I'm not even going to try this time. I literally have nothing to say here. Let's just get this chapter over and done with.

RWBY © Rooster Teeth/Monty Oum (R.I.P)

*3 years after Salem began her new attack, at the abandoned building they use as a hideout*

*Povelitel's P.O.V*

I can't believe we've spent 3 whole years in this hell hole of a city. Salem's pretty much won, the new Great War has pretty much been lost, and both humans and Faunus are being pushed closer to extinction every day. Is it still possible to win this war at this point? Yang's golden crow powers still haven't shown up. Our only hope is to take out Salem's agents and draw her out. At least, that's what Raven says. I still don't know if that's possible. We have no allies.

"Daddy?"

At least I still have some joy left in this world.

"Hey, kiddo. What's up?"

"Where mommy?"

"Your mom went out into Vale to fight some bad guys. She'll be back later."

At least, I hope. These days, even stepping outside for a minute can be deadly. Whenever one of us steps out to fight Salem's agents, or the Grimm, there's no guarantee that we'll come back alive.

"Hey, Pov. Koge."

I guess today is not a death day. Thank Oum.

"Hey, hot stuff."

"Hi, mommy."

*Yang hugs Kogane and kisses Povelitel*

"Still nothing?"

"No, Pov. Only a pack of Grimm. Nothing new."

I expected as much. It's rare that we actually come across someone who actually works for Salem. Maybe tomorrow will hold more luck. I'm not counting on it, though.

*the next day, in the city of Vale*

Another day, another pack of Grimm. Nothing else. Wait, who is that? It looks like…

Cinder. Cinder and her dumb friends.

That's impossible! They were locked up a long time ago. Did they escape? Are they working for Salem? If they are, they won't be for much longer. Just have to sneak behind them, and…

*Cinder strikes Povelitel*

"Well, well. Look who it is. Blondie's little boy toy. How have you been?"

"Just fine. How's your face, Cinder? And Megan, nice arm."

I remember now, last time I saw this bitch, Ruby swung her scythe at her face, giving her that hideous scar. And I thought Yang's arm scar was unpleasant to look at. Oh well, I barely notice it now. I also remember having Mark here get shot by his own bullets. That must be why his arm was amputated. Why not get a mechanical arm then?

"Yeah, my arm's gone thanks to you. I really owe you one for causing my arm to be amputated. And my name's Mercury!"

Mercury! That's what this guy's name is. Now I remember. Oh well, Not like I'll remember again, I don't care about a dead man's name.

*Third person P.O.V*

Povelitel drew his sword and prepared to attack. Cinder stepped back and allowed Emerald and Mercury to attack Povelitel. He ran forward and swung the Blade of Ghidorah at them. They both jumped out of the way and went on the offensive. Emerald swung her bladed weapons at Povelitel. He ducked out of the way and blocked them with his sword.

It was at this point that Mercury decided to attack. He kicked at Povelitel, who fell to the ground. When he got back up, Emerald cast her illusion semblance on him. He saw dozens of Emeralds and Mercurys, all laughing at him. Povelitel was incredibly confused, but still tried to attack. Every time he swung at them, they disappeared, though. In reality, he was just swinging at thin air. As he was swinging, the real Emerald got behind him and prepared to finish him off.

Before she could, though, a rapier came out of nowhere and stabbed Emerald. At once, all the alternate Emeralds and Mercurys disappeared. Povelitel looked behind him and saw Emerald being stabbed. He also saw who it was that did the stabbing. He saw 5 people he never expected to see again.

"Mary? Azazel? Ruby, Weiss, Blake?" He said.

"Hello, Povelitel. Long time no see. We thought you were dead. Same goes for Lucas and Yang. Where are they?" Mary said.

"Yeah, where is my sister?" Asked Ruby.

"Yang's fine, I'll take you back to her later. As for Lucas, he really is dead. I saw him die right in front of me. I'm sorry." Povelitel said sadly.

Mary and Azazel were also sad to hear that their teammate was dead. Seeing Povelitel gave them hope that he was also still alive. What they forgot about, was Mercury and Cinder, and they were mad about their own dead teammate, Emerald. Mercury shot at them, grabbing their attention.

"We'll take on Cinder. You three get Mercury." Povelitel said.

With that, Ruby Weiss and Blake distracted Mercury and led him away. Mary, Azazel, and Povelitel then focused on Cinder.

Povelitel ran forward and swung his sword at her, but she simply knocked him back. Mary and Azazel then went in, swinging their weapons at her. But they were unable to land any good hits on her. Povelitel then froze time and ran up to Cinder. He swung his sword as hard as he could at her. It definitely hurt her, but failed to leave any visible marks on her. It also forced Povelitel back, forcibly deactivating his semblance.

"Enough of this!" Cinder stated.

Cinder made a ball of flame come to her hand, and shot it at the three. It failed to hit any of them directly, but still made them scatter.

Azazel and Mary ran toward Cinder and jumped up at her.

"Don't do that!" Povelitel shouted. But it was too late.

Cinder simply used her fire powers to fling them away, beyond the horizon. Leaving just her and Povelitel. She created a multitude of large glass shards and sent them at Povelitel. He used his semblance to slow down time and destroy some of the shards with his sword, while sending others right back at Cinder, hitting them with his sword like a baseball bat.

The glass shards hit Cinder, who fell back. Povelitel then ran up to her and swung his sword at her. She fell to the ground. At that point, Povelitel tried to jump on her, aiming his sword right at her heart, but she kicked him in the gut, making him fall to the ground and drop his sword. He reached out to grab his sword, but as soon as he got a hand on it, a heeled shoe stepped on his hand, preventing him from actually picking up the sword. He then reached his other hand over to try and pry the show off his hand. He then looked up and saw Cinder standing over him.

"You put up a marvelous effort, my friend. But you still were too weak to actually stop me. You all were too weak to stop me. Now, it's time to finish off an annoying pest, once and for all."

As she was talking, he kept trying to pry Cinder's shoe off of his hand and sword, but instead found his other hand on the button to release the gun from his sword's hilt. Cinder then used her powers to make a bow and pointed it at Povelitel's head.

"You know, you're so right." Povelitel replied.

With that, he activated his semblance, slowing down time as much as he could. He then released his gun from his sword's hilt, pointed it at Cinder, and…

*BANG*

He shot her in the head. Blood spewed everywhere, with much of it falling on Povelitel's face. After that, Cinder's dead body fell on Povelitel as well. He pushed the body off of him, got up, and wiped the blood off his face. He deactivated his semblance, and saw a bright light jump out of Cinder's body and fly beyond the horizon.

*Povelitel's P.O.V*

What was that light? Whatever, not my problem. At least the bitch is dead. Now all that's left is Salem herself. All we have to do is find her.

"Povelitel?"

But for now, I still need to lead Yang's old team to her.

"Yes, Ruby?"

"What happened? Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Ruby. I beat Cinder. She's gone."

"Oh, thank Monty! What about the rest of your team?"

"They were flung far away during the fight. I hope they're alright."

Please be alright, Mary. Azazel. I don't want to lose you like we lost Lucas.

"We got Mercury, too. What do we do, now?"

I wonder how Ruby will react to seeing her sister and team after 3 years. Time to find out.

"I bring you guys to Yang."

*Back at the abandoned building*

*Yang's P.O.V*

I wonder what's keeping Pov. It never took him this long before. Is he alright? I really hope so. Please don't let him be dead. I wouldn't be able to handle myself if he did.

"Yang?"

Oh, thank Oum.

"Pov! Where were you?"

"Things took an, interesting turn out there. I ran into Cinder and her lackeys out there."

What?! Cinder? I thought they were locked away years ago. How did they get out? Are they working with Salem?

"It's fine, Yang. I killed her. She's dead. They're all dead."

Really? Oh thank Monty Oum. That nightmare is over. I think the only one left is Salem now.

"That's not all I ran into out there."

What does he mean by that? What else did he…? Oh my Oum. Is it them? Is it really them? They're alive?!

"R-Ruby? Blake? Weiss? Is it really you?"

"YANG!"

*Team RWBY hugs each other*

"I'm so glad you're ok, sis! Where were you? What happened to you?"

"It's ok, Ruby. I'm alright. Are you ok?"

"I'm fine. I'm much better now that I know my big sister is alright. Where have you been all these years?"

I guess I owe her an explanation. For her, the last she heard of me was that I was going for a walk in the park, and never came back.

"All these years, I was with…"

"Yang, who are these?"

Speak of the Grimm.

"…my mother. Mom, these are my old teammates, and my sister."

"So, you're Summer's daughter? I can certainly see the resemblance."

"Thank you, miss…"

"Call me Raven. I can also tell that you also take after Taiyang in personality, based on what Yang has told me. Speaking of which, where is he? Do you know?"

"Dad is still in Vale. At a small hideout we found. Wait! We need to go get him! C'mon, Yang!"

Dad is still alive?! Ruby's right! We need to get him! How will he react when he sees mom again?

"I'm afraid that will have to wait, Yang."

What? What does mom mean 'wait'?

"It's too late, now. The night is when the Grimm are most abundant. We shall get Taiyang tomorrow. What about my brother, Qrow?"

Mom's right! I hope Qrow is alright. If dad's ok, surely Qrow is, too.

"I don't know. Uncle Qrow left one day, saying he was going to Vacuo, and he never came back."

Oh. Please be ok, Qrow. We could really use your help right now.

"Mommy, who dees people?"

Oh! Kogane still needs to meet them. I can't believe I forgot about him. It's time he got to see his aunt again.

"Koge, this is my sister. Your aunt, Ruby. And these are my close friends, Aunt Blake and Aunt Weiss."

"Aun' Wuby?"

"I remember you! You're just as cute as the last time I saw you!"

*Ruby hugs her nephew*

"I wike Aun' Wuby."

I'm so glad that Kogane and Ruby are getting along. It makes me happy seeing them together. And I think happy is something that we all need right now. A lot.

"Alright. You can all catch up tomorrow. For now, we need to rest."

I think mom is right. I could use some rest.

*the next day*

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*incredibly loud thunder and lightning*

Wh-what?! What is that?

"You thought you could hide forever, you thought you could avoid me forever, you thought wrong."

Who said that? It's coming from outside. … Who is that woman? Why is she floating off the ground? Could this possibly be…?

"Salem?"

"Indeed, it is me. I have come to destroy you all once and for all. My pawns have failed to do so. All of you are very strong, I will give you that. Strong, honest souls amongst you all. But despite that, you shall all meet painful demises. It is time that the plague of humanity was purged from this world."

"I'm glad that you could make it, Salem. We were just looking for you."

How long has mom been looking for Salem, exactly?

"You would have never found me. You are resourceful, Raven. You always have been. But the human mind can only go so far. The seed of hope can only grow so much before it wilts. Now, it is time to wilt these pesky weeds."

*third person P.O.V*

Salem summoned black bolts of lightning from her fingertips, and aimed them at the small group of huntsmen and huntresses. They all jumped out of the way and prepared to attack. Blake was the first to try and strike. She sung Gambol Shroud at Salem, but was knocked back as soon as her sword made contact. Salem didn't even flinch.

The next to try and move was Weiss. She used her glyphs to jump toward Salem, and strike her. But Salem simply waved a single finger in Weiss' direction, and Weiss was immobilized. The frozen Weiss was then flung toward Blake.

Povelitel made the next move. He froze time, and ran for Salem. He swung his sword at her neck, but once the sword touched Salem, Povelitel was met with several thousand volts of black colored electricity surging through his body. He fell to the ground, completely drained of aura, and his semblance deactivated.

Salem was standing over Povelitel, and with minimal effort, grabbed him by the neck, and lifted him up. As he was being chocked, his skin was also turning incredibly pale and from the looks of things, was decomposing more by the second. He tried to push Salem off of him, pushing her face away, but it was doing absolutely nothing to Salem.

"Is this really all you can muster, my boy? Pathetic. I cannot believe that someone like you could possess such strong aura, have such deep ties to love and hope, and wind up being defeated so easily. What a waste."

Before Povelitel could die in Salem's grip, however, Raven came forward and swung her sword at Salem. She dropped Povelitel and jumped back. Povelitel's skin began to return to normal as he caught his breath. He then noticed that there was white face paint on his hands.

"Why would she be wearing face paint?" Povelitel thought to himself.

Thanks to Raven's sword swing, even more was revealed. When Salem faced the group again, it was shown that her skin was more human like in color, and that she was wearing colored contacts. Her real eye color was revealed to be silver.

This brought the most surprise to Raven and Ruby. They both stared at Salem for some time before Raven spoke up.

"Summer? Is that you?"

"Mom? Is it really you?"

"It most certainly is me, Raven. Ruby. Surprise!"

M. Night Shyamalan voice: What a twist!

Much like the whole 'Yang has OP powers' thing I posted last chapter, this is another thing I had planned from the very beginning. I always intended to have Summer Rose be the big bad, just for the sake of adding a shock to my story. When I first came up with the idea, I had no idea about the existence of Salem. I was just going to have some hooded figure called 'The Queen' be the big bad guy, be Cinder's boss. And in this chapter, have it revealed that it was Summer under that hood.

But, once I became aware of Salem, I had to change it up. In no way do I actually think that Summer Rose and Salem are the same person in actual RWBY canon.

The next chapter will be up on Sunday. I'll see you guys then, and don't forget to give me some feedback. So long!