Patriot-112: Okay...I'm REALLY sorry it took this long to update! But, between my workaholic grandfather, my nosy mother, projects with other fanfic writers, and my nieces, Hurricane and Tornado, plus some cash work, it's been a busy Spring and Summer. I can't promise this won't happen again, but I will not abandon this fic, or any of my other fics.

Now then, let's continue!

Disclaimer: All rights belong to RT and the late Monty Oum.

Chapter 4:

Losing Control

A single Bullhead flew over the Emerald Forest, as the people inside listened to what Canus just told them.

"Wait a minute? You're saying you have a semblance that allows you to live your future, and it only cancels when you die in that future?" Jaune asked, while the rest of Team JNPR, along with Team RWBY who tagged along, gave the man astounded looks.

"Pretty much, yeah," Canus said, as he turned back to the cockpit. "How close are we to that beacon, Clover?"

A female voice sounded from the cockpit...where there was no one piloting it.

"Just a few more minutes, Canus."

Canus nodded before turning back to the others.

"Any other questions?" he asked, and it was Pyrrha who asked, though with some hesitation.

"What...what happened in...the future?" she said, and Canus sighed.

"Well, in a literal sense, it's Hell," he said, before elaborating, "Humanity and the Faunus are on the brink of extinction, with just very few pockets of survivors remaining, Grimm running rampant all over the place, and Remnant itself being a virtual wasteland."

The two teams could only look at the man with a bit of fear and foreboding. They couldn't imagine what it must've looked like in the future of their world.

"Wh...What about us?" Ruby asked, and Canus could only sigh again, before looking at them with a sombre look.

"You were all killed," he said, making their eyes widen in horror, "One. By One...The first being that...peculiar friend of yours. Penny, if I remember right."

Ruby's eyes widen in horror at the thought of the said Android dying.

However before she could say anything, he rose a finger toward Pyrrha who instantly paled.

"Then her," he said, and the reactions from Team JNPR were obvious.

Jaune's face was contorted with horror, Nora looked on the verge of either crying or breaking something, while Ren's hands were shaking, while his eyes narrowed.

"In case you're wondering when this will, or would've happened, not that far off." He explained, "Next twenty four hours or so,"

"What!?" Ruby shouted, her eyes wide with extreme worry, "Tomorrow!?"

The rosette looked toward Pyrrha, who now looked even more paler than usual.

"No...n-no, no way! That won't happen!" Jaune said, clearly in denial and fear.

"It did happen, kid." Canus said, "Saw it through my semblance."

Everyone immediately looked toward Pyrrha, not at all liking the fact that Pyrrha would die. The said champion now trembling at the foretelling of her death.

"And the reason why, was because she went off to fight someone who was not only more powerful than her. Feeling that she could keep them busy till help arrived. But, sadly, that someone didn't show any pity, mercy, or compassion." He said, before looking out the cockpit window, "And right now, that same person who did it, is the same one that your future kid is fighting with right now...and she has every intention of showing Cinder Fall the same thing she gave her mother. Times ten."

Cinder slammed into the trunk of a tree back first, her aura luckily protecting her from getting too much damage. However the blow did daze her as she shook her head to get rid of the stars she was seeing.

A familiar shout garnered her attention as Dorée had jumped toward her, sword raised in a stabbing motion. Eyes still burning bright with fire.

Cinder's eyes widened before she managed to roll away before the tip of the sword impaled into the tree. Doré turned to her, her eyes holding hate, and annoyance all rolled into one.

She then ripped the blade out of the tree, as she continued her attack on Cinder, who had formed her dual glass swords, and engaged in a vicious duel.

Cinder attacked with one her glass blades, while Dorée blocked the attack with her shield, leaving her defense open to Cinder's other blade, which the girl then blocked with her sword.

The two glared at each other while deadlocked.

However, before the armored huntress could press on, she was blindsided as a black blur slammed into her, breaking the deadlock and making Cinder stagger back, before she looked and saw that it was a Beowolf Alpha that had appeared, as it towered over the girl, fang filled maw opened wide as it attempted to bite the girl's head off, who, while grunting in effort, had both her hands on the top and lower jaw of the beast as she held the monster's teeth from taking a bite out of her.

Soon, a pack of Beowolf minors arrived, as they surrounded the alpha and the interloper.

She then heard a familiar clicking sound, and saw one of those Grimm, the ones that she used to keep an eye on her enemies and allies, as well communicate with her.

"Cinder...," she flinched as she heard her voice, "Return to the castle,"

Cinder's amber eyes widen in shock.

"What? But I can do this! I haven't failed yet!" she said, hoping to assure her mistress. He could do it. She CAN do it!

"No!" Salem's voice shouted in authority, making her wince "You must return at once! Ozpin and his people have been made aware of your presence, and they are coming toward you right now. The operation has been compromised,"

Cinder could only gape at that.

"Now, return to the castle, so that we can reassess the situation," Salem said calmly after that, and Cinder could only grit her teeth in anger and she turned to the girl who was still pinned under the Alpha Beowolf. She then heard Salem speak again, as if understanding her anger, "Don't worry, dear child. You will get another chance. But for now, return home,"

Cinder didn't say anything, but reluctantly nodded. She knew it was pointless to argue with her mistress.

With that, she proceeded to head for the ruins where she would meet up with Adam and Emerald...and also find a way to retrieve Mercury later on.

With Dorée, she cursed as she attempted to push the damn beast on top of her off, while catching a glimpse of Cinder leaving the area.

When the werewolf Grimm slammed into her, she lost her grip on her sword and shield, and was now using both hands to keep the Beowolf Alpha's maw from chomping her head off.

However, that didn't mean she was helpless as she slammed her heel on the ground, and a four inch blade extended from the sole of her armored boot.

The Alpha didn't notice it until it then felt the blade began to slam into it's belly, as Doré kicked her foot forward, and stab the wolf like Grimm repeatedly. Said beat gave a howl of pain, before one final kick forced it to jump off and away from the girl, who sprung back on her feet.

She immediately looked for her weapons, spotting her sword not too far away, which she used her semblance to quickly bring it back to her. She then looked for her shield, but once she spotted, she growled once she saw it being pinned by one of the surrounding Beowolves.

"Stupid girl!" the dark voice snarled again, as the pain in her skull increased "You're more worried about your damn shield while that slut is getting away!?"

'Shut up, damn you!' Doré snapped back, 'I don't need your input, so butt out!'

"Ha! Don't make me laugh, you little twit!" the voice said again, just as the Alpha roared which was the signal for the other Beowolves of the pack to begin attacking her.

"You forget what she did to your parents through the memories that you inherited from them." It continued as Dorée decapitated one of the Grimm, before dodging a swipe from another before slicing it's arm off.

"You saw what she did to your mother! Shooting her in the ankle and then shooting her in the heart just and burning her to dust just for the hell of it! Then, she captured your father after wounding him at Haven! How she watched with sick glee as he was being tortured by her mistress, before deciding she was bored with him once his spirit finally crumbled, and then burned him alive after crucifying him!"

Dorée winced internally at that. While all the time the voice was talking, and while she was killing the attacking Grimm, she was remembering the memories she inherited, as a side-effect of the cloning process. She remembered seeing Cinder's face being blurred, but the only thing she could see, were those damn burning Amber eyes, mocking her, toying with her.

"All it took was your so-called mentor to clarify it was actually her that killed them...and it let me out to have some fun!,"

'SHUT UP!'

She blocked another swipe from a Beowolf just as another was charging at her from behind, but she then flicked her right wrist as a hidden blade extended from under her gauntlet, and then jabbed it into the eye of the Grimm she was blocking, forcing it to back off while screeching in pain and anger at the loss of it's eye. She then focused on the one coming from behind, shifting her sword into a reverse grip and stabbing backward.

The sound of the blade impaling flesh, and the dying gags of the beast, confirmed she hit true.

"Oh...why should I?" the voice mocked with a fake hurt tone as Dorée's attacks were getting more vicious, as the rage continued to mount, "You're more focused when you're angry...more cunning...more lethal...it was what Merlot intended after all,"

The blonde felt her blood boil at the mention of that old man's name, the one who gave her the voice in her head behind the back of her caretaker.

"Oh, methinks I struck a nerve," the voice taunted again, with Doré reacting accordingly, as she fought more and more like a cornered animal. "Tell me, when you found out that your caretaker was actually Cinder Fall, how did it feel when you drove your hand through her stomach and watched as she choked on her blood?"

"Shut up..." she verbally growled this time, just as she decapitated three more Beowolves in a row, her eyes changing colors between her normal green to red and yellow in rapid succession, "...just shut up!"

However, the Beowolves were soon reinforced by other Grimm besides themselves, such as Ursas, Creepers, and surprisingly a Beringal.

The Gorilla type Grimm roared as it beated it's chest in challenge and then charged toward the girl.

But the voice had no intention of stopping.

"Oh, and later finding out that the soul of your dear, precious, mother was trapped inside her?" It continued, and Dorée felt herself grow cold at that, as her hands shook, "Oh I can still remember the look on your face! It was so hilarious! The shock! The horror! The disbelief! Oh it was beautiful! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Tears leaked from her eyes, remembering that moment. It still left a deep wound in her heart, one that would never heal.

The Beringal raised it's fist as it jumped into the air.

But despite the tears, the clone was still focusing on the fight as the Gorilla Grimm fell toward her, ready to deliver the punch.

Dorée only sidestepped to the side just as the fist landed, causing some dust and dust to go flying, before she spun around, raised her blade, and drove the weapon into the beast of darkness through the back of it's skull and out it's mouth.

The Grimm slumped to the ground, and began to dissipate, before she then heard the voice sigh in a bored tone.

"Of course, then came the mushy stuff. How dear Pyrrha in her second final moments said that despite that you were a clone, you were still her daughter, and that she loved you before finally kicking the bucket. It'd be funny if it weren't so pathetic..."

Dorée's trembling began to get worse, as she gritted her teeth. She had stopped killing the growing horde, which had suddenly stopped it's attack.

With the said Grimm, their instincts were telling them that something was wrong with the human. Her energy was somehow changing, becoming more like one of them, but still had aura like that of the other humans who hunted them.

This filled them with confusion and...fear?

"Well, what the heck!? I'll laugh again, anyway!"

The insane laughter echoed in her mind...and then something snapped.

Meanwhile

Eight Minutes Earlier

The Bullhead landed not far from the crashed Medical Ship, as the side doors opened and Canus, along with Teams JNPR and RWBY disembarked and immediately headed straight for the crashed ship.

"Whoa!" Yang exclaimed, while whistling in awe at the damage. She was not the only one who felt that way, "Girl tore this ship apart,"

Canus looked at the girl, "If you think this is impressive, you should see what she can do to a Goliath Herd...in about one minute," he said, making everyone gape.

"She...she killed a whole Goliath Herd in one minute!?," Weiss said in shock, and Canus nodded.

"Yeah...though the way in which she did it...was not pretty." He said, making Pyrrha and Jaune feel a cold feeling down their spines.

"W...What did she do?" Jaune asked, as Canus stopped, making the hunters-in-training stop as well.

"Let me you ask you something." he said and looked at the kids, "What do you kids remember about a man named Merlot?"

Team RWBY and Team JNPR's eyes widen at that name, especially RWBY's.

"Wait...Merlot?" Blake answered, "As in Dr. Merlot? What does he got to do with..."

"He was the one who created Dorée in the first place," Canus answered before the cat Faunus could finish her question.

His answer had the desired affect as everyone looked at him in shock.

"Wait, WHAT!?" they all shouted, but before Canus could answer, they heard a banging from inside the ship.

"What the?" Yang said in confusion, the shocking revelation momentarily forgotten, as she walked over to the closed and, with her strength, pried the closed door open. The moment she saw what, or rather who, was inside, she grinned wickedly.

"Oh well, well, well, who do we have here?" she said in an all-too-sweet of a voice, as she spotted none other than Roman Torchwick's little pet, the said ice cream haired girl currently bound with pieces of metal, with two around her torso, and two around her legs. She also had a gag in her mouth to keep her from talking...of course that was probably done out of a force of habit.

Neo looked up, and her eyes widened with horror, seeing it wasn't the rescue she was hoping for.

"Come here you little...!" Yang said as she walked in, reached down and grabbed Neo before dragging her out, "Look what we got!"

Everyone looked at the metal bound mute, as RWBY blinked in familiarity.

"Hey, isn't that the girl who beat you up on the train?" Weiss asked, causing Yang's left eye to twitch angrily.

"Not. My. Fault!" she growled out, still sore over that day.

"We don't have time for any arguing!" Canus ordered, his voice stern and urgent as he walked over and pulled Neo from Yang's grasp, pulled the gag out of her mouth. He then looked to Pyrrha and motioned for her to use her semblance to remove the metal bindings, which Pyrrha did. Canus then looked Neo in the eye, causing the girl to gulp.

"Since you can't talk, you can use hand signs to tell me what I want to know," the man said, before his eyes narrowed, "The girl who left you here, which way did she go?"

Neo was hesitant for a moment, as she honestly didn't have a clue. She was about to gesture just that, before something got their attention.

BOOOOM!

The sudden loud noise of an explosion and the blast of wind caught them off guard, before they snapped to the source, as they all had a shock expression as a pillar of red flame went into the sky. Canus' expression was more horrified than anything as he looked at the pillar.

"Oh, fuck me,"

Emerald Forest Ruins

2 Minutes Earlier

The Bullhead landed at the ruins which were ironically, the same location where Team RWBY and Team JNPR first worked together to defeat two massive Grimm, and which allowed them to pass initiation, and enter Beacon Academy.

The side doors opened, revealing Emerald, along with Adam Taurus of the White Fang, along with a squad of his WF soldiers.

The illusionist had met with the Bull Faunus back at the Coliseum, and told him what happened, which the said Radicalist replied that he already knew since the whole saw the whole thing on their CCT screens and scrolls. Emerald then told them where Cinder wanted them to pick her up, and that the plan was compromised.

That of course made the Terrorist prick angry, but he waited for so long for an opportunity to get back at humanity, so he'll just have to wait a little longer for revenge.

They didn't have to wait long as Cinder came out of the forest, nursing her arm which had a cut from when that crazy huntress slashed her. Emerald immediately jumped out to help her, and ran to the Fallen Maiden.

"Cinder! Are you alright!?" Emerald said worriedly, before looking up in fear behind the amber eyed woman, "Where's...?"

"Don't worry, the Grimm have her distracted," Cinder said confidently, "Right now, let's get out of here. Salem's calling us back,"

Emerald's eyes widen at the mention of the said Queen of Grimm, and knew that when Salem called them back, she expected them to come straight to her. With that thought in mind, she and Cinder made their way to the waiting dust transport.

"I hope she's in a merciful mood when we get back," Emerald said, while Cinder just scoffed.

"Since when is she in a merciful mood?" she asked rhetorically, and Emerald knew she was right.

But just as they were about a few feet away from the Bullhead, a sudden explosion got their attention making them turn back toward the forest and seeing the red fire pillar shoot into the sky, causing the eyes of the two women and the white fang widen in shock.

"W...what is that?" Emerald asked, as a cold dread ran down her spine. She was not the only one, as Cinder also looked at the spectacle in front of her. She only feared one person, and that was her mistress...but this?

She had no words to describe it.

Meanwhile.

Salem's Castle

The Grimm Queen herself jolted at the unexpected explosion of power. She looked in the direction it came from, and immediately discerned two things about it. The amount of rage and sorrow it exhumed.

Such strong negative emotions, no doubt her children will be drawn to it like a moth to a flame. Though, she felt through her connection to her children near the source, something she didn't expect...they were afraid.

And something that made her children afraid, was something that she wanted on her side...badly.

She then turned toward one her Overseers, the same Grimm she used in order to talk to Cinder, and ordered her to retreat.

"Hazel...I have a mission for you,"

Patriot-112: ...Uh-oh. Doré has finally snapped, and it garnered some VERY unwanted attention. What will happen? Well, you'll just have to wait till next chapter.

Also, to those who will no doubt criticize my making the Grimm DNA in her veins more sentient and being a separate entity...could you have done or thought up anything better to make her snap?

Well, until the next time my friends. Later!