In the wake of the Destruction of HYDRA, Ruby found that she was the only student who had still remained at the HYDRA Preparatory Academy. "Why not?! Look where it's gotten us!" ―Ruby Hale and Steger "Do not question the HYDRA way! You trust in the system!" "I'm the only one left! You're seriously gonna stop me from serving because of some barbaric ritual?!" Ruby being threatened by her teacher, Steger Seeing her mother had been alerted to something, Ruby casually questioned if her country was calling her, to which Hale simply got up and left the facility in a hurry, quickly apologizing to Ruby for leaving. Just as they were speaking, however, Hale and Steger both got a message alerting them to the Destruction of HYDRA, although they did not inform Ruby of the exact meaning of the message. When Ruby questioned why she had not continued to try and go to space as she claimed this would have made her mother considerably cooler, Hale noted that if she had then she would have never given birth. Ruby learns that her mother is being sent off Ruby jokingly questioned if she would be placed somewhere boring like the United States Air Force, to which Hale argued that from that position she could see combat and had a chance to become an astronaut, noting that this was the reason why she had applied for the Air Force. With all her training completed for the day, Ruby sat down with her mother to eat some lunch together as Ruby questioned if Steger yet knew where she would be assigned following her graduation, with Hale noting that it was still being discussed by HYDRA's leadership although Steger knew Ruby was still top of her class. Ruby eating her own lunch with her mother Ruby meanwhile eventually subdued her opponents with considerable ease and ended her own combat training. While Ruby continued fighting, Hale argued that Daniel Whitehall had designed Ruby to lead while Steger noted that Whitehall was dead so his opinion no longer mattered. During one of these combat training sessions, Ruby was watched by her mother Hale and her instructor Steger who were discussing Ruby's future within HYDRA. Once she had finished all her classes, Ruby would train in the gym, fighting against two male opponents and easily proving herself to be the superior fighter. Ruby trains to be a great warrior for HYDRA One day before her graduation, Ruby waited to see if her wish to undergo Project Destroyer of Worlds would come true. Ruby would ensure that her uniform was styled and would play music before heading to class. You don't think they're gonna stick me somewhere boring like Air Force, do you?" ―Ruby Hale and Hale Įvery morning, Ruby would wake up within the HYDRA Preparatory Academy where she would put on her uniform and greet the dog she had been given to train, knowing that she would be expected to kill the dog to prove this was not a weakness. "So, does he know where I'm gonna be assigned after graduation?" Ruby's rampage was stopped when Yo-Yo Rodriguez killed her, in revenge for Ruby previously slicing off both of her arms during an ambush. However, upon being infused with the Gravitonium, Ruby's body had reacted violently, giving her power while causing her incredible pain. Ruby's frustrations eventually led her to joining sides with Werner von Strucker to betray her mother and steal the Gravitonium for herself. When nothing Ruby did was seemingly good enough, she had then developed her hatred of Quake, whom she viewed as her competitor, and the one she needed to destroy, to be seen as good enough. Ruby's own life long obsessions with becoming infused with their Gravitonium by using the Particle Infusion Chamber with Project Destroyer of Worlds led to her to pushing her body to physical perfection in order to gain the approval of her mother. Ruby Hale was the daughter of General Hale, who had been genetically engineered by HYDRA's leader Daniel Whitehall as he had hoped to create the perfect leader for the organization. "I'm the Destroyer of Worlds." ―Ruby Hale to Hale