AN: Void here with another chapter of Dreams of Remnant!

We're almost done with this Volume so I'm a little bit nervous but excited nonetheless.

Also, to Zebra1810, I'm really glad that you're enjoying the story so far, as I really appreciate the support!

Man, for someone who chose the concept of anti-existence for their online alias I'm surprisingly bright. Fanfiction has made me a lot more positive, Huh…

Oh well, it's not like that's a bad thing.

I hope you all enjoy the chapter


Chapter 8 - Long Stories & Breaking through

Uni was a calm person, if she was being generous. In reality she was cold, collected, and curious. Right now however, she felt something, as usual it was a weak sensation, but it was still noticeable.

Worry was evident in her silver eyes, albeit a small sliver, as she quickly shook Yang awake. Uni ignored the blondes groaning and scowls as she said in an almost urgent yet dead tone, "Ruby's missing."

Upon hearing these words, Yang shot out of her sleeping bag like a missile. "What!?" She yelled loudly, causing her teammates to whine in annoyance.

Uni simply sighed as she watched the others groan, slowly getting up to see what was going on. She knew it probably wasn't the best method of waking everybody up, but it sure was effective.

"Your sister, she's gone." The silver haired girl reiterated, causing Weiss and Blake to jolt awake as well.

Oobleck quickly sat up with a confused look, having just woken up, "What's going on?" He asked.

"What do you mean Ruby's missing?" Blake asked seriously, looking around in confusion. Uncharacteristically emotional as she grabbed her weapon.

Frowning softly, she shook her head. She had said it two times already, why must she repeat it again? People made no sense, but that seemed to be normal.

"Ruby's gone!" Yang exclaimed, restating Uni's point for her as she ran around, not wasting a single moment as she searched for her sister.

Oobleck looked around in confusion and worry, turning to the frantic members of team RWBY he frowned. "Grab your weapons, your leader might be in trouble…" he ordered.

Uni didn't hesitate for a moment, already having them ready as she turned to the doctor for orders, only to pause as a yip echoed from outside.

They all slowly turned to the source of the noise. Yang stopped briefly, brightening as the bark echoed again. She practically jumped up with glee, recognizing the source of the noise.

"It's Zwei!" The blonde exclaimed hopefully, quickly running outside, her long blonde hair trailing behind her.

"Yang! Slow down!" Weiss yelled as she chased the boxer out into the street.

Uni wasn't far behind, nor were the others. However they all slowed down as they burst out into the crisp morning air, all confused by the scene before them.

Yang was standing in the middle of the street, Zwei right next to her and what appeared to be Ruby's scythe in her arms.

She slowly approached Yang, only to fall just as silent as she saw the reason for the blonde's dismay.

Everyone stared solemnly as they noticed the cavernous hole in the ground. It was clear that something went wrong, but what really bothered Uni was the hole itself.

It looked unnatural, such a formation wouldn't just suddenly collapse. Something caused this, whether it was intentional or not was the real question.

Uni wasn't sure about what was going on, but it clearly wasn't good. Whatever had happened to Ruby left her without a weapon, and alone in the tunnels beneath mountain Glen.


Lilith was worried, something wasn't right. They were loading an absurd amount of dust onto the train, an unsafe amount. She wasn't an expert on Nature's Wrath but she knew that it was highly volatile. Not too mention there were also loads of weapons and some strange devices being carried on as well.

While this was enough to worry her, the fact that the strange Grimm was loaded onto the front of the train.

She didn't have much time, there were too many pieces on the board. Too many players, not enough time. It was frustrating…

The winged girl let out a sigh of annoyance from her perch on one of the ruined buildings, her crimson eyes scanning the caverns below her.

She clenched her sweaty hands tightly, biting her lips in frustration. She was stressed and confused, she couldn't do anything…

She needed to calm herself. Deep breaths, in and out…

Pouting slightly, Lilith pulled out a tattered deck of cards from her pocket, a memento. It was a simple old trinket, but it was important to her. It helped her think and calm herself down.

As usual, she shuffled the dirty black cards. Taking a deep breath, she drew a card.

A torn up Jack, the details were barely visible and it had a few specks of blood staining its surface. She needed a wildcard, she needed to have some interference.

Whether it was of her own making, or someone else's mattered not. She needed to make some trouble, something needed to go awry.

Nodding to herself, she packed away the cards, satisfied with her results. Maybe it wasn't a smart idea to let a simple card make the hard decisions for her, but it certainly helped. Besides, if she really didn't like what she had drawn, then she could always choose another one.

Lilith quickly sat herself up, ready to go cause some mischief. But before she left, she paused as she caught something in the corner of her eye.

A familiar girl in a red cloak, being dragged up to Torchwick.


"She must've fallen down here…" Blake muttered worriedly, kneeling down in front of the pit. Her ears twitched faintly as she dropped a rock into it, counting the seconds until she heard it hitting the bottom.

"Do you think she'll be all right?" Weiss asked anxiously, peering over the edge of the cavern.

"Probably, but who knows for how long…" Uni mumbled softly, mainly to herself. Fiddling with her locket as she thought to herself with a frown.

She was… curious? Was that what she was feeling? She wasn't really sure, but whatever the sensation was, it wasn't exactly pleasant.

"How could I have been so stupid!?" Oobleck exclaimed, causing the four teens to sharply turn to him. "It's so obvious! How did I miss this!?"

"What's going on Doc?" Yang asked quickly, anxious to find her sister. She approached the teacher, who was pacing back and forth.

The professor simply ignored her, dashing around the cave entrance quickly before smiling brightly, "It's so simple, I know what happened!"

"What do you mean? What happened?" Weiss asked worriedly.

Oobleck simply laughed, almost maniacally as he pushed up his glasses. He took a sip of coffee and dashed to his students. "Mountain Glen! Of course! It was an expansion of Vale, though it was unfortunately destroyed by Grimm!" He lectured quickly.

"Thousands lived here, working to develop the city! They built a subway, to which they evacuated to when Grimm attacks increased! They discovered a cave system, for which the region is known for!" The green haired teacher exclaimed, accidentally spilling some coffee on his tan colored coat.

Uni frowned, raising an eyebrow in mild confusion. Tilting her head, she asked, "What do you mean?"

Oobleck froze, standing completely still as he turned his head like an owl, only to quickly disappear in a green blur.

The silver haired girl flinched ever so slightly as Oobleck reappeared in front of her, grabbing her by the shoulders as he shook her back and forth. "Simple my dear! We're not looking for an underground crime network, we're looking for an underground crime network!" He explained excitedly.

"That doesn't help at all…" She replied with a dead stare, still not understanding the issue at hand. What was Oobleck talking about? They already knew they were hidden…

Then it dawned on her, they had switched back to literal meanings. "Oh…" She mumbled in realization, staring into the depths below.

"So they're working in caves?" Blake asked, turning to the teacher for confirmation.

"Not quite." He began, trying to properly explain the situation. "This city was Vale's first serious attempt at expansion, and it worked for awhile. With their aggressive defenses and advanced subway systems, they lasted a while, but without any natural defenses it was doomed from the start."

He then turned to the pit, gazing into the darkness. "As a last resort, they took shelter in the cavernous depths, cutting themselves off from the surface."

"So more like an underground city?" Yang suggested, speaking to herself in surprised realization.

"In a manner of speaking… yes." Oobleck nodded sharply, confirming her idea.

"It was a safe haven until an explosion opened up another cave, one full of Grimm…" His voice fell soft as he finished it with a solemn phrase, "Creating the world's largest tomb…"

Uni turned back to the cavernous opening, the feeling in her gut growing stronger. Something wasn't right…

Oobleck spoke softly, voicing Uni's subconscious thoughts. "If Ruby is down there…" He began, raising his thermos as it extended, producing a staff and a barrel. His gaze hardened as he turned to the girls, "We have to find her."


The caves were cold and a little dark, but lights were visible further down the tunnel, indicating that they were in the right place.

Uni wasn't sure why Ruby would go further instead of waiting for help. It didn't make sense, it was illogical. Of course there was always the possibility that she was taken forcefully, but that was unlikely. After all, Ruby was strong, and she doubted that would change just because she lost her weapon.

Maybe she would know for sure if she actually paid attention when other people fought in combat class but… that was time she usually spent sleeping.

However those thoughts weren't exactly important, what really mattered was finding Ruby.

Wait… when did she start considering the importance of things? Let alone people?

Sighing, Uni shook her head softly, shaking the question aside. She continued following the others down the now opening tunnel.

The stale air became slightly less so as they walked into a massive cavern, ruins of buildings and shops everywhere. It truly was an underground city, or more accurately, a graveyard.

Though it wasn't the overbearing sight of the ruins that stopped her in her tracks, no, it was the confusing sight before her.

Ruby was laying on the ground not too far away from Torchwick, a raven haired girl defending her.

"Lilith?"


The winged girl just couldn't take it, watching the hooded girl get beaten that is. She was a very empathetic person, hence her Semblance, so it was obvious she couldn't stand watching such a thing. Though at the same time, she really didn't want to make Roman upset. He actually scared her a little, if she was being honest.

Roman cackled as he sent the silver eyed girl sprawling back across the floor with a blow from his cane, her gothic red and black dress covered in dirt.

He pressed his cane, Melodic Cudgel, into her side as he leaned over her with a smirk. "Who knew you were so weak without that damned scythe of yours, eh Red?"

He swept his hair to the side as he toyed with his white coat smugly, as if mocking the girl.

The girl, who was called Red, stumbled slightly as she sat up, scowling at him. Pulling back her fist, she tried to punch him with all her might.

Roman simply smiled, catching the strike. He twisted her arm, causing her to wince in pain as she was flipped into the ground.

"Thank you Perry! I really needed this, who knew beating up children was so much fun!?" He exclaimed, one of the nearby soldiers giving him a silent thumbs up.

Red simply groaned in pain, wincing as she struggled to stand up again. Determination glinted in her eyes, a flame in her heart as she limply ran towards him again.

Lilith barely held in her sharp gasp as she saw the hooded girl collapse to the ground as Roman hit her again, laughing all the way.

It was awful to see. She couldn't just watch it happen, she had to do something. Fear and nervousness wasn't important, actions were. Taking a deep breath, she nodded firmly, unfurling her wings, she prepared herself to fight.

Roman sneered at Red, winding Melodic Cudgel back for another swing. However before he could hit the girl, he winced in pain. He recoiled back slightly as a thin orange glow crossed his face, signaling his aura protecting him.

He looked around in anger and confusion, a scowl appearing on his face as he saw the source of the damage. A large sharp black feather embedded into the ground, he immediately recognized it. How could he not? He only knew one person with sharp feathers, though he didn't know she could throw them like that.

"That damn brat!" He yelled in rage, upset at the act of betrayal, searching around for Lilith. "I'll kill that stupid kid…" he muttered under his breath.

Roman quickly turned away from Red, facing the thugs behind him. "Search for her! I want you to find her as soon as poss— ugh!"

Lilith had dived down, practically drop kicking the ginger criminal in the face causing him to grunt in pain as he was sent stumbling back. He fell to the floor, covering his outfit in dirt as he was sent skidding back into the thugs, knocking them down as well.

Red had wide eyes as she stared up at her, mainly looking at her massive wings. The silver eyed girl seemed confused by the events around her, unsure of what to do next.

"What's wrong with you ya stupid animal!?" Roman glared at Lilith, his green eyes filled with rage. "You're supposed to be helping me! What's going on?!"

"I can't just let you attack a defenseless girl," She explained, surprising even herself with her serious tone. "Just because she's interfering doesn't make it okay to beat her up!"

Lilith tapped her belt buckle, causing it to unravel before straightening into its blade form. The crimson metal practically glowed under the light as she held it in both hands, showing off her mother's weapon, Scarlet Fang.

Roman was practically growling as he sat himself up, jerking his head at the goons behind him, signaling them to hasten the plan.

Meanwhile Lilith turned to Red, who had just managed to stand up and was now looking at the Snake Blade curiously.

"Are you alright?" Lilith asked, flinching ever so slightly as Crimson eyes met Silver, silently praying she wouldn't be killed right then and there. What? Don't judge her! For her entire life she had been told that the silver eyed warriors were homicidal maniacs. You couldn't really blame her for being nervous about standing right next to one.

Red nodded hesitantly, clearly cautious of her, "Yeah…"

"Good," She smiled at the hooded Girl, turning back to face Roman who had just finished dusting himself off. Luckily he was egotistical enough to prioritize that of all things.

However before they could begin fighting, they both froze as a familiar and calm voice spoke out, "Lilith?"


Uni wasn't surprised easily, sure maybe things caught her off guard or maybe confused her but right now she was genuinely surprised.

She knew Lilith had some sort of role in all of this, especially with her late night visit, but she didn't expect to find her all the way down here.

Lilith stood strong with her ebony wings spread out widely. A scarlet blade in her hands, ready to fight, as she stared down Torchwick. Her red and black outfit was covered in dirt, similar to the girl she was defending.

The red reaper was beaten and bruised, her outfit slightly torn and covered in dust.

"Ruby!" Yang exclaimed happily, glad to see her sister. However, she paused as she too noticed the figure above the reaper.

"Is everything all right!?" Oobleck exclaimed as he saw the sight before him, "What's going on?"

Ruby brightened up as she noticed them, slowly standing up. "It's a long story, right now we have other stuff to deal with…"

Uni ignored the reunion, more intrigued about the situation before her. She simply turned to Lilith, frowning as she asked "What are you doing here?"

Without turning around, Lilith spoke softly, not taking her eyes off of Roman, who was slowly backing away. "Uni, I don't know what you're doing here, but it's not safe." She warned, avoiding the question.

Uni simply tilted her head, still confused. Sighing in disagreement, "That's not important…"

The winged girl turned around sharply, set off by her uncaringness, "Yes it is! Do you have no regard for your own safety!?"

The broken girl simply shrugged, only making Lilith even more frustrated, causing her to sigh in exasperation.

"Just… just take care of your friend." She explained gesturing to Ruby, who had just stumbled over to them.

"Are you okay?" Weiss asked worriedly, her weapon pointed at Lilith and Roman warily.

Ruby nodded, smiling in relief, "Yeah, I'm fine, thanks to her." She explained, pointing a thumb at Lilith.

The winged girl smiled weakly, chuckling nervously. "Hi…" She greeted nervously, waving softly.

She gave Uni a subtle nod before turning back to Roman, only to scowl. The thief was already halfway to the train in the distance.

Lilith pouted, biting her lip as she glanced back to the silver haired girl and her friends once more, crouching slightly as a bloody red aura coated her legs. "Hey Uni, take care of Red, I have to go."

She didn't even give them a chance to respond, simply kicking off the ground in a burst of speed with her aura. Using her wings to propel herself further as she barreled towards the train.

Uni shook her head, breaking out of her stupor as she called out after Lilith. "Wait, you didn't answer my question!" But it was too late, the winged girl was too far away.

"Who was that?" Weiss asked incredulously, turning to the sleepy girl for answers.

Uni yawned softly as she frowned, staring as Lilith climbed into the train. "Her name is Lilith, she's a… friend of mine."

While Weiss seemed unsure of how to respond, Blake looked towards Uni knowingly, a cautious frown on her face. Her amber eyes searched Uni for any signs of deceit, seemingly suspicious of her.

"That night…" She began softly, "Those questions were about her, weren't they?"

The silver haired girl nodded in response, an uneasy feeling welling up inside her as she noticed everyone's gaze. They were all staring at her, but why did that make her feel strange?

Uni shook herself out of her daze, waving the thoughts aside. "It's a very long story, I'll tell you all later," She explained, or rather, lied. It wasn't exactly a long story, she just thought there were more important matters at hand.

Oobleck nodded vigorously, pointing an outstretched hand to the train in the distance. "As much as I'd like answers as well, we have a situation at hand!"

Uni followed his gaze to the steel locomotive, her frown deepening. The last car had just been hooked up, a few crates of dust being loaded on as Roman hopped onto the train.

Ruby paused, jumping up in realization. Practically slapping her own face at her stupidity. "Oh Dust! I forgot, Torchwick has loads of weapons on that train!"

"That's ridiculous! Those tunnels are sealed!" Oobleck refuted.

As he said that, the train clanged loudly as more boxes were loaded onto the caboose. It was preparing to depart, and soon.

"Well Doc, looks like it's leaving soon…" Yang stated bluntly, the train beginning to shake, as if on cue.

Oobleck raised an eyebrow in surprise, his frown deepening as he pushed up his thick glasses. "Then I suppose we should get on that train…"


The loud sounds coming from the train were deafening, frowning out most of the noise as they climbed on board, the locomotive quickly gaining speed. The rickety shaking of the train was rather annoying, but the tracks were old so there wasn't anything they could do about it. The area around them was barely visible, thanks to the darkness of the tunnel, though the train produced some light so it was bearable.

Uni was calm as usual. Her mind was completely blank as she stood upon the rear end of the train, her bow slung across her back with her ebony quiver right below it.

"Hurry!" Oobleck shouted, his voice barely audible over the roaring winds caused by the high speeds of the train. "We must stop this train, get to the front car!"

The doctor quickly ran forward, gesturing for his students to follow. However he paused as he heard Weiss call out tentatively.

"Umm… Doctor Oobleck?" The heiress asked nervously, peering into an open panel in the steel train car's roof. "What's this?"

Uni crouched down next to her, frowning softly as she too stared at the strange object. It was a large metal device, one with several dust canisters and wires connecting it.

She wasn't an expert on this sort of thing, but her gut squeezed faintly. She knew what it was, and it only spelt trouble for them.

"That appears to be a bomb…" Oobleck answered, confirming Uni's suspicions.

Weiss immediately recoiled, not comfortable being near an explosive. Which was understandable if you thought about it. Actually it was just understandable in general, no need to think about it. After all, who wants to be next to something that could kill you in a fiery explosion?

"What do we do?" Uni asked as she carefully observed the device, trying to see how it worked. Not that she had any hopes of figuring it out, she could barely do complicated math. There was no way she could discern how to diffuse a bomb.

Seriously, she struggled with anything harder than the basics, she could barely do algebra. She was raised on the streets after all, so of course her education was lacking.

"Uh right now we have another problem!" Ruby exclaimed, readying her scythe. "We got baddies!"

Uni shot up, her silver twin tails whipping behind her in the wind. She looked ahead and saw several White Fang members charging towards them, leaping from train car to train car with ease. They were much further down the long train, but they would reach them eventually.

"Understandable, we'll just have to fight!" The green haired teacher exclaimed as he too, readied his weapon, whatever it was supposed to be.

'Beep!'

They all froze, an ominous chill washing over them as they slowly turned to the device below them. Bright red numbers appearing on a screen mounted just above the device, a clock slowly ticking down.

The bomb had been armed…

Uni didn't hesitate for a moment, immediately rolling back from the bomb and leaping to the next car, the others not too far behind her. She probably should've made sure they were ok but stopping the train was of a higher priority. Actually that didn't sit quite right, so she took a quick peek, not that she would admit it.

"Blake! Detach the caboose!" Oobleck ordered sharply from behind, leaping off the car as well. "It'll kill us all!"

The amber eyed Faunus nodded firmly, "On it!" She yelled back, pulling out her katana as she quickly turned around. However, before she made her move, the train car quickly decoupled, flying back down the tracks. "Huh?"

She turned back to the instructor, a look of confusion on her face as she called to him. "The train car is gone! It detached itself!"

"That makes no sense!" Oobleck clutched his chin in confusion, frowning as Yang popped up beside him. Her golden hair was a mess because of the wind, but surprisingly she didn't seem too bothered. "Guess they really don't want us on this train." She commented.

The train car exploded with a massive boom, causing them all to stumble as the tunnel collapsed behind them.

While Uni nearly fell off, she wasn't worried. What bothered her is what the explosion made her realize. Explosions break things… the way to Vale is sealed… a train running into something would probably cause an explosion…

So if a train filled with dust rams into a concrete barrier, what happens?

Boom.

The silver haired girl turned to Oobleck with an uncharacteristically serious look, "You said that these tunnels lead to Vale, correct?"

"Indeed! But they're sealed!" He argued as he pushed up his glasses, not seeing the point of the argument.

"Hey! We have another problem!" Ruby warned, interrupting them as she grabbed their attention, pointing at a hatch on the train car, similar to the last one.

Uni dashed over, nodding to herself as she saw the identical bomb in the car. "They plan to ram the train into Vale…" She explained.

"Oh dear, this isn't good…" He muttered, frowning softly as he ran to the next cart. He quickly lifted up another steel hatch, "They all have bombs!" He yelled, turning back to them.

'Beep!'

They all recognized the noise, not even bothering to turn as they jumped to the next train car with a loud thump. The car quickly decoupled behind them with another explosion.

"Get the humans!" A deep and grizzly voice yelled, drawing their attention to the charging figures in front of them. How could they forget…

They weren't alone on this train.

Uni ran forward, sure that the others weren't far behind, leaping towards a goon with a greatsword who was leading the charge.

She leapt over his horizontal slash, slamming her black boots into his head as she kicked him off the train, all while propelling herself forward. Maybe it was over kill but it sure was effective.

Shotgun shells clinked against the train roof as Yang blazed past her, going head to head with another Fang member not too far from herself.

But she didn't have time to pay attention to that, she had her own fight. She rolled against the train car as she landed, leaping back as she grabbed her bow.

Now behind the enemies, She began launching a volley of arrows. Slowly taking out enemies one by one, she began to thin the large crowd.

Ruby dashed through the hoard of thugs, clearing a few of them with her massive red scythe as she went by. Flipping over them, she landed right next to Uni and nodded to her with determination in her eyes.

Since Uni worked with Team RWBY so often they had formulated many strategies for working together. She even had her own team attacks.

Their plan for working against large numbers? It put Uni and Ruby as ranged support, while the others fought up close.

As the two silver eyed girls fired from afar, they watched their own allies fight through the goons themselves.

Blake spun around with her blade like a whirlwind of shadows, dark and deadly. She took out a large number of them quickly with no remorse.

Yang was… well, Yang. Simply blazing through the crowd with strike after strike, taking hits and hitting back even harder.

The pair were both playing their role as the crowd cleaners, doing as much damage as possible.

Meanwhile Weiss filled her designated role of crowd control, flicking Myrtenaster sharply, several glowing glyphs lined the silver train cars. With the quick rotation of her swords hilt, she activated the ice dust in her blade. Suddenly, she trapped several of the thugs in ice, making them easy pickings for everyone else.

Oobleck turned as the next train car detonated behind them, causing everyone to stumble once again. However, unlike the previous explosions, this one caused Grimm to flood into the tunnel.

Several Beowulves, Ursai, Deathstalkers, A few King Taijitu, a Nightstalker, and a bunch of Creeps, and many more types of Grimm, All chasing the train.

"Oh Dust…" He swore under his breath, practically scowling. "They're not just ramming the train into Vale! They're luring Grim into the city!" He warned, yelling loudly.

"What!? Why?" Weiss yelled incredulously, her eyes widening in horror.

"Why do criminals do anything?" Uni asked, causing the heiress to give her a half lidded stare. "What? It was a genuine question." She added with slight confusion, tilting her head softly.

Weiss simply sighed, a slightly amused smirk on her face despite the current situation.

"Never mind that! We need to hurry" Oobleck yelled, grabbing the two teens' attention as they kept to the next car, the previous one being detached.

"You four!" He began, gesturing to Uni, Weiss, Blake, and Yang, "Go below and see what you can do about those bombs!" He ordered, quickly turning to Ruby.

"What about us?" She asked curiously, slightly confused and a tad concerned, her red hood waving wildly behind her.

"We need to stop this train."


Uni landed onto the floor of the train car with a soft thud, Weiss, Blake, and Yang right behind her. As the silver haired girl searched the barren car warily, Yang made a simple joke.

"I guess this is what we trained for," The blonde said seriously, quipping without humor.

Weiss simply ignored the pun as she tossed Blake a dust cartridge, "Here, this will help."

Blake nodded gratefully, accepting the clip and loading it into her weapon as they pressed forward, charging through the train cars.

Uni tried to make it through the train as fast as possible, but her charge was suddenly halted as a familiar figure leapt into view from behind some crates.

Tossing her pink and brown hair behind her she gave the teens a silent mocking smirk. Neopolitan stared at them with an unsettling gaze, tapping her foot absently as her pink and brown eyes switched colors rapidly.

As the parasol wielding girl slowly approached them, Yang clenched her fist and growled. "This one's mine, you three go ahead…" She muttered, slightly bitter about their previous encounter with the girl.

Uni nodded, albeit reluctantly, but turned to Yang before she left. "Remember her semblance, illusions or something similar."

Yang smirked, nodding confidently, "Got it!"

With that, Uni dashed by, flipping past the girl without even bothering to check if Weiss or Blake were behind her. Okay maybe she did check...


The three teens quickly dashed through the train cars, traveling with ease. Or at least, they would be if they weren't interupted almost immediately.

Uni frowned, sighing softly, evidently unpleased. Mainly at their rate of progress.

Much to her… what was this feeling? Inconvenience? Maybe annoyance? Well it didn't really matter but Uni was a tad upset because almost immediately they were halted once again by the revving of a chainsaw.

A large bulky White Fang member blocked the way, a Lieutenant to be specific, heaving a massive chainsaw into the air. Growling softly, he glared at Weiss in particular.

The heiress seemed to react to this, nodding to Uni and Blake seriously. "You two go ahead!" She yelled as she summoned two glyphs right on either side of her.

The silver haired girl hesitated once again, but shook it off as an unknown feeling as usual. Simply utilizing the glyphs to launch her past the Lieutenant alongside Blake.


They finally seemed to make some progress as they ran through several more grey train cars, only to be stopped once again.

Uni was getting a little irked at the moment, tired of being stopped once again. Though less annoyed then the previous attempts at stopping them, mainly because she knew this person.

Lilith stood in the center of the room, biting her lip nervously. Hesitantly holding her blade, she took in a deep nervous breath. "I don't want to do this…" She muttered softly, though still loud enough for them to hear.

Blake turned to the silver haired girl, slightly confused. "I thought you said she was your friend?"

"I thought she was, maybe I don't know her as well as I thought I did. Or maybe there are exten- extenu— other circumstances." Uni replied, ignoring her own slip up, her voice almost cold. Though when she thought about it, she didn't even know the girl very well in the first place. They had only met, what? Three times?

While Lilith flinched at this, Blake smiled a little. "I think the word you're looking for is 'extenuating'" She teased, trying to brighten the situation.

"Oh… then maybe there are extenuating circumstances…" She restated, a slightly confused look on her face. She really needed to work on her vocab, it was… lacking in some areas.

The Cat Faunus turned back to Lilith cautiously, speaking softly, "Can you handle this?" She asked, not taking her eyes off the winged girl.

Uni nodded, "Yes, you should go forward," She answered seriously. Separating her bow into her two silver daggers, she readied Broken Moon as she prepared to fight.

Blake seemed hesitant on this one, more so than she had been about separating before. Though that was likely because the others weren't dealing with friends.

Although reluctant, the bookworm nodded with determination, dancing past Lilith with impressive skill before moving onward through the train.

"I don't want to fight, but I will if I have to." Uni warned, surprising both Lilith and herself. Since when did she care about whether she fought or not?

Lilith hesitated, seemingly frightened. Her crimson eyes glanced around nervously as she sighed softly. "I don't want to fight either…"

The winged girl frowned as she lowered her blade, though still holding it just in case. She wasn't even a good fighter, so there wasn't a point struggling.

The silver haired girl scanned Lilith warily, both cautious and baffled at the situation. Something wasn't right.

"Why are you doing this? A lot of people will be hurt you know…" Uni asked seriously, unsure of what was really happening.

Lilith furrowed her brow in confusion, stepping back slightly as she struggled to wrap her head around the implications of Uni's words. "What? No… we're just moving supplies!" She exclaimed, doubting her own words.

"People are in danger, this is serious." Uni restated, stepping forward till she was right next to her.

Lilith bit her lip tightly as she, albeit hesitantly, asked something she wasn't sure she wanted the answer to, "What do you mean? What's going on?"

This only increased Uni's confusion, confirming her thought that something else was going on. She really didn't know anything…

It made sense when she thought about it. Lilith, from what Uni knew of her, was clearly kind. Despite barely knowing her, the winged girl cared about her safety. She even defended Ruby despite being on opposing sides. Either Lilith wasn't working willingly, or she didn't know the whole truth.

It was a strange thought, knowing that someone cared about her… now that she thought about it, they probably all did. Glynda, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren. They all cared about her…

Maybe not everyone is awful, even if the world is, that was a breakthrough. Though she could contemplate that at a later time, there was the situation at hand that needed to be fixed.

With a deep breath, she explained the situation, hoping her guess was right. "This train, it's going to ram itself into Vale" She began, horror and disgust replacing Lilith's confusion.

"They are using cars filled with explosives to lure in Grimm, so when they reach Vale they can lead them into the city…"

"No, no that can't be right…" Lilith muttered softly in disbelief, not wanting to believe she had been lied to. "Why? Why would they do something like that?"

Uni shrugged, "I don't know." She said simply, brushing her hair to the side with a yawn. She quickly sheathed her blades, now that she knew what was going on, fighting wouldn't be an issue.

Meanwhile Lilith had wide eyes as she pulled at her hair in frustration, panicking as she realized what was going on around her. "Were they tricking both of us, or does Z know as well?"

"No, no, no!" The winged girl exclaimed in a panic, pacing back and forth nervously. "This isn't good!"

Uni nodded, understanding her worry despite her passive stare. "I know, but you can help stop it." She explained, trying to calm her down.

It didn't work, if anything it seemed to make it worse. Lilith turned around sharply, grabbing Uni by her shoulders with wide eyes. "No! You don't understand!" She yelled.

"The Grimm! The one I mentioned in my letter! It's on the train!"


Blake Belladonna was a rather calm and quiet person, who had a sense of justice and was trying to make up for her past. However despite her many flaws, she thought she understood the world.

However this was clearly wrong, as evident by the baffled stare she held. Her amber eyes were wide with confusion as she saw the perplexing sight.

Roman Torchwick, was literally poking a caged Grimm.

He stood with his back turned, poking the strangely calm Grimm with his cane as he mumbled to himself. "What is up with this stupid thing?"

And as if the sight itself wasn't enough, to make things worse was the Grimm itself. She had never seen anything like it, the creature was horrifying.

It's humanoid shape towered over most, looking to be at least eight feet tall. It's massive three inch claws gleamed as they hung from it's lanky long limbs. It was so thin and frail that it looked like a breeze would kill it.

The creature itself had a vaguely feminine figure, making it even stranger, but it clearly wasn't any normal Grimm. It's dried and wrinkled skin was completely black on the left half and white on the other. And going against normal color schemes for its kind, it's skin was covered in yellow and grey markings. It had no visible mouth, making it even creepier, but it's pure red eyes glowed brightly as they met her own.

It was staring right at her.

Gently, it lifted its clawed hand, raising it toward where she stood.

Fear flooded her body, she felt tired and feeble. It was as if her strength was leaving her…

Roman frowned, turning around to follow its gaze, only to scowl as he saw her. "Now what are you doing here…" He muttered, charging towards Blake with his cane.

She quickly parried his strike with Gamble Shroud, striking back quickly as they entered a duel. Fighting despite how exhausted she felt.

The battle had begun, all as the strange Grimm watched excitedly.

It was amused by their fighting.


Uni ran through the train worriedly, Lilith alongside her. The smallest sliver of something that the girl hadn't felt in a long time welled up inside her silver eyes, fear.

Not for herself, but for her friends. If the Grimm was anything like Lilith had described, then they were all in danger.

They had to hurry, Weiss and Yang couldn't be too far behind so her focus was Ruby and Blake.

According to the winged girl, Torchwick and the Grimm were at the front of the train. Meaning that the creature was with Blake, hopefully still caged.

However her thoughts were brushed aside as the door behind them opened up, the White Fang member from earlier marching through with an unconscious Weiss in hand.

Uni's eyes narrowed slightly, but before he could even move, he collapsed with a loud and bright bang. Falling to the floor to reveal a very upset blonde.

"No one hurts my friends…" Yang said protectively, kicking the knocked out man's limp body.

"Yang, are you alright?" Uni asked, grabbing the boxers attention.

The blonde looked up in surprise, having not noticed the other members of the room until now. However her surprise quickly turned to confusion as she noticed Lilith.

"Yeah, but what's she doing here?"

"It's a long story, we have work to do." Lilith said impatiently, tapping her foot nervously.

Yang was about to argue but paused, nodding in agreement. They all knew that there were more important matters to deal with.

"You take care of Weiss, we'll get Blake." Uni told her, quickly running ahead before she could object, Lilith right behind her.

Next up was Blake.


Blake was scared, it was as if fear itself was flowing through her veins. She was cold and weak, something wasn't right… Was she poisoned or something? If so, how?

She narrowly avoided a swing from Torchwick's cane, twitching as the staff brushed by her hidden ears. Sweeping her leg, she knocked him down to the ground.

She quickly lunges towards him, but paused as a wave of pain and fear washed over her.

"He… He… He…"

"Feed…"

The Grimm, the one in the cage. It was laughing, in a deep and grizzly, but still slightly feminine tone. It was terrifying.

She nearly collapsed onto her knee at the sound of the voice alone. The creature's glowing red eyes pierced into her, as if staring at her soul itself.

Torchwick took advantage of her sudden weakness, kicking her stomach.

She winced as she was flung into the wall, landing next to the caged Grimm, making her fear even worse.

Blake shivered in a mix of disgust and fear as she felt one of its clawed hands reach through the bars, running its fingers through her hair. It was nauseating, she felt horrified, like her insides were shriveling up.

She would've sworn the creature was smiling, except for the fact that it had no mouth. Actually, how did it speak without a mouth? Even more importantly, it was speaking! A Grimm! Talking!

Before she could continue debating the insanity of the creature she winced in pain once again as Torchwick slammed his cane into her head. Laughing at her pane with each stroke.

The ginger twirled his cane as he turned to the caged creature. "I don't know why or how you're doing this, but I'll be damned if I let it go to waste!" He said with a grin, kicking Blake once again.

She barely managed to raise her weapon, firing a shot toward Roman, but she narrowly missed do to her shaky hands.

The bullet pierced his hat, knocking it off of his head, much to his chagrin. Scowling at her, he threw her against the opposite wall. "You'll pay for that!"

Blake stumbled up off the ground, glaring at him despite the fear flowing through her. In a game of cat and mouse, she was the mouse.

She couldn't fight like this, not with… whatever the Grimm had done to her. She needed to run… again.

As much as she despised it, she began limping to the door. Her vision blurring as she heard Roman yell from behind her.

"Not so fast!" He cried, slamming Melodic Cudgel into the back of her legs, knocking her to the ground. "You can't just run away like that, Kitty Cat!"

She snarled at the nickname, but other than that she didn't respond as she struggled towards the door. "Not… like this…" She muttered angrily.

"Run…" The Grimm whispered, almost eagerly as it wrapped its thin fingers around the bars of its cage. "Let…"

"What?" Roman exclaimed, turning towards the creature. "I knew you were Grimm were dumb, but you're supposed to be smart, but I guess you're stupid like the rest of your kind if you want me to let her go…"

He then turned to Blake, only to find that she had disappeared, having already left. He practically growled, upset that she had disappeared.

"You… Will… Stay…"


Uni was confused, among other unknown feelings, as she saw an injured Blake slumped against the wall of the car.

She was confused for one reason, they weren't at the front of the train. So why was she here?

"What's going on? What happened?" She asked seriously, kneeling down next to the quiet Faunus.

"Torchwick, he nearly beat me. I had… I had to run, again…" She said bitterly, frustrated and upset.

Uni knew why, they had talked about it not too long ago. Blake said it herself, she ran away all the time, she hated it too.

Blake scowled, just noticing Lilith standing behind Uni, "What's she doing here?"

"I'll tell you everything later, but we sorted things out." The silver haired girl explained, helping Blake up from off the ground. "Why didn't he chase you?"

The cat Faunus simply shook her head, unable to sort through her fuzzy memories, why was it so hard to remember? "I don't know. But there's something else… there was this strange—" "Grimm," Lilith interrupted, speaking up despite her nervousness.

"The Grimm. You saw it, didn't you?" She asked worriedly, fear apparent in her crimson eyes.

"Yes…" Blake answered, her eyes darkening as the creature flashed through her mind. How scared she felt when it met her eyes…

Lilith nodded in understanding, she had seen it too. She knew what it could do. "Then you understand why we need to stop it."


Ruby Rose was severely worried, and confused. Which was completely understandable, who wouldn't be in her circumstances?

However she was confused because of what came out from below deck and climbed up in front of her.

Her friends, plus that cool winged girl who saved her butt earlier.

She was worried, not just because of the fact that they were about to run into a wall of rubble, but because of the state of her friends.

Weiss was beaten and bruised, her dress torn slightly with her wounds being healed by her returning aura. Despite all of this, she seemed oddly disappointed in herself.

Blake seemed just as injured, if not more so than Weiss. She looked frustrated, angry, confused, and scared all at the same time. An unnatural amount of worry evident in her strangely dark amber eyes. They weren't dark in the sense that she had a dark gaze, but the shade of her eyes was noticeably darker.

Yang, at first look, appeared fine as her wounds had already been healed by her aura. What caught her attention was the pain echoing in her eyes, one that she hadn't seen in a long time.

Uni appeared fine at first glance as well, but the look in her eyes… it was different from her normal empty stare. It looked like she was… worried?

Then there was the winged girl, she was pretty sure Uni called her Lilith, who also seemed fine. Except for the fact that she was clearly terrified, extremely so.

As a leader it was her duty to protect her teammates, and her friends, so seeing them in this state wasn't exactly pleasant.

Despite her desire to protect them and help them out, they had bigger issues at hand. They were approaching the concrete barrier at rapid speeds, there wasn't any time to stop it.

"What do we do?" Blake asked, turning to her leader for guidance.

Ruby simply turned to Weiss and smiled, an unspoken conversation in her gaze. The heiress nodded and twirled, utilizing the art of Dustcasting, as she created a large shield of ice around the six of them.

The entire train shook upon impact, shattering the stone barrier in a massive explosion, breaking through into Vale. The wall had been breached.


AN: Almost There! I'll try to keep this short, mainly because I'm trying to cut down on these to make it smoother. I had another revelation about my style and how I want it to work but I won't go into detail right now.

The reason Lilith is so concerned about Uni is because she's Lilith's first friend. Z took the role of a harsh step father while everyone else hated her, Uni was the first person to actually treat her normally.

Something is finally changing in Uni but she can't heal until she understands one thing, I won't say it but I did go over it in a recent dream of hers. We haven't had those in awhile because Uni hasn't slept in awhile.

That's all for now, see ya next time. Void out!