AN: Beta Read by Brawn1984 and Starrmastrr.

AN: I don't own RWBY or Red Hood.

Team CFVY was in their dorm at Shade Academy in Vacuo.

The trip to Shade Academy was a long stressful one because Team CFVY had to fight Grimm and Keep Coco alive.

Velvet looked at her leader.

Coco was depressed. She was slow and sluggish, she wasn't sleeping. When she did sleep, she would sleep restlessly. She would go through mood swings, she easily got agitated, and she would go through moments of excessive hunger or loss of appetite.

"How is she doing?" Yatsu asked.

"She's the same as she was yesterday."

"Is there anything we can do?"

"I don't know."

Fox walked over to Coco.

So." Fox thought. "How are you doing?"

"How do you think?"

"Pretty bad since you aren't eating, sleeping, or being our leader."

"What did you expect?"

"Yeah. I know. Auburn's dead and now you don't have anything to live for... like your Team, or your friends."

"Shut the hell up!" Coco yelled hitting Fox with her bag knocking him into the wall.

Fox didn't move.

"Fox?" Coco asked concerned.

Fox fell over not moving.

Coco went over to Fox and shook him. "Fox? get up. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hit you that hard."

"You didn't." Fox said getting up. "But you need to stop wallowing in self-pity. I am sorry. Yes, Auburn is dead, but you can either leave and forget about being a Huntress, or you can pull yourself out of your funk, and be our leader."

"But..."

"I'm not telling you to forget about Auburn. Never forget her, but you have to move on. Otherwise, you're going to become stagnant."

"Do you need a hug?" Velvet asked.

Coco walked into Velvet's arms and broke down crying.

"I know. Just cry."

Fox and Yatsuhashi looked at their two female teammates.

"So." Fox asked. "Do you think that worked?"

"It was a bit harsh."

"Well, what did you want me to do? Coco was going to kill herself, or us, and I wasn't going to sit by and let that happen. So yeah. It was harsh, but I'm not apologizing."

"Just don't do it again."

"I won't so long as she doesn't get that depressed again."

"She lost her girlfriend, or whatever Auburn was to her."

"I know. I hate seeing her like this. She was angry until after we evacuated Beacon. Then she became depressed, and there wasn't anything we could do about it. We practically had to drag her here. I don't know what to do. Tell me what to do and I'll do it."

"I don't know. I just don't know!" Yatsu yelled.

Velvet looked up startled. "You don't know what?"

"I don't know what we can do for Coco."

"She needs to move on, but I don't want her to just replace Auburn."

The three other members of Team CFVY looked at their devastated leader.

Yatsu looked at her. He didn't like it, but to save his leader he would do it. He looked at her and whispered. "Forget. Forget about Auburn."

Coco cried herself to sleep.

"Why did you do that!" Velvet whisper yelled.

"What did you want me to do?" Yatsu whispered back. "She was killing herself. I didn't want to do that, but I didn't know what else to do."

Yatsuhashi hadn't used his Semblance like that in a long time, not since he made his mom forget his newborn sister because he was jealous of her.

Team CFVY watched their leader sleep trying to figure out what they should do. Yatsu's Semblance wasn't a permanent fix, so what should they do?

The next morning.

Coco woke up and stretched. She looked around the room and saw her Team still sleeping.

"Wake up sleepy heads!" She shouted.

The trio jumped up and looked at Coco.

"I'm hungry." Coco said. "I feel like I haven't eaten in a week."

"You haven't." Fox sent to the others.

"I'm going to shower and change then we are going to get breakfast. What's the plan for the day?"

"We have a class before lunch, then a class after lunch, then training." Velvet said.

"Great. I feel like I've been slacking off which means that I haven't been pushing you guys hard enough."

"You haven't." Fox thought to the others.

Coco showered and changed into an outfit that she hadn't worn since they got to Shade because it was a birthday gift from Auburn.

Coco became pensive for a second. "I don't know why, but this outfit feels odd. Almost like I'm not supposed to wear it."

"Then maybe you shouldn't wear it." Velvet suggested.

"I'm sure it's nothing." Coco said.

The three teammates looked at each other wondering if they did the right thing.

Team CFVY went to breakfast where Coco ate three helpings of high calorie foods.

"Slow down." Fox thought. "Otherwise, you might lose your girlish figure."

"You're right. Let's go to class."

The three followed Coco to their battle class.

They watched as their battle instructor held two fights and had discussions on what was good and what could have been better.

Coco was the only one who paid attention because the other three were watching her.

After the class, the Team left and went back to their dorm to do homework before lunch.

During lunch Coco ate a hearty meal before running to the training room.

"Do you think it worked?" Fox asked.

"I hope so." Velvet thought.

Yatsu was in his own world hoping he didn't hurt his leader and friend.

After lunch they headed to Grimm studies where they learned about desert Grimm that they might encounter in Vacuo.

The professor wasn't as boisterous as Professor port, but they couldn't help but miss the Grimm studies Professor from Beacon.

It wasn't until later that night when the illusion was destroyed.

"WHAT THE HELL YATSU!" Coco shouted. "YOU MADE ME FORGET AUBURN!"

"Please." Yatsuhashi said raising his hands in a placating manner. "Let me explain."

"NO! WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO MESS WITH ANOTHER PERSON'S MEMORIES!"

"You weren't acting yourself. You were hurting. I just wanted to stop the pain."

Coco hit Yatsuhashi with her bag hard enough to knock him into the wall. "DO ME A FAVOR, AND DON'T DO ME ANY MORE FAVORS!"

"STOP!" Fox shouted into their minds.

"SCREW YOU FOX! YOU PROBABLY PUT HIM UP TO IT!"

Velvet ran up to Coco, but Coco pushed her away with enough force to knock her to the floor.

Velvet looked up at Coco with tears in her eyes. Her leader had never put her hands-on Velvet to ever hurt her, nor had she ever pushed her that hard.

"Velv." Coco said.

Velvet ran out of the dorm in tears and didn't stop running until she couldn't breathe from exhaustion.

She was in the desert about a mile outside of Vacuo.

When she caught her breath, she curled into herself and started crying. She was a fool for thinking that humans could ever care about her. Did Geoff really care about her, or was he just playing with her emotions?

Back in Team CFVY's dorm.

"Damn it Coco!" Fox yelled. "Why the hell did you do that! You know Velvet. She's shy, and probably thinks we hate her now!"

"I didn't mean to..."

"Shut up! Yatsu Brain blast her, so she doesn't remember us!"

"Wait. What?" Yatsuhashi asked in shock at the same time Coco asked. "Wait. What." In fear.

"If you want to only wallow in self-pity because of Auburn and refuse our help then Yatsuhashi will brain blast you so you only remember Auburn and no one else."

"I don't feel comfortable doing that." Yatsuhashi said clearly uncomfortable with the situation.

"Please don't do that." Coco begged Yatsuhashi.

Yatsu looked between the two teammates.

Coco looked at Fox. "Please don't make Yatsu do that." She begged.

"You aren't giving me much choice. You think that Auburn's death was the end of the world, maybe it was, but this is the desert. The desert doesn't care how you feel. You have to fight every single day to survive, and I won't drag you through the desert if you're going to get us all killed."

"I'm sorry."

"Then prove it! Don't forget about Auburn the way we tried to make you. Remember Auburn, but don't remember her at the cost of us, your Team! You can start by helping us find Velvet."

The three remaining members of Team CFVY went out to find their friend.

Velvet

Velvet had fallen asleep while crying, and when she woke up, she was covered in sand. She poked her head out of the sand and wiped her face before getting up.

She thought about her Team before she remembered that Coco chased her away.

She started walking away when she heard something. She listened and heard Yatsuhashi. He was coming to find her, but why? Why would he come to find her?

Then she heard a second noise and went pale. A deep hiss was carried on the wind, but where was it coming from?

The answer came to her in the form of a King Taijitu that circled around her. A white and a black head looked at her as of trying to determine how best to eat her.

The black head struck but was cut off by a hail of bullets from a mini gun... Coco's Mini-Gun to be precise.

"Velvet! Run!" Coco yelled.

Velvet almost ran, but then remembered that Coco had pushed her and hurt her.

"Velvet I'm sorry!" Coco yelled with true sorrow in her voice. "I'm sorry I yelled at you, I'm sorry I pushed you, but most of all I'm sorry I hurt you."

Velvet thought about that, which wasn't the smartest thing she had ever done because it gave the King Taijitu the time it needed to strike.

Yatsuhashi jumped in front of Velvet and swung with both 'Fulcrum' and the sword he'd been given for Christmas at Beacon.

"Velvet Run!" Fox yelled in her head.

Velvet ran over to Fox and Coco.

Fox ran towards the King Taijitu and started helping Yatsuhashi.

While the two distracted one head, Coco handled the other by shooting it in the face. If there was one thing that Jason taught her at Beacon it was that violence could solve most problems.

Yatsuhashi looked at Fox. "Guillotine?" He sent.

"That could work." Fox sent back.

Fox jumped at the King Taijitu and spun like a blender cutting through the first few layers of snake.

Yatsuhashi jumped at the King Taijitu, dropped 'Fulcrum', and swung 'Guillotine' with all his strength cutting through the King Taijitu's head.

The two nodded at each other before looking in Coco's direction.

Coco was shooting at the King Taijitu's other head, and by the time Fox and Yatsuhashi got over to her and Velvet she had managed to blow its head off.

"Let's get back to Shade." Fox sent.

"Not yet." Coco said before hugging Velvet. "I am so sorry. I didn't mean to do that."

Velvet looked at Coco and started crying. "I'm sorry too."

Yatsuhashi and Fox watched their two female teammates fall to the floor in sobs and apologies.

The two girls got up and dried their eyes before they started walking back to Shade Academy.

The next morning.

"So?" Fox asked. "What are you going to do?"

Coco looked at them. "I'm going to try and be better. I'm sorry for the way I've been acting..."

"No." Velvet interrupted. "You have every right to be sad over Auburn. You can be sad, but can you also be our leader?"

Coco took in a deep breath. "I'll be your leader. I may just need to take a personal day every now and then just for myself."

"That's fine." Yatsuhashi said. "You need to take care of yourself, and we understand that."

Coco looked at Fox.

"Do you really think that I could force Yatsu to brain blast you?" Fox asked.

"I thought so for a second."

"You needed a push. I gave it to you."

"Thanks."

"Anytime. Now let's go. That Yatsu shaped hole in our dorm isn't going to fix itself."

Team CFVY went back to their dorm with their friendship renewed.

Blake stood on the deck being watchful of her surroundings.

If Jason found her, she would run, and hide.

If Jason found Adam, then Adam would tell Jason everything. He would tell him that Blake used to be a member of the White Fang and Jason would come to hunt her down.

Blake was so lost in thought that she didn't notice the cloaked figure watching her, and board the ship.

Blake went to her cabin and changed. She had bought a new outfit since Jason knew what she looked like, so she needed a new look.

After she changed, she took out some body spray and perfume.

She sprayed herself from head to toe with the body spray before spraying her wrists with the perfume and rubbed them together. The last thing she did was spray her neck and blouse.

She rubbed her neck to rub the perfume in and left her cabin. Now that Jason couldn't smell her, she felt a little better.

Blake was on the deck staring out to sea when she heard laughing. She looked over and saw two human children laughing.

She went back to staring at the sea when someone came up to her.

"Traveling alone?" The man asked.

Blake dropped into a fighting stance and grabbed 'Gambol Shroud'.

The man, who happened to be the captain of the ship, held his hands up in a non-threatening gesture. "Now, now. No threat here. Just here to chat."

Blake took her hand off 'Gambol Shroud' and straightened from her fighting stance. "And why is that?" She asked skeptically.

The captain hunched over the railing to try and put Blake at ease. "Well." He said with a sigh. "Not many people travel by boat on their own. It'd be quite a lonely voyage, but I've found that the ones who do tend to have the more interesting stories."

Blake clenched her hands into fists before turning to railing. "Maybe it's just better for some people to be alone." She spoke.

The two human children ran past them making sounds that could have been Grimm or something else.

Blake turned around with a start.

The captain laughed. "Maybe, but with your paranoia I don't think a few friendly faces would hurt."

"Who says I'm paranoid!" Blake asked harshly.

The captain laughed a hearty laugh. "No one dear." He said placatingly. "No one. I'll leave you be." The captain said before leaving. "But fair warning." The Captain said turning around. "These trips can be awfully boring."

With that the Captain left.

Blake stared out at the water. She thought about it, and as far as she could tell Jason had never seen her without her bow. So, she reached up and took her bow off before letting it go. "Won't be needing this anymore."

The bow landed on the water and floated away.

Blake walked away but didn't see the hooded figure staring at her.

An aquatic Grimm's fin broke the surface and took the ribbon back into the depths.

Day 28

It was a quiet day in Patch. Team SAPH, Loki, and Coral had gone into Vale. Ruby and Team JNPR had left. Jason had left with an orphan girl he and Loki had found in Vale. Qrow left on some Hunter quest or something. That just left Yang and her dad.

Scott had done a lot to help Yang. He hadn't pushed her away, he hadn't pushed her to step outside her new comfort zone, he was just there for her when she needed him. He helped her get ready every morning before he went to clear Vale, he would come home and check on her, he would wake up whenever she had a nightmare of Adam cutting off her arm, and he would do whatever she needed him to.

Not that her dad didn't, but Scott did all that after their fight the previous semester. He had admitted he was wrong and was doing everything in his power to repair the damage he'd caused.

Yang was watching T.V. There wasn't anything good on, so she looked at the books on the end table.

She decided to try the T.V. again.

"A small group of Hunters has made amazing progress in fighting back the horde of Grimm. Led by Hunter in training Scotland Allen it looks like Vale could be habitable by no later than next year."

Yang smiled and switched channels.

"Though the failsafe's have supported wireless communication inside the kingdom, the loss of the CCT tower has prevented contact with the outside world. Some have been getting text's that have been sent weeks or months ago showing that it is possible to communicate between kingdoms it just takes a while. Top atlas officials have been working on repairs, but so far..."

Yang changed the channel again.

"The Vale council voted this week to continue to ban air traffic that does not have a direct correlation with evacuation. The council has made it clear that they feel that..."

Yang changed the Channel.

"Multiple rumors continue to circulate as to who was behind the attacks at the Vytal Festival Tournament. While no one knows for sure, officials have confirmed that high ranking White Fang member Adam Taurus was present for the attack..."

Yang's arm started burning and stinging as if her arm had just been cut off again.

"... any and all attempts to bring him in have been met with brutal force."

Yang shut off the T.V.

The door opened and Taiyang came into the house. "I'm home." He spoke.

Yang looked back at him. "Hey dad." She spoke.

"Guess what came in today?" Tai asked enthusiastically.

Tai walked into the house.

"What?" Yang asked.

"I can't wait for you to try this." Tai said putting the groceries in the kitchen.

Yang looked at her arm.

Tai brought out a long box and put it in front of her.

"It's for me?"

"It's for you, and you alone."

"It's brand new, state of the art, Atlas tech. You know. I thought I was going to have to pull some strings, call in a few favors, but you earned it. I talked to General Ironwood, and he had one of his top scientists working on this, for you. He wanted me to tell you that you fought admirably, and that you should be proud of yourself."

Yang looked up at Tai.

"Well?" Tai asked eagerly. "Aren't you going to try it on?"

"I'm not feeling too well right now." Yang said in a tired voice. "Maybe later." She asked hopefully.

Tai sighed and rubbed the back of his head. "tsk. All right."

Yang walked up stairs but stopped halfway up. "Thanks dad."

Tai watched his daughter walked up the stairs and wished there were something he could do. He found himself leaning to thoughts of pointing the blame at Jason or Scott, but that wasn't fair to either of them. Jason lost his entire team that night, and Scott was trying to make things right.

Team SAPH, Loki, and Coral came home that night, and they saw the box lying open on the table.

Scott looked at it before shouting for joy. "The bloody git's alive!" He shouted in a thick British accent that caught everyone's attention.

"What do you mean Irmano?" Jose asked.

"Look at the arm." Scott pointed at the arm. "That's Geoff's work. Geoff is alive!"

Jose and Gale looked at the arm before they got excited too.

"What's going on?" Tai and Yang asked coming from their rooms.

"Our brother is alive!" Scott shouted. "Geoff Is alive!"

"Seriously?" Yang asked happiness breaking through her gloomy state.

"Yes. He's alive and well, and as soon as we finish clearing Beacon out, we are going to Atlas."

"That's great." Yang said.

The next day while Team SAPH, Coral, and Loki were out clearing Beacon Yang swept the porch, collected the mail, and was doing some dishes when she saw a flashback of Adam, and dropped the glass she was trying to put into the dish drainer.

Once she calmed herself down, she hit her hand on the counter.

Tai had been in the front room when he heard the glass drop and ran into the kitchen. He saw yang breathing heavily and cursed himself for not knowing what to do. He hated the man who had done that to his sunny little dragon.

Blake was watching the water as the boat cut through the water when she noticed a Faunus couple walk past.

She started walking away when she felt like she was being watched. She turned around and saw a cloaked figure watching her. She pulled 'Gambol Shroud' from its sheath and dropped into a fighting stance.

"Who's there!" She demanded.

The cloaked figure... ran away? Why?

An aquatic Grimm felt Blakes Paranoia and surfaced causing a wave to rock the boat.

Blake looked up.

"Red Alert!" A crewman yelled.

The warning lights and alarms went off telling people to get to their cabins.

The captain and probably the first mate ran to the front of the boat.

"By the Gods." The Captain said as he looked at the aquatic dragon Grimm.

The Dragon Grimm rose its head to look around and sniffed the air. It let out a terrifying roar.

"All hands to battle stations!" The Captain yelled.

"But sir." The first mate said. "We've never fought a Grimm this big."

"We've never seen something this big." The Captain corrected. "But we'll give her a fight nonetheless."

Blake had to make a decision. She could keep running from her problems or stand and fight.

She chose to fight.

Blake ran at the front of the ship, jumped into the air, created a clone, and used it to throw herself at the Grimm.

She threw 'Gambol Shroud' at the Grimm and hit it in the faceplate before swinging around.

Once she was around the back of the Grimm, she flicked the ribbon, and 'Gambol Shroud' came flying into her hand. She grabbed the handle and began firing the dust infused rounds at the Grimm's back.

The Grimm began circling the ship.

Blake landed on the deck and readied herself for the next attack.

The Captain turned the boat to try and get out of the Grimm's way, and nearly knocked Blake off her feet.

Then the boat opened its broadside to reveal a row of cannons.

Blake jumped up at the and cut at it with 'Gambol Shroud' before she threw it at the Grimm and swung towards the Grimm, but the ship fired its cannons causing the Grimm to shake, throwing Blake back to the boat.

Blake landed on her arm funny, and when she got up, she fell to her knee, and grabbed her left shoulder. "AH." She said as she hit her knee.

"Hold steady men." The Captain said. "It's not done with us yet. Get the heavy cannon loaded!"

The front of the deck opened up to reveal the biggest cannon the ship had, which was actually pretty big once it folded out.

The Grimm looked at the ship, and two large wings unfurled from its back allowing it to fly. It flapped its wings sending a gust of wind that pushed Blake back.

The Captain looked at the Grimm. "Heavy Cannon. Open fire!" He yelled.

The cannon fired, but the Grimm was even more agile in the air, and easily dodged the artillery.

The Grimm opened its mouth and was about to shoot a beam of energy when someone jumped on Blakes back, and into the air.

Sun Wu Kong used his semblance to create two clones of himself to stop the Grimm's attack.

"Sun!" Blake yelled. "What are you doing?"

"Oh. You know!" Sun yelled. "Just uh, hanging out!"

The Grimm spun and knocked Sun off.

Blake saw Sun falling and refused to let something bad happen to another friend. She caught the railing with 'Gambol Shroud' and launched herself at Sun.

She caught him and they landed on an island.

Sun feigned frailty and said in a mischievous voice. "My hero."

"You're not supposed to be here!" Blake yelled at the monkey Faunus.

"Yeah!" Sun yelled back. "Well, it looks like you can use all the help you can get."

"Ugh!" Blake groaned in annoyance before dropping Sun. She knew he was right, but she didn't want to admit it. "Shut up and fight." She said in an annoyed tone. before running back at the Grimm.

Sun propped his head up on his hand and watched Blake run off before jumping from rock to rock to try to get back into the fight. "Yes Ma'am." He said laying there.

The captain and his crew were in the deckhouse.

"Starboard defenses are down sir." The first mate said.

"We still have the heavy cannon?" The Captain asked.

"Aye." A crewman said. "But it's moving too fast. We can't hit it."

The Captain growled. "How about the engines?"

"Fully functional." The first mate said.

"We'll all right then."

Blake made it back to the boat and was ready to fight.

The Grimm shot another energy beam at her, but Sun took the blast and neutralized it.

"Huntsmen!" The Captain yelled. "If you can clip its wings and draw it out towards the bow, then we can take it!"

Blake and Sun looked at each other.

"I mean. You're the one with the swords." Sun pointed out the obvious.

Blake sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Now or never." Sun said before he jumped off the heavy cannon, activated is semblance, and launched himself into the air.

One of his clones waited for Blake, and threw her up after Sun.

A second Sun clone launched Blake up with its feet, and into a third Sun clone who threw her into Sun.

Blake landed on Sun's shoulders and jumped up farther before diving down onto the Grimm.

The Grimm shot energy beams at Blake, but she dodged each one until she landed on the Dragons wing and ran down it slicing the membrane making it virtually useless.

Blake tumbled through the air, until she landed in Sun's arms.

"This is the part where you say it." Sun said with a cheeky smile.

"Thank the brothers for Aura." Blake said.

"Ah." Sun said feigning hurt.

The Grimm crashed through the islands causing destruction.

Blake ran after it Jumping from rock to rock.

"Okay." Sun said. "Maybe later."

The captain was watching the chase through a telescope. When he saw the Grimm, he started the engines pushing them to the max.

Sun and Blake were chasing the Grimm, until the Grimm was chasing Sun.

Blake grabbed Sun and swung him to the safety of a rock.

The Grimm aimed its maw at them and began charging its energy beam.

Blake and Sun watched as the Grimm was about to shoot them.

Then the Captain rammed the Grimm with the boat. "FIRE!" He yelled.

The gunman fired the heavy canon and blew the Grimm's head off, causing it to disintegrate into black dust.

The Crew aboard the ship began cheering.

Blake and Sun watched from the island.

"HAHA!" Sun cheered. "Up top."

Blake glared daggers at Sun.

Sun waved and gave Blake a weak smile.

Blake swung and smacked Sun.

Later

Blake watched as Sun accepted the gratitude of the two Faunus passengers Blake had seen earlier.

"Seriously it was no big deal." Sun said genuinely. "Just enjoy the rest of your trip and everything will be cool. We got this."

Sun walked back to Blake. "You'd think they'd never seen a fight before."

"What are you doing here Sun?" Blake demanded.

"Diggin' the new outfit by the way." Sun deflected. "Never did like the bow."

"SUN!" Blake yelled.

"Geez."

"Have you been following me?"

Sun sighed. "I saw you run off. The night Beacon Tower fell. Once we landed in Vale you made sure everyone was okay, and then you just took off, without saying anything."

"I had to. you wouldn't understand."

"No, I get it. The moment you left I knew exactly what you were doing."

Blake smiled until she heard what Sun said.

"You're going on a one-woman rampage against the White Fang." Sun said punching out.

Blakes smile dropped. "What?" She asked annoyed.

"You always felt like the Fang was your fight. Then they show up, trash your school, hurt your friends. It makes perfect sense."

"I can't believe you." Blake said bewildered.

"There's no way I'm letting you do this alone. It's an honorable approach for sure, but you're going to need someone watching your back, and that's where I come in. Us Faunus got to stick together. If the CCT Tower wasn't down, we could call Jason for support."

"WHAT!" Blake yelled in fear. "NO!"

"Why not?" Sun asked before he looked at her and saw the fear. "Whoa. What's wrong?"

"If Jason finds me then he's going to kill me."

"No way! Jason wouldn't do that! What reason would he have for doing it?"

"He said that he was going to hunt down Adam and kill him for what he did to Yang. Adam is going to tell Jason about me then Jason is going to hunt me down and kill me."

"Why would he do that?"

"Because I was a member of the White Fang."

"Former member."

"Jason won't see it that way. He will see me as one of the ones who attacked the school and hunt me down before killing me. Possibly by torture."

"You're forgetting one thing."

"And what's that?"

"Jason already knows that you were a member of the white Fang. Doesn't he?"

"No."

"Then Jason will have to go through me if he wants to get to you."

"Jason would just use his Alpha pulse and take me while you're stunned."

"Then I will find you or avenge you."

"Take this seriously."

"I was. If Jason does take you then I will fight until I find you or avenge you."

"You don't know what Jason can do."

"Yes, I do. I was there whenever he beat Scott, but I also know that Jason knows you. He's gotten to know you, and he knows the kind of person that you are. He knows that you wouldn't hurt Yang. Heck the only reason that he would hurt you is if you hurt his Family of friends, and you didn't. Unless you hurt them by running away, and he counts that as hurting them. Then he might."

Blake smacked Sun in the shoulder. "But you're wrong. I'm going home. To Menagerie."

"I hate to poke logic shaped holes in your plan, but if Jason was mad enough to hunt you down do you really think hiding on Menagerie would stop him?"

Blake looked at Sun before she shoved him overboard.

"Okay. I know. I went too far." Sun said as his tail caught the rail and he crawled back onto the deck.

Salem's Castle.

"Cinder." Salem said. "I'm going to ask you this one more time. Did you kill Ozpin?"

Cinder reached for Emerald, but Salem slammed her hands on the table. "NO!" She shouted. "I want to hear you say it."

Cinder struggled for a few seconds before she said "Y-y-yes."

"Reinforce our Numbers at Beacon. The relic is there."

A Seer Grimm floated away.

Emerald and Mercury gave the Seer Grimm enough room to pass on its way out.

"What are you planning?" Salem said to herself.

AN: Okay. Just checking in on Team CFVY. Coco is still struggling with Auburns death, understandably, and the rest of her team tries to help. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. Checking in on Blake who is terrified that Jason is going to kill her, but sun pokes logic shaped holes in her plan. We check in on Patch where Yang is dealing with the past events as well as she can, and lastly, we check in on Salem and company. Will Team SAH, Coral, and Loki be able to kill off the Grimm and get Vale up and running again? These, and other questions will be answered later on.