It's another night for Qrow in NY as he's drunk in an old bar. He woke up after a noon of drinking and blinked slowly. As he looked around his surroundings, he realized where he is and tried to ease his breathing but at the same time, he felt a stinging feeling from his head. Most likely a hangover from a couple of drinks. Walking out of the kitchen which was next to the bar counter was the same bartender from earlier. This time, instead of her normal dress uniform, she appeared in black pants with a short sleeved shirt. On her right hand was a cup of water with what looks like aspirin.

"Oh good, you're awake." the waitress said after noticing Qrow awake and placed the glass of aspirin beside him. "Drink this. It'll make you feel better."

"Ugh...thanks….sorry for passing out." Qrow slurred, still feeling woozy as he took a sip of the water with aspirin to ease the head pain.

"No worries." she replied, sitting across where Qrow is. "Didn't want you to drive home drunk which is incredibly unsafe."

Chugging the whole cup, he placed it back and turned to the waitress.

"You live here?" Qrow asked.

"Yep," the waitress answered. "I run this bar. Bought it after I've finished college. It's most likely a family thing. This was actually my father's bar until he passed. Now this old but impressive place seems like a home to me."

Qrow smiled a bit, impressed with the fact she's quite young to be a manager of a bar.

"How much do I owe?" he asked, about to get off.

"Depends." Said the waitress as she rested her head on her hand with her elbow on the counter and glanced at Qrow with a 'I need-you-to-confess' look. "What got you so fucked up?"

"Excuse me?"

"Come on...you always come here ordering the same drinks and end up passing out which I have no problem with...and that one time your twin sister was here, you two didn't quite get along! Would really love to know what's wrong with you two."

Qrow was feeling that he's standing in a stag with a microphone and have to like sing or say something in front of a large crowd as he have to tell someone about his situation...but by the looks of the waitress's eyes, he sees that she's really trying to help him. She did gave him a good advice when he met Raven here. Qrow gave out a sigh and confess but not too much nor his secret that he's hiding.

"I'm just a wasted soldier working for the government with family problems...most likely I'm trying to see if I could ever forgive my sister ditching her daughters."

"I see...you look like that kind of person...the soldier part...I'm guessing Special Forces...and your sister seems kind of similar and does look like that kind of a mother who would leave her children."

"So you're some kind of a psychic?" Qrow joked, but with some surprise in his eyes.

She chuckled. "Would you believe me if it's part of my skills?"

"I wonder what other skills you have."

"Hmm...sadly we don't have time."

With that said, Qrow's cell phone started ringing which he was more surprised that she predicted it. The waitress gave Qrow a wink before she went back to the kitchen. Qrow quickly took his phone out of his pocket and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Qrow, where are you?" a female voice bellowed.

"W-Wait who's this?"

"It's Officer Edwards, you drunk bastard!"

"Oh…" Qrow said, figuring out the voice. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. What's up?"

"You need to get back to Florida...it's bad."

When Qrow heard 'bad' coming out of the Edwards, his eyes went slightly dark.

"Bad?" Qrow questioned. "What do you mean?"

There was no answer when he asked.

"Edwards, what do you mean it's bad?" He repeated, loudly.

"It's best that you get up here...it's also on the news."


Couple of days later, Qrow arrived to the Familia Rosa home where yellow police tape was lined around the house with some body bags beside and a person inside the tape area. Qrow parked at the gate entrance and got out of his black Ford Mustang from the 80s. Putting on his coat, he walked up to the officer.

"Edwards."

A female police officer turned around and saw Qrow, still in his rugged suit. Officer Edwards looked quite young than everybody else thought, despite the fact she's 41.

"Qrow."

"What happened here?" He asked.

"It was a bloodbath at the home of the Familia Rosa Cartel. Everyone…" She paused briefly and sighed. "Everybody's dead. Including the leader, Taiyang Xiao Long."

Hearing that Taiyang, his best friend and his brother-in-law dead, it was quite a shocker and heartbreaking at the same time. He almost felt like losing his mind but the aspirin kept his breath cool. He clasped his hand to his mouth and breathed.

"I'm sorry." Edwards apologised. She was aware of Qrow's closeness to Taiyang since she knew they were both teammates from the past.

Qrow then realized about his nieces in which made he turned to Edwards who was about to get into her cruiser.

"The girls." Qrow simply said. Edwards turned around and stared. "The girls. Where are they? My nieces?"

"There was no sign of their bodies." Edwards answered. "Maybe you should call them."

Qrow had a sigh of relief. He got out his phone and dialed Ruby's number to see if she's alright. Hopefully she'll answer.

The dial rang. Qrow always hated that dial noise. "Please pickup, please pickup, please pick up-"

Finally, the dial stopped.

"Hello?"

The voice sounded different. Qrow was quick to figure out that's neither Ruby nor Yang.

"Who's this?" Qrow asked.

"It's Weiss Schnee. Who's this?"

"Schnee? As in…" Qrow stopped as he still had his nieces in his mind. "Nevermind. Where's Ruby and Yang?"

"Who wants to know?"

"Listen here...I'm in no happy mood right now. I want to know where my nieces are and I want to know if they're safe. So help me God if you have anything to do with that sh-"

"I'm gonna stop you right there. I don't know who you are and I don't believe that you're even their uncle...and threatening me is a huge mistake."

Qrow was about to lose his nerves but he kept his cool.

"Listen, I don't care who you are. What I want to now right now are my nieces, Ruby and Yang. I need to know if they're safe. Please."


At an abandoned house where the RWBY crew found as a hideout, Ruby laid on a bed, curled up in a ball. Even though she's not crying anymore, she was still hurt of what happened at the Familia Rosa home, including what happened to her father. She already lost her mother, her other mother she has no idea who she is and now her father. But that's not all she's feeling right now...she's being feeling a lot of guilt...like she's responsible for Grimm to attack them and allow them to kill everyone in the Familia Rosa home including her father. Weiss stood outside the room, taking a cigarette break. She wasn't emotional for what happened to Ruby and Yang's cartel family including their father like she basically doesn't care much. She's wasn't much of a family person as she had a difficult life with her family like her sister, Winter. A moment later, a black Mustang approached the driveway and a man came out.

"You the uncle?" Weiss asked the man.

"I am...and you must be 'Ice Princess'." Qrow replied in a smart alec tone.

"Don't play smartass with me. I'm getting to the point where I should pull out my gun and have your brains scattered on the ground."

Qrow ignored her threat and inspected her revolver which was indeed holstered and then looked back at her.

"Nice gun...but the reload must be a bitch for you." He joked.

"Was that a fucking threat you're gonna try steal my gun or try to pull out yours?"

"Are you gonna take me to my niece or are we gonna have a Mexican stand-off and try to kill each other cos' I'm really not in the mood."

After a few moments of them glaring at each other, Weiss flicked away her cigarette and opened the door, letting Qrow in. She went into the apartment, escorting Qrow to Ruby's room. As soon as they got there, Weiss got to the door and knocked, there wasn't a response.

"Hey Ruby...you're uncle's here." Said Weiss.

Few seconds later, Qrow and Weiss heard movement from the otherside of the door like someone quickly got out of the bed immediately.

"P-Please let him in!" Ruby respond.

When Qrow opened the door, he saw his niece standing up looking directly at him and tears started to flood down her eyes. Mostly tears of joy.

"Come here." Said Qrow as he have his arms out wanting his niece to hug him.

Ruby rushed to her uncle and hugged him as she began sobbing softly with her face buried into his chest. Qrow gave her niece enough comfort as he was very relieved that she's alive and Ruby the same as she was glad to see her uncle again.

"It's okay...it's okay. I'm here...I'm here." Said Qrow cheering up his niece.

Weiss watched the reunion of Ruby and her uncle from the back and was convinced enough that the old guy was telling the truth. Weiss hasn't been used to this scenario but she's glad that Ruby has a family member who is still alive. Qrow was happy to see Ruby again but there is one missing thing he needed to know. He let Ruby go but still held her.

"Ruby...Where's your sister?"


It was around afternoon in Florida. Blake arrived at Junior's club and stopped. She noticed Yang's custom made sport bike, nicknamed Bumblebee parked next to the club entrance. Blake got off, removed her helmet and went inside the club. The club was mostly cleared and Junior's bodyguards were the only ones left. They were about to leave when they saw Blake.

"Hey Blake." Militia greeted.

"Hey, where's-" Blake asked.

"Yang out in the back beating the living shit out of our former boss." Melanie answered, cutting off her question right away.

"Right when we told him we quit." Militia added.

Blake gave a nod and turned away.

"Hey Blake." Melanie called grabbing Blake's full attention.

"If it's about what happened to the Familia Rosa...Junior should tell you who else he was dealing with before you and the Taiwan gangsters." Militia explained.

With that information, Blake got the idea without a thought. When Blake went to the back of the club, she found Yang beating the living crap out of Junior as she punched and even stomping on him. Junior's face was covered in his own blood, his nose was broken and his right eye was completely swollen. By the look on Yang's face, she seemed pissed off like being possessed by the devil within her.

"I WANT ANSWERS, YOU PRICK!" Yang yelled.

"I-I can't! I-I-I can't!" Said Junior in fear.

After another answer denied, in a heap of fury, she slammed her fist to his face the second time before putting on a gold brass knuckle which had sharp points onto her right hand and grabbed his shirt.

"TELL ME RIGHT FUCKIN' NOW OR I'LL BEAT YOUR FUCKIN' BRAIN INTO MUSH WITH THIS!"

"P-Please! S-Stop!" Junior begged.

"Yang!"

Yang knew a familiar voice from behind but was too busy trying to get answers from Junior.

"Yang!" Blake calls her again.

"Stay out of this!" Yang hissed.

"No! How can I stay out of it when you're about to do something stupid?!"

"I need answers from him! He's been giving weapons with Grimm and he knows where they are!"

"L-Look...I can't give you information about those guys, okay?" Junior explain fearfully. "I heard stories about them...some evil…evil shit about those guys. If I talk about them or even say their names out loud they'll kill me!"

Blake walks over to Junior, crouched down in front of him and giving him a glare.

"If you don't tell us...I'll leave you in the hands of Yang."

With that said, Junior stared at Yang once more, feeling her eyes of rage into his brain. If he gives away the Grimm, they'll probably hunt him down but this will save him a hospital break. Looks like he'll have to turn into a snitch to save his life.

"O-Okay, okay!" Junior trembled as he struggled to lift himself up. "Before I could give weapons to the Taiwan Triad and you girls, I-I have to give out a shitload of weapons to…'you-know-who'. I had to ship them from the US...to Remnant."

With that said, it confuses Yang and Blake because they never heard of a place like that.

"Remnant?" Blake questioned.

"It's a huge ass island where they live. Located at the Southeast of Thailand. You're gonna have to catch the Thai airlines there since they know that place. This island's basically a 'do whatever you want, we don't care'! Thieves, Rapist, Drug dealers, whore runners, killers, gang bangers, you name it! It's all there. Even the cops are corrupted there!"

Blake and Yang were still watching, Junior like they needed more information from him.

"Look that's all I know! Please just let me go! They're probably listening right now! Please!"

Blake stared at Yang, who's about to holster something and back to Junior, sighing. "Go."

Junior got up and started running out of the alley. Suddenly, Yang pulled out her Kimber and shot down Junior in an instant. Blake stared at horror. She's doing something completely unnecessary.

"YANG NO!" Blake yelled as she held her arm down. "It's not worth it!"

"YOU CRAZY BITCH!" Junior yelled from a distance.

As he limped his way to the middle of the road and without even noticing, a truck bolted and crushed Junior. They watched as his body was rolled over by the wheels and tumble near the drain. Melanie and Militia are already outside and was about to get into their car before noticing their former boss's rolled-up body. The two looked at each other and shrugged. Judging by their faces, they didn't give two shits at all. Blake was horrified, seeing Junior's battered body but as for Yang, she cared less about that moron.

"He's already dead." Yang stated as she holstered her Kimber.

Yang turned and walked back to the entrance, only for Blake to run in front of her, halting her.

"Yang…" She started.

Before she could even say a word, Yang groaned loudly and kicked a nearby trashcan and turned to Blake. Her almost red eyes gave Blake the shivers.

"WHAT?! YOU GONNA SAY THAT I WENT TOO FAR?! I WAS GONNA HIM MERCY! THOSE FUCKERS WOULDN'T GIVE HIM MERCY! THEY WON'T GIVE MERCY TO ANYONE! THEY DIDN'T GIVE MERCY TO THE PEOPLE AT MY DAD'S HOUSE! THEY DIDN'T GIVE THE GUYS ME AND RUBY KNEW THERE MERCY! THEY DIDN'T GIVE THOSE INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO WERE ONLY WORKING AS SERVANTS MERCY!"

She finally stopped. Blake noticed tears coming out of her eyes.

"They killed my dad." she whispered.

Blake walked up to her and hugged her, giving comfort. Yang then started to sob.

"T-They killed my dad." she repeated while still sobbing slowly.

Blake didn't say anything. What was there to say? She's in pain and that's all she can do. As she held her, Blake shed a tear. Maybe things aren't going to go as they planned.


Meanwhile at Bronx, New York, there was an modern-looking apartment which was kind of cheap. Inside the apartment was Raven. She sat on a couch with a bored face, watching another episode of Fresh Prince of Bel Air which was neither amusing nor funny. The show was already getting on her nerves she changed channels. Raven was about to change channels when she saw something about the Familia Rosa. When she stayed on that channel, her mind was frozen as the reporter explained the deaths of people that she knew and loved. But when she heard the death of her husband, her heart shattered into glass. After hearing information about Taiyang's death, she slowly stood up and walked to her bedroom, frozen. A few seconds later, she started to destroy everything. She punched and kicked through walls, leaving holes. She broke and destroyed everything she saw and pushed her drawer down to the ground. The light started to shine dimly. Raven then fell on her knees and broke down into tears. Guilt and regret filled her mind. Maybe this has something to do with her leaving her family and feeling that this could be her fault for not being there earlier. She even thought her daughters were involved and murdered.

"Shut the fuck up, ya crazy bitch!" A voice shouted from the wall. She ignored the insult and dug her head onto the ground.

She slowly lifted her head turned to a photo on the ground. The photo was in a small frame which Raven broke during her rage moment. She pulled the photo out and stared at it. It was her with Taiyang and Summer on the day of their wedding. A tear landed on the photo, which soaked up. Sniffing uncontrollably, she hugged the photo.

"I'm sorry," She sniffed, stuttering. "I-I'm so, so sorry."

'When our father was murdered, I felt numb. I didn't know what to feel anymore, but it does hurt. I don't understand why Grimm would do such a thing like that after all we did for them. To be honest, I always thought this was all my fault. The heist was my idea and when the debt was paid, this allowed the Grimm to wipe us out. I couldn't stop blaming myself, even to this day. I felt like I should have died at the diner and wished Yang left me there. But there is one thing that I can do, maybe rewind that one mistake. Find those monsters who killed the cartel and my father. I want to take my vengeance on Grimm. But I can't do it without help.'