"Hey let's get started on volume 7 episode 1 everyone" zen said
"Yeah let's see what happens" ruby said excited
"Yeah and let's see how bad it is in mantle" Weiss said
"Anyway first off let me put up Halloween decorations up because only eight more days until Halloween and ruby birthday" zen said making Halloween decorations appear everywhere like pumpkins and others things
"Why are you setting them up now it eight days away" Weiss said
"Well because someone is to lazy to do it any other time" zen said looking at the author
"Yeah yeah stop breaking the fourth wall and get back to showing them the future" author said
"Fuck you" zen said putting a middle finger at the author
"Who is he talking to?" Yang asked
"No idea but it's weird" ruby said with everyone agreeing
"Now listen her zen if you don't get on with the future I'm going to tell them your most embarrassing secret" author threatened zen
"Okay okay let's start the episode" zen said
"Okaaay" ruby said
Manta airships patrol the skies around the City of Atlas, keeping in communication with each other over radio. As Maria Calavera pilots the group's stolen Manta toward the city, they receive radio contact.
Atlas Air Traffic Female: Manta 5-1. Welcome home. Please continue your approach to Atlas docking bay Omega-12. A security team will meet you there. Over.
Ruby Rose and the others aboard Manta 5-1 look around at the large military air fleet surrounding the kingdom's capital.
Ruby: I don't understand. What's happening here?
Qrow: I don't know.
"I guess we'll have to wait and see" Weiss said
"Yeah but it still weird that it looks like it getting ready for a war" ruby said
"Yeah" yang said
Jaune: But we are here. We got the lamp to Atlas, so I guess we land and get some answers.
Weiss: I'm not so sure. I've never seen our forces deployed so aggressively before. If we land in a stolen ship, there's no way the security team will let us anywhere near Ironwood. They might even take me back to my father.
Blake Belladonna gains a saddened look, while Ruby and Yang Xiao Long look at each other, uncertain of what to do.
Blake: So...
Weiss, having gotten an idea, suddenly looks up.
Weiss: Winter!
"It just has to more difficult than it should be" Blake said
"Yes and I rather not go back to my father" Weiss said
"Well Weiss let's say you will love the future because of something that happens to your father" zen said happily
"Yeah we can get help from winter" Weiss said happily
Winter looked at Weiss and back at the screen to see what happens
"Oh yes let's trust winter someone who follows every order from James no matter what happens" Qrow said
"You be quiet before I kill you" winter said
"Come on then" Qrow said smirking
"Oh my god will you to just shut up already and have hate sex or something jeez" zen said
"W-What!?" Winter shouted and embarrassed
"Why would that ever happen?" Qrow said annoyed
"Oh please it happened in others universes where to people have hate sex and then they just stop fighting as much and you too do have a lot of sexual tension" zen said winking at them
"No no no never happening" Weiss said disgusted
"Yeah rather not know that" ruby said
"That is horrifying I rather die then ever doing that with him" winter said in disgust
"I actually agree with the ice queen for once which is shocking I rather die than doing that with her" Qrow said disgust
"Okay okay let's just get back to watching the future" zen said
"Good I don't want to hear this anymore" Weiss and ruby said
"Well it not that bad right?" Blake said
"Yes yes it is your just a perverted kitty Blake" yang said
"I-I'm not perverted" Blake said blushing slightly
Tai yang and summer and raven where just laughing at Qrow
"Fuck you guys" Qrow said annoyed
Weiss brings out her Scroll.
Weiss: (to Maria) Put some distance between us and the fleet.
Maria: You don't have to tell me twice.
As Weiss walks to the back of the ship, Maria steers the ship toward Mantle. As people wander the streets of Mantle, the group looks over the city through the Manta's windows. They fly past a giant screen on the side of a skyscraper. Ironwood's voice comes from the screen, catching Ruby and Yang's attention.
Ironwood: ...cannot express our appreciation enough. Many describe these as uncertain times, and while that may be the case for the rest of the world, I can tell you what is certain. The Kingdom of Atlas will remain strong, and it will remain safe. That is my promise.
"Well shit James you look really tired and a lot worse than in the trailer" Qrow said
"Yes I'm tired Qrow and I'm afraid of what will happen if you tell me the truth about Salem and oz" ironwood said
"Why?" Qrow asked
"I was losing hope Qrow" ironwood said
Qrow was silent after that
Ruby and Yang look saddened.
Yang: General Ironwood. He looks...
Ruby: Tired.
Qrow: James, what have you been doing?
Four Atlesian Knight-200s are seen walking down a street in Mantle, while civilians around them complain about their presence.
Civilian 1: Ugh, not these again.
Civilian 2: Why can't they just leave us be?
A small drone floats along a sidewalk, while a pair of small children hide in an alley. One of the children picks up a rock and throws it at the drone, which spins around to look, prompting the children to hide against the wall. Weiss sadly stares out of Manta 5-1's window with her Scroll in her palm. Her Scroll is set to call Winter, who does not answer.
"It seems mantle really hates what happening to it" ruby said
"Yes but I'm not concerned about what they think about me along as I keep them safe" ironwood said
Weiss: This isn't right. None of this is right.
Once again, the stolen Manta receives contact over the radio.
Atlas Air Traffic Female: Manta 5-1, we've noticed a detour in your route. You are to make your way to docking bay Omega 12 immediately. Do you copy? Over.
Maria: We're kind of running out of time here, kids.
Yang: We need to ditch the ship.
Qrow: Agreed. Get lost in Mantle and buy ourselves some time.
Weiss: I'm telling you, my sister can take us to Ironwood.
"Good thing we can buy time but we really need to get the relic to atlas" Qrow said
"Yeah I don't that going to happen" Blake said
"Why?" Weiss said
"You think your sister would of pick up the scroll as soon as she saw it was you calling her" Blake said
Blake, who has been staring out of a window, looks over her shoulder and speaks up.
Blake: Uh, Weiss?
Weiss walks over to Blake's side and looks out the window with her as a familiar voice plays from a giant screen.
Winter: A reminder.
Weiss: Huh?
Winter: Failure to cooperate with Atlas military personnel is a punishable offense. If your sector is under lockdown...
"Yep know it wasn't a good idea" Qrow said
"No there something wrong" Weiss said
"I think it best you listen to him Weiss" winter said
Weiss was shocked along with the others
"Okay who are you and where the actual ice queen" Qrow said suspicious
"Shut it" winter said annoyed
Weiss: (shocked) Winter?
Qrow: No offense, Weiss. I'm not sure that's a good idea anymore.
Weiss tenses her shoulders and turns to Qrow, fists clenched.
Weiss: There's obviously something very wrong. If we can just talk to her, then we--
Qrow: Look, I'm not even sure we should be talking to Ironwood until we know exactly what's going on with Mantle.
Weiss: But--
Maria: Everyone, calm down. (sighs) I know someone who can help with both.
Atlas Air Traffic Female: (angry) Manta 5-1, you are to make your--
Maria: (shutting off the radio, annoyed) Geez, lady, take a hint!
"Maria always stop the arguing" ruby said
"Yeah but it a good thing like zen said what the point in fighting among ourself when we have to deal with Salem" Blake said
"Well I'm thankful for a least one of you listening to me" zen said
"Wow she doesn't give up does she" yang said
"Who is this person" ruby asked
"Well this person is a genius and you better be thankful toward him because they made your robot arm and something even more important along with others" zen said
"Really well I better thank him in the future" yang said
"What's that even more important thing?" Ruby asked
"Well let's say you be really happy when you see it" zen said
"Okay" ruby said excited
After landing the stolen Manta in Mantle, Maria cautiously exits an alley by slowly shuffling along with her cane. When she sees the coast is clear, she picks up her cane and walks normally, and everyone else exits the alley with her. In the distance, a small group of Atlas soldiers run down a street in the direction that Maria and the others came from.
Soldier: It landed over there, let's go!
The group begins walking through Mantle together. Trucks drive past, and Atlesian Knight-200s stand on various sidewalks. A small child places a poster of a white-haired woman on a street lamp. There is a hologram board displaying news articles with the following headlines:
"Well we got anyway from them" yang said in relief
"Yeah let's see where she leads us" Weiss said
"Let's see these news articles it might help us" Blake said
"Missing Journalist Found Slain"
"Election Imminent
Mantle Hometown Hero vs Atlesian Tycoon"
"Embargo: The Right Call?
Pressure and Criticism Continues to Mount on Council"
"Outer Wall Damaged
Resources Stalled"
The group walks past a garage with graffiti art reading "Show Your Teeth"
"So someone was murdered and the outer wall are resources stalled what happening" Weiss said
"Along with elections for a council seat?" Blake said
"You're correct Blake there is election and it's Jacques vs someone you'll see in the future" zen said
"My father running for a seat that is terrible" Weiss said
"Yeah I think everyone agree with you there Weiss" yang said
Maria: Come on now, hurry! It shouldn't be much of a walk.
Jaune: Is this many soldiers normal?
Weiss: No. At least, I didn't think so.
At the back of the group, Yang notices a whirring sound and stops to take a look.
Yang: Huh?
There is a small drone hovering to her right. The camera part of the drone lifts up, focused on her. When Yang shrugs it off and resumes walking, the drone follows her. She stops again and looks at it in surprise and confusion. As she leans in to take a closer look, the drone takes a photograph of her face with a bright flash, which Yang recoils from. In response, Yang kicks the drone, knocking it out of the air and causing it to tumble into the street, where it is struck by a car.
"Well done yang" Weiss said
"Well I'm sorry but you would have done the same if it did it to you" yang said
"Well okay I would of down the same" Weiss said
Yang: (cringing at the drone's destruction) Ooh...
Yang turns to see everyone else in the group staring at her. She awkwardly shifts her posture with a sheepish smile.
Yang: Maybe we should pick up the pace.
Everyone resumes walking.
Maria: You have to remember, the Kingdom had just lost the Great War. The people of Mantle needed a sign of a brighter future, and that sign was Atlas. After all, a home in the clouds is as bright as it gets.
"Wow just wow yang" Weiss said
Yang just smiled
"Know we are getting a history lesson" yang said
They look up at the City of Atlas, while the earlier broadcast from Winter plays once again nearby. A pair of trucks drive by with miners, covered in black material, sitting in the beds. Posters depicting a white-haired woman are plastered across one of the buildings that the trucks pass, with the text "PROTECT MANTLE" printed on them.
Winter: We are here for your safety. Thank you for your cooperation.
Blake and Nora Valkyrie watch the second truck as it drives by.
Nora: (crossing her arms and looking away) Unless you're the one having to look up at it.
Blake: This whole city, it just seems awful.
"Yeah it seems awful" Blake said
"Yeah it does" yang said
A drunken voice calls out from nearby.
Drunk Mann: Yeah?
The drunk man comes stumbling down from a porch.
Drunk Mann: You don't like it here? There's plenty of space out in the tundra.
Blake: (sighs) Sorry, I didn't mean to--
Drunk Mann: Atlas is the greatest Kingdom in the world, alright?!
Ruby: (stepping forward to confront him) Hey!
Blake steps forward ahead of Ruby, speaking quietly to her.
Blake: We can't cause a scene.
"Great a drunk person who just had to get offended" zen said
"Thanks for trying to help me ruby" Blake said
"No probably Blake" ruby said
The drunk man's equally drunk buddy speaks up.
Drinking Buddy: The embargo... The embargo's got us in a rough patch. But it'll blow over, you'll see.
Drunk Mann: (loudly) We try and help the other Kingdoms, and this is what happens? I say let 'em rot!
Blake: (disingenuous) I apologize. I didn't mean to insult you.
The drunk man spits on the ground, glaring at Blake.
Drunk Mann: Stupid Faunus like you wouldn't unders--
"Okay can we do something to him" weiss said
Blake looked down at what he said
"Don't worry he gets what he deserves" zen said
"Good" yang said
He looks down to unscrew his flask and pauses when he sees a black glyph beneath his feet. His glasses hover off his face as his eyes widen in surprise. The glyph flings him into the air, and he falls into a dumpster in the nearby alley, his glasses and flask accompanying him soon after. Yang, Nora, Blake and Ruby stare at the dumpster, then turn to see Weiss pointing Myrtenaster where the man had been standing.
Weiss: (with a shrug and a smile) It was worth it.
"Yeah Weiss" ruby said
"Well that was satisfying" Weiss said
The group flees while a pair of Atlesian Knight-200s investigate. The man's drinking buddy hurries down from the porch and looks around in thought, before reaching out toward the girls.
Drinking Buddy: Hey, wait! (running after them) You're-- That was--
The drinking buddy trips and collapses to the sidewalk. Winter's broadcast is heard playing once again.
Winter: We are here for your safety. Thank you for your cooperation.
"I think he recognised you Weiss" yang said
"Yeah probably thanks to my glyphs" Weiss said
"Okay that broadcast it really annoying" Qrow said
The group approaches a building with a glowing green plus symbol above its front door. The side door opens, and a Faunus with a prosthetic arm exits, waving cheerfully to the man who speaks to her from inside.
Pietro: And no more heavy-lifting, yah hear?
Maria: Ah, it's good to see you again, old friend.
An older man is sitting behind the desk, shuffling things around in a drawer. Maria clears her throat, startling him, and he lifts his head to look at her, shutting the drawer. Maria smiles at him.
"Who that?" Ruby asked
"Well that man is called Pietro" zen said
"Well he seems nice" ruby said
Pietro: Ah, yes, yes. (pushing a stack of papers aside) Have we met?
Ren: (as he enters) Well, this is off to a fantastic start.
Maria: Cybernetic optical implants. (pointing to her eyes) You adjust them. Every ten years or so?
He stares at her for a few moments before throwing his hands cheerfully into the air.
Pietro: Maria!
The robotic chair he is sitting in begins walking out from behind the desk.
"He forgot about her" yang said
"Well he does seem old and it natural for that to happen" Weiss said
"Yeah and every ten years is a long time" Blake said
"Oh my that is awesome" ruby said excited
"Yeah it does seem cool" yang said
Pietro: Yes, with the cybernetic optical implants! I adjust them every ten years or so.
He offers his hand to her and leads her to an examination table.
Pietro: (laughing) Oh wow, has it been that long already?
Maria: Ah, I know. I age like a fine wine. Would've been here sooner if I hadn't run into these jokers. At the time, I thought they might need my guidance while fighting a little old Sphinx.
Pietro: Oh, did they?
Maria: No, no. They had much more complicated issues.
"Wow thanks Maria" yang said sarcastically
"Well i kinda of did need her guidance with my sliver eyes" ruby said
"Yeah it is thanks to her ruby could use her sliver eyes to deafest the leviathan" yang said
Qrow: (clears his throat) And this is?
Maria: So impatient. I didn't think I'd need to introduce one of Atlas' finest minds.
Yang: Working in a place like this?
The building creaks, and a ceiling tile falls to the floor.
Maria: He likes to keep a low profile. Something I've come to realize none of you know anything about.
Pietro: You can call me Pietro.
"That is to put it lightly" Qrow said
"He much love a low profile for working in there" yang said
Maria: Finest heart, too. This pharmacy is just where he volunteers when he's not building the future of Atlas alongside Ironwood, up in the clouds.
Pietro: Oh, it's stuffy up there. Down here, I get to help the locals and have a little fun. I'm currently working on shoes that make you dance. Wanna try 'em on?
Nora: (excitedly) YES!
Yang: (stepping in) Before we get to that, we were wondering if you could help us. We came to Atlas hoping to talk to General Ironwood, but um...
"He really is nice I like him" ruby said
"Well you'll like him even more when you find out what he built" zen said
"Come just tell me" ruby pleaded
"No" zen said
"Shoes that make you dance sign me up" Nora said
Blake: What exactly has been happening here?
Pietro: (coughs) Well, the Fall of Beacon took a toll on all of us. James was no different. I couldn't tell you exactly what it was he saw there, but it changed him. He's...
Qrow: He's scared.
Pietro: Paranoid would be the more appropriate term. You have to understand, it wasn't just the Grimm. Someone completely dismantled Atlas security code, made it their play-thing, and made us look like traitors to some and buffoons to everyone else. Whoever managed to do that is either a genius or one of our own. I fear the answer may be both, and so does the general.
"So you're paranoid thanks to everything that happened at beacon" Qrow said
"Well we did find out who it was" ironwood said angrily
"Yeah and now he is in atlas or mantle" yang said
Ren: Maybe Atlas isn't as safe as we thought.
Oscar: After we came all this way, we can't just leave, can we?
Weiss: (stepping forward) How does the council feel about all of this? Or Winter Schnee? Do you know anything about her?
Pietro: Well, the council's so scared, they'll agree to whatever he wants. Though, some representatives from Mantle... Wait, you're... You're Weiss Schnee!
"So the council scared so they agree with ironwood" Qrow said
"He knows what is he going to do?" Weiss asked
Weiss gasps and steps back, with her friends looking nervous.
Yang: (stepping forward with her prosthetic arm outstretched) Wait, what was it that you were trying to say about Mantle?
Pietro: (looking at the prosthetic) You painted it.
Yang: (withdrawing her arm, confused) What?
Ruby: Is everything okay?
Pietro: You're Team RWBY!
The Team RWBY girls look at each other in confusion.
"So he made my arm" yang said
"Yep" zen said
"How does he know us though?" ruby asked
"Well you'll find out how he knows you" zen said
Ruby: You know us?!
Pietro: Oh, my girl, I do. I most certainly do. And I feel like such a dunce for not recognizing you sooner. My daughter's told me so much about you.
Ruby: Your... daughter?
Their conversation is interrupted by the sound of an alarm and people screaming. Outside, civilians are running, and the lights from the street lamps have turned red.
"You did it again where you jump up and do that little pose with your arms stretch out" yang said
"Who his daughter?" Ruby said
"Ruby be patient" Weiss said
"Great trouble" jaune said
Jaune: Ah, trouble.
The group runs outside.
Pietro: (reaching out to them) Wait!
Everyone in the group draws their weapons. Upon drawing her katana, Blake looks at the broken blade, exhaling sharply before folding the blade down to wield it as a gun.
Oscar: I guess the city defenses aren't doing much.
Nora: (glancing at Ren) Somehow, that doesn't surprise me.
Down the road from them, growling is heard, and an Atlesian Knight-200 is thrown against a lamp post.
Jaune: Hm?
"How can they get in there so easily?" Nora asked
"Well it's because of the wall but ironwood does have a good reason for it" zen said
"Let's hear this reason than" Nora said
"You'll find out in the future" zen said
"Though robots are useless most of the time" Qrow said
Another robot is thrown, and three more back up into view, shooting at Sabyrs, which tackle and destroy them one by one.
Ruby: Well, we didn't come this far to fail now!
Ruby changes Crescent Rose into scythe form and aims the sniper barrel toward the Sabyrs, which finish destroying the Atlesian Knight-200s and charge toward her and her friends. Everyone readies their weapons. Yang charges forth using recoil from her gauntlet, followed by Ren launching himself forward.
Nora: (gasps) Hey!
"There the fight from the trailer" yang said
"Hey don't charge without me!" Nora said
Getting an idea, Nora looks at Jaune, who looks startled. She uses Magnhild to pole vault toward Jaune, who puts up his shield in response, allowing her to land on it. She then kicks off from his shield, launching herself. After Yang uppercuts a Sabyr, Ren lands on another one's back, stabbing his guns' blades into it, and it leaps into the air to knock him off, only for Nora to slam it to the ground with her hammer. Jaune beheads a Sabyr, and when a second one leaps at him, he blocks with his shield and stabs it just above its collarbone.
Qrow slices two Sabyrs in half, leans back to dodge a third as it attempts to tackle him. He transforms Harbinger into scythe mode and uses it to hook the Grimm as it makes another attempt to tackle him. As he finishes spinning his scythe, he plants its blade into the ground and punches another Sabyr in the head, then uppercuts it into the air. He then kicks Harbinger upward, catches it, straightens the blade, impales the Sabyr, and slices another one that leaps at him from behind the deceased Sabyr's smoke.
"Yeah some awesome fighting" yang said
"Really yang really" Weiss said
"It most of the time boring without it" yang said
"Jaune you got a lot better at fighting" ruby said
"Yeah I'm surprise myself" jaune said
"Don't be jaune wait until in the future let's say there is some thirsty moms" zen said
While Qrow shoots at more Sabyrs, another one turns its attention to Oscar. It charges him, and he leaps into the air and stabs at its skull with Ozpin's cane. While he watches it die, another one leaps at him from behind, only to be sniped by Ruby, who smiles and nods to Oscar.
Ruby transforms her rifle back into scythe mode and runs forward. As a Sabyr leaps at her, she does a flip and slices it in half. She continues running, fires Crescent Rose, and begins using her Semblance to speed down the street, before appearing to split into three blurs of red that go around a Sabyr, which splits apart with a roar. The blurs converge and transform back into Ruby, who stabs the tip of her scythe into the asphalt, swinging forward on it and landing on the ground. She fires Crescent Rose and lets go of it, sending it spinning through a Sabyr and into the air. She leaps onto and kicks off of another Sabyr, spinning and catching her scythe. She fires Crescent Rose to keep up momentum and slams the blade into the ground, sending out a shockwave that takes out two more Sabyrs.
"Oscar getting better at fighting now that great" ruby said
"Thanks for the save as well ruby" Oscar said
"No probably" ruby said
"Well kiddo you got better at fighting along with everyone else" Qrow said
After Weiss slices through a Sabyr, four more come running toward her from another street. She casts four black glyphs, using them to levitate the Grimm. As they flail helplessly in the air, Ren leaps from Sabyr to Sabyr, cutting each of them in half. Meanwhile, another Sabyr attempts to run up behind Yang while she finishes one off, only to be shot by Blake, who smiles and nods to Yang.
Suddenly, another Sabyr leaps into the air behind Blake, who gasps and turns to face it. Before she can fight back, a green laser fires from the sky, cutting the Grimm in half. More lasers shoot from above, striking down the remaining Grimm. The alarms throughout the city stop, and the street lamps change back to their normal color. Everyone watches as a figure with long hair flies into view, with green jets coming from her feet. She twirls in the air and slowly descends. Pietro and Maria walk outside to join the group, while Ruby stares at the girl before gasping and gaining a look of recognition.
"Thanks yang" Blake said
"No problem Blake" yang said
"We work well together Weiss" ren said
"Yes we do" weiss said nodding
"Wait is that penny!" Ruby shouted
"Yep" zen said
"Yay I can finally see penny again" ruby said excited
Ruby: Penny!
Pietro: Darling, why don't you say hello to your friends?
Penny turns to look in the direction her father's voice came from. Upon seeing Ruby, she gasps and her eyes shine with joy. Ruby smiles and puts her weapon away. Penny leans forward a little.
Penny: Sal...
Ruby: (confused) Huh?
Penny lowers to one knee as a high-pitched charging noise is heard.
Penny: U...
Ruby: (nervous) Uh...?
Penny begins gleefully sprinting toward Ruby at high speed.
Penny: Tations!!!
"What that means Pietro is penny father" Weiss said
"So he built and created her" ruby said
"Okay that was actually adorable" yang said
"What is she doing?" Ruby asked nervous
"she running full speed at Me ruby said nervously
Penny leaps and activates her jets, rocketing forward and tackling Ruby, who flails her hands around in front of her and screams, eyes wide. Upon crashing to the ground, Ruby groans in pain. Everyone else puts their weapons away and approaches the pair. Penny pops back up onto her feet, while Ruby slowly rises with her hand on her head.
"That had to hurt" yang said wincing
"It's a good thing you had aura" Weiss said
"Yeah"ruby said
Penny: It is such a pleasure to see you all again!
Ruby: (tearfully) Penny, I... I-I thought you...
Pietro: Died? (riding his chair over to Penny's side) I guess, in a manner of speaking, she did. But we were able to recover her core from Amity Arena once it had made its way back to Atlas. It took me some time, but...
Penny: I'm as good as new! Better, even! And now I'm the official protector of the city!
"Yep your hurt badly then" yang said
"I'm surprised she doesn't have broken ribs" Blake said
"Well I'm happy she alive and she the protecter of mantle" ruby said happily
Pietro: That's my girl. We're not going to let a little ripping to shreds stop us, are we? (laughs, then coughs)
Penny: No sir! (knocking on her head with a clanking sound)
Weiss: This is...
Blake: Strangely wholesome.
Yang: Sounds like Penny to me.
Penny excitedly grabs Ruby's shoulders.
"That the penny we all now" yang said agreeing with her future self
"What wrong with Pietro?" Ruby asked worried
"Well it comes at a price to make penny and you'll find out in the future" zen said
Penny: We have so many things to catch up about. I cannot wait!
Just as Penny finishes her sentence with a grin, the city's alarms begin blaring again.
Penny: (without changing her demeanor) It seems we will have to wait.
Penny bounces backward and salutes. As she charges her jets and then rockets off into the sky, she continues speaking quickly to Ruby even as she takes off.
"No I want to catch up with penny" ruby said
"Ruby she has to help them" Weiss said
"I know" ruby said sadly
"It still funny that she didn't change her demeanour" Weiss said
Penny: Let's talk more later! I can't wait to hear about all of your adventures and tell you how I have been and I am just very excited about the whole experience!!
Nora: I can't tell if I completely understand what's going on or have, like, a million questions.
Pietro: (on his way back to the pharmacy) And thankfully, I have about a thousand answers. But let's get out of this weather first.
Maria: (following Pietro) I have absolutely no idea who that child was. Is she important somehow?
"Yes answer to all our questions" Nora said
"She so confused" yang said
Jaune: That was unexpected.
Ren: Never a dull moment.
Qrow: But I wouldn't say unwelcome. I was honestly expecting things to go a lot rougher.
"Yep unexpected but I think I know what going to happen know" jaune said
"Yeah we are going to get captured" ruby said
The group begins following Maria and Pietro. However, as they walk, Ren senses something behind them. Before anyone can react, several bolases wrap around Nora, Oscar, Jaune and Ren, the spheres at the ends of the ropes locking into place with Gravity Dust. Blake turns to look back at the commotion, just in time for all of Team RWBY to be caught. As Ruby lands, the Relic of Knowledge comes unhooked from her belt and clatters to the ground. Qrow draws his sword and looks for their unseen enemy, before being captured himself. Five uniform-clad people come out of hiding and surround the group.
"Great so let's see who got us" Qrow said annoyed
Clover: Good work, team.
Oscar: Hey! What's going on?!
Qrow: Hey, pal! I'm a licensed Huntsman! Just helped save everyone?
Clover looks down at Qrow, twirling a horseshoe on his finger. He puts the horseshoe away and picks up Qrow's weapon. The other uniformed operatives begin gathering everyone else's weapons, while Atlesian Knight-200s approach, and the operatives hand the confiscated weapons to the robots. Clover then approaches Ruby, picks up the Relic, and looks at it.
Clover: Hm. Let's get them loaded into the next transport.
"Who are they?" Ruby asked
"Well you will find out soon" zen said
"Hey don't just ignore me" Qrow said
"He got the relic but zen did say they work with ironwood so that is good" Weiss said
"Well I'm going to apologise for what happening to you, I'm sorry" ironwood said
Ruby: Please! We were just trying to help!
Pietro: What is the meaning of this? (coughs) What are the Ace-Ops even doing down here in Mantle?
Ruby: Ace-Ops?
Clover: Doctor, good to see you. Well, we heard a report of an unauthorized ship making an unauthorized landing, followed by an unauthorized use of weapons by unlicensed Huntsmen.
"Ace-ops?" Ruby asked
"Well they are the most elite huntsman in atlas" zen said
"So they do have the right to arrest us" Weiss said
"Yep but at least we'll get to atlas to try and see ironwood" ruby said
Maria turns and walks away.
Pietro: If we could just talk this out--
Clover: (tossing the Relic from one hand to the other) They'll be able to talk this out once they get to Atlas. Let's move out!
The Ace-Ops split up and leave the area. Team RWBY, Team JNPR, Oscar and Qrow are forced into the back of a secure van with their wrists bound.
Qrow: Now, this... This is much closer to what I was expecting.
The back doors of the van are slammed shut.
"Yay" yang said sarcastically
"We really can't catch a break can we" Weiss said
"No but it what we signed up for" ruby said
"Yeah" Blake said
"Anyway let's watch the intro know" zen said
"Yeah the intro let's see it" ruby said
Silhouettes of the Atlas designs of Team RWBY and Team JNPR and Oscar Pine are shown, resembling the silhouettes from the initial reveal of Team RWBY at the end of the original Trailers.
Shot pans up a snowy cliff with Team RWBY, still in their Mistral designs, standing on top of it. Ruby Rose has her hood up.
"This music sounds amazing" ruby said
"Yeah it does sound good" weiss said
Close up of Ruby's face as she takes off her hood before cutting to the faces of Yang Xiao Long, Weiss Schnee and Blake Belladonna respectively. Cut to a behind shot of the four looking up at Atlas before they dissolve into ash. The camera flies up into the sky as "RWBY Volume 7" materializes out of the same ash.
"It looks so cool" ruby said
"Yeah it does and it even says volume 7 on the screen" Weiss said
The four characters appear one by one in the sky in the order of Yang, Blake, Weiss and Ruby. Each character appears in their Vale design before using their semblance once to transition into their Mistral design, then activate their semblance again to transition into their Atlas designs.
"It's showing all the outfits we wore and even our new outfits and hairstyles" ruby said
"Yeah and we look amazing" yang said
Ironwood is shown in his office looking at a hologram of Atlas and Amity Colosseum. Cut to his face looking intent before the camera zooms into his eye which shows the reflection of the hologram.
A hand closes on a Clover-like medal before the silhouettes of the Ace Operatives are shown in the same style as Team RWBY, before cutting to the leader, Clover Ebi, standing in Atlas. After half a second, the other 4 members fade in, all posing in a relaxed, yet ready manner. The camera zooms out showing the team as an image on a screen under the name "ATLAS_OPERATIVES.FLD_ACE."
"Wow ironwood looks so serious" ruby said
"Yeah even more than before" Qrow said
"They looking so relaxed but ready to fight at any moment" yang said
A close shot of Arthur Watts' mustache. It curls into a smirk before he begins typing on a keyboard. As he does this, the silhouette of Tyrian Callows appears in front of the scene as he maintains a sitting position while he holds himself off the ground with his tail.
"Great we have to deal with them now" yang said
"I think he hacking into something" ruby said
A transition of the screen breaking apart before showing Ironwood in Mantle firing his gun at the screen intently before lowering it and looking down at the ground in a dejected manner.
The screen is enveloped by a snowstorm then shows Jacques and Whitley Schnee side-by-side in the Schnee Manor with an intimidating look on both faces.
"He looks so defeated in that scene" yang said
"So do we have to deal with them in the future?" Weiss asked
"Yes you have to deal with them but don't blame whitely for anything yes I know he an asshole but what do you expect for him
you two abandoned him and left him with your father he hates that you left them there so he has every right to be an asshole to you two but to others he doesn't so don't start talking bad about because you were the same at beacon and he feels like Jacques the only one that care about him" zen said
Weiss and winter looked down disappointed at themselves
Everyone looked at them sadly
Zen just sighed
"Let's continue" zen said
Weiss and Winter stand back to back with the Schnee logo behind them. Both give a sideways glance to each other, Winter with her arms crossed and a slight grin on her face while Weiss looks back with an unsurely expression.
In Pietro's Pharmacy, Pietro Polendina sits back in his chair adjusting his bowtie while Maria Calavera turns and looks into the camera with her eyes.
"Well looks like you guys catch up" ruby said awkwardly
"Yeah"Weiss said quietly
A slow pan shot from left to right, of
Ruby in the center of the screen while the other members of RWBY, JNPR and Oscar stand in the background on raised objects, all with their weapons out and prepared to fight against what appear to be silhouettes of the Ace-Ops.
The rebuilt Penny stands in a white background, she looks back with a curious look before smiling joyfully.
In a snowy area, Yang activates her semblance and fires a shot at two Sabyr Grimm running towards her, causing a blast of snow. Lie Ren, Nora Valkyrie and Jaune Arc run out of the snow blast and attack more approaching Sabyrs. Jaune then dodges out of the way as a Geist made of Ice and Rock attempt to crush him with its arm. The Ace-Ops are seen running by the Geist as Elm Ederne runs up the Geist's arm then swings at its head with her weapon.
"I'm sorry jaune I really don't like your haircut" zen said
"Why I think it looks good" jaune said
"Well it looks like you have bananas on your head" zen said
"It does look like you have bananas on your head" yang said laughing
"Yeah I see it but the outfits do look good" jaune said
"Yeah they do" zen said
"There that Geist's" ruby said
"Looks like the ace-ops are fighting it" yang said
Robyn Hill leans against a building in Mantle watching a group of angry Mantle citizens shouting at a screen with Ironwood on it. As the camera zooms to the screen, One of them throws a rock at it, which causes it to glitch and show Jacques' face instead.
In the Atlas Academy Training Room, Ironwood and Oscar both spar. Ironwood swings a punch at Oscar which he dodges.
"Who is that?" Weiss asked
"Someone you can trust" zen said looking at ironwood
"Why did it have to show his face" Weiss said
"Looks like Oscar is sparing with ironwood" ruby said
In the Schnee Dust Company Mine #2, Blake kills several centipede-like Grimm by spinning Gambol Shroud before crouching down, as Weiss slides around her on her Glyphs before jumping into the air and slashing into the camera.
In Mantle, Tyrian runs towards and attacks Robyn as she blocks his strikes. Qrow Branwen then jumps into the fray and attacks Tyrian which he blocks in turn.
"Look like we fighting inside a mine but why?" Yang asked
"I don't know let's wait and see" Weiss said
"So I fight Tyrian again and with help" Qrow said
Ruby kills several Grimm with Crescent Rose before turning into a 2D moving black silhouette in a white background, still swinging with her scythe before transitioning to Weiss, Blake and Yang respectively in the same style swinging with their own weapons.
A close-up is shown of Ruby's face back in the normal style before zooming out and showing a crowd on the left the screen all looking towards the right, featuring Teams RWBY, JNPR, Qrow, Oscar, the Ace-Ops, Ironwood, Winter and Penny.
The scene cuts to black, with the text "SERIES CREATED BY MONTY OUM" in white letters with a brief sweeping light showing the Relic of Creation in the background.
"That was awesome and the music was amazing" ruby said
"Yeah but I heard someone else singing it as well who was it?" Blake asked
They all hear zen singing some of the lyrics
"Trust love and open up your eyes" zen sang then heard the intro stopped and looked at everyone staring at him
"You guys are just jealous" zen said dramatically
"Not really" yang said
"Anyway that the end also what do you guys what to be for Halloween?" zen asked looking at the readers
"Who is he talking to us or them?" ruby asked
"Stop drinking the fourth wall damn it" author said
"Okay" zen said