Tyrian successfully kidnaps Ruby in Volume 4. The next time she's seen, JOYR encounters her houndified and under Salem's commaned in V8
Tyrian threw Ruby to the ground in front of Salem, grinning and laughing. “I’ve brought her to you, just like you asked.”Â
Salem stood up and walked over to Ruby, frowning when she noticed a wound oozing purple venom on her side. “I thought I told you I needed her alive.”Â
“A-and she is alive! But that Qrow showed up and she got in the way. But dont worry, that little birdy is going to be gone.”Â
“And so will she, thanks to you.” Salem sighed and started walking off. “Hazel, bring her to my chambers for me. I need to prepare for her.”Â
Hazel paused for a moment and looked towards the girl, hearing her groans of pain. “We… arent going to kill her?”Â
“No, we’re not. I wanted to use her to help keep young Cinder under control, but seeing as she’s already on her way to leaving this world, I need to act now if I want to make sure she’s… usable.”Â
Hazel nodded and picked Ruby up, making sure to be careful with her wound. “Yes, Salem.”Â
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Yang growled as she slammed her fist into another sabyr. It had been months since she had last seen Ruby, and seeing that whale up in the sky was just taunting her. Even now, Ruby could be so close, but was still so far away.
“Yang! Watch out!”Â
Yang turned around at the sound of Jaune’s voice, just in time to slam another grimm to the ground. Once she was certain the grimm was gone, she focused her gaze back to the whale in the sky.Â
Ren put away his weapons and sighed. “We should get moving again.”Â
Jaune nodded, putting his own sword and shield away. “Ren’s right. We still have a few more homes to get to and then we need to get everyone to the crater-”Â
“This is all just a waste of time.”Â
Jaune sighed and looked over to Yang, her eyes still red from what he told her a few weeks back. “I know you think that, but we have to look at the bigger picture-”Â
“My sister is still out there and its all your fault she isnt here!” Yang turned to glare at Jaune, pointing to the whale. “For all we know, she could be right there, on that whale! We should be going in and helping her-”Â
“And then what? We get up there, and then what? If you havent noticed, Salem’s here. Ironwood is no longer giving us any assistance, and we still dont have a way up into that thing yet.” Jaune slowly walked over to Yang, putting a hand on her shoulder. “I want to rescue her too, but right now, I dont think we can.”Â
Yang pushed Jaune away and started heading back to her hoverbike. “Then I’ll go save her myself.”Â
“But that’s not a-”Â
Jaune was immediately cut off by the sound of a loud howl from behind.Â
Oscar paused as he brought his cane to the ready, looking around. “What… was that?”Â
Jaune readied his shield, keeping his eyes peeled. “I’m not sure but we need to-”Â
A large, hound like grimm rushed into him, slamming him into a nearby building. In a split second, the grimm doubled around and rushed straight at Oscar. Yang rushed in the way and slammed her fist into it, getting pushed back as the strange grimm veered off course, slamming into a building.Â
Yang stayed in front of Oscar, eyeing the grimm. “I wont let another teammate-” she stopped mid sentence as the dust cleared, dropping her guard as she stared at the grimm. “N-no…”Â
As the dust settled, the grimm started walking closer, pieces of it oozing back into place around the body inside of it. Blank, silver eyes stared back at Yang as a familiar voice grumbled through. “G-give me… the boy…”Â
Jaune and Ren both froze as they heard the voice, finally seeing the grimm itself starting to reform, catching a glimpse of black hair before it disappeared into the ooze. Jaune slowly put his shield back up, still shaken. “Did… did that grimm just talk?”Â
“That’s not a grimm.” Yang’s eyes went back to their normal lilac as she slowly walked up to the grimm. “Ruby? Is that you?”Â
The grimm stared at Yang for a moment before switching it’s gaze back to Oscar. It started running at him once again, pushing Yang over and slamming into Oscar, knocking him down and throwing him about until his aura broke.Â
Yang, Jaune, and Ren could only watch, still not quite believing what they were seeing. For weeks, they had assumed the worst, and here Ruby was, no more than a grimm. Yang was the first to act again, rushing to the grimm to save Oscar. She was not about to let another teammate get taken away from her.Â
The grimm picked Oscar up and held him up in front of it. It snarled as it watched Yang stop mid punch, using an open hand to slam Yang away again. “Boy… mine…” The grimm started howling in pain as two wings shot out from it’s back.Â
Jaune started running after the grimm as it started flying into the air, using his sword to swipe at it’s foot. The grimm howled as the sword got stuck, giving Jaune a brief moment to grab ahold just before dropping back down to the ground. He looked up, watching the grimm fly off. “Oscar!”Â
Yang quickly rushed to one of the hoverbikes, glaring at the grimm and chasing after it. She was not going to let her sister slip away again.Â
















