Yang was unarmed, as was her preference, but she was swarmed with Grimm. Two bear-sized men were on either side of her. She had knocked more than a couple out but these two were making it hard. She couldn't use fire or else they would all go up. Qrow dove through the window and transformed, weapon drawn. He took out one of the men and Winter jumped through and took out the other. Winter grabbed Yang's arm and pulled her through the cannon hole. Qrow transformed and flew out of the port hole. Yang stood on Winter's glyph and blew into the storage hold.
"Move move move!" Yang shouted and jumped out of the way, Winter catching her with glyphs.
They moved to one of the middle ships just in time for the first ship to explode and shoot fiery debris everywhere. Qrow swooped in and grabbed debris and dropped it through the holes to set off the other ships. Yang and Winter ran below and found dust in the cargo hold. Winter dumped as much ice dust into the water as she could to keep the ships still. She refilled her rapier and grabbed an armful of fire dust. Yang grabbed another armful and the pair jumped out onto Winter's glyph.
They worked as quickly as they could but everyone was alert and aware now. They were under attack. Bullets would wizz past them as they ran, they had to dodge debris, and Grimm would try to jump onto the glyphs, just to fall into the freezing water. Winter guided Yang onto the last ship. Winter heard a yelp and found Dr. Watts holding Yang by the hair.
"Ms. Schnee! How good to see you! Did you enjoy your honeymoon?" He shouted in a sickeningly sweet voice.
"It would have been much nicer if you hadn't murdered my husband." Winter shouted back.
"Oh it was my pleasure." Watts grinned madly.
"Did I miss something?" Yang shouted, trying to twist out of Watts' grip.
Winter jumped aboard and slashed at Watts' wrist. The cut was minor but the freezing was deep. Watts grunted in pain and dropped Yang. Yang ran off but was quickly delayed by Watts' mute assistant. No longer dress as a nurse, Neo stood firm with a razor sharp blade in her hand.
A black bird swooped in and landed on the mute girl. It pulled at her hair and pecked at her face. Yang used the distraction to hit the girl with a hard uppercut and right hook. The pair forced the girl back until Yang could push her off the edge. Yang turned to the bird with a smile.
"Thanks Uncle…" Yang froze and the Raven bobbed it's head at her then flew away.
"Wait!" Yang shouted after the bird.
"Yang!"
Yang looked down and saw Blake waving frantically from the dingy. Yang turned to grab Winter and saw her locked in combat with Watts and a swarm of Grimm. Yang shouted to Blake in acknowledgement and ran forwards to help Winter. She blasted away at the Grimm and tried to distract them from Winter.
Winter worked on isolating her enemy, creating an ice barricade between herself and the Grimm. Watt's lunged and lashed at her with his longsword but she used her rapier to fend off the attacks. She would slash at him, cutting him with cold. He grew more and more furious. Ships continuously exploded behind them, made worse by middle ships trying to break free and sail away. Debris was an obstacle for Watts and Winter alike.
Qrow looked down and saw Winter in tight combat with Watts. He also saw Yang being attacked by a swarm of Grimm and he knew exactly what Winter would want him to do. He transformed and swung his sword, knocking a pair of wolfish men to their rears. He and Yang cut their way through the Grimm until only a few remained. He heard a yelp and saw Winter clutching at her side while lunging at Watts.
"You know what to do from here, Firecracker." Qrow shouted and ran to Winter's side.
"Go help Yang!" He ordered and Winter stepped back, knowing what was going to happen.
"And here I thought I left you a widow Ms. Schnee." Watts jeered. Winter scrambled forward, barely able to stand but determined to get out of here.
"You wish, you slimy son of a bitch." Qrow grinned and swung hard, catching Watts in the side of the head with the flat of his blade. "Because she doesn't kill people, hence why you're still alive. I on the other hand, have no such qualms." Qrow's eyes glinted with rage and Watts felt his mouth go dry.
Winter ran below deck to find Yang. She called out her name and found the girl desperately scrambling with the cannons. Someone had wet the gunpowder on the floor and plugged up the holes with the cannons. Winter limped to her aid. The pair froze and heated the cannons until they shattered, dropping fresh gunpowder on the floor.
Winter placed fire dust around the room and Yang tried to dry the gunpowder with radiant heat. Yang gasped and shouted for Winter to look out. Some of the gunpowder ignited. Winter pulled the last cannon out and pushed Yang through, throwing a glyph under her so that she could leap to the dingy. Winter heard shouting above deck and a black bird flew past her, out the hole and she leapt after it just as the rest of the gunpowder ignited.
She threw glyphs to aid her decent but the blast was far closer than before. She was blown off course and landed hard into the water. Her vision blurred and the edges began to go black. She watched as lifeboats full of faunus passed he. She watched as the ships burned into oblivion. The last thing she was was a black shadow flying past her vision before she began to fall under the water.