Pyrrha had no idea what to expect when she heard about Professor Lionheart wanting to meet with Qrow, Ruby and the others to discuss the raid on Raven's camp, who is apparently Yang's mother. However always taking the worst possible outcome into consideration, she brings her weapons, as did everyone else in the event should a fight break out. It would be night by the time the group arrives at the main hall of Haven academy, spotting a large statue of a woman adorned with various chains holding up a platform of some kind. They see two staircases that curve upwards towards a balcony that overlooked the main hall, and there leaning on the railings was a man with long brown hair and a bear, almost resembling that of a lion's mane. On his wrist seemed to be some kind of circular weapon adorned with various crystals. He spots the group and gives a nervous chuckle. "Ah it's good to-to see all of you. Though there… are quite a few more of you than last time." He chuckles nervously as he plays with his tie. "And why do you have your weapons?" He asks, quite suspiciously.

Qrow rolls his eyes and says "Because we're huntsmen. We take our weapons everywhere." Immediately Qrow knows that something bad is about to happen, and its not because of his terrible luck either.

"Ah right… sorry I'm on edge today. I'm just very nervous about this raid." he stumbles as he takes a deep sigh to try to relax himself. Looking over the crowd, he spots a familiar figure that he thought he would never see. "Pyrrha Nikos? Is that really you? I-I thought you were dead!" He utters in awe and slight fear, knowing the kind of warrior that Pyrrha is, being able to go hand to hand with even professional huntsmen.

"Well unfortunately, I'm still alive." Pyrrha grumbles as she crosses her arms. Pyrrha would then spot something out of the corner of her eye, seeing a raven resting on top of a railing on one of the higher floors. She nudges Qrow and motions for him to look up.

Qrow spots the raven and is immediately able to tell who it is. He grabs the hilt of his weapon, ready to strike as Lionheart rambles, saying something about going to the back to get the huntsmen he prepared and asking them to wait patiently here. Pulling his weapon out quickly, he fires a shot from the twin barrels towards the railing the raven stood on, the bird quickly flying away and towards Lionheart. Everyone was stunned by the sudden bang as they see the raven flying behind Lionheart before transforming into a tall black-haired woman with red eyes, who almost seemed to resemble Yang quite a bit. "Your aim is getting worse brother." she scoffs as she glares at Qrow, causing everyone to draw out their weapons. Yang gives a small growl as her hand starts to shake before she calms it down once again, trying not to lose her temper.

"What are you doing here Raven?" Qrows asks before shaking his head. "No why you're here doesn't matter. Just give us the Spring Maiden and we will be on our way." he asks, not wanting to fight family, even if their relationship isn't the best in the world.

"I'm afraid I can't do that. Lionheart and I have some friends that need the Spring Maiden more than you do." she says with a smile as Lionheart looks down in shame.

"I'm sorry… I had no other choice." he apologizes, looking away from the group.

Ruby takes a step up. "Please Aunt Raven, we don't need to fight. I don't want to fight against family."

"You and I are not family Ruby. We never were. The only reason why you survived the attack from the Ursa was because you were with Yang and I wanted to save her. I could have cared less on what happened to you." Raven utters coldly with no remorse.

Yang's shoulders tremble as her brows furrow. "How could you say that?! Even if she's not related to you by blood, that doesn't stop you from being family! Qrow isn't related to her by blood at all yet he's still family!" Yang yells out towards her mother.

"Raising your voice with your mother like that? Don't you know any better?" Raven scoffs, toying with Yang.

"No, I don't because my mother was never around! It's clear to me that you're not her! Not anymore." Yang replied with intensity, causing the room to fall silent.

Raven gives Yang a glare before giving a small scoff. "Your opinions of me don't matter. Besides, all this talking is boring. Let's get to the reason why we're here." Raven says as with a blink of her eyes, a portal opens right in front of the statue.

Everyone gets into their fighting stance, not sure on what to expect to come out from the portal. Ruby takes a step up as she looks up towards Raven once more. "Raven please! Please listen-" was all Ruby could say before a large fireball blasted out of the portal and into Ruby's chest, knocking her back and causing her to fall to the ground.

Pyrrha and Neo's eyes shrink as they know only one person that can do such a thing. Their suspicions were soon confirmed as out from the portal came the woman that ruined their lives. Cinder Fall, who was wearing a long red dress that had one sleeve covering where her arm is presumably missing and a large patch of black glass covering half of her face. "Hello there Little Red~" Cinder coos with a sinister laugh as from behind her walks out her followers Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrani. Another person walks out from the portal too, a tan woman with blue eyes and brown hair that was in a pixie cut, looking very similar to a bandit.

Pyrrha's fist trembles as she clenches tightly onto Milo before she let's out a loud cry of rage. "CIIIINDEEEERRRR!" She yells as she charges towards the woman without thinking, desperate to kill her. Cinder turns towards Pyrrha and gives her a smirk, a glass sword forming in her hand before parrying away a horizontal blow from Pyrrha, causing the Spartan to get pushed back.

"How disappointing, I'm not even allowed to taunt my enemies before the fight." Cinder sighs as she looks to the three people behind her. "Go ahead and kill them." She commands, the three villains giving a nod before charging towards the team.

However, their charges would be stopped as from behind all of them, they would hear the sounds of the large wooden doors of the school slamming shut as an extremely tall and muscular man walks in. "The White Fang has armed the bombs and are ready to detonate when given the signal." He says softly walking towards the group. "Let's not waste any more time and get the relic."

Nora readies her hammer as she stares down the man. "We're not letting you get anything!" She growls, holding her hammer tightly.

He gives a sigh as he looks at the small redhead. "Child. No one needs to die. Stand down and you can run away." He warns, cracking his knuckles.

"Hazel, it's clear that these children so desperately crave death, so respect their wishes and give it to them." Cinder coos with an evil smirk before having to quickly block a blow from Pyrrha who rushed back in to attack Cinder. "You're a relentless girl… I'll give you that." She grunts before pushing Pyrrha off. She would then feel a dull pain in the back of her head as she stumbles towards Pyrrha, before the spartan bashed Cinder with her shield, causing Cinder to bounce away and slide on her feet. Getting up she sees both Neo and Pyrrha standing strong alongside each other. "So, you are alive after all Neo Politan. I thought I had the Grimm kill you just like I did with Torchwick." She taunts, causing Neo to grip onto her parasol tightly, causing the hard plastic to creek from the pressure. "Never send a Grimm to do a Maiden's job." Cinder reminds herself as she readies her sword.

Pyrrha gives a loud roar as she stomps her foot on the ground, face full of rage as she gives Cinder a glare that can even scare a Grimm. "I'll kill you Cinder! You took everything from me! I will strangle you with your own entrails and paint my lips with your blood! You will suffer the wrath of a thousand suns for taking away my precious Jaune!" She shouts loudly with rage as her aura flashes with intensity.

Cinder raises her eyebrow towards Pyrrha with a quizzical look. "Who the hell is Jaune?" She asks.

Hearing this, Pyrrha froze, stumbling back a bit as her face shifts to that of shock. The woman that killed her love and ruined her life… doesn't even know the name of the man she killed! Did she enjoy killing him so much that she didn't bother to recall his name? Or is it perhaps that she's killed so many people in her life that Jaune is simply another person to her body count? Whatever the case may be, it pissed Pyrrha off as her shock expression changes back to her face of rage and hatred, now even more intense than it was before. "YOU FUCKING BITCH!" She screams as she runs towards Cinder. As Pyrrha shouts, the main hall would break out in a massive fight between the Huntsmen and the servants of Salem. As she ran towards Cinder, Pyrrha would feel a familiar tingling sensation course over her body as she recognizes what's happening. She side jumps to the left as she sees an illusion resembling herself run towards Cinder, before running behind the villain to get ready to attack.

Cinder raises her sword to attack the duplicate and brings it down, causing it to shatter into glass before immediately turning around and blocking a powerful slash from Pyrrha's sword, causing her own sword to crack slightly. "Don't think that I don't know you and Neo's tricks. I fought alongside her too after all." Cinder scoffs as with a small grunt she pushes Pyrrha back and creates daggers of glass behind her to fire towards a rushing Neo, who's able to dodge the attacks with ease.

Pyrrha doesn't give up on her relentless attack however as she runs back in to attack wildly at Cinder, with Neo running in as well. Cinder jumps back so that she can face the two vengeful women as she blocks and parries Pyrrha's slashes and Neo's bashes with expert precision. With a roar, Pyrrha brings down Milo on to Cinder's glass blade, while Neo goes in to hook Cinder's leg with her parasol, tripping the maiden as her guard breaks with the glass sword. Working together, Pyrrha and Neo both bash Cinder in her chest, Pyrrha using her shield and Neo using her elbow, causing the woman that thud into the ground as the floor around her cracks from the impact. Both women raise their weapons high, ready to stab Cinder before she lets out a burst of magical fire and lightning, causing Neo and Pyrrha to fly back from the attack.

They catch their footing as they slide, their heels digging into the floor. They see Cinder fly up into the air, her one eye having a bright amber flame surrounding it indicating that she is using her maiden powers. Pyrrha gives a small grunt as she smiles. "What's wrong? Afraid you can't beat us without your magic?" She taunts, flourishing her blade as she quickly shifts it into a rifle to start taking shots at Cinder, who dodges each of them with ease. Neo too starts taking large and powerful shots at Cinder, trying to work together with Pyrrha to lead her aim on where Cinder is dodging.

Cinder gives a small growl as she gets grazed by one of Pyrrha's shots from her rifle before flying towards the two women, balls of lightning on her side before she fires the two balls towards them. Pyrrha and Neo quickly dodge out of the way, only for the balls of lightning to explode as they get caught in the radius of the blast, freezing in place as they feel the electricity course through their body. They groan in pain before Cinder performs a roundhouse kick on the both of them, causing them to knock into each other. "I don't need my magic to kill you two. I'm just being efficient and not wasting any more energy then I need to with ants like you." Cinder laughs as she creates another sword of glass from her flames before swinging it in the air as she fires rows and rows of glass daggers at them. Pyrrha and Neo stood there with a smile, taking the glass daggers before breaking into glass as they disappear from the battlefield. Cinder gives a small frown. "Running away from me? I thought you two wanted to kill me?" She taunts as she lands on the ground, the flames from her eyes disappearing as she deactivates her maiden powers.

From the veil of invisibility, Pyrrha shakes her fist, wanting to go after Cinder right now but Neo, calms her hand, silently telling her that they need to wait for an opportunity to strike. Pyrrha gives a silent sigh as she tries to fight against her blind rage so that she can strike at Cinder at the best moment possible. They sneak around towards the statue where Cinder has her back turned. With a small tap from Neo, the two of them charge in breaking through invisible glass as they appear forth from Neo's illusion. Cinder turned around and was able to block Neo's attack but wasn't expecting Pyrrha to slide below her feet. As Pyrrha slid beneath her, she cuts Cinder's calves with her sharpened shield before jumping up quicky to kick Cinder's back towards Neo, who was able to toss Hush around and hook Cinder by her throat with the handle before kneeing the woman in the face. Cinder lets out a roar of rage as her eye ignite once again before getting slashed across her back from Pyrrha. "INSOLENT CURRS!" She shouts with rage before creating a small storm around her to blow Pyrrha and Neo away.

The two women give a grunt as they fight against the harsh winds, slightly being pushed back before taking heavy steps. Cinder gives a roar as she raises the arm that was covered in cloth and points it at the two women, and then it… extends? Bursting from the cloth was a long black hand made of some kind of familiar material that looked quite familiar to that of a Grimm, with long sharp white claws at the ends of the fingers. The Grimm arm was launched towards Pyrrha and Neo who weren't expecting the monstrosity as the claws pierce into their chest. The two women groan in pain as they feel the claws pierce through their aura and into their flesh. With quick thinking Pyrrha takes Milo and slashes the hand off from Cinder, causing her to scream in pain as she reels her arm back. The hand that was embedded into the two of them soon disappears as their aura gets to quickly healing the wounds.

Pyrrha watches Cinder hold her wrist as she screams bloody murder before the hand would grow back as she glares at the spartan. Pyrrha gives a small chuckle as she smiles at Cinder. "Heh what do you know. I'm more human than you are and that's saying something." She taunts as her and Neo get ready to fight the Fall Maiden once again.

This causes Cinder to give a loud roar as she glares Pyrrha down. "I'll kill you for that! I am the most powerful human being ever! You will fear me!" She screams as she forms a giant sword made of black glass and holds it with both hands.

Pyrrha shifts Milo into it's spear configuration as she stares Cinder down. "Go ahead. My life is meaningless compared to everyone else here. All that matters is that I kill you. That's all I care about. Ruby, Neo and the others are the important ones, not me." She retorts, not caring about what happens to her.

Neo stares at Pyrrha softly, hearing the fact that Pyrrha admits her life is meaningless while Neo's is more important. This is something that not even Roman had admitted to her and it strikes a chord in Neo's heart, causing the silent girl to start viewing Pyrrha as more than just a friend. She takes a deep breath as she spins her parasol around and glares at Cinder. She will fight alongside Pyrrha no matter what now. If someone is able to put her before themselves, than they're a person that's worth fighting and dying for.

Ruby, who has gotten up from the ground and is fighting against Emerald, and Yang who is having her rematch against Mercury, hear Pyrrha say this, causing them to waver for a brief moment before having to refocus on the fight at hand. As Yang fights against Mercury, she starts to reevaluate Pyrrha, figuring that maybe the woman she once knew at Beacon truly isn't dead.

In another part of the main hall as Pyrrha, Neo and Cinder fight each other, Nora and Ren were busy fighting against Hazel, the large man not flinching one bit from the attacks that Nora and Ren inflicted upon him. "Come on! Go down will you!" She shouts in frustration as she jumps off of Ren's back to slam her hammer against the giant's head, only for him to catch it and throw her to the side.

"I don't want to hurt you children. But if you keep on getting in my way, you'll leave me with no choice." Hazel warns as he slowly walks towards Ren.

Ren flourishes his guns pointing them at the giant as he slowly steps back. "Then you have no choice but to hurt us." Ren utters causing Hazel to sigh.

"Very well then." He says as he cracks his knuckles and neck, stretching himself out. He takes heavy step forward, as the green clad warrior feels a tremor running up through his core. With a small grunt he rushes in towards Hazel, who raises a fist and throws a punch towards the young man, Ren dodging it in time before trying to slash his arm with his dual gun blades. Hazel didn't even flinch from the attack as he uses his other arm to grab Ren by his hair and throws him into the wooden pillars that support the upper floors, causing it to splinter slightly. "I take no pleasure in this I'll have you know. I'll try to make this quick, so you won't suffer much." He says calmly, his face showing no signs of anger or even emotion about the fight.

Nora gives a small grunt as she watches Ren get thrown into a pillar. Slamming her hammer down on the ground she gives a roar. "Don't you dare touch him!" She shouts as she runs back in, throwing her hammer down so that she's standing on the underside of the mallet. She pulls a trigger causing a grenade to fly out from the hammer, which explodes on the ground and sending Nora flying towards Hazel. She leans forward, causing her to spin in the air before hitting Hazel in the chest. The giant man slides back slightly as the air gets knocked out of him. Thinking quickly, he punches Nora in the stomach who is sent back into the floor, skidding across before jumping onto her feet. Nora coughs up some blood onto the floor before rubbing it away on the sleeve of her jacket. She gives a nod to Ren, who was back up on his feet as well, to signal for the both of them to run back in.

However, before the two of them started to run, Professor Lionheart would yell from the balcony towards his compatriots with a scared expression on his face. "Ozpin is here! He's already reincarnated!" He shouts out at them.

Cinder looks back towards Lionheart, holding off a charging Pyrrha and Neo with a giant sword made of glass before pushing them away with a wave of flames. "He's here?! Already?!" She shouts before having to turn her focus back towards the two vengeful women.

Hazel's eyes widen as he hears the news, letting out a loud roar that stunned Nora and Ren. "OOOZZZPIIINNN!" He screams with fury as he rips the sleeves of his shirt off and takes out two giant crystals of electric dust and stabs them into his arms without so much of a thought, the intense pain not even affecting him as his veins glow bright yellow, the energy from the dust coursing through his body. He lets out another loud roar, giving an earth trembling stomp as he looks around for Ozpin.

Nora's jaw drops as she sees the sight in front of her while Ren looks on in terror. "You have to be joking right?! He just can't do that can he?!" She asks in disbelief before tightening the grip on her hammer. The two huntsmen run in towards Hazel, aiming for the large dust crystals to try to knock them out of his arms. Hazel lets out a roar as he delivers a powerful back hand on the both of them, causing them to fly into another pillar and each other.

Hazel stomps closer towards the two fallen students before feeling a dull sensation on the back of his head. Turning around he finds Oscar, wielding Ozpin's cane as he looks at the giant man with determination. "You're asking for a beating child. My rage isn't with you. It's with Ozpin." He warns him before turning back towards Nora and Ren.

Oscar tightens the grip on his cane as he stares Hazel down. "I'm right here but I don't need Ozpin's help to take you down." He tells him to which Hazel quickly turns around and glares the young farm boy down.

His shoulders heave up and down as a vicious snarl grows on his face. "You're the reason that my little sister is dead! You and your school!" He roars throwing a punch towards the young boy, who was able to jump on top of his arm and kick Hazel in the face before bashing him rapidly with his staff.

Oscar lands on the other side of the giant and hits the giant on the back of his knees, causing him to stumble a bit before catching his footing. He throws rapid punches towards Oscar, the boy dodging every punch as he jabs Hazel with the end of his cane between each blow, clearly showing his expertise in combat thanks to Ozpin's knowledge of fighting.

Hazel screams with frustration as he sees that he can't land a single hit on the child, his small body being able to dodge between each of his blows. Nora gets up onto her feet, using her hammer as a crutch slightly before holding it firmly with both hands. "What did you do to his sister?" She asks with a pant.

Oscar slides between Hazel's legs before spinning his cane around and jabs the giant man in his back rapidly before swinging his cane like a bat and sending him flying into the floor. Oscar looks over at Nora and Ren softly. "Ozpin says that it's because his sister died on a training mission. There were one too many Grimm and she sacrificed herself so that her team could get out alive." he explains before dodging a large vertical wave of electricity that Hazel fired by clapping his hands.

Nora and Ren rush in to help Oscar as they stare Hazel down. "It's his fault that she's dead! I told her to not become a huntress, but she assured me that she would be protected by Ozpin!" He roars.

Ren stares Hazel down as he calmly but firmly tells him. "She knew the risks that were involved in becoming a huntress. She knew that she could die at a moment's notice, but she became one anyways because she wanted to save people and protect the world."

"Your sister sacrificed herself so that her team could live! She knew the risks and put her teammates' lives before herself! If she didn't know any of this, she would've never wanted to become a huntress!" Nora lectures, causing Hazel to growl with anger.

As Hazel's roar echoes throughout the hall, Pyrrha and Neo fight against two large pillars of flames that were being launched towards them, Pyrrha blocking it with her shield and Neo blocking it with her parasol. Pyrrha gives a small growl as her shield gets enveloped in a black aura, letting go of the shield and pushing it back with her semblance. She grits her teeth at the sheer strength of Cinder's flames before letting out a loud roar as her shield flies through the pillar and bashes Cinder in the skull, stunning her for a brief moment and allowing Pyrrha to run in and stab at Cinder's chest. The bash causes Cinder to lose focus on the other pillar of flame that was slowing Neo down, who quickly twirls her parasol and breaks apart into glass, running to the top of the balcony before jumping onto Cinder's shoulders, locking her legs around Cinder's throat and bringing the two of them down to the ground.

Cinder gives a loud cough as she gets pinned down by the tiny woman and sees Pyrrha walking slowly towards her. She spins her spear around in the air and points it in between Cinder's eyes. "I'll make you remember who Jaune is." Pyrrha utters coldly as her cold emerald eyes pierce through Cinder's raging amber eye. The Fall Maiden gives a loud roar as a cold burst of air surrounds the three of them, as ice forms around Neo's legs, freezing it. She quickly unwraps her legs and kicks Cinder off, hissing in pain from the sheer cold as the ice shatters away. Pyrrha tries to grab Cinder but is met with a bolt of lightning striking her chest, piercing into her as her aura flashes quickly. Pyrrha falls to her knees as she stares up at Cinder, who is floating in the air with her eye ignited by the fires of the fall maiden.

Cinder gives a smirk as she grabs Neo by the face with her Grimm hand, who was busy tending to her legs to not notice Cinder before feeling the claws pierce into her skull as she gives a scratchy scream of pain. "I remember who Jaune is now. He's the whimp that was helplessly in love with you wasn't he?" Cinder asks as she flies towards Pyrrha, Neo trying to break free from the intense grip before Cinder squeezes down onto the poor woman even tighter. "You know how easily I killed him right? Him fighting me bored me half to death. I was certain that if the fight would have gone on any longer, I would've died from boredom. It was so much fun to see how determined he was to defeat me. But it was even more fun to crush and destroy that dream of success right in front of him as I took his last breath of life." Cinder laughs, causing Pyrrha to shake in rage, breathing heavily as she tries to stand up, but the bolt of lighting that was pierced through her chest refused to allow her to stand. "He even surrendered to me, begging for me to spare him and make him my servant in return for leaving you alive. But I have no need of weak servants such as him. He wouldn't even be good enough to be my footrest." Cinder lied, knowing full well that Jaune never begged for his life, but wanting to rub salt in Pyrrha's wound to get her lost in rage like how Jaune did to her.

"LIAR!" She shouts as she fights through the pain, grabbing the bolt of lighting with her hand before yanking it out from her chest, blood running down her golden armor as her weakened aura works to close the wound. She throws her shield towards Cinder, who responds by throwing Neo right in front of her as a flesh shield. Pyrrha almost didn't notice this through her rage before the last possible second as she uses her semblance to stop the shield from cutting through Neo's tiny body.

Cinder clicks her tongue in a disapproving tone. "Now now little girl, you don't want your friend here to meet the same fate as that blonde idiot now do you? Or is your rage and hatred strong enough to see past that?" Cinder taunts as she opens her arms, exposing her chest. A bright glow starts to engulf her Grimm hand as a giant pillar of fire blasts forth and burning the poor pink and brown haired woman, who screams and tosses her body around in pain. When the flames died down, a pink aura that surrounded Neo shatters as the woman is now vulnerable for any lethal attack. She throws Neo down onto the ground, the poor girl landing with a thud as she tries to get up, only being able to sit on her knees as she helplessly looks at Pyrrha, blood running down the sides of her head as it drips onto the yellow floor below her. A giant large sword made of black glass is created right in front of Neo, hovering in front of her, threatening to cut her down. "Go ahead and kill me." Cinder says as she gets down on to the floor, holding her arms out for Pyrrha to stab her through her chest. "But if you kill me, your friend here dies as well. A soul for a soul." She laughs with a wicked grin.

Pyrrha trembles in her spot as she thinks over what she should do. She so desperately wants to kill Cinder, the bitch is even allowing herself to be killed by her own hand. But is Neo dying worth it? She then looks up at Cinder then towards Neo, who mouths to Pyrrha, "Do it" who then closes her eyes and awaits her fate. Neo knows that this needs to be done, even if it means that she will die in the process. As long as Cinder dies too then she can rest easy for she knows that her revenge has been enacted.

Cinder gently lowers one of her fingers, causing the large blade to cut into Neo's chest as she screams in pain. "The clock is ticking. Delay any longer and your friend will die regardless of your decision." She warns, the blade cutting slowly and painfully through Neo's chest.

Pyrrha kneels down and roars in frustration as she can't figure out what to do. She thinks back to the time she spent with Neo, the jokes that they shared, the bonding between one another, their mutual hatred towards Cinder and confiding their insecurities with each other. Neo was the first person that wanted to stay by Pyrrha's side after she walked down the dark path of vengeance. Being responsible for Neo's death will weigh heavier on her soul than the pleasure of killing Cinder. She slams her fist down onto the ground as she picks up Milo and stares Cinder down. She runs towards Cinder, letting out a fierce scream as she raises her sword up high. Cinder smiles and gets ready to bring down her large weapon the rest of the way only to see Pyrrha slice Milo through the thick glass with surprising strength, shattering it. The end of the blade is able to graze across Neo's chest, still cutting into her but not as deep as it would have been. Neo screams in pain as she looks up at Pyrrha, seeing her standing in front of her. She gives a small smile as she sees black envelop her vision before she falls onto the floor, losing consciousness. Pyrrha gives Cinder an intense glare. "I refuse to let another friend of mine die to my own mistakes!" She shouts before running throwing Milo at Cinder, the blade grazing her midsection before calling it back with her semblance and slicing off Cinder's Grimm arm.

Cinder screams as intense pain floods her senses, holding her dismembered arm as she stares Pyrrha down. "You bitch!" She roars as her arm starts to grow back again. With each inch, Cinder screams in pain until finally her arm is back. She flies towards Pyrrha, a circle of glass knives forming around her before sending each one into Pyrrha's chest. The spartan is able to fend off each dagger with her sword and shield, shattering them into pieces onto the floor before having to block a sword strike from Cinder herself. Cinder gives another loud roar as black storm clouds form behind her and lighting blasts forth, causing Pyrrha to break her guard to avoid the bolts of lightning, allowing Cinder to kick Pyrrha in the stomach and smacks the flat of her sword across the spartan's face. As Pyrrha was sent flying, Cinder fires large bolts of lightning towards the woman hitting her as she gets knocked down onto the ground. Her green aura that was enveloping her soon breaks away, yet despite the intense pain that she's in and how tired she's feeling, she stands back up and readies her weapons, refusing to leave Neo's side. Cinder calms herself down as she slowly approaches Pyrrha and Neo. "You're still standing despite your aura being broken. Perhaps if you were to have fought me in Jaune's stead, you could have actually killed me and the two of you would be living happily together." Cinder taunts as she gets closer and closer to Pyrrha. She raises her arm and fires a giant fireball towards Pyrrha, the ball exploding on her chest as she falls to the ground, Milo and Akouo clattering onto the floor alongside her. The flesh on her arms burn from the intense heat from the blast.

Pyrrha groans in pain as she feels her nerves screaming in pain, looking up at Cinder. "F-fuck… you!" She utters, spitting blood onto the ground. "I may not be able to kill you… but they will!" She says, mentioning Ruby and the rest of her friends.

Cinder looks back at the fight that was going on, and sees Weiss on her knees, having been defeated by Vernal, the bandit from earlier, with Weiss's aura gone as a wicked idea pops into Cinder's mind. "Will they now? They will have a harder time doing it with one less member of their silly little group." Cinder laughs as a large spear made of glass is formed in her hand before she throws it straight towards Weiss, the spear pierces itself through her abdomen as she looks down in horror. She lets out pained gasps as her hand holds the spear, seeing her blood run down onto the ground before the glass spear disappears.

Ruby watches on in horror as she sees another friend falling at the hands of Cinder. "WEISS!" She shouts as she groans in slight pain, her eyes flashing for a brief moment before feeling a dull pain to the back of her head thanks to Mercury, causing Ruby to fall to the ground.

"Not this time you silver eyed freak." Mercury laughs as he kicks her in the stomach, causing Ruby to scream in pain. She looks towards Weiss, who has fallen onto the ground, the glass spear having disappeared. She reaches her hand out towards her friend before it falls onto the ground as she feels herself helpless to do anything.

Cinder gives a wicked laugh as she looks over at Pyrrha. "Now you know how it feels to be at the bottom, to be helpless and powerless to do anything, being forced to live on the floor as everyone else around you succeeds. Raven, Vernal, let's get to the vault." Cinder commands as she glares at Lionheart. Everyone is too stunned in horror at the brutality they witnessed in front of them to do anything to stop the man from putting some kind of amulet onto the statue, causing it to lower into the ground making for an elevator. The three women get onto the top of the statue as Cinder waves goodbye to the group. "I expect the rest of you to finish them off." Cinder says coldly as she disappears into the ground.

Pyrrha watches as Cinder gets away from her for the second time. She tries to crawl towards the elevator but is stopped short when she bumps into Neo, who is breathing heavily in pain as her white clothes are stained red with her own blood. She looks over at Weiss, and sees Ren and Nora running towards her to drag her to a safe area away from the action as Yang was forced to fight against Mercury and Emerald instead of helping her friend.

Before Oscar could think about what was going on, he was grabbed by Hazel and thrown into a pillar, causing the young boy to groan in pain. Hazel quickly shifts his attention back towards Nora and Ren, raising his arms to grab the two of them. Ren, picking up Weiss, jumps out of the way while Nora welcomes the grab with a smile. Hazel grabs Nora by her skull as electricity starts to course through his arms and into the red head. Nora groans in slight pain as she feels the electricity running through her body, powering her up more and more as her eyes glow bright pink, sparks of pink lightning flashing throughout her body.

She grabs Hazel's wrist with a surprisingly strong grip that caught him off guard before slamming him down onto the hard ground. "Thanks for the power boost sucker!" She giggles with glee, electricity coursing through her large hammer as she swings it around. Hazel gets up from the floor, only to see Nora flying in towards him, hammer held high before she swings it onto his chest. Time freezes for a moment as the pure force of the impact causes a large thunderous boom to echo throughout the area. Hazel is then sent flying back towards the door at high speeds, shattering both it and the accompanying wall into wooden rubble revealing what appears to be the white fang, led by Adam Taurus as well as what appears to be Blake Belladonna, Sun Wukong and many more faunuses!

Adam stares at the broken wall and at the intense fight that was happening inside before looking up at Hazel who dusts himself off. "What the hell is going on in there?!" He shouts towards Hazel.

"I could be asking you the same question. Why hasn't the explosion gone off yet?" He asks, taking out two large fire dust crystals and stabbing them into his arms as he gets even more powerful. Adam was silent for a moment and tries to respond before Hazel silences him. "Fix it." He says before stomping back towards the fight that was going on inside.

Taking the time while Hazel was gone and Mercury and Emerald were busy fighting Yang, while Qrow is helping Ruby up to her feet as he checks to make sure that she's not seriously injured. "Kid are you okay?" He asks with a worried look in his eyes.

"I-I'm fine Uncle Qrow… but check to make sure Oscar is okay. I'll help Yang." Ruby says before shaking her head and rushing towards Yang, full of vitality once again. Qrow gives a nod and goes over to help the young boy.

Pyrrha holds Neo in her lap as she thinks over what to do. She then remembers something the two of them got together. Reaching into her pocket, she pulls out a chunk of the large fire dust crystal that she and Neo took from their first night together all that time ago. She takes out another one and whistles to Ren, trying to catch his attention. She throws the crystal towards him who catches it. "Cauterize her wound! You need to stop the bleeding! Nora protect him!" Pyrrha orders as she shifts her attention back to Neo.

Ren gives a nod as he places the crystal down onto the ground and smashes it with the blade of his weapon, causing the green metal to shine a bright orange as the flames from the large crystal heat up the metal. He looks down at Weiss and sees her still breathing, barely conscious and gives a small sigh. "I'm sorry… this will hurt." He says before gently placing the tip of the blade into Weiss's wound, burning the ends of it and causing the Schnee to scream in intense pain as her eyes shoot wide open. Her screams echo throughout the room and outside as Ren tries to ignore it to continue treating the wound. Ruby and Yang tremble as they fight against Mercury and Emerald, the sound of hearing their dear friend going through such torture almost being enough to allow the two criminals to catch them off guard. Ren quickly tears off a large piece of his clothing, rolling it up into a ball and puts it into Weiss's mouth. "Bite down on it!" He asks as he continues to tend the wound, much to Weiss's displeasure.

Pyrrha sees Weiss going through the intense pain and looks down at Neo, knowing that she's going to be going through the same exact pain that the young Schnee is. Taking a deep breath, she slams the dust crystal with her fist onto the ground, breaking it as it creates a large flame. She takes Milo and puts the blade into the flames as the metal heats up. She looks at Neo and gives a frown. "I'm sorry for all of this Neo…" She says before bringing the blade to the top of her shoulder where the wound starts and starts to burn off the ends of the wound.

Neo is suddenly brought back from unconsciousness as she feels the intense pain roaring through her body before she lets out a loud, scratchy scream of pain. Thinking quickly, Pyrrha takes off the fabric that was around her waist and rolls it up before having Neo bite down on it before continuing the process.

Nora sees Hazel stomping up towards the both of them and readies her hammer yet again. "I will break your kneecaps and watch you tumble down! You know what they say, the bigger they are, the harder they fall!" She shouts as she runs in towards Hazel, still being powered by the electricity from earlier and slams the giant mallet into his arms. He is able to block the blow, skidding back before letting out a loud roar as his fist gets engulfed in fire and electricity, throwing a punch towards Nora. She jumps out of the from the punch only for Hazel to ram his shoulder and upper arm into the small woman, stabbing her in the stomach with the tip of the large yellow dust crystal. She groans in pain before feeling power surge through her once more as she kicks herself off of Hazel, a small hole in her stomach getting covered in pink energy. Blood drips from the hole and onto the floor, sparking with pink electricity as well before getting stomped on by Nora's foot. She gives a cocky grin towards the giant and runs back in spinning around in a circle before she throws her hammer towards Hazel. He catches the large piece of metal in between his hands before Nora grabs the lower part of the handle, pulling the trigger. From the large hole that was on the face of the mallet, launches out a pink heart shaped grenade which explodes in Hazels face, causing him to drop the hammer and stumble back, pink smoke blinding his vision. Nora runs in and punches Hazel hard in the stomach as he gets sent back flying into the wall from across the room, creating a small crater as he falls to the floor. Nora picks up her hammer and gives Hazel a small laugh before falling onto her knees as all the pain finally catches up to her, supporting herself with her hammer.

The screams of pain and the intense fight between Nora and Hazel catches the attention of Blake Belladonna, who, alongside the faunuses of Menagire, were fighting against the White Fang. She rushes into the hall and sees the sight in front of her. She has no time to question why Neo was there when she sees Weiss screaming through the thick cloth that was in her mouth, before her eyes shift over to Yang. Yang sees Blake and gives a silent gasp before smiling softly at the black haired faunus. "Blake…" She says happily.

Blake smiles in return as her attention goes towards Ruby. "Ruby, Yang!" She says happily, wanting to go help her team but also knowing full well that the faunuses outside need her help too.

"It's okay Blake, we'll be fine. Go help defeat the White Fang." Ruby says softly. Blake gives a small happy nod before running back towards her family and Sun. As soon as she finished saying that, Ruby is forced to turn her attention back towards Emerald to block another attack. She then feels the earth tremble beneath her as rubble from the top of the building starts to fall. Knowing that something is happening below them, she figures that now is a good opportunity for them to try to take the relic while Cinder was fighting someone for it. "Yang! Go now!" She shouts towards her sister.

Yang nods her head as she starts to run towards the large hole in the ground. Mercury grabs Yang by her robotic arm. "You're not going anywhere!" He shouts. Yang gives him a smug grin as she closes her eyes and soon her robotic arm pops off of her shoulder, leaving Mercury confused with what just happened.

Emerald, seeing Mercury slacking runs towards Yang and holds her twin guns out to fire the knives from them in an attempt to pull Yang back towards her. "You're not hurting Cinder!" She shouts. Before she could pull the trigger however, she would feel a sharp pain across her leg as a golden circular shield flies across her thigh, causing Emerald to fall on to the ground and missing her shot.

"She won't hurt Cinder because that's my job!" Pyrrha shouts, having thrown the shield to save Yang. Yang, upon seeing this, gives Pyrrha a small nod, who nods back, before jumping down into the hole. Pyrrha focuses her attention back on Neo, who's wound has closed up thanks to Pyrrha's treatment. "Are you feeling okay Neo?" Pyrrha asks.

Neo gives a small groan as she looks up at the spartan. "Never… felt better." She signs softly before giving a groan of pain, doing her best to smile through it.

Pyrrha gives a soft chuckle as she helps Neo up to her feet. "Glad you still have your sense of humor about this." She laughs softly, supporting Neo with her shoulder. Neo gives a small laugh before wincing in pain, as it hurt to laugh.

Ren gives a long sigh as he finally stops the bleeding from Weiss's wound. She still has a large hole in her stomach, but she won't die from the wound before they get medical help. Ren looks down at Weiss and gives her a caring look. "How are you feeling?" He asks.

"Well I have a huge hole in my stomach…" Weiss coughs before groaning in pain. "But all things considered… I'm feeling good." She says with a soft smile.

Emerald stares on in disbelief as it looks like that, she, Mercury, and Hazel have lost. Her fears would only be confirmed as she hears the sirens of the Mistral Police force closing in over the White Fang. "No… this can't be happening!" She shouts in fear and disbelief. Upon hearing the sirens, Professor Lionheart would run into the back of the hall, presumably to his office as this would be the last time anyone would see him alive. Meanwhile Blake has rushed back in to try to help apprehend the others, Adam having gotten away to try to lure her into a trap.

Hazel has gotten up from the crater as he stumbles over towards Emerald and Mercury. "We need to leave. We will have our chance another day." He says softly, his rage having died down from the intense beating he took from the red head. He will definitely remember her face for being the one that got in the way of his revenge.

"No… we can't leave! Not without Cinder!" Emerald pleads as she refuses to leave her savior behind. She winces in pain as she feels the blood from Pyrrha's attack drip down her leg.

Mercury grabs Emerald by the shoulders and shakes her rapidly. "She's not worth it! We need to leave now Emerald! She's not going to come back!" He shouts at her.

"You're wrong! I know she will come back! She would never leave us!" Emerald sobs softly, refusing to believe that the woman that saved her from the streets would abandon her so quickly. "In just a moment, she will come up from the vault with the relic in her hand and we can leave in victory!" As Emerald spoke this, the sounds of rumbling stones would be heard below her. Her eyes shine in hope as she expects to see Cinder arriving with the Relic of Knowledge, only for the hope to come crashing down as she sees a head of blonde hair holding the lamp above her head. That person being none other than Yang. "No… no no no no no! This can't be happening!" Emerald mutters as she falls to her knees.

Mercury gives a grunt as he tries to pick Emerald up, only for her to fight against him. "Emerald! Let's go!" He shouts a final time.

Emerald starts to rock back and forth as she starts to realize what Cinder truly thinks of her, refusing to believe it as her world breaks ever more and more. "No no no no NOOOOOOOOO!" She screams as a black smoke engulfs the arena. From the smoke rises a giant figure dressed in black cloth. Her upper body twists and contorts violently as blood curdling cracks echo through out the room as a white skinned woman with black eyes that had red pupils contorts herself to stand up straight. Her jaw drops down popping from its socket as her red eyes glow brightly and she lets out a loud monstrous scream.

Everyone looked on in horror as they see this monstrous woman towering over all of them before it screams at all of them. They all reel back and cover their eyes as the scream is so loud that it feels like it ruptured their ear drums. When they would uncover their eyes, they would see that the monstrous woman, Emerald, Mercury, and Hazel were gone. "W-what the hell was that?!" Blake asks, her cat ears falling flat in fear.

Oscar gets up onto his knees as he looks over at everyone. "That… was Salem…" He says softly, the group now knowing what their enemy looks like.

For the first time in forever, Pyrrha felt genuine fear at the monster she saw. This is the person that's responsible for the Grimm and every event that's happened in her life so far. She looks down at Neo who is shaking wildly, having realized that this is the person that her and Roman were working for all this time. This being of pure evil and malice that looks like she can destroy the world with so much as a thought. Neo clumsily moves her hand in an attempt to sign something. "T-that's the person who's been ordering Cinder around?" She signs with clumsy hands.

Pyrrha nods her head, having been the only person to see Neo's question. "I think so… our quest for vengeance is much more than we first thought…"