Ruby woke up and saw Weiss' angular jawline. She also woke with a rock digging into her ribcage. She slowly turned her head and found herself in the middle of a shallow dip in the ground next to a river. She dipped her hand into it and withdrew it quickly. The water was freezing.

"You're up. Good." Oobleck unfurled from the ground above Ruby where he had camouflaged himself. He spoke in his usual rapid-fire tone, but it was quiet and hushed. Ruby resisted the urge to shrink back and hold Weiss' hand. The low volume of Oobleck's voice turned it from something comical and confident to something urgent and intense. "Your body will feel the Drag, but we must start soon."

"What's the Drag?" Ruby asked. She tried to stand up but her body suddenly erupted in pain and she fell back down. Zwei licked her knee in concern.

"That is the Drag." Oobleck said, "A term used for withdrawal symptoms felt after abusing Dust fluid."

"Why don't you have it?" Ruby croaked. Beside her, Weiss stirred and moaned softly as she felt the Drag as well.

"Your entire body is a muscle when Aura is concerned." Oobleck said, "I have trained my body for years. I could abuse Dust Fluid for a week before feeling any sort of Drag."

Ruby and Weiss staggered to their feet and Oobleck handed them his thermos. They looked at it dubiously, but he said, "Simply stream water. Dehydration is a huge concern."

Ruby drank up and realized how thirsty she was. She gulped down the frigid water until her head ached, then kept on drinking until the water dribbled down her chin and onto her skirt. She handed the flask to Oobleck, who refilled it and gave it to Weiss. Weiss quickly downed the entire thermos without dripping and held it out to Oobleck for a refill.

As Weiss drank her second thermos, Oobleck put a moist cube the size of Ruby's ammunition clips into her hand. Ruby looked down at it in slight revulsion.

"Hunter food." Oobleck said, "These are normally not given to students, and even Hunters are advised to only eat these in emergencies."

Ruby bit in and screwed up her face as the cube dissolved in her mouth and spread a salty burn around her tongue. She swallowed and ate the rest of her rations as quickly as possible. Within seconds she felt her vision clear and the ache in her muscles even lessened slightly.

She went to the stream and gulped down more water to wash out the salty tang. Behind her, Weiss was making a very unladylike face as she forced down Oobleck's rations.

"As I said last night," Oobleck said, "We need to assess the situation."

"We're running away from Ozpin, who's holding Yang prisoner." Ruby said, "That's all we need."

"Your familial dedication is admirable, but it clouds your judgment." Oobleck said, "You still have a team, Ruby, even if not all of your team members are with you."

Ruby looked at Weiss guiltily, then nodded. "So what do we do?"

"While this would undoubtedly make a good learning experience and test your leadership skills, Ozpin is not to be trifled with." Oobleck said. "I would propose that we make our way to Mountain Glenn, where we can infiltrate our way back into Vale."

"But the tunnels were all sealed." Ruby said.

"The train tunnels were," Oobleck said, "But the maintenance tunnels were not, and run adjacent to the train tunnels like tributaries around a river."

"So they go to Vale?"

"At the very least they will bring us to the outskirts of Vale." Oobleck said. "And far quicker than Ozpin will think."

"Alright, then." Ruby said, "We're going to save Yang and Blake soon."

Weiss nodded and they started to walk briskly towards Mountain Glenn.

They made slow progress compared to the night before. Ruby and Weiss hobbled after Oobleck for the first fifteen minutes before they got used to dealing with the Drag. Both girls started groaning under their breath as Oobleck brought them up a rocky valley, where each step sent pebbles skittering downwards.

Zwei ran ahead and scouted the way. Twice, he barked and Oobleck changed the direction they were headed in.

After walking for a few hours, all of them were sweating despite the brisk breeze that blew through the rough valley. It was early afternoon, and they sat on large rocks while Oobleck offered more rations.

Both Ruby and Weiss declined them. "How far did we run last night?" Ruby asked.

"A hundred kilometres or so." Oobleck said.

Ruby gaped. "We can't get to Mountain Glenn today!"

"Correct."

"But Yang and Blake might be captured as we speak."

"Then that is something we cannot change." Oobleck said. "Part of being a leader is knowing what you can do and what you cannot, then doing the best you can from there."

Ruby fell silent and she tried to push away her doubts. What would Jaune have done? Would he have even let himself be separated from his team? She couldn't imagine Jaune running while Nora and Ren were in danger.

Weiss held her hand. "I know that look, Ruby. You'll attract Nevermores if you keep on going the way you are."

"I just want to be together again."

"I know. So do I." Weiss smiled, and Ruby thought the hope Weiss displayed was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen.

"How do you do it?"

"Do what?"

"Look so confident."

"We Schnees have our ways." Weiss rubbed the scar over her eye. "A lot of years of practice."

Ruby rested her head against Weiss' shoulder. "One day you'll have to teach me."

"I hope I never have to."

Ruby was about to ask Weiss what she meant when she got a thrill of energy down her spine. Forgetting the dull aches in her body, she jumped away and unsheathed Crescent Rose from behind her back. Oobleck had also sensed the danger and had his thermos fully extended.

"Few people know that Dust fluid leaves traces of ambient Aura, and fewer know how to trace it." Qrow fell from the sky and landed several metres up the valley. "I'm not surprised that bit of information slipped you by, professor."

"Girls, run. The longer we wait, the quicker Ozpin will get here." Oobleck said.

"Ruby, why are you doing this?" Qrow asked, "Why are you acting so irrationally?"

"Don't listen and run!" Oobleck yelled, "He's trying to stall for Ozpin."

He dashed forward and swung at Qrow, but Qrow's scythe seemed to appear out of nowhere and forced Oobleck back. The blade of Qrow's scythe wasn't as large as Ruby's, but he unleashed a flurry of quick slashes that made Ruby's sweeps and cuts look sluggish.

"Run!" Oobleck said, "Quickly."

"You're a historian, you're not a fighter." Qrow said, "You don't know what it's like to fight Grimm every day, to defend humanity!" He leapt over Oobleck to attack from behind, but Oobleck dashed away and took the chance to take another gulp of Dust fluid.

"Knowledge is the most powerful weapon available to us." Oobleck's thermos became a ribbon of pulsing fire as he swung it in spirals towards Qrow. "Ozpin weakens us by withholding information."

"Your ideals are only possible by the work the real soldiers do." Qrow said. Instead of leaping to the side of the explosive wreathes of fire, he jumped and soared through them. "The world you study is nothing more than a dream civilians are allowed to believe."

Qrow's scythe glowed a deep crimson and he sent a shockwave that split the flames apart and headed straight for Oobleck. Oobleck twisted to one side and was just able to raise his thermos and parry Qrow's scythe. The blow sent him stumbling backwards, and he had to jump away again as Qrow's scythe nicked his shoulder.

Qrow soared into the sky and descended upon Oobleck while he clutched his wounded shoulder, but when he hit the ground, Oobleck was gone. Ruby was clutching his waist and looking defiantly at Qrow, while Weiss held Myrtenaster with its tip point straight towards Qrow.

"You still have a future, girls." Qrow said, "You can live. Why throw away your lives now?"

"Because even if I came out of this alive, I couldn't live with myself if I let Oobleck die." Weiss said. She swished her rapier in a circle and sent fireballs soaring towards Qrow.

Qrow started walking slowly but deliberately towards her, casually slashing through the fire that Weiss sent at him. "I have spent my life dedicated to protecting humanity, Ms. Schnee. I don't want to harm you." He dashed forward and his scythe flashed past Weiss' eye in a flash.

Weiss stumbled back, and held her rapier in her normal battle stance, but her mouth dropped when she saw that she only carried the handle. Tears started to form as she saw Qrow hold the blade of Myrtenaster in his hand. He threw the blade tip first at Weiss feet, where it jutted into the air like a spire commemorating her weakness.

"Let Ozpin come." Qrow said, "He'll be lenient with you." He extended his hand to the girls, but yelled in pain as a figure in black and red sped past him out of nowhere. Ruby gagged as she saw two of Qrow's fingertips fall to the ground, leaking out an inordinate amount of blood.

Qrow clutched his bleeding left hand to his chest while positioning his scythe so that it shielded most of his body. "Damn you, Raven. First you corrupt Yang and now Ruby? Did you take pleasure from ruining our family?"

Ruby's heart froze as she saw a tall woman with a Grimm mask and the longest katana she had ever seen stalk towards Qrow. "You have no right to talk about family, Qrow. Summer was our family."

Qrow let a feral growl escape from his mouth and yelled, "YOU were the one who killed her! She was FINE until you came back into our lives! You corrupted her just like you're corrupting her daughters."

Raven dashed over to Qrow, slashing so quickly Qrow had to fly back several metres. She kept her aggressive stance, with both hands on her katana and her legs bent. But then she turned away and slashed at the air. It rippled and split into a swirling black portal, and she gestured the three of them to follow.

Oobleck looked at the Aura gathering around Qrow, which was turning such a dark crimson it was almost black. He nodded and ushered the girls into the portal.

As Ruby was about to step in, she balked. She felt as if it was made of the same darkness the wolf in her dreams was. She felt as if she was walking straight into the maw of the giant wolf that had swallowed the moon.

But then she was pushed through and enveloped in darkness.

She emerged on a glacier. She had to squint because of the blinding sunshine being reflected off the snow, and she was already shivering from the cold. Weiss was doing better with the cold, but her eyes were also screwed shut against the glare of the sun.

"What's going on? And who are you?" Ruby asked Raven.

"I sent someone to pick you up." Raven said, "But I need to go look for Yang and Blake, as well as run a dozen other errands."

"They're still in Beacon." Ruby said.

"No, they're not. I went to break Yang out, but she had already done that." Raven said, "That was when I realized Qrow was hunting you."

"Your timing was impeccable." Oobleck said, "But we still have little reason to trust you when we have only met you once and attacked Qrow."

"I don't expect you to." Raven said, "What you do next is up to you."

With that, she disappeared into another black portal. Ruby shivered again as it disappeared, but this time it wasn't from the cold.

When Blake had mentioned a safehouse, Yang had imagined an underground lair, or a bunker with weapons in it. She hadn't expected Blake to direct her to the old suburbs of Vale where people only came to if they had no other option in the city. Yang spotted three varieties of suspicious plants growing along the side of the road.

Blake had her stop at a small wooden house with peeling plaster and more mold on the walls than faded paint. Instead of going through the rotting porch and front door, Blake skirted around to the back where she entered a rusted door that creaked as she forced it open.

"What is this place?" Yang asked.

Blake didn't answer, instead disappearing into the cellar. Yang followed her and winced as her leather boot crunched on broken glass. "Blake, I can't see."

"Oh, I forgot. Sorry." Yang stumbled towards Blake's voice. She bumped into what felt like a wooden table, then crunched on some more glass. Light then streamed through as Blake opened the door that led upstairs.

"What is this place?" Yang asked again.

"I don't want to talk about it." Blake said, "But Ozpin won't find us here."

Yang was too preoccupied to prod further. She sat down in the corner next to a crate of canned beans. She took out her scroll and was about to check if Ruby had contacted her, but Blake's ribbon snatched it out of her hand.

"What are you doing?" Blake smashed the scroll against the wall and stomped on it repeatedly.

"What am I doing?" Yang asked, "What are you doing?"

"These scrolls are from Beacon." Blake said, "There's no way Ozpin can't track this."

"Sorry I haven't a fugitive before." Yang said. She groaned and lay her head against the wall. She wanted something to do. She wanted to be active. She had sat around uselessly for an entire night, and she didn't want to spend another one doing the same thing.

"But you're right," Blake said, "We need to check sources for Ruby. And I need to talk to Sun."

"Sun?" Yang tried to smile and managed to tilt her lips up slightly. "I never took you for the long-distance type."

"I got some messages from him when we came back last night." Blake said, "He said there's some trouble up in Haven."

"Yeah, we should also try to find Ruby." Yang started to walk towards the door, but Blake intercepted her.

"You still haven't talked about what happened to you."
"Nothing, it's fine." Yang felt her chest clench and started to walk out.

"No, Yang, you can't do this to me." Blake said, "You were gone for all of yesterday, and then you attack Ozpin?" Blake got up and stood over Yang. "I need to know what's going on."

"It doesn't matter!" Yang tried to push past Blake, but she still hadn't regained much of her Aura, and Blake was able to push her back.

"Yes, it does!" Blake said, "You just don't want to talk about it."

"No, I don't!" Yang said, "Now we need to go find Ruby."

"You can't." Blake said, "You physically can't." She stepped forward and shoved Yang back to the dusty floor.

"That doesn't matter." Yang said, "I have to protect Ruby."

"She isn't a little girl," Blake said, "She's our leader. We need to trust her."

"Ozpin had her!" Yang said, "He said he was going to take her hostage! I won't abandon her, not after-" She cut herself off and tried to think of a way to change the topic.

Blake looked sharply at Yang. "What is it?"

"Not after my mom just left me like that." Yang said.

"I thought you had gotten over that." Blake rested a hand on Yang's shoulder. "You told me you weren't obsessed with her."

"No, not when she left when I was born." Yang took a deep breath. "I met her last night."

Blake's jaw dropped. "When?"

"The night I went missing, okay?" Yang sat back down. "She told me that Ozpin killed…" She took a shuddering breath and tried again. "That Ozpin…" Her chest was trembling against her will. She was breathing harder and harder, and felt light headed. "That Ozpin… Ozpin… he…Summer…"

Blake grabbed Yang's arm. "Hey, I'm here. Look at me."

Yang stared into Blake's amber eyes and started to sob into her shoulder. She crushed Blake in her embrace, but Blake didn't pull away. She could still feel Yang's body convulsing.

"You should have told us." Blake said softly. "We would have been there for you."

"I couldn't tell Ruby." Yang said, "I couldn't. How would you do it? How…" Yang's tears started to trickle down Blake's own shoulder.

Yang stood there, clutching at Blake for a few more minutes, then wiped her eyes. "Okay, next time I see Raven, I'm going to punch her as hard as I can."

Blake let out a small chuckle. "After all that, that's what you're going to do?"

Yang smiled. "It'll give me something to look forward to. Besides, she just came and left, what kind of mom was that, right?"

"Right." Blake said.

"You guys are my family." Yang clenched her fist quickly, causing sparks to fly from between her fingers. "Not Raven. She abandoned me. And my dad. He's my family too. I have to trust him."

"You might, but I'm not comfortable with it. Please, Yang, for me. There has to be someone else."

"But-"

"It's not even a matter of trust. Ozpin will be expecting you to go to your dad. We need somewhere else. He knows how much you trust your dad."

Yang nodded. "Fine. He'd be worried sick if he knew what was happening."

Blake nodded while Yang thought for a bit more. Then she said, "We'll go to Junior."

Blake nodded. "Okay, but we need to wait here for a few hours."

Yang was already being overcome by exhaustion, and instead of yelling, she just glared at Blake.

"If we go out right after we escaped, we'll get caught in no time." Blake said, "People in Vale have the lunch hour off, right? We'll go to Junior's then, after the initial search has died down. There will be lots of people to hide us"

"We can't wait that long." Yang shook her head wearily.

"If Ozpin did capture her, then he won't harm her." Blake said, "Hostages aren't the ones that are harmed, it's us. And if she is caught, we need to go about this smartly."

Yang stomped the ground in frustration, but even with all the pent-up emotions, only a small spark flashed from her feet. "Fine, but only until noon."

"Thanks." Blake said. She stood up and started to walk out of the basement.

"Where are you going?" Yang asked.

"Hiding Bumblebee." Blake said. "I'm also checking that there aren't any tracers on it."

Yang's stomach rumbled. "Can I eat from these cans?"

"Yeah." Blake left Yang trying to pry open the cans without a can opener. Yang started punching the can, but without her Aura, she only succeeded in denting it. Yang sighed and regretted wasting all of her Aura on useless Grimm and her cell door. She leaned back against the wall, and thought of where Ruby could have run off to. She remembered playing tag with Ruby, and always yelling at her when Ruby would crawl into a pile of rocks that Yang couldn't fit through.

With those thoughts in mind, she started to dream of better times when she and Ruby were together and got the sleep her body had been yearning for.

When Yang had first come to Junior's Den, she had been ignored. The second time, she had had dozens of guns pointed at her. The third time, a henchman quickly ushered her and Blake outside and in through an unobtrusive backdoor.

Junior was sitting in a seat next to several laptops, televisions, and filing cabinets. The Malachite twins stood next to him in their spiked heels with their arms folded. "Blondie, why am I not surprised."

"What do you mean?" Yang asked.

Junior flipped a laptop to face Yang. It was an email from the police chief to his officers which said,

"Rogue Hunter team RWBY is highly trained and dangerous. An encounter with any of them will be reported to Beacon immediately."

Below that was logistics of police formations. Blake was reading over her shoulder and said, "This police deployment is meant for dangerous terrorists. Ozpin's really serious about this."

"And you would know about standard police deployment?" Junior asked.

Blake nodded once but didn't say anything else. Both knew that Junior was one of the most well-known informants in Vale, and Blake was in no hurry to tell anyone—especially Junior—about her past. Yang looked up at Junior and asked, "How did you get this?"

"I have contacts." Junior said, "But that's not what's important. By the way, where's the rest of your team?"

Blake and Yang hesitated, and Junior didn't miss it. "So you got split up, huh?"
"Yeah, and we need your help finding them."

"I tried already." Junior said, "I tried finding all of you, just in case someone else came along and asked."

"Gee, thanks." Yang said.

"Hey, it's nothing personal." Junior said, "But anyways, I didn't get anything. It's all being covered up, and coming from me, that's saying a lot."

Yang sighed. "I don't know why I come to you. It's not like you ever help me anyways."

"Hey, I've got contacts in all the local gangs here and in Haven, but last time you had me looking into Torchwick of all people. I've got limits, kid."

"I didn't know Torchwick had a reputation here." Yang said, "I thought he was just a goon."

"That's what he seems to be." Junior said, "But a few informants know that there's something weird with him. His records are the best I've ever seen. He looks completely genuine. But me and a buddy of mine think everything about him's a little too convenient. His home town was destroyed in the Faunus Rights Revolution. His parents also died in the war, and no one from his village survived. His previous employer died from a car crash. And he's risen too fast for a simple thug with no training."

"He also has Aura." Yang said, "That's not something you see in most thugs."

Junior nodded. "That's another thing. There are only a few people in each of the cities that can illegally unlock Aura. And no one knows who did it for him."

Yang felt as if a cold stone was settling into her stomach as she thought of Torchwick sitting in the depths of Beacon. If he really was some master strategist, then what could he do in Beacon?

"Well, is there anything else?" Yang asked.

"Well, I'm assuming you need supplies." Junior said, "I've prepared some stuff you could use."

"We're good, thanks." Blake said, "Come on, Yang, let's go."

"Hey, I've still got some more info."

"On what?" Yang asked.

"It's a long story."

Blake narrowed her eyes. "You're stalling."

Junior tried to act innocent, but Blake saw the way the Malachite twins tensed.

Blake tried to leave, but the Malachite twins formed an X with their legs, stopping Blake in her tracks.

"What's going on?" Yang asked.

"He's selling us out."

"What?" Yang turned to Junior in surprise, who sent the table flying at Yang while he whipped out his rocket launcher. Yang kicked the table away and launched herself at Junior.

Behind them, Blake sent two images of herself—one towards each twin— and used their distraction to club one in the head with the pommel of Gambol Shroud. She then unleashed a flurry of shadows to confuse the remaining twin, catching her off guard and sending her crashing into the wall.

Behind her, Yang was staring down Junior. To his credit, he didn't back down. He hefted his huge rocket launcher and got ready to fight.

"Yang, we have to go." Blake grabbed Yang's arm as she swung it back. "Hunters are coming." She opened the door and could hear the hum of Bullheads in the distance.

Yang took a hateful look at Junior, who said, "As I said, blondie, nothing personal."

Yang growled but followed Blake out into the streets. They quickly got on Bumblebee and Yang hit the pedal before Blake had even wrapped her hands around her waist. Yang tore through roads, leaving skid marks on every junction.

The two of them were about to turn onto the highway, but Yang had to swerve sharply as four figures ran into the road and formed a barricade.

The two of them skidded into a building as Yang avoided crashing into the Hunters at full speed. Bumblebee tumbled into a building as Blake and Yang sprang to their feet. They drew their weapons and saw Cardin striding towards them with his mace swinging like a pendulum.

"CRDL?" Yang asked, "What are you guys doing here?"

"Securing the perimeter." Cardin said. His eyes were set and as hard as concrete. "What are you guys doing here?"

"Get out of our way." Blake said.

"Are you guys kids?" Cardin and his team spread out to corner Yang and Blake against the wall. "Do you think you can just do whatever the hell you want?"

"Do you think we want to be on the run?" Yang asked.

"You tried to punch Ozpin." Lark flourished his knives and tried to flank Blake. "You threw a tantrum when we're in a war."

"You don't understand." Yang said, "Just get out of our way!" She ran towards Cardin, firing off an explosive cartridge in his direction

"I'm the leader of team CRDL." Cardin jumped over the explosion and swung his mace at Yang. She blocked the first blow, but had to jump back to avoid being skewered by Russell's halberd.

"You think I'll risk my team for one bimbo who thinks she's the centre of Remnant? You think I'll let one dirty Faunus endanger us?" Cardin's mace became a red blur as he swung it in several circular motions. Yang would normally charge head on to break his rhythm, but knew that Russell would jump in while she engaged Cardin.

She stepped away from Cardin, backing into the wall Bumblebee had crashed into. She looked down at her beloved vehicle that was lying dented and scratched in the rubble.

She had had to hide it from her dad. He would have literally blown up if he knew his daughter was riding something like that. She had brought the parts herself and crashed the first time she rode it. She had crashed, of course, but she had only been fourteen.

Steeling her heart, she jumped up and fired Ember Celica at Bumblebee. Her motorcycle erupted into a bomb of metal shrapnel, oil and fire. The blast propelled her to the roof of the building she had crashed into, while Cardin and Russell stumbled away. Their Aura had protected them from the shrapnel and fire, but it had still stunned their senses.

Yang looked around for Blake, but she and the other members of team CRDL weren't there. She looked up and saw three Bullheads heading away from her. She realized Blake must have distracted them somehow as she had been fighting Dove and Lark. She prepared to launch herself forward, but was held back by a firm grip on her shoulder.

Yang whirled around only to look up into the mask belonging to the White Fang Lieutenant.

"Come with us." The lieutenant raised his hand to block Yang's punch that was aimed for his neck. "Things have changed."

Yang turned as the three Bullheads crashed to the ground. Even from a kilometre away, Yang could feel the heat of the explosion. "You just crashed those over Vale!"

"Just shut up and listen." The Lieutenant tried to grab her, but Yang threw a punch that forced the Lieutenant to jump to the adjacent roof.

Forget about your own issues for one second…

Raven's voice gave Yang strength in the form of raw anger. She still hadn't fully recovered, but she still let out enough Aura to create a ring of fire around her. She put her fists up as the Lieutenant revved his giant chainsaw. Then the world world swam and shimmered. The building beneath her turned a brilliant shade of pink before gradually darkening and growing larger.

It was only when Yang hit the ground that she realized she was paralyzed.

"This is hardly the time for negotiation, Lieutenant." A female voice echoed in Yang's head.

The Lieutenant picked her up. "I'm sorry, Scorpio."

"Taurus is taking care of the other target." Scorpio said. The two of them jumped down to street level and got into a car. Lieutenant dumped Yang into the backseat and Scorpio got in the seat next to her limp body. As Lieutenant started driving, Yang tried to crane her neck to get a better view of Scorpio.

She couldn't move her body, and could only see two small legs as the car moved. She tried to struggle against the poison, but it was as if her limbs belonged to someone else.

Her body suddenly flopped off the seat as the car screeched to a halt. Scorpio swore and dived out the window, dragging Yang with her as she tumbled to the ground. Yang's face hit the ground, and all she could see was the cracked pavement.

Lieutenant slung her over his shoulder, and now Yang could see under his arm. Her body was numb, but she still felt a jolt of shock and happiness when she saw a huge figure seven feet tall and muscles even larger than the Lieutenant's.

"Let Yang go!" Her dad emitted harsh light that was as bright as the sun. He towered over Scorpio, who didn't even come up to his waist. From this angle, Yang could see the scorpion tail that protruded from her hips.

"Ozpin's knight in shining armor." Scorpio said. She sprang at Tai Yang as Lieutenant ran away.

"No you don't." Tai Yang jumped over Scorpio and descended on Lieutenant like a meteor. Lieutenant jumped away, but he was still sent flying by the shockwave Tai Yang created. He dropped Yang as he flew into the wall and fell on his knees. He raised his fists as Tai Yang charged towards him, but he wasn't Tai Yang's target.

Yang was jerked away from the Lieutenant and Scorpio as her dad grabbed her by the waist and jumped away from the battle. The numbness around her body was slowly fading, and she could feel how tightly her dad was holding her. "It's okay, Yang, I've got you. You're safe now."

She saw a few tears fall from her dad's face as he said, "I was so worried. Dust, it's a good thing Qrow's looking for Ruby. I wouldn't trust anyone else."

Yang tried to tilt her head to look back at Vale, but she couldn't see any sign of Blake. All she could do was hang limply from her dad's hands as they flew back to Beacon.

You know, I didn't expect this but I like writing CRDL more and more. I think that yes, they are racist and have a nasty sense of humour, but no one's pure evil or pure good. They are characters I'd be interested in exploring later. Too bad they're only minor characters.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this. And as always, if you have any sort of feedback, I'd love to hear it.

Thanks for reading!