Ruby was impatient all throughout her classes the next day, her constant sighing and tapping of her pencil causing her friends to exchange confused glances.

She watched the clock closely, and the moment the bell rang, her semblance activated and she was gone.

Yang looked at her remaining teammates. "Wonder where she's off to in such a hurry?"

Weiss sniffed. "I'm more concerned with the fact that she forgot about the training that she wanted to do today."

"I dunno, she's rarely like this. There has to be some reason for it." Jaune said as he and his team walked up.

A laugh sounded behind the group. They turned to see Cardin with a gleeful look in his eyes. "Hate to burst your guys's bubbles, really, I do, but your 'goody-two shoes' friend isn't as pure and sweet as you all seem to think she is."

Yang fixed the man with an angry glare. "What do you mean?"

He stretched slowly, obviously enjoying it. "Well, I was hanging out just underneath the roof last night-"

"You have a habit of doing that, don't you?" Jaune interrupted.

Cardin shot Jaune an unhappy glare before continuing. "Anyways, I overheard a certain someone making a call, all secret-like. Now, my scroll just happened to be recording at the time, and may have caught her conversation. Would you like to hear it?"

Yang looked at her friends, curiosity in her eyes. "It couldn't hurt, right?"

Clearly pleased, Cardin pulled out his scroll, playing the recording.

Ruby's laughter filled the small space. "God, it's so addicting! Do you think I could get some more?"

A pause, then her squeal of laughter "That's great!"

Pause. The faint sound of someone talking in the background.

"So, why'd you take a risk offering a goody-two shoes student anyways? Or a supposed one, I should say."

"I'd love that. Same place as last time?"

Pause.

"Mmm. Alright." Beeping sounded. "Shit. My sister is calling on my other scroll. Brilliant idea about giving me an extra one, by the way, but I gotta go. She'll be pissed if she finds out about this. I'll see you tomorrow." The snicking of a scroll snapping shut."Hey Yang, whats up?"

The recording stopped. Yang's eyes had grown a red tint as she'd listened.

Cardin smiled maliciously, standing as he slipped his scroll into his pocket. "Well then. My work here is done. If you all want my opinion, I'd say that your precious Ruby has gotten involved with something criminal." He exited the otherwise deserted classroom, full of glee.

Slowly, Weiss shook her head. "This is probably some huge misunderstanding! I mean, she's super annoying, but Ruby isn't the type to do this. Yang, she's your sister! You know her!"

Yang's tight grip on the table relaxed somewhat. "Ye-yeah. You're right. She wouldn't do anything like that. We'll just ask her when she gets back tonight."

Several nods followed this statement, everyone's faces grim with worry.