Weiss has always been subjected to the worst of her father. Being forced into singing so he could impress others, having him berate her for the smalls things, being smacked around for speaking her mind, and being forced to fight for freedom. Once, she would've forgiven him, welcomed him with open arms. She's had a front row seat to his torment, verbal and physical, all taken out on her. But never, even with all the bruises and mental scars, has she ever wanted nothing more than to rip his heart from his chest.

It was like time had grinded to a halt, the blood had hit her face then, she registered the unnatural warmth of it, barely, her eyes focused on the bleeding form of Catalaya. She was hunched over, a river of crimson flowed from her as her eyes dimmed. She faintly recognized Ruby's scream and the quick movements of her friends to tend to and defend the Phantom Beast. Men had converged on her weak state, quickly attempting to chain her up. Weiss heard a faint voice in the back of her mind,W-weiss...Jakal had spoken through the link, using the last of her energy. Seeing the pained grimace and slowly closing eyes of her lover, Weiss was moving.

In a burst of cold wind, she blasted the attackers away from Cat, placing a hand on her wound before turning with frightening speed to fire off a shot directly beside her father's head. She wasn't aiming to kill, just a warning. She found satisfaction in the way he jumped to the side, warily eyeing the giant spike of ice embedded in the wall behind him. He raised a subtly shaking fist, then men stopping their movements and backing away.

"Tell them to stand down, Weiss. Or more people will be hurt." He said in a calm voice, watching curiously as Weiss simply stared at him for a moment, an odd look on her face. His brows furrowed as the weakened beast grasped his child's hand in reassurance, Weiss sighing in releif before slightly nodding at her friends. Slowly they lowered their weapons, still in a circle around Weiss and Cat, Velvet dropped to her knees and quickly got to work.

"Now, Weiss. You and I need to have a talk." Her team watched anxiously as she only stared at him for a moment before sighing and standing. She looked back at Cat worriedly, unready to lose her. Reassured when she smiled softly at her as the personal doctors moved her.

Weiss followed after her father, walking slowly and angrily. "What do you want?" Jacques chuckled,"Greetings to you too, daughter. How have you been?"

Weiss snarled at him, "Don't play games with me! You attacked my friends and I! Explain yourself!"

The oldest Schnee simply stared at his child's outburst, surprised at the conviction in her voice. He smirked, putting her off a bit. "I simply wish to speak with my daughter. Is that too much to ask? " He turned and walked down the halls, towards his office, "Come along."

Weiss was silent as she followed after her father. As she walked the familiar route she received a message from Jakal, as weak as she was,We are fine, love. Catalaya is weak now, so I am in control while she heals.Weiss let out a relieved breath,Then you rest too, Jakal. I can't have you both too weak.

Jakal chuckled,We are injured, Snow. Not weak.

Weiss shook her head,Just rest for now. I'm going to have a conversation with my father.Jakal was on alert then,You shouldn't be alone with him! He might-Weiss sent out a burst of psychic energy, cutting her off.I'll be fine. You two are to rest, while I deal with this. No buts.

She could feel Jakal sigh,Fine. But do me a favor, sweetheart?Weiss tilted her head as she walked behind her father in his office,What?

Jakal smiled wordlessly,Punch him for us?

Weiss smirked,You got it, Wolfie. Now rest.Weiss cautiously entered her fathers office. A place she hasn't entered in eight years, since she left the manor to live her own life. It was just as cold as she remembered, bookshelves lining two walls, a mahogany desk littered with papers and on the wall behind him, numerous plaques of his achievements. He sat down at hia chair, pouring himself some scotch. He lifted a glass to her, she shook her head. Not exactly trusting of his offering.

"Let's skip the games, tell me what you want." Weiss says harshly, wanting nothing more than to leave. Jacques stared at his daughter for a moment before speaking in the same tone he usually reserved for business meetings. "I want you to come back to the company."

Weiss scoffed, "You should already know my answer."

Jacques chuckles slightly, "Of course. But this is why I've come up with a few good reasons you should accept." He hit a few keys on his computer and a blue holographic screen popped up in the center of his desk. On the screen was a picture of one of her happiest memories; the day Ruby, Yang, Blake and her became a team, team RWBY. Yang and Ruby each had an arm around her shoulder, smiling and laughing. Blake stood beside Yang, a soft smile on her face, cat ears on display. Weiss was red in the face, laughing her heart out.

Weiss smiled softly at the memory, then giving her father a harsh stare, "Is this supposed to mean something?" He said nothing and hit a single button, the picture shrinking and squares popping up behind the names of her friends.

Yang's came up first as he spoke, "I'm sure you know of Miss Xiao Long's temper. But did you know what she's done with it?" Weiss scrunched her brows as pictures appeared on the screen. One was a mugshot, Yang's. "When she was seventeen, she got into a fight with a fellow student over some rude comments towards her family."

Another image came up, a startling one at that. It was a teenage boy, his face was bruised and bloody, teeth missing and both eyes swollen over. X-rays showed his right arm was broken in six places, the same in both legs. "The young man never spoke again." He swiped and another popped up,"In a juvenile detention center, she fought with both gaurds and inmates." Weiss wasn't exactly shocked at that, she knew Yang went to juvie, knew she only responded like that if she felt endangered.

"She killed a person there." That surprised Weiss, record of a fight came onto the screen. Yang was eating, alone, when another inmate came up behind her and slammed her head into the table. She retaliated. They fought brutally, the gaurds unable to step in as she slammed the attackers head into the table over and over. "That girl died that day." Her father said,"Her skull was caved in, her neck snapped."

Weiss was still sorting through her mind when Blake's picture came up. Her father showed her every single terrible thing she'd done in the White Fang, from theft to murder. How she was the second in command, working alongside the most hostile and brutal faunus she'd ever seen. Papers detailing her own capture and murder, one month before they met at Beacon. Her mind was running rampant when Ruby's image came next. "I understand Yang and Blake. But Ruby couldn't have done anything on their scale."

Her father laughed, "Is that so?" She regretted her claim when documents detailing Ruby's acts were portrayed. From petty theft to being sent to a mental facility. Her mental health deteriorating after her mother's death and father's disappearance. "She was placed on antipsychotics and antidepressants. She still takes them, and many more. To keepRedunder control."

Apparently, Red was Ruby's second personality. A monster, akin to Jakal, with homicidal tendencies towards everyone. Apparently, Red came through once when her sister was sent to juvi and a kid was bullying her because of it. She had jumped on him, slit his throat with a pair of scissors.

Weiss was having doubts, maybe her team wasn't as perfect as she thought. She shook her head,Damn that! I know they aren't innocent, but neither am I.She stared at her father calmly,"And?" He was visibly confused, he just showed her the dark sides to her friends, and she did nothing. He typed something onto the console, ready for his final reveal. "Well, if that doesnt help I believe this will." On the holographic screen was her own record. Then, she gulped. She knew her team wasn't innocent, but she herself...

She was far from the perfect girl she wanted to be.

He watched as his daughter broke down in front of him, reveling in the frightened look on her face. The tears threatening to fall, and he hands digging into the sides of the chair. The documents, images, videos and reports wouldn't have been found outside the manor. Things she'd done expunged from the court and erased from the internet. She was shaking and breathing heavily. Weiss wanted to disappear, to die then and there. Didn't want to look at her faults, all of the awful things she's done. "Now, dear." She looked up at him reluctantly, fearing the triuphant and disturbed smile on his face.

"Either I let your so-called friends on this information. Or you agree to my terms. So, which is it?" Weiss was crying then as a specific image shows on the screen; her mother. Everything was breaking within her mind. Little did she know, her torment was fueling a dangerous flame.

Schnee Private Infirmary, One Hour Earlier

Ruby was anxious, carefully watching as the doctors worked on Catalaya, how Velvet was doing her best to save her. Gilgamesh was in the corner, his eyes wide in crisis, he'd been wounded by a mortal weapon. He feared for his life, questioned his life as a demigod.

Yang was staring at the gaurds standing near the door, planning the best way to get past them and find Weiss. Blake was with Velvet and Ren, doing her best to operate on Catalaya's strange anatomy; apparently she had three large hearts, interconnected together, surrounding a small glowing red mass.

That an her skeletal system was completely wrapped around most organs, or what they thought were organs. It had taken the better part of the hour, but they were able to get her in stable condition. Penny had stayed out of the way, the smell of blood too much for her. Catalaya woke up with a groan, rubbing the back of her neck. Ruby looked at her, noticing the red eyes-Jakal. "How are you two doing?" Penny asked, looking at Jakal in confusion.

"I'm fine, Catalaya is resting, much too weak." Her eye twitched as she sent a message through the link.

Smiling when Weiss responds. "Weiss is okay." She said to no one in particular.

Her eyes widened for a moment, "She's withhim." She snarled, the group guessing she was with her father. "What!?" Yang practically shouted,"She should be as far from his as possible from what she's told us!" Blake and Ruby nodded, the latter worried for her partner. They watched Jakal sigh and smile softly, "She says she'll be fine. I hope." She mumbled to herself. Jakal laid back down and looked to the team leaders,"What's the run down?"

Coco stepped up, glancing at the gaurds and doctors in suspicion before speaking in Romanian, "Nimeni nu a rănit, cu excepția ta." (No one injured, except for you.)

Velvet spoke as she washed her hands, "Gardienii ne-au escortat aici, după ce ai căzut."(Guards escorted us here after you fell.)

Jakal nodded at them, "Care este conteaza pe adversari?"(What's the count on on adversaries?)

It was Blake's turn to speak, "Două pe ambele fețe ale ușii infirmeriei, pistoale standard de nouă milimetri."(Two on both sides of the infirmary door, standard nine millimeter handguns.)

Yang turned to the shifter, "Un gardian la fiecare a doua fereastră. Două persoane patrulează fiecare hol, la fiecare cinci minute. Echipat cu glock-uri standard."(One guard at every second window. Two man patrols every hallway, every five minutes. Equipped with standard glocks.)

Jakal nodded and looked at Pyrrha, "Orice noroc să intre în sisteme?"(Any luck getting into the systems?)

Pyrrha nodded as Jaune handed her a handheld device."Am controlul camerelor lor, alarma de incendiu și sprinklerele."(I've got control of their cameras, fire alarm and sprinklers.)

Jakal was going ask for any ideas when she was suddenly hit with enough negative emotion to revive a Grimm. She didn't need to check the link to know that Weiss needed her and Catalaya. She yanked the IV from her arm and stood quickly, staring down the gaurds that aimed at her. "She needs our help." The group could hear Catalaya's voice mixed in with Jakal's and decides to cover them as they barreled right through the gaurds, taking no care to be stealthy, rampaging towards their lover.

Ruby and Coco provided cover fire for them as they ran, feet pounding the flooring, an angry snarl on their face. Jakal, on her own, can be a terrible sight when angered. With Catalaya working with her; they were the gods of destruction. They ran right into the hallway containing Jaqcues'office, thirty-six gaurds standing between them and their target. They aimed pistols and semi-automatic weapons at them, ready to protect the boss. The few at the front wavered when the two opened their eyes, instead of the usual red they were white, the veins in their face becoming black as the building shook.Stand down or perish.

The smartest of the gaurds turned tail and ran screaming. The last few smirking and taking half a step forward beforeithit them.Frykt erobringer.The ancient spell, Fear Conquers, where the user subjects the victims to their greatest fears, silmultaneously causing untold damage to their minds. Jakal and Catalaya stepped around the gaurds who where experiencing living nightmares. They stood in front of Jacques' office before kicking in the door.

What they saw only made their anger flare higher. Jacques had Weiss on her knees, a sword at her neck. Her face stained with tears, just under her eyes was a slowly darkening bruise. The two barely registered Penny's gasp from behind them. Catalaya was silent, the scene brought forth no words. But Jakal wasn't angry, she wasn't pissed, nor was she furious. No, not even close.

Jakal hadgone fucking insane.

With the righteous fury of a thousand warring angels she charged forth and punched the ever-loving shit out of Jacques. The man went flying into the wall, through that wall, and into the wall of the next room. He was thoroughly knocked out, so Jakal took it upon herself to make sure Weiss was alright. She checked her over for any major wounds, upon finding none, she held her to her chest. Weiss held onto her shirt with a vice grip, crying into her arms.

Jakal's unnatural warmth soothing her, bringing her back ever so slowly from a mental breakdown. The Schnee woman didnt notice her team standing protectively around her, or the sound of guns being loaded when Jacques stood from the rubble. All that mattered was that Jakal was here, that she was holding her, and would always protect her. Weiss didn't register the shouting or the sound of summoned swords, at least not until she heard Jakal shout. She was thrown to the side out of harms way.

Jakal was not.

She was bleeding out, four different swords sticking out of her body. One in her left leg, another holding her right wrist to the ground, and two impaled in her abdomen. Her blood flowed like a crimson river. Her eyes were pained, tears at the edges and her face a grimace. The world was silent, she couldseeRuby speaking to her, yet no sound reached her ears. She saw Velvet and Ren rushing to operate on Catalaya out the corner of her eye. She was instead focused on her father, if she could call him that, who stood there laughing as her girlfriend bled out before her eyes. "This is what happens when you disobey me!" He shouted at her, he took a step and a piece of the Duskshadow armor appeared on his right leg.

She heard Gilgamesh speak,"He's using the armor!? It must be corrupting him!"No,she thought,he was already corrupt.Weiss turned once more to Jakal, her magic bursting forth at the pained, forced reassuring smile she was giving her. A blast of cold air swirled around her, ice collexted on the floor and frozen stalagmites crashes through the ground. The stalagmite curved around her, creating a rough dome around the ice mage.

Everyone watched in awe, Jacques in confusion, soon turning to fear as he heard her speak. Magical energy was in her tone, consistent with a demons. The Hunters and the Schnee patriarch hears her only say, "I will protect my wolf!"

The ground shook and the some around her shattered to peices, a frozen whirlwind taking shape. Within were piercing blue eyes, staring dead ahead full of malice and homicidal intent. With another blast of ice, a giant scaled claw reaches outward, landing hard on the flooring. Coming out slowly after it, was none other than a blue and whitedragon. It's body large and long, frozen spikes ran done its back to the tip of its jagged tail. It's head bore two thick, curved horns like that of a ram and on the tip of its muzzle was another, curving back slightly. It's head, as large as it was, held evenlarger, sharperteeth inside. It flapped its great wings, at least 30 feet long sending Jacques stumbling backward. Jakal looked on in awe, admiring the intricate designs of its scales and spikes.

Smiling slightly at the familiar azure eyes it had.I-is that Weiss?Catalaya asked through the link.It is, little ember. She's finally broke through the barrier.With a deep exhale, white steam coming from its nose, the ice dragon spoke clearly.

Stand down father.

"Holy shit! WEISS?! Is that you!?!" Ruby screamed in shock. Weiss tilted her head at Ruby, nodding calmly.Yes, you dolt.It was at that moment Yang decided to pass out, whether from frostbite, shock or confusion, they didn't know. "Yang!?" Blake said as she did her best to wake her girlfriend.

Penny stared up at Weiss with a knowing smile.You really are the Winter Knight. Aren't you, friend Weiss.She glanced back when Jacques spoke again. "So, my daughter thinks to scare me with some flimsy beast, does she! Ha! Pathetic." He spat with misplaced confidence. Weiss seemed to sigh, though they couldn't tell.I don't want to hurt you.

The older Schnee scoffed, "You couldn't even of you tried. Putting up such an act to distract your friends from learning the truth about yourself. What say I tell them myself?"

Weiss growled, the building shaking at the sound. "What's he talking about, Weiss?" The heireas would've told her to ignore him when he spoke again. "Didn't you know? She isn't as innocent as she makes herself out to be."

Quiet.

"Your beloved friend is amurdererof the highest degree."

Shut up!

"Shekilledher ownmother!"

Silence!

Weiss raked a claw at him, knocking him backwards once more.

No one spoke as Weiss's draconic form seemed to tremble in self disgust. "Is that true, Weiss?" Ruby asked, afraid. Weiss didn't look them in the eye, too ashamed as she spoke.Yes.Ignoring the collective gasp, she continued.My mother wasn't perfect. She was a drunk, a drug addict and verbally abusive to my siblings and I. When I was 14, she became ill, a the drinking gave her liver cancer. The drugs destroyed her lungs.Weiss looked at her team,When she was dying I saw a whole other side, one that knew my name and read me stories. One day, I was visiting her in the hospital, and she asked me to do something.

She didn't say it but Jakal knew what it was,"She asked you to kill her, didn't she?" Weiss nodded, her spikes scratching the ceiling.

She was in unbearable pain, I saw that but I refused. She begged and pleaded with me. She would did soon, she told me. She didn't want to be in pain all the way ther, didn't want me to see her suffer. In my heart I wanted her to stay, logically, I knew it would be better forher.So I took a pillow from the chair, she smiled at me when I came over, gratefullness in her eyes. Even as I held it over her face.A single tear fell from a large dragon's eyes,She had a smile on her face. You guys probably hate me now, don't you?

Jakal limped over to her and placed a warm hand on her scaled side looking up at her with a small smile. "Years ago, after my brother's death, killed my childhood best friend, ripped him to peices with my bare hands." Ruby stepped up and rested a hand on her claw,"I slit a kid's throat in middle school. He had been bullying me about my family and I just snapped."

Nora's eyes widened at that watching as Yang placed a hand on her sister's shoulder. "I killed a kid while I was in juvie. Smashed her head in on a cafeteria table." Blake laughed harshly as she sidled up next to Jakal, "I slaughtered a politician and his wife, while I was in the White Fang."

Jaune sighed and leaned on Weiss, "When I was in the military, I set a fellow soldier on fire, burned him to death."

Ren and Nora stood beside him,"We killed a whole family while we were still homeless teens." Pyrrha stood beside Blake,"I threw my father off a cliff, after he attacked my mother and I." Weiss was silently crying, she hadnt thought these people would do these things, team CFVY included.

"You see, Weiss." Jakal said,"You got nothing to be ashamed of. We're not innocent either, but its with our battles we try to make amends." Weiss smiled a fanged smile at her friends who were willing to share their darkest secrets with her, the moment being sorely ruined when her father-If she could call him that-stood back up.

"Wow, Weiss. I never would've expected you to be friends with so manymurderers. I guess you should feel at home with such tainted souls such as theirs." Jakal sighed,' You know what?" Everyone just looked at her as the ice below her began to melt. "I'm sosickof this bullshit! Justshut upfor once!"

Yang nodded,"Yeah, man. We get it, you're a douchebag. Stop making it obvious." Jacques blinked as the rest of the group shared the sentiment. "Weiss?" Ruby asked, "Do you think you could freeze him?" The patriarch Schnee shivered at the disturbed smile his dragon daughter gave her friend,With pleasure.

It was then and there Jacques Schnee would live out the rest of his live as a living popsicle. Trapped in the secret basement if his extravagant mansion while his daughter cheerfully walked away with her friends. Weiss was more than happy to carry Catalaya, who had awoken during the transformation, to the nearest hospital where she'd be treated. Team CFVY sent the armor peice to Ozpin for safe keeping and were with JNPR and RBY, resting in a nearby hotel. Weiss sighed and looked on as Cat was wheeled into the hospital room after having another check up. "Why so blue, Weiss?"

The Schnee simply looked at her, "Do you really need to ask?"

Cat shrugged and motioned for her to join her on the hospital bed, "Of course not. But I had to make sure you were alright. Or else I'd have to go kick somebody's ass."

Weiss rolled her eyes, "In this condition? Fat chance, Wolf."

Catalaya smiled while Jakal growled playfully. "Don't doubt me, Dragon."

They laughed for a while, enjoying the quiet. Catalaya held Weiss closer and gave her a passionate yet soft kiss, nuzzling into her hair. "I love you so much, my Ice Dragon." She murmured tiredly as Weiss stroked her wolf ears, "And I love you even more, my Black Wolf." The two lovers fell asleep in each others arms, more at peace with the other by their side.

Completely unaware of the assassin behind the hospital room door. The masked intruder pulled out a silenced pistol, taking aim at the couple, before being quickly dispatched by a small blade piercing his heart. His body turned to ash that was quickly dusted up and tossed into the nearest trash can. The killer peeking in on the couple again, "No way anyone's going to hurt you, ember. Not on my watch." Glowing golden eyes shined for a moment. The owner of the strange orbs slipping back into the shadows to resume their diligent watch over the two.