"That's right, bitch, right there." The guard captain said as the dark skinned girl held his cock in her mouth, he had been selected to interrogate this…Emerald chick and, despite her not telling him anything, she was sure as hell giving him a good time. Winter groaned through the two way glass as she watched the man laughing with his dick out on the table, Emerald groaning as she kept the illusion up.

It had been a week since the thief had shown up on their doorstep and they had gotten nowhere with her, the Weiss and the rest of her group where understandably anxious, especially Yang. Emerald had managed to turn the entire world against her, after all, but that wasn't the most infuriating thing for Winter. No, the most infuriating thing was that this goddamned girl was making anyone she sent in there to interrogate her look like a fool.

This was the third man this week and she still had made no progress! Winter grit her teeth as she reached for the microphone.

"Captain, get out of there." She ordered, the captain looked around quickly as the illusion wore off. He looked at Emerald and snarled as he turned, not wanting to risk the wrath of Winter. As he exited Winter walked over to him, slapped him, and stormed into the room. Emerald eye's focused as she readied herself for a cast, but, before she had time to react, Winter grabbed her.

"Why are you here?" Winter growled as she lifted the girl up, "Why? Dear Dust, this is probably the worst place for you, why would you risk coming here? Why damnit, why?"

Emerald stared into the woman's eyes before she shifted her gaze down, Winter dropped her. The specialist turned and stormed out, slamming the door behind her. She stormed out of the head building, Yang and the gang were all on the outside. Neo stood behind the trio, slightly abashed.

"She talk yet?" Yang asked, Winter sighed as she turned to face the four.

"No…no she hasn't, we're working on though." The woman said as she sat down on a nearby crate.

"Let me at her," Yang said, cracking her knuckles, "I've got a score to settle."

"I'll keep that in mind," Winter answered, "But for now? Keep an eye out for Jaune Arch, if he discovers that we have Emerald Sustrai, he might do something drastic."

"Good," Weiss said, crossing her arms, "He might finally get what he deserves."

Yang, Blake, Winter, and Neo all looked at Yang in a slightly pitying tone. They had all figured out what she had felt for Ruby, and they knew how hard it was going to be to for her to move on, if she ever could. Winter opened her mouth to start talking when a soldier came running up to her, he was followed by a small group of people pushing a cart with a tarp on it. The doctor followed as well, his eyes looking at the ground in shock.

"Ma'me, you need to see this." The doctor said as he pulled the tarp off, the group all recoiled as they looked at the subject. It was the corpse of a man, wearing Atlas captain gear. His face was frozen in a mask of fear, his twisted body was on full display, but the most striking feature was the cut in his shoulder. It was jagged, the left arm was barely hanging on by a few tendrils of flesh.

"Captain Howdy, he's been missing for three days, where did you find him?" Winter asked as she regained her composure.

"We found him in the white district, near a brothel. We asked around and discovered that he was employing…subjects of questionable age." The doctor said, looking around uncomfterbly.

"And, what did that?" Winter said, pointing at the wound, knowing the answer.

"A large blade, but…this one wasn't a cut Ma'me," The doctor said, earning an odd look from the group, "I looked over it, it would seem that he was impaled and then…left on the blade until his own weight dragged him down."

"Dust," Winter whispered, "What else can you tell me?"

"Nothing that you haven't figured out already, he was, after all, in charge of Emeralds custody." The doctor said, turning away from the commander.

"That means that…" Blake whispered, her eyes widening.

"It means that Jaune knows that Emerald is here," Weiss said, her fist clenching, "That means he's coming."

Winter snapped to her feet as she walked to the nearest guard.

"Get the captains, send them a message, double the guard's gate guards, triple the guards in the cell blocks! Arm them all with the best weapons we have, I don't care if we don't have enough ammo for the next week, get it done!" Winter yelled, the guard nearly shitting his pants as he took off, "And put an order in for a Paladin! Get it here as fast as possible!"

"What should we do?" Yang asked, Winter turned to face the four.

"Get some rest…it's going to be a long night." The older Schnee sister ordered. The group nodded as they turned and headed off towards their tent, Blake opened the flap for the rest of the gang. Weiss walked over and grabbed her rapier and started off for the armory, she had to make sure she was loaded. Yang walked over and fell onto her cot, breathing a sigh as she closed her eyes. Neo stared at her own cot for a few seconds, before Yang patted her cot.

Blake sighed, despite the group having reservations about it, Yang had taken to having Neo in the same bed as her. It helped her sleep and, Blake and Weiss had to face facts, Yang being tired was the worst thing that could happen in a fight. Neo climbed into the bed and curled up into Yang's chest, the small girl fitting perfectly into the brawler's arms. The cat faunas walked to her own cot and fell down on it, her eyes closing as she did.

Thoughts of everything that had happened came flooding into her mind, and, for the first time, she might actually have a chance to confront Jaune. Blake knew that he might be too far gone, killing Ruby had solidified that fact, but she had to try. Jaune was always the lovable goofball, he didn't deserve this. No one deserved to lose the people they loved, especially against a woman who manipulated the world.

A few hours later…

Yang got to her feet slowly, doing her best to not disturb the sleeping Neo. She grinned at the small body, as much as she hated to admit it, the girl was cute when she slept. Maybe a bit pudgy in the stomach, but…that wasn't too bad. The brawler sighed as she got to her feet, testing her new hand as she pulled on her jacket. The weather was getting colder, knowing how bad things had been, it might start snowing soon.

As Yang turned to leave, she felt a hand clasp hers. She turned to see Neo holding her, almost desperately. Yang smiled as she slowly took that hand into hers.

"I'll be fine, don't worry." The brawler said as she pulled away, Neo stared silently after her. She cursed herself for her muteness, she wanted so desperately to tell the blonde why she couldn't stop. Yang was the only one besides him who could stop the nightmares. Yang strolled to the command building, walking into the surveillance room. Weiss, Winter, and Blake were there as well, all staring at the monitor, ready for action.

The blondes sat down in a nearby chair, yawning. In reality, she hoped that Jaune wouldn't show up. She hoped that he wouldn't confirm her fears, that he had killed Ruby. Yang held on to that little bit of hope, that maybe she would see her sister again before the next life. She started to doze off when Blake suddenly asked something.

"Winter, why does that guard keep closing his fist? He's been doing it for an hour now in the exact same pattern." The cat faunas asked, Winter looked at her…but decided to check anyway. It was a good excuse as any to make sure everything was all right.

"Guards, any signs of trouble?" Winter asked, pulling up a radio. No one answered, "Guards?"

"That's not good…" Yang whispered, Winter's eyes widened as she pressed a button on the screen.

"Guards, send a patrol to the security wing, now," Winter ordered as the screens went black, rebooting themselves. A confirmation was given as a small group of soldiers moved their way in that direction, "Don't leave this room, those are professionals. You three will just get in the way."

The trio looked visibly insulted by that, but they stopped caring as the screen rebooted and showed…the bodies of the guards strewn across the hallway. The patrol was just arriving as a man walked out of the detention room, his face was obscured. Winter's face paled at the sight, she realized that she might have just sent her own men to their deaths.

One of the soldiers walked forward, his weapon raised. He gestured to the ground, the figure stared at him for a few seconds…before raising his arm. Suddenly, as if dragged by an invisible tether, the man surged forward. His helmet and head landing in the figures grasp, the girls gasped as, in one smooth motion, the figure crushed the man's head into pulp. The other guards started firing at him, only for the figure to hold up the body as a shield.

The body absorbed the bullets, albeit turning into mush as it was pelted with lead. The bullets stopped…right before the figure threw the mushy bag at the group, the body exploding as it landed in front of them. The figure reached behind his head and drew his huge blade, the girl's eye's widened. It was Jaune, him vs four Atlas soldiers.

He surged forward, one of the men held up his gun as a feeble shield that was cut in two as Jaune slashed downward. The man's chest was opened wide as Jaune turned and slashed another man's arm clean off, the blade carrying and slashing into the guts of another, disemboweling him. The man screamed as he reached down and tried to hold in his own guts as Jaune lashed out again, slashing the last man standing's legs clean off. The teen then whirled around and slammed his sword down, cleaving the screaming man's body completely in two.

Jaune stopped to look at his bloody work, the camera was positioned in such a way that it prevented the girls from seeing his visage, right before he took off down a hallway, towards the back entrance.

"Soldiers, he's heading for the back, set up a blockade and stop him!" Winter yelled before turning go face the trio of girls, "You three, go outside and make sure he doesn't escape!"

The girls all nodded as they ran outside, Winter taking off down the hallway. She heard the screaming of her men as she got closer, as well as the…sprinklers activating? Winter doubled her pace as she kept moving, only to stop as the floor rumbled. The specialist's eyes widened as she realize that an explosion had just taken place…and that the screaming had stopped.

Outside, the girls all saw the massive fireball that came from the side of the building and took off towards it, they arrived to see a cloaked figure jumping through a hole. He landed and ripped off said cloak, which had caught on fire. He stood to his full height, the black armor completely visible. Jaune's face looked horrible, his face was covered in grim, a full on Viking beard was on his face, his eyes looked wild.

The trio stopped dead in their tracks as they saw him, his appearance a shock. Atlas soldiers started to surround him. Jaune looked around as they leveled their weapons, he snarled as he held up his left arm…and a barrel popped out. A stream of fire burped forward, the soldier shrieked in fear as Jaune whirled around, sending it out in all directions.

The soldiers all fell, some dodging the flames, others falling down as the flames burned them to death. Their screams echoing in the night, Jaune quickly took off. The girls, shaking off their shock, followed hot on his trail. Winter jumped through the hole, catching the tail end of the girls running. She growled as she followed, though…more in worry than anger.

Jaune kept running, his sword moving left and right, slashing anyone who got in his way. As he approached the guard checkpoint, all of them aimed their weapons at him. Jaune merely snarled as he reached into a pocket and pulled out what appeared to be a round ball, he pressed a button and threw it. The checkpoint exploded into a fire ball, the soldiers all falling around him and his pursuers.

He ran past the fire, taking a right into a nearby building. The girls, all except Winter, all ran in after him. The doors slamming shut as they entered, Winter slammed her fist into the door as she arrived.

"Damn it," The woman yelled before turning to some of the soldiers that had followed her, "Find me another entrance, now!"

Inside, the building was dark as pitch, the girls all circled up to keep an eye out.

"Yang…why are you touching my butt?" Blake asked suddenly, confusion in her voice.

"It's not me, it's Weiss!" Yang insisted, only for the heiress to scoff.

"I'm not touching her…it's…it's…" Weiss stuttered…only for Blake to be suddenly pulled upwards into the rafters of the building.

"Blake!" Yang yelled as Blake was brought up high, coming face to face with Jaune. The blonde stared deep into her yellow eyes, she was taken aback by that eye. It didn't fit that face, the eye of a warrior.

"Blake…surprised to see you here." Jaune said, his voice low and threatening.

"Jaune…you can stop this…you don't need to do this, come with us. I'll protect you from Yang, we can…" Blake begged, only to be cut off by Jaune.

"You'll protect me? No…no you won't, you won't protect anyone, because when it all goes to hell…you'll run. That's what you'll always do, you're nothing but a coward. Run home kitty cat, it's all you ever do." Jaune said…right before kicking her through a nearby window, she landed on her feet but the blow took a lot out of her, she could barely stand but, even with that Aura, she wouldn't have moved. Blake looked at her hands, he was right…she always ran, she always ran.

Blake punched the wall of the building, why? Why did she always run? Why couldn't she be more like Ruby, Weiss, or Yang? They never ran, they always met their problems head on. She suddenly stopped herself and grit her teeth, no…she wasn't letting this stop her…she was going to stop Jaune. She was going to save him, he didn't deserve this. She tried to take a step…only to collapse as she stepped forward.

"Hold still, I'm here." A voice sounded next to her, she slowly turned to the source.

"Sun?" Blake asked in pure confusion.

In the building…

Yang was blasted through a window and into the streets, her soot covered body landing roughly in the streets. She coughed as she got to her feet.

"Damn Jaune," She said with a laugh as she looked through the windows, "When did you start taking lessons from the Yang school of kickass?"

Yang chuckled at her own joke, right before falling back down. She clutched her side in pain, Jaune had really gotten strong the past months. She laughed out loud, so…this is what happens when you pushed him too far. Pyrrha would have been proud…Pyrrha…she was the cause of all this.

"Damn it, Pyr," Yang said as she hit the ground, new tears forming, "Why did you go up there? Don't you see what you've turned him into?"

Her head rolled to the side, catching the glimpse of a set of horse hooves standing next to her. Weiss, on the other hand, was currently in the middle of a clash with Jaune. Her blades finest craftsmanship against the cold, thick steel of Jaune's, she leaned to the left, allowing the huge blade to slide off and into the ground. She growled as she stabbed forward, catching the teen in the shoulder. Her blade, however, merely bounced off his armor.

"Why Jaune? She was innocent?" Weiss yelled as she switched strategies, going for his face. Jaune merely moving his head side to side to avoid the blade, his eyes focused on her, "She had nothing to do with Pyrrha! She tried to save her!"

"And she failed," Jaune said, his voice bringing the heiress to a halt, "Just like you failed her, you both failed."

"That's…" Weiss stammered before her mouth slammed shut, he wasn't wrong, if she or Ruby had been a bit faster…they might have saved her. Weiss barely dodged the next swing as Jaune roared, the heiress moving back.

"You…you always looked at her with greed, you wanted her because she would help your own social status…you thought that she would make you look good," Jaune whispered, Weiss looked at him in shock…she knew he was right, "And all that time…she looked at me, she loved me…while I went after you. She was patient, she was kind, she didn't care about your opinion."

"What's your point?" Weiss asked, her voice quivering.

"My point? My point is that you don't understand…you don't understand what it means to care about someone, even if they love you…we're not too different you and I," Jaune said with a sick grin, "She begged for you…Ruby did, she screamed your name as I gouged out her eyes."

Weiss screamed as she surged forward, a huge mystical hand with an even bigger sword coming from behind her. Jaune merely laughed as he dodged her and slammed his sword into the mystical sword, the sword shattering as Weiss tripped on her heels. She whirled around reaching for her blade…only for a boot to slam down on her arm, Weiss looked up to Jaune's wild eyes.

"Weiss!" Winter yelled as the door was blown off its hinges, the sister running in as Jaune stabbed Weiss. Winter could see Weiss's eyes widen as the blade passed through her, sticking out her back. Jaune turned to face her, right before another explosion erupted…knocking Winter back. The older Schnee sister jumped to her feet and looked around…only to see the room completely collapsed.

She collapsed, Jaune…he had done it, he had killed Weiss, he had killed Ruby…Winter grit her teeth even harder…he was a dead man…

A few hours later…

Neo pushed passed the guards into the emergency room, her breath short as she looked at Yang's broken body. The blonde smiled as the short girl walked in.

"What's cool Ice Cream?" Yang said with a chuckle as Neo approached and grabbed her in a hug, "Ouch…hey…don't squeeze too hard, doc say's I'm OK. Just a few busted ribs, nothing serious."

Neo continued to hug the blonde as two pairs of eye watched.

"She's gonna be OK?" Neptune asked as they turned away.

"Yeah, nothing serious. He didn't go all out on her." Sun answered as the pair moved throughout the camp.

"Where's Blake?" The blue haired teen asked as he looked around.

"With Emerald, trying to figure out what Jaune asked her, damn it," Sun yelled as he looked at the hole in the building, "How the hell did Jaune do this? I mean…he's a twig!"

"Doesn't seem to be like that now…that monster killed Weiss…" Neptune growled as his fist clenched.

"I know, stay cool though," Sun said as he placed a comforting hand on the blue haired teens shoulder, "We don't want to go off halfcocked, Jaune's a lot more dangerous than we thought."

"I know…but we need to…" Neptune started, right before he suddenly stopped.

"What?" The monkey faunas asked, only for Neptune to point forward. Sun followed his gaze and stopped dead in his tracks, there, in broad daylight, stood a man in a black cloak. Jaune's smirk radiated arrogance as he turned and walked away, unnoticed by anyone else. Neptune took off after him, "Neptune!"

Sun ran after him as they cut across various streets, into a sky scraper, and up a few floors. The two slowly walked onto the third story, keeping an eye out for the teen.

"So…you are here," Jaune said as the pair snapped to him, a crack of light shined through and Jaune was sitting in it. His sword point on the ground while the hilt was leaned against a pillar, "I thought I smelled cheap hair dye and shit."

Neptune didn't respond as he charged forward, his weapon shifting into its rifle for and blasting at Jaune…who merely grabbed his huge blade and blocked the shots. Sun followed up by leaping into the air and slamming his staff down, Jaune blocked that as well.

"Why, damn it?" Sun yelled as he broke off and tried to slam his staff into Jaune's side, "Why did you do it?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Jaune said with a grin as he dodged said strikes, "Weiss rejected me on prom night…I couldn't let that stand."

"You bastard!" Neptune yelled as his weapon shifted and he attempted to slam his weapon's blade into Jaune's leg, only for Jaune to block said strike, right before ducking under Sun's swing. He kicked the monkey faunas back as he turned to face Neptune again.

"What? Sad that you didn't get to stick your dick in royalty?" Jaune said, slashing at Neptune, who only barely dodged it, "Does it make you sad? Realizing that she wanted Ruby more than you?"

"Shut up!" Neptune yelled again, trying to press the offensive.

"She jumped into Ruby's arms when she saw her again, kissed her full on the mouth…" Jaune said, right before Sun jumped in and slammed his nun-chucks into Jaune's torso.

"You need to learn when to shut up!" The monkey yelled as he started firing shotgun blast into the blonde's torso, right before Neptune followed up by firing his weapon into Jaune's torso, forcing him back. Sun finished up the combo with a kick that sent Jaune flying back, the poor teen landing on his face, "I guess you're not such hot shit after all."

Both Neptune and Sun high-fived with a whoop, only to fall silent as Jaune got up. He turned around and the boy's took a step back in shock, a helmet had covered his face. It was a simple thing, just an orange visor in-between two black pieces…but the sides seemed to have a wolfish paint to them. Jaune snarled, his voice being more akin to a beast as he started forward.

Neptune fired his weapon at the fully armored teen, Jaune barely flinched as the shot hit him. His speed was unaffected as he kept moving forward, dragging his sword on the ground. Sun yelled as he charged in, slamming his weapon into the armored teen's side…only for the teen to not budge. Jaune looked over at the teen, right before he grabbed the staff, slammed Sun into the ground three times with it and threw him out a window. Jaune snapped to Neptune, who fired a few more shots at him…the monster was unaffected as he surged forward, grabbing Neptune by the throat.

Jaune roared as he slammed the teen into the ground, dragging him around as he threw him across the room. Neptune slammed into a pillar, only for Jaune to kick him through it, destroying a water pipe that was still functioning. The blue haired teen tried to get up, only for Jaune to land on his back, slamming his foot in a brutal curb stomp onto Neptune's head. He twisted his foot, right before he spied a growing pool of water.

Jaune picked up the beaten teen and threw him towards the water, Neptune stopped a few inches from the water. His eye's widened as Jaune grabbed his head.

"No…no, nonononono…" Neptune begged as Jaune, with another snarl, slammed the poor teens face into the water. Neptune's panicked motions simply made the monster growl as he let him up for oxygen…and slamming him back down, Neptune felt himself slowly slipping into darkness…right before he was let up suddenly. He turned around, his head swimming and managed to get a glimpse of Jaune's face…looking at his hands in shock.

Neptune saw the fear in his face, the regret…the last thing he thought before falling unconscious was…there's no way that he killed Weiss or Ruby…

And that's done, this is by far the largest update so far and it was quite a lot of effort. Now the plot thickens…but you'll have to wait till next time to see if Neptune is right…is he? Is Jaune really incapable of killing Ruby or Weiss? Has he fallen off the deep end and is just a brutal killing machine? Who knows? Even I don't know (OK, that's a lie.)

On a different note, two announcements regarding this story, first off, I do intend to try and have this done before V4 of RWBY comes out, just a FYI deal.

Second, I think I'm reaching enough people to ask this, I'm not an artist (Just look at some of my actual covers) and don't want to pay for a commission…anyone interested in doing a cover for this story? If you're interested, PM and we'll discuss details.

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