Click. Click. Click. The sound of channel being flipped on a small TV occupies the small room it's being held in. A few more clicks later and the beginning of an evening news shows begins.

"Good evening Remnant, I'm Reo Krancus for Remnant Evening News." The anchorman said as the camera quickly zoomed in from a wide shot to a close shot. "Our top story: The Hunt for the Grim Reaper. It's been 7 days since the so-called Grim Reaper attacked a killed rising athlete and huntsman Pyrrha Nikos in front of millions of viewers tuned into the Vytal Festival. Yet still so many questions remain. Like how did The Grim Reaper get passed security and onto the battlefield so easily? Where did The Grim Reaper run off to and how has she avoided capture so far? What did Pyrrha Nikos do to upset this person? And who exactly is Ruby Rose, the girl behind the mask? To answer these questions we have our team of field agents out searching for clues. We have Annalee at the Rose household trying to get answers from her family, Sora located at the last place The Grim Reaper was seen, and Chrisy at the Nikos property trying to get answers from the family. But first we cut to Rantonio, located at the floating coliseum where he is digging into the security breach. Rantonio?"

"Thanks, Reo." The man answered, standing near the hovercraft landing bay. "It has in that stadium right behind me 7 days ago that millions of people watched in horror as a bright up and coming star was slaughtered, almost for the enjoyment of the murderer. And while we now know the answer to how she got in an around security, two question still remain: How did she overpower them so easily, and why wasn't the feed cut?

Right as the live feed cut to pre-recorded clips, the previously thought live broadcast was fast-forwarded, showing that the news broadcast was pre-recorded. The person fast-forwarding the recording stopped right as the feed cut back to the man behind the desk.

"Thanks Rantonio. Now we go to Annalee, who is at the Rose household, trying to get answers to how and why this seemingly innocent younger girl turned into Remnants most wanted criminal. Annalee?"

"Thanks, Reo." Said the younger field agent, who was standing on the Xiao Long front lawn. "We've been out here since Day 1 trying to get answers from the father and sister of Miss Ruby Rose. So far, they have stayed within their home, mainly for their own safety and privacy and only leaving or letting people in when they need groceries, or the police come by."

"Miss Xiao Long! Miss Xiao Long! Miss Xiao Long!" The horde of news men and women crowded around Yang as she came from Beacon shouted at her. "Two days ago, Miss Xiao Long returned home from Beacon after being released from police custody following intensive questioning to make sure she didn't have any part in the murder of Miss Nikos. Since then, she hasn't made a re appearance and neither has her father." Annalee voiced over as pre-recorded clips of the Xiao Long household were played. "It was at this home that Ruby Rose, now known as the Grim Reaper, raised from birth by her father and older half-sister following the death or her mother"

The clip was once again fast-forwarded, but for a shorter period this time.

"Thank you, Annalee. Joining us now is Dr. Kranly, a child and teen behavioral expert. Now Dr., what was set someone off like this, wanting to kill and murder other people?" The news anchor asked.

"Well there are a number of reasons," The Dr. replied. "Anything from childhood trauma to a warped mindset. Now while it is early in the investigation, my best guess to how this happened was the death of her mother. It is in my opinion that the death of her role model caused a small tear between reality and what she wanted to happen to form and all it took was a minor inconvenience and set her off…"

The recording was stopped suddenly and the remote was tossed across the room, landing on a small chair.

Yang was standing up, her back to the TV and her eyes blood red from anger. She shut her eyes and covered them with one hand before exhaling sharply. When she removed her hand and opened her eyes again, they were back to their purple lilac color. Yang sat back down in the chair facing the TV and threw her head back in anguish, once against exhaling sharply. She looked back towards the TV and saw the still image of the doctor on the screen. There was a small bit of text in the top left corner that simply read Seven Day. She looked back towards the doctor and became a little bit angry again.

Oh, I'm sorry. I guess the ATTEMPTED MURDER is just a "minor inconvenience" to you?! Yang thought to herself before getting up from the chair and retrieving the remote. Once found on the chair, she hit the MENU button. This shrank the current recording and brought up a folder full of similarly named news broadcastings and special reports. Yang scrolled down the list, debating whether to watch another one.

Seven Day

One Month

Six Months

One Year

Two Years

Three Years

Five Years

Yang scrolled past them all before deciding to just turn off the TV. Once the TV was off, she turned on the ceiling fan light in her room and glanced at the clock near her bed. It read 9:43 a.m. She sighed. Why did I make this the first thing I did today? She thought to herself. She then glanced around the small room. There was the TV near the door, a recliner-type chair in front of it, another smaller chair in the corner, a queen-sized bed near the single window that was covered by some blinds, although light was streaming in through the sides and a calendar next to the small closet. She focused her attention towards the small calendar. It was a new calendar, only having a few days marked off in January. Yang remembered she hadn't marked today off so she could tell it was January 5th.

Looking down the calendar a bit, Yang noticed that January 23rd was circled with red marker. There was also some writing within the circle and although she already knew what it said, she still walked over to it to look at it again. The red writing on the date simply read 10th Anniversary. Yang still couldn't believe that it had been almost 10 years since she last saw Ruby. Although she thought she saw glimpses of her in the trees or in the distance, it had been nearly 10 years since she had a conversation or at least said a word to her.

She thought back to the last 10 years and how it passed by so fast. It helped that the first few years, her and her dad were under the shroud of the media surrounding their involvement and connection to Ruby. Then, even after the media involvement died down, they were still targets by those who saw Ruby as a terrorist. It took until Taiyang went on record for the 5-year anniversary special report for their names to be cleared. Yang hated that they had to "clear their names." They were family of Ruby, and they basically had to disown her to have a normal life again.

By this point, Yang was now 22 and she began to think about moving out. She took up a huntsman for hire job and started saving money from this job to buy a small house on Patch since nearly everyone on the island felt bad for her and her father and she felt like they were all family in some way, so she felt safe there. It took about four years of saving to get a small house on the North end of the island. It was here that she'd been living for the last eight months. She had visited her father almost 3 times a week since she moved out and kept in close contact with him when she was out on missions.

She glanced back at the clock. Only about 2 minutes has passed so Yang decided to get some breakfast. She opened her bedroom door and took a quick walk to the kitchen. The house she lived in was on the small side. It had just two bedrooms and a single bathroom, with the kitchen, living room and dining room all bleeding together at the front of house. There was a door in the corner of the kitchen that led to a small covered patch of driveway where Yang kept her bike. They were two large windows on either side of the front door, one in each bedroom, a tiny one in the bathroom and another small one above the sink in the kitchen.

Yang didn't feel like cooking a fancy breakfast, so she just decided to have a bowl of cereal. She got the box of cereal off the top of the fridge and subsequently grabbed the half gallon of milk from the fridge and laid them both out on the small dining room table. However, when she went to get the bowl and spoon, there was a knock at the front door. She glanced over at the window next to the door and saw a man holding a large camera in one hand and a tripod in the other.

Yang sighed and threw her head back. She knew who they were and what they wanted. She thought about not opening the door and pretending she wasn't but realized that they had seen her bike in the driveway, so they knew she was home. Yang sighed again and approached the door, checking the window again to make sure her assumption was correct.

There was a nicely dressed woman who Yang instantly recognized, out in front, right next to the door. On her left was the man Yang has seen from the kitchen holding the camera at his side. On her right was yet another camera man, however he has his camera over his shoulder and Yang could assume he was recording.

Yang opened the front door, still in her pajamas, her hair still a mess, and still holding her bowl and spoon.

"Sup Annalee." Yang said, casually.

"Oh, hello Miss Xiao Long." Annalee said professionally. Annalee had covered The Grim Reaper story since day one and had always been assigned to cover and report on what Yang and her family was doing and how they were involved. However, she seemed to care the most for them. She never berated them or threatened them for a story. She was always nice and courteous to them and understood when they didn't want to talk. Yang hated her the least and would even call her somewhat of an acquaintance. She had done the one year and five-year anniversary for the Remnant Late Night News. "Did I wake you up?" She asked.

"First of, you can all me Yang. Secondly, nah, I've been awake for a while." Yang replied.

Annalee chuckled a bit. "Alright Yang. You can probably guess why we are here."

"Well, the 10-year anniversary, you've already done an interview with my dad, and if my memory is correct, I've never gone on record and stated my side of the story." Yang said with a smirk.

"Well, it seems like you've kept your smarts after all these years…" Annalee began.

"I'll do it." Yang said suddenly and sternly.

This caught Annalee and her small news team off guard. "Really?" She asked.

"Yeah. I need to get my side of the story out there." Yang said.

"Alright then. We got more stuff in the van. Mind if we come in?" She asked.

"Yeah just set it up in the living room. I gotta shower and eat before this thing though." Yang said, inviting them in and turning around to set down her bowl. Annalee told the camera man holding the camera on his shoulder to go grab some stuff from the van and the other one to come inside with her and set up the camera. When they walked inside, Yang was at the table eating her bowl of cereal.

"Oh, is that Pumpkin Pete's…" Annalee asked before stopping herself. Yang stopped eating and shot her a glare. "Sorry." She said, turning her head. Yang just went back to eating.

/

Annalee was applying a bit of powdered makeup to Yang's face. "Trust me," she said, "this'll help you look prettier on camera." Yang was never really a makeup person and never really understood the need for it at parties or for going out. However, she did see why it was needed on TV. She still didn't like it though.

"Reon. Are all the cameras operational?" Annalee asked.

"All good." Reon replied. Yang had learned he was the one that had the camera over his shoulder.

"How about the lighting and sound, Riku?" Annalee said as she finished up Yang's makeup.

"No problems here." Riku responded. He had been the other camera man with Annalee and was mainly the equipment man on set.

"Alright Yang. This is how this is gonna work." Annalee began. "This camera right behind me is the main camera. This is where most of the footage is coming from. The one to your left, my right, is going to be solely for dramatic and close up shots. And this one," Annalee turned and pointed to a camera behind her that was further back than the main one, "that's the wide angle one. I don't think I need to go over the lighting and mics and that kind of stuff, correct?"

"Yeah you don't have to. Seems pretty straight forward." Yang replied.

"Cool, so this is how the interview is going to go: I'm going to start with some basic questions so just in case the audience forgot about you, they can remember. Then we'll get into the more nitty-gritty stuff and that will be the bulk of it. If at any point you need a break or want to skip a question, just say so."

"That works for me." Yang said.

"Okay, first question: What's your name, age, and relation to Ruby?" Annalee began, switching into a pure professional attitude.

"My name is Yang Xiao Long. I'm 27 years old, and I am the half-sister to Ruby Rose." Yang stated.

"And how are you her half-sister?" Annalee asked.

"Same dad, different mom." Yang replied, trying to be as professional as possible.

"So what do you do for a living?" Annalee asked, glancing down at her page of notes.

"I'm a sort of huntsman for hire. I mainly take on escorting jobs, but I will do the occasional Search and Destroy." Yang replied.

"And what do you do for fun when you're not working?" Annalee continued.

Yang stopped and thought for a second. When she wasn't working, she usually trained or re-watched one of the Grim Reaper specials. All her friends either left her after the attack, were dead, gone, or too busy to hang out.

"I usually just train or watch TV." Yang replied, dumbing down her answer.

"Okay cool. Now we're going to get into the more in-depth questions. Remember, if there's any question that you feel is too personal, just say so and we'll skip it." Annalee said. Yang just nodded in agreement. "Okay then. First, let's go back to that day of the attack. Just go through the entire day."

Yang took a second before responding. "Well, it was a pretty normal day. It had been a couple months since Ruby had been presumed dead and it was still fresh in my mind. I was still trying to get over it and the fact that there was a big fight at the Vytal Festival was helping me out. The fight was between JNPR and SSSN, both teams I knew so I remember I was having a problem figuring out who to route for."

"When you got to the stadium, was there any sign of something might go wrong or there was something amidst?" Annalee asked.

"No," Yang answered, softly shaking her head. "Nothing seemed out of place. There was heightened security surrounding the whole event, but it was like the day previous. We got off the airship and headed towards the arena, grabbed some food, and took our seats. There was no sense of danger or worry in the crowd, just normal excitement for the upcoming matches."

"And who was with you that day?"

"It was me and my friend/teammate Weiss and joining us was Jaune and Ren from JNPR. They were close friends." Yang explained.

"When I looked online for your team information, it said there were four of you. You, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and Blake Belladonna. Why wasn't Blake with you that day? Was she not feeling well?" Annalee asked.

"Blake had fled the night before because Ruby had threatened her." Yang said.

"Why had Ruby threatened her?" Annalee asked curiously.

"Because she was involved with the plot to kill my sister. She had distracted me and everyone else just long enough so Pyrrha could make her move. Why Ruby didn't just kill her I don't know. Maybe she thought Blake felt bad or maybe she didn't want to cause suspicion." Yang explained.

"Wow, okay. Now when your sister first made her appearance on the field, did you know it was her?" The reporter asked.

"No. Not even a clue. In fact, I believe I felt scared or maybe even terrified. In my mind, there was no reason for her to even be there except to kill. So when I saw her come out onto the field, I thought we were all dead." Yang recalled.

"And when you did find out it was you sister…" Annalee began.

"I was shocked. This person who I had come to know as a cold-hearted killer was my precious sister." Yang interrupted.

"Now when Ruby explained Pyrrha had tried to kill her, there was an outburst from you in the stands." The reported stated. "Was that just…"

"It was purely reactionary. I had never felt that angry before in my life and still to this day it was the angriest I've been." Yang said with a half-smile.

"Now, moving on, after the fight and after Ruby had fled the arena, you and Weiss made your way up towards your dorm room. Did you know Ruby was going to go there?" Annalee asked.

"No, I didn't know for certain she was going to be there, but I had a hunch she might there." Yang said.

"Now on the official report, when you two arrived at the room, she attacked you and fled, correct?" Annalee asked, reading off a piece of paper that appeared to be a police report.

"No, that's not what happened at all." Yang said with confidence.

"Really? So what did happen?" She asked.

"When we got to the room, she did have her weapon pointed at me, but upon realizing it was me, she lowered it and embraced me and then eventually Weiss." Yang explained.

"But why did she have her weapon pointed at you?" Annalee asked.

"My best guess is that she heard us coming and thought we here the police." Yang said.

"Alright." Annalee said. "Anything else happen?"

"We talked for about, I would say, five minutes, before we all heard approaching footsteps. At this point we all knew it was the police. Ruby went to leave but I tried to stop her." Yang began to explain.

"Why did you try to stop her? Where you trying to make sure she faced justice?" Annalee asked.

"No. At the time I was 18 and thought that if she just came home than everything would go back to normal. I think at the time I knew that wasn't true, but I just didn't want to believe it." Yang said, beginning to tear up slightly.

"Need a moment?" Annalee asked.

"No, I'm good." Yang replied, wiping away the tears.

Annalee nodded, then resumed asking Yang questions. "What happened after you tried to stop her from leaving?"

"At first, she tried to explain that if she stayed then she'd probably die or even if we all managed to escape, then our entire family would have to go into hiding. She explained that it was better for her just to go into hiding by herself. The whole time she's explaining this, she's grabbing bandages and food and other supplies before hopping onto the window sill in order to leave. However, when she went to leave, I grabbed her foot and tried to hold her back, I guess in an attempt to salvage the family. It was at that moment she pulled a small knife, hidden away in her boat and stabbed me." Yang explained, pulling back the sleeve on her shirt, revealing the small stab wound on her right arm near the inside on her elbow.

"So she did attack you?" Annalee asked.

"Yeah. After she stabbed me, she looked at Weiss and told her to tell the police that she was crazy." Yang continued, rolling her sleeve back down.

"So it was her idea for you to say she was insane." Annalee stated.

"Correct. I believe she thought that if we told them the truth, we would get in trouble, which is correct. However, by stating we were attacked, it would show she had no regard for family and she was insane." Yang said.

"Why now? Why wait this long to tell your side of the story?" Annalee asked.

"Because I didn't feel like it was that important until recently. Up until a few weeks ago, I felt the need to protect myself and my sister. But with that story came the assumption that she was heartless and only cares for herself and I know for a fact that's untrue. And while I can't say I completely forgive her for what she's done, I do want people to know that she is still the nice, little sister I grew up with, even if it's buried underneath all the hate surrounding her." Yang said confidently.

"Do you believe she'll ever stop being this person she is now?" Annalee asked.

"I firmly believe that given the chance, she would stop being this person right now. I feel as if the only reason she is still being The Grim Reaper is because she has nowhere else to go. She has no chance at a normal life now, so she puts on this mask and does these things because she has to in order to survive. We both know that if she just stopped doing the things she does and tried to live a normal life, she'd be killed instantly. So to answer your question, no, I do not believe she will ever stop, simply because she is unable to stop." Yang said, a bit heated.

"If Ruby were here right now, what would you do?" Annalee asked.

"I'd give her a hug, tell her it's okay, that she's still my sister. Treat her like the person she was before all of this happened." Yang said, a bit tearful again. There was a brief moment of silence before Annalee spoke up.

"Alright that's all the questions I had for you today. The only thing left is to get some shots of you doing just everyday activities and then we'll be out of your hair, sound good?" She asked.

"Alright. Do I need to keep the mic and makeup on or can I wash it off?" Yang asked.

"You can take the makeup off, but we still need you mic'd up." Annalee responded.

"Sounds good. Let me wash this off real fast." Yang said, headed towards the washroom.

/

"Okay, I'll ask you a few basic questions and we'll see if your fit the bill. Sound alright?" The older female asked.

"Sounds great." The younger girl replied.

"Okay, first off, my name is Calli Tanaka. And just to make sure, you're applying for the overnight shift here at me and my husband's bookstore, correct? You'll be the only overnight employee, but you shouldn't be that busy, maybe a customer an hour." Calli explained.

"Yep." The girl answered.

"Okay so your hours would be 10pm – 6am Monday night through Thursday night. You would get weekends off; I assume that works for you?" Calli asked, looking down at the sheet of paper in front of her.

"Works fine." The girl said.

"Okay. Any previous overnight experience? Could be anywhere, just don't want you falling asleep on the job." Calli stated.

"I had some experience with overnight as a huntress." The girl replied with a smile.

"Wow, you were a huntress? If you don't mind me asking, why'd you stop?" Calli replied, a bit starstruck.

"Had a couple really close run-ins with death on my final few missions so I decided to give it a rest for a bit. Might go back though." The girl replied, placing her hand underneath her chin.

"Okay then. I had a question about handling yourself during the event of a robbery, but I don't think I need to worry." Calli replied with a chuckle. This also elicited a small laugh from the girl as well. "Alright, umm, uhhh. Sorry, lost my train of thought. As you can see, I'm not the professional type. Let's see… You technically already answered were you'd see yourself in five years so the only other important question I would need to ask is do you have a criminal history. While we do accept criminals with minor crimes, we don't accept those committed of big crimes like murder or rape. Don't do background checks here but just know if that the cops come asking for you, you're on your own cause we don't want to get in trouble."

"No need to worry. I have a clean record." The girl smiled.

"Alright, well that wraps that up… oh shit, I forgot the most important question. What's your name sweetheart?" Calli asked, a bit embarrassed.

The younger girl looked her in the eyes, her silver eyes glimmering with happiness.

"Amber."