Chapter 26: Never Miss a Beat

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The Amity Colosseum's mountain biome being bombarded by several explosions all around the area. Russel with his weapons in hand, is running from the mayhem before spinning around, ready to face his opponents, who turns out to be the familiar face of Penny and her beret-wearing teammate. With an ever-present smile and simple arm movements, she summons six floating swords from her Floating Array and rears them back before launching them in a ring at Russel, who barely manages to duck behind a rock to protect himself.

Wasting no time, Penny does the same thing with another group of blades, homing in on the other CRDL teammate Sky until he uses his weapon to vault over another stone for defense. The two exchange a worried look at the sight of their rocks still pierced with multiple blades, and Penny grins in combat-ready fierceness as she looks to her partner, who simply taps her watch as if hurrying Penny up. Wasting no time, Penny raises her hands like a puppetmaster and uses the near-invisible strings attached to each hilt to lift the giant rocks up in the air, with the screaming Russel and Sky still hanging on. Bringing her arms down to her sides, the stones come crashing to the ground as well, leaving Penny's opponents in the grass. Her swords come back to her pack as the buzzer rings.

Oobleck: And victory goes to Penny and Ciel of Atlas!

Penny placing a fist in her palm and bowing in respect to her fallen foes, still smiling. The two victors then turn to leave the stadium as Russel feebly reaches out, only to get hit in the head by an errant stone. Watching from the stands, Ruby and Y/N sees them start to walk away and excitedly gets up form their seat with the rest of Team RWBY to meet them at one of the exits.

Ruby: Penny!

Penny: Ruby!

She lifting up her own arms, she tackles her friend into a hug that leaves them both of them on the ground.

Y/N: Can you stop doing that, you're gonna send her to the hospital.

Ruby: Why...

Penny gets up energetically and gestures to the other girl.

Penny: Ruby, Y/N, this is my teammate.

Ciel: Ciel Soleil.

Ruby: Hi! I'm Ru-

Ciel: Ruby Rose. 15. Hails from Patch. Leader of Team RWBY. Status: Questionable. Y/N L/N. 17. Hails from Medici. No team. Status: Heavly armed and extremely dangerous.

Ruby: Sooo... Penny! 

She turning back to her friend.

Ruby: You two were incredible out there. How do you keep control of all those swords? It's so cool!

Ciel: Penny?

She looks at her watch and gestures at it.

Ciel: I believe it is best if we move on to our next location.

Penny exchanges a look with Ruby and Y/N before asking Ciel.

Penny: Could we have just a minute to talk?

In response, Ciel checks the time, then takes a step back and nods, starting the countdown.

Ruby: So is she... your friend or...

Penny: Well, in a way. She's like Blake, but if Blake was ordered to spend time with you.

Ruby: Oh. So, Weiss.

Penny: Precisely.

Ruby: Does she know about... y'know... beep boop bop, does not compute? 

She moves her body abruptly as if imitating a robot, leaving her arm to hang with a noticeable squeaking sound.

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