Let Chaos Reign!

Everyone ran through the fairgrounds as the Grimm attacked the stands and the people occupying it. They ran for their lives avoiding being eaten and struck down. Blake, Cristal and Weiss stood in the middle of it all and couldn't believe the destruction in a matter of minutes. Cristal felt the voices of the Grimm overlapping in her head as she grasped her head.

"I don't believe this…" Weiss said.

Cristal let out a groan as she was about to collapse; Though Weiss prevented her from hitting the ground.

"They're crying out…" She said softly as Weiss felt her body shake, "They're in pain… They all are… They won't stop, until everyone is dead… They want to kill every single one…"

Blake soon heard her scroll ring; she removed it from her pocket as she saw who it had been.

"Yang, are you okay?" Blake asked with concern.

***

-Dormitories-

Yang quickly ran down the halls with Zwei close behind. She was currently talking to her partner via scroll.

"I'm fine!" She said as an answer to her question, "Are Ruby, Cristal and Destiny with you? Ruby's not answering her scroll!"

"We're with Cristal." Blake had replied, "But Ruby and Destiny aren't."

Yang soon stopped running as her face was soon written with concern. The only thing that was on her mind, her sister and that of a little girl. They both could be hurt or probably worse than that. Blake seemed to have read her mind.

"Yang, I'm sure they're alright!" She told her, "Ruby's our leader, she can take care of herself! She won't let anything happen to Destiny either!"

Yang let out a sigh as she clenched her fist, "Alright."

She started to move out of the dorms again along with Zwei.

***

Blake looked over to Cristal as she still appeared to be in pain; her body had been visibly shaking as she let out a series of groans.

"This can't be happening…" Weiss said, as she still had disbelief, "Penny…"

Blake's expression softened when she thought of Penny; she soon looked over to Cristal as she started to hit her own head.

"So many voices… It's too much… Just shut up… Shut up…!" She heard her say.

"I'm heading to the docks near the courtyard!" She soon heard Yang say, "The White Fang are releasing Grimm into the school!"

Blake's eyes widened in shock, while Cristal seemed to flinch at this. "The White Fang is here!?" Blake exclaimed. They heard static in Blake's scroll; the sound made both Weiss and Blake jump.

"Yang!" She yelled with worry.

Yang's voice had soon been heard, bringing relief to both of her teammates, "I've gotta go! Stay safe! Keep Cristal safe too!" Thus she soon disconnected.

"Blake?" Weiss said, getting her attention, "What are we going to do?"

Once more, she glanced over at Cristal, as she had been giving out labored breaths, hitting her head as to get the voices to stop.

"We're going to do our job." Blake soon replied as she began to punch in numbers on her scroll. Soon after she finished, her locker came crashing into the ground, opening it revealing her weapon; Weiss seemed to understand, as she went to do the same.

"Cristal." Blake said, "Are you alright?"

"Ye--yeah." Cristal replied, "There's just so many Grimm in one area, it's overwhelming… I've never had so many voices in my head…"

Blake soon helped her to stand up, "Weiss and I are going to get you somewhere sa--"

"No!" Cristal said, cutting her off, as she took her by surprise.

"Cristal, if these are the same people that took you and Destiny, than we have to--" Blake started to say.

"I ALREADY TOLD YOU NO!" Cristal shouted, "Since my mom was killed, I spent almost my entire life in hiding. I know dad was doing it to keep us safe, but for so long I wanted to do something, at least find the person that killed her! I'm done hiding! If I'm going to be captured, or die tonight… I want to at least go down fighting protecting my home, its people… And my family."

Weiss had soon approached the two of them after she had gotten her weapon, "Are you sure? You can hardly stand up."

Cristal gave a smirk as she managed to steady herself, "I'll be able to manage just fine. After all… Huntresses have dealt with worse, right?"

Blake and Weiss looked at one another, as they had still been unsure of her decision, but they eventually gave her a smile as they looked back at her.

"If you're going to fight..." Blake said as she armed herself, "... Than you're going to need a weapon."

"That's kind of you…" Cristal said to them with a smile, "But…"

Her eye changed to gold, as the insignia appeared on her forehead; the insignia of a butterfly, particularly its left wing appeared.

"I've got myself covered."

***

-Coliseum-

Pyrrha stood in the middle of the stage just paralyzed with fear by what she had done. She took away an innocent life. She just commited murder. She had been no better than the other murders and thieves that had been wondering about the world of Remnant.

Nothing around her couldn't get through to her, only the event that had just occurred. She didn't even take the time to realize that Destiny and Jaune had been calling out to her.

"PYRA!" Destiny called out, "YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THERE!"

"PYRRHA!" Jaune shouted, "THAT THING IS GOING TO BREAK IN! YOU HAVE TO MOVE!"

The Nevermore let out a screech as it continued to peck at the shield. Despite the overlapping voice that had been going on through her head, Destiny tried to think of a solution.

"Why won't she move?!" She said in her thoughts, "The Nevermore is going to kill her if it gets in! I could try to talk to it but it's too angry! It won't listen to me!" She let out a groan as she ran her hands through her hair; her expression looking more distressed.

"I wish there was some way I can reach her in time!"

Just as she had this thought, the insignia of the butterfly appeared once more on her forehead, as her eye changed to white. Destiny, as well as Jaune, Nora, and Ren had been taken back when her body had been surrounded by what looked to be a white Aura.

"What's happening!?" Nora exclaimed.

"I don't know!" Destiny replied.

In a mere instant the child seemed to have vanished in a somewhat blinding light. Jaune, Nora and Ren started to look around.

"What in--!?" Jaune said as he looked around, "--She vanished?!"

"Where did she go?!" Ren soon asked.

They soon heard her let out a surprised scream before hitting the ground and turned to where they heard it; though where she had been took them by surprise. They saw Destiny had been on the stage where Pyrrha had been; her eye had changed back to its natural color and the insignia disappeared as she got up from the floor.

"How did she get all the way over there!?" Nora exclaimed as she just looked shocked.

"I'm not sure!" Ren said, before he shouted in her direction, "Destiny! It's not safe there! You have to come back!"

Destiny stumbled slightly as she stood on her feet; she was just baffled as they were that she managed to get to the stage so fast. Though questions like that could come later; despite Ren and Nora telling her differently, Destiny ran towards Pyrrha, and took her hand. She started to pull on her arm, with the strength she had.

"Pyra, come on!" She said, trying to get her to move, "We have to get out of here!"

No matter how much she tugged, Pyrrha wouldn't move an inch, or even a centimeter. She still had a horrified look as her eyes were on what had been left of Penny. Jaune saw the Nevermore move off the barrier before flying high into the sky; without even thinking, he jumped over and to the ground below.

"JAUNE!" Nora shouted, "WAIT!"

Once he landed on the ground, he sprinted towards the two of them.

"PYRRHA PLEASE!" He pleaded, "SNAP OUT OF IT!"

The Nevermore soon dived towards the coliseum; in an instant it had broken the shield. The impact on the ground created a tremendous gust of wind, causing Pyrrha, Destiny and Jaune to fly back and hit the ground hard; despite this, Destiny still held onto Pyrrha's hand.

As Pyrrha recovered, as she seemed to have snapped out of her trance, she flinched when the Nevermore roared. It looked as though it had been about to charge; She finally took notice of the child beside her and put her arms around her in a protective manner just as the Nevermore moved towards them aggressively.

It hadn't been long before it had been pushed back suddenly, by something that left behind a trail of rose petals.

It was Ruby.

Ruby used her semblance to jump back, landing in front of Pyrrha and Destiny; they saw that she had been wielding one of Penny's swords.

"Ruby?" Pyrrha said surprised.

"Ruby!" Destiny said, relieved as her expression brightened.

"LEAVE THEM ALONE!" Ruby shouted to the Nevermore as she held the sword in front of her.

The Nevermore soon took to the skies once more, as it went to attack; Ruby stood her ground as she was ready to attack the beast.

SLAM!

BAM!

The Nevermore came crashing to the ground as dozens of lockers flew onto it's back; sliding to a halt and taking the three of them back. All of them that jumped on top of the Nevermore had been familiar faces; Friends and previous opponents alike.

There had been team SSSN as well as team CFVY and the rest of team JNPR. There had also been team ARBN with the names Arsain, Reese, Bolin and Nadir as well two members from team FNKI with the names Flynt and Neon. The Nevermore soon began to move, causing each of them to take action. They each started to move off of the Grimm and started to attack with.

Ren attacked it's eye after he had gotten close enough.

Arsain swung from it's neck and took hold of Yatsuhashi, helping him into the air. Another team member named Sage jumped high in the air. Nora ran along the Nevermore's back and swung her hammer to hit the beast right in its face. Arsain threw Yatsuhashi towards the Nevermore; he and Sage sliced the head in one swing; it's body soon started to evaporate into dust.

Destiny ran over to Ruby and gave her a hug; Ruby hugged her back.

"I'm so happy you're okay!" Destiny said.

"I should be the one saying that to you." Ruby said as she pushed herself out of the hug.

She soon turned to Ruby as her eyes had been welled up with tears.

"Ruby… I…" Pyrrha choked. She glanced over to what remained of Penny; as she had been on the other side of the stage due to the wind. "I'm so sorry!" She said tearfully as she turned back to Ruby.

"Pyra…" Destiny said with worry; she looked up to Ruby as she was worried that she had been angry with her for what had happened to Penny.

"... Me too." Ruby soon said, surprising Pyrrha and Destiny, "But it wasn't your fault."

"She's right." Jaune soon said; he approached her after retrieving her weapons, "Cinder, the one responsible for taking Destiny and Cristal. She's the one that did this." He held her sword and shield to her, "We just have to make sure that she doesn't hurt anyone else."

Pyrrha stood up and wiped away her tears. She gave a nod before she took her shield and weapon. It hadn't been long before the whole group noticed what had been above when they heard a roar. They saw that there had been more creatures of Grimm, in the form of griffons at the very top, ready to pounce at them.

"Griffons." Ren said, arming himself.

"Anybody have a plan of attack?" Neptune asked as he armed himself as well.

"Sun!" Ruby said, "I need your scroll."

Sun nodded and tossed his scroll towards her with the help of his tail. She caught it with ease and with a push of a button her locker soon came crashing down. Ruby ran towards it but soon stopped in her tracks when a Griffon landed on top of it and looked like it had been ready to attack.

"No! Don't!" Destiny soon yelled as she ran in front of Ruby, before the group could act. She removed her eyepatch revealing her eye to the beast.

"Please. Don't hurt her." She said softly.

Excluding JNPR, everyone had been left shocked when they saw the Griffon back down, like it had been listening to her. The Griffon soon flew away in alarm when it had been shot at; at this the child put her eyepatch back in its place. They turned and saw the shots had come from Professor Port.

"Students." He said, "I think it would be best for you to leave."

"But we can--" Ruby said before getting cut off by Oobleck.

"Miss Rose." He said, "This day will surely go down in Remnant's history. I'd prefer it… If my students could live to tell about it."

Ruby took in his words before she gave a nod. She took her Crescent Rose in hand, and armed it so that it had been in scythe mode. "Let's go!" Ruby said to the group.

Thus they moved their way towards where the ships had been; Velvet took a picture of Ruby in her stance, before Coco called out her name.

"Destiny." She said to the child before holding her hand out to her, "Shall we?"

"Of course." Destiny said with a nod. With hand in hand they started to follow the rest of the group out to the docking area.

Port gave a laugh as the Grimm circled around them, "ONE FINAL BET BARTY! PLACE YOUR BETS!"

The Griffons charged at them and they in turn, charged at the Grimm.

The group managed to make it outside where the ships were taking as many students and citizens outside to the safer location. They saw Ironwood about to get on one of the ships, and they managed to catch him before he could.

"What's going on?" Ruby asked Ironwood.

Ironwood turned to the group but was taken back slightly when he noticed Destiny. She didn't hide behind her like she did before, though she took a step back. He took his off of her before he started to explain the situation.

"Grimm are crawling all over the city. The White Fang has invaded Beacon and to make matters worse some--Vagabond has seized one of my ships. Until we regain command, the skies are out of our control. So I'm--"

BANG!

The group jumped when Ironwood fired a shot; it turns out a Grimm had tried to attack them from behind.

"--Going to take it back." Ironwood had finished.

"What can we do?" Jaune soon asked before he could board the ship.

Ironwood turned back to the group before he replied, "You have two choices to make. Defend your Kingdom and your school… Or save yourselves."

Everyone looked at each other as if they were unsure.

"No one will fault you if you leave." Ironwood told them, before he turned to his men, "Let's move out!"

The minute he boarded the ship left the docking area. Everyone still looked unsure of what they should do. Finally Sun spoke up, "I mean come on, how hard can it be?"

"We can take a ship back to Beacon!" Jaune soon said.

The group to get on one of the nearby ships. Ruby still held onto Destiny as she lead her; though it hadn't been long before she heard the voices grow louder in her head. She let out a small scream before she fell to her knees, almost dragging Ruby with her.

"Destiny!" Ruby exclaimed, as she caught her before she could hit the floor, "Destiny, what's wrong!?"

JNPR soon noticed this as they rushed to the child's aid. The child couldn't hear their voices, as the voices seemed to have overlapped in her head. She tried her best to block them out, though no matter how hard she tried the voices kept coming and coming. That was until--

***

"iT hURts… iT aLl hURts…"

Her vision became clear, but she found herself in a different area. She found herself standing on top of something; looking over a ruined city. The eyes of Grimm surrounded her as they appeared to be gathered for something.

"Where… Where am I…?"

"iT hURts… iT hURts…"

Destiny seemed to freeze up as she heard the voice just below her. When she looked, she saw what looked to be an eye that glowed dimly within the ground. She jumped at this as she let out a scream as she moved from the eye, nearlying tripping on herself.

"iT hURts… iT hURts…"

Destiny looked to the eye as her expression softened. Though that feeling soon fled as she found herself standing in a place that was filled with nothing but red. She tripped and fell backwards with a splash; she found herself in a pool of black liquid which she found to be odd. An insignia of a red eye appeared on the floor and hands with large white talons emerged.

Before Destiny could run, the hands grabbed a hold of her and started to drag her down. She struggled to get free though it proved to be useless as it dragged her further into the ground. The black water surrounded her body, to the point where she had been choking on it. She could've sworn she found herself getting swallowed by a large creature when the hands vanished.

"Kill… Kill… KILL THEM ALL…"

***

"Destiny! Are you okay?"

The child's eyes shot wide open as she found herself in Ruby's arms; JNPR had been looking over her shoulder. They saw her expression as it had been fearful as she looked to where the Grimm had been flying from.

"What's wrong?" Jaune asked, "What are you looking at?"

"The mountain…" Destiny said, "... In the ruined city… It's going to come here…"

The group looked confused by this.

"What?" Ruby asked, "What's going to come here?"

The child turned to Ruby while she replied, "... Something big. Something bigger than the other Grimm you've seen…" The child stood up as she looked back to the horizon, "... If it comes here… It'll be the end…" For a moment the little one looked to her hands; they were shaking as if at a certain thought in her mind.

"I have to go." She suddenly said, surprising them.

The five of them looked surprised at this.

"Go where?" Ren asked.

"To the mountain." Destiny clarified, "Before it comes here."

"But it's dangerous!" Pyrrha tried to reason, "You could get hurt!"

"I know!" The child said, "But I'm the only one capable of stopping it. If I can calm it like the Ursa, than it'll stay asleep, long enough for the rest of you to drive out the rest of the Grimm."

The five looked concerned about this. "But…" Ruby said, "... If it's as big as you say… Can you really calm it down?"

Destiny looked to her feet as she played with her head a bit. "I don't know…" The child said, "... But I'm going to try anyway."

"... But…" Jaune started to say, "... But what about your dad? And Cristal? Don't you want to be with them?"

"Cristal is probably doing her best to help out however she can too." Destiny had reasoned, "... And… As much as my dad means to me, to us… My home, and the lives here at Beacon come first. Besides… This is my way of repaying you guys."

This time they looked confused.

"I mentioned it to you before, didn't I?" Destiny started to say, "I don't really have a lot of friends. Whenever dad or Cristal or even big sister took me to the park to play, they didn't want anything to do with me. They all thought I was different, and strange. I didn't really have anyone else outside of them, not even Cristal for that matter. No one understood me. But… Not you. Any of you. Even when Cristal and I told you about our dad, my eye… You didn't hate us, or dad for what he was doing. You accepted it all. And that made me really happy."

At that point, Destiny began to tear up by her own words. She continued as she started to choke through her sobs, "The three weeks, you looked after us… They were the best weeks we could have ever hoped for. For the first time in a long time… I had fun. The best part is… Despite my condition… You didn't treat me like I was some broken kid… You treated me as if there was nothing wrong with me; you treated me like I was normal."

She wiped away her tears as her expression changed once more, "So please… Let me do this for you. I want to be able to play my part, and repay you for what you've done, and this is the only way I know how."

The five looked to one another once more, before they turned back to the child before them.

"Are you sure, you don't want any of us to go with you?" Ren asked, "Or at least, get your sister?"

Destiny shook her head, "I may not be strong when it comes to my magic, but… That doesn't mean I can be useful. I'll be just fine." She soon turned to Ruby, "Will you do me… At least two favors for me?"

"Of course." Ruby replied, "What is it?"

Destiny soon handed her the corgi she had won earlier that day, "When you find Yang, give her this to her for me. Tell her I'm sorry I couldn't give it to her in person."

Ruby gave a nod as she took the little plushie from her before she attached it to her belt. "What else do you want me to do?"

Destiny soon looked to the only ship that had been up in the sky, "When you get to him… You'll convince my dad to help. Tell him everything about what happened, and I'm sure he'll go against the lady called Cinder."

Ruby's eyes widened as she looked uncertain about this, "But.. Roman--What if he doesn't believe me?"

"Then you'll make him believe you." She said.

She removed her bag off of her back before she started to rummage through the small pockets. She took out the pictures as she handed them off to her. This had taken Ruby by surprise.

"Are--Are you sure?" Ruby asked.

"Yes." The child said, "My dad put all photos of my mom away after we came here to Vale. These pictures are the good times I remember of him, and… It's the only picture I have of mom. Take them for me Ruby."

Ruby had been hesitant but had taken the pictures from the child's hand, making sure it wouldn't slip out of her skirt pocket. Though it didn't take long for Jaune to realize something.

"Hold on a second!" He said, "How are you going to get to the mountain from here? If it really is going to come here, than you're not going to have a lot of time!"

Destiny gave a smile, "Don't worry. I'll have help."

At first they heard confused until Destiny put her fingers to her lips and gave a whistle. In mere moments, a creature of Grimm, more specifically a Griffon flew down, landing right in front of them. Once it let out a screech, Destiny removed her eyepatch. The Griffon calmed down only a little but let out another screech; until she put her hand on its beak.

"I know you're in pain." Destiny said, "Don't worry, I'll help you first, but you have to help me in return."

Just like that, the insignia appeared on her forehead once more as there had been a white light glowing between them. The Grimm's eyes changed to white itself; though surprisingly enough it stayed to that color. The lines on it's mask changed to white as well, and it seemed to be more docile.

"I need you to take me to the mountain in the ruined city." Destiny said to the Griffon, "Will you do this for me?"

The Griffon understood her words as it turned itself around; it laid flat on its stomach to allow her to climb on. She soon tried her best to get herself onto it's back, but was having difficulty; luckily Ruby had been quick to help as the child put her leg over its body. It soon stood up on all fours and stretched its wings. Before it could take flight--

"Wait!" Ruby said, stopping them from taking off, "I think it's your turn to make a promise now." Destiny gave a quizzical look at this.

Ruby soon gave a smile, "Promise us you'll come back. Not just for us… But for your sister and dad too."

The child's eyes widened at this, before JNPR stepped forward. "Come back no matter what, okay?" Jaune said to her.

"We'll be here defending this place, for as long as we can." Ren said, "Though you'll want to be here when the dust settles."

"Because you'll want to be here for the celebration!" Nora added.

Pyrrha placed her hand on top of the child's, "Out of all of us here, you're one of the bravest we've ever come to know. Your dad will be so proud of you." "

Destiny couldn't help but smile; her eyes filled with tears once more. "You guys really are the best friends anyone could ever have." She said as she wiped them away. The Griffon soon began to move once she gave the animal a tap on the back, as Destiny's hand slipped away from theirs.

"I'll come back!" She called out as it made its way towards the ledge, "I promise!"

The Griffon had spread its wings and jumped off and took to the skies, eventually they both disappeared from their sight.

"I know you will." Ruby said softly.

"Okay!" Sun soon said, "I'm officially lost! Did Blake's cousin just pet a Grimm without her hand getting bitten off!?"

Ruby and JNPR turned over to the group, "We'll explain later!" She told him, "Let's just focus on getting to Beacon!"

***

-Atlas Blue Two-

Roman had been looking around the command hub, as he had been messing around with every button he could find, since he never piloted a ship from Atlas, let alone one of this size. Though deep in his thoughts he knew, he wasn't just there to get payback from the kingdom, for not being there when his town had been practically slaughtered, he had been there for the sake of the only things he had left.

His two daughters, Cristal and Destiny.

Since the death of his one and only love, his two daughters had been the only thing left for him, in a world filled with nothing but pain and misery. If anything were to happen to them, either of them… If they had been permanently erased… He would never forgive himself, and lost his will to live. All of this had been for their sake; sure he didn't really like it, but he had to do it, in order to keep them safe.

That's what parents do, right?

Protect their children, no matter the cost.

"Hmm… Let's see." Roman said, approaching the console, "What does this one do?"

He pressed the first button he saw and a loud sound had been heard outside as the ship shook.

"Oo! Fun!" He couldn't help but say gleefully. He turned back to the controls, "Alright, let's see about this one!"

He pressed a button and put a hand to his ear, as he listened for a sound. He didn't hear anything, though didn't notice the Atlesian Knights falling from the sky.

"Okay, that apparently does nothing."

Neo soon approached him, giving him a black colored scroll.

"It's done?" Roman said as he went to take it from her, "Good."

Roman went to pull it from her hand, though Neo tightened her grip on the scroll slightly. He noticed that she had been giving him a look.

He sighed, "You know why we have to do this Neo. This is the only way they'll stay alive. You know how powerful Cinder's friends are. If I don't do this…"

Neo's expression softened though she still had her concerns; eventually she let go and allowed Roman to take the scroll from her. He soon put it into the slot provided as a pawn symbol appeared.

"This one…" He said, "... This one is going to be fun."

***

-City of Vale-

The Atlesian Knights fired upon the oncoming Grimm. Not too far behind them, Glynda and Qrow fought against the beowolves and other creatures coming their way. They soon turned to the Atlesian Knights when they saw they had stopped in their tracks. They soon turned to them with their faces lit up with red.

"WHAT!?" Glynda exclaimed.

The two of them took cover when the knights started to fire upon them.

***

-Beacon; Courtyard-

Blake, Weiss and Cristal ran on the stone pathway provided, helping out anyone they saw on their way. In the distance they soon saw six of the Atlesian Knights firing onto the Grimm. Though for a moment they saw them slouch over.

"What the…?" Weiss said.

The Knights soon turned over to them, with their screens red.

"GET BEHIND ME! NOW!" Cristal soon yelled as she saw them aim their guns towards them.

Weiss and Blake moved fast; Cristal put both of her hands in front of her. Her gold eyes glowed slightly as what looked to be a white transparent wall about her size appeared in front of them. The bullets ended up getting deflected off of it; small cracks appeared with every hit.

"Damn! I guess I'm more rusty at this than I thought…!" Cristal couldn't help but say with a smile, "... But like I'm gonna let you bastards stop me!"

She retracted her other hand, and a beam of light appeared. With a thrust of her hand a beam shot out, knocking off of their hands and deactivating in an instant. They all fell on the ground as Cristal deactivated her magic. She nearly fell on her knees as she caught her breath.

"Are you okay?" Blake asked as she went over to her.

"Oh yeah, I'm totally fine." Cristal replied as she breathed; her eye changing from red to gold when she blinked, "One trick I can handle… But two is kind of a stretch for me..."

"Blake!" Weiss soon said as she armed herself.

They soon found themselves surrounded by the Atlesian Knights as their screens had still been red. Weiss and Blake both stood in front of Cristal as they prepared themselves for what had been to come.

***

Destiny held on tight as the Griffon flew as fast as it's wings could carry. Destiny didn't realize that a ship had been tailing them. She only realized that it had been there when it had flown beside her. The doors opened and she jumped when she saw a man on the ground, as he hadn't been moving.

The Knight on the ship armed it's weapon.

"QUICK FLY DO--!"

But it was too late.

The Knight fired its weapon as it had hit the griffon's wing causing it to let out a screech.

They found themselves crashing down to the trees near the top of the mountain.

***

Ironwood drove straight towards his ship, prepared to take it back with a fight. What he had failed to notice was that the Atlesian Knights screen turned red, with a pawn symbol appearing in the middle. They turned and aimed their guns at him, which only than he had taken notice of.

Though he had little time to react.

"NO!"

From another ship, where Ruby and the others had been on, they saw an explosion on the very same ship that Ironwood had boarded earlier before it crash-landed to the city nearby; it left them all in shock.

Originally, she had planned to go find a ship to get to where Roman had been, after she helped out with protecting Beacon. But honestly… She couldn't wait. Acting fast, she headed towards the back at the ship, despite her friends telling her otherwise.

She opened the back way and jumped off so that she had been free falling. She quickly used her semblance to get back onto the coliseum platform. She ran back towards the stage where all the lockers had been and ran to the nearest one, before typing in the six digit code. Unsheathing her scythe she latched onto the locker as the rockets became activated.

It flew straight towards the very same ship that Roman had been on, as Ruby held on tight. Just as the rockets deactivated Ruby leaped off, landing safely on the ground.

Inside, Roman and Neo felt the ship shake a bit as something had hit the ship.

Roman let out a growl, "Go see what that is."

With a nod, Neo proceeded to head outside. He cracked his neck as he looked to the screen, "I've gone too far now… I can't let anything stand in my way."

***

-Mountain Glenn-

"... Mommy? What are we going to do today?"

"Whatever you like."

Destiny felt she had been pressing against something soft as she opened her eyes. When her vision cleared up, she felt something nuzzle her check. Turns out it had been the Griffon, as she had been laying against its body.

"You protected me from the fall?" She said as he let out some kind of a pur. She smiled as she gave it a pat on the beak, "Thank you." It hadn't been long before it let out a slight cry of agony; as Destiny looked over the Grimm she saw a sharp shrapnel of wood had been stuck in its leg, when it had tried to move it.

"Oh no! You're hurt!"

She crawled over to its leg and reached for the shrapnel, though she had been a bit hesitant as she looked to the Griffon when it let out a warning growl; though she knew it had been speaking to her.

"I know it hurts, but it'll get worse if it stays. I have to pull it out okay?"

The Griffon still growled though it stopped as it put its head onto the ground. Taking it as a sign, Destiny took hold of the shrapnel.

"Okay… On the count of three…"

Her grip tightened.

"One… Two… Three!"

She gave it a hard yank as she pulled out the shrapnel as quick as she could; the Griffon let out a howl from the intense pain as it stood kicking it's leg while doing so. The child landed on her back with a squeak, though that's when she noticed something off.

Her beg felt wet.

She scrambled onto her knees and brought her bag in front of her, looking inside. That's when she saw it, there had been a leak.

"My medicine…! It must've been damaged from the fall…"

The ground shook slightly making the Griffon and her jump; the voice in her head had gotten louder as she let out a groan.

"Time's running out…"

Destiny looked at the IV in her chest before looking at her bag. With the leak there, she knew it was only a matter of time before it was empty. Without the medicine she wouldn't be able to move as easily as she did, though if she stayed she would've come here for nothing.

"It's the only way…"

With a shaky breath, she reached for the IV tube gripping it tightly. She shut both of her eyes.

"One… Two… Three!"

She swiftly removed the needle from her chest, this time she let out a cry of agony as tears squeezed out of her eyes; she tossed the needle aside before she placed both of her hands on her chest to stop the bleeding, taking deep breaths as she did. She looked over to her brown bag, now darkened by the liquid inside.

"Cristal and dad… Will probably scold me later… But it'll be fine… This was my only choice…"

The Griffon limped over to her, and nudged its head under her arms, letting out a squawk as it had been talking to her again. She gripped onto it and it helped her to stand; She couldn't help but smile.

"Thank you…"

Thus, the two began to make their way to the top of the mountain, leaving behind the bag.

***

Weiss, Blake and Cristal found themselves engaging in different mobs of opponents. Not only did they have to deal with the Atlesian Knights, but the White Fang had come soon after they started to attack.

With the help of her glyphs, Weiss had been able to dismantle the knights.

With the help of her semblance, Blake took down the mob of White Fang with ease.

And with the help of her magic, Cristal had been able to bring them all to their knees.

The three of them jumped to one another as they stood back to back, and the Knights and White Fang charged at them. With a fierce war cry, they simultaneously attacked, pushing them all back; more of the Knights became dismantled while the White Fang had been knocked out.

Cristal gave a laugh as she caught her breath, "COME ON YOU BASTARDS!! I CAN DO THIS ALL NIGHT!!"

"Cristal!" Weiss said to her, "This is not the time for you to be on addredliane!"

"Oh come on, Ice Queen!" Cristal said, "Don't be such a killjoy!"

The ground shook slightly as they turned to the direction of Atlas Soldiers when they heard them cry out. They saw they were getting beaten down by an Atlas Paladin, as with a wave, it hit them all away.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Cristal exclaimed.

"We gotta help them!" Blake said.

Weiss and Cristal gave a nod; just as they were about to run over to them, Cristal stopped as she looked in a certain direction.

"What is--?!" Weiss started to say before she let out a gasp; Blake took notice of this as well, as her eyes widened.

They saw a ship about to crash; though at the last second, a beowolf which had been that of an Alpha jumped out. Once it landed it gave a roar, before it ran towards the cafeteria building.

The three of them looked to one another as they surveyed the situation, and they knew.

"Be safe." Weiss said to Blake, and she nodded to her. Weiss then turned to Cristal, "Let's go."

Cristal nodded to Weiss before she looked over to Blake, "If you die… I won't forgive you."

Blake smiled at Cristal before she nodded to her, "Same to you both."

Thus they split apart; With Weiss and Cristal running towards the Paladin, while Blake headed after the Alpha.

She managed to catch up to it as it had let out a roar, calling upon its pack. As Blake prepared to attack it, she heard a scream coming from within the now ruined building and she had been out into shock when she saw a familiar man kill a soldier from Atlas.

"No…" She said as her voice shook, "... Adam…?"

Adam looked over in her direction and smiled.

"Hello my darling."

***

Destiny and the Griffon made it to the top as the shaking had grown more violent. The Griffon helped her to the middle as she finally collapsed onto her knees.

"Thank you…" She told the Griffon as she pet its beak, "... I'll be fine here… Get somewhere safe until I'm, But… If something goes wrong… Fly away as far as you can from here… Find my sister when everything is calm."

The Griffon let out a concerned noise to her.

"Don't worry…" She reassured the Griffon, "... You'll know when you see her… She'll take care of you… And make sure you're safe... " She pressed her forehead against the Griffon, "... Thank you for getting me this far… Senka…"

The Griffon flinched at the name but gave her one last nuzzle on the cheek, before it had done what he had been told. She soon turned her attention to the task at hand, as she pressed both of her hands onto the ground.

She heard its voice.

"KILL… KILL THEM ALL…"

Destiny shook her head at this.

"You don't have to kill anyone…" She said with a gentle voice, "It's okay… The pain will be gone soon…"

Her eye changed to the color of white, as the insignia appeared as she started to concentrate her energy. A golden circle appeared around the area that surrounded her as the child looked to have grown a pair of small horns that looked to be that of branches; they looked to be transparent in the pale of the moonlight.

"Everything will be just fine…" She said, "... Just let go of the anger… Let go… And sleep…"

Destiny felt a headache come on, as her vision started to become blurry, though she kept herself awake, as she felt like she was going to pass out.

"I'm so close… So close! Stay awake! You have to! Otherwise, everyone will--"

BANG!

Destiny felt something pierce her side as a loud sound followed. The transparent horns on her head faded into dust, as the insignia disappeared and her eye changed back to green. She looked down and saw blood had splattered right in front of her, and saw her shirt covered in her own blood on the side of her side. Her hands shook as she reached towards her newfound wound looking completely and utterly horrified.

"Wha… What…?"

She looked over to where she heard the sound come from as her body shook. She saw in the distance an Atlesian Knight standing there having fired its rifle; only to be taken down seconds later by Senka as he had been angry.

With a cough, as she threw up blood, she fell forward onto the ground; a puddle of blood began to form beneath her body. Exhaustion began to take hold of her, as she couldn't keep her eyes open any longer.

"Da… Ddy… Cri… Stal… Every… One… I'm… Sorry…"

The last thing she saw, before the world turned black, was a red light and arms emerging from the ground, taking hold of her before they pulled her into the Earth as it had shaken violently now.

***

-Beacon-

Cinder stood on top of one of the rooftops that had surrounded the Academy with Mercury and Emerald beside her. They watched as the students from Beacon and other academies fought against the Grimm and the Knights. She watched as they ran for their lives, and got killed by either party, one after another.

And yet… She smiled.

"Beautiful." She said.

"It's…" Emerald said looking at the destruction, "... Almost sad."

"It's horrendous." Cinder had added, before she turned to Mercury, "Focus on the Atlesian Knights."

"Oh, I'm getting all of it!" Mercury said as he smirked.

"Good." She said, "Continue the broadcast until the end."

The three of them stumbled when they felt the Earth shake beneath them. At this Cinder's grin seemed to have grown wider as she turned to Mercury.

"And do not miss what happens next…"

***

-Headmasters Office-

Ozpin sat in his seat watching the destruction via cameras that had been placed all over the campus grounds and the news provided on the remaining stations. Everything had been a giant mess. The soldiers that still stood from Atlas had been getting overrun by Death Stalkers, citizens of Vale stood upon rooftops in a desperate attempt to avoid the Grimm.

He knew only one thing could be done.

He stood up and took his cane before he made his way out of his office.

Though he had been stopped momentarily when he felt the world shake.

***

The Earth trembled and quaked at what laid within the mountain.

The very surface began to crumble as arms seemed to have emerged from the side of the once great plain.

In mere seconds the mountain was gone, as a large Creature of Grimm had taken its place.

A Wyvern.

With a loud piercing roar it made its way towards Vale, with a flock of Griffon flying close behind it. Though as it flew over the city, a black substance fell from its body. When it hit the ground, it had created more and more Grimm, as they had taken place of where its brethren once stood, attacking anyone that had been nearby.

The Wyvern soon found its way to Beacon, as it had created more Grimm while it circled where most of the negativity had taken place, as more and more Grimm had been created. The group of students, with Weiss and Cristal standing with them, stood ready to fight as did JNPR.

Pyrrha, on the other hand, saw Ozpin at the entrance of the Headmasters Building. One look from him and she knew what he was asking. Her teammates had been taken back when they saw Pyrrha making her way towards him. Cristal noticed this as well as she ran to them.

"The hell?" She said as she did this, "What's she doing?"

"Where is she going?" Nora asked.

"I'll go find out!" Jaune replied as he ran after her, "Stay here and keep fighting!"

"Hey!" Cristal said as she ran after Jaune, "There's no way in hell you're leaving me out of this!"

Thus the two caught up with Pyrrha as she had followed Ozpin inside, little did they know, a woman with golden eyes, had been watching them from afar.