We open to the view of the balcony café in the middle of Vale where Sun, Rebel and Blake were seen drinking tea. The monkey Faunus says, "Finally, she speaks! Nearly two days and you gave me nothing but small talk and weird looks!" Blake gives him a firm look while Rebel growls at him. "Yeah, like that." Blake rolls her eyes before closing them and looking at him sadly and asks, "Sun...Are you familiar with the White Fang?" Sun replies, "Of course! I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me!" Rebel sips her drink while listening until she speaks up for the big reveal, "Blake and I were once members of the White Fang." Sun promptly goes cross-eyed and chokes on his drink, making him put it down and wipe his mouth as he holds up a hand to process this information and asks, "Wait a minute, you two were members of the White Fang?!" Blake replies, "That's right. We were members for most of our lives, actually. You could almost say we were born into it..." Blake and Rebel experience a silhouetted flashback of fallen weapons plunged into the ground, swords, guns, any number of combinations. Blake continues, "Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus." Animal-eared and tailed Faunus on one side, regular Humans on the other, shaking hands and making peace after their struggle. This does not last long, as seen by a white Faunus cowering in fear of the gray-and-black aggressors harassing the hybrid. Later, more Faunus are pushing the crowd away from their bullied brethren. Blake continues, "Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as the voice of our people. And we were there." Silhouettes of Faunus protesters are revealed, and emerging from the shadows are two young girls, one with dark hair and cat ears, the other with dark hair and wolf ears and a tail. Blake continues "We were at the front of every rally. We took part in every boycott. We actually thought we were making a difference. But we were just youthful optimists." The blue flag of a white wolf with sad eyes and a circle behind its head is lowered, and raised in its stead is a red monster with three bloody scratches and teeth bared at the world. Rebel then says, "Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking." Faunus are replacing their picket signs with axes and blades, windows being broken, thieves leaping on trains to steal their cargo. Rebel continues, "Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect...out of fear." The flashback shows three Faunus individuals standing in a dominating manner with malicious grins until Rebel puts down her teacup in front of a stunned Sun. Rebel continues, "So, we left. We decided we no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, we would dedicate my life to becoming Huntresses. So here we are: two criminals hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow." Blake wiggles her cat ears beneath the fashionable disguise to demonstrate. Sun, coming to terms with this, asks, "So...have you told your friends any of this?" Blake and Rebel merely look down in shame and say nothing.
Ruby shouts, "Blaaaake!" Yang, also calls out, "Blaaaake!" Ruby, Yang, Ivory, Vanessa, Yvette, and Weiss are walking through town and calling in vain for their missing teammates. Ivory screams, "Rebeeeeeel! Where aaaare youuuu!?" Yvette yells out, "Rebel!" Ruby turns to Weiss and says, "Weiiiiss, you're not helping!" Weiss replies, "Oh! You know what might be able to help? The police!" Ruby crosses her arms in irritation and says, "Ugh, Weiss..." Weiss replies, "It was just an idea!" Yvette, walking down the sidewalk, says, "Yeah, a bad one." Yang, following behind Ruby says, "Weiss, I think we should hear their side of the story before we jump to any conclusions." Weiss, following behind Yang, says, "I think that when we hear it, you'll all realize I was right!" Penny, following behind Weiss, says, "And I think Weiss' hair looks wonderful today!" Ruby turns around suddenly with her and Ivory's teammates in surprise and asks, "Aaaah! Penny! Where did you come from!?" Penny cheerfully ignoring the question and asks, "Hey guys! What are you up to?" Ruby replies, "Uhh..." Yang replies, "We're looking for our friends Blake and Rebel." Penny says, "Ooooh, you mean the Faunus girls!" Ruby, Weiss, Ivory, Vanessa, Yvette, and Yang stare at Penny. Ruby asks, "Wait, I know you knew Rebel was a Faunus, but how did you know that about Blake?" Penny replies, "Uhh, the cat ears?" She points to her head. Yang laughs a little and says, "What cat ears? She wears a...boooohhh..." The realization leaves them in silence as a tumbleweed blows through in the wind. Ruby whispers, "She does like tuna a lot..." Ivory adds, "That explains a lot." Penny asks, "So, where are they?" Ruby replies, "We don't know. They've been missing since Friday." Penny gasps and says, "That's terrible!" Approaching an uncomfortable Ruby and Ivory, "Well, don't you worry Ruby and Ivory, my friends! I won't rest until we find your teammates!" Ruby, doing her best to continue smiling, replies, "Uh, that's really nice of you, Penny, but we're okay! Really! Right, guys?" She looks over Penny to direct her question at Yang, Vanessa, Yvette, and Weiss, who's blinking outlines are all that's left of their sudden departure from the company of the strange girl. A tumbleweed blows past them again in the quiet. Penny says, "It sure is windy today!"
Sun, Rebel and Blake are then seen walking down an alley. Sun, hands behind his head, asks, "So, what's the plan now?" Blake contemplates and says, "I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies. They've never needed that much Dust before." Sun widens his eyes and asks, "What if they did?" He lowers his arms and pacing in front of Blake and Rebel as he continues his theory, "I mean...the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there! Right?" Blake replies, "The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be." Sun says, "Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas." Rebel asks, "How huge?" Sun replies, "Huge. Big Schnee Company freighter." Rebel asks, "You're sure?"
Yang, coming out of a shop with Weiss, Vanessa and Yvette, waves to the person inside and says, "Thanks anyways!" She sighs. "This is hopeless." She asks Weiss when she looks around nonchalantly, "You really don't care if we find them, do you?" Weiss replies, "Don't be stupid; of course I do. I'm just afraid of what they'll say when we find them." She walks forward, calling over her shoulder, "The innocent never run, Yang!" Yang looks down in thought. Vanessa taps Yvette's shoulder and she signs: Do you feel that way about them? Yvette, who has learned sign language, shakes her head and responds, "Of course I don't think that about Rebel and Blake, Vanessa. We'll find them and they'll tell us the whole story."
Penny asks, "So, Blake and Rebel are your friends?" Ruby sighs as they make their way down the sidewalk and replies, "Yes, Penny." Penny asks, "But you're mad at them?" Ivory replies, "Yes. Well, we're not. Weiss is." Penny asks, "Is she friends with Blake and Rebel?" Ruby replies, "Well, that's kind of up in the air right now..." Penny, trying to contemplate this, asks, "But why?" Ivory sighs and replies, "Well, you see, Blake and Rebel might not be who we though they were..." Penny gasps and asks, "Are they men?" Ruby replies, "No! No, Penny. They're..." She stops and sighs, looking at Penny as she talks now, "We don't know what they are. They didn't exactly talk to us before they decided to run off." Penny says, "I don't have a lot of friends, but if I did, I would want them to talk to me about things." Ivory turns her gaze downward sadly and says, "Me too..." They continue walking.
Amidst the chirping of crickets and darkness of night, Blake and Rebel lay flat on their stomachs on the rooftop overlooking the shipment of Schnee Dust containers. Sun asks, "Did I miss anything?" Blake looks up as Sun drops down to her right and replies, "Not really. They've offloaded the crates from the boat. Now they're just sitting there." Sun says, "Cool." He holds out one of the green apples in his arms. "I stole you some food!" Rebel replies, "You could have at least gotten some Red Delicious." Blake gives Sun a questioning look and asks, "Do you always break the law without giving a second thought?" Sun defensively counters, "Hey, weren't you two in a cult or something?" Blake and Rebel deliver angry glares at him, while Rebel growls. "Okay, too soon!" Just as he says this, the winds blows all around them, and they look up to see a Bullhead's searchlights flashing around for a landing spot, descending in the middle of the cargo containers and extending a ramp for a black hooded individual with a metallic fanged mask to come out of. Blake says, "Oh no..." Sun asks, "Is that them?" Rebel stares at the bloody wolf on the back of the man's outfit and replies, "Yes...It's them." A White Fang Soldier says to the other White Fang members coming from the aircraft, motioning with his rifle, "All right, grab the tow cables!" Sun asks Blake, "You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?" Blake stares sadly at the scene and replies, "No. I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right." She closes her eyes in despair, only to open them suddenly when she hears a new voice. Roman asks, "Hey! What's the holdup!?" The soldiers look up at Roman gesturing widely and coming down the ramp. "We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace?" Rebel says, "This isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a Human. Especially not one like that." She and Blake stand up and unsheathes the katana of Gambol Shroud and readying Howling Rebel before walking off the edge of the roof. Sun, alarmed, asks, "Hey, what are you doing?!" Blake and Rebel fall to the ground in a crouch, then continue on to hide behind one of the containers, peeking around the corner to see Roman berate a White Fang member holding a coil of rope. Roman says, "No, you idiot! This isn't a leash!" As he's looking around, Blake and Rebel suddenly appear behind him with Gambol Shroud at his throat. "What the- Oh, for f-" He rolls his eyes when he's cut off by Blake mid-swear. Blake yells, "Nobody move!" The White Fang soldiers ready their guns and equip their swords in response. Roman says, "Whoa! Take it easy there, little ladies." As the White Fang closes in on her, Blake uses her free hand to go for her bow and remove it, causing the ribbon to fall away as her Faunus ears are shown to the world. Rebel yells, "Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you aiding this scum?" The White Fang members lower their weapons a little at this development, unsure of what to do, when Roman laughs. Roman asks, "Oh, kids, didn't you get the memo?" Blake asks, "What are you talking about?" Roman replies, "The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together!" Blake says, "Tell us what it is or we'll put an end to your little operation." Suddenly, the air is filled with more turbines blowing the wind wildly around the holdup. Roman looks up and replies, "I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation..." Two more Bullheads are hovering above the heist, and as Blake and Rebel watch in horror, Roman smiles and manages to fire his cane at Blake's feet, resulting in a large explosion.
Penny, Ivory and Ruby turn around upon hearing the noise, seeing the smoke rise from the docking bay just a few buildings away. Ruby says, "Oh, no..." Ivory then says, "Let's move!" Blake and Rebel, dazed but relatively unhurt on the ground, quickly roll and run out of the way of Roman's continued attacks, flaming missiles destroying cargo behind them as they retreat behind more containers. Roman approaches slowly and says, "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty...Here Puppy, puppy, puppy..." His taunt is interrupted when a banana peel lands on his head, causing him to look up and growl at the assailant. Sun leaps from the container above Roman and drops down on the criminal's face feet-first, rolling up and readying himself to fight. Sun then yells, "Leave them alone!" The Bullheads open to let more White Fang members descend on the scene, standing by Roman as he gets up and surrounding Sun. Roman asks, "You're not the brightest banana in the bunch, are you, kid?" With that said, the White Fang charge at the monkey Faunus, but he manages to dodge slashes and get some of the soldiers with his fists and kicks until he rolls out of the way, pulling out a collapsible red staff. He quickly uses this to beat down on each opponent that nears him, falling each one in a single flaming blow when he twirls, even creating a scorching shockwave to beat the last of them. Blake and Rebel peer around the corner of the container to watch Sun jump around and beat more White Fang soldiers, causing one to fly over Roman's head. The crime boss growls in annoyance and aims his cane at Sun, firing a shot that he defends himself from just when Blake leaps into the action. Blake yells, "He's mine!" Blake goes in close and becomes a blur of afterimages as she slashes both blades at Roman, who backs away and deflects each would-be blow with his cane at unbelievable speeds. Blake continues to dash, hop over, and slide around Roman to try and find a weak spot, but her enemy, while barely deflecting the attacks, lands a few hits on Blake until one final beating with his cane causes her to go down. Rebel then dashes in and tries to inflict damage on Roman, but she is constantly blocked as well. Roman eventually lands a hit on Rebel, causing her to fly back. Just as Roman deals with one opponent, Sun appears right behind her and disconnects his staff in two spinning circles of flame-firing shotgun nunchucks that only slow down once before becoming twin arcs of offense again. Sun swings each gun at Roman while firing everything he as at him, but even with the rapid series of shots and flying bullets, Roman manages to defend himself against every bullet and hit until a millisecond-long pause allows Sun to and knock him back. On his back, Roman notices a container hanging by a crane right above the three warriors, and gets up to fire his cane at its supports. Blake and Rebel leap behind it, but Sun barely misses when he jumps forward, ending up right below the nozzle of Roman's cane.
Just as he's about to fire, a loud howl is heard. Roman asks himself, "What the-?" But he's cut of as a blur of black covers Sun and pushes Roman. Roman looks up to see a six foot tall wolf growling at him. He then notices Howling Rebel on it's back, and says in realization, "That explains the two Faunus traits." Ruby, Ivory and Penny arrive to see the wolf as it yells, "Leave them alone!" Ivory realizes that the wolf is Rebel and says, "So that's her Semblance." Rebel pounces onto Roman as he backs away. Several White Fang members try to fight, but they all get pushed away by Rebel's paws. Roman fires a shot at Rebel, who leaps out of the way, onto a crate. She moves from crate to crate, while Roman fires several shots. Finally, a shot hits Rebel, and the dust momentarily blinds her. Roman takes this opportunity and shoots at her, landing a direct hit. She whimpers as she turns back to her human form, while Roman stands over her and asks, "Out of Aura, little pup?" Just as he's about to fire, his attention is drawn to a familiar voice. Ruby yells, "Hey!" Ruby and Ivory appear on the rooftop overlooking them, Crescent Rose and Quarter Stone extended and ready for action. Roman, losing interest in Rebel, waves and says, "Well, hello, Red and White! Isn't it past your bedtime?" Penny approaches Ruby and Ivory and asks, "Ruby, Ivory, are these people your friends?" Ruby looks behind her and says, "Penny, get back!" While her attention is diverted, Roman snarls and fires his cane at her, launching the young Huntress-in-training back from the explosion's force and sending her scythe flying away, screaming. Ivory yells, worryingly, "Ruby!" Roman gives off a professional-level evil laugh at his attack on the young girl. Penny turns her head toward the criminal and gives her first glare, walking forward while Ruby tries to get back up. Ivory sees what Penny is about to do and says, "Penny, wait! Stop!" She raises her hand in a futile attempt to stop her. Penny replies, "Don't worry, Ruby and Ivory. I'm combat ready!"
Her backpack mechanically opens up, and from its dark depths comes a single sword that extends and multiples into several blades hovering over Penny's back. Leaping from the rooftop with the weapons acting as wings, she sends three of her swords to knock two White Fang soldiers down before even landing on the ground, where she proceeds to fling the swords at one enemy, impale another to a wall, create a barrier of spinning steel against a running attack, leaping over a goon with her swords in tow, and finally making a wheel that she throws to knock multiple Faunus off their feet. Sun observes the spectacle in amazement and says, "Whoa!" He runs off to safety. Blake has gotten up and noticed Rebel laying on the floor. She yells out, "Rebel!", picks her up, and carries her to safety. Three Bullheads come from the skies and open fire on the battle, but Penny merely forms a shield and launches two of her swords into the wall behind her, which in turn pull their wielder back with their strings. When her swords swirl around her again, she commands them to open their points and build up a large glowing ball of green light. With a punching action, several bright lasers crack the pavement when they fire at the transports and slice each one in half, causing several of the White Fang members inside to fall and letting Ruby and Ivory watch as Bullheads fall in pieces behind them. Stunned, they turn back to Penny as she aims her swords at the remaining Bullheads holding the crate of Dust and pulls back on their wires, tugging the aircraft with them. Ruby watches in awe and asks, "Whoa...How is she doing that?" Seeing the Bullhead's flight fall under Penny's control, Roman grimaces and turns to run towards the last transport. Penny, after her large green pupils dilate for a second, pulls with all her might on the strings, and the aircraft crashes into a stack of crates, causing an explosion as a result. Roman watches from the safety of his escape and says to himself, "These kids just keep getting weirder..." With his observation made, he uses his cane to close the doors, and the jet lifts off, flying away from the lost battle.
Later, a handful of police cars are at the docks, where Ruby, Blake, Sun, Ivory, Rebel (who has been bandaged up), and Penny are sitting on boxes in silence. That is, until Weiss, Vanessa, Yvette, and Yang appear on the scene. Ruby speaks quickly to explain the situation, "Look Weiss, it's not what you think, they explained the whole thing. See, Blake doesn't actually have a bow, she has kitty ears and they're actually kind of cute..." Weiss ignores her and squares off with Blake. Ivory adds, "And Rebel has two animal traits because of her Semblance. She can be a giant wolf." Weiss ignores her, also. Blake calmly looks her down and says, "Weiss, I want you to know that we're no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when we were with the-" Weiss says, "Stop! Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you two?" She pauses. "Twelve hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this. And in that twelve hours, I've decided..." Yang, Sun, Ivory, Vanessa, Yvette, and Ruby look on, worried. Weiss says, "I don't care." Rebel asks, surprised, "You don't care?" Weiss asks, "You said you're not with them anymore, right?" Blake replies, "No, we-we haven't been since we were younger-" Weiss silences her and says, "Ah-bah-bah-bah-bah! I don't want to hear it. All I want to know is that the next time something this big comes up...you'll come to your teammates. And not some..." She looks at Sun behind her as she catches herself. "Someone else." Blake looks at Ruby and Yang grinning at her, she wipes a tear from her eye, nodding, and says, "Of course." Rebel looks at her own teammates as she adds, "Absolutely." Weiss smiles and nods. The moment is serious for a second more until Ruby screams, waving her arms wildly, "Yeah! Team RWBY is back together!" Ivory adds, "And so is Team IVRY!" Weiss says as the nine gather with each other, she points accusingly at Sun, "I'm still not quite sure about how I feel about you!" Sun laughs nervously. Ruby looks around and asks, "Hey, wait a minute...Where's Penny?" From the darkened back seat of a limo, Penny watches the group of friends reuniting with each other. Penny's Driver says, "You should know better than to go running around in a strange city." Penny lowers her head, and sadly says, "I know, sir." Penny's Driver says, as the car drives off, "Penny, your time will come..." Meanwhile, Ozpin is seen holding a Scroll showing a "LIVE FEED" of Ruby at the docks. He closes the video and opens up a communication with Qrow, whose team name and other information is left blank and his only message is: "QUEEN HAS PAWNS." Ozpin "Hmmms..." to himself. He looks out to Beacon Academy bathed in the light of the nearly-full moon.
Later, Roman walks into a large warehouse with a shadowy interior. He goes over to a table and places down a case of mysterious contents, sighing in tiredness. A woman's voice says, "How very disappointing, Roman." Roman turns around suddenly when he hears the voice and their noisy entrance and says, "Whoa! Hehe...I wasn't expecting to see you guys so soon..." One of the three figures before Roman, only her head, containing yellow eyes and flowing dark hair, is seen as she says, "We were expecting...more from you." Roman laughs a little before getting serious, "Hey! You were the ones who suggested working with those stupid mutts from the White Fang." The woman chuckles darkly and says, "And you will continue to do so." She summons a fireball in her hand and steps out of the darkness with her two companions, a purple-haired man and mint-haired, tanned woman, eyes glowing gold. "We have big plans for you, Roman. All we ask is...a little cooperation."