Weiss had a hard time focusing. She was running through the train cars one by one with Blake, but due to the exhaustion, she began falling behind her teammate. Blake noticed this and turned around to ask her whether or not she was okay.

"I'm fine. Just a little tired." She reassured.

Blake narrowed her gaze at her. "Alright. If you're sure." Weiss kept walking as if she hadn't even heard the Faunus. Blake slowed down a little to get behind her and keep on eye on their surroundings. She could see much easier than the heiress anyway. "I hope Ruby's all right." She said offhandedly as they walked into the next car.

"She'll be fine," Weiss replied, looking back at her. This turned out to be a mistake however when she was hit from her blind spot and sent flying back into Blake. She got back up slowly, slightly dazed and asked, "What was that?" Looking back through the doorway she was sent through, she saw a mountain of a man, at least twice her size. He glared at her through hid Grimm mask.

"A Schnee, huh?" The man growled. He brought his chainsaw over his head preparing for a strike, before chuckling. "Nighty night!" He said as he brought the chainsaw down on the dazed girl.

Only for her to disappear into a plume of dust.

"What the...?" He brought his chainsaw back up to its neutral position and began looking around until she got hit in the back of the head with a load of fire dust. He turned quickly to see Weiss standing there, and Blake standing a little to the side.

"Thanks for the help Blake, but I can handle this. You should go find Torchwick." Weiss didn't even turn to look at her before issuing the command. Blake looked like she wanted to argue, but decided against it.

She sighed. "Fine. Stay safe." She then ran through the door, leaving Weiss to face the man alone. She nodded, though Blake couldn't see it.

"She'll be fine," Blake told herself as she ran through another train car. She looked around and sighed. The only option she saw was to move forward, so that's what she did. Hopefully, all her teammates would be alright...

"Ugh..." Yang groaned. She had no idea where she was. Last she knew, she was falling down a pit, and then something hit her... everything was black after that. She opened her eyes, looking down at her legs. Wait... that's not right. She was looking at her legs, but she was being carried under someone's arm.

She tilted her head upwards. The first thing she noticed was that she was on top of something, and moving very fast. The wind made that obvious. The second was that there seemed to be fighting down the way she was now facing. The third was that whoever was holding her was heading in that direction.

She had no idea who was carrying her. It was too dark to see anything, not to mention she couldn't turn her head enough to see them. It obviously wasn't Ruby or Weiss, considering how small they both were, and it was most likely not Blake. Yang doubted she had the strength to carry her with such ease. It could be Doctor Oobleck, but considering whoever carried her smelt more like booze than coffee, it most likely wasn't again. All that really left was some kind of enemy, so she decided she had to escape their grasp.

She began trying to pull their arm away to separate her and them, but they had an extremely strong grip. So the next thing she tried was attacking. "Whoa, hey! Calm down Greenie." They said.

'Hey, I recognize that voice...' Yang thought. She thought back for a second, trying to place the voice until she remembered just what said voice just said. 'G-GREENIE!?' Luckily for her, she was able to place the voice as squarely male, and her arms were free. She cocked her arm back, and released a full on punch to the area she knew would hurt most.

The man dropped her and hunched over. She hopped up, and got into her fighting stance, deploying Ember Celica. She stared at the downed man for a minute, before realizing something. 'Wait, I still have Ember Celica...' She looked down at her bright weapons, and just as her eyes adjusted to the darkness she looked back at the man. She leaned forward a bit taking a closer look at the man, everything coming back together. The stature, the voice, the scent of booze...

"Man firecracker, that was q-quite a punch." Still hunched over, the man mumbled something about bad luck.

"UNCLE QROW!?" She exclaimed, moving to help him up. "I'm so sorry! What are you doing here? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." He sat down and looked up at her. "Did you have to aim there though."

"Well, it's not like you're using it for anything..." She began looking around as Qrow grumbled. "What's going on, anyway? You didn't answer my other question either. What are you doing here?"

"Well, to answer your first question, you managed to literally fall into a White Fang operation. Congratulations." He told her as he finally recovered. "As for your second, I was passing through the area on the way back to Vale, when I just so happened to come across you guys."

She nodded, accepting his answer. "What about Ruby, and the rest of my team?" Qrow tapped his foot on the train in response. "We're going after them, right?"

Qrow scoffed. "I am. You are staying up here."

"What!?" He looked at her with a flat expression. "But they're my team!"

"Yeah, but you also took a massive blow to the head." He pointed behind him, at Oobleck keeping away the hoard. "It would really help if you helped him out." Yang groaned and mumbled something under her breath before running off to assist the doctor. "No back sass!" He called. She just ignored him and continued running. He sighed, "Teenagers..." before opening up a hatch to jump into.

He ran at full speed through each cart. Admittedly, he was worried about Ruby. He wasn't too sure how well she could handle herself in such a confined space. There was a reason Harbinger had a sword mode. A scythe was nice and deadly when you could control the pace and range of battle, but in small spaces where that wasn't an option, it would be a better idea to switch to something more practical. Unfortunately, this was Ruby, and her only other option was sniper mode.

If only she had actually listened when Yang and Tai were getting her hand top hand up to snuff. Or maybe if Signal didn't teach that a Huntsman only needed their weapon, and actually taught hand to hand before the final year.

Qrow was broken out of his musings when he reached a door that seemed to be stuck. These doors shouldn't be locked due to safety measures against fires and Grimm, so he knew something was up. He repeatedly banged against the door, trying to open it when he heard a loud crash and a cry of pain from the inside. "Damn, no time to waste." He said to himself as he took out a vile of fire dust powder, and laid a small pile of it right in front of the door. After re-capping the vile and putting it back, he stepped back and covered his nose just in case, before firing around right into the pile, causing an explosion that blew the door clean off.

He ran into the room before the smoke was even done clearing. He had to find out what was going on in here. He looked around the dusty area, looking for whoever was fighting, but was interrupted by the sound of another explosion, and the whole train shaking. When all the dust cleared, he saw a multi-colored hair girl shakily get up, look around in panic, and then shatter like glass.

He was confused but decided not to think about it too hard. 'Must be a Semblance.' He walked to the center of the car, before he heard another explosion and felt another shake, and then tripped on something. He looked down at whatever he stumbled and noticed that it was Crescent Rose. 'Ruby!' His head shot back up. Looking around the room, he noticed a ton of boxes pushed up against the opposite wall to the door he entered. He couldn't see here anywhere else, so he began digging through some of the boxes.

His pace began becoming more frantic as there was another explosion. I sounded nearer too. Finally, after a minute or two of more searching, he saw a bit of red sticking out from under some of the lighter boxes. He threw each box against the wall, freeing Ruby from under the pile. He then quickly picked her up and slung her over his shoulder and grabbed Crescent Rose. Failing to open the next door, he jumped up towards the hatch on top of the car and flung it open just in time to turn around and see Oobleck, Zwei, and Yang running toward him and away from another explosion. 'Why's the train exploding!?'

"Ruby!" Yang shouted as she noticed Qrow leaving the train car. Of course, she wasn't focused on her uncle, but instead on her younger sister, passed out and being carried. "Is she alright!? What happened!?"

"Some girl attacked her. She ran away soon after, though." He looked closer at where they came from, seeing a giant black mass following them. Just as he was about to curse his luck, he heard some slow footsteps from behind. He turned to see the two who were part of Ruby's team. Weiss and Blake if he remembered correctly. Although...

"Weiss?" Yang asked.

Before she could get the other part of the question out though, said heiress replied in shock. "Yang!"

"Thank goodness you're alright," Blake said.

Yang shook her head. "Yeah, I'm fine, but what about you guys. What happened Weiss." She was very concerned. For good reason too, as the white-themed girl had a gash on her shoulder, and blood was seeping through her dress.

"Oh, the brute I was fighting got the better of me. Blake was able to finish him, though. Torchwick too." She shook her head. "Never mind that, though." She looked at Qrow, right in the eyes, and jabbed her finger into his chest. "Who are you, and why do you have Ruby?"

'Great. Another Ice Queen.' Qrow thought. "Well-" He began but was cut off.

"Guys!" The urgency in Blake's voice was so alarming, it grabbed everyone's attention immediately. They looked at her to see her pointing forward in dread. "We're reaching the end of the tunnel."

There was a stunned silence for a moment before Oobleck kicked everyone back into action. "Does anyone have any kind of shielding ability?" As he was saying this, Qrow wrapped his body around Ruby's.

"On it," Weiss said as she twirled around, plunging Myrtenaster into the train car, and summoning a dome of ice.

Then, everything went white.

Team SSSN was currently walking the streets of Vale. Their mission had been delayed, and now they were bored.

"I can't believe this," Sun exclaimed.

"Well, hey. At least we got our badges." Neptune said.

"I guess... I just wish we didn't have to get up so early for nothing." Sun hung his head and looked away. He then stopped in his tracks causing Scarlet to run into him.

"Gah! Hey! Don't just stop all of a sudden." He cried.

"Sorry," Sun replied distractedly. He then walked to the storefront he was looking at. There, on display was a brand new scope, perfect for sniper rifles. He thought for a minute, then turned back to his team. "Think I should get this?"

Neptune looked confused for a second before he put two and two together. "Hm... I dunno. Yellow isn't really her color, is it?"

"No, but I could always paint it."

"True..." Neptune looked at Sage and Scarlet, who just shrugged their shoulders. He looked back to the Faunus, and said, "I don't see why not."

Sun nodded and began walking into the store when an explosion rang out across the city. Sun looked back in shock. "What the-"

"Attention all citizens." A siren began blaring, and a woman's voice was projected throughout Vale. "Grimm infestation! Everyone retreat away from the plaza, and to a safe place! Please wait for a Huntsman to come to get you! I repeat..." The message went on to repeat the same words multiple times, but team SSSN barely noticed. They were already headed to the plaza as fast as they could, the store being quickly forgotten.

Sun used his tail to propel himself to the top of a building and lead his group to the disaster zone. They all arrived before any Bullheads from Beacon could, and decided to split up all the tasks after Sun finished purveying the scene. "Okay!" He yelled out to his team. "Sage, Scarlet, you guys to try to find any citizens that may have been caught in the blast!" They nodded and ran off in two separate directions. Sun then pointed to that black mass that was forming. "There are some Huntsmen that are here, but they look like they might be in trouble. They got separated into two groups. One group is that way, and I'll be headed to the other."

"Alright!" Neptune said, and they began running off in two directions. "Hey!" He called, and Sun turned to look at him. "Stay safe, buddy."

Sun nodded, and replied, "You too." They then continued their journey into the depths of a dark hell.

Ruby opened her eyes blearily. Her body hurt so much. She stumbled to her feet and looked around to get a sense of where she was. She wasn't given much time, however, because she soon noticed some Grimm peering at her. She looked behind her, to her sides, and above her. She was surrounded. 'Stay calm. They want you to panic.' She told herself. Calming herself down, she used her Semblance and launched herself to where she saw the small box of red that was her weapon.

She did a small somersault to grab it, but on her way back up, her aching muscles caused her to fumble it. She caught it quickly, however, and paid no mind to it. Putting herself in a defensive position while deploying the scythe, she analyzed her situation the best she could. There were sounds of combat nearby, so she wasn't the only one here. That's good. If she begins to fall apart, or otherwise run into trouble, there was a chance she could be rescued. With that thought in her mind, she flung herself into the looming darkness.

She fought, and fought, and fought, for what seemed like forever. She didn't realize it, but as the fight was advancing onward, the light around her began to diminish. The Nevermore above her were increasing in number. As soon as she realized that the light was decreasing, was when the panic set in. And when the panic set in, is when the Grimm pushed their advantage, squeezing the young girl into a smaller, and smaller space.

As she realized this, a scene flashed in her mind. It was a dark, dank forest. She shook her head, clearing it of that terrifying scene. She then brandished Crescent Rose and flung herself towards the surrounding black mass. To her credit, she had managed to take down a couple dozen, maybe even a hundred of the monsters, but even she wasn't limitless. After a couple minutes, she made a mistake. When she spun around to slash again, she lost her grip. The scythe went flying out of her hands, and into the never-ending sea of darkness. Falling down, the panic really went into overdrive as it felt like every Grimm in the area began converging to that one spot.

They got closer, and closer, as the surrounding area got darker and darker. She closed her eyes and felt the monsters get closer.

"RUBY!" She heard. Her eyes shot open as the never-ending sea of black split into a golden light. Out of that light came light-like versions of her boyfriend.

"Sun!" She yelled as more astral projections of the boy came running through, like pillars of light. The boy then ran into the area himself, clearing away the creatures, and opening up the world to her again.

"Thank the gods." He said relieved. "I saw all the Grimm heading to where you were, and I was so worried." He ranted as he hugged her close. Ruby pushed away after a couple seconds. "Before you ask, your team is already getting help, and your sister is just fine. She's on the other side of those Grimm waiting for us to finish up here." She nodded, but then something else came to mind.

"I lost my weapon. Can you help me get it back?" She asked. He smirked as one of his light clones brought it to her.

"Already got it." He winked, and she giggled, but they soon detached and stood back to back. "You ready?"

"As I'll ever be." She replied. They both shot off into opposite direction and worked away at whittling down their enemy. They were making good headway as Ruby made sure she kept a tight grip on Crescent Rose this time as she began twirling away into a tornado of death. She was so focused, that she nearly missed the sound of Sun crying out in pain. She topped in her tracks and looked to where the boy was, seeing a group of at least ten ursi all huddled around.

"SUN!" She screamed and ran over to him. In one slice, she cut all the ursai in half, and let them fall while dissipating.

"Heh heh." Sun chuckled. "Guess you were too mesmerizing for me to look away from."

"Sun, come on. This isn't time for jokes." Ruby chided.

"You sure?" Sun asked as he lifted himself up. He was too damaged though, and he fell back onto his back.

"Of course I'm-" She began, but was cut off.

"LOOK OUT!" Sun yelled as he pushed her aside as best he could, and a Beowulf lunged. Ruby looked on in horror as its claws hit right into Sun's side, and he passed out after a blood-curdling scream.

After that, everything began moving slower. The Beowulf turned to her in slow-motion and leaped. She paid it no mind though because it was moving at the speed of a snail. She watched some blood pour out of Sun's wound. She watched it trail along until it reached where the Grimm used to be standing.

At that point, something within her snapped.

There was a searing pain in her head- no, behind her eyes. She didn't care though.

All she cared about was killing this Grimm

All she cared about was the absolute devastation she would bestow upon all these monsters.

All she cared about...

Was revenge.

With that thought, she released a mighty scream, and it felt like her eyes were about to pop out of her skull. The whole area was lit up like it was the surface of the sun. Everything that dared to stand up to the blast, whether they Human, Grimm or Faunus, they all were swept up in the blast.

Then, everything was weightless.

Ruby didn't feel much. It was to numb to hurt. All she felt, was the call for sleep. When it's so persistent, why try to avoid it anyway.

The light hadn't even dissipated, yet that feeling of weightlessness was the last thing Ruby knew before falling to sleep.

So, school's starting back up. Due to that, I'll likely be even slower updating. Not that it matters much, though. This is just about the end of the fic.

If all goes according to keikaku (Translator's Note: Keikaku means plan (God, I'm such a weeb)), then the next chapter should be the last. I'm a little sad to see this go, but It's been pretty fun.

I'm typing like it's already over...

I'm a weeb, and a dork.