This can't be happening. No way. This is just a bad dream. It has to be!

Weiss completely shut down. Her shoulder went slack, her head drooped, and she blankly stared at the floor.

With her friend now underneath a pile of debris, all sorts of negative emotions flooded her.

This is all my fault. She got hurt protecting me. I should have fled when I had the chance.

She couldn't think straight, couldn't figure out what to do in this situation.

In her misery, the Yeti had gotten returned to her, casting a large shadow. It stared coldly at Weiss and raised its fist, preparing to crush her.

And Weiss didn't do a thing. She had lost all hope. She only closed her eyes and accepted her demise. What can she do against that thing?

The monster let out a roar and brought its fists down.

Weiss braced herself for the blow. But as she sat there, a picture of Jade formed in her mind. She remembered her calm demeaner, her warm embrace, and her gentle smile. She also recalled Jade's sadness and worry when she was injured by the Beowolf. These thoughts jolted Weiss back to reality.

I can't die now. Not after she gave so much for me.

Golden light surrounded Weiss, forming a glyph under her. But it was different from her usual glyph. Instead of the Schnee crest, it was in the shape of a clock. The hands of the clock began spinning rapidly and Weiss could feel everything around her slow. The fist that was closing in on her now approach her at a crawl.

Using the opportunity, Weiss leapt out of the Yeti's reach, leaving the area of her glyph along the way. The moment she stepped out, time returned to its normal pace and the looming fist crashed into the now fading golden glyph. The force from the attack shattered the cement, creating a shockwave that sent Weiss flying. She curled up as she landed to mitigate the impact and landed next to the rubble where Jade was buried.

Seeing Jade's still upper body sticking out from the rubble caused Weiss's heart to ache, but she shook it off. Now wasn't the time to get emotional. She quickly crawled to Jade's side and put two fingers on her neck to check her pulse.

There was a beat! She's still alive!

As her finger laid on Jade's cold skin, Weiss noticed Jade's hand twitched. It appeared that Jade was only unconscious.

Weiss stood up and assessed the situation. The stone awning on top of Jade was pretty big, but luckily, the crash had caused it to shatter into smaller fragments, making it easier to move it with her semblance.

However, two issue exists.

One, without Dust, creating glyphs powerful enough to move the stone pieces will be taxing. Especially now, since she was already drained from creating a Time Dilation without a catalyst. As for the second issue…

The Yeti made a deep gurgling sound at its missed hit. Its eyes are now glued at Weiss and it seemed to flare with rage. It ready itself to leap at Weiss and Jade.

Weiss bit her bottom lip in frustration. She wanted to protect the vulnerable Jade from the menacing Grimm, but she knew it would be futile. Jade had helped her so much, but now that she needs help, Weiss couldn't do anything.

But that doesn't mean she can't try. She ready herself to create another glyph as the beast started its charge.

Suddenly, a bright purple bolt rained down from the sky and struck the Yeti in the back. The blast put the Grimm off balance and it tumbled.

Surprised at this turn of event, Weiss looked to the sky where the shot came from and noticed a girl hovering above the buildings.

It was Amethyst.

"It's directly in front!" Amy called out.

Weiss didn't know what she meant by that, but found out a moment later, when the door to a building nearby blasted open in a shower of splinter and out jumped Daemon holding a translucent white kite shield made of some sort of energy. He held the shield in front of himself and blasted into the Yeti with such force, it knocked him to the opposite side of the street.

The yeti roared in rage and tried to get back on its feet. Daemon just calmly took out a blue crystal, a sapphire, and began chanting.

"Sapphire. Keeper of Peace. Restrain!"

He threw the blue stone at the Yeti. As it streaked towards it, it flashed brightly and blue chains shot out, wrapping itself around the beast. Completely bounded, it thrashed wildly trying to free himself.

Once he was sure the beast was subdued, Daemon's glowing shield collapsed and appeared to be sucked into a large heart-shaped diamond embedded in the bulky gauntlet on his right arm. He gave a thumbs-up to Amy and she started gliding down towards Weiss.

"Thank goodness we found you," Amy said as she floated down. She wasn't wearing the clothes from the day before. Instead, it was a sailor-like uniform with a frilly short skirt. On her back was a large glittery ribbon shaped like wings. As for what created the bolt, she held a short colorful staff, with an purple crystal emblazoned in one end with two wings sprouting underneath.

As she touched down, the ribbon glowed brightly and wrapped around her whole body. When the light faded, it was gone and she was wearing her usual robe again.

"After the explosion, we came looking for you, but had to deal with some Grimm along the way. Then this old guy came running out of the shopping district telling us you guys were in trouble. We heard the roar and followed it to you. Where's …"

As she got close, she noticed the collapsed figure of Jade behind Weiss. She covered her mouth with her hand in shock.

"No…"

"Oh dear, this looks bad," Daemon commented as he approached.

Amy crouched down in front of Jade, putting her hand on Jade's shoulders.

"Oh my god, Jade. Please tell me you're still alive!"

Jade twitched and slowly turned her head, relieving everyone. However, she was in a bad shape. Her eyes were sunken and blood was coming from her mouth.

"…so…loud." Jade wheezed with a small smile. "I'm…alright…"

"No, you're not!" Amy stated angrily. She gave Daemon a hard look, as if signaling something to him.

Daemon nodded, and took out another gem, this time an emerald. He spoke another chant and place the gem close to Jade. Green mist poured out from the gem and covered Jade. Color returned to her face and some of her lighter wounds healed. But she still had the pained look on her face.

"Wha –" Weiss gasped.

"That's my semblance," Daemon explained. "Gems don't have any inherit energy like Dust. But they still have a purpose, even if it's only to serve as a placebo. From good luck charms to symbol of status, each gem has its own meaning that we ascribe them. My semblance allows me to make gems do what people believe they can do…to a certain extent."

He held the emerald out for Weiss to see.

"Emerald. It is known for its property for rejuvenating the soul."

Then, he displayed the diamond on his gauntlet.

"However, a gem can acquire different meaning from those who own them. Each meaning is embodied within that gem, making it more versatile and powerful. The Prisma Diamond on my gauntlet has been passed down for generation to protect the Prisma line, therefore I can use it to create an impenetrable shield."

He finally looked back at Jade with a pained expression.

"Unfortunately, the semblance merely makes gems function like Dust. I can't heal the injuries Jade suffered. I simply jump started her Aura and used the emerald to create an anesthetic effect. If we want to save Jade, we need to escort her to a proper medical facility. However…"

He turned to face the Yeti, who was still the struggling to break free from its chains. It seemed to be succeeding as the chain started to fracture.

"…getting Jade out while this monstrosity is around will be highly improbable. And I don't believe the two of us are sufficient in defeating it."

As Daemon kept his eye on the Yeti, Jade moaned as she turn her head to look at her friends.

"I'm … sorry," she apologized, her voice so soft it was barely audible. "I failed …and now … you guys are in trouble because of me. I'm so pathetic…"

"No!" Amy cried. "You're not! You were dealt a bad hand. If you weren't there to hold it off, things could have been far worse. So don't say something like that!"

Weiss hand tightened into a fist. She always looked up to Jade for her strong, optimistic nature. So for her to deride herself like that was too painful to listen. She didn't want it to end like this. She couldn't do anything before so now was her chance to change that.

"I have a plan," Weiss spoke up, startling Daemon and Amy. "We don't have to defeat that thing. We are here to save Jade, not to kill that Grimm. As long as we all escape it's our win. I can get Jade out from under there with my semblance. All I need is some Dust crystal to fuel my glyphs. However, I need you guys to keep the Yeti distracted. That thing is smart. It knows to target the most vulnerable person. If you two can stop it from approaching, then we might have a chance. What do you think?"

Daemon took a moment to consider Weiss proposal. He looked to Amy and she gave an emphatic nod. The two smiled at their little silent agreement and stood up, drawing their weapons.

"An excellent proposal. I am in agreement."

"No problem from me!"

Daemon's shield lit up, forming into a kite shield again. However, this time it was pointed vertically, the solid white energy extending from his arm like a blade.

As for Amy, her short staff transformed. The handle doubled in length and the wings on her short staff folded upwards, encircling the gem, and then expanded to reveal sharp edges, turning into a glaive. Her robe flare brightly and unraveled itself. However, rather than forming the wing-like ribbon, this time it coalesced around her chest and arms to form heavy leather armor.

"Battle Girl Amy, reporting for duty," Amy called out gleefully.

Daemon took a glance at Amy and chuckled.

"A new configuration? Honestly, your ability to manipulate your clothing doesn't cease to amaze me."

"Hehe, a compliment from you? Are you feeling alright?"

"I can't catch a break, can I?" Daemon sighed. "By the way, do you carry any Dust crystals on you?"

"Nope!"

Daemon took out a cylindrical white crystal and tossed it to Weiss.

"'A hunter should always keep a few Dust crystals close in case of an emergency' isn't that what we were taught? Someone's been slacking."

"Do you wanna know why I don't carry any?" Amy teased. She punched Daemon in the shoulder before turning around and ready herself against the Yeti, who just broke from his restraints. "It's because you always carry extras."

Daemon sighed again and follow suit. "You're a handful sometimes, you know that?"

"Oh, I know."

The team was now ready. Daemon and Amy stood up front while Weiss sat behind them, focusing on forming a large glyph around the collapsed awning while she clenched the Dust crystal tightly.

The Yeti bellowed angrily at the party, preparing itself to attack them for restraining it. But before it can make its move, Daemon and Amy were already rushing towards it.

Daemon came in first. He punched out with his shield arm, trying to drive his shields pointed in end into the Yeti's stomach, but the Grimm curled up to absorb the impact of the blow with its thick skin. Before it can retaliate, however, Daemon kicked off from the Yeti's arm, allowing Amy to rush in with an uppercut from her glaive. The strike sliced into the beast' arm and caused black ooze to splash from the wound. As it reeled back, it attempted to kick Amy who was vulnerable after her heavy swing, but its foot hit a barrier formed by one of Daemon's gem that he placed down when he rushed in. The barrier gave Amy just enough time to recover and she started attacking with a flurry of slashes, with each slash accompanied by a splash of black ooze.

While her strikes were landing, they weren't severe enough. It leapt back to avoid her attacks and tried to counter with a punch, but she used her glaive as a pole vault and jumped over it. While she was above it, she drove her glaive into its shoulder. Following up, Daemon came in again and bashed his shield into its face.

Reeling from the double team, it let out an angry howl. I dashed backwards, attempting to slam his back against a wall to dislodge Amy. She saw it coming and jumped off its back. However, the beast expected this.

Using the wall to reverse his momentum, he barreled towards Amy. She tried to escape, but the Grimm's large arm clipped her and sent her flying backwards. As she tumbled on the ground, the Yeti continued forward to finish her off only to be blocked by Daemon with his shield, now rotated back to its vertical configuration. Daemon slide backwards from the momentum of the large Grimm, but managed to keep his center of balance. With a shout, he caused the energy that formed his shield to scatter, using the violent explosion to create some distance between them.

"Ruby! Bring light upon darkness! Ignite!" Daemon cried, pointing a large ruby at the stumbling Grimm.

A red beam shot out and the Yeti was wrapped in flames. It cried in pain as it rolled on the ground to put it out.

"Amethyst, are you alright?" Daemon said as he rushed to Amy's side.

He offered his hand to help her up, but she declined, opting to get on her feet using her glaive as support.

"Having such a large body is so unfair," Amy commented, wincing at the pain. "Can't cut deep enough. Plus, it's not cute at all."

Daemon sighed in relief. He checked back on Weiss. Her glyph was doing work as large section of the broken awning was slowly floating away. From the look of things, she was halfway through the heap. However, Amy's next words brought him back to his duty.

"Heads up. Looks like our massive friend is still kicking."

He inspected the now smoking Yeti. The fire didn't seem to have much of an effect. Other than a few scorch marks on the white bone like membranes on his body, it appeared completely fine.

The two prepared themselves again, but the Yeti did something unexpected. Instead of charging, it crouched down and started spewing black mist out of its mouth. The mist spread at first, but then started to coalesce into small sphere. Red eyes sprouted from these spheres and they unfold to reveal small wasp-like Grimm.

"Uh-oh, this might be a problem," Amy remarked.

Daemon couldn't agree more.

The mist formed over a hundred of these little Grimm and when the last of the mist completed morphing, they began buzzing angrily towards the pair. The two were forced retreated to Weiss.

Weiss looked up from her task tasked, confused why they came back to her. She gasped when she saw the horde of black insects rushing towards them.

"What are those things!?" Weiss cried.

"Locusts," Amy answered. "Harmless by themselves, but extremely dangerous in a swarm. I can't believe that kept them inside of itself. Blegh, gross."

"Well, what do we do?"

This time, Daemon answered.

"I got this."

He retracted his shield and then placed his gauntleted hand on the ground.

"Prisma Diamond. Shield us from evil. Ward!"

The diamond on his gauntlet flashed brilliantly, brighter than all his other gems. The light dazzled Weiss, causing her to shut her eyes. But when she opened them again, the four of them were surrounded by a bubble of shimmering energy.

Outside, the Locust completely covered the entire bubble, angrily bouncing off the protective surface.

"Is…is this going to hold?" Weiss tentatively asked.

"Not for long," Daemon said as sweat start drip from his face. "The bubble is powerful, but it depletes my Aura tremendously."

Meanwhile, Amy, unperturbed by their predicament, stared at Daemon with glittery eyes.

"Oh my god, this is the perfect opportunity for 'that'."

At the mentioned of 'that', Daemon's face dropped.

"As much as I don't want to admit it, it seems 'that' may be our only option. But please Amethyst, don't overdo it this time."

Amy only gave a big smile. "Hehe, no guarantees."

With that, Amy transformed her glaive back into the wand. While she did that, Daemon broke the bubble. The sphere exploded in a shower of energy, knocking back the Locusts.

In the brief moment before the Locust came rushing back, Daemon took out another gem from his belt. This time it was a light purple amethyst. He paused for a moment to stare at the gem, his expression a bit livid, but it passed and he tossed it into the air.

In an uncaring monotonous tone, he chanted. "Amethyst. Blah blah blah. Do what you will."

The amethyst glowed while it rose, but otherwise didn't do anything. However, Amy pointed her staff at the soaring gemstone and fired a purple bolt at it. The bolt struck the gem and got absorbed into it. It hung in the air, vibrating from the excess energy, then it release the bolt in a shower of smaller bolts. These bolts rained down around the group, striking the Locust with precision as they approach. And it just kept going. Soon, the Locust were all smitten by purple bolts and the gem finally stopped shooting.

But that wasn't the end.

As the gem fell, Amy transformed her staff back into the glaive. She readied as if to throw it and aimed it at the Yeti. When the gem fell into the line-of-sight, the crystal on her glaive glowed.

"EAT THIS!" Amy screamed, and threw her glaive. It struck the amethyst, which enveloped the glaive in energy, and formed a large bolt that blazed towards the Yeti.

The Yeti was enveloped by the light and the energized kept glaive kept going, boring a large hole into the shop behind it. The energy faded and everything became quiet.

Daemon and Jade both collapsed on the ground, exhausted. That last attack had cost them all their remaining power. At the same time, Weiss managed to remove the last bit of rubble, freeing Jade from her prison.

"We did it!" Weiss cried, sweat pouring from her head. Both Daemon and Amy raised their fist in victory, too out-of-breadth to say anything.

In a cheery mood, Weiss reached out to help Jade to her feet, but as Jade tried to lift herself, she fell heavily.

"I…I can't feel my legs," Jade said.

Weiss's expression fell, destroying her jubilation earlier. But that wasn't the worst of it.

From the large gaping hole in the store, Amy's glaive was violently tossed out. Following it came the Yeti. Its left arm was missing, but otherwise, it was still alive. And very angry.

"Are you kidding me?" Amy cried. "How much punishment can that thing take?"

Despair once again flooded Weiss's heart. They were so close. But now it was all over. Daemon and Amy were too exhausted to fight. Jade couldn't move. And she didn't have the strength to get them all to safety.

Weiss crumbled to the ground and beat the cement with her fist. If only there was someone else that can help…

Before she could finish her thought, an arrow made of energy dug into the Yeti's legs from behind. Out from the shadow of the alley, came a young man carrying a compound bow, wearing a tattered green hoodie. It was Yu.

The Yeti howled and swung its remaining hand at him as he calmly walked passed it. But it seemed to fly right over his head. Confused, it attempted to bring his fist down upon his head, but again was just shy from hitting him. Now completely wary, the Yeti retreated a bit and tried to comprehend what just happened.

While the Grimm did that, Yu reach the group. Instead of checking on everyone, he walked straight to Jade.

"Did that thing do this to you?" he asked curtly

Understanding what he meant, Jade tried to dissuade him.

"Please Yu, there's no reason to fight. Everyone is tired, if you can get us to…

"DID THAT THING DO THIS DO YOU!?" he repeated, his voice rising in anger.

Jade looked at him pleadingly, but she knew there wasn't anything that can change his mind.

Taking her silence as confirmation, he faced the Yeti, his expression filled with murderous intent.

"A group of hunters will be arriving shortly," he stated. "Before they arrive…"

He pointed his bow at the Yeit. Its limbs started to fold in. As it did that, two blades shot out from either side of the grip where his hand held the bow, transforming it into a sword.

"…I will exterminate it."

He dashed forward at blinding speed, leaving a trail of dust in his wake. The Yeti attempted to swat him, but he jumped over his swinging arm. It attempted to use the momentum of his swing to attack again, but Yu dodged it again by spinning. Large gashes appeared on its arm as the second attack flew by.

He landed on the beast's chest and drove his sword into its chest. The Yeti roared and tried to grab him. However, as if seeing it coming, he leapt back, transforming his sword back into a bow and firing a few shots. The Yeti then launched a series a swift attack, each of which Yu narrowly avoided while maintaining his constant stream of arrows.

"How does he dodge like that?" Weiss wondered.

Amy, now back on her feet, replied in a serious tone. "His semblance, Clairvoyance. He is capable of seeing the future. One of the most powerful semblance ever."

"Stop spreading lies, Amethyst," Daemon said as he conked her in the head, causing her to clutch her head. "It may appear as if he is predicting the future, but his semblance merely enhanced eyesight. With it he can notice the flow of energy around it. I don't know the specifics of it, but he can see the Yeti's attack coming because he can see the electrical impulses flowing through its body."

"What's so wrong about making people believe he can see the future," Amy mumbled. "I think its way cooler than 'enhance eyesight.'"

To that, Daemon only shook his head in frustration.

As if proving that Yu's semblance wasn't future sight, he transformed his weapon to a blade and stabbed it into the Yeti in the stomach again only to have his blade stuck in the beast's fat. It took this opportunity to rip Yu from its stomach, his bowblade still lodged in its stomach, and toss him aside. Yu crashed into a pile of burning wooden carts, but he shrugged it off. When he recovered, he briefly looked back at his teammates, his glowing green eyes glancing at Amy and Daemon, before rushing back in. The Grimm grabbed a pile of stone and tossed it at Yu. Even with his semblance, he couldn't avoid all the pellets. Yet, he still pushed onward.

At this point, Amy and Daemon readied their weapons again.

"Alright, I'm feeling all better now. You?" Amy said excitedly.

"Enough for one last assault," Daemon replied.

The two dashed off, following close behind Yu.

Yu reach the Yeti first, avoiding its attack and reaching his sword. With a scream, he yanked his blade upward and carved a long vertical line on the beast chest. The Yeti cried out and in its desperation, tried to spew his black mist out again. However, Amy and Daemon arrived at that moment. Amy drove her glaive down on the beast's remaining arm, pinning it to the ground, while Daemon smashed into its knee to make it kneel. Yu drove his sword into the beast's neck and yelled as loud as he can.

"JUST…DIE…ALREADY!"

The space between the two blades of Yu's weapon crackled with energy and a powerful blast shot forth. The Yeti's head was engulf by the beam and when it faded, its head was completely obliterated.

The Yeti final collapsed on the ground, lifeless.

Yu stared at the corpse for a moment, before facing his teammates.

"All I needed was a distraction. Jumping in like that was unneccessary."

Daemon and Amy looked at each other and chuckled.

"Yes, the great Yu can fight off anything by himself," mocked Daemon.

"I can see why Jade always call you a tsundere," teased Amy.

There was a prattle of footsteps a short distance away. A group of hunters and paramedic rounded the corner and approached them.

Their fight was over.