The streets of Vale are being decorated in time for the Vytal Festival. Red, yellow, and green streamers and balloons are proudly on display, and teams RWBY and SCRN are strolling through it all with an awed Weiss Schnee in the front. A sign is being put up by the elderly Shopkeep that reads in bright red letters "WELCOME TO VALE!" for all the foreign newcomers from their respective kingdoms of Remnant.
Weiss stopped and raised her arms in amazement. "The Vytal Festival! Oh, this is absolutely wonderful!" She said excitedly.
"I don't think I've ever seen you smile this much, Weiss." Ruby said,frowning a little. "It's kinda weirding me out..."She admitted, earning a small giggle from Bayonetta.
Weiss quickly turned to her leader. "How could you not smile? A festival dedicated to the cultures of the world! There will be dances! Parades! A tournament! Oh, the amount of planning and organization that goes into this event is simply breathtaking!" She said, never losing any enthusiasm as they continued walking.
Yang sighed an crossed her arms. "You really know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring." She said, low-fiving her younger twin when she held her hand out.
"This is nothing new. It may only happen once a year, but the Vytal festival is still pretty common. Pyrrha and I have either attended or been in it a few times." Kratos said, although it slightly sounded like he was gloating.
"Quiet, you!" Weiss snapped at both of them.
"We don't really have anything like this in Atlas. It's not really the kingdom best known for partying. That was probably Vacuo." Dante said.
"Before it was reduced from paradise to wasteland." Ryu stated darkly.
"Remind me again why we're spending our Friday afternoon visiting the stupid docks?" Yang asked as they stopped near the docks and the sounds of foghorns are heard.
"Ugh, they smell like fish!" Ruby groaned as she held her nose.
Bayonetta sighed at her sister's obvious remark. "And why do you think think that is, dear sister?" She asked rhetorically, to which her little sister rubbed the back of her head, embarrassed.
"I've heard that students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today. And, as a representative of Beacon, I feel as though it is my solemn duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom!" Weiss explained as if she was doing the most charitable thing ever.
"You're not even FROM this kingdom." Dante saidsuspiciously.
"No, but now we represent it." She said.
"That CAN'T be the only reason." Kratos said. He's been around Weiss long enough to know she has a dark side and often times, ulterior motives.
"She wants to spy on them so she'll have the upper hand in the tournament." Blake explained.
"THAT makes sense." All of Team SCRN said at once.
Weiss scoffed at this. "You can't prove that!" She said, offended despite it being true.
Ruby suddenly turned her head to the right and saw something shocking "Whoa." The two teams looked at a shattered window down the street and a door full of yellow caution tape of the Vale Police Force before walking over to the detective in front, who was writing on his pad. "What happened here?" She asked
"Robbery. Second Dust shop to be hit this week. This place is turning into a jungle." He explained, walking over to his partner.
"That's terrible." Yang said, sighing sadly.
"The world's full of people who just take what they want, not caring about the rules anyone else." Bayonetta said.
"They left all the money again." The second Detective said to his partner.
Ruby turned her head when she heard this. "Huh?" She asked, remembering someone else with that particular modus operandi.
"Yeah, just doesn't make a lick of sense. Who needs that much Dust?" Detective #1 asked.
"I don't know, an army?" Detective #2 suggested.
"Not even we use THAT much Dust." Dante said to Weiss, who nodded. They did use their fair share, but not an entire store full.
"You thinking the White Fang?" Detective #1 asked.
"Yeah, I'm thinking we don't get paid enough." Detective #2 said.
"None of this really points to the White Fang. They usually leave their mark to let people KNOW they did it. And the shopkeep was a human, so they most likely would've killed him. But as we've all seen, he's still alive" Ryu analyzed.
Weiss, however, decided to ignore the sensible analysis. "Hmph! The White Fang." Weiss huffed, crossing her arms and pointing her nose in the air with her eyes closed. "What an awful bunch of degenerates!" She said high and mightily.
"What's your problem?" Blake asked, somewhat annoyed.
"My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane." Weiss said, still somewhat arrogantly.
"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths." Blake explained,crossing her arms, getting serious. "They're a collection of misguided Faunus." She corrected.
"Misguided? They want to wipe Humanity off the face of the planet!" Weiss said as if Blake was crazy.
"So then they're very misguided. Either way, it doesn't explain why they would rob a Dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale!" The black-clad girl countered.
"Dust is a powerful and very useful substance. Plenty of criminals might want it for other crimes." Kratos added.
"Hmm... Blake and Kratos have a point. Besides, the police never caught that Torchwick guy I ran into a few months ago... Maybe it was him." Ruby suggested.
"Whoever it is, I'm sure either the police or Hunstmen/Huntresses will eventually catch them." Bayonetta said trying to end the conversation calmly, noticing the increasing hostility between Weiss and Blake.
"That still doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum." Weiss said judgmentally, much to Blake's growing anger.
Dante put a hand on Weiss' shoulder at this. He hated the White Fang as much as Weiss, but that's where it stopped for him, while Weiss extended her hated to all Faunus. "Okay, Weiss, that's enough. You've made your point." He told her.
She pushed his hand off at this. "No, I haven't, Dante! You of all people should know that! Those Faunus only know how to lie, cheat, and steal." She finished.
"That's not necessarily true..." Yang said, trying to reason with Weiss' harsh judgment.
"Yes, Weiss, you're being QUITE racist right now." Bayonetta said.
"Hey, stop that Faunus!" An off-screen sailor shouted
As the team overhears the cry for help and rush over to investigate, a Faunus with a golden monkey tail named Sun Wukong is seen running down the length of the boat and leaping on to the edge as the two sailors are about to apprehend him.
"Well, THAT'S not helping our argument much." Ryu said.
"Thanks for the ride, guys! Haha!" He laughed as he jumped off the boat and hit the dock running.
"You no-good stowaway!" Another sailor shouted at him.
Sun used his tail to hang on a lamppost while he peeled back a banana. "Hey! A no-good stowaway would've been caught! I'm a great stowaway!" He countered.
"Technically, you were caught." Ryu said, although he knew the Faunus couldn't hear him because of how quietly he spoke and the distance between them. Yes, Ryu had been caught stowing away on an airship before in his past life, but they used high tech equipment and scanned the ship for him, something he doubted happened to the boat had.
Before he could eat, one of the detectives down below threw a stone at him to get his attention. "Hey! Get down from there this instant!" Detective #1 shouted at him.
Sun dropped the banana peel on the detective's face, who growlsed in return. The monkey-like Faunus twirled up to crouch on the lamppost, laughing in amusement, and proceeded to leap off and run away from the detectives. As he ran past Team RWBY, he winked at an astonished Blake in slow motion before time sped up again and he continued to be chased by the officers.
"Well, Weiss, you wanted to see the competition, and there it goes..." Yang said as they watched the Faunus retreat from the detectives.
"Quick! We have to observe him!" Weiss announced, holding up a finger.
Weiss, Yang, and Ruby gave chase. Blake stood still, lost in thought, then came back to reality and followed her friends. Team SCRN looked at each other and deadpanned, before following their friends. The team rounded the next corner, but then Weiss bumped into someone and tripped. She looked up only to see Sun jump on to a building and disappear from her view.
"No, he got away!" She said, disappointedly.
"That's not what you should worry about." Bayonetta said.
"What do you mean?!" Weiss asked, thinking only how she missed a chance to observe her potential opponent.
"Uhh... Weiss?" Yang asked as she pointed strangely at the girl underneath her teammate.
Weiss finally saw that she fell on a smiling girl, which startled the heiress and she hastily gets up.
"Sal-u-ta-tions!" The girl said brightly, still down on the ground, smiling widely.
"Um... hello." Ruby said awkwardly.
"Are you... okay?" Yang asked, somewhere between concerned and confused.
"I'm wonderful! Thank you for asking." The girl said happily as ever.
"I think this girl hit her head when Weiss knocked her down." Bayonetta whispered.
The teams looked at each other in bewilderment before Yang spoke up again. "Do you... wanna get up?" She asked.
The girl actually THOUGHT ABOUT whether she wanted to get up off the cold, dirty ground for a moment, before answering. "Yes!" She confirmed, leaping back on her feet while the teams stepped back a little. "My name is Penny! It's a pleasure to meet you!" She said happily.
Dante pulled the team in a little bit. "I don't think we should introduce ourselves-" He started.
"Hi Penny. I'm Ruby." Ruby introduced herself, to which Dante facepalmed.
"I'm Weiss." Introduced herself.
"Blake." Blake answered with a nod.
"Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" Yang asked. Blake elbowed her side for being rude. "Oh, I'm Yang." She confirmed.
"Bayonetta or Cereza, whichever you prefer." Bayonetta greeted.
"Kratos." Kratos introduced himself.
"I am Ryu Hayabusa." Ryu said with a bow the girl actually returned.
"The name's Dante." Datne offered.
"It's a pleasure to meet you!" Penny said happily.
"You already said that." Bayonetta and Weiss said.
Penny paused at this. "So I did!" She agreed.
"Let's get the hell out of here." Kratos said quietly enough so the girl wouldn't hear.
Everyone else quickly nodded at this. "Well, sorry for running into you!" Weiss apologized as they turnd around and started walking away.
"Take care, friend!" Ruby said, waving back.
Bayonetta gave Ruby a small nudge in her elbow. "I wouldn't encourage her, sis." Bayonetta warned.
"She was... weird..." Yang said when they get far enough away from a startled Penny.
"Now, where did that Faunus Riff-Raff run off to?" Weiss asked, looking around.
Suddenly Penny appeared from nowhere in front of the two teams. "What did you call me?" She asked.
"What?! But you were just!" Dante said, looking back and forth as Weiss pointed at the girl in front of her, then behind her where they had left the girl.
"Oh, I'm really sorry, I definitely didn't think you heard me!" Yang apologized.
"No, not you." Penny said, walking through the group and leaned her head down to Ruby. "You!" She confirmed.
"Take a few steps back from my sister, girl." Bayonetta warned, pulling out Love Is Blue.
"Me? I-I don't know. I, what I, um, uh..." Ruby stammered, startled by the girl in front of her.
"You called me 'friend'! Am I really your friend?" The orange-haired girl asked hopefully.
"Uuuum..." Ruby stammered unsurely. She looked over Penny's shoulder while her teammates motioned to deny her. "Y-Yeah, sure! Why not?" Ruby confirming that they were friends, while her other friends and sisters comically fainted.
Penny looked overjoyed and laughed "Sen-sational! We can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys!" She said eagerly.
"Why does that sound familiar?" Bayonetta asked sarcastically.
"Oh, is this what it was like when you met me?" Ruby asked Weiss, knowing she gave the girl the wrong answer.
"No - she seems far more coordinated." The heiress said.
"Her? Coordinated? She couldn't decide to get up until she was asked." Kratos said.
"So... what are you doing in Vale?" Yang asked.
"I'm here to fight in the tournament." Penny asked. Kratos burst out in laughter at this, which confused the orange-haired girl. "Why are you laughing? I wasn't trying to be funny." She said, tilting her head.
Kratos opened his mouth to say something, but Ryu covered his mouth. "Sorry about that. He has a condition where he laughs at the most inappropriate times. It really gets him in trouble." The ninja lied.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! I'll see if I can find some treatments for your condition. Modern medicine and sciences does wonders these days!" She said cheerfully, causing the rest of team SCRN to chuckle at their heavy hitter while he pulled away, grumbling to himself.
"Wait, you're fighting in the tournament?" Weiss asked.
"I'm combat ready!" Penny said with a salute.
"Forgive me, but you hardly look the part." Weiss stated.
"Says the girl wearing a dress." Blake countered.
"What have you done?" Bayonetta and Dante asked at the same time, knowing what would happen.
"It's a combat skirt!" Weiss stated matter-of-factually, crossing her arms.
Ruby suddenly sped over to her skirt sister's side. "Yeah!" She said as if Weiss just said the greatest thing in the world. Weiss held out her hand and Ruby low-fived it, while their siblings facepalmed.
Weiss suddenly realized something. "Wait a minute." She said, walking over to Penny and grabbing her by the shoulders. "If you're here for the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey-tailed... rapscallion?" She asked hopefully.
Does not compute. "The who...?" Penny asked, tilting her head in confusion.
"The filthy Faunus from the boat!" Weiss demanded, holding up a poor drawing of the criminal-in-question.
"The racist rich girl's back." Bayonetta said disapprovingly.
"Sis, you have many talents, but drawing isn't one of them." Dante said.
"Perhaps a caricature artist." Ryu said, looking at the drawing.
Now Blake was furious. "Why do you keep saying that?!" She snapped.
"Huh?" Weiss asked, turning to her black-clad teammate.
"Stop calling him a rapscallion! Stop calling him a degenerate! He's a person!" Blake ranted.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Weiss said dramatically, releasing Penny and motioning to objects around her. "Would you like me to stop referring to the trash can as a trash can? Or this lamppost as a lamppost?" She asked.
"Your sister's being a TOTAL bitch right now." Kratos said.
"It's... complicated. And personal." Dante explained.
"Stop it!" Blake snapped.
"Stop what? He clearly broke the law. Give him time; he'll probably join up with those other Faunus in the White Fang!" The heiress countered harshly.
Blake growled at Weiss' increasingly harsh judgment, both of Faunus and the boy in question. "You ignorant little brat!" She snapped.
Weiss looked offended, but when Blake walked away, she followed. "How dare you talk to me like that! I am your teammate!" She scolded.
"You are a judgmental little girl." Blake countered.
"What in the world makes you say that?" Weiss asked, offended again.
"The mere fact that you would sort that Faunus boy with a terrorist group solely based on his species makes you just as much of a scoundrel as you believe him to be!" Blake scolded.
"Uh... She's sounding like a total hippie." Kratos groaned.
"Everyone's entitled to their own opinion." Ryu said with a shrug.
"In Sparta, different opinions were settled on the battlefield!" Kratos exclaimed, flexing, to which the ninja rolled his eyes and walked away. "Where you going?" He asked, confused.
"Should we stop this?" Bayonetta asked.
"I don't think we can." Dante said.
Yang slid up to Ruby, looking uncomfortable. "Um, I think we should probably go..." She said.
Penny popped up behind Ruby, smiling. "Where are we going?" She asked happily.
Bayonetta jumped at this, before glaring at the girl behind her. "Somewhere you're not coming." She said in an annoyed tone, pushing the androi- I mean, normal meat person!.. Away from her and her sisters.
"So you admit it! The White Fang is just a radical group of terrorists!" Weiss declared as she got Blake to admit it.
"That's not what I meant, and you know it!" The bow-wearing girl snapped.
As Yang, Ruby and Team SCRN continue to observe, the scene shifts from afternoon near the docks to nighttime in their dorm room.
"I don't understand why this is causing such a problem!" Weiss said.
"That is the problem!" Blake countered.
Weiss got up from her bed to stand up more to her teammate. "You realize you are defending an organization that hates Humanity, don't you? The Faunus of the White Fang are pure evil!" She snapped.
"Weiss..." Dante tried to stop her, but to no avail.
Blake got on her feet as well. "There's no such thing as pure evil! Why do you think they hate Humanity so much? It's because of people like Cardin, people like you, that force the White Fang to take such drastic measures!" She countered.
"People like me?" Weiss demanded.
"You're discriminatory!" Blake accused.
"I'm a victim!" Weiss proclaimed as they stared each other down in silence. Weiss leaned in close, leering as she spoke quietly. "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? Why I don't particularly trust the Faunus?" She asked harshly, as if she was about to reveal her deepest secret.
"You're racist?" Bayonetta asked.
"Everyone, enough. This is hard enough for her to say." Dante said, putting a hand on his sister's shoulder.
She leaned against the bookshelf by the window, looking out it into the distance. "It's because they've been at war with my family for years. War, as in actual bloodshed. My grandfather's company has had a target painted across its back for as long as I can remember. And ever since I was a child, I've watched family friends disappear; board members executed; an entire train car full of Dust, stolen. And every day, my father would come home, furious. And that made for a very difficult childhood." She admitted, banging her fist on the bookshelf. "They even tried to kill my whole family once! When we were younger, they attacked our house. We all would've died if it wasn't for Dante." She said, grabbing her brother's hand on her shoulder.
"They aimed the gun at my mother and I snapped. If it had been anyone else, or they started with me, we wouldn't be here right now." Dante added.
"But they're here because of you. That's what's important." Bayonetta said with a supportive smile.
Ruby tried to go over and comfort her partner. "Weiss, I-" She started.
"No!" Weiss snapped, turning away and walking back over to Blake. "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves, and murderers!" She shouted.
"Well maybe we were just tired of being pushed around!" Blake shouted back.
Silence drops down on the scene again. A surprised Weiss backs away slowly, and Blake realizes her mistake as she looks around at her teammates.
"You're a Faunus?" Kratos asked.
"I thought I saw your bow move from time to time. I never thought anything of it..." Ryu said, slightly shocked. He could usually pick out everything about a person within a few minutes of meeting them.
Blake, however, interpreted their shock and disbelief as betrayal and resentment, which might be true in Weiss' case. "I... I..." She started, before dashing out the door.
"Blake, wait! Come back!" Ruby pleaded, running over to the door and calling to her down the hallway as Yang sat herself down and Weiss looked down.
"Weiss, that went way too far..." Dante told his sister.
Blake ran outside and arrived at a statue of an armored man with a sword and a hooded woman wielding an axe on an outcropping, staring at the Beowolf under the stone heroes in particular.
She closed her eyes and slowly lifted her arms up to her bow and pulled the string to release the bow from her hair. She wipes away a tear away as the camera pulled up to reveal her Faunus ears. On the verge of crying, she became startled when she heard a voice above her.
"I knew you would look better without the bow." The voice called off-screen.
She turned around and looked up.
The scene shifts to morning at Beacon. Ruby woke up from her beauty sleep, yawning in the process. She looked over at Blake's empty bunk, and groaned sadly.
The scene then shifts again to Ruby, Weiss, and Yang walking through the empty streets of Vale.
"She's been gone all weekend..." Ruby said sadly.
"We've almost searched the entire city." Ryu added.
"Blake's a big girl, I'm sure she can handle herself!" Weiss said as if trying to disregard the subject.
"Weiss, come on." Yang said.
How can you say that? She's one of your teammates!" Bayonetta said. In both this and her past life, those she fought alongside had grown as close to her as family.
"Is she? We all heard what she said!" Weiss countered.
"Weiss..." Ruby sighed.
"Maybe she is, maybe she isn't. Either way, she's missing, and we need to find her!" Yang said urgently.
"Unfortunately, there's a good chance she's trying NOT to be found." Kratos threw in.
"A member of the White Fang! Right underneath our noses!" Weiss said in disbelief.
"But she's not now. She left them and that's all that matters. We know what they do to people who try to leave them. It couldn't have been easy for her." Dante reasoned with his sister.
"I just hope she's okay..." Ruby said worriedly.
Elsewhere, Blake was sipping a cup of tea and sighing. She looked up at Sun sitting across from her, who held his drink with his tail as his hand propped his head up. He took a sip when Blake put her cup down.
"So, you want to know more about me..." Blake said.
"Finally, she speaks! Nearly two days and you gave me nothing but small talk and weird looks!" Sun said, to which Blake gave him a firm look. "Yeah, like that." He confirmed.
Blake rolled her eyes before closing them and looking at him sadly. "Sun... Are you familiar with the White Fang?" She asked.
"Of course! I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me!" He said.
Blake sipped her drink while listening until she spoke up for the big reveal. "I was once a member of the White Fang." She explained.
Sun promptly went cross-eyed and choked on his drink, making him put it down and wipe his mouth as he held up a hand to process this information. "Wait a minute, you were a member of the White Fang?!" He asked in disbelief.
"That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it..." She explained.
The scene shifts to a simple silhouetted flashback of fallen weapons plunged into the ground - swords, guns, any number of combinations.
"Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus." She explained.
We see the dark outlines of two trios - animal-eared and tailed Faunus on one side, regular Humans on the other - shaking hands and making peace after their struggle. This does not last long, as seen by a white Faunus cowering in fear of the gray-and-black aggressors harassing the hybrid. Later, more Faunus are pushing the crowd away from their bullied brethren.
"Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as the voice of our people. And I was there." She went on.
Silhouettes of Faunus protestors are revealed, and emerging from the shadows is a young girl with dark hair and cat ears.
"I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimist." She said almost nostalgically.
Cutting from the child version of Blake, the blue flag of a white wolf with sad eyes and a circle behind its head is lowered, and raised in its stead is a red monster with three bloody scratches and teeth bared at the world.
"Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking." She explained.
A quick series of images are shown - Faunus replacing their picket signs with axes and blades, windows being broken, thieves leaping on trains to steal their cargo.
"Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect... out of fear." She said remorsefully.
The flashback showed one more image of three Faunus individuals standing in a dominating manner with malicious grins until Blake put down her teacup in front of a stunned Sun.
"So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress. So here I am: a criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow." She finished, wiggling her cat ears beneath the fashionable disguise to demonstrate.
Sun finally came to terms with this. "So... have you told your friends any of this?" He asked.
Blake merely looked down in shame and said nothing.
"Blaaaake!" Ruby called.
"Blaaaake!" Yang yelled out as well.
The scene transitions to Ruby, Yang, and Weiss walking through town and calling in vain for their missing teammate. Bayonetta then dropped off the roof of a building beside them, narrowly missing Weiss as she landed beside the heiress, turning to her sisters. "I couldn't find her on the South end of town." She said sadly.
A falcon started flying down towards the group, turning back into Ryu about 8 feet in the air, the ninja landing in front of the group in a 3 point landing. "No sign of her on the East end." He said.
Kratos was next to rejoin the group, crossing the road and telling them his story. "Nothing on the North end, either." He said.
Dante was the last to reconvene with the group, catching up behind them. "I looked everywhere. She's not on the West side, I'm sorry." He said.
Ruby looked discouraged at this, before continuing to scream. "Blaaaaaaaake! Where aaaare yoooouuuu!?" She called out.
"Blake!" Yang called.
"If we ever do find her, we're getting a tracker put on that girl." Bayonetta said.
Ruby turned to Weiss. "Weiiiiss, you're not helping!" She whined.
"Oh! You know what might be able to help? The police!" The heiress said as if it were ovious.
Ruby crossed her arms in irritation. "Ugh, Weiss..." She said sternly to her partner.
"It was just an idea!" Weiss defended her actions.
"Yeah, a bad one." Ruby said, getting increasingly annoyed by the heiress' actions.
Dante, as well, was getting annoyed at the actions of his twin. "Weiss, you should be putting in the most effort to find her, here. You WERE the one that pretty much chased her off." He said.
Weiss, however, scoffed at her brother's accusations. "I simply told her the painful truth of why I was so critical with my opinion of the White Fang, she's the one who told us she was a terrorist." She said.
"Weiss, I think we should hear her side of the story before we jump to any conclusions." Yang reasoned as she followed Ruby.
"I think that when we hear it, you'll all realize I was right!" Weiss said arrogantly as ever as she followed Yang.
Unbeknownst to the rest of the group, Penny was following behind Weiss. "And I think Weiss' hair looks wonderful today!" She said, revealing her presence.
The group quickly turned around, startled at the sudden presence behind them, Team SCRN reaching for their weapons. "Aaaah! Penny! Where did you come from!?" Ruby asked, slightly startled.
"Hey guys! What are you up to?" Penny asked, cheerfully ignoring the question.
"Freaking stalker..." Bayonetta said under her breath.
"Uhh..." Ruby asked awkwardly, both from Penny's surprise appearance and her sister's comment.
"We're looking for our friend, Blake." Yang explained
"Ooooh, you mean the Faunus girl!" Penny realized.
The group just stared at Penny in shock she immediately knew something they didn't realize after knowing her for few months. "Wait, how did you know that?" Ruby asked in disbelief.
"Uhh, the cat ears?" Penny said, points to her head as if it were obvious.
Yang laughed a little at this. "What cat ears? She wears a... boooohhh..." She said as the realization sunk in.
The realization left them in silence as a tumbleweed blew through in the wind. "She does like tuna a lot..." Ruby realized.
"And she DID hiss at that stray dog that came up to us when we all went out for lunch." Ryu added.
"So, where is she?" Penny asked.
"We don't know. She's been missing since Friday." Ruby explained.
Penny gasped at this."That's terrible!" She said, approaching an uncomfortable Ruby. "Well, don't you worry Ruby, my friend! I won't rest until we find your teammate!" She said determinedly.
"Get your hands off my-" Bayonetta said protectively, about to throw the girl halfway across Vale to get her away from Ruby, before Kratos grabbed her shoulder and started pulling her away.
Ruby does her best to keep smiling. "Uh, that's really nice of you, Penny, but we're okay! Really! Right, guys?" She asked, looking to her friends for help.
She looked over Penny to direct her question at Yang, Weiss and Team SCRN, whose blinking outlines are all that's left of their sudden departure from the company of the strange girl. A tumbleweed blew past them again in the quiet.
"It sure is windy today!" Penny said.
Team SCRN escaped the strange girl by quickly heading to the rooftops. "Whew. Glad we didn't have to deal with that girl." Dante said, relieved.
"No, but we left my sister to deal with them." Bayonetta said, annoyed.
"I think she's got a few screws lose." Kratos said.
"Certainly a few gears in that girl's head aren't turning." Ryu agreed.
"Well, we'd better keep searching for Blake. There's only a few hours left until a big Dust shipment will come in. And after that train car was raided, I'm personally going to make sure nothing happens." Dante said.
"Then we'll all help out. If shit goes down, I'm not letting you have all the fun." Kratos said.
Dante smirked at this. "Then you better keep up." He said as they started running across the rooftops.
Sun and Blake are then seen walking down an alley. "So, what's the plan now?" Sun asked with his hands behind his head.
"I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies. They've never needed that much Dust before." Blake contemplated.
"What if they did?" Sun asked, widening his eyes, lowering his arms and pacing in front of Blake as he continued his theory. "I mean... the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there! Right?" He asked, hoping his idea made sense.
"The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be." Blake said unsurely.
"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas." Sun offered.
"How huge?" Blake asked.
"Huge. Big Schnee Company freighter." He explained.
"You're sure?" She asked.
Yang came out of a shop with Weiss waving to the person inside. "Thanks anyways!" She said, but sighing as she closed the door. "This is hopeless." She said, before shooting a small glare at Weiss when she looked around nonchalantly. "You really don't care if we find her, do you?" She asked.
"Don't be stupid; of course I do. I'm just afraid of what she'll say when we find her." The heiress said harshly as she walked forward, calling over her shoulder. "The innocent never run, Yang!" She reasoned while Yang looked down in thought.
Meanwhile, Ruby was trying to survive Penny's onslaught of curious questions.
"So, Blake is your friend?" Penny asked.
Ruby sighed as they made their way down the sidewalk. "Yes, Penny." She confirmed.
"But you're mad at her?" The orange-haired girl asked again.
"Yes. Well, I'm not. Weiss is." The cape-wearer answered again.
"Is she friends with Blake?" The cybor- I mean, curious girl, asked.
"Well, that's kind of up in the air right now..." Ruby said unsurely.
Penny tried to contemplate this, but failed. "But why?" She asked.
Ruby sighed again. "Well, you see, Blake might not be who we though she was..." She tried to explain.
Penny gasped as she came up with a theory. "Is she a man?" She asked in shock.
"No! No, Penny. She's..." Ruby started to correct her, but stopped and sighed, looking at Penny as she spoke again. "I don't know what she is. She didn't exactly talk to us before she decided to run off." She explained.
"I don't have a lot of friends, but if I did, I would want them to talk to me about things." The and... orange-haired girl said.
Ruby turned her gaze downward sadly. "Me too..." Sh said sadly as they continued walking.
Amidst the chirping of crickets and darkness of night, Blake layid flat on her stomach on the rooftop overlooking the shipment of Schnee Dust containers.
"Did I miss anything?" Sun asked as he dropped down beside her.
"Not really. They've offloaded the crates from the boat. Now they're just sitting there." She explained.
"Cool." He said simply, holding out one of the green apples in his arms. "I stole you some food!" He said.
Blake gave Sun a questioning look. "Do you always break the law without giving a second thought?" She asked.
"Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?" Sun defensively countered. Blake delivered an angry glare at this. "Okay, too soon!" He countered.
Just as he said this, the winds blew all around them, and they looked up to see a Bullhead's searchlights flashing around for a landing spot, descending in the middle of the cargo containers and extending a ramp for a black hooded individual with a metallic fanged mask to come out of. "Oh no..." Blake said.
"Is that them?" Sun asked.
"Yes... It's them." Blake confirmed, staring at the bloody wolf on the back of the man's outfit.
"All right, grab the tow cables!" The White Fang soldier ordered the other White Fang members coming from the aircraft, motioning with his rifle.
"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?" Sun asked.
"No. I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right." She said as she stared sadly at the scene, closing her eyes in despair. But she suddenly opened them when she heard a new voice.
"Hey! What's the holdup!?" Roman demanded, the soldiers looking up at him, gesturing widely as he came down the ramp. "We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace?" He ordered.
"This isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a Human. Especially not one like that." She said as she stood up and unsheathed the katana of Gambol Shroud before walking off the edge of the roof.
"Hey, what are you doing?!" Sun asked, alarmed.
Blake fell to the ground in a crouch, then continued on to hide behind one of the containers, peeking around the corner to see Roman berating a White Fang member holding a coil of rope.
"No, you idiot! This isn't a leash!" He snapped as he looked around, Blake suddenly appeared behind him with her blade at his throat. "What the- Oh, for f-" H groaned, rolling his eyes when he's cut off by Blake mid-swear.
"Nobody move!" Blake ordered. The White Fang soldiers readied their guns and equip their swords in response.
"Whoa! Take it easy there, little lady." Roman said worriedly.
As the White Fang closed in on her, Blake used her free hand to go for her bow and removed it, causing the ribbon to fall away as her Faunus ears were shown to the world. "Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you aiding this scum?" She asked as if they've done something unforgivable (ironic, don't you think?). The White Fang members lowered their weapons a little at this development, unsure of what to do, when Roman laughed.
"Oh, kid, didn't you get the memo?" He asked condescendingly, as if he were still in the position of power.
"What are you talking about?" Blake demanded.
"The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together!" He explained.
"Tell me what it is or I'll put an end to your little operation." She threatened.
Suddenly, the air was filled with more turbines blowing the wind wildly around the holdup. "I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation..." Roman said, looking up to see two more Bullheads hovering above the heist. And as Blake watched in horror, she was suddenly hit in the back by something incredibly fast, and it felt as if a giant snake had slammed into her back with its moth open, hitting her in the small of her back and between her shoulders. She screamed in pain as she was knocked to the ground, bouncing and tumbling about ten feet away..
She then heard some sadistic cackling as she looked back to see who attacked her: a man wearing a hooded yellow cape with black markings and large rolled-up cuffs along with long black ribbons and bandages across his arms. He also wore an open shirt beneath his vest that shows his chest, a loose black tie, two belts, and black pants. Blake was shocked and terrified as she saw his glowing yellow eyes, similar to hers, but far more snake-like. He spun around a balisongs (butterfly knives) as he walked up. He was Yuuki Terumi, a man obsessed with plunging the world into chaos and despair. "Jeez, Roman, you couldn't tell this little punk was sneaking up on you? I can smell that bitch's cat stench from here." He said in a taunting manor, looking at Roman with a smirk.
"Hey, I'm a little preoccupied at the moment!" Roman countered, before gaining his own smirk. "Still a little busy, actually, so would you mind taking out our trash here?" He asked.
Terumi chuckled sadistically at this. "With pleasure." He said, walking up to the girl with a menacing glare. "I despise cats, bitch, so I'm REALLY going to enjoy this!" He said, launching out a black snake head with glowing green eyes, connected to him by chain, which flew straight at the defenseless Faunus. But time suddenly slowed down as Bayonetta and Ryu jumped onto the scene, Bayonetta landing beside Blake and picking her up bridal style, jumping to safety while Ryu stood and blocked the snake with Dabilahro, before turning it into the Howling Cannon and firing the weapon, blasting the hooded man back into a container.
"That stench. You reek of evil, worse than any fiend or Grimm." Ryu said, taking his stance.
Terumi grunted in pain, shifting himself into a sitting position, before glaring at Ryu. "Another DAMN ninja? Well, at least your not a scruffy loudmouth." He said, getting up and preparing to fight.
Meanwhile, Bayonetta set Blake down outside of the danger zone, checking her for injuries as she threatened to fall unconscious from the pain and stress. "Still with us, Kitty?" She asked, scratching Blake's cat ears.
"Nyaaa~" Blake purred at having her ears scratched, before realizing what was happening, pulling away from Bayonetta and glaring at her. "Don't ever do that again." She warned.
"If you say so, but it certainly looked like you were enjoying it." The former witch said, looking back to the fight and ignoring the glare the Faunus gave her. "So, you still up for a fight? Your monkey friend is certainly shaking a tail out there." Bayonetta joked as she pointed to Sun taking on several White Fang and Torchwick, firing several rounds from his cane, which the monkey Faunus either dodged or blocked by spinning his staff.
"I'm ready!" She said, rushing in to help Sun.
"Well, that was fun. I hope I get a chance to play with her ears again." Bayonetta said, starting to head back to help Ryu and Dante fight Terumi, but suddenly, someone dropped right in front of her, spinning and throwing a round kick, catching Bayonetta in the jaw and launching her back a ways, but she recovered and landed in her signature cat pose. She then looked at her attacker: a woman with pink eyes and black hair made into two horn-like pigtails fastened with pink ribbons, wearing a purple dudou (a form of Chinese underwear) on her chest supported with eight straps that meet on her back, forming a spider pattern. She wears long, baggy, off-white colored sweat pants and purple tights, and long, fingerless gloves. Her fingernails and toenails are painted bright pink. She wears Taekwondo foot wraps on her feet. She is Juri Han, a woman whose main pleasure in life is to bring harm and death to others. "Hm.. You look like you're in good shape. I can probably have some fun with you." Juri said, licking her lips.
Bayonetta got to her feet and took her stance once again, preparing to fight. "Sorry, crazy lady, but I don't swing that way." Bayonetta said, before rushing in.
Background Music: "This is War" by 30 Seconds to Mars
Terumi blocked Ryu's Dragon Sword with his butterfly knives, before managing to push the ninja back, attempting to slash at his stomach, but Ryu jumped back ten feet. Terumi launched Ouroboros (the snake spear thing) to catch Ryu when he landed, but it was destroyed by a line of icicles across the ground, coming from Dante, who wielded Cerberus. "Another asshole with white hair dressed in red? You fuckers just love being a pain in my ass, don't you?!" He demanded, rushing in at Dante, knives at the ready.
"Sorry. I just tend to screw with people plans when they hurt my friends or screw with my family's business!" Dante said, pulling out Rebellion and clashing with Terumi, who managed to dodge or block all the strikes Dante attempted to land, as well as throwing a few of his own, before Dante tried for a stinger, which the green-haired man managed to dodge and throwing his hand forward, creating a snake of green and black energy that slammed into Dante and knocked him back.
Back with Bayonetta, she was finding the girl in front of her to be a decent match, the two equals in terms of speed and skill, but she was currently only fighting with Love Is Blue. She decided to switch it up and and fight with Rakshasa, forcing the girl more on the defensive, as she had no weapons, but she was still a threat. She dodged a slash and managed to land a kick to the back of Bayonetta's leg, causing her to falter a bit, opening her up for an uppercut, staggering her and opening. "This is the end for you!" Juri said, rushing and delivering a whirlwind of kicks, taking the two of them into the air, before she delivered an axe kick, sending Bayonetta back to the ground. But before she could reach the ground, Juri dove downward, reaching the ground first and thrusting her leg upwards to catch Bayonetta, slamming her foot into the small of the Umbran's back, stunning her for a moment. "That felt good, didn't it?" She asked, starting to swing her leg down.
However, she made a fatal mistake, taking her brief moment to taunt Bayonetta gave her just enough time to recover, allowing her to use her semblance and freeze time. With that, she stretched a moment before getting off the girl's foot and walked around to face her. "It certainly felt better than this is going to." Bayonetta smirked, equipping her wrist chainsaws and landing several slashes on Juri, before changing them to Lt. Kilgore and landing several more hits with them, before finishing her brutal combo with a blast from the rocket ends of the tonfa, blasting Juri back. "Funny, you claimed it was the end for me, but from where I'm standing, it looks like it's only the beginning." Bayonetta taunted.
Juri got up slowly, glaring at the girl who just dealt her great damage. "Oh, I'm just getting started! Try this!" She shouted, flinging a blade of pink energy from her leg after throwing a kick.
Bayonetta prepared to defend against it, but Kratos dropped down in front of her, blocking the energy blade with his golden fleece, changing it into a ball of golden energy, before flinging it back and knocking her down.
Ryu had recovered as Dante was fighting Terumi, throwing his Windmill Shuriken at the madman after he knocked Dante back, catching him by surprise and catching him off-guard. "I'm getting really tired of this shit, ninja boy!" He shouted, flinging Ouroboros at Ryu again, only to miss as the ninja suddenly vanished.
"You and me both." Ryu's voice came from behind him, turning around to see Ryu in the air above him, dropping down and slamming his own tonfas into the snake-eyed man's head, stunning him and allowing Ryu land several bone-crushing hits to his enemy. But as he continued his assault, he felt himself slowly being drained, wearing down far sooner than he normally would. He landed one more powerful smack to the head, before dropping to one knee, panting heavily. "How?" He asked.
"Aww, feeling a little drained, are we? Well, you should be. That's my semblance. I can drain the aura of those who are close enough to me. It can't take all of it or kill anybody, but that saves the fun for me." He said, readying his knives again before something wrapped around his throat, yanking him back and flinging him into the air, slamming him into the ground. "Goddammit, learn to stay down, kid!" He snapped, looking back at Dante, who reeled back the last link of Cerberus he had wrapped around Terumi's neck.
"Yeah, I never was the easiest person to bring down. Let's see how far you manage to get." Dante said, readying Nevan. Terumi threw Ouroboros forward, but Dante turned the guitar into a scythe, destroying the snake head again. Terumi then rushed in with his knives, but Dante turned the weapon back into a guitar and hit a powerful chord, unleashing a powerful sound wave that blasted the madman back. "Snakes are fine and everything, but I prefer bats." Dante said, strumming and launching a swarm of electric bats at the snake-eyed man, who struggled to stop them with his knives and the occasional energy snake wave, but a few of them still hit him and made him tumble back.
"Alright, no more bullshit!" Terumi snapped, using Ouroboros to grapple to a building and reeling himself away from the path of electric bats, before dispersing it and firing a new one right in front of Dante, landing in front of him and landing a few quick slashes to him, before he recovered and started defending and attacking again. However, much like Ryu, Dante slowly began feeling his aura being drained from being in close proximity to the madman for a prolonged amount of time.
Dante used Stinger one more time, pushing Terumi back after he blocked, before dropping down on one knee, supporting himself with Rebellion. "You sure you're not a Faunus, too? Because you're a real fucking leach!" Dante snapped.
"Wow, you really are like that other little prick in red. He always resorted to talking shit after her was beaten, too. And just like him, I'll put you down for it. And no one's stopping me this time!" Terumi said, walking up and readying his knives to finish Dante, but suddenly, Ryu jumped over his leader, grabbed Terumi by the head, flipped over him and threw him off a good distance, causing him to bounce off the ground hard.
Ryu then turned to Dante and did some quick hand signs, before pointing to his leader, a green energy surrounding him. Dante then felt his strength returning and got back up. "Did I ever tell you yours is my favorite semblance on this team?" Dante asked.
"Well, it hasn't fixed everything. He's not done yet." Ryu said, looking back as Terumi got back up, looking furious.
"Goddammit, you little pricks just never know when to stay the hell out of my way!" He snapped, flinging Ouroboros again, but Ryu easily sliced it in half.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Dante asked.
"Rising Dragon and Izuna Drop." Ryu confirmed.
"Let's rock!" Dante said, equipping Ifrit and rushing in to the left while Ryu ran to the right. The two attacked from opposite sides and were beginning to quickly overwhelm the madman, Dante finding an opening after Terumi blocked an attack from Ryu, throwing and hitting him with a powerful rising, burning uppercut, launching him into the air, Ryu jumping up after him, grabbing him from behind in a tight lock and spinning like a corkscrew for extra torque as they plummeted towards the ground.
While this was happening, Juri got back up and glared at her new opponent. "Two on one, huh? Maybe now, I'll have an actual challenge." Juri said eagerly, licking her lips.
Kratos scoffed at this. "If you couldn't beat Bayonetta alone, then you have no chance against the two of us. Surrender now and maybe we won't hand you over to the cops with all of your bone broken. Just some." He offered.
She growled at the fact someone thought they could look down on her and call her weak. "Oh, I'll break you alright! Just you wait!" She snapped, rushing in. She rushed in and jumped, attempting to slam both feet into Kratos, but he blocked and pushed her back with the Cestus, allowing Bayonetta to run in and throw a flying kick, knocking her back.
"You'll have to pick up the pace if you want to catch us off-guard, lady." Bayonetta taunted.
Juri growled at this at first, but then smirked. "Actually, that's not a bad idea." She said. Suddenly, her left eye flashed bright pink and began to glow fiercely. She suddenly vanished, rushing in and slamming her foot into Bayonetta's chest, launching her back, before turning to Kratos and throwing a furious barrage of kicks, some charged with the pink energy, managing to make Kratos stagger a bit, despite blocking most of them before, just like with Bayonetta, she unleashed a tornado of kicks, pink energy swirling around them and taking them into the air before she delivered an axe kick to Kratos, sending him down to the ground, passing him and catching him with her foot, slamming him into the ground, then kicking him beside Bayonetta as she started getting up.
"That bitch!" He snapped, about to rush in, but she then smirked and vanished. "Shit!" He snapped.
"Back to back!" Bayonetta said. The two of them turned their backs to each other and pressed them together, prepared for an attack from all sides. The woman was relentless: disappearing, attacking viciously and disappearing before they had a chance to counter attack.
However, she made a crucial error: she assumed she would be able to take them down almost instantly before she would expend a serious amount of energy, but they had proven to be more resilient than she thought. She began slowing down a bit, long enough for Kratos to come up with a counterattack. "Enough!" He shouted, raising the Blade of Remnant (Olympus), creating a dome of electricity around them, managing to shock and stun her, allowing him to blast her back with a ball of electricity.
She growled at this, noticing she was slowing down even more and her glow was becoming somewhat feint. She had one more big attack left before she would be back to normal level, which was less than ideal at this point. She began spinning rapidly and throwing a massive onslaught of energy blades at the two. Knowing he wouldn't be able to counter them all with the fleece, Kratos instead drew his shield and spear, defending against the onslaught while Bayonetta flashily dodged all of them. Finally, the barrage stopped and Juri was left panting heavily, her glow completely dying down to nothing. "It's still not over! I landed a few good hits on each of you. I can still bring you down!" She snapped, rushing in.
"You know what to do?" Bayonetta asked, looking at Kratos.
"Just waiting on you." He said, readying himself.
Juri rushed in and threw a kick Bayonetta stopped with a punch to the knee, freezing time when Juri was left open, landing several dozen lighting fast strikes, before restarting time and jumping away as Juri staggered back. She looked up with a glare, only for that to change to a look of horror as she saw the snarling lion of Kratos' Cestus coming at her face as he threw a massive haymaker. Picture a split screen now where at the same time as the punch lands on Juri's face, Ryu preforms the Izuna Drop and piledrives Terumi into the ground, the two final attacks knocking the villains out.
End Music
The battle was coming to a close. All the while Team SCRN had fought Roman's enforcers, Blake, Sun and... Penny?! Were dealing with the remainder of the White Fang, the orange-haired girl firing lasers, slicing through a Bullhead and sinking her swords into another one. Seeing things take an increasing turn for the worst, Roman decided it was time to run. "These kids just keep getting weirder!" He said as he ran onto the Bullhead, flipping his cane and catching it from the end he normally shoots from, firing the curve of his cane like a hook to catch Juri by her pants and reeling her back onto the Bullhead, while Ryu and Date had deemed Terumi no longer a threat, rushing in to help the others, but unfortunately, the noise from take-off woke him up and as he saw Roman's Bullhead about to retreat, he shot one more glare at the Huntsmen-in-training who defeated him, before using Ouroboros to grapple up to the Bullhead, getting in just before the doors closed.
"Damn! They got away!" Dante snapped.
"Well, we managed to save the shipment." Bayonetta said brightly, looking around at several destroyed and fiery crates. "Mostly." She added.
"But at least several members of the White Fang were subdued. And they won't be going anywhere any time soon." Ryu said as several police cars showed up, the White Fang members raising their hands in surrender. "It's a blow to their numbers. A small victory, but a victory nonetheless." He finished.
"And we finally found Blake." Kratos said, gesturing over to where Ruby, Blake, Penny and Sun were as Weiss and Yang walked onto the scene. "Be ready in case she runs again." He whispered to Bayonetta as they walked up to the scene.
Ruby got up to quickly explain the situation to Weiss before she could burst out in anger. "Look Weiss, it's not what you think, she explained the whole thing. See, she doesn't actually have a bow, she has kitty ears and they're actually kind of cute..." She explained quickly, but Weiss ignored her and stood in front of Blake.
Blake held her ground and looked calmly at her teammate. "Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was with the-" She started.
"Stop! Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you?" She asked, pausing to see Blake's reaction. "Two days. That means I've had two days to think about this. And in those two days, I've decided..." She paused, taking a deep breath as Team SCRN, Yang, Sun, and Ruby look on, worried. "I don't care." She finally answered. (I know it was twelve hours, but everyone else said two days)
"You don't care?" Blake asked, surprised.
"You said you're not one of them anymore, right?"
"No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-" She started to explain.
"Ah-bah-bah-bah-bah!" Weiss quickly silenced her, to which the entirety of team SCRN rolled their eyes. "I don't want to hear it. All I want to know is that the next time something this big comes up... you'll come to your teammates. And not some..." She paused, looking at Sun behind her before she caught herself. "Someone else." She said.
Dante smiled at this and put a hand on Weiss' shoulder. "Proud of you, sis." He said proudly.
Blake looking at Ruby and Yang grinning at her. She wiped a tear from her eye, before nodding. "Of course." She agreed.
Weiss smiled and nodded. The moment is serious for a second more until... "Yeah! Team RWBY is back together!" Ruby cheered, waving her arms wildly.
Bayonetta laughed at this. "I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same." She said, pulling her sisters into a hug.
As the two teams gathered with each other, Weiss pointed accusingly at Sun. "I'm still not quite sure about how I feel about you!" She warned, to which Sun laughed nervously.
"She did have ONE point, you did technically break the law." Ryu said.
"Twice now." Blake added.
Ruby suddenly looked around as she realized something. "Hey, wait a minute... Where's Penny?" She asked.
Everyone looked around for a moment, before Kratos looked at Ryu. "Damn I thought you were the ninja. You guys are usually the ones who disappear without a trace." He said, to which Ryu rolled his eyes.
From the darkened back seat of a limo, Penny watched the group of friends reuniting with each other. "You should know better than to go running around in a strange city." Penny's driver said to her.
"I know, sir." Penny said sadly, lowering her head.
"Penny, your time will come..." The driver said to her as the car drove off from the scene.
Meanwhile, Ozpin is seen holding a Scroll showing a "LIVE FEED" of Ruby at the docks. He closes the video and opens up a communication with Qrow, whose team name and other information is left blank and his only message is: "QUEEN HAS PAWNS."
"Hmmm..."Ozpin wondered.
The scenes cuts to a view of Beacon Academy bathed in the light of the nearly-full moon.
Later, Roman, Terumi and Juri walked back into a warehouse with a shadowy interior. Roman went over to a table and placed down a case of mysterious contents, sighing in tiredness.
"Damn, that was rough. I didn't expect those brats in training would be that tough." Terumi grumbled, sitting at a table and putting his head down on it, holding his head.
"Well, at least you didn't get a wedgie during the escape." Juri said, glaring at Roman.
"Would you prefer I left you there?" He asked with some attitude. "Besides, those straps on your shirt wouldn't hold you. If I tried grabbing that, it'd rip off before you even left the ground and you'd be standing their flashing anyone lucky enough to be there." He said with a smirk at the though.
"How very disappointing, Roman." A voice called out.
Roman quickly turned around in surprise when he heard the voice and their noisy entrance. "Whoa! Hehe... I wasn't expecting to see you guys so soon..." He said, nervously.
Cinder was one of the 5 figures before Roman, only her head, containing yellow eyes and flowing dark hair, was visible. "We were expecting... more from you."
Roman laughed a little before getting serious. "Hey! You were the ones who suggested working with those stupid mutts from the White Fang." He said, annoyed.
Cinder chuckled darkly at this. "And you will continue to do so." She warned summoning a fireball in her hand and stepped out of the darkness with her four companions, the first two being Mercury and Emerald, who stayed beside her while the other two, one of them being Medusa, walked passed Roman to sit at the table with Terumi and Juri. "We have big plans for you, Roman. All we ask is... a little cooperation." Cinder explained with an evil little smile.
Meanwhile, the resurrected villains at the table began to chat. "So, I heard you took quite the thrashing from a couple of Huntsmen and Huntresses that were still in their training wheels." The still unknown figure taunted.
"Shut it, you damn vampire! They were AT LEAST on par with that Qrow bastard you and I took on before!" Terumi snapped.
"And we both had to deal with two of them." Juri added.
"So, now do you believe we need more soldiers in order to accomplish our mission?" Medusa asked.
"I'm considering it." Juri said, looking away, not wanting to admit she was at a disadvantage.
"Fine, we'll do it your way." Terumi agreed with an angry huff.
The final figure scoffed at this idea. "There is still no need as far as I'm concerned." He said, leaning into the light, revealing a man with unkempt blonde hair with terrifying fangs, wearing a yellow jacket with a tight black tank-top underneath, as well as yellow chaps with an exposed crotch. His face is now in full-view and on his head is a green heart-shaped circlet to match his knee guards. "For the next time the interfere with our plans, it will not be any of you weaklings they deal with. No, the one they will face will be I, DIO!" The man shouted, slamming his fist on the table.
