Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20160116155944/@comment-10390252-20160119152051

Next episode starts with Ruby cradling Penny's savaged remains. We see her eyes narrow as she notices something. She reaches towards Penny's ear where there is a red flashing light, just where an ear stud would normally be; as she does so, a complex holographic interface flashes into being under Ruby's fingers. "ENTER PASSWORD". Ruby frowns for a moment and then smiles.

The episode ends with Ruby rushing out to a vehicle park where a Paladin is sitting, largely ignored by the panicking crowds. She jumps in and pulls down the canopy. She pulls out what looks like a mobile hard drive and plugs it into a slot in the dashboard. We hear the familiar sound of the mech powering up. Suddenly, Penny's face appears as a hologram. "Salutations, Ruby! What is happening? Where am I?"

"I'll explain later, Penny! Right now, we need to do something! The Grimm and the White Fang are attacking Vale!"

"No problem! I'm with you all the way, I'm..."

"'Combat ready', yeah. Your dad needs to think up better passwords for your CPU cover!"

Seriously, I wonder if we've over-estimated Adam's blood-lust; I think that those Bullheads were landing at the stadium; maybe he intends to hold the entire crowd hostage until his demands are met?

Maybe that will be the scheme: Cinder wants to get into our heroes inner circle by having her, Neo, Mercury and Emerald 'defeat the White Fang' (as I've said before, Adam is expendable) and save the day. Unfortunately, her plan didn't call for Team JNPR and Jaune's bizarre blend of stupidity and courage. It also didn't count on a vengeance-crazed Ruby who is out to avenge Penny on Emerald and Mercury. She doesn't know precisely what they've done but she knows they're up to something and she's taking them down!