09x08 - Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble

[bunniefuu]

[foreboding music playing]

[panting]

[groans]

[Little] Ruby? Ruby?

What are you doing?

Why did you shout at everyone like that?

[sniffles]

Where am I?

It's okay. I can guide us back.
You shouldn't run off, though.

You all need to stick together
if you wanna go home.

[sighs]

Why are you still here?

Uh, what? I promised.

I promised to serve Atlas as a Huntress.

That I'd keep people safe,
that I'd be there for my friends.

-But we can go back and--
-No!

You don't know what I've done,
what I couldn't do.

I can't do this!

I could never do this.

If you stay with me,
you're going to end up dead too.

[whimpers]

Just go home.

-But you're--
-I said, go!

[gloomy music playing]

[mysterious music playing]

What is this?

Hello, Red.

[gasps]

Been a while. How's the hero biz treating you?

I gotta say, you're not looking too good.

Where's Neo?

Yeesh, no manners.
And after everyone came out to see you!

[voice echoes]

Salutations, Ruby.

Hello again.

Ms. Rose.

Why don't you take a seat?

How is she doing this?

Stop it. This isn't real.

Isn't real?

You're the one
following a talking cat around a fairy tale.

Reality's getting fuzzier by the minute, kid.

You know, once Neo realized where she was,
everything changed.

Always loved the idea
of a place to run away from it all,

do whatever you want.

I offered that to her back on Remnant.

But we all remember how that ended.

[Ruby] Is that seriously what this is all about?

You still blame me
for what happened to Torchwick?

If you're looking for an apology,
you've wasted your time.

[Torchwick] They say everyone thinks
they're the hero of their own story.

But I knew what I was.

And deep down,
I think you know what you are too.

[chuckles]

The leaves from the Tree?

Oh, you're familiar.

How about a little reset?

[Ruby] Is that what you want?

Well, if you want me dead, then come get me.

[Torchwick laughs]

You don't deserve to die, Red.

You deserve to be broken down.

Torn apart.

Wiped from existence.

[blade slashes]

[Ruby groans]

[all] I'm going to enjoy watching you break.

[Jaune] Ruby!

Ruby!

Ruby?

Damn it. How could she just run off like that?

She was clearly upset.

That wasn't upset. That was...

Ugh! She could have just talked to us.

Maybe she didn't feel like she could.

Ruby has always been the one
to get us through the hard times.

We say things like,
"We believe in you. We can count on you."

I know we mean well, but... [sighs]

It's not like we were asking her to be perfect.

[g*nf*re in distance]

[all] Huh?

[Ironwood] Who were you to think
you knew what was best for Atlas?

I was the best and brightest Beacon had to offer,

but I traded my life
so that my friends could live.

[screams]

[suspenseful music playing]

[gasping]

Just like you were too late
to save me at the Vytal Festival.

I died in Atlas too, didn't I?

Can you imagine what that's like?

To be completely and utterly failed
time and again

by someone who meant the world to you?

[whimpering]

You ready for that drink yet?

[Pyrrha] How many more people
are going to die because of you?

I'm trying to save everyone.

And yet, with all your best intentions,

have you ever stopped to wonder
if you've done more harm than good?

It's not my fault.

How many more lives do you have to ruin

before you realize
you're not cut out to save anyone?

No!

Ruby...

[eerie music playing]

[Torchwick] Do you really think
you can stand to watch more of your friends fall?

Please stop.

[Torchwick] Or are you ready to admit the truth,

that the world
would just be better off without you?

[Ruby breathing raggedly]

[Ruby sobbing quietly]

[heartbeat pounding steadily]

It's all right, Ruby. It's over now.

I... I'm sorry.

I don't want to be me anymore.

Shh, shh, shh.

It's okay, little Huntress.

I can be you instead.

[Cat chuckles]

I have been trying to wear you down for so long.

[Ruby screams]

What are you doing? [gasps]

My purpose.

When a poor little heart is broken,
I can fill it with mine.

I'm afraid I haven't been
entirely honest with you, Ruby.

[Ruby] No...

[Cat] I'm not like the other Afterans here.

I'm cursed with curiosity.
I need to know everything.

But more than anything,
I need to know why my makers left me here...

[hisses]...only to leave

and make all of--

-[chomp]
-Ow!

[Little] You're not a friend.

Friends don't-- [screams]

[dramatic music playing]

[hisses]

Hmm? [screeches]

[Little] Ruby!

[grunts]

-You have to get up. We have to go.
-[footsteps approaching]

[melancholy music playing]

[Torchwick scoffs]

I think it's about time
we all got what we deserve.

[Torchwick] Are you ready to admit the truth....

That the world
would just be better off without you?

[Yang in faint voice] Ruby?

[voice echoes]

[Torchwood] You've finally done it!

[ominous music playing]

Little Red's gone.

With your Semblance stronger than ever now,
we could take over this whole absurd place.

[voice echoes]

Why not?

Offing Little Red can't be all you wanted.

Right?

No, no, no! I needed her!

[growls]

[wall crumbles]

[Jaune] Take us to her.

You still don't get it, do you?

It's not a place you go. It's a place you know.

But no matter.

I've actually found
a much better solution to my problem.

[hisses]

[hisses]

You've lost something most important,
haven't you?

And now you have nothing left.

[laughs]

How delightful.

An empty host. Perfect for me to fill.

No!

[groans]

[in Neo's & Cat's voices] Ah, the Rusted Knight.

Goodness, am I tired of your little sob story.

You can't even accept your own futility.

[growling]

This body will do.

[eerie music playing]