Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY and other stuff. You know the drill.

AN: Yep, so upon the request of rwbybomb21, I give you a Vampire!ruby x Neo story. It was pretty fun to write, especially since I've been doing nothing but read and play persona 3 plus work. Let me know what you guys think! Probably going to be a story but I want to update RnP so this story will be kinda slow. Sorry :/

Pieces of armor lay scattered everywhere. Body parts were strewn across the empty field of dead grass and shattered rocks; the scene resembling that of a warzone. Men and women alike groaned with pain, some crying while others were stone cold. Sounds of guns blazing with the occasional loud thump of something heavy sliced through the unsettling atmosphere, making the half dead curl into fetal positions, shaking with fear.

General Ironwood grit his teeth in pain as the woman before him directed another blazing ball of fire toward him; followed by a shockwave of intense heat akin to being thrown into the open mouth of a volcano, a testament to her superb control of semblance and dust manipulation. Pushed back several feet by the bombardment of fire and rock, he ducked beneath the next volley of attacks and launched himself forward, the gun poised and ready to fire.

Desperation apparent in his normally stoic face, James parried her sudden kick, wincing at the brute force behind it, as he moved took advantage of her momentarily lapse, the intricate runes in her dress dimming when her body ran out of energy.

Thinking he had won, the general pressed the trigger, watching in satisfaction as the bullet lodged itself in her chest…only to be melt in a shower of bright sparks and an odd 'ping' sound which signaled his doom.

James gasped at the searing pain which flooded his body when Cinder's hand cut threw his burly chest like a knife through butter, the wound feeling as if it had been doused in gasoline and lighted on fire. Limbs flailing as he fell back, the man choked down a splutter as blood bubbled up his throat and threatened to escape his mouth in a shower of red liquid.

Cinder readied her hand for another hit, a feral grin on her lips as her dress shone with all her fury and madness, only to be hit by something with all the force of a two ton truck. "Father!" Penny yelled in anger and fear as she did a sweeping strike with her levitating swords, forming a protective shield in front of general Ironwood. The man couldn't respond to her heart felt cry, his eyes widening by a fraction of a second as he watched his daughter defend him in her ghastly condition.

The thin layer of 'skin' previously applied over her body was flapping limply in the wind, the dull grey of steel bared for the entire world to see. Penny's normally springy hair was partly chopped off, the green ribbon she had gotten for her birthday nowhere to be seen. Cinder snarled silently at the sight, but the pain of being pummeled aside was forgotten when she spotted the large splatter of red on Ironwood's pristine military coat, the blood rapidly spreading through the material like an accursed web of red.

"You shall pay for your indiscretions against my father!" The robot yelled, her voice making some fallen soldiers perk up weakly. Maybe all hope was not lost, they thought to themselves as they willed their broken and beaten bodies to move.

But the flaming empress would have none of it.

"And how would I, little girl?" She sneered. "Look at yourself. It's laughable if you think that you can kill me in your condition, let alone take revenge for that pathetic excuse of a man." Cinder threw her head back and laughed, internally smirking when the robot uneasily glanced at herself, doubt creeping into her features. "And if you haven't noticed yet, daddy is bleeding a hole into the ground. Oh but you wouldn't know anything about dying would you?" The woman spoke condescendingly, her elegant eyebrows lifting. "After all…you're not even real."

Penny stiffened at her words, her body going rigid as she let herself get buried under the twisted truth. It was at that moment that Neo lunged from her hiding place in the shadows, slicing deeply into the robot's side and severing several connectors which connected Penny's core to her mechanical limbs. One of her two arms dangled uselessly by her side, making Cinder grin even wider.

"I see that you've let your prey get away." She said evenly. "And here I was, thinking you could handle her Neo."

'Fuck you' Was what could be interpreted from the look Neo shot her, brown and pink irises narrowing in annoyance. But what she signed was instead: 'I simply saved the best for last. Now you can watch me kill her and bask in the afterglow or whatever' The thin blade slid back into its sheath, transforming back into a normal parasol as the ice cream themed girl relaxed from her battle stance and grinned arrogantly at Cinder.

The older woman ignored her reply and focused back on the robot girl, who was struggling to retain control over her limbs. There was a flash of green as several swords shot forward, seeking to impale the two warm bodies, but only managed to embed itself into the soil as Neo unleashed an illusion, tricking Penny.

Cinder toyed with her, reveling in the desperation in the mechanical girl's eyes as she summoned orbs of molten rock and hurled them towards her. It wasn't the type of attack that she often used, preferring quick lunges and neck cracking, but the woman accepted the fact that even she needed to pummel things sometimes.

"I will not give up!" The statement was punctuated by another swipe of her swords, Neo jumping back just in time to prevent her from being sliced into ribbons. "I am of far higher aptitude in combat and endurance than any of you! I suggest you give up before help arrives." Penny replied the same winding sentences she used normally as she protected her father from a hail of bullets.

'Now what?' Neo signed moodily as she placed a hand on her hip and twirled the lacy pink parasol resting on her shoulder blades. 'I don't really feel like fighting any more of these guys.' She clicked her teeth in distaste and irritation. 'She seems to be telling the truth about the backup too.'

"In that case, we should just move on to plan B." Cinder replied smoothly, not missing a beat as she protected herself from an incoming grenade tossed at her. "Ironwood won't survive. The only help he will get is getting someone to toss him into his grave."

The cruel glint in her eyes made even Neo take a step back. The woman was crazy as she was dangerous, the girl decided warily. 'Want me to get tan, green and bitchy?' She had begun to sign, but a shadow at the corner of her eye caught her attention. The sensation of death suddenly flooded the air around them, invisible tendrils curling around her arms and legs and leaving Goosebumps on her exposed flesh.

The spike of killer intent made her blood freeze, the sheer intensity of it weighing down on her like an invisible load. She had never felt something like it before, but she had heard it in stories. Or rumors, to be more precise.

People were superstitious, no matter what age they lived in, so it wasn't surprising to hear tales of folklore and supernatural beasts surfacing every once in a while. However, select huntress' and hunters knew that some still existed. Beowolves were said to be descendants of werewolves, or variations of the creatures, the theory first emerging when it was recorded that the Grimm were as powerful as any ancient deathstalker or King Taijutsu during the full moon.

Of course, most of it was labeled as a pile of bullshit made up by people who wanted to make a quick buck by selling 'charms' or 'potions' to naïve citizens. But those who labelled were people who were blissfully ignorant of the ugliness that was. The underworld of greed, lust, money and death was nothing but something they read about; or didn't even know.

However, Cinder and Neo were not one of those people.

Money and fear could go a long way, after all.

They watched in horror and fascination as the dark figure swooped down unto the mechanical girl. They blinked. Her body had been sliced into half. Bright green eyes remained opened wide as her metal head sank into the soil, the knees of the halved body collapsing upon themselves into a heap on the floor.

The figure was dressed in pitch black, save for the crimson red hood fluttering the wind. The stench of death and despair became stronger as the hood fell back, revealing the mysterious stranger. Black hair tipped with red uncurled from their previous position, parts of it slicked back to reveal a pale face with the skin of alabaster and silver eyes.

The girl moved.

In an instant, she was on her knees in front of the stiff body of the general. Not caring that she had a spectator, the mysterious girl lunged forward and sank her teeth into the man's exposed neck. There was a gurgle as blood bubbled in his mouth, head lolled back as the life in his eyes slowly leaked away when his lifeblood was slowly drained away.

Both Neo and Cinder trembled in pure fear as the girl let her head fall back, gazing at them with a wicked smirk.

Blood trickled down her mouth, but she paid no heed to it. Somewhere in the back of their minds, it registered that the girl's smirk revealed her two sharp canines, or more precisely, fangs.

"Cinder Fall…" Her voice sounded akin to a tempting songstress and a deadly predator, smooth like melted butter but as dangerous as arsenic. "I have a proposition for you."