Volume 2 Episode 4: Painting the Town

The scene shows Penny and Ruby talking in an alleyway.

Penny: Sapphire... I'm not a real girl.

Penny shows her hands to Ruby. Parts of her skin are torn and instead of flesh there's metal under it. Ruby grabs Penny's hands and looks at her in the eyes.

Ruby: It's fine Penny. I don't mind if you're a robot or a real girl. You are my friend and that's all that matters.

Penny: Really?

Ruby: Yes. In fact, I've been hiding a secret from you all this time.

Penny: It's fine, no matter what it is we'll still be friends.

Ruby takes off her wig and contact lenses, revealing her true identity.

Ruby: I'm not Sapphire, I'm Ruby Rose. Sapphire is a fake identity I made so people wouldn't attack me.

Penny falls on her knees and starts crying. Ruby approaches Penny.

Ruby: Are you fine Penny?

Penny suddenly punches Ruby in the face, making her fall onto the ground. Penny starts kicking Ruby while crying.

Penny: (Crying) I wanted to have friends, but not you. You disgust me!

Ruby: (Crying) But I thought we were friends.

Penny grabs Ruby by the hair and starts dragging her to a dumpster in the alleyway.

Penny: (Crying) That's because you lied to me. Had I known who you are I would have beaten you from the start.

Penny grabs Ruby's head and repeatedly smashes it against one of the edges of the dumpster until Ruby starts bleeding. Penny stops and Ruby looks at her in the eyes.

Ruby: (Crying) Please, no more.

Penny smashes Ruby's head against the edge of the dumpster one more time with all her might and Ruby falls unconscious. Penny throws Ruby into the dumpster and the scene fades away while she leaves the alleyway.

A new scene fades in, Weiss is looking for Ruby when she reaches the alleyway. Weiss hears a sound coming from a dumpster and she opens it. She finds Ruby crying in the dumpster and takes her out of there.

Weiss: What happened Ruby?

Ruby: (Crying) Penny said we would always be friends so I showed her my true identity and she suddenly attacked me and started...

Weiss hugs Ruby, interrupting her speech.

Weiss: It's fine Ruby, you still have me, you don't need anybody else. Also, if she hates you just because who you are, she's not really your friend.

Ruby stops crying and hugs Weiss back.

Ruby: Thank you Weiss. I love you.

Weiss kisses Ruby.

Weiss: I love you too.

Weiss and Ruby stay on the alleyway hugging each other for a while until Weiss takes her scroll out.

Weiss: I was looking for you because Blake sent me this message by mistake.

Weiss starts playing Blake's message.

Blake: (Voice coming out of Weiss' scroll) Everyone, if you can hear me we need...

Sun: (Voice coming out of Weiss' scroll) Help! Big robot! And it's big! Really big!The Torchwick boy is in it!

Weiss' stops the message and takes the scroll to her pocket.

Weiss: What should we do about it?

Ruby: I don't care about what happens to those filthy animals, but if they sent the message to Yang too she will go to help them. Even though Yang hates me she's still my sister, let's go save her.

Weiss: Alright!

Weiss and Ruby leave.

Weiss and Ruby find Yang and Blake under the highway, there are are robot pieces scattered all over the floor and Roman is standing in front of them. Yang eyes are red because of her semblance.

Ruby: Here comes the backup!

Blake: You're late, we don't need you.

Ruby: Shut up, animal.

Weiss: Yeah, go back to Menagerie.

Yang: What about you go back to Atlas?

Blake: It's fine Yang, I don't care about what that spoiled brat says.

While Team RWBY are arguing a girl with pink, brown and white hair shows up next to Roman.

Roman: Well, it seems like you're having a team meeting so I don't have anything to do here. See you all later. Neo, if you would...

Neo bows. Yang punches Neo but the image of Neo and Roman crashes. Team RWBY turn heads to see Roman and Neo leaving in a bullhead. Yang and Blake turn to Ruby.

Yang: Thank you! We were just about to catch Roman but you had to come and ruin it all.

Blake: Yeah, we were perfectly fine without you. Why did you have to come?

Ruby: I wouldn't have come if you knew how to use a scroll, but I guess that's far above the intelligence of a pseudo-intellectual pervert who can't stop drooling over some filthy monkey's abs.

Blake: What?

Ruby: What you've heard, I didn't come here for you anyway. I came because I wanted to make sure that my sister was fine.

Yang grabs Ruby by the neck.

Yang: First off, I'm not your sister. And second, you will apologize to Blake now or else...

Weiss pushes Yang away from Ruby.

Weiss: First off, she is your sister and you should be the one to apologize to her for the way you have been treating her since we entered Beacon. And second, you should thank her for coming here, she came to help you after all.

Yang: Shut up!

Yang, whose semblance is still active from the last fight, punches Weiss, depleting her aura and knocking her unconscious in one hit.

Ruby: Weiss!

Ruby turns towards Weiss, Blake takes the chance to stab Ruby in the back with Gambol Shroud. Ruby starts bleeding and falls to the ground.

Yang: Finish her off, Blake!

Blake raises Gambol Shroud with the intention of beheading Ruby, but before she can do it Neo comes back and blocks Blake's attack with her umbrella. Yang punches Neo but the image of Neo and Ruby shatters like glass.

Blake: She has a deadly wound, she can't have gone too far.

Yang: Let's find her!

Yang and Blake leave the scene looking for Ruby. Weiss is left unconscious on the ground.

Neo and Ruby are in an alleyway in Vale, thanks to her aura Ruby is mostly healed. Ruby looks at Neo in the eyes.

Ruby: Why did you save me? I thought you were on Roman's side.

Neo smiles and hugs Ruby. Ruby starts crying and hugs back.

Ruby: (Crying) Thank you! I really thought that I was going to die this time. You saved my life.

Neo kisses Ruby and starts undressing her. Ruby stops Neo.

Ruby: I'm sorry Neo. I'm grateful and you're really cute and all, but I'm already in a relationship, more or less.

Neo frowns. Ruby holds Neo's hands.

Ruby: Don't be sad, we can still be friends if you want.

Neo smiles and nods. The scene fades to black while both girls are still holding hands and staring at each other.