417I don't own RWBY.
A thanks given to Katana of the Blade for the episode script.
The room was silent as the vision began, though several people were curious as to what was coming.
We come to the balcony café in the middle of Vale where Sun and Blake were seen in the last vision drinking tea.
"Finally, she speaks! Nearly two days and you gave me nothing but small talk and weird looks!" Sun said happily. Blake gave Sun a firm look. "Yeah, like that." He confirmed.
Qrow snorted, "That look feels extremely familiar," he turns to see his sister giving him a look almost identical to Blakes, "And that would be why."
Raven shakes her head and looks away from her clown of a brother.
Blake rolled her eyes before closing them and looking at him sadly. "Sun... Are you familiar with the White Fang?" She asked.
"Of course! I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me!" Sun stated.
Blake sipped her drink while listening until she spoke up for the big reveal. "I was once a member of the White Fang." She confessed.
Ghira closed his eyes at Sun's words. The comments from many of the people in these visions had already made it clear that the White Fang had fallen in the future, but hearing it stated by another faunus so bluntly and clearly drove the point home more than ever.
Even the people the White Fang was formed to help believed that they were nothing more than criminals.
Sun promptly went cross-eyed and choked on his drink, making him put it down and wipe his mouth as he held up a hand to process this information. "Wait a minute, you were a member of the White Fang?!" He asked in disbelief.
"That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it..." She explained as she began her story.
The scene shifted to a simple silhouetted flashback of fallen weapons plunged into the ground - swords, guns, any number of combinations.
"Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus." Blake explained off-screen.
Most of the viewers turned their eyes over to the Belladonnas, hearing this was just reinforcing how far disconnected from the original goal this future group had become.
The audience was shown the dark outlines of two trios - animal-eared and tailed Faunus on one side, regular Humans on the other - shaking hands and making peace after their struggle. That did not last long, as seen by a white Faunus cowering in fear of the gray-and-black aggressors harassing the hybrid. Later, more Faunus were pushing the crowd away from their bullied brethren.
"Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as a voice of our people. And I was there." She continued.
Ghira frowned, as Kali's ears drooped, at the fact that the discrimination would continue to this degree. He was saddened, but unfortunately not surprised. Human or Faunus, people will be people, and people don't like what they can't understand.
Silhouettes of Faunus protestors were revealed and emerging from the shadows is a young girl with dark hair and cat ears.
"I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimist." She recalled.
Cutting from the child version of Blake, the blue flag of a white wolf with sad eyes and a circle behind its head is lowered and raised in its stead is a red monster with three bloody scratches and teeth bared at the world.
"Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking." She explained.
Ghira's eyes widened, at this moment in time, he had no idea what would cause him to step down. The White Fang was, for now, his goal in life, a way to try to bring Faunus up to an even level with humans in the eyes of the people and the law. It was his way of helping his people, why would he leave it?
A quick series of images were shown - Faunus replacing their picket signs with axes and blades, windows being broken, thieves leaping on trains to steal their cargo.
"Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect... out of fear." She said ominously.
The flashback showed one more image of three Faunus individuals standing in a dominating manner with malicious grins until Blake put down her teacup in front of a stunned Sun.
"The worst part of all this," Kali said to her husband, "Is that I can see why it continued, I can't agree with it, but I can see why."
Ghira could too, and that is what made him sigh in sadness. As much as he hated it, he could see where the violence came from, his people felt that they were backed into a corner, and decided that if they were going to be treated like animals, then they would fight back like one.
The fact that it ever came to that was the saddest part of all to him.
"So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress. So here I am: a criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow." She finished as she wiggled her cat ears beneath the fashionable disguise to demonstrate.
"So... have you told your friends any of this?" Sun asked as he came to terms with this.
Blake merely looked down in shame and said nothing.
"Considering how Weiss reacted, I can't really blame her for keeping quiet," Summer spoke, "She was likely afraid of that exact outcome, and Weiss having that reaction just told her that she was right to be afraid."
"There is a term for something like that Ms. Rose," Ozpin spoke, "A self-fulfilling prophecy, she may have been afraid of that, but she never tried to bring it up, or find out her teammates thoughts on the matter before this confrontation occurred." He then frowned and said "Admittedly we have not seen all of their current time at beacon, however their reactions tell us at least that much."
"Blaaaake!" Ruby shouted.
"Blaaaake!" Yang also called out.
The scene transitioned to Ruby, Yang, and Weiss walking through town and calling in vain for their missing teammate.
"Blaaaaaaaake! Where aaaare yoooouuuu!?" Ruby continued to scream.
"Blake!" Yang cried out.
Ruby turned on Weiss. "Weiiiiss, you're not helping!" She whined.
"Oh! You know what might be able to help? The police!" Weiss countered.
Summer groaned at the heiress' comment, dragging her hand across her face, "Why am I not surprised that she jumped to that instead of trying to find Blake to have a proper conversation?"
Raven didn't even look at her exasperated partner as she responded, "Because she's a little girl who's used to getting what she wants."
"Ugh, Weiss..." Ruby groaned, crossing her arms in irritation.
"It was just an idea!" Weiss said.
"Yeah, a bad one." Ruby said, walking down the sidewalk.
"She's right," Qrow spoke up, "If someone reported her, the police wouldn't ask questions, they would just outright arrest her, then she would probably just disappear off the map entirely."
"Weiss, I think we should hear her side of the story before we jump to any conclusions." Yang reasoned as she followed behind Ruby.
"I think that when we hear it, you'll all realize I was right!" Weiss countered again as she followed behind Yang.
Goodwitch sighed as she removed her glasses to rub at her eyes, "Ms. Schnee is not going to stop with this any time soon is she?"
The Huntress took the complete silence of the room as an agreement to her question.
"And I think Weiss' hair looks wonderful today!" Penny complimented as she followed behind Weiss.
"Aaaah! Penny! Where did you come from!?" Ruby screamed as she turned around suddenly with her team in surprise.
"So, did she just see them and decide that trailing them would be an okay thing to do?" Taiyang asked.
Summer simply stared at the screen, "I think so, since they didn't know that she was there until she spoke up."
Qrow shook his head, "That girl needs to learn some social skills, at least enough to understand how to not freak people out like that."
"Hey guys! What are you up to?" Penny asked, cheerfully ignoring the question.
"Uhh..." Ruby said unsurely.
"We're looking for our friend Blake." Yang explained.
"Ooooh, you mean the Faunus girl!" Penny realized.
"Kinda surprised more people didn't see through that disguise before now." Qrow commented.
His sister's response was blunt, "People are stupid."
Ruby, Weiss, and Yang stared at Penny. "Wait, how did you know that?" Ruby asked in disbelief.
"Uhh, the cat ears?" Penny answered, pointing to her head.
Yang laughed a little. "What cat ears? She wears a... boooohhh..." She said as realization hit her.
The realization left them in silence as a tumbleweed blew through in the wind.
Despite the tenseness she was feeling, Kali giggled at the girls' stunned silence as they processed that statement.
The others in the room, who were less tense about everything and more annoyed by the Schnee heiress' complaining, burst out laughing at the girls.
"Bet those girls feel pretty dumb right now." Raven got out between her cackles.
"She does like tuna a lot..." Ruby whispered.
"So, where is she?" Penny asked.
"We don't know. She's been missing since Friday." Ruby told her.
Penny gasped. "That's terrible!" She said, approaching an uncomfortable Ruby. "Well, don't you worry Ruby, my friend! I won't rest until we find your teammate!" She said, holding Ruby's shoulders.
Ruby did her best to continue smiling. "Uh, that's really nice of you, Penny, but we're okay! Really! Right, guys?" She asked, only to receive no answer.
"They ditched her, didn't they?" Qrow asked.
She looked over Penny to direct her question at Yang and Weiss, who's blinking outlines were all that's left of their sudden departure from the company of the strange girl. A tumbleweed blew past them again in the quiet.
"It sure is windy today!" Penny noted.
"Hah, Called it!"
Raven looked at her brother, "Literally nobody said otherwise Qrow."
Sun and Blake were then seen walking down an alley. "So, what's the plan now?" Sun asked with his hands behind his head.
"I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies. They've never needed that much Dust before." Blake contemplated.
"What if they did?" Sun asked, widening his eyes. "I mean... the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there! Right?" He explained, lowering his arms and pacing in front of Blake as he continued his theory.
"The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be." She said.
"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas." He informed her.
"Well, I suppose something good came out of Mr. Wukong stowing away on that ship." Goodwitch spoke, a small yet visible frown on her face.
"How huge?" She asked.
"Huge. Big Schnee Company freighter." He explained.
"You're sure?" She asked again.
"Thanks anyways!" Yang said as she came out of a shop with Weiss, waving to the person inside. She sighed after closing the door. "This is hopeless." She said, looking at Weiss when she looked around nonchalantly. "You really don't care if we find her, do you?" She accused.
"Don't be stupid; of course I do. I'm just afraid of what she'll say when we find her." Weiss explained, walking forward. "The innocent never run, Yang!" She called over her shoulder.
Yang looked down in thought.
Ghira sighed, "While I understand her point, she is still wrong. Most Faunus would have run, since they tend to be blamed even if they are innocent."
That fact caused Summer to frown, unhappy that things like that happened at all.
"So, Blake is your friend?" Penny asked.
Ruby sighed as they made their way down the sidewalk. "Yes, Penny." She confirmed.
"Is she friends with Blake?" Penny continued her questions.
"Well, that's kind of up in the air right now..." Ruby said unsurely.
"But why?" Penny asked, trying to contemplate this.
Ruby sighed again. "Well, you see, Blake might not be who we though she was..." She explained.
Penny gasped "Is she a man?" She asked.
"How is that the conclusion she jumps to?" Qrow asked, with a visible look of confusion on his face.
Summer, with an equal look of confusion on her face responds, "I don't know, but something like that can not be simply chalked up to lacking in social skills."
"No! No, Penny. She's..." Ruby started, but stopped and sighed. "I don't know what she is. She didn't exactly talk to us before she decided to run off." She informed, looking at Penny as she spoke now.
"I don't have a lot of friends, but if I did, I would want them to talk to me about things." Penny said.
Ruby turned her gaze downward sadly. "Me too..." She said as they continued walking.
"If more people did that, the world would have far less problems." Summer said sadly.
Amidst the chirping of crickets and darkness of night, Blake laid flat on her stomach on the rooftop overlooking the shipment of Schnee Dust containers.
"Did I miss anything?" Sun asked off-screen.
"Not really. They've offloaded the crates from the boat. Now they're just sitting there." Blake said, looking up as Sun dropped down to her right.
"Cool." Sun said simply, holding out one of the green apples in his arms. "I stole you some food!" He offered.
Qrow raised an eyebrow at that comment, "Literally or?"
"Considering he snuck in as a stowaway, I have a feeling that he would not have much hesitation in stealing a few apples." Raven responded with a bored tone of voice to her brother's question.
"Do you always break the law without giving a second thought?" Blake asked, giving Sun a questioning look.
"Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?" Sun countered defensively. Blake delivered an angry glare at him. "Okay, too soon!" He relented.
"Gee kid, ya think?" Tai said while looking over at the Belladonnas, neither of whom seemed happy with the boys comment.
And when one of those people looks strong enough to bench press an ursa, that is a pretty intimidating look that Tai hoped to never be on the receiving end of.
Just as he said this, the winds blew all around them and they looked up to see a Bullhead's searchlights flashing around for a landing spot, descending in the middle of the cargo containers and extending a ramp for a black hooded individual with a metallic fanged mask to come out of.
"Oh no..." Blake said.
"Is that them?" Sun asked.
"Yes... It's them." Blake confirmed, staring at the bloody wolf on the back of the man's outfit.
"All right, grab the tow cables!" The White Fang Soldier ordered to the other White Fang members coming from the aircraft, motioning with his rifle.
"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?" Sun asked.
"No. I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right." Blake admitted, staring sadly at the scene.
She closed her eyes in despair, only to open them suddenly when she heard a new voice.
"Hey! What's the holdup!?" Roman called out. The soldiers looked up at Roman gesturing widely and coming down the ramp. "We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace?" He asked.
Summer stared curiously at the screen, "Why are they working with someone who is so blatantly racist?"
"Honestly, based on what we've seen of him, he seems to just be an ass, not necessarily racist." Qrow responded to his team leader.
"Additionally," Ozpin spoke, overhearing their comments, "There may be a third party driving this that has yet to be introduced to us, remember that we do not yet have all the pieces to this puzzle."
"This isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a Human. Especially not one like that." Blake explained as she stood up and unsheathed the katana of Gambol Shroud before walking off the edge of the roof.
"Hey, what are you doing?!" Sun asked, alarmed.
Blake fell to the ground in a crouch, then continued on to hide behind one of the containers, peeking around the corner to see Roman berate a White Fang member holding a coil of rope.
"No, you idiot! This isn't a leash!" Roman snapped. As he looked around, Blake suddenly appeared behind him with her blade at his throat. "What the- Oh, for f-" Roman groaned, rolling his eyes when he was cut off by Blake mid-swear.
"Nobody move!" Blake ordered.
Everyone who was paying attention to the vision facepalmed at that moment.
"Why does she think that is going to work?" Summer asked as she dragged her hand down her face.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, the Belladonna parents were wondering if they had forgotten to teach their daughter common sense in the future.
The White Fang soldiers readied their guns and equipped their swords in response.
"Whoa! Take it easy there, little lady." Roman said.
As the White Fang closed in on her, Blake used her free hand to go for her bow and removed it, causing the ribbon to fall away as her Faunus ears were shown to the world. "Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you aiding this scum?" She asked.
The White Fang members lowered their weapons a little at this development, unsure of what to do, when Roman laughed.
"Oh, kid, didn't you get the memo?" Roman asked.
"What are you talking about?" Blake asked.
"The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together!" Roman explained.
"Tell me what it is or I'll put an end to your little operation." Blake threatened.
Suddenly, the air was filled with more turbines blowing the wind wildly around the holdup.
"I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation..." Roman said, looking up to see Two more Bullheads were hovering above the heist as Blake watched in horror.
Roman smiled and managed to fire his cane at Blake's feet, resulting in a large explosion.
Despite the knowledge that her aura had likely protected her, the Belladonna parents both flinched instinctively at seeing their child blown up like that.
Tai also winced at the sight, "Oof, even with her aura that explosion is gonna feel awful."
Unsurprisingly, this comment did not make the Belladonnas feel any better.
Penny and Ruby turned around upon hearing the noise, seeing the smoke rise from the docking bay just a few buildings away.
"Oh, no..." Ruby said.
Blake, dazed but relatively unhurt on the ground, quickly rolled and ran out of the way of Roman's continued attacks, flaming missiles destroying cargo behind her as she retreated behind more containers.
"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty..." Roman taunted, approaching slowly. His taunt was interrupted when a banana peel landed on his head, causing him to look up and growl at the assailant.
"That guy is a total ass." Raven commented.
"Which one?" Qrow asked, genuinely curious.
"I was talking about Torchwick with that comment"
Meanwhile, as the hunters calmly spoke amongst themselves, the Belladonna's were trying not to panic.
Sun leapt from the container above Roman and dropped down on the criminal's face feet-first, rolling up and readying himself to fight.
"Leave her alone!" Sun snapped.
The Bullheads opened to let more White Fang members descend on the scene, standing by Roman as he got up and surrounding Sun.
"You're not the brightest banana in the bunch, are you, kid?" Roman taunted.
"I honestly can't tell if the kid isn't the brightest, or if he's just extremely irreverent." Tai commented idly.
"Or he might just not be all that scared," Qrow commented to his partner, "I kind of doubt that Torchwick's rep reaches to the other continents."
"You knw what, you're probably right." Tai responded after a moment of thought.
With that said, the White Fang charged at the monkey Faunus, but he managed to dodge slashes and get some of the soldiers with his fists and kicks until he rolled out of the way, pulling out a collapsible red staff. He quickly used this to beat down on each opponent that neared him, falling each one in a single flaming blow when he twirled, even creating a scorching shockwave to beat the last of them.
Blake peered around the corner of the container to watch Sun jump around and beat more White Fang soldiers, causing one to fly over Roman's head. The crime boss growled in annoyance and aimed his cane at Sun, firing a shot that he defended himself from just when Blake leapt into the action.
"He's mine!" She shouted.
Ozpin frowned, "Miss belladonna is making a large mistake, refusing help from another."
"What is more worrying," Goodwitch commented in response to her boss, "Is that she seems to be acting entirely out of anger, and that is never a good idea in a fight."
Blake went in close and becomes a blur of afterimages as she slashed both blades at Roman, who backed away and deflected each would-be blow with his cane at unbelievable speeds. Blake continued to dash, hop over, and slide around Roman to try and find a weak spot, but her enemy, while barely deflecting the attacks, landed a few hits on Blake until one final beating with his cane caused her to go down.
Just as Roman dealt with one opponent, Sun appeared right behind her and disconnected his staff in two spinning circles of flame-firing shotgun nunchaku that only slowed down once to reveal what they were before becoming twin arcs of offense again. Sun swung each gun at Roman while firing everything he had at him, but even with the rapid series of shots and flying bullets, Roman managed to defend himself against every bullet and hit until a millisecond-long pause allowed Blake to get a slash in and knock him back.
"Well, I'll give the kids this," Qrow commented, "they at least know how to fight well."
Ozpin nodded, "It also seems that miss Belladonna wasn't too proud to accept help when it was clear that she needed it."
"Or at least not complain about it" Raven muttered
On his back, Roman noticed a container hanging by a crane right above the two warriors and got up to fire his cane at its supports. Blake leapt behind it, but Sun barely missed when he jumped forward, ending up right below the nozzle of Roman's cane.
Just as he was about to fire, his and Sun's attention were drawn to a familiar voice.
"Hey!" Ruby called off-screen as she appeared on the rooftop overlooking them, Crescent Rose extended and ready for action.
Qrow frowned at the vision, "That isn't a good idea kid."
While Qrow was speaking to someone who couldn't hear him, Summer had leaned back on the couch and was staring blankly, wondering why her child decided to alert the criminal that she was there!
"Although," she muttered, thinking out loud, "it did distract him from the blonde boy."
"Well, hello, Red! Isn't it past your bedtime?" Roman said, losing interest in Sun, waving to her.
"Ruby, are these people your friends?" Penny asked, approaching Ruby.
"Penny, get back!" Ruby warned, looking behind her. While her attention was diverted, Roman snarled and fired his cane at her, launching the young Huntress-in-training back from the explosion's force and sending her scythe flying away. "AAAAAH!" She screamed as she was blasted back.
Summer lets out a reflexive gasp, knowing even as she does that the girl's Aura likely protected her.
Roman gave off a professional-level evil laugh at his attack on the young girl. Penny turned her head toward the criminal and gave her first glare, walking forward while Ruby tried to get back up.
"Penny, wait! Stop!" Ruby pleaded as she raised her hand in a futile attempt to stop her.
"Don't worry, Ruby. I'm combat ready!" Penny assured her.
Her backpack mechanically opened up and from its dark depths came a single sword that extended and multiplied into several blades hovering over Penny's back. Leaping from the rooftop with the weapons acting as wings, she sent three of her swords to knock two White Fang soldiers down before even landing on the ground, where she proceeded to fling the swords at one enemy, impaled another to a wall, created a barrier of spinning steel against a running attack, leaping over a goon with her swords in tow and finally making a wheel that she threw to knock multiple Faunus off their feet.
While Summer was staring, and trying to figure out how the girls weapon worked, Qrow let out a whistle, "That girl knows how to fight, and fight well."
Tai scratched at the back of his head, "I guess, if nothing else, this girl is proof social skills have no impact on combat skills."
"Whoa!" Sun said, observing the spectacle in amazement, before he ran off to safety.
Three Bullheads come from the skies and open fired on the battle, but Penny merely formed a shield and launched two of her swords into the wall behind her, which in turn pulled their wielder back with their strings.
When her swords swirled around her again, she commanded them to open their points and build up a large glowing ball of green light. With a punching action, several bright lasers cracked the pavement when they fired at the transports and sliced each one in half, causing several of the White Fang members inside to fall and letting Ruby watch as Bullheads fell in pieces behind her.
Stunned, she turned back to Penny as she aimed her swords at the remaining Bullheads holding the crate of Dust and pulled back on their wires, tugging the aircraft with them.
"Whoa... How is she doing that?" Ruby asked as she watched in awe.
"That girl," Raven spoke through the shocked silence, "is a lot stronger than she looks."
"You're right," Summer muttered in response, clearly not all there, "Even if those strings are tied to some sort of winch, the strength required to pull on a bullhead and move it even slightly is insane."
Meanwhile, over with the teachers, Ozpin frowned into his mug, if there was anything that the man had learned over his years of life, it was how to tell if something wasn't quite right, and that girl was setting off all kinds of warnings, he just wasn't sure what.
Seeing the Bullhead's flight fall under Penny's control, Roman grimaced and turned to run towards the last transport.
Penny, after her large green pupils dilated for a second, pulled with all her might on the strings and the aircraft crashed into a stack of crates, causing an explosion as a result.
"These kids just keep getting weirder..." Roman said, watching from the safety of his escape. With his observation made, he used his cane to close the doors and the jet lifted off, flying away from the lost battle.
"So students," Ozpin asked, deciding to take advantage of what they had seen for a lesson, "How do you all think this was handled?"
While Raven ignored the headmaster, her teammates all took on thoughtful looks.
Summer was the first one who spoke up, "Ruby probably shouldn't have alerted Torchwick like she did."
Ozpin nodded at her as Qrow gave his own opinion, "Maybe they should have tried to keep collateral damage down."
Ozpin nodded again at the male Branwen, before turning his attention to the teams other male, "And what do you think Mr. Xiao-Long?"
Tai jumped from his thoughts at the question, and scrambled for a response, "Umm... they shouldn't have been there to begin with?"
"You are correct." Ozpin told the blonde, "While students of Beacon do have a limited right to interfere in things like this if they happen to be near, it is still considered proper protocol to inform the police of any such events occurring." Ozpin then leaned back in his seat, "However, outside of those mentioned things, the students did quite well for their first unsupervised combat interaction."
Later, a handful of police cars were at the docks, where Ruby, Blake, Sun and Penny were sitting on boxes in silence. That is, until Weiss and Yang appeared on the scene.
"Look Weiss, it's not what you think, she explained the whole thing. See, she doesn't actually have a bow, she has kitty ears and they're actually kind of cute..." Ruby spoke quickly to explain the situation, but Weiss ignored her and squared off with Blake.
Summer let out a breath, nervous about the coming confrontation, "Well, let's see how this is going to turn out."
Blake calmly looked her down. "Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was with the-" She started explaining.
"Stop! Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you?" She asked, then paused. "Twelve hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this. And in that twelve hours, I've decided..." She started.
Yang, Sun and Ruby looked on, worried.
Everyone who was caring about the outcome held their breathe at the tense atmosphere.
Ghira and Kali were the most tense, holding each others hand tightly as they worried about how things were going to go for their daughter.
Raven rolled her eyes at the atmosphere but said nothing.
"I don't care." Weiss finished.
"You don't care?" Blake repeated, surprised.
"You said you're not one of them anymore, right?" Weiss asked.
"No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-" Blake started explaining.
However, Weiss silenced her. "Ah-bah-bah-bah-bah! I don't want to hear it. All I want to know is that the next time something this big comes up... you'll come to your teammates. And not some..." She started, looking at Sun behind her as she caught herself. "Someone else." She finished.
Blake looked at Ruby and Yang grinning at her, she wiped a tear from her eye, nodding. "Of course." She agreed.
Weiss smiled and nodded. The moment was serious for a second more until Ruby screamed.
"Yeah! Team RWBY is back together!" She cheered, waving her arms wildly.
The Belladonnas released the breath they were holding, relieved that things seemed to have resolved themselves.
"Well, I guess all's well that ends well!" Summer said, with a smile on her face.
As the five gathered with each other, Weiss pointed accusingly at Sun. "I'm still not quite sure about how I feel about you!" She warned, to which Sun laughed nervously.
"Hey, wait a minute... Where's Penny?" Ruby asked, looking around.
From the darkened back seat of a limo, Penny watched the group of friends reuniting with each other.
"You should know better than to go running around in a strange city." Penny's driver said off-screen.
"I know, sir." Penny said, lowering her head, sadly.
"Penny, your time will come..." Penny's driver told her as the car drove off from the scene.
"Well, that's not ominous at all." Qrow commented dryly.
Ozpin meanwhile, was starting to see why the girl had set off warnings for him.
Meanwhile, Ozpin was seen holding a Scroll showing a "LIVE FEED" of Ruby at the docks. He closed the video and opened up a communication with Qrow, whose team name and other information was left blank and his only message was: "QUEEN HAS PAWNS."
"Hmmm..." Ozpin hummed.
The scene cut to a view of Beacon Academy bathed in the light of the nearly-full moon as the background faded to black.
Ozpin frowns at the words, understanding what they mean. Said frown however goes unnoticed by the rest of the room as they speak.
"So you are on a mission for Ozpin huh?" Tai directs towards his partner.
Said partner, who had nearly dropped his drink at the sight, gave a simple response, "I guess so, don't have any idea what I'm doing though."
"Probably something important since you're reporting back to the professor directly." Summer spoke to her teammate, " So, whatever you are doing, you better be doing your best."
"Yes boss." Qrow smirked and saluted his team leader.
Roman walked into a large warehouse with a shadowy interior. He went over to a table and placed down a case of mysterious contents, sighing in tiredness.
"How very disappointing, Roman." Cinder taunted off-screen.
Roman turned around suddenly when he heard the voice and their noisy entrance. "Whoa! Hehe... I wasn't expecting to see you guys so soon..." He said nervously.
"We were expecting... more from you." Cinder said as she and two others approached. Of the three figures before Roman, only her head, containing yellow eyes and flowing dark hair, was seen.
Roman laughed a little before getting serious. "Hey! You were the ones who suggested working with those stupid mutts from the White Fang." He argued.
Cinder chuckled darkly. "And you will continue to do so." She ordered as she summonsed a fireball in her hand and stepped out of the darkness with her two companions, a purple-haired man and mint-haired, tanned woman, eyes glowing gold. "We have big plans for you, Roman. All we ask is... a little cooperation." She said.
The camera held on Cinder Fall's evil little smile before cutting to black.
Ozpin narrows his eyes at the fire in the girls hand, recognizing the same fire as the woman in the bullhead. "So," he speaks under his breath, unheard by even his assistant, "this is Falls new holder."
He was not the only one to recognize the girl in the room however, "That's the woman that helped Torchwick at the beginning!" Summer exclaimed, recognizing the dress from earlier.
"And it looks like she has Torchwick on a leash." Raven commented, very able to tell when a threat is being made, "It is very likely his work with her, is along the lines of 'Work for me or die.' and not much else."
Ghira, who had seen quite a few intimidation attempts in his time, nodded in agreement at the female Branwen. "That is almost certainly the case, it is very likely that his life is on the line with this 'employer'."
"Well," Goodwitch spoke up, noticing that her boss was lost in thought, "I believe that is all the information that we can readily pull from this vision, do you all agree?"
The rest of the room nodded, and turned back towards the screen-wall. However, it didn't begin to show the next vision, instead the walls colors began to converge for the second time that they had been there.
AN: Sorry for the long wait, but my motivation/muse just did not want to work on this at all. Worked on like, five other things but not this. Anyway, next chapter is going to be an Interlude chapter, where I'm also going to change some things to maybe make writing it less hesitation filled on my end of things.
Moving on to actual chapter related comments, sorry if this feels a bit off, I had to brute force write some of this and I feel that it shows.
Otherwise the only real decision I want to comment on, is my police comment earlier, in my opinion that is the only way that the characters weren't arrested (in universe reason at least).
Anyways, Read and Review and a thanks for waiting I guess?