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Councilor Elliot had been working late dealing with the shipload of armed Faunus down at the docks when his secretary barged through the door with a grim expression. "Councilor Haven is under attack!"

"What?!" Elliot's chair fell behind him.

"Yes, White Fang is attacking it, a call just came in from the police and from the sounds of it, the situation doesn't boat well," He explained. "Both the White Fang is fighting with their opposition on the school grounds, there is even a Huntsman fighting for one of them."

"A Huntsman!?"

"Yes and they're attacking in one of the residential districts, the commissioner is asking for any way to differentiate the two at the school as well as any available Hunters to deal with both threats."

Elliot had made sure to tell local authorities about Khan's Claws but had never been told how to tell which was which. A very troubling task seeing how both sides wore the same uniforms and maybe just a small insignia difference. Having Sienna Khan helping them remove an internal threat would've been useful to keep the peace and allow Mistral to more freely deal with Atlas. Then there was a Huntsman on the scene and all the council-owned ones were sent up north. No way of telling who the Hunter belonged to and no good way for them to tell who was on who's side. Sending the police wasn't a good call seeing how they diverted too many resources up north in case Atlas tried anything. They needed- actually they did have one asset that could help.

"Tell the commissioner to get his airships in the air and down to the docks, sent his best to contain the situation at the homes, but prioritize the school!"

"Councilor?"

"Go!" He cried. "I have calls to make."

"What's happening!? What's going!?" Sienna cried out as Lara rushed back into the bathroom with a red hot kitchen knife.

"Nothing to worry about, everyone else has it under control," She grabbed Sienna's scroll and called Edward.

"Come one pick up, pick up." She muttered.

Sienna didn't believe her when she said everything was fine, but a sudden spike in pain tore her away from asking.

"I'm sorry but we need everyone here, just hang on." Sienna's cry of pain hurt Lara's ears. "Sienna's gone into labor, I have to go!"

Edward panted for breath as another traitor came hurtling at him like a bull, made a bit ironic by the bullhorns. Screaming at the top of her lung and swinging at him without any proper form. He quickly batting the woman to the ground. Edwards was already feeling his energy begin to flag.

The battle had been raging for what felt like half an hour now but which, in the swirl of melee, could've been less.

Their enemy's lack of discipline was both a saving grace in that they charged into a melee depriving them of the overwhelming firepower they could've brought to bear but damning in that they still had superior numbers and could easily just widdle them down.

Reinforcement wasn't coming, Lady Khan was under attack. The situation seemed even more hopeless with their huntsman being kept out of the fight by that large man. He wasn't with the White Fang and didn't bother Edward and his men but it still left them without a Huntsman.

The whole situation seemed like a pointless struggle against them until Edward spotted Corsac.

Fennec wasn't here, probably attacking Sienna, Corsac was partially in charge and killing him would go a long way in crippling the traitors.

They'd slowly begun building a center of an ever-increasing ring of bodies. The horde wasn't going to diminish anytime soon and they were too surrounded to retreat.

Edward pulled the sword he brought out from his kill and hefted it towards Corsac. "Forward! Take him down!"

Few were able to comply with his order but it seemed to have mustered enough as they broke through the ranks and towards Corsac. The fox himself saw what was happening and the closed fighting kept him from trying to blow any of them away.

However, as they broke out from the melee they also had abandoned their living cover. Gunfire tore through all of them, Edward included.

He face-planted to the stone ground.

Qrow watched as Edward, the poor dumb bastard, was cut down by a wave of bullets.

That fleeing glace he gave allowed Hazel to grapple him, fortunately for Qrow his bird form exists.

As Qrow flew he couldn't help but wonder why Hazel was even trying to take him. Ozpin was inside the CCT and killing Qrow then taking the immortal boy would have been much easier. In fact, as Qrow landed he asked.

"Why does Salem want me?" It was probably the only person he could expect a comprehensive response. "Why now of all times?"

"I was never made to know she keeps that to herself," Hazel replied. "You can ask her once we get there."

"Not happening bub."

"For The White Fang!"

Someone, with a lack of self-preservation, decided to charge the man holding the massive sword that looked sharp enough to slice through skin, muscle, and bone. The Faunus quickly discovered this when Qrow severed the tendons of an arm. The faunus fell, gasping and screaming on the floor.

"Your surrounded Qrow, the children are outmatched and there isn't-" Hazel looked past him into the air.

Qrow cautiously followed his Gaze, there were five airships with MPD plastered on the sides.

"The Mistral police is here!" Someone cried over the radio.

"It was expected for them to come." Fennec thought.

"Keep them pinned at the front of the house for as long as you can."

"It's Mistrals counter-terrorist force!" They cried.

"As long as you can!" Fennec shouted back.

He was half tempted to use Inferno to just light the place on fire and be done with it, but no, he needed to personally be sure Sienna was dead, he wanted a body and he wanted to personally set it on fire.

"Press the attack!" Fennec ordered. "I want them dead within the hour!"

With each contraction came a pain that dominated Sienna's entire being. She was foolish to assume the irritation she felt, in the beginning, wasn't going to get worst. Seconds began to stretch into minutes. She couldn't hear any of the gunshots coming from below anymore, there was nothing else that mattered. When the pain passed it was only for a minute or so and she breathed in with closed eyes. The room might as well have been empty for almost all the awareness she had was gone.

"Come one just keep pushing!" Lara said from between her legs. "You can do it!"

"I'm trying!" Sienna wanted to reply but she had to find herself from the deepest parts of her own mind and drag it forward just to use her voice. Lara kept on encouraging her to push. With a grunt she did so and was told, one was enough. "Please come out..." She felt the baby crowning through her for a moment and held her breath.

Her eyes cracked open a bit as Lara pushed a hand into her hot flesh, the woman paused and a look of horror crossed her face. Lara jumped from the bathtub and over to the sink and running the knife under the water for a moment she fell back into her position in the tub and remove her belt.

She offered it to Sienna. "Bite down on this!"

"Huh?"

"There's no time, bite down and lower your aura!"

Sienna summited to Lara's judgment and sank her teeth into the leather.

"I held you warm in me long enough, it's time to come out and see the world." Sienna thought to herself.

The knife began to cut into her flesh all of her thoughts were finally overcome with pain.

"Hazel! What is happening out there?" Cinder cried into her earpiece.

The man calmly as ever explained. "The White Fang is here in force, they're battling Khan's claws and I'm still taking down Qrow... the Mistral police have also shown up."

"What...?" Cinder needed Qrow and the relic if she was to justify hurting his sister to take the maiden, Cinder wanted the power and Salem were specific on not 'driving a wedge' with Qrow by hurting Raven.

Cinder eyed Vernal who was knocking Ozpin around but avoiding killing blows.

"Are you going to finish him, Raven?"

Ruby Rose hit the ground as the woman replied. "I want to take my time."

"We have a tight schedule to keep now."

Raven sighed. "If I get you the stinking relic can I proceed without complaint."

Alone in the vault without anybody else to interfere?

That was a deal Cinder was willing to take.

"Leo open the vault! Emerald, Mercury, keep them busy I won't take long."

The whole fight pausing to acknowledge the Mistral airships as they shined their searchlights down onto Corsac and his men.

"This is the Mistral Police Department and the Menagerie Guard! Lower your weapons and surrender peacefully!"

All this fighting it shouldn't be surprising that the authorities to show but this soon and a militia from Menagerie there too? Too many forces involved and too many bodies stacked against him.

"I can't take Qrow." Hazel assessed. "But maybe Ozpin is still alive."

Jaune and Blake both viewed the brief below silence from the led airship. The demand for a peaceful surrender didn't work and the Fang grunts began to fire up at them.

"Right there those guys!" Blake followed Jaune's finger to the surrounded Faunus in a uniform pretty similar to the typical White Fang one, besides the circle on their backs had a paw barring its claws, fortunately, they hadn't made any changes to that since Beacon.

"If we find Corsac and Fennec we'll take them together." Blake nodded to him as they landed.

Both Blake and Jaune had to note a certain hostility as the Menagerie Guards charged into the crowds, seeming to have little regard for taking prisoners.

Jaune pulled the replacement blade off his back and disembarked with Blake.

"Okay, let's take care of-"

"Jaune!" Both of Jaune and Blake jumped as Qrow appeared out of nowhere.

"What? Qrow!" Jaune replied in disbelief. "How... How are you here-"

"Not now!" He shoved a scroll into Jaune's chest. "You need to head to this house right now!"

"W-What...? Qrow I saw you-"

"Your wife is in danger, she could die!" Jaune felt his heart stop at those words, he was so close to being with her.

"Blake I-"

"Go!" The catgirl shoved Jaune back into the airship. "I'll be fine!"

"Qrow help Blake!" Jaune order as he rushed to the cockpit.

"So?"

"We need to find a Corsac and Fennec Albain."

Cinder stepped off the platform the gate on it the overly excessive gilded bars, that was here for some odd reason, lowered into the ground. Beyond it in the massive cavern was a large tree that has glowing orange flowers that grew, flakes off and died over and over again.

"So grandiose Ozpin, as if any of this extra effort was necessary."

Cinder smiled as Vernal made for the door and followed. A symbol on the ground glowed bright, as well as the circle enclosed around it. Similar circles with symbols in them also glow leading up to the Relic chamber's door.

Raven, the fool, really allowed the maiden down here and with her back to Cinder no less.

"They said she's a cunning leader, that strong, and clever."

Vernal hovers her fingertips close to the door.

"It's a shame that they're-"

Cinder's thoughts were interrupted by a hand gripping her shoulder and electricity flowed out from Raven followed by a scream echoing into the cavern. Every muscle in Cinder's body cramped right before a red blade jabbed through her chest. Sparks flew off it as the shock ended.

"That's for Summer Rose."

Corsac's body slammed into the ground, Cyclone scattered to the side. He could've given Blake and Jaune a run for their money but Qrow was a seasoned hunter. Around them, the White Fang broke as the tide of Menagerie Guards poured into their ranks. It was more reluctance that made most flee but a few were surrendering, fighting humans or Faunus deemed traitors was easier than their brothers and sisters of Menaguire.

"Am-" Corsac grunted in pain. "I correct in assuming Yuma's demise?"

"Yes, his attack my home failed."

"He wasn't supposed to attack."

"But he did." Blake snarled and her ears flattened against her head.

"Okay, I gotta go." Qrow said and shock Blake momentarily when he transformed into a bird and made for the CCT.

"What a semblance." She thought before turning back to Corsac.

"You're under arrest-"

Before she could finish a member of the Menagerie Guard with a shotgun and blasted a hole into Corsac head.

Blake stared stunned for a moment, the Faunus in question pumped a shell into the chamber and moved on.

"There was no reason to do that why did...?"

A quick look around revealed why few of the White Fang still fought on or ran, members of the Menagerie Guard were not being gentle with the prisoners or actively trying to take them. The Mistral police were intervening to keep them from severely wounding or killing anyone who gave up.

"How deep of a wound did the attack on Menagerie make!?"

Raven yanked her Katana out from Cinder's back. She wasn't Salem and Raven wouldn't be stupid enough to think that fantasy could ever be possible. In a way, however, she had stabbed a maiden sized hole into her plans.

"Vernal move," She snapped. "Her lackeys are still left."

Raven opened a portal to Ruby and bolted inside with a battle going on outside the tower wasting time wasn't an option.

She wasn't prepared for what was on the other side. There was supposed to be a skirmish in the tower, a bunch of kids getting their collective asses kicked around. Maybe the battle outside would've spread inside, an all-out war Raven needed to sort out...

There wasn't supposed... there shouldn't be...

"This is bullshit." Qrow thought as Harbinger bounced off Hazel's arms.

Any other man would've got out of the way or used a shield, he just grunted and hurled Qrow to the ground, Ruby cried out her uncle's name and jumped into the fray but her attack was far too telegraphed for Hazel not to counter.

She was caught mid-swing and slammed into the nearby wall, the wood itself gave some and sagged inward as Hazel pulled away, leaving Ruby groaning in the rubble.

"Give it up Qrow." He said, yanking him up by the collar. "You have nothing that can beat me!"

Qrow tensed as Hazel reared his fist back, a flash of red slammed into him.

Raven snarled like an animal.

"Get."

Raven yanked off her trademark mask was off and a deep animosity had taken its place.

"The fuck."

Qrow gasped as fire danced off the edges of her eyes.

"AWAY MY BROTHER!"

"Whoa," Qrow had never seen his sister scream so hysterical before, One that he was glad to be aimed at Hazel and not him.

"Your-" Hazel staggered as he tried to get up. "You're the dust damn maiden?!"

Qrow saw the traditional fire pouring out from the edges of her eyes.

"Well, your fucked." Qrow thought as Raven literally proceeded to tear into him.

"Right there!" Jaune cried.

"Yeah, I can tell from the dead bodies and police cars. You don't have to yell kid." The pilot replied, taking the airship low.

Jaune wasted no time and leaped out from the airship and onto the roof of a nearby house. Descending the blonde-haired knight approached the police barricade, all of them pinned in place by the White Fang. Jaune rushed behind one of the cars and the officer in charge made his way over to Jaune, covered by another with a ballistic riot shield.

"You are back up?" She asked.

"Sure, I need to get inside that house."

"Our orders are to contain the threat until reinforcements arrive and no offense but you don't seem like- Hey!" She cried out as Jaune rush out from the line of cars.

"I don't have time for this!"

Bullets whizzed past him and pinged off his shield as they MPD officers tried to support him and the White Fang tried to stop him.

Jaune ignored the piles of bodies that littered the streets and ramming into the White Fang lines and began to swing his sword.

"Out of my way!"

His opposition didn't have any melee weapons and either tried to back away or swing their rifles at them.

The MPD took advantage of the chaos Jaune made and many with shields advanced followed by a wave behind them.

Jaune rushed into the besieged home and found it had all descended into a melee, one Khan's Claws was definitely losing. The three closest Claws were being overwhelmed by five Fang troopers, the skill difference was clear but the Claws all moved tired the bodies outside as well as inside showed it was numbers that had been winning out.

"Not anymore." He charged the five.

They didn't expect it. No one noticed him until he charged straight in and then left to assist one of the claws knocked on the ground, stabbing one in the side as he twisting the blade two remaining Fang grunts made to counter Jaune.

The man on the ground made to stand and it only took him as long as Jaune needed to disarm and kill one of the grunts.

The tide turned in this area and the last Fang grunt ran.

At that point, it wasn't even cowardice, just sense.

"Your Jaune Arc." One of them said.

"Where's Sienna?!" Jaune both yelled and asked.

"Upstairs in the bathroom, we need to finish this there and-"

"ARC!" One of the White Fang, a fox Faunus with a hood cried out.

Opposite from Jaune the remaining Kahn's Claws was killed and almost a dozen White Fang troopers stood ready to face off against Jaune and the five across from them.

"So you're the one who corrupted High leader Khan and turned most of the old fang away from us." He snarled like an animal.

"Are you Corsac or Fennec?" Jaune asked he knew the Albain brothers were foxes but forgot which had what Faunus part.

"Fennec human and your corruption will be cut out end today."

"AAAAHHH!"

"Sienna!?" Jaune recognized that scream anywhere.

He couldn't pinpoint with the gun battle still behind him but the eared fox looked towards the staircase. Up or down was a fifty-fifty shot Jaune had to take. Using the distraction the scream caused him and charged the contingent of enemies before him.

Fennec was the first to turn his head back and reacted with a fireball.

Flames flew past him and he engaged Fennec. Where his warriors were pretty much disgruntled Faunus the White Fang plucked off the streets and handed a weapon. Fennec clearly had years of experience to his name and had the instincts to dodge around Jaune's attacks.

"I do not have time for this!"

Jaune dove for the man's leg and yanked him to the ground. It took all the strength he could possibly muster but the previous fighting managed weakened Corsac's Aura enough to barely allow Jaune dislocate the Faunus knee. Jaune left him crying out in pain and rushed towards the stairs. A Fang grunt came to intercept him with a saber, instead of blocking Jaune closed his shield and caught the blade, it scrapped against his Aura, Jaune's broad sword stopped the man's heart.

"Everyone freeze!" An officer shouted over the melee, the battle outside was either done or just wrapping up.

Jaune didn't stay to find out, as he made for the stairs.

"Please be okay."

That Ruby wasn't conscious to see Raven fight was a small saving grace for this whole situation. Raven wasn't known for her mercy and had quite literally ripped Hazel apart. Some amber skinned girl and a grey-haired guy took to a deer in the headlights approach. To be frank, everyone did, except Leo, he fled as soon as the carnage began. Once Raven had finished with Hazel her gaze shifted to them and their trace broke away as the two bolted for the door.

They weren't fast enough.

Qrow knew Raven had the maiden, but Raven being the maiden and having a grasp of her powers made it no test of arms for who was going to win. Qrow never truly saw a proper maiden in action besides a few brief glimpses of Amber, and she hadn't properly gotten control of her powers.

Outside probably wouldn't have been better, the shooting had begun to die down, it seemed like the reinforcements had the intended effect.

After Raven had finished her massacre of the kids her gaze was turned to Qrow, albeit with more suspicion.

"Qrow..."

"Yeah?"

His sister walked towards him, her blade was sheathed with no regard for the blood still coating it.

"When we last meant, what happened?"

"Raven, your the-"

"ANSWER IT DAMN YOU!" Her scream tore echoed in the tower and eyes were set ablaze.

"Not the time to be pissing off her."

"I recall asking about you getting hitched and then you played me by saying yes... Ray what the hell is going-"

Qrow was interrupted when Raven shot across the distance and nearly knocked him down with a hug. Her arms wrapped tightly around his body, it felt weird, to say the least, Raven had never been a touchy-feely kind of person. Qrow lightly patted her back with caution, it was all he could do with Raven's hug having both his arms pinned.

"Where have you been?"

"Out working for Ozpin-"

Raven pulled back but kept him locked in place with her hands. "No you haven't Qrow, my semblance link with you was broken! Wait..." She paused for a moment presumedly to check for said link. "I couldn't reach you before and now you just come back out of from the blue and..." Her face dropped and she buried herself back into him.

"Ray I'm fine okay, jeez what's all this about?"

Qrow grunted in pain when a fist buried into his side. "I thought you died, idiot! That I never... see you again..."

"Wait is she beginning to cry right now?"

The notion alone made Qrow wish he could recuperate her back better. The two had fought countless times in the past, argued over Ozpin, over Salem, all the time during the team STQR years, over Yang. Even after all that, it made him smile to know they were still siblings.

Sienna never thought this is where she'd end up. Bleeding out, pain coursing from her lower body, all the while she was giving birth, in a bathtub no less.

Same way Sienna's own mother had to give birth to her, Sienna came to realize.

"Sienna, c-can you hear me!?" A voice beckoned out her, one she recognized all too well.

Her eyes opened, the vision was a bit blurry but she could tell that someone was bent overhead had lowered themselves down to her height. Slowly and wearily Sienna focused her sight and found two blue eyes staring down at hers, with the same scar over his left one.

Jaune smiled down at her joyfully, like he was glad that she was here. It was cute.

Sad though.

Jaune was dead and if he was here touching her then that meant she was going to die soon as well. Their child was just born into the world and either of its parents would be there for them.

How sad is that?

Sienna had expected that passing into the afterlife to be more cold and merciless like in the stories. If people told her not to look at the light, she might've done so, if it hadn't sent Jaune to collect her.

Maybe that was the point, send someone familiar so Sienna would go quietly.

Pitiful that her end had to be now of all times.

"Waaa!" Sienna was ripped out of her thoughts by crying.

Following Jaune's concerned gaze she found it was a baby, her baby.

"Sh sh sh sh, it's okay little guy it's okay." Lara said failing to calm the newborn that flailed about.

Sienna reached out for her child and even tried to sit up but Jaune held her in place. It was probably the wiser move what with her aura still repairing the damage.

Lara, thankfully, understood the mother's intent.

Sienna felt the tiny form settle in her hands, it still flailing about crying. Sienna wiped some of it's- His brown skin as to remove some of the fluids still covering him.

"H-Hey... " Her hands drew in to cradle the baby into her arms. The crying slowing began to dissipate and his cerulean eyes looked up towards his mother.

Jaune reached down with his hand upon his bald head and the two ears atop it twitched in response to the bald grooming. His eyes came up to meet his father, an almost knowing look, where it seemed like the newborn knew exactly who they were.

Jaune looked over to Sienna and their eyes met once again. His dumb happy smile plastered on his face.

"Y-You're here... You're actually here."