Jacob and David were currently having a stare-down against each other. Jacob was going to reach for his pistol but David pulled out a revolver faster and aimed it at Jacob, so Jacob lowered his hand again.

"So... You're the spy David?" Jacob asked, not sounding surprised... or at least trying not to.

"Sure am" David said as he walked a bit closer. "I'm the spy... Big reveal right? Weren't expecting me to be the spy?"

"Nope... Sure wasn't" Jacob said. "So how long? How long have you been going behind my back you fucking bastard?"

"Since the day I came to Vale actually. Gathering information on the other students and all their fighting styles. Mainly in Vacuo but also getting ready for the tournament. As well as helping that idiot Roman more times than one" He said and smirked a bit. "Did you ever... notice how any time after you mentioned to me about one of your missions or going to attack the White Fang, there'd be a trap set up or more reinforcements?" He asked. "Did you REALLY think I went to check all those warehouses for Dust? You put a lot of trust in me Jacob... That's why it worked throughout the last few weeks"

Jacob raised a brow and gasped realizing his fuck up. He was right. Just about every mission was compromised by David. "You son of a bitch... The shipyard? The warehouse? Mountain Glenn? It was always YOU selling me out! You tried to have me KILLED! And you've been helping Roman succeed?!"

"Yes... Well at first I wanted you killed. But as we slowly got more and more close and when you got hold of the map we needed, I had to change my approach"

"Yeah but you were THERE. In the train. When I had the map in my possession and I just murdered the man you work with" Jacob said. "I was injured and vulnerable... Why didn't you attack me then?"

"I had to wait for the right moment. Every single piece of the puzzle had to move perfectly in place before I could strike" David said as he walked around Jacob with the revolver still on him. "I could've killed you and took the map. I very well could've... But I couldn't risk anyone finding out what happened. Especially with Atlas to close and ready to storm the tunnel. And so I waited. While all this was going on, the White Fang, who were disguising them as a gang in the city, was working a whole other job which involved mining into this bunker. All I did was simply work my plan into this one.

Jacob sighed and shook his head trying to process this. "This makes no sense David... why Salem? Why the White Fang? Why are YOU siding with her? You told me you were raised in Patch! Or was that another lie on top of... god knows what else you've been lying to me about!" Jacob said

"Well I definitely lied to you about certain things but... I was honest about others" He said. "My parent did die when I was a child. And the woman who took me in and raised me? She worked for Salem. And eventually as I grew up, I got to learn more and more about the harsh truth of the world. And how it's basically better to be on the winning side than the dead side"

"Dead side..." Jacob pointed to Arthur's dead body on the ground. "The dead side like him? Your best friend and partner?"

All David did was scoff and rolled his eyes. "He was never my friend. He's a psychopath and you knew that just as well as me. Reckless all to hell and only getting worse. If you didn't finish him off, it probably would've been me at some point" He said. "You think seeing him today was bad? You should've seen him in Shade..."

"Ah... So let me guess..." Jacob looked around the dead bodies. "Arthur was a decoy. You were working in the shadows all along and when I became more suspicious, you hired Arthur to take the fall in the end. But what you weren't expecting was for me to find out in the end anyway"

"Hmmmmm... So close but no" David said. "This was ALL an elaborate plan I came up with. Every single moment since you got hold of the map I had one purpose"

"Oh and what's that?"

"To get to you" David said. "I had to be very subtle when leading you in the right direction. Act like an idiot, like I didn't know a single thing that was going on. And let me say it was annoying but it worked out after all. A few days ago we learned that the blueprints we had of Beacons secret bunker showed that the bunker was actually made of a strong material that cant be broken into. Instead of calling off the job, I had a list pulled up of every White Fang soldier that we were worried would betray us, who didn't have the guts to go further than was required. They'd be the ones who were killed off by you when you evidently ended up here. I had to sacrifice Arthur in that group too but... Oh well. Nobody who knew who he really was will ever miss him. But in the end it was all worth it just to get you here. Cornered and nowhere to run as I tell you what I have to say"

"Oh yeah and what is it that you have to say?"

"That I know you on a more deeper level" David said and stopped walking. "You and I aren't entirely different... We grew up in same tragedies as kids. Our only difference is who helped us cope with them. Salem will win in the end and you and Evie just aren't capable of stopping her... Nobody is. All I want from you is... is that you come join me" He said.

"Excuse me!?" Jacob asked.

"Oh you heard me" He said. "I asked to be given a chance to try and persuade you. That you can just hand me the map instead of more time being spent on you...You and Evie can survive this. In fact everyone who obeys the way of Salem can survive... Do you want to survive Jacob?"

Jacob did give it a thought. Salem seems crazy powerful and might just get away with killing him and Evie... But then Jacob remembered that that never stopped him before. Why start worrying now? "Fuck you David! Me and Evie will NEVER side with you! And you'll NEVER Get the map!" He said. "I don't know what you planned would happen trying to blow open this wall here but-"

David laughed. "Oh Jacob... Of course the map isn't in this bunker. Besides, these explosives wouldn't even put a dent into the wall anyway. The bunker is too strong to be broken into... However... I know exactly where the map really is. Hidden away in your dorm room, was that what you said?" He asked and gave Jacob an evil smirk. Jacob went wide eyed and quickly took out his pistol, ready to murder David. But unfortunately for him David beat him to the trigger and shot Jacob twice in the gut, and once in the left thigh. The bullets were very strong and easily punched through what was left of his Aura. Jacob grunted and fell on the ground, holding his gut with one hand and trying to reach for his pistol that he dropped. But David casually walked over and kicked the pistol into the pit that was in the cave. "I guess it IS in your room judging from your response" He said.

"Don't... you fucking... dare..." Jacob said, who was becoming a bit dazed from blood loss already and was too wounded to fight anymore. "Evie... Evie will kill you... when she finds out... She already suspects you... You'll be the first she goes after..."

"Oh please. Who do you think helped Neo get free?" David asked as he walked past Jacob, and walked over to the explosives in the cave. "Well obviously I didn't free her in Mistral. I was stuck here with you. But I know a guy who's a bit of a pushover to our cause... But THAT is a secret you'll never get to know" David said. "As for Neo? Well... If she doesn't get away with killing your sister, I'll do it myself if she ever returns to Vale" He said. He was working on the bombs, and setting a countdown for 20 minutes but didn't begin said countdown just yet. Just as he got up, he heard a scroll ringtone and a light go off. He looked back and saw Jacobs scroll, which must've fallen out his pocket from the fall. Jacob tried to crawl over to the scroll and he did manage to hi the answer button, but David was able to grab the scroll from him. David saw that it was Yang calling.

"Jacob! Where the hell are you!? It say's Aura's been deple-"

The call was cut off very short when David crushed the scroll in his hand and then tossed that in the pit as well. "Enough of that... now to dispose of you" David said and picked Jacob up by his shoulders, getting his upper body off the ground. David started to drag Jacob towards the pit while Jacob was trying his hardest to get free. "For what it's worth Jacob, this isn't personal... Not that it really matters to you" He said as he got to the edge of the pit.

"W-W-Wait... Please..." Jacob said and put his hand on Davids arm.

David looked down at him. "What is it? Make it fast"

Jacob slowly looked up at David. "F... FFFFF... F-F-Fuck you!" He said as loud as he could and then spat on his face.

David just frowned as he wiped off the spit on his face. "Brave to the end. Loyal to your beliefs..." David said and smirked. "I can respect that about you Jacob. A shame you have to die for it though" He said. Without wasting anymore time he picked Jacob up and lifted him up in the air. Then he tossed Jacob over the edge where he slammed onto a slope, rolled around on the rocky floor a bit before finally lying on the hard ground. Still alive but Just barely. "Well... Goodbye Jacob" David said and then walked away making his way out of the cave.

As for Jacobs fate, he was left lying on his back. Breathing heavily and couldn't even move his body to try to escape. He's been broken by someone he trusted, and this was much worse than what happened between him and Pearl Attaway. This was someone Jacob actually trusted on a deeper level. But now that trust got to the best of Jacob... And as he slowly drifted off to unconsciousness, the only thing going through his head now was... What'll Evie say when she finds out?

White realm

Jacob woke up back in Juno's realm. However thing are different since the last time. the whole place was fidgety and unstable. As Jacob panted and looked around. He saw Evie was asleep next to him. He ran over and shook her. "Evie! Evie wake up!"

"Huh? Wha..." She opened her eyes and blinked quickly as she got on her feet and looked around. "What's going on?"

"I have no clue. I just woke up... I don't know where-"

"Jacob! Evie!" Juno appeared in her blue pixelated form but was very unstable and glitchy just like the rest of the room. "I don't have long so listen carefully"

"Juno? what's going on?" Jacob asked.

"You haven't spoken to us in so long" Evie said.

"I know now listen!" Juno said. "The mission has changed. Drastically! Salem is now onto us. She knows I'm aiding you two and she knows all about your lives on Earth. She's been using her power to seal the bridge between me and you two for quite some time. I was anticipating this happening but I didn't think it'd happen so soon"

"That... sounds bad" Jacob said. "What happens now? Are we going home?"

"No. Not now. But this is the best I could to to contact you one last time... The writing on the back of the map you found IS a book title, but has been missing for so long. The book holds the answers that I have no clue to what the answers are to the maps activation. It's a long story that I don't have the tie to go through" Juno explained. " Listen you two... If you two ever plan on returning home, you NEED the full power of the Apple of Eden to push through Salems seal and leave Remnant. Jacob, David the spy must be dealt with before you can move on. Evie, if you ever wish to leave Mistral alive, Neo also must be dealt with. I'm sending you two back and will both have just enough energy to wake up from both your comas but I have high hope that you'll have enough time to fully heal up. From here on its all up to you two. Forget stealth against Salem because she already knows about you two. I am sorry but that's as much as I can say now. I wish I had more time but this is all I can do... Now go! Both of you! Do not let them win!" She said her last words before her form disappeared, and in her place there were 2 separate rectangular shaped portals for the two to enter.

Before leaving however, Evie looked at Jacob. "Did she just say David the spy?" Evie asked and narrowed her eyes.

Jacob just sighed. "As much as I'm sure you're just dying to give me a giant 'I told you so' to my face, clearly the two of us have problems of our own to deal with" He said.

"Well you're not wrong... I'll see you back in Beacon and be ready for the biggest 'I told you so' of your life!" She said before running through her portal. As the room got more and more unstable and about to collapse.

"Trust me... I already am" Jacob quickly ran through his portal before the room they were in completely collapsed.

(Mistral) Hospital room - 4:25PM

Evie suddenly woke up harshly, gasping for air then breathing heavily. The doctors had just hooked her up to an IV, with a needle in her arm, tubes in her nose, and those sticky pulse straps around her body. "Where am I...?" She asked and looked around.

"She's awake! Already" A doctor said. "Get her teammates back in here. Tell them the good news" He said to a nurse, who nodded and quickly left. The doctor walked up to Evie and put his hands on her. "Ms. Frye relax! You were just in a fight in the city and have major injuries" He said.

"I know! Get off!" Evie said, trying to push him back but was currently too weak. Jaune and the rest of JNPR all went into the room and gasped seeing Evie was awake.

"Evie!" Pyrrha ran over and helped the doctor with holding Evie down. "It's ok. You're safe from Neo"

"N-No... She's still out there" Evie said. "Did you guys bring my supplies?"

"Right here" Jaune pulled out his bag and started to place down all of Evies Assassin belongings on the table. "We brought them with us when we saw your Aura was super low on the scrolls. But you're in no condition to fight"

"As if..." She said. When Pyrrha and the doctor let go, she just sat up again anyway. She pulled the straps off her arm and body everywhere, then the nose tube, then the needle in her arm. She didn't even bother reacting when the needle roughly came out and blood came down her arm. She got up on her feet, and limped over to the table while holding her head in pain.

Jaune didn't really know what to do. He tried to do the first thing that came to his mind, which was get her back in bed, but then Pyrrha stopped him. "Wait Jaune... Let her do whatever she's doing. She knows what to do" She said.

Jaune looked back at Evie, concerned to all hell. Evie got to the table and put her arm on the table to stand up, and grabbed a bottle of medicine from the other, She flicked the cap open and chugged it down. Within seconds, her Aura kicked back in and everyone saw her body glow a white aura as all wounds were healed up, and her concussion was gone. "There... Now I'm ready" Evie said, now able to stand and hold her balance. She looked back at the team who all looked surprised she just got right back up. "What?" She asked.

"Uh... N-Nothing. Just glad to see your ok now" Jaune said.

"Good. because Neo's still out there. It's not going to be easy to search for her but-"

"UH! No way you're going back out there!" Nora said. "You almost died last time. If you really think you're gonna go back out alone then-"

"I was going to ask if you guys are up for hunting her down" Evie said and smiled a bit.

"Oh..." Nora said. "Well in that case... Hell YES we do!" She cheered.

"We're by your side Evie. This time all of us" Jaune said.

"What about the special agents? Back at your house?" Evie asked Pyrrha.

"We managed to lose them as we escaped. But as far as they know they don't know we're here... yet" Pyrrha said.

"Good. Don't need them to get involved just yet" She said. "This won't be easy just like I said. But I believe somebody in town knows exactly where to find her" She added. "Just wait outside so I can change" She said.

They all nodded and got out the room. "Good to see your still with us" Jaune said and gave her a hug before leaving.

Evie smiled a bit at the hug then took the rest of her clothes and weapons. "Hm... Wonder if Jacob's alright" Evie said to herself.

(Beacon) underground caves - 4:30PM

Jacob just managed to climb out of the pit after a few attempts. It was difficult because unlike Evie, Jacob had no medicines to heal his major wounds. When he fell into the pit, he landed on top of a spot on his jacket that the medicines were stashed in, and unfortunately crushed all the glass bottles they were in. So not only he had to get out of the mines while extremely hurt and barely able to move due to his bullet wounds, he had to also get out before the explosives go off in about... less than 5 minutes. So he better move. And that's what he did, taking off for the tunnels leading out of that room and limping his way back up to the surface with his arm holding his waist that got shot.

'How could I be so stupid... Raven warned me and I still didn't see it' Jacob thought as he kept going, no intention to stop. 'I practically handed him the map at this point and i didn't even realize. That fucking... FUCK! I'm gonna kill him. No hesitation. I just... just gotta get out... Hope that I don't die again' He also thought.

RWBY(J) Dorm Room - 4:33PM

Meanwhile, David was busy trashing Jacobs room. Trying to search for the map wherever it could be. He went through not only Jacob's stuff, but the other teammates stuff. Pretty much everything in the room is being searched. "Where the hell is it!? Those bombs could go off any minute" He said. After trashing the shelves, the desks, the beds, and the bathroom, he now checked the closet. Alot of girl stuff, not much of a surprise since it was 4 girls and 1 guy in this room. "Ugh. Who needs a whole shelf of shoes?" He asked as he picked up a pair of white shoes from the top shelf. "I know these are that chick Weises shoes because they're all WHITE!" He said and threw it on the ground. When he did that, the shoe broke through the floor board, and David noticed a slight glow come from under the closet floor. He raised a brow. "What do we have here..." He went down and moved the board out of the way. Then he smiled seeing the map underneath. "There you are. Just what I was looking for" He said and got up. He was going to say how simple that was, up until he heard the door open behind him. He turned around and widened his eyes seeing Yang walk inside. "Yang... Shit..." He mumbled to himself.

"David?" Yang asked as she walked in. she then took a look around the room. "What the hell? Did you trash our room?" She asked.

"Me?" He asked. "Uh... S-Sorry about that. Jacob wanted me to pick something up for him and he said it was urgent" He said and held up the map. What he wasn't expecting was for Yang to already know about that.

"That map... Jacob told me not to let anyone take that" She said and raised a brow.

Davids heart skipped a beat when she said that. He only acted like that because it was Yang, someone he cared about very much. "Oh... he did, didn't he?" He said.

"Yeah. W-Where is Jacob? First his Aura went down and now we cant get hold of him on his scroll. What the hell is going..." Yang wasn't an idiot. And she put 2 and 2 together as she spoke out loud. He narrowed his eyes. "Where is Jacob, David?" She asked and walked around him to the wall while also closing the door behind him. "You better not have hurt him"

He sighed and put the map away. "You got me Yang... Lets just say Jacob got mixed up with some bad apples" David said. "I don't WANT to hurt you Yang. But please don't make this harder than it needs to be"

"What did you do to Jacob?!" She shouted.

"He's dead!" David yelled back.

She gasped. "Your lying... you..." She growled then shouted and turned red eyes, grabbing hold of the power cord to a lam and swinging the lamp into Davids face. David grunted and held his face and backed up. Yang ran up to him and kicked him down to his knees. Then she got behind him and put him in a choke hold. "You piece of shit! I Thought I knew you! How could you kill my teammate!?" She shouted.

David grabbed Yangs arm trying to get free. "There's more to him than you know..." He managed to get out. And then suddenly there was a big explosion that came from underneath the school. The blast was so big that the whole school shook like an earthquake. Yang yelped as the big vibrations caused her to let go of David and keep herself from falling. David was still on his legs, breathing heavy and coughing. During the distraction, David extended his leg out to kick Yang in the stomach. She grunted and fell off the ground as David ran towards the window and jumped right through it to escape.

"Oh no you don't! Get back here!" She shouted and also ran towards the window and went after him.

Emerald Forest - 4:35PM

The bombs went off in the caves, and the explosion was so big not only it shook the ground roughly, but Jacob nearly got trapped inside the underground tunnels as the whole place collapsed on itself. Jacob ran out of the exit and fell on the grass, panting and in enough pain already. "I'm alive... thank god..." He said. But until he could feel relieved, he heard the growls of a Beowolf pack. He sat up against a tree and saw the Beowolves running after him. About 6 of them. Nothing Jacob couldn't handle... if he wasn't all fucked up right now. The Beowolves were getting closer to him, ready to eat him while Jacob was hardly able to defend himself.

But thankfully for him, he heard another sound come closer to him. An Atlas Bullhead flew to where Jacob was. The Bullhead shot out rockets at the incoming pack of Beowolves, blowing them all up to pieces. Jacob saw the Bullhead slowly land on the open field near him, and the side hatch opened to reveal Edward and a couple Atlas soldiers. "There he is!" Edward said and jumped out.

"Edward...?" Jacob asked and tried to get up but groaned in pain trying. Edward and another soldier ran to him and helped him up on his feet and lead him to the Bullhead.

"You're gonna be alright Jacob. We're getting you out" He said.

"How did you find me?" Jacob asked.

"Your scroll activated an emergency tracking beacon when it was destroyed. The signal came from underground at first but thank god we found you here" Edward said. He helped Jacob up into the Bullhead and sat him down inside. "What the hell happened Jacob? Alarms are going off all over Beacon of a massive earthquake" He said.

"It's not an earthquake... The White Fang detonated bombs underneath the school. Tried to break into that bunker" Jacob said. "Edward... its David. He's the spy all along" He said.

"What? But what about Arthur?" He asked.

Jacob just shook his head. "Just a decoy... David used him to keep the suspicion off him. GOD! How could I be so stupid?!" He yelled and punched the wall behind him.

"Hey hey! Relax. He fooled all of us" Edward said. "Look right now we need to focus on catching him. Do you know where he could be now?"

Jacob sighed and rubbed his head. "He said he's on his way to take the map... but it's hard to tell where he could be now. He might still be on campus or hes already on his way out of Vale..." He grunted again holding his stomach. "I can't fight like this... He nearly killed me in there"

"Here" Edward pulled put one of Jacobs vials of medicines and handed it to him. "Thought you might need it"

"Thanks" Jacob opened the cap and poured it all down his throat. The medicine did the same thing it did to Evie, Which was jump start his Aura to heal all wounds. Within seconds he was back to fighting shape. "Phew... That feels better..."

"Ready to go after David?" Edward asked. "The airship ferry left just before the explosions. He's not getting out of here through the ferry"

"This makes no sense. He should've known that the airship won't takeoff after a disaster here" Jacob said. "How else could he be... oh no... Head straight for Vale! Now!"

Beacon courtyards - 4:37PM

David ran past the fountain, avoiding Yangs Gauntlet blasts as she chased him down. "Just a little closer... Just a little mooore... aaand-" He grunted as Yang came from the air and tackled David onto the ground. She got him into another choke hold, and pinned one of Davids arms to his back. "You're not going anywhere you piece of shit!" She said.

"Oh is that so... Because now I believe I'm close enough to my machete to do THIS!" He let out his free hand into the sky, ready to use his semblance to teleport straight to his weapon.

Yang gasped. "NO!" She wrapped her whole body around David, and managed to teleport with him out of Beacon.

(Mistral) Lower district - 4:37PM

Evie kicked the doors open into Lil Miss Malachites bar. She was now in her combat attire, all of her weapons back in her possession, and no more fucking around. Everyone inside immediately reacted by getting out of their seats and getting ready to fight her.

Lil Miss Malachite however smirked seeing Evie walk in. "Stand down" She said. The gang looked around at each other before lowering their guard. "Nice to see you again lil girl... What do yo-

"You know exactly what I want" Evie said sternly and clearly pissed off. "First I want the 50,000 Lien you stole from me-"

"Woah woah there missy. That Lien wasn't stole-"

"That you STOLE from me!" She said louder. "And second, you're gonna tell me where Neo is"

She just laughed immediately after Evie said that, and stood up. "I'm not doing that either. Sorry you got screwed over, but I'm not gonna be threatened by you just because you got screwed. Be lucky I'm not orderin everyone to shoot you"

"And you be lucky I didn't burned this whole shitty bar to the ground" She said.

Lil Miss wasn't smirking or grinning anymore. Now she too was pissed. "You lil bitch... you got quite the smart mouth on you" She said. She waved her finger around and all the gang members got their weapons back up and aimed at Evie. "How far are you willing to go over some damn Lien and a lil girl?"

Evie looked around and just casually put her hand into her pocket. she tapped on her scroll and that got the rest of JNPRs attention. Then suddenly, all 4 of them burst inside of the bar next. They all got around Evie. Nora with her grenade launcher out, Ren with his dual pistols out, Pyrrha with her Spear turned into a shotgun, and Jaune with his sword and shield out. All of them in fighting stance ready to fuck some people up.

"I think the better question is... How many men and women are you willing to lose to find out?"