"Attack!" Coros said.
Coros, Platinum, Graviton and Luminous ran at the members of team SWRD.
"Alright, team," Samuel said, "Up for another round?"
"Against these guys?" William asked, "I'm all in."
"Count me in," Rachael said.
"I'm right behind you," Danielle said.
"Team SWRD, let's go!" Samuel said.
Samuel, Rachael, William and Max ran at the Elite Guard while Danielle used her jetpack to get up on top of a nearby building.
Luminous pulled out her light blade and swung it at Rachael; she jumped over it and shot at Luminous with her pistols. But Luminous moved back and fired her laser gun at Rachael; the shots made contact and hit her back a little.
"Wow, that thing packs a punch," Rachael said.
"Now to shut the curtains on you," gloomy, black-haired Luminous said as the area around Rachael turned pitch black

"Ragh!" William cried as he swung his broadsword at Graviton but missed.
Graviton jumped back, floated in the air and fired a bunch of missiles from his launcher.
"Oh mama," William said.
William tried to block the missiles with his sword, but the impact sent him flying.
"Y'know, mate, you don't stand a chance against me," Graviton said.
"Yaah!" William yelled as he charged towards Graviton.
Graviton moved to the side, put his foot out and tripped William, he then used his Semblance to keep William on the ground.
"Actually, you can't even stand," Graviton asked as he pointed his missile launcher at William's head.

A sniper's bullet flew by Coros and Platinum.
"Sniper on the roof!" Coros said.
"Got it," Platinum said.
Platinum turned her skin metal by holding onto her swords and ran at the building that Danielle was shooting them from.
"Going down!" Platinum said as she smashed the corner of the building until it began to crumble.
"Uh, oh," Danielle said.
The building's corner fell, but Danielle was nowhere to be seen.
"Where'd she go?" Platinum asked.
A bullet hit metal Platinum in the back; she turned around and saw Danielle in the air.
"Darn jetpack," Platinum said.
Platinum looked to her left and saw a water pipe.
"This could be useful," Platinum said.
Platinum smashed the pipe and water shot out, when the flow had stopped, Platinum was gone.
"Where is she?" Danielle asked.
A sudden burst of water shot towards Danielle and shorted out her jetpack (it only worked because it was on), this caused Danielle to fall to the ground.
"Ow," Danielle said.
"Freeze," Platinum said as she put her swords next to Danielle's neck in a scissor formation, "Your kind must pay for what you have done."

Meanwhile, Coros was battling Samuel and Max.
"Why do you work with them!?" Coros asked as he exchanged blows with Max and Samuel.
"With who?" Samuel asked.
"The Faunas!" Coros said.
"Because they're my friends!" Samuel said.
"Friends?!" Coros asked, "The Faunas are filthy animals!"
"Then how can you live with yourself?" Samuel asked.
"What do you mean?" Coros asked.
"Look at yourself!" Samuel said, "Is this what working for the Black Talon gets you!?"
"It is only a punishment," Coros said, "In order to become a better person, one must go through discipline."
"If you were a better person, you would leave the Black Talon behind!" Samuel said.
"Bah! It's people like you who pollute the world," Coros said, "Allowing those…creatures…to survive!"
Coros hit Samuel back and aimed his gun arm at him.
"Now to clean up your mess," Coros said.
Coros's gun arm glowed with hints of red, but the attack was blocked by Max as he put his axe in the way.
"Why you…" Coros said, "You're always getting in my way! I was this close to killing those kids a long time ago, but you had to screw things up!"
"Wait, what?" Samuel asked.
"This Faunas has stopped me from killing your group almost five years ago!" Coros said, "If it weren't for him, you'd be dead right now!"
Coros's gun arm glowed purple and sent a blast that launched both him and Max many feet away.
"What was that!?" Samuel asked, "Max!"
Samuel ran over to Max and checked on him. When he got there, Max pulled out his sign.
"Don't worry about me, go save your teammates," Max's sign displayed.
"Okay," Samuel said just before getting up, "Let's do this."
Samuel looked around and saw that his teammates were all in trouble.
"How to handle this…" Samuel thought for a bit.
Coros got up and aimed his gun arm at Samuel, it glowed green and sent a blast of Energy Dust towards Samuel. Samuel got hit in the back with the Energy Dust.
"Yes…" Coros said.
Coros stumbled his way over to Samuel and aimed the gun at him.
"Hmm," Samuel moaned rolling over and seeing the gun pointing at him.
"Prepare to die," Coros said.

Rachael was swinging blindly in the darkness, unable to get a hit on Luminous.

"Having trouble seeing clearly?" Luminous asked, "How about you see the light instead?"
The darkness suddenly turned super bright.
"Agh!" Rachael cried, covering her eyes.
Luminous began to walk towards Rachael's back with her light blade activated.
"Calm yourself," Rachael thought, "And think."
Rachael suddenly got an idea, she readied herself and began to spin around, letting loose with bulletfire. Eventually, a few lucky shots hit Luminous and broke her concentration, making everything return to normal around Rachael.

"Time for you to go out with a bang," Graviton said.
"What to do?" William thought, "Wait."
"Any last words?" Graviton asked.
"Yeah, hold on," William said.
Graviton bore a confused expression just before William used his Semblance to send him flying, and letting William move again.
"That's so much better," William said getting up.

"In honor of my father," Platinum said, preparing the slice through Danielle.
"I'm afraid the honors will have to wait," Danielle said.
Danielle used her Semblance to electrocute Platinum and then hit away her by swinging her sniper rifle like a club.
"That was a close cut," Danielle said.
Danielle looked over at Samuel.
"Samuel!" Danielle said.

"Time to end this!" Coros said as he readied another Energy Dust attack.
The gun arm fired a burst of Energy at Samuel, Danielle and the others cried out as it flew closer.
But Samuel cleverly made a blade of Energy Dust come out of his nightstick and block Coros's attack.
"I've been getting better," Samuel said, "Unlike you."
"Grr," Coros growled.
The rest of the Elite Guard approached Coros.
"Shall we mount one last attack?" Platinum asked.
Coros looked at how Team SWRD had just beaten them all, and then at the hole they made in the Dust Storage's entrance.
"No, retreat," Coros said.
Coros and the Elite Guard began to run away.
"But not without leaving them with a calling card," Coros said.
Coros aimed his gun arm at the Dust Storage's entrance and fired a burst of Fire Dust.
"No!" Team SWRD cried.
But Max got up and blocked the attack with his axe.
"Down, but not out," Max's sign displayed.
"Get them!" Samuel said.
But before anybody could do anything, a flash of light from Luminous temporarily blinded Team SWRD. When the light faded, the Elite Guard was gone.
"Guys, Coros got away," Danielle said.
"Well, we did our job," Rachael said, "We protected the Dust Storage."
"And that's what matters," William said.
"Correct," Samuel said, "Now come on, Team SWRD, let's head back to Beacon."
"Yeah, I could use a rest," William said.
"Let's get going," Rachael said.
The team joined up with Teams CFVY, RWBY, JNPR and SSSN and everybody exchanged stories about the day as everybody rode in a large VTOL back to Beacon.

Later, Coros arrived back at Black Talon HQ.
"How dare you show up here empty-handed?" Vandal Black asked.
"I'm not totally empty-handed," Coros said, "We did manage to salvage the tech in the crate that we fell in, and we brought back a bunch of Dust from the Dust Storage in Vale."
"I guess you're right," Vandal Black said, "And our original goal was to snatch some Atlas tech. You did fine. But don't expect any more praise than that."
Vandal Black walked off, leaving Coros and the Elite Guard to discuss their mission.
"Sir," a Black Talon soldier said approaching Vandal, "Our scouts have learned of some very important news."
"What is it?" Vandal asked.
"The White Fang is planning to attack Beacon within the next few weeks," the soldier said.
"Is that so?" Vandal asked, "Then notify our troops, as soon as the White Fang makes its move, we shall be there to…witness it."
"At once, sir," the soldier said, and walked away to leave Vandal to his own thoughts.
"And there, I shall finish what I started so long ago," Vandal said, "Vengeance will be mine."