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Something flickered in the air behind Penny. His eyes were so hazy he barely made it out, but it wasn't Blake and she didn't see it. It was like a hazy wave of heat on a cool day, rippling and twisting – before suddenly there was a figure there.

Penny noticed at the last second and swept her blades back, but it was for nothing.

She gasped as a silvery blade pierced through the front of her throat, tickling the flesh between Jaune's horrified eyes. The girl's green eyes glanced down at it, before they dimmed and the hand about his throat lost all its strength.

He fell down and slumped back, fighting for breath. Penny, Ruby's new friend, fell down face-first in front of him. She didn't move.

She was dead.

His pulse hammered in his ears. He tried to look away but couldn't, and as the seconds dragged on he started to shake. "No… I… I didn't mean…"

Something gripped his arm and hauled him up. It was a girl he didn't recognise with hair three different shades of colour. She looked him in the eyes and then rolled hers at his shell-shocked expression.

She'd just killed the girl… just like that…