Team CEM and Team RWBY walked down the stairs that would maybe lead them to Ruby. The whole time no one talked, just moved foward to their fellow teammate and friend. While walking, Cinder's flame started to die out. Yang noticed it and whispered in Cinder's ear, "How did you make the flame appear anyways?" Cinder turned to her with a smile, showing she was glad she asked. "Well, the fiber in my gloves and suit are flammable. I just used the match to create the flames." Weiss' eyes wide a little, but a eyebrow found it's way to be crooked. She almost questioned her until she saw the fire on Cinder's hand get smaller and smaller. Finally, it went out.

"Ahhh!" The group heard from near them. They all turned in the darkness only to know from Mercury where it came from. "... Sorry." "Seriously, Mercury?" Cinder called out to him, then continued to proceed without the fire. As the others followed her, Emerald spoke to Cinder out loud. "What happened to the flames?" "Well, by the looks of it. I guess it went out because there's not a lot of oxygen down here. So you guys better be careful." Cinder commanded. Suddenly, they all saw a light come from below them. Without hesitation, Cinder ran towards the light.

She then found herself in a underground city that looked a lot similar like the Mountain Glenn. Surprisingly, it looked more suited as the buildings were in good condition. There were also train rails in the middle of the city leading to a tunnel in front of it. Cinder couldn't help but just look around, until the others came from behind her. They all looked so surprised at the sight of the place. "Where are we?" Blake asked in awe. "Guys," Cinder replied. "This must be the White Fang's hideout." Everyone still looked at the amazing place they got. They all knew it was for the bad guys, but man. Mercury just had to yell out. "This place is legit!" "Mercury!" Emerald scolded at him. "Shut up or they will find us!" Mercury quickly zipped his lips. The teams looked at Cinder with serious eyes. "... What?" She answered in confusion.

"Uh, what do we do?" Yang asked her. Cinder wide her eyes at Yang, trying to process things. It then hit her head and she quickly shook her head in disbelief. "Woah, hold up. You guys. Are asking ME what to do?! What about Weiss?!" She shouted out. "Weiss is just Weiss." With that, Weiss made a angry look on her face. "Besides. You're the only leader of a group that's here! So, what do we do?" She continued. Cinder almost ordered them until a bell rang above them. Out of the hole east from them came a group of White Fang. It was enough to make Blake's blood boil, but everyone else scared. In seconds, they hid behind a building.

"By the looks of it, there are a lot of White Fang around her. I can see that doesn't make Blake the slightest bit of happy." She stated as Blake nearly growled at the sight of things. Cinder just rolled her eyes then continued, "I think it's best we split into groups of two. Main objective, get Ruby back. Yang, Mercury, you two will go west and see what the White Fang are planning. Emerald, Blake, Go North to see how many of these fuckers we're dealing with. Weiss, find any left over dust in the place. Reunite back here when you get some info." She finished then walked away. "Wait!" Weiss whispered loudly. "What's your motive?" Cinder turned to her slowly with a little smile on her face. "Attack." She simply said and ran off into the distance. After she left the group split up.


Emerald and Blake walked down a hall filled with crystals around them. But they didn't look like dust, it seemed more like normal diamonds. Which was astonishing to look at. While walking, Emerald spoke, "So, why did you growl earlier?" She questioned. Blake looked pretty confused until she turned to see the green haired girl twisting her head to the side, waiting for a answer. "You heard me?" She responded quietly. Emerald nodded. "Do you hate the White Fang or something?" She continued. Blake just shook her head while looking at the beautiful crystals around them, lighting up the pathway. "I just hate the path they chose." She blurted out, causing Emerald to be more interested. "Chose?" She repeated in a awkward way.

"Yeah. Chose... You know. I am a Fanus." Blake stated to her with no emotion in her voice. Emerald looked at the ground, but then answered back, "I. Actually always knew that from the way your bow would twitch." "Good. That's good." Blake replied and continued to explain the White Fang's choice. "You see they used to just protest. Until they turned into a violent gang. Back then the violence wasn't that bad. Until a huge battle broke loose. Now, with the left over Fangs, they work for Torchwick. I mean, who would work for him?! He's only using them and I plan to reveal his plans to my people. Yes. I am mad at their actions, but it doesn't mean I stopped caring." After that announcement, Emerald looked up to see something coming towards them. Looked like a ball of energy.

"Look out!" Emerald yelled and before the mysterious force could hit them, Emerald pushed Blake down. It pass them but hit something from behind. The two got up and without words, ran down the hall as fast as they could. When they reached the end, they found something they couldn't believe to see. A huge group of machines. They seemed to be the same height as a out of control Grimm and looked more like a war machine. Not only was that there, but a huge supply of guns in crates on the side of the room. Blake and Emerald saw everything and was afraid of what they would do with it. Blake couldn't help but feel like she was about to throw up. "We need to go." Blake told Emerald. "What? Why?" Emerald yelled back, but Blake grabbed her and ran out. Suddenly, a alarm went off making the diamonds explode. Before the two knew it, They were trapped...


Yang and Mercury walked down the abandoned part of the underground city. Mercury was running around like a little kid, annoying her. Without looking, Yang kicked him down hard. The gray hair boy quickly got up and cleaned himself. "Sorry." He whispered. "It's okay, man. But right now, we have to see what's going on. So come on." She commanded as the two headed for a door. When they opened it, the two hid behind a table. Yang slowly looked above their hiding spot to find a huge crowd of White Fang, all armed with guns. In front was a stage and on it was two people. The 'almighty' Roman Torchwick and a young looking girl. She had pink and brown hair with a ice cream theme-ish color to her outfit. This quickly caught Yang's eye.

"Stay down, Mercury." She whispered at her partner. Without questioning, he nodded and stood low to the ground. The Fangs started clapping for their leader as he got ready to speak. After the applause faded out, he yelled, "Hello, my friends! It is I! Roman Torchwick, you're second in command! I am here to tell you we have Ruby Rose captive!" The crowd went loud again as Yang gritted her teeth, trying to keep calm. Roman let the excitement sink in until he continued, "As you know, the boss is very happy this happened. But she is also upset that one of her close ones had betrayed us! Now, don't worry. She will not kill you, but she's highly disappointed in the one that screwed her over. So, listen up. We will be more aggressive now. No more mercy. if you have to kill. Kill. Just make sure to mop the floor afterwards if you make a mess. And if this keeps up, we will soon have equality!" The White Fang yelled in agreement as Roman smiled like a demon.

"Equality?" Yang whispered to herself. She didn't know what equality was, but she had a good understanding at what Roman's plan was. He was trying to kill someone or a certain group. Maybe the students at Beacon? Or the citizens of Vale? She couldn't put her finger on it. But what made her really question was who was the boss? The young girl? Or someone in the shadows? She wanted to uncover the secret. And while she was trying to, see didn't realize the real secret. Mercury and Team CEM. Especially Cinder.

"Probably the poor and homeless?" Mercury questioned, making a light bulb click in Yang's head. "Or the rich and powerful!" She told him. "Think about it, Ruby is a leader. Along with Cinder! And Weiss is the daughter of a man from a huge family company. And Blake is a fanus, so-." Before Yang could continue, she just realized something. She thought Roman and his men were hunting down Huntsmen and leaders of teams from Beacon Academy, killing them. And equality was just turning everyone into weaklings and him into the superior one. She finally knew what was going on.

"Come on. We gotta tell the others." Yang commanded as Mercury gave her a confused look. "About what?" He replied. "The dumb speech Roman gave us?" "First of all, it's Torchwick. Second, I understood what was going on, so I'll just sum it up to you when I tell our teams, okay?" She suggested. Mercury rolled his eyes then followed her out of the room quietly.


As they left, Roman looked at the door. "Seems like we had someone sneak into our conversation." Roman called out to his army. "Should we go get them?" One of the Fangs asked, but Roman just shook his head. He then turned to the girl beside him who was still looking at the door. With a snap, he was able to get her attention. "Go tell the boss that Team Ruby and Cinder is here." He stated to her and she walked to where Elizabeth was... Or DID she?

The girl took a turn to a room with a small window on the door. It was Ruby's room. Inside was pitch black and she couldn't see anything. She almost opened the door until someone called out. "Hey!" A low voice yelled. It got the ice cream theme girl's attention as she slowly turned to the source of noise. It was Elizabeth's slave, Victor. He seemed suspicious and worried about what the young one was up to. So, he walked towards her... "What are you doing?" He asked. The girl just pointed through the glass, signaling to the room inside. "Oh, checking." He replied to her. "Well, don't take too long, Elizabeth hates to see people get near this room. Don't worry, I won't shadow you. I heard from Roman you can kick ass! So, you can probably kick Ruby's too... Well, I have to go. The boss begged me to go get her some pudding! Hehe. See you around!" After that, he ran off.

The girl sighed in relief then opened the door slowly. The lights in the room automatically came on and revealed to a saddened Ruby who stared at the floor. "Who is it?" She blurted out quietly. "Me." The girl responded. Just by the sound of her cute high pitched voice made Ruby look up to her. She smiled at Ruby for a second, until the smile faded. "I told you I would get you out of here. Look what I got." She continued as she took out a black key. The redhead's eyes sparkled in delight as her eyes said to free her from this prison. The young girl quickly walked towards Ruby and unlocked her cuffs. After being free, the excited prisoner hugged her savior. "Thank you!" She shouted which made the girl cover her mouth. "Stay quiet. If you want to get out of here, the main key is quiet, okay?" She told her and released her hand. "Follow me." She continued and left the room. "Wait." Ruby said to her new friend. "Who are you?" She asked nicely. The child figure smiled at the question and answered, "I'm Neo. Neopolitan."

"I'm Cinder's little sister..."