With friends like these
"Well time for it to start" zen said
"Let's see if we get pass the ace ops" ruby said
"Yeah and we'll see if we find Oscar" jaune said
Ruby: Ironwood's declaring martial law and abandoning Mantle! Salem is coming and he's going to use the Staff to move Atlas. If we don't stop him Mantle's going to be de--
Inside a flying Manta, Robyn Hill and Qrow Branwen are looking at Clover Ebi, who is sitting beside a restrained Tyrian Callows.
Robyn: Declaring martial law? We can not let him do this.
Clover: Ms. Hill, I'm sure the General understands the enormity of his--
Clover's Scroll makes a noise, and he brings it out to check it. The screen shows mugshots of Team RWBY, Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Lie Ren, Oscar Pine and Qrow. There is text above the mugshots, reading:
"!WANTED!
Detain on sight"
"Seems like it only going to get worse from here" yang said
"Don't follow the order clover" Qrow thought
Clover puts his Scroll away, stands up with a sigh, and begins approaching Qrow, who grips the hilt of his weapon.
Qrow: Clover...
Robyn's Scroll vibrates, and she brings it out to see the same Wanted notification.
Clover: Qrow, you should know that I've been asked to bring you in.
Tyrian: (laughing) A free ride and a show!
Clover: There's also an alert out for Team RWBY's arrest.
Qrow: What? Has James lost his mind!?
"Great going to have to deal with him again" Qrow said
"Well if you don't try to fight and talk it out it will be fine unlike us" ruby said
"Well shit it ain't" zen thought
Robyn: He's trying to stop anybody who might get in the way of this inhumane plan.
Robyn stands up from her seat and deploys her crossbow.
Robyn: Looks like he underestimated me. (aiming at Clover) Again.
Clover: Only Qrow is under arrest. After everything we've been through tonight please don't make me arrest you too.
Robyn clenches her teeth and glares at Clover, the bolt on her crossbow being pulled back against the string. In response, Clover draws his fishing rod.
Qrow: Cut it out! Both of you. We're almost back to Atlas. Let's talk to James personally and--
"I'm surprised your the voice of reason" tai said smirking
Qrow rolled his eyes at tai
"Please just don't attack" Qrow said
Tyrian: It's taking a very long time for this show to get to the good part.
Qrow: Shut up.
Robyn: He's right. Let's get this over with.
Qrow: Robyn!
Robyn fires the bolt, but Clover casually blocks it with his fishing rod. She shifts her crossbow into bladed shield form and charges at Clover, who blocks and then immediately shortens the rod, hooks the crossbow and pulls on it, knocking Robyn to the floor.
Qrow: (annoyed sigh) Fine.
Qrow gets up, drawing his sword and swinging it at Clover, who jumps out of the way. He swings again, and Clover blocks with his rod, locking weapons with him.
"Great seems like we got to fight" Qrow said
"Well if Robyn didn't attack you'll probably would have never thought" zen said
"Maybe" Qrow said
Clover: I wish it hadn't come to this.
Qrow: It doesn't have to!
Robyn hops back into the fight, swinging her shield down on Clover's rod, and Clover jumps backward away from the two.
Robyn: You can hug it out once we've taken him down!
Clover sends his fishing hook at Robyn, who deflects it with her shield, accidentally sending it toward Tyrian. Tyrian lifts his leg out of the way, allowing the hook to break a bar beneath his seat, which the Gravity Bolas securing his wrists is hooked onto with a metal ring. Qrow and Robyn swing their weapons at Clover, who blocks with his rod, and Tyrian slides the ring on his bolas off of the broken bar and hurries toward the pilots, excitedly snickering to himself. Clover continues blocking strikes and a crossbow bolt from Qrow and Robyn.
"Great just great that psychopath is out and going to do something insane" Qrow said
"Oh I hate his laugh so much" jaune said creeped out
"Everyone dislikes his laugh" yang said
Zen looked away knowing he liked Tyrian laugh
Suddenly, the ship shakes, causing the three of them to fall over. Hearing maniacal laughter, Qrow looks up to see Tyrian crouched on the ship's console, wearing the pilot's hat. The pilot is slumped over and is not moving. Qrow hurries to his feet, grabs onto Tyrian's upper arms and shakes him.
Qrow: What are you doing!?
Tyrian: The will of our goddess!!
Tyrian kicks off of Qrow, landing in the lap of an Atlas soldier, who appears unconscious or dead. He then grabs onto the co-pilot control stick and jerks it to the side, causing the ship to veer toward the ground. Clover opens the airship's side door and jumps out. Soon after, the ship crashes into the ground, and Robyn yelps as the impact knocks her over.
Salem nodded her head happy this was happening
"Well the pilots are dead thanks to him" Qrow said
"Yeah and you might hurt or die by the crash" ruby and yang said worried
"Kinda underestimating aren't you" Qrow said
"No it just that your old" yang said
Qrow looked at yang so offended
In a hallway in the research facility, Winter Schnee is looking at the Wanted notice on her Scroll. Penny Polendina is standing behind her, looking concerned.
Winter: Weiss. What did you do?
Penny: The General is leaving Mantle to perish?
Winter: (sigh) He's saving Remnant. We can't let the Relics fall to Salem.
Winter begins walking ahead.
Penny: But all those people we just protected, they won't survive.
Penny looks over her shoulder, while Winter continues to walk.
Winter: We don't have time to--
Penny glares at Winter.
Penny: That doesn't bother you?
"Why does it have to be my fault" Weiss said
"I think you know why" winter said
Weiss looked at winter and didn't say anything
"I don't like that we're abandoning mantle" penny said
"You says you have to penny it your choice" ruby said
"thank you" penny said smiling
Winter stops walking and stands with her back to Penny and an upset expression on her face.
Penny: What about your sister? Our friends?
Winter collects herself and turns to face Penny.
Winter: My personal feelings don't matter. We have orders. I'm to retrieve the power of the Winter Maiden so we can access the Relic. You're here to ensure my safety. Now come on. We've already lost enough time.
Penny: It should matter.
"That why I don't think you deserve the maiden powers after the maidens where made to help people no matter the cost why should the powers go to someone willing to follow every order not matter the consequences after with a maiden on the battle field and a sliver eyes warrior who can easily wipe out Grimm in seconds you could easily evacuate the people of mantle but that just my opinion" zen said
"You know I don't want to leave them and you know I hate that I'm doing this leaving all of them to die and saying that it doesn't matter how my sister feels I don't want to do that" winter said
"Well that too late in the future but here you can do what you want and say what you want and come to grips with your emotions then you'll be worthy of the powers" zen said
Winter thinks for a moment. Her expression softens, and she walks over to Penny.
Winter: Penny. The general is making hard choices so we don't have to. For the good of all, not just a few.
Winter takes Penny's hands, but Penny pulls her hands away.
Penny: I do not see what is good about any of this.
Winter watches as Penny walks ahead.
Winter: On that we can agree.
Winter follows Penny down the hall toward a door guarded by Atlesian Knight-200s.
"You really talk to her like she a child you know that right " Qrow said
"Be quiet it already bad enough" winter said
Weiss: Please, think about what you're doing.
Team RWBY and the Ace Operatives are standing in Ironwood's office.
Harriet: You heard the general. Until this is sorted out, you're under arrest.
Harriet brings out her Scroll and hits a button. The blue lights throughout the room turn red, and metal covers the windows. Yang Xiao Long looks at the windows, then at Harriet.
Yang: Really?
Vine Zeki steps forward, raising a hand.
Vine: Please. Don't make this difficult.
Blake Belladonna steps forward.
Blake: Don't make us have to get out of here by force.
"Well make your bets who will win team Rwby or the ace ops" zen said into a mic
Everyone looked at annoyed and angry
"Really this is serious and your doing this know" yang said
"Fine no bets assholes" zen said
"They have to lock it even though there the best huntsman in atlas" Blake said
"Let's see if you guys pull of this miracle" Qrow said serious
Yang deploys her weapons, and Blake and Weiss draw theirs. On the other side of the room, Vine activates his Semblance while Harriet and Elm Ederne draw their weapons. Marrow Amin waves his hands.
Marrow: Whoa, whoa, whoa. We're not actually going to slug this out, are we?
Harriet: We're not doing anything. They decide what happens next.
Ruby walks over from Ironwood's desk to stand with her teammates and transforms Crescent Rose into scythe form. Marrow sighs and draws his gun.
Harriet: You think you're going to stop us. (scoffs) We're the best Huntsmen in Atlas.
Ruby: You were. Then you trained us.
"Well at least marrow doesn't want to fight but he going to anyway" ruby said
"Seems like Harriet if underestimating them and that could bad" Qrow said
"Okay ruby how do you always have such cool lines to deliver" jaune said
"I don't know and that really isn't important jaune" Ruby said
"No that was kinda badass" Blake said
The experienced ones in the groups knew what was happening
"Smart choice of words" tai said
"Huh?" Ruby said
"Don't worry you'll see and I'll explain it" zen said
Ruby uses her Semblance to rush past the Ace-Ops, smashing straight through the door, and Harriet angrily chases after her with her own Semblance. The remaining members of RWBY and Ace-Ops charge forward and attack; Yang fights Elm, Blake fights Marrow, and Weiss fights Vine.
Ruby zooms across the foyer and up the stairs, stopping in front of the elevators. Before she has a chance to do anything, Harriet catches up, rushes around her, and kicks her in the head, knocking her against a pair of elevator doors hard enough to dent them. She then begins walking toward Ruby.
Ruby: Come on Harriet! We're playing right into Salem's hands! You know we need to be working together.
Harriet: Oh don't give me that crap! (she brushes her nose with a thumb) I had you kids pegged right from the start.
"She can really smart but others time really dumb" Qrow thought
"I don't think talking going to work" yang said
"Well I have to try" ruby said
"ha pegged" zen said seeing if anyone got it
"What?" Ruby asked confused
"You rather not know ruby" Blake said
"Ha know at least one of you knows why I said it you dirty mind person" zen said
"You're such a child zen" Blake said annoyed
"Thank you" zen said proudly
Harriet zooms forward with her Semblance again. Meanwhile, Yang and Elm are descending the stairs form Ironwood's office into the foyer. Elm is blocking a rapid flurry of punches with her hammer, and Yang manages to punch her in the face, knocking her the rest of the way down the stairs. Yang then propels herself forward with the recoil from her weapons, ready to punch, but Elm uses her Semblance to stand her ground and then swings her head to headbutt Yang. She then slams her hammer into Yang, sending her flying through a doorway. Vine uses his Semblance to chase Blake, who is swinging around the foyer with Gambol Shroud in kusarigama form.
Blake lands on the floor with a roll and dodges as Vine sends his energy arms toward her. Yang ducks under one of his energy arms and leaves a trail of small bombs as Elm chases her around the room. She detonates the bombs, but Elm is unfazed. Yang continues to run around the room, while Blake resumes swinging around with her kusarigama. Vine finally manages to catch Blake and tosses her to Elm, who catches her while using her Semblance. She holds her hammer's pole against Blake to keep Blake pressed against herself.
Yang: Huh?
Noticing Blake has been captured, Yang stops running and faces Elm and Vine.
"Okay how many punch where throw then?" ruby asked
"No idea" yang said
"No Blake been captured and that means you're at a disadvantage yang" ruby said worried
"Yeah let's hope some how she releases" yang said
Vine: If you come peacefully, we won't hurt you.
Elm: Speak for yourself! They betrayed us!
Blake: You're betraying the people you've sworn to protect!
Yang: It's not worth it, Blake. They're just following orders now.
Infuriated, Elm throws Blake against a wall and charges toward Yang. Vine sighs and uses his Semblance on his feet to raise himself up to a ledge.
"They letting there emotions get the Better of them" raven said
"Yes I don't think the ace ops will win this fight" ironwood said
"R-Really?" Ruby asked
"Yes" ironwood said
In Ironwood's office, Weiss uses her glyphs to swiftly move around the room, slashing at Marrow with her rapier, but Marrow keeps blocking with his boomerang. He throws his boomerang at Weiss, and she deflects it, then stabs the tip of her rapier onto the floor, using Ice Dust to create a thin layer of ice in a triangle in front of her. While Marrow tries to keep his footing, Weiss switches Dust types and sends a horizontal arc of fire toward him. He leaps over the fire, singing the tip of his tail as he does so. The ice melts, and a mist forms in the room.
Marrow: I know you Schnees are used to getting what you want. But it's time to let this one go!
Multiple glyphs appear and begin shooting ice crystals at Marrow, who blocks them with his boomerang.
Weiss: This is my home. And I'm not giving it up without a fight.
"Why does he have to bring up" Weiss said
"Well ignore him" ruby said
"He right you know we are kinda of stubborn" Weiss said
"Well okay" ruby said
The mist clears, and Marrow sees Weiss standing atop Ironwood's desk. She swings her rapier to the side, striking a pose while her Arma Gigas summon stands up behind her and readies its sword.
In the tundra outside Mantle, Qrow stumbles out of the wreckage of the Manta and sees Robyn lying among the debris. He hurries over to her and presses his fingers to her neck, checking for a pulse, then sighs in relief.
Clover: Robyn needs help.
Qrow stands and turns to see Clover walking toward him.
Clover: Surrender and we can take her to Atlas, get her patched up.
Qrow draws his weapon, switching it into scythe form.
Qrow: Never pegged you for the manipulative type. But I've learned a lot of things tonight.
Qrow looked angry at what was happening
"Hey anything that happens it won't be your fault" summer said
"We both know that stupid" Qrow said
Qrow and Clover begin walking in a circle around each other.
Clover: I enjoyed working with you, you know. Even with that endless cynicism of yours.
Qrow: I'm usually proven right.
Clover: We don't have to fight, friend.
Qrow: (scoffs) You don't know my friends. That's how it always goes.
Qrow smiles bitterly, and Clover sighs. The two of them charge toward each other and swing their weapons.
Qrow looked down saddened that clover and him are fighting
Tai and summer comfort Qrow
Tyrian is sitting in the wreckage, pretending to be unconscious. He opens his eyes and looks around, before grinning and fiddling with his right thumb. He continues working at it, squirming, licking his lips and chuckling, until there is a cracking sound. He grunts in pain, then laughs and slips his hand out of the bolas' restraint, his dislocated thumb dangling loosely. He pushes his thumb against the floor, popping it back into place. He then chuckles and pulls the second bolas off of himself, freeing his tail. He gets up, turning toward the shattered windshield, through which he can see Qrow and Clover fighting.
"Oh that just disgusting" ruby said
"Yep rather not hear that sound again" yang said
"Look like it going to be a fight between all of them unless they work together" Weiss said
Qrow and Clover spin and swing their weapons, blocking and dodging each other's strikes. Clover hooks Qrow's scythe with his rod, pulls Qrow toward him, and punches him in the cheek. Qrow spins his scythe to slash at Clover multiple times, but Clover blocks with his rod. He then places the blade of his scythe behind Clover's legs and pulls, and Clover jumps over it, only for Qrow to then kick him. Clover lands on his feet, sliding backward, and Tyrian approaches the fight from behind Qrow.
Tyrian: Oh, don't stop on my account.
Qrow: (growls) Wasn't planning on it.
Qrow charges toward Tyrian and swings his scythe at him three times, with Tyrian blocking the first two strikes and leaping into a backflip to dodge the third. When Qrow attempts to go after him, the hook from Clover's rod latches onto Qrow's scythe, and Clover pulls back, causing Qrow to turn toward him, lose balance and fall to one knee. Clover then charges forward and swings his weapon at him, but Qrow blocks. Qrow swings his scythe at Clover, who leaps into the air above him, swinging his rod, which Qrow blocks. Tyrian watches this and then grins, subtly nodding.
"Why is clover still attacking me there a bigger problem" Qrow said
"Why is he doing that does he think he can take you both on" ironwood said shocked
"He has something planned" Qrow said
Qrow slides backward, and Clover charges toward him, only for Tyrian's tail to suddenly come up and block his fishing rod. Qrow, who was ready to block, looks surprised as he realizes that Tyrian is standing between him and Clover. Tyrian swings his weapon at Clover, who dodges the first attack and blocks the second. Tyrian then blocks an attack from Qrow and then swings his leg to kick Clover, who dodges. Qrow and Clover both swing their weapons at Tyrian, who blocks with both of his own. He then stands on his hands and deflects Clover's rod with his foot before swinging his foot down in an attempt to kick Clover in the head. Immediately after, he brings his arm up to block another attack from Qrow. Clover leaps over Tyrian's attempt to slash at his ankles, and Tyrian kicks him hard enough to send him flying.
Clover flips in mid-air, landing on his feet and sliding backward. Qrow swings his scythe down at Tyrian, who jumps forward and stands on his hands to dodge it. Qrow pushes his scythe forward toward him, but Tyrian leaps into the air, flips over, lands on his feet and blocks another attack with his tail. He turns to face Qrow and leans back to dodge as Qrow swings his scythe upward at him.
"We need to work together to take care of the bigger threat" qrow said
"This is bad one of them might die" Blake said
Ruby and yang looked at Blake
"Don't say that" ruby and yang said worried
"Sorry" Blake said with her ears folding down
Qrow: Me and you have a score to settle.
Qrow continues swinging his scythe at Tyrian, who continually leans out of the way of each swing.
Tyrian: Oh I agree.
Tyrian leaps over a couple more of Qrow's attacks.
Tyrian: So what's say we put the kid to bed and then finish it.
Tyrian glances over at Clover. Qrow charges in the direction of Tyrian and Clover, so Clover charges forward, sends out his fishing line, and hooks Qrow's scythe. He leaps over Qrow and pulls on the line, making Qrow fall to his knees. Qrow stands up and jerks on his scythe, pulling it free of the fishing hook, and Clover throws a horseshoe, which Qrow blocks. Clover dashes forward, catches the horseshoe, pushes Qrow's scythe aside with his rod and jabs him in the chest with the horseshoe.
"He trying to get me to work with him please don't work with him" Qrow said
"He going to team up with Tyrian because of emotions and he going to regret it" raven thought
Clover then swings his rod at Qrow a couple more times, and Qrow blocks both strikes. Tyrian suddenly kicks Clover in the side of the head, knocking him aside and landing next to Qrow. He looks at Qrow with a grin, while Qrow looks back at him with a serious expression. Qrow charges toward Clover, and Tyrian laughs maniacally before following suit. The two then leap into the air.
"Damn it why?" Qrow said
"I think we know why your letting your emotions get the better of you like a lot of other people here" zen said
Ruby zooms across the foyer with her Semblance and stops at the top of the staircase in front of Ironwood's office, with Harriet chasing her. Harriet leaps over the stairs and kicks Ruby in the chest, knocking her into the office, just in time for her to see Marrow throwing his boomerang toward Weiss. Weiss readies her rapier, but Ruby uses her Semblance to rush to her side and deflect the boomerang with her scythe. Marrow catches the boomerang, and Harriet rushes into the office and stops beside Marrow.
Harriet: Marrow! Cut the crap, will you!?
Marrow: I'm trying to arrest her, not kill her, Hare. You're being excessive!
The two duck under the Arma Gigas' sword as it swings toward them.
Harriet: It's not excessive if it's necessary.
"Really it necessary to try to kill us" yang said
"Like to see her try" ruby said
"Don't be cocky" Weiss said
"I wasn't I'm just really hard to kill" ruby said proudly
"That isn't something you should be proud of ruby" Blake said
They hear the characteristic sound of Ruby's Semblance, and Harriet looks over at Ironwood's desk, where she can only see Weiss, the Arma Gigas summon and some falling rose petals. Behind her, Ruby is already on her way through the door, and Harriet growls and chases after her.
Yang holds onto Gambol Shroud's ribbon, and Blake swings her forward, sending her flying toward Elm, who attempts and fails to block Yang's punch. Yang turns around and rushes toward Elm again, but Elm roots herself with her Semblance and slams the top of her hammer into her, knocking her backward. She hears a gunshot behind her and turns and leans just in time to see the kusarigama form of Gambol Shroud flying toward her. She sets her hammer down, grabs the sickle with one hand and the ribbon with the other, and pulls, jerking Blake through the air toward her. She picks her hammer back up, spins it, and slams it into Blake's torso, sending her flying straight up into the air where she is caught by Vine's Semblance. Vine slams Blake into a stone square in the wall, cracking it and causing her Aura to flicker. He proceeds to hold her there.
"Blake aura anymore attacks like that her aura will be gone" ruby said
"Don't worry I'll make sure that won't happen" yang said
"Okay" ruby said
Seeing this, Yang gasps and then returns her attention to Elm, diving under Elm's hammer as she swings it toward her. Elm then swings her hammer down at Yang, who grabs the hammer's pole and then shoots Elm in the face, sending her flying backward. Yang then fires at Vine, who attempts to block with his free arm, but the bullet bursts into a small explosion, causing him to cry out and loosen his grip on Blake. Blake breaks free and drops down to the floor.
Elm: Time to wrap this up, Vine. They've had their chance. Don't be soft.
Yang stands beside Blake and tosses Gambol Shroud back to her.
Vine: Are you telling me? Or yourself?
Vine uses his Semblance to grab chunks of the broken part of the wall, and Elm looks annoyed. Blake and Yang exchange a look, smiling at each other. Yang readies her weapons, and Blake unfolds Gambol Shroud into katana form. The two then rush forward, Yang using recoil to propel herself.
"They really aren't working together" Weiss said
"Yeah while me and Blake are looking out for each other making sure nothing bad happens" yang said
Elm swings her hammer horizontally at them, but Yang ducks down and slides under it, while Blake backflips and then grabs onto the hammer's head, using the momentum to fling herself into the air past Elm. The two run from Elm, and Yang uses her recoil to dodge the stone chunks that Vine throws at her before finally catching one of the chunks. She rapidly attaches several bombs to the chunk and tosses it into the air. Above her, Blake is dangling from the ceiling with Gambol Shroud's ribbon and kicks the stone toward Vine, who knocks it away with his Semblance. He then uses his energy arms to catch Blake as she begins to drop from the ceiling.
Vine pulls Blake over to him and soon finds that, not only is her back covered in the bombs that Yang had attached to the stone, but she is actually a clone. The clone vanishes as the bombs begin beeping, and the blast from the explosion sends Vine into the air. Yang shoots at the floor, using the recoil to send herself up toward Vine. As she passes him, she steals his bolas from the back of his belt. Once she is above him, she throws the bolas down, wrapping it around him. She then uses recoil to send herself spinning down toward him, grabs his legs, spins through the air, and sends him hurtling toward the floor. The impact sends a web of cracks through the floor and breaks his Aura.
"They went after vine for because of his range attacks so they won't have to worry about them while fighting elm" Ironwood said
"Yes and they just defeated one of the ace ops let's see if the other will be able to defeat them" winter said
"That was amazing" nora said
"Yeah it kinda was" yang said
Yang lands on the floor, and Blake drops down from a ledge on the wall. Elm looks down at Vine and then looks at Blake and Yang, surprised. Ruby, Harriet, Marrow and Weiss briefly stop their fights to look over at Vine. Ruby and Harriet have moved their fight back to the hall with the elevators.
Marrow turns to look back at Weiss, and his eyes widen upon seeing the Arma Gigas summon preparing to swing its sword down at him. He moves out of the way, and Weiss creates glyphs over the bookshelves along one wall, with ice spikes sprouting from the centers of the glyphs. As Marrow lands on his feet, she creates another glyph, which blows him toward the ice spikes, and he barely manages to avoid hitting any of them. He then leaps out of the way as the Arma Gigas swings its sword down, shattering the ice spikes he was surrounded by less than a second ago.
"Seems like marrow not the best match up against Weiss but he hasn't used his semblance yet" Blake said
"Even if he did he can't stop both of them from moving because they have to be in front of him at the same time" ironwood said
The Arma Gigas continues to swing its sword through the ice spikes as Marrow makes his way across them. He throws his boomerang, sending it curving through the air toward Weiss, who deflects it with her rapier. He catches it, then snaps his fingers and points at her.
Marrow: Stay!
Weiss is forced to freeze in places, but her Arma Gigas still rushes toward him, smashing through the ice spikes. Marrow leaps from the ice spike he was standing on, landing on the floor. The Arma Gigas moves in front of him and raises its sword, and he snaps his fingers and points at it just as it begins swinging the sword down at him.
Marrow: Stay!
The sword stops just above his head, and he takes a moment to catch his breath. Weiss creates four glyphs and channels Fire Dust through them to send four fireballs through the air. The fireballs converge and slam into Marrow, knocking him to the floor and breaking his Aura.
"He let his guard down and it seems like it a four vs two know" winter said
"Hey Weiss finally won her first fight alone in a long time" zen said
"I hate you" Weiss said
"Love you Weiss" zen said
Harriet uses her Semblance to repeatedly rush around the room, up and down walls, passing Ruby and attacking her each time. Finally, she stops behind Ruby, leaps into the air, and punches her in the back of the head, knocking her down with enough force to crack the floor. She stands over Ruby with her feet to either side of her and pins Ruby's arms to her back.
She grabs her bolas, and Ruby looks back and uses her Semblance, splitting into two blurs that both move behind Harriet. One of the blurs moves past the hand that Harriet is holding her bolas with, and by the time Ruby reappears behind her, Ruby has tied the bolas around Harriet. She then punches Harriet in the back of the head with a confident smile and lands on one knee over Harriet's back. Harriet swings her head back, headbutting Ruby in the face, then gets to her feet and begins sprinting with her Semblance.
"You know kinda happy we don't have to face Harriet" yang said
"Yep we definitely couldn't keep up with that speed" Blake said
Weiss nodded
"Good thing ruby can spilt her self apart otherwise we be one down" yang said
"Yeah" ruby said rubbing her head smiling nervously
"Well she done better than most of you considering how fast Harriet is" zen said
"Yeah that true" yang said
Yang, who is holding onto the kusarigama form of Gambol Shroud, swings Blake overhead toward Elm, who has rooted herself in place with her Semblance. Elm pushes the pole of her hammer at Blake, who uses it to bounce herself up into the air over Elm and swings her kusarigama at her. Elm turns and swings her hammer at Blake as she drops down, only for Blake to create a clone to take the hit and propel herself into the air. While Elm continues to attack Blake, who shoots at her, Yang fires explosive bullets at the floor all over the room, creating deep cracks.
Blake then uses her kusarigama to swing away from Elm, who turns to face Yang and roots herself in place again. Elm notices that the ground beneath her feet is loose and lifts her foot to find that the floor is completely shattered. She glares at Yang and spins her hammer, deactivating her Semblance. Yang propels herself forward with her weapons' recoil, and Elm shifts her hammer into its rocket launcher form. Yang stops herself just short of Elm, activates her Semblance and punches the floor, creating an outward blast that sends Elm flying into the air and shatters the floor even more.
"Seems like she can no longer get a grip Huh" yang said smirking
Everyone just ignored yang
Yang just look sad at them ignoring her
"Did she really just try and use her rockets to attack me" yang said
"Yes she did" Blake said shocked
"The very same thing that killed a megoliath with one rocket that could of injured or killed both of us" yang said
"Yeah seems like she was desperate to stop you and didn't think" Blake said
High above them, Blake kicks off from the sky light to send herself toward Elm, and Yang uses recoil to propel herself upward with her Semblance still active. As the two pass Elm in mid-air, Yang punches her and Blake slashes her with her katana. Elm screams as her Aura shimmers, and her Aura finally breaks when she lands on the floor. Blake and Yang land on the floor behind her, and Yang deactivates her Semblance.
Ruby shoots at Harriet who continues to speed around the room. Harriet then leaps forward, wraps her legs around Ruby's neck, spins around and slams Ruby onto the floor. She and Ruby get up, and Ruby dodges as Harriet flips through the air toward her. Ruby backs away while Harriet speeds toward her and then uses her Semblance to flee as Harriet attempts to kick her. Harriet stops and pants, and Ruby readies her scythe. Harriet charges her Semblance and screams, her eyes flashing yellow. She makes a mad dash toward Ruby, only to slam her head against an ice wall that suddenly sprouts up from the floor.
"Just Harriet left to go and we can escape" yang said
"Yeah but it taking me along time to deal with her" ruby said
"You haven't even attack that much ruby" Weiss said
"Because I didn't want to fight them" ruby said
"Weiss to the rescue and probably knocked her out" Blake said
Harriet falls over, and her Aura breaks. Ruby looks over to Weiss, who is standing in the doorway with her rapier pointed toward the ice wall. Ruby and Weiss watch as Harriet stands up, panting with her eyes heavily dilated. Her eyes roll back, and she collapses, unconscious.
Soon afterward, Ruby drops Harriet onto the floor in the foyer.
"I still can't believe we won against the ace ops" ruby said
"Yeah but does that mean we the best huntsman in atlas know" yang said
"No you aren't and far off it as well" zen said
"The only reason you guys won was because of your teamwork and the fact that the ace ops let there emotions get the better of them and started attacking reckless like elm and Harriet marrow was holding back because he didn't want to hurt you and vine can be both but the biggest fact is that they underestimate you that is the only reasons you won any other day I'll give the win to the ace ops" zen said
"Can't you just let us have this" yang said
"No I can't" zen said
Ruby: We have to stop Ironwood. If he can't access the Relic, he can't move Atlas.
Weiss: We just have to get to the Winter Maiden.
Weiss is dragging an unconscious and bound Marrow across the floor, and Blake and Yang are carrying an unconscious Elm with her arms over their shoulders.
Yang: Blake and I will look for the others.
Ruby: But our Scrolls don't--
One of the elevators makes a ping noise, and Ruby gasps and turns to look, her eyes widening. Pietro Polendina and Maria Calavera come rushing out of one of the elevators. Maria has her Scroll in her hand, with the Wanted notice on the screen. They stop and look at Team RWBY, who are staring at them, frozen in very guilty poses. Weiss drops Marrow's feet.
Pietro: Oh!
Maria: This is the part where they ask us to help.
"Well that was awkward and of course she right we're going ask for help" yang said
"Yep we going to need it to get out of atlas" ruby said
Jaune, Nora and Ren are looking into a dorm room that has broken AK-200s on the floor and black marks on the walls.
Nora: Oscar must be around here.
Nora hurries off, calling out for Oscar.
Nora: Oscar! Oscar?
Oscar walks out from around a corner in one of the nearby hallways, and Nora notices him.
Nora: Oscar! You're here!
Nora excitedly runs over to Oscar, who looks at her with a friendly smile. Suddenly, Oscar's voice comes from down the hall that he had just come from.
"No that doesn't feel like Oscar normal he be worried that i running to him" Nora said
"Yeah I can confirm" Oscar said
"So the only other choose is neo how dare you try to pretend to be Oscar" Nora said
Neo just shrugged
Oscar: No!
Nora gasps and looks in the direction of the voice in confusion, while Oscar looks down the hall in annoyance. Another Oscar, who is covered in filth, rounds a corner from down that hallway, charges forward and punches the first Oscar in the face. A pink, glass-like Aura passes over the first Oscar, revealing him to actually be Neopolitan in disguise. Neo goes flying down the hall and rights herself in mid-air, landing on her feet. The Relic of Knowledge bounces on the floor next to the real Oscar, with a clanging sound. Jaune and Ren hurry over, and they, along with Nora, draw their weapons, and Oscar picks up the Lamp.
"You have to be kidding me" yang said
"Wow seems like Oscar the first one of us to land of solid hit on neo" ruby said
"No how or why did you let him hit you" yang said annoyed
"I think yang having some trouble just accepting that Oscar hit neo" Blake said
"No she right and still confused on why it happened" zen said
"Let's just ignore them and they calm down" Weiss said
Oscar: This crazy girl showed up and attacked me. But she looked like someone else.
Frowning, Neo points Hush at them with the hidden blade protruding from the end.
Nora: Neopolitan.
Oscar: You know her?
Jaune: We haven't exactly heard good things.
Oscar holds the Lamp close, and Neo narrows her eyes at them.
"Look like I have a chance to break you legs" Nora said
"Sometimes I wonder if your insane or not Nora" zen said
"Why not don't" Nora said completely serious
"Huh fuck it your both" zen said
Winter: I hope it will be painless for her.
Penny: You said your personal feelings do not matter.
In Fria's room, Winter and Penny have gotten Fria into one of the pods of the Aura transfer machine. Penny is using a Scroll.
Winter: They won't change my actions. What I'm committed to. The power of the Winter Maiden and the Relic must be kept from our enemies. Even if it means she dies.
Winter walks over to the pod, and she and Penny look at Fria.
Winter: But yes Penny, we must still acknowledge our personal feelings, wrestle with them. It ensures us that we're on the right path. It's what makes us human.
Penny: I think... I think I understand.
"Well at least winter sees penny as a human but kinda harsh" yang said
"Huh how?" Winter asked
"Winter Imagine yourself in penny
position and see why that can seem kinda harsh" zen said
Winter thought and realized it did sound harsh
"Don't worry I know you didn't mean to do it" penny said
"Sorry" winter said
They hear the sound of an explosion, and the room shakes.
Winter: What was that?
There is another explosion, and the room shakes once again, rattling Fria's teacups. There is a third explosion, and an alarm starts going off. Although she is unconscious, Fria moves her head a little.
"We all know who that is" ruby said
"Cinder" penny said
"Yep well done penny" ruby said giggling
"Did I do something funny?" Penny asked confused
"No penny you didn't do anything" yang said
"Okay" penny said cheerfully
Winter hurries out into the now darkened hallway. Red lights that run along the ceiling are flickering on and off, there are broken AK-200s on the floor and the walls have black marks on them. At the end of the hall stands Cinder Fall, who smirks and shoots a fireball at Winter. Winter's eyes widen, and she rushes back to Fria's room, dodging the fireball. She uses a hologram panel with a number pad on it to shut the door and draws her sword, but the door is blasted out of the wall immediately after. The explosion knocks Winter and Penny to the floor, and Cinder walks into the room through the large hole in the wall with a fireball in her palm.
Cinder: Hmm. Both of Ironwood's puppets. Lucky me.
Winter and Penny get up, and Winter points her sword at Cinder.
Winter: Cinder.
Penny: You were responsible for Beacon. For what happened to me.
"Your one to talk aren't you a puppet for Salem" ruby said
"Ha yes Ruby she is a puppet for Salem" zen said
"Don't remind me" ruby said
Cinder: It was unfortunately temporary. Now step aside or there won't be anything left to salvage this time.
Cinder aims the fireball at Penny.
Cinder: What do you think of that?
Penny: I think...
Penny clenches her fists and narrows her eyes. Her swords emerge from her back and hover behind her as she uses her jets to float into the air.
Penny: It gives me personal feelings.
She points the swords at Cinder.
"Somehow that just makes the situation seem less serious" yang said
"But it does give me personal feelings" penny said innocently
"Yes yes it does penny it give everyone personal feelings" ruby said smiling
"Penny really does light up the mood might bring in zwei we going need him for volume 8" zen thought
Qrow hops up, places his foot on Tyrian's back, leaps off and kicks his sword toward Clover, who jumps back and dodges. He then lands on the ground, picks up his sword and swings at Clover, who continues to dodge. Tyrian moves over to Qrow, wraps his tail around Qrow's waist and pivots himself around Qrow to swing his weapon at Clover, sending Qrow spinning off-balance while Clover blocks the attack. Clover swings his rod at Tyrian, who leaps into the air, while Qrow fires his gun at Clover, who is unable to block in time.
Now behind Clover, Tyrian rushes over, leaps into the air, and spins, swinging his weapons at Clover, who turns and blocks with his rod. Clover dodges as Tyrian attempts to stab him in the face with his tail, which causes him to notice and thus dodge Qrow's sword. While he is distracted, Tyrian kicks him in the side, and then Qrow punches him in the chest. Clover punches Qrow in the face, and while Qrow stumbles backward gripping his head, Tyrian jumps up and brings his weapons down toward Clover, who blocks with his rod. Tyrian kicks off from Clover, and Qrow takes the opportunity to slash Clover's back with his sword.
"Seems like there still fighting each other and here we are smiling" ruby said
"Hey don't let this get you down your going to need that will you have the chance" zen said
"O-Okay" ruby said nervously
Everyone looked nervous at want zen said
Tyrian moves toward Clover, who leaps and maneuvers in the air to simultaneously avoid Tyrian kicking at his feet and Qrow swinging his sword. Clover whips his fish hook at Qrow, then Tyrian, then Qrow again, but Qrow blocks and Tyrian dodges. Tyrian rushes toward Clover, only to be kicked away, and Qrow runs, leaps, and swings his sword down at Clover, who blocks. Clover dodges as Qrow swings his sword at him and then punches Qrow in the face.
Clover then grabs Qrow's arm and swings him over his shoulder, throwing him. Qrow bounces on his back and turns over to land on his feet, while Tyrian runs to be behind Qrow. As Qrow slides to a stop, Tyrian uses his tail to shove him toward Clover. Qrow uses the momentum and thrusts his sword toward Clover, who sidesteps and then dodges as Qrow swings his sword at him twice. Clover crouches down, hooks his fishing rod on Qrow's ankle and pulls, knocking Qrow onto his back. He then lets the fishing line loose and uses it to swing Qrow through the air over him and slam him onto the ground.
"He really holding his own against both of you" tai said
"Yeah when we should be fighting Tyrian but I'm being stupid and working with Tyrian" Qrow said
"Yeah just know we here for you if anything happens Qrow" tai said
"Thanks tai" Qrow said
Tyrian repeatedly shoots Clover in the back, and then both Tyrian and Qrow charge toward Clover, who slips past Tyrian and grabs Tyrian's braid. He hits Tyrian in the back of the head with his weapon, sending him stumbling forward. As Tyrian bends down and continues forward, Qrow swings his sword at Clover, who blocks it with his rod. Tyrian places his hand against Qrow's pelvis and pushes, stopping his own momentum while causing Qrow to lose his balance. Tyrian turns to face Clover, while Qrow drops down and catches himself with his hands.
As Tyrian charges forward, Clover sends his hook past him to hook onto the hole in Qrow's sword. He swings his pole, jerking the sword from Qrow's hands and sending it flying to stab into the ground. While the sword stabs into the ground, Clover steps back to avoid Tyrian kicking at his legs. Tyrian activates his Semblance and swipes at Clover, who barely manages to dodge. He then grabs onto Clover's rod with his left hand while clawing at Clover's face with his right. Clover swings his rod at Tyrian, who blocks and dodges. He then jumps at Tyrian, who puts his arms up to block, allowing Clover to kick off from his arms and land several feet away.
"Uncle Qrow lost his weapon so he could get injured if he isn't carful" ruby said
"This fight needs to end and you can get Tyrian" Blake said
"I don't think that going to happen" Qrow said
Tyrian runs toward Clover, who sends his fishing line to wrap around Tyrian, binding his arms to his sides. Tyrian falls forward onto the ground and glares at him. Qrow gets to his feet, looking over at his sword and instead runs toward Clover. Watching this, Tyrian grins and chuckles. As Clover turns toward him, Qrow delivers a heavy punch to his gut, sending him tumbling across the ground and breaking his Aura.
Qrow: (heavy panting) Why couldn't you just do the right thing instead of the thing you were told?
Clover puts his hand to his stomach and gets up on one knee, looking at Qrow.
"No grab your weapon don't leave it unguarded" ruby said
"I really am letting my emotions take control and it going to get us killed" qrow said
"Please be okay clover" ironwood thought
Clover: Sometimes the right decision is the hardest to make. I trust James with my life!
He gets to his feet.
Clover: I wanted to trust you.
Suddenly, Qrow's sword is thrust forward, and Clover bends back, yelping in pain. Blood splatters onto the snow. Tyrian has plunged Harbinger straight through Clover's back. Qrow stares in shock, while Tyrian chuckles and pulls the sword from Clover's body. Clover stumbles forward, dripping blood onto the snow. His clover pin falls from his shirt. He drops to the ground, panting, and turns over onto his back, covering the snow beneath him in a puddle of his blood. Tyrian takes a few steps forward and rests Harbinger across his shoulders.
"No it can't be" Qrow said
"Uncle Qrow" ruby and yang said worried
"It all my fault because of my semblance and because I worked with Tyrian and it let my emotions take over" Qrow said tear building up and running down his face
"No clover that bastard Tyrian and Qrow" ironwood thought angrily and some tears building up in his eyes
"Know before anyone start throwing blame around it all the people involved fault , ironwoods for calling for the arrest of them, Robyn for being stupid and attacking clover, Qrow fro letting his emotions take other and working with Tyrian, clover for not working with Qrow against the biggest threat there and finally Tyrian for well killing clover but all manipulating Qrow and Robyn" zen said
Qrow just listened with summer, tai, ruby and yang trying to comfort Qrow
Tyrian: Doesn't look like your friend's going to make it.
Qrow glares at Tyrian.
Qrow: I'll kill you!
Tyrian: Oh, you mean... like you just killed Clover?
He chuckles and throws the sword down onto the snow. Qrow looks down at his bloodied sword with wide eyes, then glares at Tyrian. The sound of an airship engine approaches, and Tyrian looks to the sky.
Tyrian: Ah, here they come. Right on time.
A Manta flies overhead from Mantle. Qrow screams and charges toward Tyrian, attempting to punch him, but Tyrian jumps away. Tyrian poses and gestures as he speaks.
Tyrian: Ah, looks like our score will have to wait. You know my track record with the authorities!
"I'm going to kill him for doing that to clover" Qrow said
Everyone comforting Qrow looked concerned
"He trusted me with his life and he dies because of a order i gave him " ironwood said angry at himself and Tyrian
Tyrian runs away, laughing, and Qrow runs after him for a few steps before stopping and looking at Clover. He looks at Tyrian, then runs to Clover and drops to his knees beside him. It begins snowing.
Clover: Someone had to take the fall.
Qrow: James will take the fall. I'll make sure of it.
The tundra slowly begins to light up as they speak, and Clover looks off toward the sunrise on the horizon. Qrow turns to look, as well.
Clover: (chuckles) Good luck.
Qrow turns to look down at Clover, who is smiling at him. The light in his eyes fades away, as does his smile. Qrow begins to cry and screams out in emotional pain.
"He really is dead" ruby said
"Yeah he is" Qrow said sadly
"Well that the end and I'm sorry Qrow" zen said
"Well one more episode until volume seven done oh god it going to get ten times worse here" zen thought