Catch Me if You Can (Male Reader x Ruby Rose) RWBY

Vol 2 Part 14

(3rd Person POV)

General Ironwood was looking out from the landing docks of Beacon Academy to the city of Vale at night, a few airships hovering over the lit-up buildings. Walking up from behind him was Glynda.

Glynda: Trouble sleeping?

Ironwood looked back, gripping his shoulder with the other hand..

Ironwood: Arm was acting up.

Glynda: Of course, so logically, you got out of bed, dressed yourself completely and decided to gaze menacingly out into the distance.

She approached all the way to his side, then looked at him concerned.

Glynda: What's wrong?

Ironwood: I've trusted him for years. We both have. I just... I can't help but feel like he's keeping us in the dark.

Glynda: Don't be ridiculous! You know very well that we are not the ones in the dark.

Ironwood laughed humorously at her devotion.

Ironwood: That makes it worse! I refuse to believe that a man that I've trusted for so long would act so... passively.

She put a reassuring hand on her friend's shoulder.

Glynda: You're a good person, James. You've always done what you think is best for the people, even against strong protest. It's admirable. But it's high time you stopped talking about trust and started showing it.

She dropped her hand as they stared into the distance together.

Glynda: Ozpin has experience that the rest of us lack. And I think that's something worth remembering.

With that she turned away, walking back to Beacon Academy. Before she was out of range however she turned back.

Glynda: I hope your arm feels better.

With that she left, leaving Ironwood to his own devices.

In Mountain Glenn, the full moon was shining over the ruined buildings of Mountain Glenn, and a lone Beowolf was searching through the rubble. 

It looked up briefly at the young girl who had it in her red crosshair scope, but Ruby just lowered Crescent Rose and sighed in tiredness as she kept lookout over the destruction.

The rest of her team was lying down on their sleeping mats around the fire with weapons nearby, and Doctor Oobleck was higher up, slumped down against the wall next to the hole in the ceiling. The three members of RWBY had their eyes closed, but Yang was the first to stop pretending.

Yang: Blake, are you awake?

Blake: Yeah.

Yang: Why do you think he asked us about being a Huntress? Like, what was he trying to say?

Blake: Maybe he was just curious.

Yang: You think?

Blake: No.

Yang: Weiss, are you awake?

Weiss: Of course I'm awake! You two are talking. And I think he... When I said I wanted to honor my family's name, I meant it. But, it's not what you think. I'm not stupid. I'm fully aware of what my father has done with the Schnee Dust Company. Since he took control, our business has operated in a... moral gray area.

Blake: That's putting it lightly.

Weiss: Which is why I feel the need to make things right. If I had taken a job in Atlas, it wouldn't have changed anything. My father was not the start of our name, and I refuse to let him be the end of it.