The Lost Stark

~Time~

~Ruby~

Absentmindedly twirling her spoon, Ruby sighed as everything had seemed to get better, only for Mistress Fate to tear it all down again.

When her parents died, Qrow had been there to comfort and care for them, even when the government had disagreed with their arrangements.

Living from hotel to hotel, paycheck after paycheck, life had indeed hit rock bottom for her. But when that picture Uncle Qrow had found surfaced, she began to questioned who else was keeping secrets.

"Hey, are you okay Ruby?" Blake called out faintly as the small girl turned to her roommates.

Blake felt her sadness as Yang could only frown, nothing to help ease the shared pain they both felt.

"I don't know anymore, everyone has secrets on top of secrets and it's been hard just to find answers. I'm scared honestly." Ruby replied as Weiss took a glance before returning to her food.

"I'm sure they'll find your father, a man like him can't be hard to find." Blake smiled a bit.

"Yeah, I'm sure they will."

~Tony~

After successfully fitting the door with a small parting gift, Tony turned to Yinsen who nodded.

"Let's hurry, they'll come for a check up soon." Yinsen warned as Tony placed a leather coat on.

"Hopefully, if this works, we'll both get to see our children Yinsen." Tony patted his shoulder.

"Hopefully." Yinsen replied half heartedly.

"Okay, say it again." Yinsen ordered as he went about setting up their little project.

"41 steps straight ahead. Then 16 steps, that's from the door, fork right, 33 steps, turn right." Tomy relayed as Yinsen raised the chestplate.

"Yinsen! Yinsen! Stark!" One of the terrorists shouted, speaking a foreign language, as they banged on the door.

"Say something. Say something back to him." Tony urged as Yinsen frantically went about, trying to fit metal shoulder pads onto his friend.

"He's speaking Hungarian. I don't..." Yinsen spoke, fear lumping in his throat.

"Then speak Hungarian." Tiny ordered.

"Okay. I know." Yinsen shouted a few words, only to have more shouting come through.

One of the terrorists opened the door before Tony and Yinsen's 'gift' exploded, killing their captors and stirring confusion within the cave.

"How'd that work?" Tony asked as Yinsen looked at the hole.

"Oh, my goodness. It worked all right." Yinsen replied as Tony nods.

"That's what I do." Tony smirked as Yinsen continued typing on the computer.

"Let me finish this."

"Initialize the power sequence. Okay."

"Now! Tell me. Tell me." Yinsen shouted.

"Function 11. Tell me when you see a progress bar, it should be up right now."

"Yes."

"Talk to me. Tell me when you see it."

"I have it."

"Press Control "l"."

"I." Got it."

"I." Enter." "l" and "Enter. Come over here and button me up."

"Okay. All right. Every other hex bolt."