Yolanda looks across the ballroom. She looks at all of her classmates, all in dazzling gowns and spiffy tuxedoes. Yolanda is sporting her own glamorous gown, a yellow dress parted on the right side, white fringe at the bottom and along the edge of the parted right side, with no shoulder straps. Draped over her right shoulder was an orange sash, wrapped from her shoulder to just below her left arm. When she saw Ruby standing off on her own she slowly walks to her, careful not to interrupt the dancers. Ruby looks over at her "Wow, you look awesome." She sings the last part and Yolanda smiles "You are not so bad looking yourself. No date?"

"Nope."

"Wanna dance?"

"Nope."

"Going to guard the punch bowl?" Ruby jumps for joy "You bet." Yolanda laughs as Ruby walks towards the punch bowl. She smiles at a passing Blake, in a stunning gown, with Sun, who managed to wear a tie. Biggest shocker of the night so far. She slowly saunters her way to her father, who stands over by Ozpin and Glenda "Hold that thought Glenda. I will be right back." He walks to his daughter, and without a word they get into proper form and begin to slowly dance. "Hello dad. It's good to see you taking it easy for once."

"We can't all work 24/7. It's maddening."

"Ozpin never seems to stop."

"Ozpin isn't sane either now is he?"

"His methods are unorthodox, but effective. He's something of an enigma really." This makes James laugh "He sure is. Well, I promised a dance to an old friend. Enjoy your night dear." Yolanda watches him walk away and when he gets close to Glenda she points her riding crop to his chest "Who you calling old?"

Ruby's excursion was curious. She was not one to hurry off without word or warning. Yolanda stalked her for a while, then realized that as she followed Ruby, Ruby stalked prey of her own. A rooftop silhouette leaped down onto the ground and as they followed, they lost the pursuit. Yolanda drops down next to Ruby frightening her but Yolanda instinctively puts a hand over her mouth "Shhh… there is prey afoot." They both summoned their lockers, and Yolanda kisses her pistol "I told you momma wouldn't be gone long." Ruby giggles "I'm not even that crazy about-"

"Shh." Ruby and Yolanda see the knocked out guard and continue into the Atlas controlled building. Passing by several dead and incapacitated guards, Ruby and Yolanda take the elevator down, and Yolanda runs out in the room, seeing the woman in the black mask and outfit "It's a school dance not a masquerade ball. So-" Cinder pulls a vial from her waist and creates dust crystals that fly right at them, Ruby and Yolanda roll out of the way and open fire. Cinder blocks all the shots then leaps back and fires her bow. The arrows miss, but they detonate, and the elevator opens to reveal a frustrated Ironwood. Yolanda turns to see their prey had vanished. Later, she sits on the steps of the building "Can you track her with your semblance?"

"The use of dust interferes with my senses when I try to use my tracking." Ironwood nods "Then let us hope nothing important was taken."

Yang looked down at her aura gauge. Everyone on her team was in the red, herself included. Beowolves swarming from every side. She saw Urania's unconscious body next to Genivieve, who was bleeding from the gashes in her front. She desperately crawled towards Neros' sword, which was stuck in the ground near her, only to look up in horror at the body of a massive Ursa. It smacks her aside and into a tree, putting an end to her. Yang pushes herself to her feet and the Ursa gets right in her face, snarling "Wake up! Wake up!" Her eyes fly open and she sits up straight, turning to see her three teammates standing around her. Urania is the first to speak "What's wrong Yang?" Yang rubs her forehead then groans "Just a bad dream I suppose." Neros smirks "More like a reoccurring nightmare. This is the third time this week you woke up in a cold sweat screaming our names."

Yang stands slowly and walks out of the room "Just need some air is all." She walks out of the dorm room and Urania goes to walk after her but Neros stops her "Allow me." He follows her at a distance, and she notices but pays him little mind. As he follows her though, he begins to hum. Then whistle. Then he started singing. That was where Yang had to draw the line, turning to face him "Stop it." He shrugs "Stop what?"

"Stop trying to annoy me into telling you what is wrong."

"I'm merely out for a midnight stroll. I promise I'm planning nothing nearly as nefarious as you claim." Yang folds her arms then her frustrated expression turns soft, tears running down her cheeks as she hugs him. He puts his arms around her "It's okay Yang. We are your team. We want to be there for you."

"But what if I can't be there for you? What if I fail as your leader?" Neros frowns "Well now, that can't happen."

"If it does, you all will die."

"So that's what this nightmare of yours is about."

"Grimm as far as the eye can see. Urania beaten and broken. Genivieve… and I couldn't even stand let alone fight. I was too weak." Neros sighs "You're not weak. You have a whole team backing you. You just need to have faith in us, and you have to believe that no matter how hard things get, we will persevere." Yang nods and he continues "OR, we might die trying. You never know. Things happen." Yang pushes him lightly and he chuckles "That's not funny, jerk." He hugs her again and she relaxes against him "Come on Firecracker, time for bed."

The dance was fun, but it was back to reality. Using what bit they knew about the White Fang operations, they deduced that they needed a mission in the southeast quadrant. After a promising(?) sendoff by Ozpin, who happily bent the rules to allow them onto the search and destroy mission in the southeastern quadrant, Team RWBY made their way outside, where Ruby accidentally tripped over a bag on the floor and stumbled face first into the chest of Yang, knocking both girls over. Ruby stands back up "Oh no, I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" Yang hops back to her feet "Yep. Names Yang."

"Ruby." The two shake hands. "So you must be from Beacon."

"How could you tell?"

"Well, I saw you standing with everyone else in the Beacon quadrant of the room. The red cloak is a dead giveaway."

"Oh right. Yeah. You must be from Haven."

"Do you know Pyrrha Nikos?"

"Yeah, did you go to school with her at Sanctum?"

"I did, she certainly was a cut above the rest." Ruby nods "Well, I have my mission so I should get going." Yang gives her a thumbs up "Good luck out there Ruby."

Mr. Oobleck "I'm Doctor Oobleck. I worked to earn that distinction." Doctor Oobleck was not Ruby's idea of the perfect huntsman to shadow. The coffee fueled history teacher began instantly lecturing them about a time schedule and the importance of traveling light "We will be doing recon so we will not be establishing a permanent base of operations, therefore we will not be needing much gear. I have all the essentials aboard the plane and we will move from one defensible position to another." Ruby swore that his words all ran together. Yolanda was the only one really paying attention. She knew the importance of survival in the wild and traveling light. As they flew, Oobleck explained that they would land on Mount Glenn. Perfect hiding spot for a group like the White Fang.

Yolanda sits in the windowsill of a hallowed out building on Mount Glenn, on first watch as her team got a little shut eye. Doctor Oobleck asked her why she wanted to be a huntress. But why we do things is always a hard question to answer. Is there any reason she started down the journey other than the desire to not follow in her father's footsteps? Why did she not want to follow in his footsteps? He was a strong, well respected and beloved man. In most circles. She folds her arms, shivering against the cold as Zwei, Ruby's pet dog, sits next to her. Yolanda was not surprised that Ruby dragged along the pup that they received just this morning in the mail, of all places. Just when she thought Ruby could not get any more bizarre, her family turned out to be crazier than her. Yolanda chuckles softly to herself, feeling exhaustion setting in, but she wanted to give Ruby a few more hours of rest. Zwei licks her hand and she realizes that she drifted off a little. She walks over and gently shakes Ruby "Hey, Rubes. Ruby, wake up." She shakes her gently "Fearless leader, open your eyeballs I need to rest mine." Ruby giggles softly and groans "Come on momma, ten more minutes…" She yawns sleepily and stretches "I'm up… go get a nap I'm going to watch for baddies."

Yolanda awakens when she feels Zwei pushing against her face with his wet nose. She sneezes, making the dog jump back, knocking over a loose wooden beam which brings down Oobleck's sleeping spot. Yolanda sits up, as does the rest of the team, sneezing again. "I told Ruby I was allergic… Zwei what is the big idea?" Weiss looks around "Where is Ruby?!" Yolanda scans the room, then tries to activate her semblance but her allergic reaction blocks out her sensory ability. Zwei runs out of the building and Yolanda runs after him "Ruby must be in trouble! Come on team."

Weiss follows, but she has trouble resisting a smirk "Who made you Team RWBY co-captain?" Yolanda sighs "Really? Now of all times? Fine, you can lead. What is your master plan?" As they run Weiss puts her finger to her chin "We follow Zwei, then we recapture our leader." Yolanda draws her pistol as they near the giant hole in the street. Sitting by this crater is Ruby's signature weapon, Crescent Rose. "My father mentioned something about this. After the siege of Mount Glenn refugees built a whole other settlement underground."

Oobleck stands at the edge of the hole "That was until a mining incident flooded the caverns with grimm, remind me when we get back to give you bonus credit for your historical knowhow Miss Ironwood."

As they shot through the members of the White Fang, Yolanda had a creeping feeling that Roman was nearby. She could feel his vile presence. Sure enough she saw him, with Ruby his captive. Yolanda aims at Roman who grins, placing his cane on Ruby's shoulder and pointing it at Yolanda, an arm around Ruby's neck. The sight pops up on his cane and he smiles "Go ahead, daddy's little princess, pull that trigger." A large train in the cavern, on the only functional set of tracks, takes off into the main tunnel. Roman kicks Ruby into Yolanda and uses his cane to board onto the side of the train and makes his way towards the front. Ruby, now armed with her scythe which Blake recovered, leaps onto the back of the train with her team in tow. Once on top of the train, Ruby pries open the top of the first train car. She is alarmed to see a bomb sitting inside the train car. She looks up "Bombs! Everyone to the next car!" They leap to the next car as the caboose detaches, detonating explosively and heavily damaging the tunnel.

"This one has a bomb too. And the clock is ticking." Yells Blake as she pops open the roof to the train car. They leap to the next one and Ruby yells out over the noise "This doesn't make any sense." Yolanda screams "Go! Next car!" As this one detaches and explodes Roman's plan becomes clear. A hole opens in the train tunnel and grimm pour in, chasing the train. Oobleck is the first to speak "It's obvious what is happening. They are attracting grimm, then they will ram this train through the tunnel that sealed Vale off from the grimm invasion 80 years ago, flooding the city and killing millions." Ruby clenches her fist "Then we need to stop this train!"

As the team moved up the train cars they saw confiscated Atlesean Paladins ahead, which were just short enough to stand on the train cars without hitting their heads on the tunnel roof. Yolanda reaches in her back pouch, loading her pistol with dust rounds. She fires an ice round at its gun arm, freezing it, then she rushes at it, drawing her sword and shooting its leg, freezing that as well and her sword cuts through the leg like butter. Oobleck's coffee mug turns into a club and he hits Zwei with it, the dog soars through the air and hits the Paladin, knocking it off the train. Okay, allergic to him or not, Yolanda loved that dog. Yolanda shoots a lightning round that disables another Paladin's leg and he stumbles off. Oobleck shouts out "I'll take care of the robots, you guys get to the front car. We need to stop this train!" Ruby stomps her foot "Hey, I already said that!"

Yolanda looks across the inside of the train car at the bizarre young girl. One half of her clothing was pink, the other brown. Yolanda looks to Blake and Weiss "I'll handle her. You guys hurry onward." Weiss nods to her "Be careful." Yolanda rushes her opponent and circles behind her as she slowly walks around the room. When the blade runs through her back, the image of Neo shatters. Yolanda turns and Neo blocks her every strike attempt with her umbrella, easily dodging and rolling. Yolanda's speed begins to overwhelm her but just as Yolanda goes to land the killing blow, she hits another image which shatters. Yolanda looks around the room and she switches to sensory, shooting at Neo who was in a corner. She blocks the shot with her umbrella, Yolanda closing the distance. Right when she senses Neo is no longer in front of her, she swings a broad swipe with her sword, which breaks into its whipsword form. Neo leaps over her and throws a handful of dust in her face. Yolanda reaches for her pistol ammo pouch but Neo ransacked them. That dust must have been her own. She swore she would never carry it again. Reacting purely on instinct, Yolanda catches Neo off guard with a blind parry and she kicks her out the back door of the train car.

YUNG's patrol was boring. Patrolling around Vale with peacekeepers proved to be a tiring experience. Until the alarms sounded. Yang's team looked around frantically to see where the emergency might be when the sealed off subway tunnel suddenly exploded. The trainwreck caused rubble to scatter everywhere. Then, the unthinkable happened. Grimm of all types and sizes poured out of the tunnel and began swarming the city. YUNG leaped into action, splitting up against the swarm of grimm. Yang punched aside several grimm, clearing a path for Urania, who summoned a storm of ice shards to rain down upon them, Genivieve hops up on top of a building and fires upon the stragglers that were escaping further into the city. An Ursa corners an old man in an alley and she leaps high in the air, impaling the beast with her sword through his back then returns to her rooftop cover fire. Neros slashes through several Ursa, then slashes the air and sends an energy wave that carves through a group of Beowolves. Yang made her way to where Team RWBY was surrounded, leaping into the middle of the action. "Ruby."

"Yang. Good to see you again."

"Likewise. Looks like you guys were having a blast."

"Oh, it was an explosive time." Yang frowns at Ruby's pun attempt "Puns are more my thing, but good effort." Neros leaps overhead and slices off the head of a King Taijitu. His sword folds down to its one handed version allowing him to fire several slicing beams at once. Yang leaps in behind him, punching a Boarbatusk that was rolling right towards him. Yolanda opens fire with her pistol set to full auto, and amongst the insanity, the Atlas fleet arrived, dropping synthetic soldiers onto the street. Both teams split up, Yolanda switching her pistol to its .50 rounds and blasts away three more grimm. Blake uses her sword on her ribbon to suppress and cut down an entire group, Weiss' glyphs allowing her to get above the fighting, flanking the majority of the grimm. She freezes a group of them and uses a fire blast to shatter all of them. She easily dodges all of the charging grimm and uses a glyph as a shield to block a Boarbatusk. Team CFVN drops from a chopper and cuts through some of the remaining grimm, Coco's briefcase turns into a minigun, much to the amazement of Yolanda "Momma likes…" The way Coco made short work of most of the remaining grimm was amazing.

A few days had passed, and repairs went swiftly thanks to Glynda and her semblance. Qrow came back early from his mission, standing in the recently repaired town square. He sends a message on his scroll then sits by the fountain, drinking from his flask "And now we wait."