Here's chapter 11 I had it done a few days ago and I've been trying to get onto some kind of schedule to release these updates but with how things are I think I'm gonna try and go for a bi-weekly release. thank you to everyone who has left a review and or favorited/followed the story. Last things is I'm still looking for a beta reader. If you're intrusted just pm me and we can talk.

POV RUBY

The Bullhead quickly descended to the ground landing in a parking lot just big enough to contain the large aircraft. The Pilot gave us the all clear and all six of us jumped out weapons ready. When my legs hit the ground it felt like they were made of jelly and it took all I had not to collapse on the ground. Qrow appeared by my side and laid a hand on my shoulder giving me a reassuring smile. Mustering all the strength I had I pushed forward and Followed closely behind him as our two teams split off.

Cinder was no fool and knew that someone would come eventually, Salem would not let Cinder leave her as long as I was still in Ozpin's hands and had sent Tyrian along to fix it. It was unknown where he was right now, he could be days away, maybe hours or he could be inside right now. No matter where he was we needed to save Kita an Ari and capture Cinder, she was Salem's biggest pawn and without her, we would gain the upper hand.

"This team one do we have clear comms." Qrow waited a second for a response as a small amount of static filled the comms. Qrow clicked the mic again and repeated the comms check. This time almost immediately Winter responded confirming comms.

"This is team 2 we have clear comms. We are currently in position waiting 200 feet from the main entrance. We are ready to go when you make your move." Qrow gave a single click on the mic giving Winter a confirmation on the plan. Once he was done we slowly ascended the side of a small apartment building, when we reached the top we all slunk over to air conditioning unit and took cover behind it.

"The three off as are going to need to take different paths to get to the building. I'll do my own thing while Blake goes from rooftop to rooftop. Ruby how about you, I know you're good at infiltrating so just do what you do." Qrow gave a nod and ran towards the edge of the roof and jumped over it falling towards the ground. A second later a crow flew up from the ground gliding towards the safe house. I gave one look at Blake and activated my semblance letting my body collapse into a shower of rose petals.

Blake looked shocked at first but quickly understood what had happened and began to traverse the rooftops. Tonight was a windless night making travel easier but also slower, I slowly fluttered through the night sky just like a leaf. Slowly I closed the distance between myself and the safehouse. Once the roof was below me I quickly reformed and dropped down to the ground without a noise.

Qrow was already waiting by the roof entrance his sword drawn ready to attack. I pulled Reaper off of my back and clicked a shotgun magazine into place and collapsed the barrel down. I walked over to the door and stood on the door handle side ready to blow the lock apart. Blake swung up over the edge of the roof and quickly took her place behind Qrow Gambol Shroud in pistol form. "Team 1 is in position breach on my command, 3, 2, 1, BREACH."

I pulled Reapers trigger twice and two shotgun rounds burst out tearing apart the door handle and lock. With one swift kick next to where the handle had been the door popped open opening up to a stairwell. Below us, the sound of Ember Celica going could be heard as team 2 breached down below.

I quickly descended into the stairwell Qrow waiting right on my heels and Blake on his. I slowed my descent down the stairs as I reached the third leaning out to look for any signs of life. Nothing caught my attention and I slowly stepped out of the stairwell keeping my steps smooth and silent. The third floor had a simple design made up of a wide hallway with three doors on each side. I continued down the hallway and stopped spotting the light reflecting across something hanging above the floor.

Raising my hand we all came to a halt and I crouched down and began to follow the wire where it connected to the wall and ran up the side of a door frame. Sitting in the top right corner hidden from view was a large red fire dust crystal ready to detonate. Qrow slid up next to me and examined to trap thinking for a way to disarm it. "Ruby that's a pretty complex bomb, I don't think even I can disarm it."

I slipped Reaper off and handed the rifle to Qrow who took it and almost seemed surprised at how light it was. "We can't just leave this sitting here especially when we need to make a quick getaway. Also lucky for us I'm the one who invented this."

Qrow gave a concerned look but it quickly passed as I pulled a small tool set from my pocket after snatching it off the bullhead. The trap was of an extremely simple design but very hard to disable. If the string was shifted at all or the part tampered with the casing would collapse inward set off the crystal. The only way to disarm the bomb was to remove the top casing and pull out the crystal quickly.

I pulled out the smallest allen wrench in the toolkit. The wrench was slightly thicker than a piece of pencil lead but was also almost too big for the top casing. Sliding the wrench into the small socket I slowly turned it to the left. Even if someone was able to find the small socket they would also need to know what way to turn it. Turning it left would open the top casing while turning it to the right would detonate it.

Now that the top casing was open I carefully grabbed the back of it and slide the casing forward and lifted it up revealing the crystal inside. Using my thumb, pointer finger and middle finger I slipped them into the case slowly making sure not to hit the casing. Once my fingers had a grip on the crystal I used my semblance and pulled the crystal out of the casing as it collapsed in on itself.

Holding the crystal carefully I activated my aura and slowly pulled out the aura inside stabilizing the crystal so that it couldn't accidentally explode. "Ok we're good you can cut the wire."

Qrow handed my back Reaper then cut the wire running across the floor. Continuing our slow movement each of us lined up to breach a door on the left side of the hallway. Blake move first ramming her shoulder into her door breaking it open, Qrow moved next and I followed right after. Once the door was open I quickly checked the small bedroom checking the closet and all corner but found nothing.

All three of us shouted an all clear and came out from the rooms and lined up at the rooms in the opposite hallway. We repeated the same action as before and each breached the rooms. When I kicked the door open I watched as the door swung open and a wire was pulled free attached to a device on the wall directly across from me.

My mind went wild as I shouted for everyone to take cover and activated my semblance I reached out as the world around me slowed to a crawl and pulled the door shut. Just as the door closed the crystal detonated I rolled to my side as flames licked across the door and the explosion turned it into shrapnel. I braced my aura as the wood splinter impacted against my body bouncing off like a ball hitting the ground.

Smoke filled the floor as time returned to its usual speed, my muscles ached in pain from the explosion and the air had been knocked from my lungs but other than that I was not hurt. Qrow dashed out from the room he was in with his sword drawn ready to strike when he saw me he dropped his guard and began to look at me as I let out a groan. "It's ok Qrow I'm fine just a little sore."

Qrow let out a relieved sigh and held out his arm helping me up from the ground. "Thank Oum you're ok, We need to be more careful if anybody else had opened that door they'd be dead."

Qrow let go of my arm and a moment later I was spun around and pulled into a hug by Blake who looked terrified. I returned the hug but it didn't last long as Qrow let out a small cough and motioned for us to continue. Blake and I broke apart with a blush and I picked up Reaper from the ground.

Moving past Qrow we resumed our search and made our way to the stairwell opposite of the one to the roof. Keeping my eyes sharp I watched for any other trap and descended the next set of stair.

I slipped down the stairs into the large open second floor. The second floor was the central point of the entire safe house and was made up of a large kitchen and a massive living room and a dining room. In an open floor plan, the kitchen was on the far side of the floor and had a large island separating it from the rest of the floor. The dining room table and sofa had been used as a barricade with the island to isolate the kitchen from the rest of the room while the rest of the sofa had been quickly tossed down the staircase to the first floor acting as another barricade.

Qrow and Blake stepped into the room and stood on either side of me watching for any sign of life. From the far side, a figure appeared from the shadows and a thick wall of fire flashed across towards us slamming into us. I planted my foot behind me and took the impact head on brushing it off like it was nothing Qrow used his sword as a shield while Blake sent a clone into the wall creating a gap to jump through.

"I must say I applaud you for being able to survive the trap I had upstairs." Cinder stood in front of the barricade she had created twirling a ball of fire around her hand. "Now how about you two give up because I will be taking Silver back with me and there's nothing to stop me."

Cinder stepped forward her glass heels clicking on the wood flooring. The fireball in her hand quickly grew from the size of a tennis ball to bigger than a basketball. Qrow and Blake raised their weapons ready to rain fire down in a single moments notice.

Anger welled up inside of me as the people who meant the most in all of Remnant held weapons at each other's throat ready to draw blood. I dropped Reaper to the ground and pulled Nox Atra from its sheath and began to pour as much aura into it as possible. The runes on the side began turned a bright red but as more aura poured into it the blade began to shake unable to handle the amount of raw power. I pushed harder and small cracks began to splinter across the surface with a raw yell from the bottom of my chest I threw the blade into the ground shattering it into a thousand pieces.

Cinder jumped back in surprise and the fireball disappeared as a result. "Would you just stop it, I know the truth and about all the lies I've been told. My name is Ruby Rose and Salem was the one who tried to kill me. She lied and manipulated me like a toy just like she is doing to you. I came here to bring my daughters back with me and if possible you too Cinder. So please stop this and give up. Tell me where they are!"

From behind the kitchen island, two pairs of black cat ears poked out followed by silver eyes. Cinder was silent as Kita and Ari climbed over the sofa barricade and slowly walked over near Cinder. I slowly walked forward towards my daughters and dropped to my knees tears pouring from my eyes. Whatever fear Kita and Ari had vanished and the quickly sprinted across the room jumping into my arms their own tears pouring out in weak sobs.

"I'm so sorry for everything, I'm sorry for leaving, I just wanted you to be safe. I'm sorry, I love you so much."

I whispered quietly into the twins ears as the grip onto me not wanting to let go. Cinder stood where she had been before but all the confidence she had when she walked out had disappeared making her look small. I picked up Aria and Kita and walked over to Qrow who had sheathed and he sheathed his sword. I placed the two girls in his arm and at first, they tried to fight it until I told them who he was.

"It's ok this is Uncle Qrow he helped me and he will help you guys as well, I need to talk to Aunt Cinder right now ok."

Ari gave a small nod with a sniffle but released her grip on me, Kita still did not want to but I ran my hand along her head and down to her cheek giving the other a small kiss. Kita slowly let go and gripped Qrow's jacket tightly. Ari was more hesitant but seeing Kita do it she followed suit.

I turned away from my daughter trying to stay strong as I walked over to Cinder who looked at the girls as if they had been stolen from her. "Cinder please don't do anything stupid, I know the truth and I also know Salem has been lying she can't be trusted. Ozpin has given me a second chance and also promised you one too." I reached out and grabbed Cinder hand pulling it into my own even as she tried to fight it. "Please come with us I miss you and so will the girls."

Cinder demeanor shrunk even more as her brain began to go into overload. All the thing Salem had told her were fighting against what I was saying. Cinder knew about the lies I had been told but the relationship we had formed was real and Cinder knew it meant as much to her as it did to me. She just didn't know if she could trust Ozpin or anyone else.

"Silver… I m-mean Ruby, why? I lied just like Salem I helped do this to you. I' done worse I...I can't...they'll kill me Salem and Ozpin." Cinder tried to pull free from my grip but I held on and pulled her into a hug just like I did when the twins were upset.

"Cinder I've thought about things over the past few days and I don't blame you, I tried but can't. We can fight Salem together and Ozpin promised he would clear our names. I've done terrible things just like you have, I've caused pain and suffering but I'm ready to pay for those crimes. Come with me and we can do this together."

"O...Ok, I'll ...I'll come with you." I turned and gave Blake a nod and she slowly dropped Gambol Shroud down to the side, I could tell she didn't trust Cinder but she did trust me.

Just as I took my first step towards Blake the ground shook as an explosion rocked the building forcing me to the floor. I slowly stood up my legs shaky from the explosion. I turned to the staircase ready to run from the building until a figure descended into view.

With a maniacal laughter, Tyrian walked into view curved blades connected onto each side of his wrist. "HA HA HA HA HA. My Queen was right to send me, who knew both her main pawn and the toy would betray her. I'm just happy to be able to bathe in your blood."

Tyrian sprinted across the room and twirled through the air swing his blades in a circle. I dashed forward and pulled my tanto free from my coat and held it in a reverse grip catching his blades inches from Cinder's chest. I scowled at Tyrian and he jumped back doing a flip through the air. "Qrow, Blake, take Cinder and the twins and wait for me at the pickup. I'll take care of this."

Blake tried to protest but Qrow shot her a look and she did as I said. Cinder seemed just as hesitant at Blake but walked behind me joining the others. Tyrian crouched down and began laughing again as they left. "Once I kill you I'm gonna enjoy a fun game of hide and seek, it's always fun to play with your food before you eat it even if it's wrong!"

I slowly walked over to where Reaper was on the floor and picked it up slinging it over my back. "Tyrian we both know that I'm the better fighter and Salem's favorite. Salem is a liar and I will end her reign before she can hurt anyone else. So just lay down and die!"

POV YANG

"3 2 1 BREACH." On Qrow's command, I fired a round into the steel door and the entire door flew forward hitting the back wall of the entrance. I cocked my arm back and another round automatically replaced the spent shell. Weiss drew her rapier and Winter did the same, Winter was the first through the door having the most experience than myself and Weiss at the rear.

From Ruby's information, she'd given us the first floor was used as storage and maintenance. The main entrance was a hallway that led off to the right and connected to the large storage section. The room was a square no more than twenty feet wide but it was packed with enough weapons, ammo, and food to feed an entire squad for months. Winter raised her hand and we all stopped, putting the tip of the sword to the dusty ground and touched a small mound sticking up.

"Cinder has placed traps all along the floor, we must be careful or else we may end up destroying the safe house with everyone in it." Winter used her sword to draw a circle in the dust around the pressure plate and poured her aura into it. Glyphs began to appear in the air encasing the plate and then set it off. The explosion was not very big and the multiple barriers absorbed the explosion.

"Step only where I step from now on!" Both Weiss and I responded with a quick step and began placing our feet in the prints left by Winter. Our movement was slow and every few seconds we would have to stop as Winter checked for another trap. It seemed Cinder wanted anyone foolish enough to attack her to die before they could get the chance.

Once we made it out off the room we entered another hallway this one with bright lights coming down from the ceiling. Winter moved t step forward and I quickly shot my arm out stopping her. Winter stepped back and I fired a shotgun at the lights turning the hallway pitch black. Small lasers crisscrossed across the hallway and I could a small wire connecting all of them before they disappeared into the wall. I grabbed a piece of metal lying on the ground and tossed it through one of the lasers causing a shotgun round to tear through the wall turning the metal to scrap.

For the Schnee's and their trained elegance, it would be as simple as going on a walk to avoid the lasers. For myself, it would be more difficult because of my size and lack of elegance. "Weiss you go first and find the safest route, I'll go second and Winter last."

Weiss confidently walked up to the hallway and studied the layout for a minute trying to decide on a path. I watched closely as she stepped over the first wire and began to weave through them like a ballerina. Weiss movements were flawless and undeniably beautiful as she weaved through the web of death waiting to claim her life.

Just as quickly as Weiss seemed to entire the trap she was stepping out of it with a graceful ease. "Yang it's best to stick to the left side after you clear the first set of wires, towards the end there's a spot that might be close but you should be able to make it!"

"Ya just take it slow!" I hesitantly walked to where Weiss had entered and took a shaky breath before lifting my leg and stepping over the first laser and ducked below the one above me. I slowly moved under the laser and carefully brought my left leg through after me. I quickly looked around shuffled along to the left wall with just a few inches between me and the next set of lasers.

"Ok, Yang for this next one do you see those two lasers that cross in an X to the left of that is a small gap. Go through it!" I followed Weiss's instructions and found the X and looked for the spot she mentioned. I found it quickly but was terrified by how small the space was, it was maybe three feet tall and a foot and a half wide. Easy for Weiss but not me.

Putting my arm through the space first I placed it on the ground while I pulled the rest of my body through. Putting all the weight to my arm I lowered down to a push up while my legs stuck out at a 45 degree from my body. Using all the muscles in my body I slowly pulled my legs into my body passing just an inch away from the laser. Once they were clear I returned to my feet and shakily took a deep breath. "Ok, Weiss what next?"

"Ok, Yang find where three lasers meet about a foot off the ground. The one on the right has the biggest gap. Make sure you watch because it comes out at an angle." I let out a sigh of relief seeing the size of the whole and quickly made my way through the larger gap in a matter of seconds. However, the next and final part was going to be a problem. In front of me was a giant wall of lasers without a single gap I could fit through.

"Weiss how the hell am I supposed to do this, I can't find a single spot!" Weiss looked at the wall and analyzed every laser trying to find where I could fit through.

"Yang I came through here but there's no way you'll fit." Weiss pointed to a small gap that she weaved through but the second I would try a shotgun would go off. "Yang how about here it's not big and you'll have to jump through it." Weiss pointed at a larger hole about four feet up from the ground around the size of the one I passed through earlier.

"Weiss I can only back up about two feet how am I supposed to jump through this, I might as just jump through the lasers! Or how about I just shoot myself ri…."

"YANG XIAO LONG JUMP THROUGH THE DAMN HOLE!" Weiss shouting made me stiffen like a board as she angrily screamed. "Well fine then!"

Backing up as far as I could I tried building up some of my aura in my feet and lunged into the air right into the hole. I shoved my arms forward like I was diving and my arms passed through. Gravity quickly began to take effect as my upper body passed through the lasers pulling downward. The world slowed down and I watched in horror as the distance between my legs and the lasers became smaller and smaller. My reflex took over and I tried angling my upper body down so that my feet would come through at an angle.

When my hand hit the ground I tucked my head into my body and rolled to a stop. I looked down at my legs and quickly checked for a sign of any injury I might have had but came out clean. "Holy shit I made it!"

Weiss looked down at me and held out a hand helping me up from the ground each of us sharing a smile. A hand was placed on my shoulder and I cocked my head to see Winter standing right behind me as if she hadn't even spent a second passing through the trap. "H-how you there...now here..I give up! Let's keep moving!"

I slipped past Weiss and walked down the hallway being careful to watch for any traps, as I walked I was a little surprised to find that there were none and at the end of the hallway was a staircase with an array of furniture acting as a barricade. "Hey guys I found the staircase to the second floor it's blocked by some stuff but it should be easy to clear."

I walked up to the staircase and was about a foot from the first when something below me shifted and clicked into place. I froze my entire body and didn't even breathe as Weiss came up to my side. She looked at me for a second and her eyes went wide realizing what happened. "Winter watch out Yang stepped on a mine we need to immobilize her leg."

Weiss didn't wait for her sister to respond and tapped the base of my leg with her rapier while using ice dust. The ice spread down my leg and onto the ground immobilizing my leg completely. I let out the breath I was holding and looked at Weiss who seemed just as worried as I was.

"Seems that we are in quite the situation, I believe Yang is standing on a gravity dust mine since it didn't go off the moment she stepped on it. We have to be careful because this is not something either myself or Weiss can contain with a glyph. We have very few options and most end up with you losing a limb."

I looked back down at my leg and began to panic at the thought of losing yet another limb, but I remembered during Glynda's class that gravity could be countered by something that could absorb it. "Weiss this is going to sound weird but I need to you to hit me HARD!"

Weiss looked at me as if I'd lost my mind but Winter stepped up and threw a punch hard into the middle of my back. I let out a scream as my aura absorbed the punch powering my semblance. "Winter what the hell are you doing to Yang."

Winter looked down to Weiss and threw another punch at my back. "Weiss do what she says, Yang needs to power up her semblance in order to have a chance to survive this. Now hit her."

Weiss gave a pleading look to me but gave into my request summoning a glyph and threw a fist through it. The resulting effect was Weiss's hand hitting my in the stomach at a speed only Ruby could comprehend. My semblance hit its peak point and my body began to glow red as flames licked across my body quickly melting the ice around my foot. "Weiss, Winter go down that hallway and take cover, once I absorb the blast I'll have to release it."

The Schnee sister ran down the hallway and once I saw they were clear I let out a scream and pulled my foot off the mine detonating it. The world before went white as the dust inside blew apart and gravity dust was released. The world around me grew heavy trying to pull to the ground before it would implode turning me to a bloody pulp. Pumping all I had into my semblance I began to absorb the gravity dust powering up my semblance with an absurd amount of energy.

I could feel the bones in my body creak as the pure energy coursed through my body becoming too much for me to handle. Using my arm as a way to channel the energy I cocked my fist back and let out another scream and slammed it down to the ground releasing the energy of my semblance. The result was a punch that could blow away a horde of Grimm in an instant.

The entire building shook from the result of my semblance and it took all I had to not be blown back by my own attack. The dust slowly settled to the ground and as it did Weiss and winter walked up from the hallway. Winter was stoic as she usually was but Weiss sprinted towards and wrapped me in a hug tight enough to stop my ability to breathe.

Weiss held me in the hug from my position on my knees while I was slowly losing consciousness from the lack of oxygen. Winter walked over to us and tapped Weiss on the shoulder getting her attention. "I'm glad to see that Yang is alright but if you continue to hold like that she will die."

Weiss face filled with panic and she quickly released her grip and fumbled backwards away from me landing on her but. Weiss quickly picked herself up from the ground wiping the dust off of herself while I caught my breath. "Sorry I was just excited to see that Yang was alive, how about we return to the mission and do our jobs."

Winter smiled and shook her head laughing soft enough that Weiss didn't hear and turned to face the staircase blocked by the furniture. Weiss held out a hand to me just as she had before and helped my up from the ground. I gave myself a quick pat down removing the dust from my hair and clothed before joining Winter by the staircase. "I'm going to use a glyph to push the break the barricade apart. When I do Yang rush in first with your aura flared in case of another attack or trap."

"I'm a little low on aura but I should be good enough to take a few hits. So do your thing Ice queen 1.0" Winter gave a soft laugh at the joke while Weiss quickly scoffed at it. While winter began summoning a glyph I leaned over to Weiss and whispered into her ear. "What's the problem Ice Queen 2.0 you mad that you're the better version?"

Weiss' cheeks blushed a deep red while I returned to my spot and got ready to dash up the stairs. Winter looked back at me and I gave her the go ahead with a quick nod. The glyph activated and a burst of air threw the furniture forward up the staircase and into the second floor. Once the glyph ended I flared my aura and charged up the stairs ready for a fight.

POV RUBY

After letting everyone else leave it was just Tyrian and standing across from each other on the second floor. Tyrian was crouched down his head in his hands mumbling to himself maniacally. I stayed where I was keeping my tanto Thorn in my hand knowing Tyrian could move at any moment.

Tyrian stopped his mumbling and slowly stood up his eyes pointed sharply at me. I slid my right foot back and lowered myself ready for him to charge. Slowly Tyrian began to laugh grow louder till eventually, it reached a cacophony of noise that filled the room. "My Queen says she wants you dead, and that I can carve out your pretty little eye."

I activated my semblance and pushed off across the room as Tyrian charged me. As I reached Tyrian I lowered Thorn and slashed it across his right side quickly and spun and stabbed downward with a reverse grip into his back. I expected to feel Thorn hit his aura but it instead passed through thin air. I tried to activate my semblance and disappear into rose petals but I was too slow. Tyrian spun and slammed his heel into my knee knocking me off my feet. As I fell backward I threw my hands out behind me and caught myself and kicked myself back up to my feet.

Tyrian was upon me again and slashed at me with his right blade forcing me to hold up Thorn in defense, using his free arm he landed a punch right in my gut knocking the wind from me. I crouched over in pain and Tyrian spun again this time his heel connecting with my temple. My aura flared up in a desperate attempt to keep me conscious as I fell to the ground with the entire world spinning. "My Queen always spoke so highly of you, ha ha ha ha look at you. I'm gonna enjoy cutting you up."

Tyrian slashed down with blades at my exposed back but this time I was ready and collapsed into Roses quicker than I'd ever done before. I pushed forward around Tyrian and formed to his right grabbing his hand with my robotic one. Tyrian let out a cry as I squeezed down as hard as I could his aura trying to fight against the sheer force I was administering.

Tyrian tried to slash me with his free hand but couldn't as I pivoted his body and planted a foot in the back of his knee kicking him to the ground. I placed Thorn up to his throat and pushed down against it. Tyrian aura flickered but held, even if it wouldn't cut him the threat was clear enough. "I suggest you stop before I slit your throat."

Tyrian began to laugh and pushed against the knife straining his aura even more. "Oh please do I've always wanted to know what it was like to have my blood gush from my throat like a fountain. Oh please please do it, paint me red with my blood."

I pushed the blade back on Tyrian and his aura flared even more and I could tell just how close it was to breaking. Something in my head told me that this was a trap and I tried to jump back but was too slow. I'd forgotten about Tyrian's tail as it whipped out and curled around my leg. With a strength I didn't know the appendage had I was lifted off the ground and thrown into the nearest wall.

My entire body impacted against the wooden wall and I ended up going halfway through it. I quickly pulled myself free as a blade slashed through the air splitting my coat in half. I lunged backward as Tyrian's tail shot forward right at my face missing my a few inches. Becoming desperate I reached for Reaper on my back but my hands met air. I quickly looked around and found the rifle embedded in the wall I'd been thrown into.

I had no time to retrieve the weapon as Tyrian leaped through the air his blade coming from his side and his tail over his head. I activated my semblance and slipped passed the weapons and grabbed onto his tail. Almost like an acrobat Tyrian spun inward curling up his tail and stabbed his blade into my shoulder joint. I let out a cry of pain and released the grip on his tail.

Tyrian wasn't done and grabbed me by the hair and slammed me down into the ground head first shattering my aura. With a kick to the side, Tyrian flipped me over as the air gushed out from my lungs leaving me breathless. "You're kidding right this is all you had, My Queen should never have chosen you."

Tyrian reared back his stinger and I closed my eyes waiting for it to stab into me ending my life. Tyrian let out a single laugh and shot his stinger forward, as he did this a burst of air filled the entire room and I looked up as a piece of furniture specifically a lounge chair smashed into the back of Tyrian's head shattering his aura.

From the now cleared staircase, Yang ran into the room followed by Winter and Weiss with their weapon's drawn. Yang's eyes fell on me and she quickly ran over to my side grabbing me by the shoulder. "Ruby, what the hell is going on? Where is everyone and Why are you on the ground."

Before I could respond a fist slammed into the side of Yang's head knocking her off of me. Standing where Yang had been was Tyrian with a large cut on his head that had blood flowing from it. Tyrian's eyes were wild as his tail once again flew towards me while screaming at me. "DIE DIE DIE."

I quickly felt my hand around the floor desperately trying to find anything to defend myself with. My hand wrapped around something as Tyrian stinger shot forward straight at my eye. Stabbing whatever was in my hand forward it hit his tail just above the stinger piercing through the chitin shell. Tyrian let out a scream as his sting stopped just short of my face, sticking through his tail was a chair leg that had been snapped off leaving a sharp tip.

I held onto the chair leg pushing back against Tyrian while he struggled to close the short distance between his tail and my eye. The weight of Tyrians body over mine began to give him an advantage and his stinger grew closer and closer.

Suddenly the pressure released and Tyrian let out another scream as Winter's sword severe his tail at the base on his back. Tyrian swung his arm wildly behind him trying to catch Winter off guard but she was ready and intercepted the blade. Seeing an opening I grabbed Tyrian's severed tail and thrust the stinger into his lower back.

The stinger tip pierced Tyrian's back easily and went all the way into his spinal cord severing it in half. Tyrian screamed out in pain and crumpled to the ground no longer able to feel or use his legs. Tyrian reached behind and grabbed the stinger pulling it out of his back and looked at it in horror. "YOU BITCH, I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS."

Winter held the point of her sword up to his throat but kept it back and a few inches so he could kill himself with it. I got off the ground slowly and walked over to where Tyrian had knocked Yang to. Weiss was by her side and was trying to see if she was hurt completely ignoring the fact that her aura was still active even if it was low. I moved passed Weiss and over to the hole in the wall and grabbed Reaper from its spot. It took me another minute to find Thorn but when I spotted it I picked it up and slipped it back into its sheath.

Winter was still standing over Tyrian as I walked back over to them, Winter was trying to contact Qrow about bringing Tyrian into custody. Tyrian, on the other hand, did not want this to happened and tried to lunge at Winter's rapier hoping it would cut his throat open. Winter already expected this and locked his arms to the ground with a glyph leaving him to struggle.

"Fuck you, all of you are gonna die by my hands. I will laugh as I watch the blood drain from your bodies, Oh how fun it will be. Silver knows what it's like to kill someone, the thrill of slicing open a throat or stabbing someone through the heart." Tyrian looked me dead in the eyes and I felt rage build up inside of me, he was trying to remind me of the monster I was and it was working.

I walked right up to him and smacked the but of Reaper into his face breaking his nose and the lower orbital bone of his eye. Tyrian began laughing again as blood poured from the wounds. "Where's the ruthless killer My Queen was so proud of, I know you want to do it! Pick of that gun and shoot me. DO IT! If not I'm going to escape and hunt down your little girls, I'll make you watch as I slice up there pretty little skin and peel it from their still screaming bodies. I'll cut off their little ears and make a headband out of them. All while….."

Tyrian final words never came out as I leveled Reaper at him and pulled the trigger, even if Tyrian had aura from this distance the heavy sniper round would have shattered it. Without it Tyrian's heads was like a balloon being popped, pieces of skull and brain matter splattered onto ground and wall behind him before the glyphs around him disappeared and his body flopped over to the ground lifeless. "Winter stared at the body for a second then at the still smoking rifle in my hand. "Ruby what did you just do, you just killed someone who had direct intel about Salem and the rest of the faction. He couldn't even hurt us if he wanted to, YOU PARALYZED HIM."

I looked down at the body and back at Winter who was still surprised by my actions. I leaned in close to her making my body language as serious as I could make it. "Tyrian was never going to talk no matter what we did, he was the most devout of all of Salem's followers. Even if he was in this state he was never going to stop trying to kill us, he would find a way to do it. I chose to do the right thing and kill him now before he could hurt anyone, the threatened my daughters the very people I live for. To me no one who threatens them deserves to live and I will continue to kill anyone who threatens those I love."

Weiss and Yang had now joined Winter standing next to each other behind Winter. Weiss looked disgusted as she looked over Tyrian's body and even more disgusted when she looked at me. Yang was in a state of shock probably remembering the things she had done to the White Fang. I walked past Winter and headed for the stairs but stopped just before going up them and looked back at the trio.

"This is not the first time I've killed and it won't be the last. Get in the way of me trying to protect my loved ones and you'll join him."

Without another word, I ascended the steps and returned to my waiting daughters.