Asylum from Gehenna

[Ruby Rose]

No... where are they?! I screamed inwardly, heart pounding against my diminutive ribcage, as if wanting to tear out of my chest and seek the girls out itself. There was no way that I had lost them again; I had been torn from them once before, and Weiss shortly after, before a short reunion, only for them to be torn from space and time once more.

Okay, maybe I was overthinking things; they were likely exploring another verse, but in my moment of hysteria common sense was shrouded by panic.

But Weiss's words comforted me, and wiped away the fog that had begun clouding my mind; of course they would be around... and sure, if we had have come back straight away, we could have met back up with them. But as Weiss said... making my sister wait? I wouldn't bother trying! Everything was sunny upon us for a moment, until the ice-queen swung back in with a blizzard of sadness. She had abandoned them? What did she mean by that?

My lips puckered and my eyes quivered as Weiss explained what she had done; she had eradicated her existence on her own, even before Omni tore her from Remnant, and made herself nothing but... well, a remnant. As she explained more and more, I couldn't help but giggle before scolding her for thinking Blake and Yang would be mad about her leaving. Neither of them would have cared, as long as she kept in touch.

I just couldn't stop my cheer from leaving my lips; I was too bent on pulling Weiss out of her self-dug ditch and into the land of the living once more. She called me hopeless and I giggled again, more loudly this time, before releasing her freezing hand and skipping on ahead. "Come on! We have a vacation to go on!" I called out to the pale Huntress, and with a sarcastic groan she jogged towards me, heels clacking against the snow white floor of the Nexus. "Fiiiiiine..." She groaned again, obviously just trying to mess with me. "Weiss, the cold-hearted act isn't working, y'know." I scolded her, pressing my puny index finger in the center of her forehead. "What can I say, you three have made me soft." She jested with a wide smirk, and I snorted. "You could have just ignored us from the start though." I retorted with pensive eyes, slowly walking backwards towards our original destination, and she let out a loud 'hah' in return. "How could I? The three of you basically pestered me into submission."

"Good point."

The two of us giggled for a moment, before I turned on the heel of my boot, watching the large gate, designed to capture the image of two bending palm trees drawing closer to us. "Nearly there Weiss!" I exclaimed, throwing my hands into the air, and she sighed behind me. "Yeah, we are, Ruby." I shot a dirty look over my shoulder, thinking she wasn't happy, but I was met by one of the largest grins I had ever seen from Weiss.