Ruby Rose has been sent on a solo mission, but things take a turn for the worse when she encounters an unknown enemy. Will she make it out alive or will this be her end.

Gore and Blood warning

Italics are memories

Taking a moment to wipe the blood from her mouth, Ruby struggles to keep her body standing. Blood flows out of numerous cuts and every second is agony on her battered body. A loud crash draws her attention to the edge of the clearing as two massive bodies emerge from the forest. It was a pair of very uniqe Grimm, who had been hunting her for almost four days.

Unlike normal Grimm, who had black bodies with white bone armor, these two were completely covered in the bone white armor common on must Grimm bodies, with black bony spikes running all over the backs and down to their tails. Strange quail like spikes grew from the back of their heads and along their forearms. Their jaws were filled with large, conical teeth, and they had two horns growing out from above their eyes, of which they had two pairs. They had four deadly claws on their hands, powerful legs, and large clawed feet. Both were massive, rivaling even the biggest deathstalker, however one was slightly larger then the other.

The larger of the pair stood tall and kept it's blood red eyes locked on the huntress. After a few moments of stillness, the Grimm raised it's left arm up towards it's neck and slowly traced a claw down the wound that was cut into it's flesh. Seeing this action, Ruby chuckled and shifted her stance slightly.

"Still sore about that are ya?" The intelligence of these two Grimm still shocked her, as the larger Grimm releases a huff and the smaller one growls in anger. "Well I'd say I'm sorry, but I think we're even at this point, right?"

With a low growl, the smaller Grimm moved to attack but stopped when the larger one snapped at it and growled. Moving slowly, GriRex starts stalking around the right side of the clearing, while G-Rex takes the left side.

"Damn, guess we can't talk this one out" Ruby quickly ejects the used clip inside Crescent Rose and loads a fresh one just as the two Grimm rush at her from either side. "We're doing it the hard way then!"

"Thank you for arriving so promptly, miss rose" Professor Ozpin turned away from the window to face Ruby as she takes the seat in front of his desk.

"No problem, Professor O. So..um, what did you want to talk to me about?" She was a little worried about this. Maybe it was something to do with the team, had they been having problems lately. Ruby wasn't sure.

Some how Ozpin was able to guess what she was thinking, so he quickly but her worries to rest. "Do not worry, miss rose. This has nothing to do with the state of your team. However it is quite serious." Putting down his ever present coffee mug, Ozpin folded his hands and leaned forward. "As you know, we normally only assign missions to a team while at Beacon, with only senior hunters and huntresses going on sole missions. However we find ourselves short handed at the moment, and with your team currently on a temporary hiatus, we have decided to select you for a solo mission"

A mission by herself. Ruby couldn't believe it, a chance to prove herself as a huntress, this is what she had been waiting for. Sure she loved working with her friends, but at times she wished for the opportunity to see what she could do on her own. "what's the mission, sir?"

Smiling at his young charges enthusiasm, Ozpin slides a mission folder across the table to her. "We have been getting reports about strange Grimm attacks in a village north of Mistral"

Ruby jumped and landed on the snout of G-Rex just before the beast was to run her over. GriRex ran up along side it's partner and began snapping at the huntress as she raced along G-Rex's body. Sparks flew as the armor like hide of the two Grimm ground against each other. Jumping from the tail, Ruby hooked her scythe blade around the branch of a tree and launched herself further into the forest. The Grimm roar, one in outrage, the other in excitement, their prey had run once more and so the chase continued.

"I can't believe my baby sister is getting her own solo mission" Yang excitedly shouted as she crushed Ruby in a massive hug. "This is so awesome"

Ruby smiled, despite the fact that she was quickly being smothered by her sister's breasts "Y-yang...air!"

The two other members of team RWBY chuckled at the sisters antics, both quite use to it by this point.

"Better release her soon, Yang" The busty blonde turned her attention to her dark haired partner, who smiled and pointed towards her sister. "it wouldn't do for you to kill her before she even sets out on the mission"

Yang looked down and noticed that Ruby's struggles had lessened and she had gone slack. "Ruby!"

Bright light momentarily blinds her, as Ruby once more leaves the forest and enters another clearing. When her vision clears, she finds herself face to face with a herd of Goliath. "Oh fluffer nutter" Ruby quickly dives out of the way as G-Rex explodes out of the forest and tries to snap her up in it's jaws. Seeing the large theropod Grimm suddenly appear, the Goliaths form a defensive circle with the largest facing G-Rex. Ruby uses this to her advantage and darts into the herd. G-Rex roars challengingly at the lead Goliath and tries to move around to get at Ruby, but is pushed back by the wall of tusks. Within the relative safety of the herd, Ruby finds the reason they are so agitated about the predator's presence, she finds herself being examined by several infantile Goliaths.

"Aww so cute!" She squeals in happiness and laughs when one of the mini Grimm trumpets at her, in an attempt to copy the adults. This happiness is short lived however, when the sounds of combat reach the heart of the herd. Snapping her head towards the direction of the sounds, Ruby watches in morbid fascination as the Goliath and G-Rex clash.

The two massive beasts smashed into one another. The Goliath attacks with it's tusks and trunk, trying to drive off the predator, while G-Rex leaves deep cuts and gouges in flesh and bone. Both seem to be at a stand still, the leader's overall size and strength against G-Rex's speed and weapons, however it was clear to Ruby that the Goliath was slowly losing. Even a giant will fall when it loses enough blood, and from what she could see, that was happening quickly.

Luck, it seemed, was on the Goliath's side, it had managed to catch G-Rex under the chest with it's trunk and tusks and threw the monster across the clearing, into a grove of trees which crashed down on to it.

With the threat disabled, if only for the moment, the leader turned and ordered the herd to begin moving. Ruby planned to stick with them for as long as she could, but things took a turn for the worst when the leader collapsed in a pool of blood. At the same moment G-Rex, having recovered from the throw, pulled itself up from beneath the fallen trees and slowly stalked towards the downed Goliath.

Pressing down on the neck of the leader, G-Rex prepared to deliver the killing bite when a gunshot broke the silence. The Grimm reeled back in surprise and pain as the bullet blasted through one of it's claws, breaking it.

"Hey!" Ruby ejected the used cartridge and took aim "Your fight is with me, remember"

Seeing it's original target, G-Rex hissed and turned it's focus back to Ruby. Another gun shot, this time the bullet impacted the top of the Grimm's head and bounced off harmlessly. Another one, this one missed as a lance of pain shot up Ruby's body. Another, again it fails to halt the beasts advance. Bullet after bullet bounce off the Grimm's hide and with each failed hit it draws closer. With one shot left in the clip, Ruby prepares for the worst and fires.

Blood explodes into the sky and a roar of pain echos through the night. G-Rex crashes to the ground next to Ruby, blood pouring from it's side. A large tree branch, most likely from when it crashed into the forest, is impaled into G-Rex's chest and it provided an opening for Ruby's shot to do further damage. Seeing her chance, Ruby quickly changed her weapon to scythe form and rushed towards G-Rex.

Steel met flesh as G-Rex, forcing it's body back up, catches Crescent Rose's blade in it's hand, the scythe cutting deep into the flesh. Standing to it's full height, the Grimm lifts Ruby up. Drool flies out and splatters across Ruby's body when G-Rex roars, it's jaws snap shut inches from her face and the Grimm look at her with what almost seems like satisfaction in it's eyes.

Spitting out the drool that got in her mouth, Ruby glares at G-Rex. "That...was really fucking disgusting" In one fluid motion, she releases the hidden blade in her boot and kicks upwards, burying the blade into one of G-Rex's eye. The sudden pain caused the monster to throw Ruby in shock. Seeing her chance, the young huntress quickly reloaded her weapon and shifted in mid air. Pressing her feet against the trunk of a tree, Ruby activates her semblance and launches towards the Grimm.

Despite now being half blind, G-Rex sees Ruby coming and turns to face her. As the huntress closes in, the Grimm opens it's mouth wide and prepares to snatch her out of the air but when Crescent Rose's blade cuts into the back of it's mouth, G-Rex realizes it had made a terrible mistake.

"Time to fucking die!" Firing all her rounds at once, Ruby sails past G-Rex and lands hard on the ground behind it. Using her scythe's handle to steady herself, she bit back a scream as pain surged through her right leg. Taking a quick glance down, she sees that her knee twisted badly when she landed.

A loud crash from behind draws Ruby's attention. Turning around she stares at the body of G-Rex. The massive Grimm is laying on it's side, blood pools around it's body. The entire upper half of it's skull is gone, it flew off after Ruby severed it from the body and landed a few feet away from the corpse. "Hehe...I win" The ground rushed up to meet her, no longer having the strength to keep herself standing, as Ruby passes out, she feel vibrations that are growing closer.

Reaching into her hiding place, Ruby pulled out a box and set it on her bed. She stared at it for a moment, wondering if it was time to use it or not. Placing a hand on the box, Ruby thought about what lay inside, she wasn't sure why she had made the weapon, it didn't really suit her and it was essentially a copy but she practiced with it anyway, and she had become quite good, or at least that is what pyrrha said during the few times they sparred.

Plus, if something were to happen to Crescent Rose, it never hurt to have a second weapon on hand. With that thought, Ruby made her decision to bring the prototype with her.

"Ruby" The voice of Weiss broke Ruby out of her musing. "Are you ready yet, your transport leaves soon"

Packing up her gear, she quickly grabbed the box. "I'm on my way"

When she awoke, the first thing Ruby took notice of was that she wasn't in the forest clearing anymore. Sitting up slowly, she found herself laying next to a small river. A deep rumble causes her to jump in fright, turning quickly, Ruby finds herself staring up at a Goliath. But not just any Goliath, no Ruby just happened to be lucky girl who finds herself facing the very Grimm who she saved.

"Ummm hi?" Another deep rumble was the response she received. "Did you bring me here?" The Goliath nods. Staring into it's eyes, she can see a hidden intelligence there, most likely gained from decades of existence. "Thank you, I guess, never really thanked a Grimm before"

As she chuckles nervously, a roar in the distance quickly grabs Ruby and the Goliath's attention.

For the Grimm it is a sign for it to get it's herd moving again, for Ruby it is a sign of trouble. Gripping her scythe tightly, she tries to ignore the pain in her leg. "It's the second one, isn't it?" The Goliath nods and points down river with it's trunk, seemingly telling her which way to go. "Thank you again" Ruby bows to the Goliath and starts moving as fast as she can.

"What do you mean Ruby is missing!" Professor Ozpin remained calm in the face of Yang Xiao Long's rage. "It was only meant to be a simple mission dammit!"

"Miss Xiao Long!" Glynda Goodwitch stepped forward, ready to reprimand Yang when Ozpin raised his hand, halting her. Steepling his hands and leaning forward, Ozpin stared at the remaining members of team RWBY. " We did not receive word from miss Rose or the extraction team at the precise time that they were meant to report in. As it stands, we are marking them down as MIA"

"Then let us go out and look for her" Blake and Weiss nodded in agreement with Yang's statement, something that Ozpin smiled at. "That is why I called you three here. As of this moment, I am giving team RWBY the mission of search and rescue for missing student Ruby Rose. You will leave immediatly, I wish you all the best of luck"

Ruby leaned herself against a tree, taking a moment to recover her strength before continuing. As she followed the river, she realized that it was leading her back to the town where this entire event started.

The Beowolf's head exploded as a bullet tore through it. With practiced ease, the sniper form is returned to scythe mode just in time to cleave another Beowolf in two. This mission was proving to be easier then Ruby was expecting, but that didn't mean she was going to let her guard down, there was still plenty of Grimm to kill and people to protect.

The sounds of a woman screaming quickly grabbed the scythe wielder's attention, putting down another Beowolf, she rushed back towards the town. On the way she noticed a lot of dead Grimm, what was strange was that she had not yet come that way. As she entered the town, Ruby saw a woman come running around a corner. Before she could call out to the woman, a massive set of jaws clamp down on her head.

Ruby covered her mouth to hold back the scream as a unknown type of Grimm tossed the woman into the air and caught her upper body in it's mouth at the same moment that a second Grimm grabbed the legs. She could only watch in horror as the two monsters tore the woman in half. The sight of blood spraying into the air and the sounds of flesh ripping burned into Ruby's mind. As she took a step back, she accidentally stepped on some broken glass and a sharp cracking sound filled the quiet street. Ruby's heart stopped when four sets of burning red eyes turn to her.

Something about the unnatural quiet breaks Ruby out of her memories and causes a wave of fear to grip her. Taking a slow, agonizing step forward, she continues making her way slowly towards the town. "I just need to make it to the caves" Ruby remembered seeing some caves on the mission briefing map "I can rest there for an hour or two, then make for the town and call for help"

She froze when the loud snapping of wood reached her ears. Turing in terror towards the forest, Ruby shakes her head frantically. "No, no no no no no" Birds fled in fear as GriRex seems to melt out of the forest and steps onto the river bank. Blood drips down from it's mouth and claws as it swallows the remains of it's last meal, a griffin from the looks of the remains hanging from GriRex's mouth.

Ruby's eyes quickly flick over to the entrance of a small cave, and GriRex's do the same. The massive beast knows what she plans to do and almost seems to be daring Ruby to try. With no other choice remaining, she both all her strength into making for the cave as quickly as she could,and this is what GriRex wanted. Seeing Ruby move, GriRex roars and starts making for her. Each massive step sends water and gravel flying into the air, and Ruby can feel the ground shake but she dares not look back.

Each second was like an eternity to the young huntress. Her heart hammered away within her chest and she desperately tried to block out the sounds of each foot step that brought death closer to her. Pushing all her remaining strength into her legs, and forcing herself to ignore the pain in her right leg, Ruby hurls herself into the cave. Luck was on her side as she narrowly avoids being crushed within GriRex's jaws.

Ruby winces as her shoulder hits hard off a rock, but she doesn't have the time to recover as she quickly rolls away from the three large claws that dig into the ground she was just laying on. Leaning her back against a stone pillar, she watches as the clawed hand pulls back out of the cave, leaving three deep gouges behind in the rock. GriRex's massive head blocked the cave entrance and two of it's four eyes peered inside, casting an unearthly red glow into the cave. The beast stared at Ruby for several seconds before moving away.

With the sounds of GriRex growing fainter, Ruby gives in to exhaustion and passed out again.

Yang stares sadly at her sister as she lays in a hospital bed. Her body was connected to so many wires and tubes that it was hard to tell where they all ended. Sitting next to the bed, with Ruby's hand in her own is Weiss, she had taken to watching over Ruby during the previous night and was taking a slight nap while Yang was there. When another hand gives her's a comforting squeeze, Yang jumps slightly but doesn't take her eyes off of her sister.

"How is she doing?" Blake frowns whenever she looks at Ruby, worry for her leader and friend clear on her face. But she knows she needs to be there for Yang, since this is so much harder for her.

The blonde shakes her head and tries to force down the anger welling within her. "There hasn't been any change" she growls and looks away from her sister "It's been two weeks dammit! Why is she still unconscious!?"

The Faunus gently leads her partner over to the chairs that had been set up in the room for them. "Yang I know you are worried about Ruby, hell the only person who has been here for her more then you is Weiss, but you have to give it time. Don't forget how bad she was when we found her"

Yang flinches at the memory of her little sister's body broken and covered in blood "We still don't know what happened out there. Something nearly killed my sister and they won't let me go kick it's ass!"

Blake placed a hand on Yang's cheek and locked eyes with her. "Because you need to be here for Ruby. Let Ozpin deal with whatever went wrong on the mission. We will stay here and wait for Ruby to wake up, ok?"

"Why do you always know the right things to say that get me to calm me down?" Yang always found it amazing how a few words from Blake would cool her temper so quickly. "Fine I'll wait here, for Ruby, and for you"

"Any word back from the team you sent to discover what became of the other Grimm?" Ozpin watched his friend carefully, knowing the answer would not be one of confirmation.

General Ironwood folded his arms behind his back and stared out the windows towards the city. "Not as of yet. But I am not worried, if one of those things could be taken down by a, rather skilled, novice. Then I am sure my trained officers can finish off an injured one"

Blood slowly runs down stone, as the body of an Atlas solider lays motionless with three massive slash wounds to the chest. Another hangs from a tree, impaled on a branch.

"This is serious, Jim. We know nothing about this Grimm species, what it can do, how many there are"

Several dismembered bodies lay strewn around the clearing, blood flowing from them and soaking the ground red. The last remaining soldier fires wildly at something, his eyes filled with terror as something closes in.

"They could posses abilities that we have never encountered before, I do not believe one team is enough"

The soldier's body falls to the ground, blood pouring out of three large wounds in his chest. Turning his head to the side, he looks at his attacker. She is small, like a child, her skin is a pale white with jagged markings the color of dried blood running up her arms and legs to her back. The girl kneels down next to his body and places her hands on his neck, fingers turn into claws as she violently tears the head from the body.

Crimson hair flows down her back, covering the strange jaggedly striped marking, and ends just above a little stub of a tail. Dropping the head and reaching upwards, she gently lifts the helmet she is wearing, a large horned skull, and reveals her burning red eyes. With her face free of the helmet, the girl brings a piece of torn cloth up to her nose and takes in the scent lingering on it. A pleasurable growl, almost like a purr, bubbles up from her chest, but when she cannot find the same scent on any of the corpses, the sound turns to one of anger.

Enraged that the one she wants is not among the dead, the girl begins to mutilate the body in front of her, tearing it apart with her claws, and coating herself in blood. Another growl fills the clearing, but unlike before, it continues to build until it changes "Rrrrrrrrrrrreeeeed" Looking at the cloth she breathes in it's scent once more. "Red" The girl roars the word to the heavens.

Miles away, in her hospital room in Beacon, Ruby Rose awakens with a scream.

To Be Continued