After the opening credits, the Dragon flies past the hijacked Atlesian Airship, as Hope looks on, with the surrounding Griffons roaming the skies. A Griffon lands on the airship, but Hope easily cuts it down with his two Hook Swords, causing to disintegrate into black particles. But suddenly, he hears a snap, turning to see Neopolitan, now changing into her standard attire with a wave of light washing over her from bottom to top, as she winks after taking a picture of Hope, sending it to a certain crime lord with the following text: "Guess Who?"
"Oh, you can not be serious!" Shouted Roman.
Having realized his old foe is interfering yet again, the wanted criminal quickly picks up Melodic Cudgel and walks up to the top of the airship. Right outside of Beacon's dining hall, Blake Belladonna backs away from the shattered window, staring in horror at her old partner.
"Running away again? Is that what you've become, my love? A coward?" Asked Roman. "Why are you doing this?" Asked Blake. "You and I were going to change the world, remember? We were destined to light the fires of revolution! Consider this... a spark" Said Adam, as he attempted to stab an Atlas Student.
Blake charges into the dining hall, drawing her sword in a flash. Her blade clashes with his as she pushes him away from the student, and they stand with their blades locked.
"I'm... not... running" Said Blake. "You... will" Said Adam.
He kicks her away, knocking her onto the floor. A nearby Creep runs toward her, only to be shot by Adam.
"But not before you suffer for your betrayal, my love" Said Adam.
He smiles and begins walking toward her. Back outside the Beacon grounds, Velvet Scarlatina groans as she struggles to get up, only to get knocked back down when Coco Adel bumps into her after getting knocked away from a Paladin off screen. The camera pans with Neon Katt and Reese Chloris as they dodge and weave between groups of students fighting against the infected Atlesian Knights and Paladins. Yatsuhashi Daichi is seen fighting a Griffon while Flynt Coal uses his trumpet to hold back a Paladin. Weiss Schnee then arrives on the battlefield, but get knocked back another Paladin.
"Weiss!" Shouted Neptune.
Yatsuhashi tries to hold back a Paladin's fist with his sword, but he gets knocked back. The Paladin then turns to and starts approaching a distracted Lie Ren.
"Look out!" Shouted Nora, as she pushes Ren out of the way of the Paladin's incoming strike, taking the hit instead. "Nora! No!" Shouted Ren, as he reaches out to her, but gets knocked back by the Paladin too.
Coco and Neptune Vasilias fire their weapons at the Paladin, but it is unfazed.
"Uh, this is bad" Said Neptune. "Well, I guess now's a better time than any. Velvet!" Shouted Coco. "Really?" Asked Velvet, exited. "Just make them count" Said Coco.
Velvet nods. As she walks up to the Paladins, "I May Fall" begins to play in the background.
"What are you doing!? She's going to get hurt!" Shouted Weiss. "Just watch" Said Coco.
With her weapon, Velvet begins to replicate Crescent Rose, as she imitates Ruby's overhead spin, landing on top of the Paladin as she dodges its cannon fire. She then replicates Myrtenaster to deflect the Paladin's punch and land a few blows before pushing it back with the Ember Celica imitation. Once after she lands a few shots, she slides under the Paladin's fist, similar to Blake as she uses the Gambol Shroud copy and uses its string to trip over the mech, before moving to the second Paladin by lopping off its hand, and jabbing it in the head with the cleaver. Before it can react, it is immediately peppered with imitation bullets, thanks to copying Coco's minigun. As it moves forward, Velvet switches to using Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang as a reference, as she lands another few hits while landing a downward blow from above with a copy of Magnhild, severing a limb. As the first Paladin attempts to recover, Velvet immediately copies Penny's swords, as she leaps off the second Paladin and slices apart its legs before blasting it at full power. However, the first Paladin sucker punches Velvet.
"Aah!" Shouted Velvet. "Velvet!" Shouted Coco.
At this, Coco, Neptune, Nadir, and Reese land suppressing fire. Furious, Weiss immediately rushes in, as she instinctively uses a summoning glyph, confusing her. When she rushes in between Velvet and the Paladin, she closes her eyes and grits her teeth as she discovers she summoned the arm and sword of the Giant Armor she fought before, who blocks the Paladin's fist and bisects the machine in half. She takes brief look at her summoning before being surprised by a camera flash, which was taken by a smiling Velvet. But before they can take a breath, another advanced Paladin rushes in from the corner and begins to charge at them.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Shouted Sun.
Back at the airship, the battle commences as Hope performs an low swing, with Neo somersaulting over it, and ducking the next swing, before performing another backflip to dodge the third, but Hope hits her in the nose with the fourth strike. Hope then starts advancing towards Neo, countering every attack Neo does, and hitting back with hook sword strikes to her head and chest, knocking Neo down with the last strike. Hope attempts to kill Neo with a strike to the head, causing Neo to shatter in an illusion, revealing Roman as he fires a shot back with Melodic Cudgel, sending Hope flying several feet, before he teleports back to behind Roman and Neo.
"What the matter, Hopey? Lost your mind? You'd never kill someone, so why kill the little one?" Asked Roman. "Got it in one, doctor ACO" Said Hope, as he charged at Neo and Roman.
Hope then swats aside Melodic Cudgel just as Roman attempts to fire it at him, causing him to move a few feet off-balance, before Neo returns and leaps over him, but Hope uses her momentum to throw her through the top of the ship, sending her into a lower floor.
"NEO!" Shouted Roman. "Now. Die for me" Said Hope.
Hope puts a black device around his waist, and then a device that looked like a game device, on the first device. Hope then held up a White Gashet.
"Roman Torchwick, you have been charged with grand theft auto, murder, grand theft, assault, and the worst of all. Being a dick. Verdict, guilty. Exacution? Dangerous Zombie" Said Hope, as he inserted the Gashet, and pressed a purple button on the Buggle Driver. "Buggle Up! Danger! Danger! Genocide! Death the Crisis! Dangerous Zombie!" Declared the Buggle Driver, as Hope transformed into Kamen Rider Gemn Level X. Suddenly, several Gemn Level Xs appeared, causing Roman to try and run away.
Hope then pressed both the A and B buttons on the Buggle Driver, and then the B button, making a black pool with seemingly decayed hands under himself. The black pool of hands then started moving towards Roman, before catching up to him, and exploding, making the airship they are on fall towards the ground.
"Here we go" Said Hope.
Back in the city, Glynda Goodwitch uses her riding crop to knock back a few Creeps, while Qrow Branwen slices and blasts at a few infected Knights with his sword. Cardin Winchester giddily knocks back an Ursa with his mace, but then gets held at gunpoint by a few infected Knights. Suddenly, their heads are shot off, surprising Cardin. As the smoke clears, it is revealed that General Ironwood miraculously survived his crash, his damaged uniform exposing the right half of his body to be cybernetic. Without hesitation, he shoots down all of the infected Knights with his revolver.
"This area's secure! We need to" Said Ironwood.
Suddenly, Qrow's expression changes into what appears to be anger. He transforms his sword into a scythe and charges toward Ironwood.
"Qrow! This isn't my doing!" Shouted Ironwood.
Qrow continues charging, despite Ironwood's words. The general flips his gun in his hand and gets into a battle stance, preparing for the perceived attack. However, Qrow leaps past Ironwood, who turns around just in time to see a large Griffon lunging at him. With one swing of Qrow's scythe, the Griffon is sliced in two. Upon landing, Qrow turns around to address Ironwood.
"You idiot. I know you didn't do this" Said Qrow.
Ironwood relaxes and sighs, lowering his head and putting his hand to his forehead, while Glynda places her hand on his shoulder.
"So what now, General?" Asked Qrow. "Someone's done the impossible and gained control of my machines. And that enormous Grimm seems to be fixated on the school. Glynda, form up the local Huntsmen and establish a safe zone here in Vale. We need to evacuate Beacon. Qrow, I'm leaving that to you and my men. I still need to get to my ship" Said Ironwood.
The three hear a loud noise and turn to see its source: Ironwood's ship slowly nosediving into the ground.
"Well, it won't be much of a walk" Said Qrow.
The Atlesian Knights that are still functioning attempt one last time to harm the Huntsmen, before powering down. In the Beacon courtyard, the students stand prepared to fight the Atlesian Paladin that is charging toward them. However, electricity arcs across it and it suddenly powers down, collapsing and sliding to a stop in front of them.
"Hm. That went better than expected" Said Sun.
Weiss doubles over, exhausted, leaning on Myrtenaster to keep herself standing.
"Weiss! You're okay! Have you heard from Ruby?" Asked Yang.
Weiss nods and points and Ruby, fighting some Grimm.
"Good, Ruby's fine. What about Hope?" Asked Yang. "He's not anywhere I know of" Said Weiss. "And Blake?" Asked Yang. "She went after an Alpha... and some members of the White Fang" Said Weiss. "I'll meet up with Blake" Said Yang.
Yang hurries off in the direction that Weiss pointed, while the heiress gives a thumbs up. In the Beacon vault, an elevator opens up to reveal Ozpin, Jaune, and Pyrrha. The three immediately sprint out of the elevator and down the corridor.
"What is this place?" Asked Jaune. "It's... a type of vault" Said Pyrrha. "You've... been here before?" Asked Jaune.
Pyrrha looks away from him.
"What would this school need to... hide?" Asked Jaune.
Finally seeing the Aura transfer machine, Jaune stops in his tracks, gazing wide-eyed at the strange contraption and the comatose girl inside.
"What? Who?" Asked Jaune. "Jaune..." Said Pyrrha. "Pyrrha! Get to the pods!" Shouted Ozpin.
Pyrrha looks at Jaune, then runs to the second pod.
"Mister Arc, if you'd like to help, you can stand guard here" Said Ozpin.
Jaune looks at the two with uncertainty, then turns around and gets into a guarding stance.
"What do we do now?" Asked Jaune. "We, do nothing" Said Ozpin.
The second pod opens, and Ozpin turns his head to look at Pyrrha.
"You, Miss Nikos... have a choice to make" Said Ozpin.
Pyrrha looks at the pod, then at Jaune, hesitating. Her expression changes from uncertainty to sadness, and she wipes a tear from her eye, still looking at Jaune. She then climbs into the pod, which closes.
"This could've been our day! Can't you see that!?" Asked Adam. "I never wanted this! I wanted equality! I wanted peace!" Shouted Blake.
She raises her sword, its blade folding into sickle mode, and shoots at Adam, who blocks both bullets with his sword.
"What you want is impossible!" Shouted Adam.
He sheathes his sword and backhands Blake across her face, knocking her over.
"But I understand because all I want is you, Blake" Said Adam
She begins to raise her sickle again, only for him to kick it out of her hand, knocking her over once again.
"And as I set out upon this world and deliver the justice mankind so greatly deserves, I will make it my mission to destroy everything you love" Said Adam. "Blake!" Shouted Yang.
Yang's voice draws their attention to one of the broken windows. She soon comes into view and shoots a White Fang member, before looking around for her teammate.
"Blake! Where are you!?" Asked Yang.
Adam looks at Blake to see her terrified expression, then returns his gaze to Yang.
"Starting with her" Said Adam.
Meanwhile, in Beacon's Vault.
"Are you ready?" Asked Ozpin.
Pyrrha looks at him and gives a slow nod.
"I... I need to hear you say it" Said Ozpin. "Yes" Said Pyrrha. "Thank you, Miss Nikos" Said Ozpin.
Ozpin presses a few more buttons on the screen, and Amber's pod raises up. Amber begins glowing orange, and her eyelids begin fluttering. The orange glow travels along the pipes connecting the two pods - first up to the ceiling, then down to Pyrrha's pod. An orange glow surrounds Pyrrha, who begins screaming out in agony.
"Pyrrha!" Shouted Jaune.
Jaune runs over to Pyrrha's pod, moving his gaze back and forth between Pyrrha and Amber's pod. While Jaune panics, trying to understand what's going on, Ozpin looks away.
"I'm... so sorry" Said Ozpin.
Suddenly, an arrow pierces the glass of Amber's pod, striking her in the chest. Amber gasps, and her eyes open, then begin to close again, while the machine begins beeping an alarm. Ozpin and Jaune turn around to see Cinder Fall standing halfway down the corridor from them, an obsidian bow in her hand. She lowers the bow, a tiny smirk creeping across her face. Adam draws his sword and stabs it into Blake's abdomen near her left hip, causing her to shriek in pain. The cry catches Yang's attention.
"Huh?" Asked Yang.
Adam stands upright, pulling his sword from Blake's flesh and turning to face Yang.
"Get away from her!" Roared Yang. "No... please..." Said Blake, weakly.
Adam sheathes his sword, smiling. Yang screams, her eyes turning red and a burst of flame erupting from her. She leaps at Adam, drawing her fist back with tears in her eyes. Adam draws his sword, and prepares to strike Yang. Suddenly, a black cloud of smoke appeared between Yang and Adam, and Hope came out, pulling Yang away before Adam struck, and landing next to Blake.
"Come on, old bull. Allow me to show you what one thousand years of sadness looks like" Said Hope, as he summoned the Gashacon Sparrow in its Sickle mode.
Hope then disappeared, then reappeared in front of Adam, and tried to attack Adam, but Adam blocked. Hope then reconfigured the Gashacon Sparrow into it's Arrow mode, and fired at Adam, shattering his mask, and making him stumble backwards a little. He then looked at Hope, angry.
"Aw. Does the little bull have baby blue eyes? Oh, how cute. Look, Yang. It's your twin" Said Hope, as Hope tripped Adam over, and put his foot on Adam's face. "I'm ok, Yang" Said Blake. "But, you're bleeding, Blake. You can barely move" Said Yang. "Anyway. Adam 'Black' Taurus. You are charges with multiple acts of terrorism, multiple acts of murder, jaywalking... yeah, thought you could get with that, did you? And personal acts against my friends. And, as King of the Fangire, my judgement is death" Said Hope, as a Fangire Royal Crest appeared on his hand, and the sky around Beacon turned red.
Hope plugged the Dangerous Zombie Gashet into the Gashacon Sparrow, and picks Adam up, and throws him across the room. Amber struggles to breathe, her eyes wide, the machine's alarm still playing. Finally, all breath leaves her. Her eyes drift closed, and her head leans to the side, her whole body going limp. The green flames that light the torches throughout the vault suddenly snuff out. Pyrrha frantically beats her fists against the glass of her pod. The orange glow leaves Pyrrha and travels back through the pipes into Amber. The glow then bursts out of Amber, shattering the glass in its way, and enters Cinder. The murderer glows, begins floating, and gains long trails of flame around her eyes, with orange energy swirling around her. Pyrrha beats even harder on the glass, her stress increasing. Jaune raises his sword and charges toward Cinder.
"Stay back!" Shouted Ozpin.
Cinder casts a large fireball toward Jaune, who blocks it with his shield and is blasted backwards, landing on his back. Finally, Pyrrha uses her Semblance to rip the pod's door off its hinges, throwing it at Cinder, who knocks it away like it's nothing. As Cinder begins to descend to the floor, Pyrrha leaps out of the pod and charges, calling her weapon and shield to her with her Semblance. However, Ozpin puts his arm out, stopping her.
"Take Jaune and get out of here! Find Glynda! Ironwood! Qrow! Bring them here right away! The tower cannot fall!" Shouted Ozpin. "But I can help" Said Pyrrha. "You'll only get in the way" Said Ozpin.
Pyrrha hesitates for a moment but obeys Ozpin, scooping up Jaune and running away. While she does so, Cinder descends to the floor and watches them leave, with the glow, the swirling energy, and the flames around her eyes all disappearing. Cinder turns her attention back to Ozpin, her eyes still glowing for a moment.
"This whole time... right beneath our feet. She was right about you" Said Cinder.
Ozpin turns his cane in his grip, staring hard at Cinder.
"Such arrogance" Said Cinder.
The camera zooms in with a close up on their faces before panning upwards to a bird's eye view of the standoff. Hope has transformed the Gashacon Sparrow into it's Sickle mode. Hope then dashes towards Adam.
"No!" Shouted Yang.
Suddenly, Yang dashed in between of Adam and Hope, and blocked the two Sickles.
"Yang! What the hell are you doing!" Shouted Hope. "Everyone is worth saving! Remember!?" Asked Yang. "But he hurts you! He cuts off one of your arms! And causes Blake to run away!" Shouted Hope. "So!? You don't have to kill him over it!" Shouted Yang. "... No. I have to. He kills Weiss. And, by proxy, Qrow, Nora and Ren. He cause so much destruction, and I'm never letting that happen. He will be brought to justice" Said Hope. "But you've prevented that. I still have two arms. Blake won't run, right Blake?" Asked Yang. "Yeah" Said Blake. "... Yeah. You have a point" Said Hope, as he moved the Gashacon Sparrow. "Thank you" Said Yang.
Suddenly, Adam tried to cut Yang's head off, but Yang blocked it with Ember Celia, and Hope broke Adam's sword in three pieces, and kicked Adam out through a wall.
"Get out of here" Said Hope, as he seemingly started to pixelate. "What's happening to you?" Asked Yang. "Well, I'm getting... resolved. I can't exist now that I solved myself. Since the real me, well, the me you know, has noticed that something major has changed here, he's a coming. Young me. You're boyfriend, but not me" Said Hope. "I'll remember you" Said Yang, as she kissed Hope. "Hm. Blake. Past me has wanted to adopt you, as a sister, for a long time. Please go and do it for him. He's too nervous to ask you directly. He fears that you'll take it the wrong way. Yang. See you first game" Said Hope, as he faded into pixels.