over the dark moonlit campus for any signs of life. While doing so he could help but think that something about this school just didn't sit well with him. Maybe it was the lack of security checks that he had become accustomed to in Atlas or maybe it was the dark imposing tower the headmaster called his office. After he collected his thoughts he finally opened the window as he was instructed but. Ruin was nowhere to be found, this didn't bother Axel however since he knew if Ruin didn't want to be seen he wouldn't be. Soon enough Axel felt a gust of air move past him before settling in the middle of the room behind him. He turned around to face specter and sure enough Ruin Rustwhel was standing in its place. Axel knew the nature of Ruins semblance but he had no idea how he was able to do that. Axel just had to assume it was kind of special equipment he had been given in Atlas. Each member of his team had been given access to experimental weapon and armor prototypes and had not been instructed to share it with their teammates. Of course it tends to come out naturally when you fight side by side for a long time but. Despite how long the two of them have been together Ruin has not shared that little bit of info with Axel but. This was no surprise to him ether since Ruin rarely spoke and when he did it was never about himself. As you can imagine it's fairly easy for somebody who never speaks to keep a secret believe it or not. That brings us to the problem at hand.

"You're a bit of a show off you know that?" Axel deadpanned. And Ruin responded with one of his usual shrugs. "So Ruin what did you want to talk about?" Axel makes a point of putting emphases on the word talk since he knows that's not what Ruin has in mind.

Ruin stud silently his mouth opening momentarily before being quickly slamming shut again and again. Finally after a moment of silent debate he raised his arm and activated his arm mounted scroll before he began to type vigorously on its holographic display.

A few seconds later and message appeared on Axel's scroll which he reluctantly opened and started to read. Ruin – "It's her Axel, she's coming back."

Axel's expression shifted from annoyance to dread almost instantly. "By her you couldn't mean who I think you mean?"

Ruin – "It's Pyra, she's being released tomorrow."

"Ember still doesn't know does she?" Axel inquired.

Ruin was never one to show much emotion on his face but. His body language always gave away how he was feeling. The low hanging head the jittery hands and feet all suggested that he was worried. Axel felt he already had the answer to his question. "She will have to find out the truth some time you know." Axel tells him.