Chapter 4

BEACON ACADEMY

Cieryl was tuning Tempus when there was a knock on the door. He didn't know who would be visiting, seeing as the girls were on a field trip with Oobleck.
"Come in." He said over his shoulder. Ozpin entered, looking stern "Yeah, what's up?" Cieryl asked

"Well, after your encounter a few weeks ago, we have been continually searching that area. We found something you may want to see." Ozpin explained

"Have an airship ready for me. I'll be down in five." Cieryl replied, grabbing his cloak, and sheathing his blade.
He felt an air of relief knowing thathe will finally be able to get a glipse as to what White Fang was up to as the airship departed once again.

BADLANDS

Upon his arrival, there was a team of hunters and huntresses waiting for him. "We found a sealed door hidden over here in a cave. Didn't want to open it until you got here, Sir!" The Hunter shouted over the engines of the airship. Cieryl nodded and followed them. They blew the door off the hinges and slowly entered. The place was huge. Cages lined the walls. Massive cages, rusted and bent in some places. There were a few wires and odds and ends, but the place had been cleaned up really well. What were they doing here? What were these cages for? Cieryl wondered. Giving up the hope of finding anything, Cieryl boarded the airship once more, the others staying in his wake, just in case. Then he heard it. The alarm from the city. Looking out, there was smoke coming from the center of town.

"Change of plans!" he called to the pilot "Take us down there!" The pilot nodded in response.

THE CITY

The city was in chaos. A train had crashed through the underground tracks and Grimm were pouring out of the tunnels. In the middle of it, were team RWBY. Yang and Blake were fighting Deathstalker, Weiss was fighting a King Taiju... Wait, where's Ruby? he thought. Then he saw her, alone, attempting totake down an Alpha Deathstalker. He jumped, memories flashing through his mind.

"RUBY, MOVE!" he shouted.

She looked at its stinger and dove out of the way just in time. He landed on the ground in front of it, holding Tempus in a defensive stance.

"Ruby, go assist your parter. She needs you. I'll deal with this." Ruby nodded and vanished in a flurry of rose petals.

"One of you bastards took Summer away from me... I WON'T LET YOU TAKE HER DAUGHTER TOO!" He roared bringing down his blade. Tempus glanced off the Alpha's armor without a scratch. Again and again, he struck looking for a weak point until he saw that it opened it's mouth with every strike of its tail. The problem was, it struck to fast to do anything about it. Or rather it would be for anyone else. Cieryl raised his sword, took a deep breath, focusing his aura, and just as the Alpha lunged its tail, ready to kill, Cieryl actived his semblance. At once, a giant clock face appeared around the battlefield, slowing time for all except him. Using all his strength, he plunged the blade into the open mouth of his opponent, forcing it down its throat. Blood gushed outward around the blade as it screamed in pain, drowning in its own ichor. It was dead.

He quickly looked around and saw Blake, who was about to get snagged in the claw of the Deathstalker she and Yang were fighting. Still working with his semblance, he shouldered Blake out of the way, swung Tempus upward, and dismembered the creature's claw just as time started flowing normally again..

"What the... how... how did you get here?" She stammered

"Time was on my side, it seems." Cieryl said, grinning as he helped her up. He then, without even turning to face it, plunged his blade through the head of the weaker beast, cleaving it in two.
Yang looked at him in surprise.

"Where the HELL did you come from?!" She panted, looking just as confused as her teammate.

"Irrelevent. Keep fighting!" he yelled. At that moment, the Atlesean fleet started flying overhead, raining reinforcements down, working alongside teams JNPR and CFVY to tear up the remaning Grimm. After the last Grimm had fallen, he looked around and saw Ruby, who was slumped down sitting on a bench, clearly exhausted.

"What's wrong, Ruby?" he asked her

"Nothing, Uncle Cieryl, just tired. We caught the guy we were after as well. Roman Torchwick." she pointed at a man being questioned in cuffs by a few officers.

"Never heard of 'em." Cieryl replied. Yang, Weiss, and Blake all walked up and sat down next to them.

"We did it!" Weiss cheered.

"That was a close call for Blake, though. Another second by that Deathstalker's claw and we'd have had a real CAT-astrophe!" Yang said giggling, looking for someone to laugh at her joke.

"Yang... just... just no." Blake said, shaking her head.

"Let's catch a ride back and get some food, guys! I'm starving!" Ruby said excitedly.

"Sure. One sec, though." Cieryl said, getting up and walking towards Torchwick and the Officers, leading him away. Torchwick looked at him with sarcastic glee.

"Ooh, you're a big guy, aren't you!" he asked humorously.

"You listen to me, kid. If I EVER hear of you hurting, or attempting to hurt Ruby or her friends again, I will ensure and garauntee you an eternity of pain. I am over 200 years old, so believe me... I KNOW WHAT ETERNITY FEELS LIKE!" He roared. "THERE IS NO PLACE, NOR PERSON ON THIS PLANET THAT CAN HIDE YOU FROM ME! I HAVE LITERALLY AN ETERNITY TO HUNT YOU DOWN AND I WILL NEVER STOP! HAVE I MADE MYSELF CLEAR?!" The only thing that could be heard as he finished was the echo of his rant, ranging across the rooftops, as the entire plaza of Hunters, Huntresses, and Marines all stared at him. Torchwick however was white as a sheet and was terrified.

"Y-y-yes sir!" he stuttered.

"Good! Take him away!" he said to the officers and they carted him off. Teams JNPR and RWBY were standing behind him, both teams staring at him with interest.
"Now, let's get some food. I'm hungry as hell." Upon seeing their faces, he added "What?"

"Nothing, Uncle Cieryl!" Ruby said happily. She ran up and hugged him, and skipped off to the airships and the rest of her team and JNPR followed suit, JNPR whispering amongst each other.

Cieryl boarded the ship alongside RWBY while JNPR boarded elsewhere. Cieryl was instantly bombarded with questions about his age, and it was very obvious that when Ruby and Yang told Weiss and Blake about him, they didn't mention anything else besides that he was friends with their mother. He laughed a bit and started telling stories the entire trip back to Beacon...