Argus Limited.

The teams have been burdened with transporting the Relic of Knowledge safely to Atlas. There's countless miles of Grimm-covered countryside between the city of Mistral and the northern coastline of Anima. Fortunately, the Argus Limited can easily make the journey... so long as nothing goes wrong.

In a busy train station in Mistral, people go about their business whether they be buying a train ticket, going shopping, eating food, and more. Holographic screens show different locations, amongst them are Argus, Wind Path, Kuchinashi, Shion, and Vale, the latter shown to be crossed out with an "Out of Service" message next to it.

Qrow getting ready to send a letter he wrote to Ironwood, detailing recent events. The letter reads: It's been two weeks since the attack on Haven. The official report states that the plot to destroy Mistral's CCT Tower was thwarted by Ghira Belladonna and the Faunus militia group from Menagerie. A Huntsman and some students coincidentally visiting the headmaster were also able to lend some assistance. Unfortunately, Leonardo Lionheart lost his life while trying to defend his school. And those responsible for organizing the attack managed to escape. As I'm sure you can guess, there's a lot more to this report than I'm willing to say in this letter. But for now, what I'm trying to say is that we're on our way to Atlas, James. There's a good chance we'll get there before this letter does, but in case we don't, I need you to know that we're bringing a lot more than bad news with us. See you soon, Qrow"

He places the letter in a mail box. Suddenly, his niece runs by and bumps into him "Hey, what's with the running?".

"And what's with the standing? It's almost time!" Ruby sees the people chattering in the station lobby. She uses her Semblance to get something and fly through the gate. She then emerges smiling and humming, approaching the benches where her companions, minus Blake and Lyre, are waiting.

"And?" Yang asked.

Ruby shows them a bag "Ahh!".

Weiss frowns "What an absolute waste of time-".

Yang quickly interrupted her "What did you get me?".

Ruby answered in a singsong voice "You'll have to wait and see!".

"No fair!" After Ruby sticks her tongue, Yang attempts to snatch the bag from her, she recoils.

"Oh so that's how it is" Lucina said as she held up a bag "And here I was going to give you a really nice gift. But guess you will have to wait".

"No wait! I am your girlfriend! That means you are required to give it to me now!" Ruby declared as she jumps on Lucina's back, trying to get the bag, which Lucina holds out of reach with a teasing smile.

Suddenly Nora jumps up "Oh, I can't believe we're taking the train to Argus! The beautiful northern coastline... You really think it's too early for beach season?".

A daydream of a shirtless Ren holding a beach ball by the sea... which as it pans down, turns out to be by Ren himself. The imaginary ball in his hands pops.

"Unfortunately, but we will be one step closer to Atlas" He said.

Weiss was unamused "Well, I'm glad you're all excited. But I don't think you appreciate the trouble me and Bernadetta went through to leave Atlas".

"I really hoped I'd never have to go back there..." Bernadetta said with a sigh.

"I know you two are worried, but trust us. Team RWBY and LSBL won't leave your side for a second! I promise" Ruby assured.

"She's right, we got you covered" Lucina said.

The two Atlas girls until a voice was heard "No one's gotta be worried with us around".

A pair of Huntsmen shows up and confronts Ruby and her friends with proud looks on their faces, holding their weapons.

"Aaaand you are?" Nora asked.

One of them spoke proudly "Why Dee and Dudley of course. The Argus Limited's very own Huntsmen. We'll be keeping everyone safe as we pass through Grimm territory".

"But for a generous tip, we can make sure your passenger car gets extra special attention should things get dangerous" Dudley winks as the girls give unamused looks; Nora has her arms crossed and Weiss rolls her eyes.

They turn to Qrow's voice when they heard him "Yeah, I got a tip for ya".

Dee and Dudley turn to see Qrow confronting them. Qrow has his hands in his pockets and gives Dee and Dudly a frown.

"Buzz off" He stands between Ruby and Yang as they make faces, mocking Dee and Dudly in the background "Looks like Mistral's really scraping the bottom of the barrel these days".

Dee glares "Hey! You're talking to a-".

Qrow holds up his huntsman license "A professional Huntsman, right. Well, it seems one of you heroes left the staff entrance to the caboose wide open".

Dee and Dudley turn around to the left in surprise at this revelation.

Qrow crosses his arms "It'd be a shame to lose your job before it even started".

"I... I didn't do it!" Dudley said.

Dee scoffs "Come on, dummy".

Dee and Dudley walks away from them. Oscar watches the two leaving as Ozpin speaks mentally "I do hope those weren't Beacon graduates".

"You know sometimes the burden of saving the world feels overwhelming. But then people like that come along and make me grateful that it's our jobs and theirs" Oscar said and everyone collectively agrees with him as they nod at him together.

"So, you kids ready to go? Bikes all loaded up?" Qrow asked.

"Yep!" Yang confirmed.

"I swear if they scratch mine I'll file an complaint" Severa said.

"Just waiting on Blake and Lyre. As usual" Weiss said.

Ruby looks at Severa "So... how is it going between you and Blake?".

Severa sighed "Baby steps. Slow and steady. There... Is a lot of trust to repair".

The other's Shares a look, of course they knew it wouldn't be simple. Blake leaving broke Severa's heart like never before, the fact Severa was willing to even give Blake another chance was a miracle. Still their friends hoped their relationship could be restored, they all really liked them together.


Up in the walkways above them, Blake and Lyre are conversing with Ilia and Lethe. Both of which are no longer wearing their usual White Fang garb and is in something more casual.

"I still don't feel like I deserve the freedom you and your family granted me" Ilia said.

"After everything we did, many would agree we should be locked up" Lethe agreed.

Blake smiles "Well, you both are going to have to get over it. Saving Haven had a huge impact on how Faunus are seen in Mistral. Now it's up to you all to take the progress and keep running with it".

"That's right! You have gone from villains to heroes. You've earned your second chance" Lyre said.

"Your optimism is unbelievable sometimes" Lethe said.

"Right. The White Fang may have been a failure, but with your father starting up a new movement, I've got more faith than ever before" Illia said before she runs up to Blake and gives her a big hug "Thank you, Blake, for everything. I wish you didn't have to go".

Blake smiles as the two part from the hug "I know, but my team needs me. We're going to track down the people responsible for the attack on Haven and the fall of Beacon".

Ilia giggles "Always trying to save the world".

"More than you realize" Blake said.

"Well, someone has to do it" Lyre said

Lethe looks away "Just don't do anything stupid".

Lyre looks at her sister "Lethe?".

Lethe rubs her eyes, trying and failing to hide that she was crying. Lyre smiles sadly before giving Lethe a strong hug. Lethe resisted only for a second before she hugged her back.

"I will miss you sis. I will try to get in contact with you when I can" Lyre said.

"You better..." Lethe said.

Lyre giggled a little "It's so weird seeing you like this. You've changed so much".

"Your fault for infecting me with your stupidity" Lethe said.

Lyre pouts but soon smiles "Hey Ilia, look after her for me, ok?".

Ilia smiled "I will. I promise".

"Hey! I am doing the looking after here!" Lethe said.

Ilia chuckled before she remembered something "Hey, I know your parents already saw you off, but where's-?".

"Sun? Oh, he's right here!" Sun shows up a few feet away from them. Blake walks over to him "What? You didn't think I was gonna miss your big send-off, did you?".

Neptune suddenly pops up from behind him "He definitely overslept and absolutely almost missed this".

Sun growls at Neptune before shushing him. Blake and Lyre laughs.

Neptune shoves Sun forward "Hey, Blake. Now would you hurry up? Need I remind you we have our own trip to plan?" He noticed Ilia "Oh, I didn't know Ilia was gonna be here. I'll, uh, I'll give you two a moment. Hey, almost didn't see you there, 'cause, you know, the camouflage?".

Blake helplessly reaches her hand out to stop Neptune, but fails to. Sun shakes his head. Lethe gets between Ilia and Neptune and hisses angrily.

"I'm sure he will survive... maybe" Lyre said.

"Yeah" Sun agreed.

"So, you're really going to Vacuo?" Blake asked.

"That's right! Seeing you reunited with the rest of your Teams really made me realize something - I'm like the worst team leader ever. Me and the boys were cool with a little hiatus, but we gotta make up for lost time. Shade Academy's not dealing with any problems like Haven right now. Plus, that means I can show the guys around my old stomping grounds!" Sun explained.

"I have to admit, I think I was kind of getting used to having you around" Blake said.

"I go where I'm needed! And... you don't need me anymore" Sun said.

At this, Blake frowns "Well, when you say it like that, it sounds sad".

Sun puts a reassuring hand on Blake's shoulder "Look... despite the drama and the fighting and the numerous attempts on my life, I had a lot of fun! But you're with who you're supposed to be now. And you have a promise to keep with one of them".

The two look down at the floor below them at Blake's friends... and Severa.

Blake smiles "Sun... I don't think I'll ever be able to thank you enough. I'm still-"

"You're still working a lot of things out, I know. But you can do it with them. And in the future, who knows? I've got a feeling you haven't seen the last of me" Sun smiles as he proudly balls his fist in front of him.

"Oh trust us, we are under no illusion that we will be rid of you" Lyre said teasingly.

"Real funny, Lyre. Still, good luck out there" Sun said as he and Lyre fist bumps "And don't wait to long to give Severa a big kiss, Blake".

Blake blushed "That will be up to her... Thank you Sun".

With that, they finally parted ways. With Lethe lingering for a moment.

"She will be fine, Lethe" Ilia said.

"I hope so... I just... wish I could've gone with her... to make up for everything I did" Lethe said.

Ilia kissed her cheek "Trust me, she has already forgiven you. She could never hate you".

Lethe smiled softly, knowing her girlfriend was right... still, she had a bad feeling that wouldn't go away.


The train, Argus Limited, is seen traveling in the snowy countryside along a mountain. Inside, passengers walk through the halls. An elderly woman is seen passing by a room that Team LSBL is staying in. The four girls are all on the beds.

"So... going to Atlas huh? Wonder what it's like" Lucina said.

"Full of stupid rich people and many soldiers" Bernadetta said.

Lyre looks at her "Sorry you have to go back there Bernie. We all know your life there wasn't fun".

Bernadetta sighed "No... it wasn't... But with all of you with me, it should be more bearable".

Her friends smiled at her. There was a brief silence before Lucina looked at Severa.

"You and Blake hasn't spoke since we got on board. Maybe you could use the trip to work on your relationship" She suggested.

Severa sighed as she looks out the window "I want to... really I do... But I don't even know where to start".

"Just talk to her, simple as that" Came another voice, and the girls looked to see Qrow "If all you do is ignoring the issue, then you will remain stuck in one place. Some problems needs to be confronted directly".

"No offence old man. But I'm not sure if I can take love advice from you" Severa said with half a smile.

Qrow chuckled "Hey I was a real lady killer when I was your age. How else do you think I landed the strongest woman?".

Severa blushed bright red "DAD!".

Her friends laughed at her expense. Suddenly, the train jolts, causing Qrow to drop his drink. Passengers can be heard screaming in fear.

"What happening?" Bernadetta asked.

"And attack!" Lucina realized.

Qrow looks out the window "And a big one... grab your weapons!".

Qrow runs out of the room and Team LSBL follow suit, grabbing their respective weapons on their way out the door. Qrow climbs to the top of the train and notices a group of Manticores approaching from the back. Dee and Dudley are already up top and prepare to fight the Grimm. A much larger Grimm, a Sphinx, lands on the train and lets out a loud roar. A few train cars down, Team RWBY join Qrow and LSBL as they too arrive on top of the train with their weapons out. Dee charges his weapon, an electrical spiked club, and charges forward to attack. The Sphinx roars and a Manticore flies by to snatch up Dee.

"Dee!" Dudley watches helplessly while his partner is dragged down to the forest to his unfortunate death. The Sphinx roars again and all of the Manticores fly forward to attack.

"What's the plan, Ruby?" Blake asked.

Ruby's answer was simple "Don't let anyone else die!".

With that, Team RWBY, Team LSBL and Qrow charge forward into battle. Down below in the train, Oscar opens up a window to see the commotion, a Manticore barely missing him.

"Shall I?" Ozpin asked.

"No, I'm keeping control" Oscar walks out and bumps into Jaune, with Ren and Nora behind him.

"What's going on?" Jaune asked.

Oscar tries to answer, but is interrupted by another jolt as passengers scream in fear. Jaune's expression then turns determined.

Back outside, Team RWBY, Team LSBL and Qrow get to work on cutting down Manticores. Dudley runs toward the front of the train and takes his scroll out, activating the train's defense systems.

"Come on, come on" The train's armor activates, with reinforced plating covering most of the train while metal bars criss-cross on the windows. After that, a series of turrets rise above the train and begin targeting the midair Grimm. A group of Manticores get shot down "Ah, yes!".

Meanwhile, Qrow engages the Sphinx, using the scythe form of Harbinger to attack. The Sphinx tries to crush Qrow with its paw, but Qrow manages to transform into his avian form before changing back to land an attack from above. The turrets fire at the Sphinx from behind, causing it let out another loud roar. Two Manticores fly down, one does a tuck and roll into a turret, destroying it. The other evades turret blasts and spits a fireball at one, destroying it. The passengers inside the turret's train car scream as it jolts from being destroyed.

Qrow looks at Dudley "Hey! What are you doing?".

Oscar and Team JNPR climb up to the top of the train to join the battle.

"Why is it always something?!" Nora asked

Oscar runs over to Qrow, who is shooting at Grimm "How can I help?".

"You can get that idiot to shut off the turrets. They're just drawing the Grimm toward the passengers!" Qrow said.

"Right!" Oscar runs forward, dodging Grimm attacks along the way. He manages to approach Dudley, who is firing at Grimm with his own rifle "Stop! You've gotta shut the turrets off!".

"Are you crazy? No way!" Dudley said as a turret continues firing, knocking more Grimm out of the sky "Yes! Another one down!".

Oscar placed his hand on Dudley "Stop! We have to lure the Grimm to the back".

"What does it matter if they're dead?" Dudley asked as he shoves Oscar off and continues to fire at the Manticores. Suddenly, they notice the Sphinx and the rest of the Grimm fly off the train, keeping their distance "Where are they going?".

Oscar, realizing something, quickly turns around "TUNNEL!".

They take notice of the fast approaching tunnel. Oscar quickly gets below the train. Dudley does the same, but inadvertently leaves his arm stretched out as it impacts the wall of the tunnel. The sound of a bone snap is heard and Dudley yelling in pain is heard.

The teams quickly run into the train car as Oscar tends to Dudley, who holds his bruised arm in pain. Qrow enters and approaches Dudley.

"I said, turn those damn things off!" He said angrily as he picks up Dudley and shoves him into the wall.

Dudley groans in pain "Those things are keeping us alive!".

"Us, sure, but they're putting the passengers in danger!" Qrow reminded.

"I'm the one they hired for this job, okay?! I'm in charge here!" Dudley argued.

"Forgive me if I'm not exactly reassured" Qrow shot back.

While the two argue, Ruby looks out the window and notices the Manticores enter the tunnel, continuing their pursuit of the train. She then looks behind her friends at the passengers, a baby can be heard crying as passengers murmur among themselves. Ruby then walks forward to her uncle and Dudley.

"Get off me!" Dudley demanded.

Qrow only glares "Look, if you bozos had been doing your job instead of shaking down passengers, maybe we wouldn't be in this-".

Ruby stops her uncle and walks up to Dudley "Please just shut off the turrets".

"Trust us, we know what we're doing" Jaune activates his Semblance to heal Dudley's arm.

Dudley looks to the students before giving his answer "Fine".

"Ren, could you use your Semblance to mask everyone on this train? With the guns off and emotions hidden, they might lose track of us!" Nora said.

"Hm, I never attempted to affect this many people" Ren said, unsure.

"Well, you've never had Jaune's help before" Ruby reminded.

"He could amplify your Aura!" Weiss said

"Yeah, that's an alright plan" Qrow said.

"Don't look so worried, Ren. You can totally do this!" Nora said happily.

Ozpin spoke mentally "May I?".

Oscar's eyes glow as Ozpin takes over.

"I'm afraid there's one complication... The Grimm are also attracted to this" Ozpin said as he gestures to the Relic of Knowledge on his hip.

Dudley looked confused "What's that?".

"None of your business. Oz, are you serious?" Qrow asked.

"Why wouldn't you tell us that?!" Yang asked in disbelief.

"You didn't think that was important information?!" Severa added.

Ozpin hesitated "I-".

"It doesn't matter right now" Ruby said, Yang crosses her arms and Severa looked angry "Every second we're on board this train, we're putting everyone else in danger. Get the passengers to the front cars, you'll still mask the emotions and kill the turrets... we just can't come with you. If we cut the back cars with us and the Relic on them, we can deal with the Grimm. You just make sure the rest of the train makes it safely to Argus".

Upon hearing this, Jaune finishes up healing Dudley's arm and walks over to Ruby with a conflicted expression "Only if you'll promise you'll meet us there".

Ruby smiles "Promise".

"Well I'm staying with you" Lucina declared, and raised her hand before Ruby could argue "There is no way I am leaving my girlfriend behind. I'm coming with you and that's final".

"I'm staying too. I don't leave my family behind. Anyone who has a problem with that, feel free to try and stop me" Severa said.

Ruby smiled "Ok, thank you".

Lucina looks at Bernadetta and Lyre "You two stay with the others. In case our plan doesn't work, you will all be needed".

"You got it boss" Lyre said.

"Good luck" Bernadetta added.

With that, Team JNPR begins evacuating all of the passengers to the front half of the train. The elderly woman from earlier is seen walking, taking a look behind her.

Outside, the turrets are shut off. Blake jumps down and decouples the train, allowing the front half to continue forward. When she looks up, she notices a hooded figure resembling Adam in front of her on the next train car. Blake prepares for a fight, but then realizes that no one is there and it was just her imagination. Blake sighs before jumping back up to the top of the train. Ruby is seen a few train cars down looking at her scroll, which shows portraits of her teammates and Nora, the latter's signal low compared to the rest. Ruby looks back up and notices the Manticores and Sphinx exiting the tunnel and taking flight once again. The Sphinx lands on the train.

"Now!" Ruby said.

Nora gets Ruby's message and gives the okay to Jaune and Ren. The two boys combine their Semblances, with Jaune enhancing Ren's Aura to the point where the entire front half of the train is grayed out by Ren's Semblance. Oscar watches the train as it disappears into the snowstorm, before being attacked by a Manticore. He manages to fend it off temporarily while team RWBY take out several Manticores one by one. Ruby notices Oscar's struggle and takes advantage of Weiss taking one down in order to send it crashing into Oscar's Manticore.

More Manticores arrived, and Lucina leaps up, stabbing one in the head. She then falls back on the train, leaning back to avoid a charge from another Manticore, while holding up her sword, slicing up it's stomach. While that was going on, Severa tossed her shield in to a Manticore's face, making it fly in to another one, causing both to crash in to a wall. Severa catched her shield and turned it in to it's blade form and stood back to back with Lucina and they continued fighting of more grimm.

Meanwhile, Qrow is struggling against the Sphinx. Ruby notices this and she and her team go to assist him.

"We need to ground it!" Ruby shouts.

"On it! Yang!" Blake calls out.

Yang takes out a Manticore before launching off it and runs towards the Sphinx, ducking under it. Blake spins her weapon, with Yang punching it back and forth, the ribbon wrapping around the Sphinx's torso. Yang punches Gambol Shroud one more time, embedding the blade to the train's roof, and she and Blake pull the ribbon together, keeping the Sphinx down. Weiss uses her Glyphs to freeze the Sphinx's wings, with Qrow and Ruby shooting at them, shattering them. The uncle and niece ready their scythes as the Sphinx prepares to launch one more fireball. Qrow and Ruby launch forward, spinning their scythes together rapidly as they bisect the Sphinx's torso, finishing it off for good. Before it dies however, the Sphinx launches the fireball, destroying the rails in front of the train. Weiss activates her black Glyphs to hold everyone in place as the train derails and crashes into the snow.

The back half of the Argus Limited is completely derailed, with the train cars crashed in the snow. Everyone slowly get back up.

"Is everyone okay?" Qrow asked while helping Severa up.

"Yeah... I'm good" Severa said, while rubbing her head.

"I'm fine" Weiss said.

"Yeah" Blake added.

Then, an unfamiliar voice is heard.

"Still alive!" Everyone looks up and notices the elderly woman stepping out from the train "That sure was a close one, huh?".

"You've got to be kidding me" Lucina said in a sigh.

This was a very, very, bad situation.

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And there we go. Volume 6 is under way. And boy do I have something big planned.

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