Ruby draws Crescent Rose, unfolding it and planting the tip into the ground, her arm in front of Jaune "You aren't taking Jaune anywhere."
Jaune nods and draws his sword and shield "Yeah, what she said!" Neo leaps to her feet and grabs Ruby in a chokehold, and Yolanda pulls out her handcannon. Ruby elbows Neo in the stomach and moves out of the way of Yolanda's shot, making the split second decision to push Neo the opposite direction and into Jaune to save her from the bullet. Yolanda fires a few shots at Ren, drawing her sidearm and firing at Nora with it. Both leap behind cover and Ren goes airborne, firing several rounds at Yolanda but not phasing her aura. As soon as he lands he leaps over her into the trees, using his agility to keep her distracted while Ruby recovers. Yolanda deflects a grenade from Nora's launcher with polarity and it hits the tree Ren is landing on. Ren lands on his feet gracefully and Yolanda leaps backwards to avoid Ruby's scythe swinging at her from behind. She lands on her feet and uses her handcannon to block Nora's overhead hammer swing, dropping her sidearm and kicking Nora in the gut, before punching her in the face hard.
Ren yells out "Nora!" opening fire on Nora's attacker. Yolanda tosses Nora aside and turns to Ren, who's weapons slide back into his long sleeved shirt. He hits Yolanda with several rapid strikes, hitting her with a palm strike to the chest that causes her to slide back several feet. Yolanda stays standing though, smiling "Come on Ren, it isn't like you to lose your composure." As clouds roll in overhead, the first few drops of rain begin to fall on the battlefield. Ren leaps at Yolanda, going for an axe kick which she blocks with both arms crossed overhead. The ground cracks under her when she blocks it, and he leaps back from her, landing on his feet just in time to dodge her sudden rushing punch, sweeping her legs out from under her. Yolanda lands on her hands and front flips, spinning in mid-air and landing on her feet.
Ruby fires several rounds from her sniper rifle at Yolanda who is hit by the first round, but dodges the second round my mere inches and the third round grazes her cheek.
"Little Ruby, are you actually trying to kill me?!" Yolanda smirks, knowing that she could play with Ruby's mind if she goaded her enough. The rain begins to pick up and Ruby walks towards her slowly, scythe dragging through the ground behind her.
"You said it yourself. You told me the next time we saw each other we would no longer be friends."
Yolanda folds her arms "I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting this much cold indifference from you. You are a far cry stronger than your sister. She was a pitiful mess the last time I saw her."
Ruby's eyes widened "Yang? You… you didn't!"
Yolanda draws her handcannon, loading explosive rounds into it "And what if I did?" Ruby rushes right at her and Yolanda fires a round at the ground between them, and before anyone can react she closes the distance between her and Ruby, Yolanda's electrically charged fist breaking through the smoke punching Ruby in the gut hard. Ruby leans against Yolanda weakly and Yolanda grabs her by the throat and tosses her aside unceremoniously.
Jaune runs towards Ruby "Ruby!" He pulls her up onto his lap "Ruby. Say something."
She opens her eyes weakly "Whatever happens. Don't leave with her."
Jaune nods and lays Ruby down, standing "I won't let you hurt anyone else."
Yolanda hangs her head and laughs "Oh no, Jaune Arc is here to stop me. Whatever shall I do?"
Jaune rushes right at her and goes for an overhead sword swing, which she blocks with her arm brace. She goes for a punch to Jaune's gut and his aura glows a bright white, her arm nearly breaking on contact, a few of her knuckles dislocating. Yolanda takes a few steps back, forced to leap back to dodge Jaune's sword swing. Jaune charges towards her, forcing her to duck and dip to avoid his sword swings as he aggressively pursues her. His sword tip slashes across her upper chest just below her neck and cuts one of her tank top straps. Yolanda attempts to punch him in the face and her fist connects but she ends up hurting her hand more. Jaune glares at her "What was that supposed to be?!"
She grabs his face, pouring her lightning into his aura and disrupting it, before kneeing him in the gut and kicking him back from her. She shakes her injured hand, growling "So that was a thing."
Ruby and Jaune were both out, Nora making it to her feet. That just left… Yolanda rolls to the side to avoid Ren's strike from behind, spinning and tripping Ren's legs out from under him. Ren leaps over her trip and rotates mid-air, firing at her. Yolanda covers her face with one hand and then uses her polarity to draw her sidearm to her, firing back at Ren. Ren takes a bullet to the leg and one grazes his side. Ren ducks behind cover, one bullet whizzing dangerously close to his head as he does.
Ren peeks up out of cover and Yolanda is gone. He stands, his eyes scanning the area slowly. He spins and uses the blade of his gun to deflect Yolanda's handcannon which was aiming at his head, simultaneously firing a few rounds into Yolanda's chest, one hitting her neck but bouncing off the metal band on her neck. Yolanda puts her hand to Ren's chest and fires an electric pulse that causes his heart to stop. Ren collapses on the ground and lightning arcs between clouds, letting off a flash of light and a roar of thunder that shakes the ground.
Nora watches Ren collapse and she cries out in rage "REN! NOO!" She drops to her knees, slamming her fists on the ground and causing cracks in the earth. As if sensing her distress, a lightning bolt strikes Nora and overcharges her aura. Nora stands slowly, glaring menacingly at Yolanda as she walks towards her, both fighters charged with lightning. As they throw punches at each other, neither seems to be gaining any ground, while Yolanda is more wounded than Nora she is using Yang's aura to make up the difference in strength. Yolanda doesn't bother blocking any of Nora's strikes, and Nora doesn't block any of Yolanda's strikes. Their power rises higher and higher as they draw power from each other, both able to continuously produce lightning.
Nora catches Yolanda's fist, squeezing it hard and trying to completely break her already injured hand. Yolanda swings her other fist and Nora catches it as well. They lock hands, pusheing against each other and fighting for dominance. Nora surprisingly begins to overpower Yolanda, forcing her to one knee. Yolanda growls "How… how are you this strong?" Nora looks over her shoulder, looking at Ren as Ruby tries to use CPR to revive him.
"I will do whatever I have to do to protect the ones I love!" Nora's body lets off pulses of electricity and Yolanda tries for one final push, generating as much lightning as her body can handle. Nora yells out in anger and Yolanda's bracers all break simultaneously, Nora kicking her in the chest, knocking her through several trees. Nora rushes to Ren's side, putting a hand to his chest "Ren! Ren, say something!" Ruby frowns and Nora slaps her hand down on his chest, the electrical current kickstarting his heart.
Ren coughs several times, smiling faintly "Just five more minutes?"
Nora giggles and cries tears of joy, hugging Ren against her. Ren gasps for air "Nora… I need air!"
She releases him and stands slowly, looking in the direction of the felled trees "I guess it's over."
Jaune runs towards Nora and he yells out "Get down!" Jaune throws himself in front of Nora, shield up, just as the explosive round hits his shield and sends him flying. He had spotted her drawing her weapons to her using her polarity, and nearly broke his shield arm protecting them from the blast. His sword falls to the ground and Yolanda's red eye becomes visible as she walks out through the trees, drawing the sword to her with her polarity. She smiles at Ruby who rushes at her, attempting to overwhelm Yolanda with a flurry of scythe swings.
"I hate you! I can't believe you turned your back on everyone and everything!" Yolanda deflects her scythe and leaps up in the air, firing a few rounds at Ruby which she dodges. Yolanda uses shadow clones and Ruby's speed to overwhelm Ruby and hit her with several sword swings, but Yolanda's attacks do not seem to phase Ruby's aura.
Yolanda takes a step back "How are my strikes not hurting you?"
Ruby smiles "You just aren't paying close enough attention. You are not able to see me subtly move out of the way of each attack. Just like you can't see that what you are doing is wrong!"
Yolanda catches her breath, slowly backing away from Ruby. A chopper circles overhead and Yang leaps out of it, running towards Ruby "Sis! I'm here to help!" Yolanda points her gun at Ruby's head and Yang stops dead in her tracks. Urania, Neros, Crowe and Ironwood run over, Yolanda staring at him with genuine surprise.
"Father. You're alive." He nods and she smiles "One more step and I blow off her head."
Ruby giggles "Do it. I dare you."
Yolanda grins and pulls the trigger, the gun clicks and she realizes what Ruby already knew. Ruby grabs her gun arm and pulls her into a hard elbow to her face. Yolanda smacks Ruby across the face with her gun and knocks her down, kicking her in the side and knocking her into a tree. Yang's aura explodes and she rushes at Yolanda, using her Ember Celica and her incredible strength to hit Yolanda with several rapid punches to the gut, blasting her up in the air with an uppercut. She fires at the ground to propel herself just above Yolanda, then fires behind her to gain momentum and punches Yolanda into the ground with enough force to create a small crater. Yang hits her with several more shots to the face, howling in rage "Don't ever touch my sister. Don't touch her! I will protect my sister from you, you thug!"
Neros pulls Yang off of Yolanda, forced to put her in a full nelson to restrain her. Yang's aura returns to normal and Yolanda stands weakly, walking towards the group. She walks right up to her father, punching him in the stomach several times, but her punches are so weak it barely phases him. "Bastard…" He pulls her into a hug and she nearly passes out, but has enough strength to push back from him.
She looks around at the whole group and Urania walks towards Yolanda "Yolanda. Everything is going to be okay now."
Yolanda mutters softly "Everything…" Urania puts a hand on her cheek and the electricity that pulses through Yolanda's head forces her into unconsciousness.
