They didn't say anything, just started the next episode immediately, wanting to know what's going to happen to Blake and the others.
Black and White
Sun Wukong and Blake Belladonna sat on the balcony of a café in the middle of Vale and were seen last episode drinking tea.
"Finally, she speaks! Nearly two days and you gave me nothing but small talk and weird looks!" Blake gives Sun a firm look. "Yeah, like that."
Kali laughs at Sun, but smiles. She likes the fact that Blake is slowly opening up to someone, even if it isn't her team.
Blake rolls her eyes before closing them and looking at him sadly. "Sun... Are you familiar with the White Fang?"
Kali and Ghira both freeze. This is it; this is what they wanted to know. What happened to the White Fang, what made it change so drastically?
"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!" Sun said, angry at the White Fang.
The twins eyed Ghira as they saw him tense and his eyes widen in shock. Summer and Tai furrowed their brows in concern for the two Faunus.
"Are you sure you want to do this? This might not be something you want to hear." Summer said.
"No, Summer. We need to know what happened so we can fix it. If we want to change the future for our children's sake, then… we need to watch this and figure out a way for this to not happen." Kali shook her head, but smiled warmly at the white-cloaked woman.
Blake sips her drink while listening until she speaks up for the big reveal. "I was once a member of the White Fang."
All four Humans stare at Kali and Ghira in shock. "Does that mean what I think it means?" Ghira asks his girlfriend.
"Maybe? I think so." The two Faunus ignored the humans for the time being, willing to explain everything once they finished watching this episode.
Sun promptly goes cross-eyed and chokes on his drink, making him put it down and wipe his mouth as he holds up a hand to process this information. "Wait a minute, you were a member of the White Fang?!"
Blake nods, "That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it..."
"Ghira!" Kali beams at him.
"So that means that… When Blake is born I'm still the High Leader." Ghira said.
"You're the leader of the White Fang?" Tai asked.
"Yes, I am. Though, this confirms that even though I'm not the leader anymore, I'm still alive." Ghira tells the group.
"Well, damn. Wasn't expecting that." Qrow muttered.
The scene shifts to a simple silhouetted flashback of fallen weapons plunged into the ground - swords, guns, any number of combinations.
Blake started explaining the history of the White Fang. "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."
"That's what it should still be." Ghira said, mostly to himself.
The audience is shown 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 a voice of our people. And I was there."
Silhouettes of Faunus protesters are revealed, and emerging from the shadows is a young girl with dark hair and cat ears.
Kali gasped, Ghira's eyes widen in shock, but had warmth in them.
"She's so cute!" Summer said, smiling at the Faunus pair. Both of them blushed while Team STRQ chuckled.
"She really is cute, though. And looks like she's a spitfire when she was younger. You should be proud." Tai said, and both Faunus look at each other and nod gratefully to Tai for the kind words.
"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."
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.
Both Faunus tense and scramble for the remote to pause the screen. "Ghira…" Kali called out to the large man as he started pacing in front of the couch.
"This… how could this have happened? I thought we were making a difference. I hoped, at least." Ghira, as big and strong as he looked… was on the verge of breaking down.
"We are making a difference Ghira!" Kali says as she stands up as well, looking up at the other Faunus.
"No we aren't! You heard Blake, all this was, was youthful optimism." Ghira said, hands balled into fists.
"Maybe optimism is all we have right now, but we can change it! That's why we were brought here, wasn't it? To change the future, for our daughter's sake, for every Faunus out there wanting to live in peace and not wanting to live a life of pain and hate and fear. So, maybe some things aren't working out, but we can and will figure out how to make it better. Together!" Kali's amber eyes blazed with determination as she said that.
The Cat Faunus took the necessary steps toward her boyfriend and pulled him down into a hard and passionate kiss.
After they parted, Kali's expression took on a soft tone. "Now, are you feeling better?" Ghira nodded numbly.
She grinned and pecked him on his cheek, dragging him back down into their seats and started up the episode once again. She wasn't bothered by the others staring at her in amazement and red blushing faces.
"Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking."
"What? Who?" Ghira asked, even though no one could answer him.
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." Blake said.
"No…" Kali said, her hands over her mouth.
"Violence only breeds more violence." Ghira said sadly. The others looked at the two Faunus but didn't say anything. They couldn't, they wouldn't even know what to say in this situation.
The flashback shows one more image of three Faunus individuals standing in a dominating manner with malicious grins until Blake puts down her teacup in front of a stunned Sun.
"This isn't…. This isn't right. None of this is right!" Ghira whispered, shaking his head and clenching his fists in anger at what he was seeing.
"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." Blake wiggles her cat ears beneath the fashionable disguise to demonstrate.
"You aren't a criminal, Blake. You are trying to do the right thing. You are changing, slowly and surely, you are changing into a better person." Summer said.
"Blake… You are doing what you think is right." Kali said, reaching out her hand toward the screen, hoping to be able to comfort her daughter.
Sun was trying to come to terms with this. "So... have you told your friends any of this?"
"He's trying to help her. Give her a way out that she's afraid to think about." Tai said.
Both Faunus look at the blond man. "What do you mean, Tai?" Kali asked.
"He's trying to get her to see that there is another way for her to go about this. Living her life running away and in fear isn't a way to live. So he's helping her break out of her shell and showing her that, she doesn't have to be afraid because she has people that will help her and will be there for her. Mainly Sun and her team." Tai said.
The others looked at Tai with varying degrees of shock. "Since when are you so philosophical?" Qrow asked his teammate.
"I may be a bit reckless, but that doesn't mean I'm an idiot." Tai growled.
"Never said that." Qrow shot back.
Kali interrupted their little argument. "Thank you for that Tai. I appreciate that you are trying to help us and understand Blake." She smiled at the blond man, who blushed.
"Course. What are friends for? Blake is our daughters teammate, we will help you change the future of the White Fang. Even if we are Humans, I think the first step is to show people that Humans and Fuanus can coexist." Tai said, smiling brightly at Kali and Ghira.
Blake merely looks down in shame and says nothing.
Ruby shouted. "Blaaaake!"
Yang was also calling out, "Blaaaake!"
"Good, they are looking for her." Summer said, hoping that everything would work out with the team, especially with Weiss and Blake.
The scene transitions to Ruby, Yang, and Weiss walking through town and calling in vain for their missing teammate.
Ruby continues to scream. "Blaaaaaaaake! Where aaaare yoooouuuu!?"
Yang cups her hands over her mouth. "Blake!"
Ruby turns on Weiss. "Weiiiiss, you're not helping!"
"Oh! You know what might be able to help? The police!" Weiss angrily said.
Summer clamped her hand down over Qrow's mouth to stop him from saying anything he would regret. He didn't fight her, just huffed.
Ruby crossed her arms in irritation. "Ugh, Weiss..."
Weiss held up her hands in an innocent gesture. "It was just an idea!"
Ruby walked down the sidewalk. "Yeah, a bad one."
Yang was following behind Ruby. "Weiss, I think we should hear her side of the story before we jump to any conclusions."
Following behind Yang, Weiss waved her arms around. "I think that when we hear it, you'll all realize I was right!"
Penny was following Weiss, which none of them realized. "And I think Weiss' hair looks wonderful today!"
"What the hell? Where did she even come from?" Qrow asked, jumping at the sight of the odd girl.
"Not a clue. You may be right, by the way, Raven, Kali." Ghira muttered, having to double-take when he saw Penny just appear like that.
Turning around suddenly with her team in surprise, Ruby screamed. "Aaaah! Penny! Where did you come from!?"
Penny cheerfully ignored the question. "Hey guys! What are you up to?"
"What the hell?" Raven shook her head in utter confusion. Who was this odd and strange girl that Ruby had befriended?
Ruby didn't know how to answer that. "Uhh..."
However, Yang answered. "We're looking for our friend Blake."
Penny nodded and smiled. "Ooooh, you mean the Faunus girl!"
"Wait? She can tell Blake's a Faunus?" Kali and Ghira asked in surprise.
"You two got an answer for that?" Raven asked.
"No." Ghira said.
Ruby, Weiss, and Yang stare at Penny.
Ruby pointed to the orange haired girl. "Wait, how did you know that?"
"Uhh, the cat ears?" Penny points to her head.
Yang laughed a little. "What cat ears? She wears a... boooohhh..."
"I don't even want to know anymore." Raven muttered and turned to look at Tai who hadn't said anything for a while now. "Tai? Everything okay?"
Tai broke out of his thoughts and his eyes went to Raven. "Yeah, fine."
"What's up, Tai? You're not this quiet." Summer frowned.
Taiyang breaths in deeply and exhales. "I'm worried." He finally says.
"About what?" Summer asked her teammate.
"This is the last episode, chapter, whatever it's called, of the volume. After this is the soundtrack so we can listen to all of the songs. But this feels incomplete." The blond man crossed his arms over his chest.
The only one who understood what Tai was talking about was Raven. "There's probably a reason for that. Don't worry, we will get our answers." Tai looked to the mother of his first daughter and narrowed his eyes at her.
"We have no idea if you're dead or not. We know for certain Summer is. Everything is still up in the air for us." Tai hissed, his eyes flashing.
Silence followed as no one dared challenge Tai in this instance.
The realization leaves them in silence as a tumbleweed blows through in the wind.
Ruby whispered over to Yang and Weiss. "She does like tuna a lot..."
"So, where is she?" Penny asked.
Ruby's voice was strained. "We don't know. She's been missing since Friday."
Penny gasped. "That's terrible!" She approaching an uncomfortable Ruby. "Well, don't you worry Ruby, my friend! I won't rest until we find your teammate!"
Kali and Ghira smiled at the odd girl. They were thankful that Blake had such caring friends and people who were willing to look for her and help her when she was hurting and scared.
Ruby was doing her best to continue smiling, "Uh, that's really nice of you, Penny, but we're okay! Really! Right, guys?"
She looks over Penny to direct her question at Yang and Weiss, who's blinking outlines are all that's left of their sudden departure from the company of the strange girl. A tumbleweed blows past them again in the quiet.
"Wow, harsh." Qrow muttered, smirking at Raven. She rolled her eyes at her brother.
"It sure is windy today!" Penny says, smiling.
Sun and Blake are then seen walking down an alley.
Sun had his hands behind his head. "So, what's the plan now?"
Blake had her hand on her chin. "I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies. They've never needed that much Dust before."
"Why would the White Fang need this much Dust, it doesn't make any sense." Summer said.
'Well, I'm sure we'll find out soon enough." Kali said, worried for her daughter and the Monkey Faunus.
Sun's eyes widen. "What if they did?" Lowering his arms and pacing in front of Blake as he continues 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?"
"Everyone is guilty until proven innocent. It could work." Kali said, glancing at Ghira. He nodded, his jaw closed tight, as he was grinding his teeth together in fear and anger.
Blake sighed. "The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be."
"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas."
Blake turned to Sun. "How huge?"
Sun grinned. "Huge. Big Schnee Company freighter."
Blake's eyes widen. "You're sure?"
"Why do I get the feeling that this won't end well?" Summer asked more to herself then the others.
Yang came out of a shop with Weiss, waving to the person inside. "Thanks anyways!" She sighs, "This is hopeless." Yang looks at Weiss when she looks around nonchalantly "You really don't care if we find her, do you?"
"Don't be stupid; of course I do. I'm just afraid of what she'll say when we find her." Weiss walks forward, calling over her shoulder: "The innocent never run, Yang!"
"She was scared. And she has a Schnee on her team." Qrow growled.
"She's scared, yes. But maybe this could have all been avoided if they had just talked about this and Blake had not hid her Faunus nature from the others." Kali said.
"Wait, you agree with Weiss?" Qrow asked, staring in surprise.
"I do. Weiss isn't racist; she's been conditioned to think like that. It's a learned behavior for her, and it won't be so easy to break. Blake was in the wrong, she isn't trying to understand Weiss and her outlook and immediately says that she's racist, but it's not only that. Blake can't really see how much her secret affected her team. More than that, Weiss. Weiss is trying to process all of this and it's hard for her. It's also difficult for Blake to open up, because she hasn't had anyone to open up and be herself around. I think both girls need to just sit down and talk to each other."
Yang looks down in thought.
"So, Blake is your friend?" Penny asked, confused about the situation she had found herself in.
Ruby sighed as they make their way down the sidewalk. "Yes, Penny."
"But you're mad at her?" The green eyed girl was still confused.
"Yes. Well, I'm not. Weiss is." Ruby said, closing her eyes.
"Is she friends with Blake?" Penny asked, hoping the two girls were still friends.
Ruby muttered, "Well, that's kind of up in the air right now..."
Penny was trying to contemplate this. "But why?"
Ruby sighs again, "Well, you see, Blake might not be who we thought she was..."
Penny gasps. "Is she a man?"
"WHAT?!" Qrow, Tai, and Summer scream in shock.
"This girl is not normal." Raven said, shocked about what Penny had just said.
Kali and Ghira was too dumbfounded to say anything, they just stare that orange haired girl.
"No! No, Penny. She's..." The cloaked girl stops and sighs, looking at Penny as she talks now. "I don't know what she is. She didn't exactly talk to us before she decided to run off."
Penny looked down sadly. "I don't have a lot of friends, but if I did, I would want them to talk to me about things."
"I wonder why?" Qrow said under his breath.
Ruby turns her gaze downward sadly. "Me too..." They continue walking
Amidst the chirping of crickets and darkness of night, Blake lays flat on her stomach on the rooftop overlooking the shipment of Schnee Dust containers.
"It's starting." Kali said to Ghira.
"Did I miss anything?" Sun asked as he came up behind her.
Blake looked up as Sun drops down to her right. "Not really. They've offloaded the crates from the boat. Now they're just sitting there."
"Cool." He holds out one of the green apples in his arms. "I stole you some food!"
"Really?" Summer asked.
"He needs to eat too. Isn't the worst thing he could do." Raven told her leader. Summer, Tai, Ghira and Kali look at the wild haired female.
"It's true. He just stole a few apples, it's not that big of a deal." Qrow shrugged, agreeing with Raven.
"Do I even want to know?" Summer sighed.
"Probably not." Qrow leaned back on the couch to get more comfortable.
Blake gave Sun a questioning look. "Do you always break the law without giving a second thought?"
Sun glared, "Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?" Blake delivers an angry glare at him. "Okay, too soon!"
"The White Fang isn't a cult." Ghira says, and just puts his head in his hands.
Just as he says this, the winds blows all around them, and they look 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 whispered in horror.
Ghira and Kali echoed their daughter. Distraught about what they were seeing. Summer and Tai went over to comfort the two Faunus.
"Is that them?"
Blake was staring at the bloody wolf on the back of the man's outfit. "Yes... It's them."
A White Fang soldier started motioning to the other White Fang members coming from the aircraft, motioning with his rifle. "All right, grab the tow cables!"
"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?" Sun asked, glancing at Blake.
She stared sadly at the scene. "No. I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right." She closes her eyes in despair, only to open them suddenly when she hears a new voice.
"Hey! What's the holdup!?" The soldiers look up at Roman gesturing widely and coming 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?"
"Knew it." Raven said smugly.
Qrow sighed and groaned. "Raven… don't start a fight. We're almost done."
"This isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a Human. Especially not one like that." The Cat Faunus stands up and unsheathes the katana of Gambol Shroud before walking off the edge of the roof.
"Well they are… for some reason." Kali muttered, her brows furrowed in confusion.
Sun jolted, alarmed. "Hey, what are you doing?!"
Blake falls to the ground in a crouch, then continues on to hide behind one of the containers, peeking around the corner to see Roman berate a White Fang member holding a coil of rope.
"No, you idiot! This isn't a leash!" As Roman's looking around, Blake suddenly appears behind him with her blade at his throat. "What the- Oh, for f-" He rolls his eyes when he's cut off by Blake mid-swear.
"Wasn't necessary, but okay." Tai said.
"Yet he can do that." Summer said, shrugging.
Blake looked around her. "Nobody move!"
The White Fang soldiers ready their guns and equip their swords in response.
"Blake! No!" Kali and Ghira both tensed at watching their daughter.
Roman laughs. "Whoa! Take it easy there, little lady."
As the White Fang closes in on her, Blake uses her free hand to go for her bow and remove it, causing the ribbon to fall away as her Faunus ears are shown to the world.
"Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you aiding this scum?"
"She isn't a White Fang member anymore." Tai said, reminding the others of the story they had heard from the Cat girl.
The White Fang members lower their weapons a little at this development, unsure of what to do, when Roman laughs.
"Oh, kid, didn't you get the memo?"
Blake hissed, her eyes narrowing. "What are you talking about?"
Roman grips his cane, ready to use it. "The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together!"
"What?" Kali and Ghira say.
"The woman in red that we saw in the first episode." Raven suddenly commented. "I have a feeling that she's behind this." Everyone paled at the implications, the two Faunus were horrified by what Raven had just said.
Blake's katana pressed against Roman's throat. "Tell me what it is or I'll put an end to your little operation."
Raven hummed. "She isn't afraid to get dirty. This should be interesting." Raven smirked, her red eyes darkening in excitement at seeing some blood shed by the Faunus.
Raven's team, besides her brother, and the two Feline Faunus stare at the black haired woman in horror. Qrow closed his eyes and focused on Raven. The chair she was sitting on flipped over.
She screamed and glared at her twin. "Stop it." Qrow commanded.
"You don't tell me-" Raven wisely stopped talking as she felt her brother's Aura expand outward toward her.
"Watch yourself, Raven." Qrow hissed, his rust-red eyes darkened in anger. Raven gulped and stepped away from her brother, sitting down on the other side of the room.
Suddenly, the air is filled with more turbines blowing the wind wildly around the holdup.
Roman smirked, looking up. "I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation..."
Two more Bullheads are hovering above the heist, and as Blake watches in horror, Roman smiles and manages to fire his cane at Blake's feet, resulting in a large explosion.
"Shit." Tai said. They all tense, prepared to watch Blake and Sun take on the White Fang and Roman Torchwick.
Penny and Ruby turn around upon hearing the noise, seeing the smoke rise from the docking bay just a few buildings away.
Ruby breathed, "Oh, no..."
Blake, dazed but relatively unhurt on the ground, quickly rolls and runs out of the way of Roman's continued attacks, flaming missiles destroying cargo behind her as she retreats behind more containers.
Roman approached slowly. "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty..." His taunt is interrupted when a banana peel lands on his head, causing him to look up and growl at the assailant.
They all laughed at that as it brought up the mood in the room.
Sun leaps from the container above Roman and drops down on the criminal's face feet-first, rolling up and readying himself to fight.
"He's good." Raven said.
"Let's see what he can do." Summer nodded.
Sun shouted, "Leave her alone!"
The Bullheads open to let more White Fang members descend on the scene, standing by Roman as he gets up and surrounding Sun.
"You're not the brightest banana in the bunch, are you, kid?"
"Really? Monkey puns? Even I wouldn't do that." Tai snorted.
With that said, the White Fang charge at the monkey Faunus, but he manages to dodge slashes and get some of the soldiers with his fists and kicks until he rolls out of the way, pulling out a collapsible red staff. He quickly uses this to beat down on each opponent that nears him, falling each one in a single flaming blow when he twirls, even creating a scorching shockwave to beat the last of them.
'Kid's really good. This should change things.'Tai thought.
Blake peers around the corner of the container to watch Sun jump around and beat more White Fang soldiers, causing one to fly over Roman's head. The crime boss growls in annoyance and aims his cane at Sun, firing a shot that he defends himself from just when Blake leaps into the action.
"He's mine!" Blake shouted in anger.
Blake goes in close and becomes a blur of afterimages as she slashes both blades at Roman, who backs away and deflects each would-be blow with his cane at unbelievable speeds. Blake continues to dash, hop over, and slide around Roman to try and find a weak spot, but her enemy, while barely deflecting the attacks, lands a few hits on Blake until one final beating with his cane causes her to go down.
"Her Semblance?" Kali asks, turning to Summer and her team for an explanation.
"Most likely. She can copy herself to take a hit." Summer said, generalizing Blake's Semblance from what she had just seen.
Just as Roman deals with one opponent, Sun appears right behind her and disconnects his staff in two spinning circles of flame-firing shotgun nunchucks that only slow down once to show the audience what they are before becoming twin arcs of offense again. Sun swings each gun at Roman while firing everything he as at him, but even with the rapid series of shots and flying bullets, Roman manages to defend himself against every bullet and hit until a millisecond-long pause allows Blake to get a slash in and knock him back.
"Damn he's good!" Qrow shouted. 'If he trains even more, he might be a match for most of the tribe.'
On his back, Roman notices a container hanging by a crane right above the two warriors, and gets up to fire his cane at its supports. Blake leaps behind it, but Sun barely misses when he jumps forward, ending up right below the nozzle of Roman's cane. Just as he's about to fire, his and Sun's attention are drawn to a familiar voice.
Ruby yells. "Hey!"
Ruby appears on the rooftop overlooking them, Crescent Rose extended and ready for action.
"Ruby's here! That means that the rest of Team RWBY are coming as well!" Summer said, thankful that Ruby was there to help Blake and Sun.
Roman, losing interest in Sun, waved to Ruby. "Well, hello, Red! Isn't it past your bedtime?"
"She's 15, not a toddler." Summer said petulantly.
"Still a kid in his eyes." Raven told her leader.
Penny approached Ruby from behind. "Ruby, are these people your friends?"
Ruby looked behind her. "Penny, get back!" While her attention is diverted, Roman snarls and fires his cane at her, launching the young Huntress-in-training back from the explosion's force and sending her scythe flying away. "AAAAAH!"
"No, Ruby!" Summer and Tai shouted in concern for their daughter. Kali and Ghira were also worried about the younger girl.
Roman gives off a professional-level evil laugh at his attack on the young girl. Penny turns her head toward the criminal and gives her first glare, walking forward while Ruby tries to get back up.
"Penny, wait! Stop!" Ruby raises her hand in a futile attempt to stop her
Penny looks back and smiles at her friend. "Don't worry, Ruby. I'm combat ready!"
Her backpack mechanically opens up, and from its dark depths comes a single sword that extends and multiples into several blades hovering over Penny's back. Leaping from the rooftop with the weapons acting as wings, she sends three of her swords to knock two White Fang soldiers down before even landing on the ground, where she proceeds to fling the swords at one enemy, impale another to a wall, create a barrier of spinning steel against a running attack, leaping over a goon with her swords in tow, and finally making a wheel that she throws to knock multiple Faunus off their feet.
"What the…"
"I think you're right, Rae." Qrow whispered in shock at watching Penny.
Raven, herself, was just staring at the screen in shock and amazement.
Sun stared, observing the spectacle in amazement. "Whoa!" He runs off to safety.
Three Bullheads come from the skies and open fire on the battle, but Penny merely forms a shield and launches two of her swords into the wall behind her, which in turn pull their wielder back with their strings. When her swords swirl around her again, she commands them to open their points and build up a large glowing ball of green light. With a punching action, several bright lasers crack the pavement when they fire at the transports and slice each one in half, causing several of the White Fang members inside to fall and letting Ruby watch as Bullheads fall in pieces behind her.
"She's amazing." Kali said in awe.
Stunned, she turns back to Penny as she aims her swords at the remaining Bullheads holding the crate of Dust and pulls back on their wires, tugging the aircraft with them.
Ruby was watching in awe. "Whoa... How is she doing that?"
Seeing the Bullhead's flight fall under Penny's control, Roman grimaces and turns to run towards the last transport.
Penny, after her large green pupils dilate for a second, pulls with all her might on the strings, and the aircraft crashes into a stack of crates, causing an explosion as a result.
Roman was watching from the safety of his escape. "These kids just keep getting weirder..." With his observation made, he uses his cane to close the doors, and the jet lifts off, flying away from the lost battle.
"Well, he's not wrong." Tai said, lightening the mood as the others chuckled and cracks a few smiles.
Later, a handful of police cars are at the docks, where Ruby, Blake, Sun, and Penny are sitting on boxes in silence. That is, until Weiss and Yang appear on the scene.
"The others are here." Qrow said.
Ruby spoke quickly to explain the situation. "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..." Weiss ignores her and squares off with Blake.
"Here we go." Qrow growled.
"Let's wait before we start screaming at her, please." Kali said, hoping the twins and Ghira wouldn't go off the handle.
Blake calmly looked her down. "Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was with the-"
"Stop! Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you?" She pauses, "Twelve hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this. And in that twelve hours, I've decided..."
They all tensed, waiting for Weiss' answer.
Yang, Sun, and Ruby look on, worried.
"I don't care."
"Huh?" Ghira said, surprised.
"I told you, everyone has the ability to change." Kali said, smiling at Weiss' change of attitude.
Blake eyes widened, surprised. "You don't care?"
"You said you're not one of them anymore, right?" Weiss asked with a raised eyebrow.
Blake shook her head. "No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-"
Weiss held up her hand, silencing her. "Ah-bah-bah-bah-bah! 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..." Weiss looked at Sun behind her as she catches herself. "Someone else."
"Weiss saved Ruby during initiation when she didn't have to." Summer pointed out.
"If she wouldn't have, then she wouldn't have been able to pass." Qrow said.
"True, but my point still stands. In Weiss is a good person, all she needs to do is to accept that part of herself and not push it down further." Summer said with the wisdom of a fully-fledged Huntress.
Blake looked at Ruby and Yang who were grinning at her, she wipes a tear from her eye, nodding. "Of course."
Blake's parents smiled at the touching scene.
Weiss smiles and nods. The moment is serious for a second more until Ruby screams:
"Yeah! Team RWBY is back together!"
"Only your daughter, Sum!" Kali said, calling Summer by her nickname. Summer blushed and then looked up at Kali, who was also pink.
"I… I didn't-" The Cat Faunus stopped when Summer came over to her and lightly touched her hand.
"I think you can call me Sum, if you want. After all, we're friends, aren't we?" Summer's warm smile was echoed by the rest of Team STRQ, even though the twins' lips twitched slightly.
As the five gather with each other, she points accusingly at Sun. "I'm still not quite sure about how I feel about you!" Sun laughs nervously.
"Hey, wait a minute... Where's Penny?" Ruby asked, wondering where her friend was.
"Where…?" Qrow got his answer when the next scene played.
From the darkened back seat of a limo, Penny watches 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.
"I know, sir." Penny said sadly.
Penny's driver sighs as he tries to comfort her. "Penny, your time will come..."
"That won't end well." Tai muttered.
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."
Summer froze in fear, thinking back to the mysterious woman that they had heard in the beginning of the videos.
The others were shaking; the only two that kept it relatively hidden were the twins. But they were still creeped out.
Ozpin hummed.
The scenes cuts to a view of Beacon Academy bathed in the light of the nearly-full moon as the credits roll and the background fades to black.
Roman walks into a large warehouse with a shadowy interior. He goes over to a table and places down a case of mysterious contents, sighing in tiredness.
"How very disappointing, Roman." The woman in red, who attacked Ruby, said.
Summer gasped, "I don't have a good feeling about this." She said, scared for her daughter.
Roman turned around suddenly when he hears the voice and their noisy entrance. "Whoa! Hehe... I wasn't expecting to see you guys so soon..."
"He's scared of her." Raven observes.
"Yeah, but why? That's what we need to figure out." Qrow said to his sister.
Of the three figures before Roman, only Cinder's head, containing yellow eyes and flowing dark hair, is seen. "We were expecting... more from you."
"That's ominous as hell." Raven said, not liking where this was going.
Roman laughed a little before getting serious. "Hey! You were the ones who suggested working with those stupid mutts from the White Fang."
Cinder chuckled darkly. "And you will continue to do so." She summons a fireball in her hand and steps out of the darkness with her two companions, a silver-haired man and mint-haired, tanned woman, eyes glowing gold. "We have big plans for you, Roman. All we ask is... a little cooperation."
"Oh great! This bitch can use magic! Just what we need!" Qrow said, annoyed as he threw his arms in the air and got up.
"Something bad is going to happen." Raven said confidently, though in this case, she really didn't want to be right.
The camera holds on Cinder Fall's evil little smile.
"Creepy bitch." Tai mutters, Qrow and Ghira echo his sentiments.
Whoever this woman is, she was powerful enough to make Vale's crime boss fear her.
"Now it's just the soundtrack, right?" Kali asked.
"Yeah, want to continue getting the lyrics down so we can figure out what the songs are about?" Tai asked Kali, who nodded and took out the pad of paper that Tai had given her before.