As Ruby woke up, she realised that she'd slept all the way through that day. She realised that two things were different about this particular morning. The first brought her happiness. The second gave a little disappointment. Both gifted confusion.

Ruby was completely recovered from her sickness which she'd felt sure would take a couple of days to recover.

And Jet wasn't asleep beside her.

Looking around, she noticed that both Blake and Weiss weren't there either. Thankfully, it was another weekend, but where were they?

"I just wanted to speak about it." Weiss retorted indignantly to Blake, who stood with an irritated look on her face.

"You dragged me out here to the training grounds, and you're standing two feet in front of me. Is it really that bad for Ruby to hear about our suspicions?" Blake asked, with a look that said 'Really?' to Weiss. She would not back down.

"If either of them hear about our suspicions, they'll just shoot us down. and besides, he's –" Weiss began, but before she could continue her lecture, she heard a familiar voice from above her.

"Hear about what?" Jet asked, before he plummeted directly downwards from the overcast sky and landed directly beside Weiss, who jumped as he hit the clay ground. She was furious, and Blake now looked far from happy.

"Were you eavesdropping the entire time? If so, I might-" Weiss started to ask Jet sternly, but he cut her off by sweeping his hand in a very good imitation of her. He stood with his arms and legs apart, in a stance that plainly said "Come at me."

"Try me, Weiss. And no, I only just happened to hear you from the clouds above." Jet replied smoothly. "Besides, I'm not just here for a chat. It was actually very convenient that I caught you two here."

"What is it?" Blake asked, her neutral tone not giving much away.

"I need to train. I've developed some new abilities that I can use. Plus, it seems that whenever I fight with anyone, it always ends quickly." Jet explained. Now Weiss felt somewhat surprised. He was an extremely powerful fighter, on par with an entire team of Hunters in training. Why would he seek them out? Fortunately, Blake spoke for her.

"Why do you see that as necessary? You're too strong for us." Blake said bluntly, ignoring Weiss' offended growl.

"Well, think about it this way, ladies." Jet proffered, leaning up against a wall and folding his arms. "There's three times we fought. Weiss confronting me back in Vale, our tournament match, and our encounter in the cave. What gave me victory back then?"

Weiss thought about this. She had a crystal clear memory of each event. She cast her mind back to the moments when she knew her side was beginning to lose.

Weiss replayed the events of her first confrontation with Jet. She had him pinned, and was halfway through unleashing jab after jab to his stomach. Then, that moment when she paused.

"You can't do anything. You're stuck, and I'm going to personally ensure you never bother our leader again. How can you possibly stop me?" she asked.

"I… can't." Jet coughed out, the blows to his chest starting to get the better of him. "But we are… Legion."

Something slammed into her side, and Weiss was barrelled over by the new arrival, who had shrouded herself with electricity before tackling Weiss, knocking the wind out of her even as she was burned by the electric power behind it. She rolled straight into a brick wall, before standing up.

Lilac now stood between her and Jet, who was now rising, his wounds being healed by Izzet, who was performing her time-reversal on him. Nouvelle leaped from a building and joined her, before the entirety of Team LIJN stood before her, and her rage was temporarily quelled at the knowledge that it was a four on one fight.

"Final Phase!"

Lilac danced out of the way of another lunge with Myrtenaster from Weiss, but instead of performing a counter with her whips as she had done previously to drain Weiss' aura this low, she moved to Jet's side as his call. She'd dealt a battering of blows to the blonde gymnast, however, and Lilac's aura was also in the red.

Weiss regrouped with Ruby and Yang, Blake obviously having gone down at some point. Yang was looking around for Blake, but Ruby had her eyes fixed on their three opponents.

"Time to show you what our secret move is! Legion End: Dark Ultimatum!" Jet yelled out. Weiss turned just in time to see Jet cut down both of his teammates with Midnight Rose, Lilac screaming in pain.

"Why would you do that?" Yang yelled. Weiss agreed with her, why HAD he done that? She then turned and saw that Jet's aura was rising, until the bar was full. Jet's aura had been restored by that!

"Um, Yang? Ruby?" she called, hoping to bring this to their attention.

"Now!" Jet roared, his voice piercing Weiss' ears with its volume. "YOU. ARE. FINISHED!"

Weiss' eyes were blurry. Yang was on top of her, Blake lying somewhere close too. She watched as her eyes slowly refocused on Ruby returning to Jet's side. So SHE had attacked Blake.

Her attention was drawn by Jet, who was emitting a red light, and she say, behind the crystals and armour, those black eyes.

"End of the line. Lock!" he called, pointing at Weiss.

Weiss felt something trap her. She tried to move, but to do so much as blink was impossible. She sensed the red aura surrounding her and struggled for all she was worth against its grip, but she was completely trapped.

Locked.

Weiss returned to reality. Jet gave her an encouraging look, and Blake was silent beside her.

"Your team, that ultimatum move, and the locking semblance." Weiss finally answered. Jet grinned in approval, and Weiss prided herself in her accurate memory. It often resulted in good grades.

"Well," Jet said, as he took two steps back, "my team isn't here. So that eliminates my superior numbers. And no," he added at Blake's questioning look that Weiss caught out of the corner of her eye, "I cannot call them into battle. Dark Ultimatum requires a willing sacrifice, so with my team gone, that's out of the question too."

"What about your locks?" Weiss asked, suspicious of this last answer.

"Observe." Jet simply commanded, before pointing at Weiss. She raised Myrtenaster defensively. She would not let him lock her without a fight!