"Weiss!"

Neo woke up and fell into the pile of clothes as Yang scrambled to get up. Yang grabbed Weiss so tight she cracked the petite girl's back.

"Y-yang! You're going to crush me!"

Yang let go.

"Oh! Shit, I'm sorry Neo!" Yang cried helping her out of the closet.

Neo looked up at Yang then over at Weiss.

"I'm Neo."

"Hello Neo! I'm so happy to see there's more people alive and ok!" Weiss cried as she hugged the smaller woman.

"It doesn't bother you?"

"Well, I do remember you and if you were a real problem then Yang would've fought you until the death."

Yang laughed uneasily as Neo looked back at her.

"Yea, that's true. She's the type to do something stupid like that," Neo said grinning evilly.

Yang smacked her on the back of her head, "Hey!"

Neo snickered.

"Weiss! Are you ok?! Weiss!"

Neo's eyes widened as she stared at the heiress.

"Is that...?"

Roman came into the torn down house. He stopped in his tracks to see his ex partner standing there with Yang. First the thing he felt was relief. He started walking towards her with tears in his green eyes unable to believe she was still alive after everything. Neo ran to him and jumped into his arms knocking him onto the ground.

Yang and Weiss stared at them with smiles on their faces. It didn't matter what part any of them had played before this apocalypse but what part they played now. Criminals no longer existed with Salem alive. She was the only villain now.

Neo sobbed into Roman's shoulder. He wasn't crying like she was but it he had tears streaming down his face. Maybe a few years ago this wouldn't have as sweet as it was but it meant everything now. After a few minutes Neo managed to pull herself together. She looked up at him and grabbed his face with both hands.

"I'm so sorry! You were right to leave! I'm not mad anymore!"

"Damn Neo... No one is mad at you anymore. I'm just glad you're ok after all this time... I'm sorry for abandoning you."

She shook her head.

"No... You were everything you were supposed to be. I'm here all the way now. I'm on your side now. If you want... thank Yang. She saved me."

Roman looked around at Yang who was blushing. It was hard to see since it was so dark but it was noticeable.

"You saved her?"

Yang nodded.

Roman got up and placed Neo onto her own feet. He embraced his sister in law tightly. Tears started to well up in her eyes too. She hadn't expected him to hug her like that. She hugged him back tightly.

"Roman."

He pulled away, "Sorry about that."

"No, no... I'm sorry."

"For what?" he asked rather confused.

"For being a big bitch. I should've believed you a long time ago but..."

Roman raised a hand, "It's ok. What matters now... we are here together to fight her and fix everything."

"You honestly think... we can win?" Yang asked.

Roman nodded, "Yes I do."

Weiss grinned widely, "We've been busy since we split off all that time ago."

"Doing what?" Neo asked holding onto Yang's hand.

"Let me show you."

X

X

Mercury grabbed onto Ruby's outrageously heavy weapon and tried picking it up. He screamed in frustration as he managed to lift it high enough to shoot a few rounds into the Grimm's face. It let out a horrible screech and he let go of it. It hit the ice and he jumped into the freezing water to get Ruby.

As he swam down, he saw her body laying on a piece of ice. He looked around as he swam closer to her seeing all the ice in the ocean. Ruby's lifeless body was giving off a red glow... Her aura must be trying to keep her alive but it looks like it's dying out. I don't think I can pick up her weapon again. My arms hurt just holding it up.

Mercury grabbed her arms and tried pulling. She seemed like dead weight. What the fuck am I going to do? I can't hold my breath forever! Mercury gave one last pull and he managed to pry her off the ice. He let go of one of her hands and started swimming to the surface. Just before he came out of the water he could feel the vibrations from the ice path as the Grimm screamed.

Mercury came back up and gasped for air. He got Ruby onto the ice. He had no idea how he managed to get back by her weapon but he did. The Grimm finally started to calm down after clawing at it's own face to look at Mercury. It's large red eyes were eerie looking in the night.

The sea serpent dove into the water. Mercury groaned angrily as he tried to bring Ruby back to consciousness. He started pushing on her chest to get her breathing again but he wasn't getting any where. The Grimm had started hitting the ice underneath trying to break through it.

"FUCK! RUBY! WAKE UP!" Mercury screamed.

He had never been so terrified in his life. It would have been a different story if they were land but they weren't. He wasn't as strong as Ruby apparently since he could lift such a heavy ass weapon. He messed around with it until it opened up into a scythe. He had to admit it felt a little lighter.

"Come on Ruby!"

Mercury was scared he was going to hurt her by breaking a rib but he had to push harder. He gave one final hard push and she started coughing up water then she vomited. Her breathing was shallow but she was breathing. Mercury gave her a few light slaps in the face until she looked at him tiredly.

"Wake up! We are going to die if you don't wake up."

It seemed like she didn't understand.

"We are too far into the game to quit now! Get the hell up Ruby!"

Mercury pulled her onto his back and grabbed her weapon with one hand.

"Why the hell did you make this shit so damn heavy!"

Mercury took a deep breath and started running as fast as he could with Ruby on him and her weapon in on of his hands. Luckily she didn't feel as heavy as her scythe but he was going to tire out fast. The Grimm finally busted through the ice pathway but luckily it was behind them. It spotted them and started screeching again. It slammed it's tail down onto the ice and Mercury fell over.

"Ow!" Mercury groaned.

Ruby turned over on the ice groaning in pain.

"If don't get up we are going to die!" Mercury hissed.

Ruby finally managed to sit up and look around.

"I drank so much salt water..." she hissed and vomited again to his dismay.

"Puke it up then get up! I can't use your ridiculous weapon!"

Ruby smirked at him and stood up. Her legs were wobbly but she grabbed her weapon from Mercury's hand.

"I'm sorry... I don't feel good but I'll do my best."

She looked down at him.

"Run."

Mercury got up, "Are you sure?"

"If it decides to break the ice I want you to be on stable land. Run."

Mercury nodded and started running. He watched as Ruby disappeared and reappeared in front of the sea serpent. She looked miserable and tired but she was the only chance the two of them had. He stopped at some point and saw just in time as Ruby took the head off of it. It collapsed onto the ice throwing chunks everywhere before the body fell into the water.

Mercury waited a few minutes before he started walking back. He saw her laying on the ice with her weapon wedged into the ice.

"Ruby!"

X

X

"I can't believe this all happened."

Roman looked at his girlfriend. They were hiding in an underground tunnel that was beneath her childhood home. Qrow and Taiyang had died protecting the house from an enormous amount of Grimm that invaded the area. Yang sat there beside of her sister with her only one arm.

Roman could feel the anger and hate coming off of the older sister but he had warned them a while ago. He was mad too because no one had believed him when he tried to warn them that Cinder wasn't the main bad guy. He was mad because of the whole team could've convinced more people they could have prevented this tragedy.

They waited down there four hours before they came out and dealt with the left over Grimm. They went the wreckage and picked out the stuff they needed before they would head out. It was unsure if anyone else was still alive that they knew.

The three of them headed out from there back to Beacon. They managed to get a few video calls out to Blake and Weiss. It then would be time to decide how they would go about defeating Salem once and for all... If they had everyone still alive.

X

X

"There's some much plant life over here."

Adam and Blake looked around at the area they had entered. The place looked it was almost untouched by the human race.

"I think that is a little weird..." Adam said pulling out his weapon.

"I don't think so... If it is uninhabited by people then that means the Void is nearby. We are finally going to find everyone!" Blake said with a cheerful smile on her face.

Adam couldn't help but smile.

"Maybe we can find some fruit too! I love fish but I'm kind of sick of it after all this time."

Adam snorted, "Could've fooled me with the way you were eating them."

Blake nudged him playfully.

"Thank you Adam... You made this trip more bearable for me."

"Well... I could say the same. You don't have to keep thanking me really."

Blake smiled and took his hand.

"I hope there are more people in the world after all this. I know it might take a few years but I'll be ready to start a family once everything is somewhat back to normal."

He stared at her.

"A-are you serious?"

"I am. I don't want to fight anymore after this. I wish I could go back. I wish I could've made Yang listen to me. Maybe we could have done something but..."

Adam put a finger on her lips.

"Enough. If I was you and her I would've thought the same."

Blake bit her lip.

"No one would've seen all this. No one."

"I know," she whispered.

"Let's find them. I know it's going to be a little rocky at first because no one is going to like me but I want to try. I want you to be happy for a short bit."