January 17, 2021

After Raven's funeral, Team RWBY, Qrow, and Taiyang all hung out at the Signal Fire Company fire station. Raven's funeral procession had carried her coffin and her old turnouts from both SFC and PFAS from Patch First Aid Squad to Signal Fire Company on the back of an engine from the SFC. Jaune and Sun had to go do hunting training, Delwyn IV had to go back and conduct government business, and George had to go work overtime, hence why they left after the funeral.

"So," Qrow said to the gang, tired out from the day as he sat down at the station's bar alongside Team RWBY and Taiyang. "Have you girls done any researching in between my sister's death and today?"

"We sure have," Weiss replied. "I've found the location of a mob safehouse in the city through some... Tense... Methods. By tense methods, I mean I had some of the Schnee Dust Corporation's guards track down several mobsters and they beat the information out of them. My father and my sister both approved."

"Damn," Yang said. "You know how to get shit done, and done fast."

Ruby said, "When will we get to confront these mobsters ourselves?"

"We'll do it on Tuesday night this week." The heiress then used a mapping app her Scroll phone to show the rest of the group the location of the safehouse. "We will meet across the street from this place at 7 P.M. Bring all weapons you own. This conversation cannot leave this room."

"You got it," Taiyang replied. "Qrow, you still got that big weapons stash at your place?"

"Why wouldn't I, Tai?" He then laughed. "I always knew I'd have to use it one day. It's unfortunate that the reason for it is Ray getting her head chopped off."

Later, Yang and Ruby were at the firehouse, exercising in the small gym upstairs. As Yang ran on the treadmill, Ruby lifted some weights.

Ruby then got up and said, "I'm gonna go get some water." Yang silently nodded as she kept running, sweat trickling down her body.

As she went into the upstairs kitchen to grab a water bottle, she decided to check out the bunk room for some reason. After grabbing a bottle from the refrigerator, she walked to the bunk room area. As she did, she heard rustling, which was odd since the 2 paid firefighters were downstairs at the time. She called out, "Hello?"

Then, the rustling stopped, and frantic activity began as Ruby walked in. Staring back at Ruby were none other than Theresa and Denis, who had been making out in the room. Denis said as he handed Theresa her jacket, "Uhhh... Hi, Ruby..."

Ruby replied, "You 2 were making out, I presume?"

"Well," Theresa said. "Yeah. But... Uhh... Denis here began to take my jacket off and then we began to feel each other up and stuff so, yeah..."

"That's all I need to know." Ruby then sighed. "How old are you 2 again?"

"I'm 15 now and Denis is 13..."

"Aren't you 2 a little young for that stuff? I mean, I never had sex until last year. My sister was 14 and a half when she first did it." Ruby then sat down on a bed in the bunk room. "13 is pushing it, especially since you'll be turning 16 soon, Theresa, and Denis won't be 14 until later this year."

"Well you shouldn't really get involved in a couple's life in that way," Theresa replied in a calm but still annoyed tone. "I would never do anything to Denis if he felt uncomfortable about it, and he wouldn't do anything to me if I felt uncomfortable about it. We communicate well, Ruby."

The redhead then sighed. "That's good, but... You may just piss off or creep out some people with the age discrepancy, especially with what you 2 were doing. I mean, I'm not saying you should let other people dictate every aspect of your romantic and sexual life."

"I can see why," Denis replied. "Still, I don't care if strangers don't approve." Theresa nodded in agreement.

"I agree," Ruby said back. "But, just be careful, okay? Don't get pregnant, and I assume you're both virgins, so STDs are kind of an impossibility right now. Also, I wouldn't tell your parents about this."

"Of course not," Theresa replied, brushing some of her dyed-blond hair. "We'd use condoms if we ever went that far, and, don't tell my parents, but I bought some emergency birth control pills just in case. I already have birth control prescription pills since my periods can be painful as fuck."

"I took those once, actually, when I first got my period when I was like 12 and a half. They were painful for a few years, and then I stopped taking them after my second year at Beacon because the pain lessened and I wasn't having sex of any kind with anyone at the time." Ruby then sighed and drank some water from her bottle. "Well, I gotta go back to exercising."

Denis said to Ruby, "Hey Rose... Thanks..."

"No problem, Denny."

Then, the pagers rang, and the siren tone also played out. As the siren started up, the 3 of them got up and ran to the fire pole to go downstairs.

When they got down with Yang, Ruby said to the gang, "Wanna join the paid guys on the ambulance for this one?"

"Sure," Yang replied as she hurriedly pulled her high boots up and grabbed her coat.

Eventually, the 4 of them jumped aboard Ambulance 201, with Ruby and Yang sitting in the back and Theresa and Denis sitting in the cab behind the paid firefighter-paramedics. The call was for a Bravo-response traffic accident with 1 injured occupant and leaking fluids.

As Ambulance 201 pulled out, several other volunteer firefighters ran into the station to get on Rescue 201. Theresa waved at them, smiling because she got on the first truck out.

About 4 and 1/2 minutes of driving through heavy traffic later, Ambulance 201 arrived alongside Car 5. The 6 firefighters on board climbed out. Yang and Ruby emerged from the back, pulling the ambulance's stretcher, which carried several blue and orange bags of BLS and ALS gear. The 2 paid guys walked over and grabbed the bags off of the stretcher while Ruby and Yang put medical gloves on.

Captain Kirkridge pointed to Theresa and Denis and said, "You 2 probies, grab some brooms and start sweeping down the glass and debris on the road. When the rescue gets here, we'll start putting kitty litter on the leaking gas."

"Got it," Denis said as he put his fire gloves on. Theresa walked over to a compartment on the ambulance to grab 2 brooms.

Meanwhile, the paid guys, Ruby, and Yang attended to the injured driver, who had a minor laceration to the forehead and leg pain. Ruby and Yang sat her down as the paid guys opened the BLS bag to begin doing vitals. The driver said, "A dog just darted out in front of me. I missed the dog, but I hit a few newspaper vending machines."

The paid lieutenant on the ambulance said, "Okay sir, just relax. I gotta take your blood pressure first." He then motioned for Yang to put a cuff on the driver's right arm.

Yang nodded and grabbed a blood pressure measuring tool. She then put the cuff around the driver's arm, saying, "This won't take long at all, sir." She then took off her helmet to get a better look at the patient.

As Ruby and a paid firefighter-medic began pumping the cuff's bag, Rescue 201 arrived on scene. A police officer walked over with a clipboard and a sheet and said, "I'll get info on the accident once this is all set, alright?"

The driver nodded and the paid lieutenant said, "Got it. He said he swerved to avoid a dog and while he was successful, he did hit some newspaper vending machines."

The officer wrote down on his clipboard and said, "Thanks."

Ruby thought to herself, "Dogs are cute and shit, but if it comes down to me and a random dog on the road, I'd rather go with me. This guy's an idiot for swerving."

January 19, 2021

At 7, Team RWBY, Qrow, and Taiyang all met in front of the mob safehouse's alleyway entrance. Weiss said to the group, "Remember everyone, be careful. We don't know what's in there. Stay quiet."

Qrow replied, "Of course, Ice Princess. You can count on it."

"Haha," Weiss said sarcastically. "Real funny."

Taiyang then readied his own weapon, a golden, 5-round, 8-gauge shotgun with an axe attached to the end. He was known for also utilising martial arts in his fighting style, hence why he also usually used brass knuckles and a serrated combat knife, both of which he brought as well, alongside a regular 12-round pistol. He said, "Let's get these bastards hard and fast." He then paused. "And yes, I know that could be a sex joke, especially given my past."

The whole group laughed in response, including Taiyang. Ruby then sighed and said, "Everyone, please, stay safe."

Blake put her hand on Ruby's shoulder and said, "We will." They both then smiled.

Yang then stepped up and said, "I'll get the door." She then cocked her Ember Celicas and walked up to the padlocked alleyway entrance to the warehouse. "Boom."

She fired off 2 rounds, one from each hand, lighting up the narrow alleyway and blowing the padlock away with ease.

She then calmly opened the double doors and said, "As you wish." The rest of the group nodded in response and walked in. "Let's get them."

A man suddenly ran up to them from within the warehouse, saying, "Who the hell are you people?!"

Weiss got out her Myrtenaster and pointed it right at the man's face, saying, "Is the Kolettis group located here?" She was referring to the Kolettis family, the mob family they were after.

"Uhhhh... What Kolettis group?" It was obvious the man was lying. "I don't know of them..."

Weiss then put down her Myrtenaster and said, "Okay then. Taiyang, talk to him."

Taiyang nodded, dropped his main hunting weapon, and walked up to the man, grabbing him by his shirt collar and hosting him in the air. He then pointed his pistol at the man's head with his other arm and said, "You're the worst fucking liar I've ever heard. You know exactly who we're talking about. Tell me if the Kolettis group is here or not NOW, or I'll blow your fucking brains out, I swear."

Qrow said, "Oh boy... I've never seen you that murderous before, Tai."

Ruby thought to herself, "Dad seems really angry. Then again, with Raven's death, I would be too."

"Ulp," the man said. "Uhhh..."

"DO IT," Taiyang screamed at him as he began to squeeze on the trigger of his gun.

"FINE! I'LL TELL YOU! PLEASE, DON'T KILL ME!" The man began sobbing as Taiyang lowered him down.

"Glad we had that talk. Now, tell me everything you know." Taiyang's demeanour now had changed.

"Yes, the Kolettis family keeps weapons and secret info here and shit," the man said between sobs. "Please, don't kill me. I won't say a word."

"Too late," a voice suddenly said from the same direction the man had first walked from.

Then, a gunshot rang out, a bullet narrowly missing Taiyang as it struck the man he had held in the head, killing him instantly. The rest of the group readied their weapons.

"He said too much," said another man, dressed in a black suit and tie and wielding an AR-7 assault rifle. "My name is Stefanos Kolettis, patriarch of the Kolettis family. I understand that your ex-wife was involved in taking down our allies about 15 years ago or so, Mister Long."

Yang's eyes turned a bright red as she said, "You bastards killed my mom just as she was about to come back in our lives!" She then began to cry. "All my life, I wanted to reconnect with my biological mother, and me and her had not too long ago began treating each other like mother and daughter for once. Then YOU took that from me."

"Blah blah blah," Stefanos replied. "Your mother divorced your father when you were a baby and then never returned. She was a deadbeat, no ifs, ands, or buts, and she was a lethal one at that. To say she loved you is a lie."

"GOD DAMN IT, SHUT UP," Yang angrily replied, her hair now glowing intensely. "RAVEN, MY OWN MOTHER, LOVED ME DEARLY! Do you even realize how much anguish she went through over not being able to see me, my sister Ruby, my Uncle Qrow, or my step-mom, her best friend and closest teammate, due to her role in intelligence, asshole?! She only abandoned us because she KNEW that scumbags like YOU would target us! She sacrificed EVERY connection she had with her family and friends to keep us safe! So don't you EVER say she didn't love me, you fucking son of a whore!"

Stefanos' facial expression changed from cool and calm to angered as he shouted back, "Don't call my own mother a whore, you bitch! She was a saint!" He then aimed his gun at Yang.

Ruby activated her semblance in response, swiping by Stefanos and swiping the gun out of his hands, a gust of wind and a flurry of rose petals indicating her presence. The gangster was taken aback by the move.

His henchmen then opened fire on the rest of the group, prompting them to take cover. Blake yelled, "Eat lead!" She then opened fire with Gambol Shroud, striking one of the henchmen and splattering his blood on Stefanos and a few other gunmen.

Weiss then shouted, "Watch out!" As she spun the revolver on Myrtenaster, she aimed the sword at Stefanos. She selected a cartridge of red dust to burn. She then summoned a glyph on the ceiling and on a spot near Stefanos. "Here I come!"

Qrow and Taiyang looked up as Weiss jumped up on the first glyph and then down onto the second glyph, firing her rest dust cartridge as she jumped down, striking Stefanos. As the heiress landed on her feet, Stefanos screamed in intense pain as he began to burn.

His henchmen froze in their tracks in horror, watching as their boss slowly burned to death. They couldn't do anything lest the gang kill them. Taiyang said as he walked up, "You deserved it, you heartless monster."

Weiss said, "What do we do with the henchmen?"

Qrow coldly replied, "Kill them all."

Ruby began to feel uneasy at Qrow's bloodlust as she cocked Crescent Rose. "Are you sure?"

"Do it," Yang replied, her eyes still red.

The henchmen then dropped their weapons and began to run. Yang soon gave chase, firing her gauntlets wildly at the fleeing men. Weiss said, "Wait, Yang!" She then began to give chase as well.

Blake and Ruby also gave chase, worried about Yang. Taiyang and Qrow looked at each other, shrugged, and joined in as well.

By the time they all got to the other end of the warehouse, Yang had killed all of the henchmen, their bodies, brains, guts, and blood all spilled on a path of destruction. Yang was still angry, breathing heavily and looking down on the mangled remains of a henchman who had tried to open a door to the outside.

Ruby said to her sister, "Yang? Are... Are you alright?"

The blonde's eyes instantly changed back to their regular shade as she quickly turned around and embraced Ruby, tears beginning to fall from her eyes again. "No..."

Taiyang walked over and hugged both of his daughters, he himself beginning to cry as well.

As the rest of the gang looked on, Weiss suddenly felt a tap on the shoulder and turned around. THat's when she noticed Pyrrha's ghost standing before her. She said, "So, Weiss, you guys finally ended this evil empire..."

Weiss nodded as she walked away from the group to talk to Pyrrha. When they were far enough away to not be heard by the rest of the group, she said, "I can't believe they actually went after Raven."

"I'm honestly not surprised," the redheaded Mistralian replied. "She had her hands in a lot of deep shit." She then sighed. "Today is not a good day for me."

Weiss, confused, asked, "Huh? Why?"

"I'm not telling you."

"Tell me. I mean, you're dead, so nobody else will hear this. Just you and me, and anyone else if you want me to, Pyrrha."

Pyrrha then unexpectedly got angry, saying, "How about NO, asshole, alright?!"

"Woah, woah, Pyrrha, calm down." Weiss was now really confused. "There's no need to be that bitchy or upset."

"Don't call me bitchy, you-" Pyrrha then paused and gathered her thoughts. "Ugh... Fine, I'll tell you, Schnee."

January 10, 2017

"Jaune," Pyrrha worryingly said to her then-boyfriend of 1 and a quarter years, Jaune Arc, as they sat in Team JNPR's dorm room, alone, on Jaune's bed. "I went to the Academy Nurse and got the results back."

Jaune, visibly distressed, replied, "Well, what is it?"

"I'm 6 weeks pregnant, Jaune." Pyrrha then wiped her eyes. "I... I don't know what to do... I always assumed all the signs were just period irregularities and dietary issues... I always denied in my head that I could be pregnant..."

"Oh no," Jaune replied, shocked. "I'm... Neither of us are ready for this..."

"My parents CANNOT know," Pyrrha said, shaking Jaune by his arms. "They will pull me out of school if they find out I'm pregnant."

Jaune paused for a few seconds. "Then that means... Oh no..."

Pyrrha began to cry, knowing what Jaune was implying. "I don't want to go down that route, but it's the only way... I want to be a mother, but not now..."

Jaune then hugged his sobbing girlfriend, saying, "Don't worry, Pyrrha. I'll respect any choice you make. I love you, and trust me, we'll be parents some day in the future." They then split, still holding hands. "We'll make up for this, and when we do, we'll have a great family."

Pyrrha replied back, "I hope so, Jaune. I hope so."

January 17, 2017

Nobody else knew about Pyrrha's pregnancy, not even Ren and Nora. And after today, there would be no more pregnancy.

Pyrrha made up an excuse for going down to the Academy Nurse in the Health Services Building by saying she had stomach cramps after classes ended. When she arrived at the nurse's office, she walked up to a nurse and said, "Hello, my name is Pyrrha Nikos. I'm here for an appointment with Parenthood Planning Services I scheduled 3 days ago."

No other students thought much of Pyrrha or anybody scheduling appointments with the school branch of PPS. It was very rare for the branch to do abortions, as they mostly offered contraceptives and sexual health (gynaecology/urology/andrology) services. Pyrrha and Jaune themselves had visited the PPS branch several times in the past.

The nurse at the front desk nodded and said, "Sign in on the sheet and take your card out of the box for second-year students, Miss Nikos."

"Thank you," she replied. The nurse then led her to the PPS room in the Health Services Building. As she walked down, Pyrrha rubbed her stomach and quietly said to it, "I'm so sorry..." She then closed her eyes and took a deep breath, determined to get her abortion done and over with, but also saddened.

In the present, Weiss looked at Pyrrha, a look of shock and surprise on her face. "You got an abortion at Beacon?!"

Pyrrha panicked. "Shut it, Weiss! Don't say it too loud!" She then sighed. "Yes, I had to terminate a pregnancy in Beacon. God, I wish I was able to uphold my end of the whole 'we'll get married and have kids when we're older' promise me and Jaune made."

Weiss then looked down, saddened by Pyrrha's story. "I'm sorry I've been treating you like shit, Pyrrha. I had no idea. It must suck to have parents that strict. I mean, my dad could get up there, but he wouldn't threaten to throw me out if he found out I was pregnant or I had an abortion. He's surprisingly pro-choice."

"It's fine," Pyrrha quickly replied. "Don't you dare treat me any different just because I made that choice. Got it?"

"Of course," the heiress replied as she and Pyrrha fistbumped. "Only a bigot would. Your secret is safe with me, Pyrrha."

"By the way, so your dad, I assume, is all over the political spectrum or whatever?"

"You can say that again." The 2 of them then laughed. "Well, I gotta run. I'll see you later."