"Talk"

'Thought'

[ABILITIES/WEAPONS]


In a Headmaster office, we see a lot of frustrated people angry and arguing about what happened

"Not Only Have We Lost Our Students, But Now Someone Has Killed The Fall Maiden!"

Glynda couldn't barely control her Semblance due to her unhappiness

"Usually my respect is unquestioned, but lately, with everything I'm losing, not to mention Tai slowly becoming a level of an alcoholic like me, it's going away very fast."

Qrow was so upset that he did not drink from his flask, not in the mood to be drunk, especially with his family disappearing

"Not only that, But We Can't Even Identify Who Is Doing This To Us! We Have No Records On This Person That's Causing Us So Much Trouble! We're Literally Fighting A Ghost At This Point!"

James could not handle this suddenly losing battle, they had no advantage of any kind, and any information they could use was completely useless to them, as they were nothing but reminders on how much they are losing, they were all upset and falling into despair, though if one was suffering the most, would be Ozpin himself, seemingly as he was losing the most, losing important people, losing everyone respect, and most importantly, losing the war they were now in, it was simply too much to bare at this given time

"To think that SHE would acquire such a dangerous pawn... This truly our darkest time..."

Was all Ozpin could say threw his clench teeth, but once he said this and anyone could respond, the Professor scroll, that laid on the table, turns on and a hologram appears above it, and it took a moment for everyone to realize who it was

"Salem..."

Everyone tensed up when they look angrily at the holographic Grimm Witch before them

"Its good to see you to, Ozpin."

The Mistress of Grimm, Salem, couldn't help but find it amusing on how everyone looks

"Sooo, the Witch finally decided to show herself to us, no doubt to gloat and mock for all the things your new servant had accomplished!"

Qrow was so not in the mood to hear their worst enemy make fun of them for their failures, the others would agree, which made Mistress Of Darkness chuckle

"Usually, I would, seeing you in such despair, I can practically sense it from here, and it would do nothing but bring me joy~"

The humans were quickly deciding to hang up on Salem, though before they could, they stopped when they heard her say this

"But, unfortunately, it seems that this stranger took a lot from both of us..."

This shocks them beyond belief, to hear Salem herself say such a thing, not mention seeing her gloating face turns into something of pure rage

"Research, Stolen! Army, Growing Smaller! My Pet Fallen Maiden, MOST LIKELY DEAD!"

Salem released enough dark aura to almost destroy her communication, and make everyone, except the Headmaster, step back in fear

"SOUNDWAVE MADE A FOOL OF ME! OUT OF US! AND MY ANGER WILL NOT GO AWAY UNTIL HE'S DEAD!"

Once Salem has finally finished becoming angry, she turned off her aura and slowly called down, slightly panting and trying to catch her breath

"... Are you suggesting a truce?"

Ozpin raised a eyebrow, this startled his colleges, never thought they would hear the Old Man say suggest a thing, though before they could voice out their opinion and rejections

"Unfortunately, it's the only option we have, much to my disgust…."

Salem was clearly not happy, and would probably not even voice out this idea if she didn't need to, unlucky for her though, besides the Headmaster, who was thinking about it, everyone was obviously against the idea

"What Makes You Think We'll Join Forces With A Literal Grimm Like You!"

Glynda growls and glares at the Grimm Witch, not even hiding the fact how much she hates the person in front of her, a feeling shared by the Pro Hunter and General

"You wanna know what's the difference between me and Soundwave, 'I', want to make you all suffer."

Salem moves her head closer and narrows her red/black eyes at everyone

"While, 'HE', wants to get the job done..."

After Salem said this, everyone was quiet, not a single word could be said, no doubt in deep thoughts and thinking over on the many things their common has achieved

"... You seem to know a lot about this enemy of ours, how?"

James finally decided to spoke up and question the Queen Of Black, which made everyone snapped out of their thoughts and looked at the hologram message to hear her answer

"The same way I managed to find out on how to defeat our enemy, probably, though it requires everyone to join in if we want to achieve so."

Salem gave her final offer and chance to strike a alliance, everyone in the room still has doubt and distrust, clearly everyone wants to reject and ignore her, and in any other circumstance, they would in a heartbeat

"Fine, we accept…"

Ozpin sigh in defeat, because he, and the other's, realized how much of a threat Soundwave was, and due to this fact, they could not ignore or reject the offer and alliance, which was something that made the Mistress Of Darkness smirk

"Good, now then, Ozpin, as the only person as old as me, how much do you know about the 'Autobot'?"

/Meanwhile\

We see Ruby Rose kneeling before Soundwave and presenting four 'Keys of Maiden' to her master

"I have managed to use both the [Spark Extractor] and the [Forge Of Solus Prime] to turn the [Four Powers Of The Maidens] into Keys, with these, they should allow you to access the Vault that holds the relics that you need."

What Ruby said, and what she accomplished, was enough to make Soundwave, wear a small smile, not only for finally having the keys, but knowing he only needs one more step to finally finish what he started so many eons ago, it was enough to make him very happy


You know when a situation is bad when Heroes and Villains are forced to work together, Muahahaha~

(Here's a hint BTW, it's not a character from TF Prime)