Back in Menagerie, gunfire can be heard from within the Belladonna Family Home, as well as sounds of fighting grunts and efforts. Ghira is leaping around the entry hall and uses his claws to hang from one of the pillars, before pouncing on a White Fang soldier and clawing him down. A female White Fang soldier charges at him with a spear, but Ghira grabs it, lifting her off the ground, and tossing her into Fennec. Another White Fang soldier charges towards Ghira but was taken down by a huge fist to the face, courtesy of Tukson. Corsac holds out his weapon, which starts to glow red as Ghira preps to launch the spear at him. A fireball is launched from Corsac's weapon as Ghira throws the spear. The two attacks manage to hit their targets, with Ghira's Aura shimmering from the fireball and Corsac getting pinned to the wall by his hood.
"Brother!" Fennec shouted.
Meanwhile, Blake, Sun and Nana arrives at the Belladonna Family Home's outer yard and saw fifty or more White Fang soldiers lying down on the ground unconscious. They look up and saw Rhodey dropping down a White Fang Soldier to the ground.
"Oh my God..." Blake muttered in shock.
"Rhodey? Did you... do all of this?'' Sun asked in disbelief.
Rhodey turns to them with a smile, "Well, duh, I took Sienna Khan with a piece of bagel." he claimed, "This guys are nothing but small fries to me." he said as he noticed several more White Fang soldiers arriving, "Go! I'll take care of things here!" he exclaimed.
Nana stood next to Rhodey, "I'll help you.'' she claimed.
Blake nodded, "Don't die!" she yelled as she and Sun ran inside the house.
Back inside, Fennec gets back up and activates his weapon, which glows white as a wind gust is conjured from it. Ghira brings his arms to his face to block the attack, and his feet drag backwards a couple of feet as a result. Two White Fang soldiers with an assault rifle are seen hiding behind a pillar and takes the opportunity in an attempt to attack Ghira. Suddenly, Sun bursts in from the window behind him and knocks him down while the other one was taken down by Tukson with a big boot to the face. Corsac discards his hood and joins his brother as they prepare to launch a combination attack with their weapons. A stream of wind and fire whirls toward Sun, but he blocks the attack by twirling Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang. He then calls out to someone.
"Hurry!" Sun shouted.
Gambol Shroud is seen being loaded with a new cartridge, getting the attention of Corsac and Fennec. Blake jumps down from the terrace above them, dodging a fireball and a wind attack in the process. She does a three-point landing in front of them. The brothers attempt to stab Blake, but she uses her ice Dust-enhanced Semblance to trap their hands and weapons. She leaps away from them to join her father, Tukson and Sun.
"Dad! Where's mom?" Blake asked in worry.
"I'm not sure, I got ambushed right away." Ghira replied.
"I'm pretty sure that Alisa and Ciel are with her right now.'' Tukson stated.
"Once we take down Corsac and Fennec-" Blake tried to say but was interrupted.
"No, go now." Ghira said.
"But-" Blake tried to argue but was interrupted again.
"You keep assuring me, your friend isn't a complete waste of space! Let's see him prove it." Ghira shouted.
"We got this, Blake." Sun reassured, "I've wanted to sock these creeps since the day we met!" he admitted.
Corsac uses the fire Dust in his weapon to begin melting Blake's ice clone.
"You'll have to get in line. Blake, go!" Ghira ordered as Blake does so and leaves the room.
Corsac and Fennec then freed themselves, and prepared themselves to fight as Sun and Tukson stood besides Ghira, "We won't let you down, sir!" Sun exclaimed as Tukson cocks his wrist like a handgun.
"Shut up." Ghira replied.
"You got it!" Sun replied.
"Let's do this!" Tukson yelled.
Then all three of them proceed to charges towards the Albain Brothers.
bzzzttt...
At the Branwen Tribe camp, Raven Branwen is confronted by Cinder Fall, Arthur Watts, Emerald Sustrai, and Mercury Black.
Cinder has a short ashen-black hair and bright amber eyes, wears a black mask that appears to be made of black glass over her missing left eye, and the scarring from said injury extends into a slight x-shape over the bridge of her nose, as well as having deformed and degraded the tissue of her left ear. She wears a long, dark red dress with one long, wide sleeve hiding her left arm. The edges of the collar and the opening for the right arm are gold-colored, and the upper chest and left sleeve are decorated with golden designs. The right side of her dress is open from the hip down with two gold-colored straps made up of interwoven ropes connecting the front half to the back half of her thigh. Under the dress, she appears to wear black pantyhose. On the right hip, the dress has a black rhombus-shaped gem set in a gold-colored metal of the same shape, with feathers of varying shades of blue extending from the bottom of it. On her right arm, she wears a long, gray glove, the top of which has a gold-colored metal ring with curvy branching extensions going up her arm. Her right ear has a new, ring-shaped earring higher up than the dangling black gem earring.
Salem Faction Member
Cinder Fall
Arthur is a tall middle-aged man with a slim build and slightly tanned skin. He also has short black and gray hair as well as a mustache and green eyes. He wears a gray overcoat with yellow linings, a yellow dress shirt, and a black necktie. His pants are the same color as his overcoat. His yellow-buttoned undercoat and finger-less gloves match his cordovan shoes, under which he wears yellow socks.
Salem Faction Member
Arthur Watts
Emerald is a young woman with medium-brown skin and dark-red eyes. Her hair is a light, mint-green with a straight fringe and bangs, as well as two long locks on each side, in the back. She wears two bronze-colored rings on her middle fingers as well as a pair of strappy high-heeled pumps. Her attire consisted of an intricate white top and an olive-colored crop top, on the back of which is her personal emblem. This emblem is in the shape of a cut gem, most likely referring to her name. This was intended to be accompanied by white shorts, decorated with what appears to be a gold coin-plated belt, with four gold chains draping around her back from two of the coins and what seems to be a green loincloth. She also wears white pants and brown chaps that end at her calves and an overlong belt, twice-wrapped, where she keeps her weapons as well as a single pouch. She also wore a gold, three-ring armband on her left arm and a string of gold beads near the same wrist.
Salem Faction Member
Emerald Sustrai
Mercury is a pale, well-built young man with gray eyes and, while draped in shadow, somehow purple hair, partially slicked back while unkempt at the front. He also wears a slate gray and black two-tone partial-zip jacket, that covers his upper body. He also wears a single notched belt with what appears to be a sash or bandana draped over it. Protecting his arms are sets of rerebraces and vambraces.
Salem Faction Member
Mercury Black
Their objective is to take Vernal and use her power as the Spring Maiden to access the vault containing the Relic of Knowledge at Haven Academy. Raven initially refuses, wanting to remain neutral of Salem and Ozpin, but then reluctantly accepts when she is told of the White Fang's plan to attack Haven in a couple of days, but not before bargaining that she wants her brother dead. Cinder also sees this as an opportunity to get to Ruby Rose as well, much to Watts' dismay.
After Cinder's group left, Raven sits on her bed leaning her forehead to her hand. She hears someone enter her tent, "Yes, Vernal?" she asked without looking up.
"I followed them as you asked." Vernal replied.
"Did they spot you?" Raven asked.
Vernal scoffed, "Of course not." she replied, "They have a ship two klicks west of here, looks like they're staying there for the night." she stated.
"Thank you, Vernal." Raven replied looking up, "Anything else?" she asked.
"Do you... actually believe they'll let us go once they have the Relic?" Vernal asked.
"Of course not." raven replied, "They'll never leave us alone. Once our purpose has come and gone, we'll be discarded. Salem only uses people until they are no longer useful. If we want to have any chance of defending ourselves against her, then we need this Relic." she explained a she stood up from her bed, "If Qrow and those brats want to follow Ozpin, then let them. When the chaos reaches its peak, we'll grab the Relic and make our escape." she claimed.
"And the fact that your daughter will be a part of all that?" Vernal asked.
"Doesn't matter. I warned her. She made her choice." Raven stated as she approaches the exit of her tent, "This path won't be easy for us either, but we must do what's right for the tribe." she declared.
"I know. I'll do whatever it takes." Vernal replied.
"Good." Raven said as exits the tent. Vernal walks out to see where she has gone and notices a cawing black bird and the sound of Raven's portal activating.
Bzzzttt...
The scene transitions to the exterior of the Mistral Home. The sound of Raven's portal is heard closing as her bird form flies in. Qrow is seen drinking from his flask while sitting on a bed, and he hears the sound of Raven cawing, seeing her through the window. Oscar walks up to his doorway.
"Hey, Qrow?" Oscar called as Qrow turns his attention to him, "Oz needs to talk to you." he said.
Qrow stands up and follows Oscar out of the room, looking over his shoulder at the window.
Bzzzttt...
Back at the Belladonna home, Blake bursts into the forked hallway. She hears the sounds of fighting to her right and proceeds down the left hallway. The scene transitions to show Ilia crouched on a balcony railing in a large room. She is donning her Grimm mask and hears the muffled sounds of fighting going on around the building. She then hears the door open and sees someone walk in on the floor below her. Blake takes a defensive stance as she notices her former friend standing up on the railing above her. The two reach for their weapons, with Blake gripping Gambol Shroud first. Ilia proceeds to grab her weapon's hilt. The two glare at each other before the screen cuts to black.
Bzzzttt...
Meanwhile in an alley located somewhere in Atlas, we see Ichika and Tomomichi having a conversation with someone.
"So... this is our Blessed?'' Ichika asked indecorously.
Tomomichi nodded, "Eeyup.'' he replied.
"Are you sure about that?'' Ichika asked still unconvinced.
Tomomichi brought up a device, "Positive." he confirmed, "This is our Blessed." he announced.
Standing in front of them is an Atlesian Knight-200. It possess a slender, humanoid appearance. It is clad in white armor, with their black robotic workings visible underneath. It's armor is thin at the midsection, neck and joints, but his chest and legs appear well-protected. It is often seen with their rifles slung diagonally across their backs. This is Jim Guardian.
Atlesian Knight-200
Jim Guardian
"Ustedes dos son probablemente los seres humanos más estúpidos que he conocido." Jim spoke in Spanish in his robotic voice.
"Yeah... I'm pretty sure that I don't speak Spanish." Ichika said, "And how can he speak Spanish? Spanish isn't a language in Remnant." he pointed out.
"Cómo debería saberlo? No soy tan estúpido como tú, pero soy consciente de que el lenguaje que utilicé no es algo que se enseñe en este mundo." Jim stated.
Ichika narrowed his eyes, "I'm pretty sure that you insulted me." he accused.
"Qué te dio la idea?" Jim replied sarcastically.
"Anyway, we found our Blessed, we need to take him to Neo-City." Tomomichi pointed out, "You're coming with us... if that's okay with you.'' he said.
Jim nodded, "Por supuesto. Mientras me aleje de esta basura prohibida por Dios de un lugar." he replied.
"That you understand." Ichika said sarcastically.
"Por supuesto que sí, pendejo." Jim replied.
A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, damnlastwords, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. All OCs and concepts not created by moi were given permission for me to use by it's respected creators.