Back at the warehouse, the bullhead was transporting Haven Academy students and former Beacon students going to Haven. The planes for Shade Academy had come and gone, and Atlas just left not too long ago. Team ABRN was ascending the ramp and boarding the bullhead.

"Sun, come on. We're moving!" Sage groaned.

The leader of team SSSN said nothing and looked away. "Sun, are you... thinking of going after her?" Neptune asked.

Sun sighed, turning to his team. "I have to face facts. Even if I left now, there's little chance of me finding her. Even smaller chance of me winning her heart. I can't stay, but I can't go back either..."

Sage blinked, as if in realization. "She really means that much to you?"

He turned away as a small tear slid down his cheek. "She means everything to me." He wiped the tear off his face and attempted to dry his eyes.

"Then go. Help her." Sun turned to Sage.

"We give you full permission to go forth and aid Blake." Scarlet added.

Neptune smiled in reassurance. "We're not going to make you choose between your team and your girl. We'll allow you to do what you believe is right."

"Thanks guys." He smiled before his displaying a sorrowful expression once again. "But she's not even my girlfriend."

"Not yet." Neptune smirked. "Maybe he still has a chance."

"Oh, that's unlikely." Sage commented. "Either way, hopefully Sun can find her before she ends up in hot water."

"I still can't believe she's taking on the White Fang all by herself." Neptune rolled his eyes. "She's crazy. Why did she run away in the first place?"

Sun sighed and answered, "She left because a member of the White Fang, whose name I do not know, severed Yang's right arm during the Fall of Beacon. I believe she wants not only revenge against him, but to take down the entire terrorist organization as well."

Sun's teammates looked grim. "She's probably trying to prevent another tragedy like that from happening again." Scarlet said. "Which might also explain why she left everyone in the dust. She's trying to protect everyone she cares about by facing them by herself."

"You really think that's the case?" Sage asked.

"Yeah, I do."

"Well then, since I must leave, there's only one thing to do." Sun blinked at Neptune, who got on his left knee and then the former out his staff and gently tapped it against his right and left shoulder as he spoke. "I, Sun Wukong, pass the mantle of leadership to Neptune Vasilias once again, until I return."

Sun's teammates dragged him into a big group hug. He threw his arms around his teammates, lucky to have such great friends who understood him. Sage gave him a slightly crooked smile. "Good luck, Sun. May you have safe travels."

"Goodbye and good luck!" Scarlet encouraged. "I hope you succeed in all your endeavors!"

Neptune grasped his shoulder. "Take care, my man. You've got this. Now go forth and find her!"

Sun smiled briefly. "Thanks. I'm probably going to need some good luck."

His teammates walked towards the plane as Sun ran off into the fading day.

Hopefully I can find Blake before she gets herself in trouble.

Unbeknownst to him, Blake had already gotten into trouble. She was being interrogated by the cops and was forced to explain everything (while still trying to conceal her Faunus heritage and history with the White Fang). No one was there, save for the police officers and the girl who was secretly a cat faunus.

"And that's what happened." she finished.

"Hmm..." the female officer began. "So let us get this straight; Basically, the leader of the Vale White Fang Branch, a bull Faunus with horns named Adam Taurus not only helped to lead the attack on Beacon Academy, but he also attacked your best friend named Yang Xiao-Long, your former partner/teammate and severed her right arm. For these reasons, you're seeking to take him and the White Fang down. Since you had no idea where he and his subordinates ran off to, you searched the city for his allies. First it was Roman Torchwick, but after a week of searching for him with no luck, you decided to shift gears and go after Roman's ally, an appropriately colored ice cream girl by the name of Neopolitan. You found her at a club called the Black Loophole, engaged her in a duel to try and get answers, unintentionally destroying the place in the process, and before you blacked out, she got away by creating an image of the man you're hunting down?"

"Pretty much." She rubbed her right arm nervously. "Are you upset?"

"Yeah, we're upset!" the second one answered. "I can understand why you're doing this, but this is really unnecessary!"

"Also, you're blindly rushing into a situation. If he cut off your friend's arm, should you be trying to find him with this fire of vengeance consuming your heart, mind and even your very soul?" the first one asked her.

"Well, I can't just stand around and do nothing!" Blake refuted. "I must stop him, no matter what. Unfortunately, I've run out of leads. Roman could be dead, Neo's fled to who knows where, and I have no more locations to search."

"Locations? What do you mean by that?" the second one inquired.

"I'll show you, if you'll allow me to." She pulled out the map she found at the first warehouse and showed it to the police officers. "I've been to every one of these locations. The circles represent dust shops, while the X's represent warehouses or hideouts. I never quite figured out why that one circle has a red dot on it."

"And you've been to every one of these locations?" the third one interrogated.

"Yeah, I've.." Then she noticed something. "Oh... Wait a second. There's one that I forgot about." She pointed to an X on an island northwest of Vale. "The safehouse on Patch." She brought the map to her eyes. "Looks like it's in or around a city called Fiti. I've heard about this city, said to be a beautiful coastal city that's warm almost all year round." She folded it up and pocketed it. Blake stood there in dreadful silence, fearing what was to come next.

The female officer mused to herself. "This is a most tricky situation." She turned to her cohorts. "Should we do anything? I mean she didn't mean to cause destruction and she's trying to fight against a terrorist group."

The second one rolled his eyes. "She's crazy. One girl can't take down an entire criminal organization."

Blake quipped back, "I can try."

"Also, as a human fighting a Faunus terrorist group, if they caught her, she would be killed instantly."

"It wouldn't matter, human or Faunus, fighting against them when not fully prepared is the equivalent of a death wish." the first one added.

Blake rolled her eyes. Tell me something I don't know.

"Hmm. Could you describe what this Adam Taurus looks like?" the female officer asked her.

"I would, but I can do you one better." She got out her sketchbook, flipped through the pages and stopped in the middle of it. "Here is a drawing of my target." She showed them a full body composite sketch of Adam Taurus to them.

The police officer snapped a picture of her enemy. "This will be most helpful."

"So what will we do with her?" the first officer asked, motioning to Blake.

"Let her go."

They looked at her in disbelief. The first one glared at his female coworker. "You're letting her go?"

"Why?!"

"The White Fang caused much more damage than she did, and she's trying to stop them, bravely risking everything to do all by herself. Also, thanks to her sketchbook, now we know who we're looking for." She turned to Blake. "You may go." She started to walk away. "Halt." She stopped to face her once again. "Before you leave, I advise that you exercise caution, and good luck. You'll need it."

Blake faintly smiled before turning away and leaving the scene.

Back at the Xiao-Long Rose Family home, a certain young girl was finally waking up. She looked over to see her father asleep in a chair before sitting up and sighing quietly to herself.

Taiyang woke up and smiled with glee. "Ruby!" He ran to her and knelt by her bedside. "You're awake!"

She held her hand to her forehead. "Ugh... what happened?"

"Your uncle Qrow found you, unconscious. He got you out of there, though, and brought you home safe." he explained.

Ruby felt crestfallen, then she remembered... "Wait! Yang! Is she alright!?"

Her father hesitated. "Uh... She's uh... she's gonna be alright. I think she's just... I think it's just gonna take some time for her to get used to things. She's too strong to let this stop her." He teared up for a moment before smiling. "I'm just glad to have my girls back at home."

Ruby looked at him sadly. "What happened to the school?! And Vale?! Were they able to clear out the Grimm?"

"Things at Vale are under control, but the school... It's... it's not that simple. That thing, whatever it is, doesn't seem to be dead. Don't get me wrong, you did a number on it. But it's not disappearing. It's... kind of... frozen. I know that doesn't sound too bad, but it keeps attracting more Grimm to the school."

Ruby titled her head in bewilderment. "I did... what?" Taiyang looked at her, puzzled. "You said I did a number on it. What do you mean?"

He stammered. "I... Look that's not important right now. We can talk about it later. Things are just... kind of a mess."

"It's always a mess."said a familiar voice. The father and daughter looked the other way and saw Qrow standing in the room over by the door. He finished drinking a flask of liquor before turning to Taiyang. "Mind if we have a minute?"

Taiyang looked at his former teammate, rather offended. "What, I can't stay here?!"

"Tai. Please."

Begrudgingly, he stood up, sighed and then kissed Ruby on the forehead.

"I'm glad you're alright." He began to walk away. "I'll go make us some tea."

Ruby's father glared at Qrow as he left the room, but he pretended not to care. The latter then approached her bed, grabbed the chair Taiyang used earlier, spun it around to face the bed and sat down slouching crossing one leg over the other. "So, how you feeling?"

"Um... I kind of hurt... all over."

Her honorary uncle chuckled. "That makes sense, after what you did."

As he crossed his arms, Ruby suddenly snapped. "You guys keep saying that! That I did something! What are you talking about?!"

Qrow uncrossed his legs and arms and asked her, "What's the last thing you remember?"

"I ran up the side of the tower, and when I got to the top, I..." She gasped as her eyes reflected sadness. "Pyrrha! Is she...?"

"She's alive, much to my surprise, although I can't say how her near death experience affected her. The tower?"

"I... I... I got to the top... and I saw Pyrrha pinned down by an arrow to her boot... about to be killed by Cinder. A Griffon showed up. I used the distraction... to free her. Then... I called Cinder out... for her crime... of infiltrating the CCT... She admitted her guilt... and shoot an arrow at me as Pyrrha shielded me from her attack.. I remember her lying in a pool of blood, Cinder laughing at her misery..." She griped the blanket. "and then everything went white!"

"Anything else?"

"I remember... my head hurting."

"The night you met Ozpin, what was the first thing he said to you?"

She stammered. "I... I don't know. I think it was something about..."

"Silver eyes. That's an extremely rare trait."

"So?"

"You're special, Ruby. And not in the 'Daddy loves his special angel' kind of way. You're special the same way your mom was. Remnant's full of legends and stories, some of them true, some made up. But there's one Oz told me from a very long time ago. Back before Huntsmen, before Kingdoms, it was said that those born with silver eyes were destined to lead the life of a warrior. You see, the creatures of Grimm, the most fearsome monsters mankind had ever encountered, were afraid of those silver-eyed warriors. They were the best of the best. It was said that even a single look from one of these fighters could strike a Grimm down. Heh. It's a ridiculous story."

She looked at him bewildered. "But... you think that I might be..."

He chuckled. "Well, a giant monster is currently frozen on top of Beacon Tower. And you're here, safe in bed." He got to his feet and walked over to a window, before leaning on the sill, staring outside.

"Wait, wait, how did you know what Ozpin said to me... the night we met?"

"All those missions I go on... all the times I'm away in some far-off place... it's been for Ozpin. But he's missing now. Something's been set in motion. With Oz gone, I'll have to pick up where he left off."

"And what could I do? If I'm so special, then I can help, right?"

"You really wanna help? Get some rest. You're in no condition to go anywhere right now." He made his way to the door. "Besides, our enemy's trail leads all the way to Haven. That'd be quite a trip for a pipsqueak like you." He winked at her before leaving. "Catch ya later, kiddo."

Ruby sits alone for a while. She looks at the window that Qrow looked out of, then stares at herself in a mirror hanging on the wall across from her bed.

Yang sat alone in a spare bedroom, staring out a window at nothing. She looked at her nightstand next to bed, on top of which the remaining piece of Ember Celica rested. Ruby stood at the doorway. "Yang?"

The younger one waited for a response, but didn't get one, so she turned to leave.

"Ruby..."

Turning back around, Ruby ran towards Yang as she turned her head to look at her younger sister, tears now in her eyes. Ruby threw her arms around her sister.

"I'm so glad you're okay!"

"But I'm not." Ruby frowned as she released the hug. "It's all gone - the school, Penny, and..." She looked at her missing right arm, too sorrowful to actually speak.

Trying not to make matters worse, she asked, "Yang, where are Weiss and Blake?"

"Weiss' father... came for her."

"What? What do you mean?"

"No one outside of Vale knows what happened here. Before the tower fell, the last thing people saw was Atlas attacking innocent people and Grimm destroying the city. Everyone's scared. No one knows who to trust. So, Weiss' father came to take her back to Atlas, where he thinks it's safe. I never saw her again... She's gone."

"Well, what about-"

Suddenly Yang snapped. "And Blake ran! Sun saw her go and tried to stop her, to no avail. After we got to the safehouse, she packed her bags in the middle of the night and just... ran!"

Ruby was on the verge of crying, and had to stop the tears in her eyes from falling. "But... why!?"

"I don't know... and I don't care."

"There has to be a reason she-"

"No, there doesn't!" she interrupted. "Sometimes bad things just happen, Ruby!"

Crestfallen, she asked Yang, "So, what do we do now?"

She turned away from her sister. "You can do whatever you want. I'm gonna lie here."

"Yang..."

"Just leave me alone."

Ruby slowly started to leave the room, but she stopped in the doorway and looked over her shoulder to say one last thing before leaving. "I love you."

She then left, a few tears falling from her eyes as she went back to her room. A leaf fell from the tree outside Yang's window and slowly drifted to the ground. From another tree, a lone raven witnessed the entire scene. The raven stood there for another moment or two before taking off to the skies.