Murder? Ruby thought as she sat in the closed confines of her cell.

How have I killed someone?

Why can't I remember it?

Did Cardin, for all his crimes, deserve to die?

Questions like these filled Ruby's mind. As she was (just) under 16, she was put in a child jail, where she was less likely to be raped or badly beaten.

The safest area she would be in was a room the size of a school table with no form of natural daylight. She shuddered at the thought that she would somehow have to sleep in this for at least a few years. Bathroom breaks were given every 6 hours, so if she needed to pee, she'd be holding it in for a very long time. Food was at 7, 12 and 5, so she'd at least not be going hungry. Ruby dreaded to think what she would do if she got hungry.

She hoped to any and all gods that may or may not exist that she'd get out of here soon.

Yang played the video over in her mind, having recovered from the mental breakdown of her sister having committed murder. A part of her brain believed Ruby would never do such a thing, so it played the video over, searching for something, anything to prove her sister's innocence.

Weiss noticed her expression of deep thought: "Yang, I know it's hard to believe, but I think the sister you've known all your life wasn't who you think she was. Ruby's always been obsessed with that scythe of hers - I didn't think this obsession would go this far though..."

Blake put down her book. "We still have to find out why the White Fang sided with Torchwick. Going to the White Fang recruitment meeting raised more questions than it answered - how had Roman gotten hold of those mechs? Who is Roman's "employer"? There has to be more to this than a simple "work for me and I'll give you some cool toys" deal."

But Yang refused to be deterred; she concentrated harder, channelling all her memories of Ruby Rose - birth... (she looked so cute as a toddler), childhood (watching Ruby at 11 wrestle Crescent Rose was quite something) - and then Yang stopped.

Wrestling Crescent Rose was something Ruby could handle with ease now; having 5 years of experience of using it, her upper body strength was very good. Yet there were moments where the Ruby on video was struggling to maneuver her beloved scythe. It didn't make sense.

Given this flash of inspiration, Yang rushed to the locker room, found Ruby's locker, and typed in Ruby's code (something she had shared with the group in case of emergencies - this, Yang thought, was definitely an emergency).

Ruby's locker was empty. It was possible the police had confiscated it, and were going to use it as evidence in court. If Ruby had killed Cardin, surely there would be some blood here; yet there was none, not even a hint of there being any here, like the smell of disinfectant. This didn't make any sense either.

Confused, Yang headed to the library. Yang was fairly sure that Ruby had spent her afternoon here after school, so she asked the librarians, one by one, if she had seen Ruby yesterday and if so, what time. From this she gathered a picture which was not ideal; the last time Ruby had been saw was 15 minutes from the beginning of the murder, and the distance could be covered easily in that time.

She needed something to definitively prove that Ruby was in here, and wasn't out brutally murdering Cardin. All of the evidence she had did not help Ruby's case: Ruby could have taken Crescent Rose out of her locker, and then after doing the deed, hid it somewhere. The library staff showed that she was definitely in here, but not for long enough to clear her name.

Damn it, Ruby - another 20 minutes and you'd be safe, Yang thought.

"It's not about overpowering them; it's about taking away what they have." Cinder had said to Mercury and Emerald a long time ago.

She had Vale's security forces present for the Vytal Festival, and a virus implanted in Beacon's CCT tower. She even had Adam, leader of the White Fang with her. Everything was almost complete.

However, there was the small matter of Team RWBY forcing Roman's hand, and causing him to prematurely run the train into the wall. For that, a little punishment was required.

It was for this reason that a rather scruffily-dressed teenage boy in a green parka, cargo trousers and trainers was sat at a table in front of her - and also the reason why she wasn't kicking him out on first sight.

"You did very well. I'm impressed." Cinder said to the mysterious figure in front of her. The boy's blue eyes sparkled at Cinder's compliment.

"Thank you very much, Miss Fall. I have to say, Ruby has a very heavy weapon. It took a few weeks of weight training just to be able to lift it. " the figure replied. For all his bad clothing, he was very well-spoken, although his Mistral accent contrasted heavily with his linguistic skills. "Who's next on the jail list?" the teenager inquired.

"I want you to imitate Yang Xiao Long, the sister of Ruby. She fights with a pair of gauntlets, which you should hopefully find easier to handle." Cinder replied.

With that, the teenager left, preparing to find, and eventually murder as, Yang. He grinned demonically at the thought of more blood, and being able to get away with it all.

Author's note

I struggled a fair bit here, but after much perseverance and/or ass-kicking from various people, I have this done.

I've changed the title to "Detective Yang" as I felt the original title "Framed" was a bit too spoilerish - although this is a little too close to Meyri's story "Detective Blake".

Suggestions for a good story title welcome!

As always, please rate and review - I need the criticism to improve.

EDIT: fixed a missing comma. That's the level of detail Nope and Dagger is going into for this.

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