Y/N puts a reassuring hand on Ruby's shoulder as Klein sneezes, his eyes light blue.

Klein: One step at a time, my dear.

He sneezes again, his eyes returning to brown.

Y/N: We can't worry about fixing everything. Let's focus on what's in front of us: We need to bring the power back on.

Ruby: Well, how would we-

Willow: We have a generator near the edge of the estate.

Willow is leaning on a doorframe, a bottle of alcohol in hand. Whitley huffs, crossing his arms.

Whitley: So kind of you to join us, mother.

Willow: Believe it or not, I am above drinking in the dark.

Willow notices Klein.

Willow: Oh, hello, Klein.

Klein gives his former employer a silent nod.

Weiss: SDC executives have their own auxiliary power supplies in case of a city-wide blackout. It's extremely unfair, but perhaps now isn't such a bad time for company perks.

Whitley glances out the window and seems to have something pop up in his mind.

Whitley: We don't just have perks.

Weiss: Hm?

Whitley: We have the company. The people you mentioned in the crater, they need a way out, right? There are rows and rows of cargo ships just sitting in the hangars because of the embargo.

Weiss: And our own automated drones, like the ones at Snow Shoe Shipping.

Y/N: And that means?

Whitley: We can order as many as we need to pilot our ships down to the crater and get people to safety, while the Grimm are occupied with the general's forces.

Blake: We can?

Whitley: I can. I just need father's computer.

Ruby: Then we definitely need to get the power back on.

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Qrow wakes up from a nightmare. He glances at the cells containing Watts and Jacques, who has his arms wrapped around himself.

Domino: Yup.

Qrow glances at her. She seems to be lying on her solid bed.

Domino: Not getting much sleep here either.

Qrow rises and puts a hand to his forehead.

Robyn: Sounds bad out there.

Qrow's eyes widen as it travels towards the wall.

Qrow: Wait.

The sound of rumbling reaches their ears.

Qrow: That doesn't sound like-

Arthur glances nervously at a wall seconds before a fiery blast collides with it.

Qrow: Get down!

Domino looks at him with tired eyes and just rolls off the bed and onto the ground.

The blast shoots past them, leaving a pile of rubble and small fires in its wake. Robyn lowers the hand protecting her eyes to the sound of a crow screeching. She glances up, then lowers her head back down as more debris falls toward them.

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Blake and Ruby sprint to the power shed outside Schnee Manor and push open the gates. Ruby throws a lever on the backup generator, and it hums to life. The words STARTUP SEQUENCE - POWER BACKUP can be seen on its main display.

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