Somewhere in the middle of Vale, at a balcony café Sun and Blake are seen drinking tea.
Sun: Finally, she speaks! Nearly two days and you've given me nothing but small talk and weird looks!
Blake gives Sun a firm look.
Sun: Yeah, like that.
Blake: Sun... Are you familiar with the White Fang?
Sun: Of course! I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me!
Blake: I was once a member of the White Fang.
Sun promptly goes cross-eyed and chokes on his drink, making him put it down and wipe his mouth as he holds up a hand to process this information.
Sun: Wait a minute, you were a member of the White Fang?!
Blake: That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it...
Blake then proceeds to tell Sun her backstory.
Blake: Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus.
She continues her story as Sun continues listening intently.
Blake: Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as a voice of our people. And I was there. I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimist.
Blake pauses slightly as she sighs sadly.
Blake: Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking. Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect... out of fear.
As Blake finishes her story, Sun looks at her with a stunned look.
Blake: So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress. So here I am: a criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow.
Sun: So... have you told your friends any of this?
Blake merely looks down in shame and says nothing.
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Ruby: Blaaaake!
Yang: Blaaaake!
Ruby, Yang, Ben, and Weiss walking through town and calling in vain for their missing teammate.
Ruby: Blaaaaaaaake! Where aaaare yoooouuuu!?
Ben: Blake!
Yang: Blake!
Ruby: Weiiiiss, you're not helping!
Weiss: Oh! You know what might be able to help? The police!
Ruby: Ugh, Weiss...
Weiss: It was just an idea!
Ruby: Yeah, a bad one.
Yang: Weiss, I think we should hear her side of the story before we jump to any conclusions.
Weiss: I think that when we hear it, you'll all realize I was right!
Penny: And I think Weiss' hair looks wonderful today!
Ruby turns around suddenly in shock as the rest of the team is surprised as well.
Ruby: Aaaah! Penny! Where did you come from!?
Penny: Hey guys! What are you up to?
Ruby: Uhh...
Yang: We're looking for our friend Blake.
Penny: Ooooh, you mean the Faunus girl!
Ruby, Weiss, and Yang stare at Penny.
Ruby: Wait, how did you know that?
Penny: Uhh, the cat ears?
Yang: What cat ears? She wears a... booooowww...
The realization leaves them in silence as a tumbleweed blows through in the wind.
Ben: Glad you guys finally figured it out.
Weiss: Wait! You knew she was a Faunus!
Ben: Oh come on, it doesn't take a genius like Azmuth to figure out she was a Faunus.
Ruby: Who's Az...
Ben: That's not the point, the point is it was kinda obvious she was a faunus.
Ruby: She does like tuna a lot...
Penny: So, where is she?
Ruby: We don't know. She's been missing since Friday.
Penny: That's terrible! Well, don't you worry Ruby, my friend! I won't rest until we find your teammate!
Ruby: Uh, that's really nice of you, Penny, but we're okay! Really! Right, guys?
Ruby looks behind her to see that her team has vanished.
Penny: It sure is windy today!
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Sun and Blake are then seen walking down an alley.
Sun: So, what's the plan now?
Blake: I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies. They've never needed that much Dust before.
Sun: What if they did? I mean... the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there! Right?
Blake: The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be.
Sun: Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas.
Blake: How huge?
Sun: Huge. Big Schnee Company freighter.
Blake: You're sure?
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Yang: Thanks anyways!
Yang, Ben and Weiss exit a shop, Yang sighs in disappointment.
Yang: This is hopeless.
Ben: Don't say that! We'll find her I promise.
Yang smiles lightly before looking at Weiss who's looking around nonchalantly.
Yang: You really don't care if we find her, do you?
Weiss: Don't be stupid; of course I do. I'm just afraid of what she'll say when we find her. The innocent never run, Yang!
Ben gains a stern look after hearing Weiss' words about Blake.
Ben: Yang go on ahead, me and the Ice Queen need to gave a little chat.
Yang: You sure?
Ben: I'm sure.
Yang nods at his decision and heads off. Ben turns his attention back towards Weiss a firm look on his face.
Ben: What is your problem?
Weiss: My problem? What is your problem!? How could you know she was a faunus and not say anything!
Ben: Because A: she chose to hid her identity because of people like Cardin who treat her unfairly because of what she is and B: because I knew you'd freak out after finding out how your family felt about Faunus.
Weiss: She was a part of terrorist organization Ben, what do you not understand!?
Ben: Stop it! Stop judging her by her past she's just misunderstood!
Weiss: Oh cause she sooo misunderstood! How would you know how she feels?
Ben: Because I know someone who's been in her situation!
A silence falls amongst the two of them before Ben sighs heavily.
Ben: Listen back in my dimension I have this friend his name is Kevin Levin. We met as kids he was misunderstood on the run, an accident happened and he blamed me for it, we fought several times as kids he had a vendetta against me and wanted me dead.
Weiss listening intently as Ben continues his story.
Ben: Few years later I run into him again and we decide to team up along with my cousin Gwen we worked together to stop an alien invasion, we became friends.
Ben sighs before continuing.
Ben: But then there was an incident in an effort to save the world he caused himself to go mad with power. He went into hiding, then one time me and him fought I believed he was too far gone and I... I tried to kill him.
Weiss looks at him in horror not believing his words.
Ben: But in the end I didn't.
Weiss: What changed your mind?
Ben: I was looking at Kevin as that power hungry 11 year old like back when we were kids. I was judging him on how he was not how he is. Now I put my life in his hands. Point being just like I did with Kevin, you can't judge Blake on who she was but who she is now.
Weiss looks down in disappointment realizing the way she treated her teammate.
Ben: Now, go find Yang I've got some business to take care of.
Weiss: What busi...
Ben: Just go!
Weiss heads off as she leaves her teammate behind. Ben pulls something out of his back pocket, a book of Blake's.
He places it onto the ground before activating the Omnitrix.
Ben: Alright Omnitrix, I need you to work this is the only lead I've got!
Ben slams onto the watch transforming himself into a large orange dog-like alien he lets out a loud animalistic growl.
Ben sniffs the book to pick up her scent as he begins to track her.
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Penny: So, Blake is your friend?
Ruby: Yes, Penny.
Penny: But you're mad at her?
Ruby: Yes. Well, I'm not. Weiss is.
Penny: Is she friends with Blake?
Ruby: Well, that's kind of up in the air right now...
Penny: But why?
Ruby: Well, you see, Blake might not be who we thought she was...
Penny: Is she a man?
Ruby: No! No, Penny. She's... I don't know what she is. She didn't exactly talk to us before she decided to run off
Penny: I don't have a lot of friends, but if I did, I would want them to talk to me about things.
Ruby: Me too...
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Amidst the chirping of crickets and darkness of night, Blake lays flat on her stomach on the rooftop overlooking the shipment of Schnee Dust containers.
Sun: Did I miss anything?
Blake: Not really. They've offloaded the crates from the boat. Now they're just sitting there.
Sun: Cool. I stole you some food!
Blake: Do you always break the law without giving a second thought?
Sun: Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?
Blake delivers an angry glare at him.
Sun: Okay, too soon!
Just as he says this, the winds blows all around them, and they look up to see a Bullhead's searchlights flashing around for a landing spot, descending in the middle of the cargo containers and extending a ramp for a black hooded individual with a metallic fanged mask to come out of.
Blake: Oh no...
Sun: Is that them?
Blake: Yes... It's them.
White Fang Solider: All right, grab the tow cables!
Sun: You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?
Blake: No. I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right.
A loud growl is heard behind them, the duo turns around at the noise. Sun screams at the top of his lungs only to have his mouth covered by Blake's hand she readies Gambol Shroud to fight the beast until she sees a familiar symbol.
Blake: Ben? Is that you?
He lets out another unintelligible growl.
Blake: I can't understand you.
Ben deactivates the Omnitrix turning back to human.
Ben: Sorry about that.
Sun: Wait how was that thing?
Blake: Tell you later, What are you doing here?
Ben: Finding you, I turned into Wildmutt and tracked your scent with one of your books.
Blake: You what!?
Ben: We'll get back to that later what are you two doing?
The trio is interrupted as a new voice enters the scene.
Roman: Hey! What's the holdup!? We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace?
Ben: Roman?
Blake: This isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a Human. Especially not one like that.
She stands up and unsheathes the Katana of Gambol Shroud before walking off the edge of the roof.
Sun: Hey, what are you doing?!
Blake falls to the ground in a crouch, then continues on to hide behind one of the containers, peeking around the corner to see Roman berate a White Fang member holding a coil of rope.
Roman: No, you idiot! This isn't a leash!
As he's looking around, Blake suddenly appears behind him with her blade at his throat.
Roman: What the- Oh, for f-
Rolls his eyes when he's cut off by Blake mid-swear.
Blake: Nobody move!
The White Fang soldiers ready their guns and equip their swords in response.
Ben: This is getting out of hand I need to do something!
Ben activates the Omnitrix, enveloping himself in the familiar green light of the watch.
Roman: Whoa! Take it easy there, little lady.
As the White Fang closes in on her, Blake uses her free hand to go for her bow and remove it, causing the ribbon to fall away as her Faunus ears are shown to the world.
Blake: Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you aiding this scum?
The White Fang members lower their weapons a little at this development, unsure of what to do, when Roman laughs.
Roman: Oh, kid, didn't you get the memo?
Blake: What are you talking about?
Roman: The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together!
Blake: Tell me what it is or I'll put an end to your little operation.
Suddenly, the air is filled with more turbines blowing the wind wildly around the holdup.
Roman: I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation...
Two more Bullheads are hovering above the heist, and as Blake watches in horror, Roman smiles and manages to fire his cane at Blake's feet, resulting in a large explosion.
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Ruby: Oh, no...
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Blake, dazed but relatively unhurt on the ground, quickly rolls and runs out of the way of Roman's continued attacks, flaming missiles destroying cargo behind her as she flips and uses her semblance to dodge then retreats behind more containers.
Roman: Here, kitty, kitty, kitty...
His taunt is interrupted when a banana peel lands on his head, causing him to toss it aside then look up and growl at the assailant eyes widening.
Sun: Woohoo!
Sun leaps from the container above Roman and drops down on the criminal's face feet-first, rolling up and readying himself to fight.
Sun: Leave her alone!
The Bullheads open to let more White Fang members descend on the scene, standing by Roman as he gets up and surrounding Sun.
Roman: You are not the brightest banana in the bunch, are you, kid?
With that said, the White Fang charge at the monkey Faunus, but he manages to dodge slashes and get some of the soldiers with his fists and kicks until he rolls out of the way of one's sword.
Sun: Haha!
Pulling out a collapsible red staff. He quickly uses this to beat down on each opponent that nears him, felling each one in a single flaming blow when he twirls it around, even creating a scorching shockwave to beat the last of them.
More White Fang soldiers appear readying to fight Sun, he gets his staff ready as a large black, white and yellow yeti like creature ground pounds the pavement sending a surge of electricity blasting back the White Fang soldiers.
Shocksquatch: Let's see how you fools deal against Shocksquatch eh?
Blake peers around the corner of the container to watch Sun jump around and beat another White Fang soldier, landing on his back and causing him to fly over toward Roman's head. The crime boss ducks then growls in annoyance and aims his cane at Sun, firing a shot that he defends himself from just when Blake leaps into the action.
Blake: He's mine!
Blake goes in close and becomes a blur of afterimages as she slashes both blades at Roman, who backs away and deflects each would-be blow with his cane at unbelievable speeds. Blake continues to dash, hop over, and slide around Roman to try and find a weak spot. Finally landing a blow after using her Semblance but he quickly recovers, deflecting several more attacks before attempting to punch her in the face. Only to hit a clone as she flips away. The two clash weapons again, then Torchwick jabs her in the side.
Roman: Hahaha!
He lands a few more hits on Blake until one final beating to the head with his cane causes her to go down.
Just as Roman deals with one opponent, Sun appears right behind her. Vaulting over Blake he kicks Roman in the chest and disconnects his staff into two spinning circles of flame-firing shotgun nunchucks that only slow down once to show the audience what they are before becoming twin arcs of offense again. Sun swings each gun at Roman while firing everything he as at him, but even with the rapid series of shots and flying bullets, Roman manages to defend himself against every bullet and hit until a millisecond-long pause allows Blake to get a slash in and knock him back. Ben sends a blast of lightning at him, Roman rolls out of the way dodge the blast.
On his back, Roman notices a container hanging by a crane right above the two warriors, and gets up to fire his cane at its supports. Blake leaps behind it, but Sun barely misses when he jumps forward, ending up right below the nozzle of Roman's cane. Just as he's about to fire, his and Sun's attention are drawn to a familiar voice.
Ruby: Hey!
Ruby appears on the rooftop overlooking them, Crescent Rose extended and ready for action.
Shocksquatch: It's about time you showed up, things are getting kinda dicey.
Roman: Well, hello, Red! Isn't it past your bedtime?
Penny: Ruby, are these people your friends?
Ruby: Penny, get back!
While her attention is diverted, Roman snarls and fires his cane at her, launching the young Huntress-in-training back from the explosion's force and sending her scythe flying away.
Ruby: AAAAAH!
Roman gives off a professional-level evil laugh at his attack on the young girl. Penny turns her head toward the criminal and gives her first glare, walking forward while Ruby tries to get back up.
Ruby: Penny, wait! Stop!
Penny: Don't worry, Ruby. I'm combat ready!
Her backpack mechanically opens up, and from its dark depths comes a single sword that extends and multiples into several blades hovering over Penny's back. Leaping from the rooftop with the weapons acting as wings, she sends three of her swords to knock two White Fang soldiers down before even landing on the ground, where she proceeds to fling the swords at one enemy, impale another to a wall, create a barrier of spinning steel against a running attack, leaping over a goon with her swords in tow, and finally making a wheel that she throws to knock multiple Faunus off their feet.
Sun: Whoa!
Shocksquatch: Now that's something you don't see everyday.
Three Bullheads come from the skies and open fire on the battle, but Penny merely forms a shield and launches two of her swords into the wall behind her, which in turn pull their wielder back with their strings. When her swords swirl around her again, she commands them to open their points and build up a large glowing ball of green light. With a punching action, several bright lasers crack the pavement when they fire at the transports and slice each one in half, causing several of the White Fang members inside to fall and letting Ruby watch as Bullheads fall in pieces behind her.
Stunned, she turns back to Penny as she aims her swords at the remaining Bullheads holding the crate of Dust and pulls back on their wires, tugging the aircraft with them.
Ben rushes over to his leader making sure she's okay.
Ruby: Whoa... How is she doing that?
Shocksquatch: I don't know it's kinda cool though eh.
Seeing the Bullhead's flight fall under Penny's control, Roman grimaces and turns to run towards the last transport.
Penny, after her large green pupils dilate for a second, pulls with all her might on the strings, and the aircraft crashes into a stack of crates, causing an explosion as a result.
Roman: These kids just keep getting weirder...
With his observation made, he uses his cane to close the doors, and the jet lifts off, flying away from the lost battle.
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Later, a handful of police cars are at the docks, where Ruby, Blake, Sun, and Penny are sitting on boxes in silence. That is, until Weiss and Yang appear on the scene.
Ruby: Look Weiss, it's not what you think, she explained the whole thing. See, she doesn't actually have a bow, she has kitty ears and they're actually kind of cute...
Blake: Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was with the-
Weiss: Stop! Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you? Twelve hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this. And in that twelve hours, I've decided...
Yang, Sun, and Ruby look on, worried.
Weiss: I don't care.
Blake: You don't care?
Weiss: You said you're not one of them anymore, right?
Blake: No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-
Weiss: Ah-bahp-bahp-bahp! I don't want to hear it. All I want to know is that the next time something this big comes up... you'll come to your teammates. And not some... Someone else.
Looking at Ruby and Yang grinning at her and Ben giving her a thumbs up, she wipes a tear from her eye, nodding.
Blake: Of course.
Weiss smiles and nods. The moment is serious for a second more until Ruby screams.
Ruby: Yeah! Team RWBY is back together!
Shocksquatch: You really know how to bring that positive energy Ruby.
Ben turns himself human once more by deactivating the Omnitrix.
As the six gather with each other, Weiss points accusingly at Sun.
Weiss: I'm still not quite sure about how I feel about you!
Ruby: Hey, wait a minute... Where's Penny?
From the darkened back seat of a limo, Penny watches the group of friends reuniting with each other.
Penny's Driver: You should know better than to go running around in a strange city.
Penny: I know, sir.
Penny's Driver: Penny, your time will come...
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Meanwhile, Ozpin is seen holding a Scroll showing a "LIVE FEED" of Ruby at the docks. He closes the video and opens up a communication with Qrow, whose team name and other information is left blank and his only message is: "QUEEN HAS PAWNS."
Ozpin: Hmmm...
The light of the nearly full moon illuminated Beacon as Ozpin contemplates his next move.
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Later that night in a secluded location, Roman walks into a large warehouse with a shadowy interior. He goes over to a table and places down a case of mysterious contents, sighing in tiredness.
Cinder: How very disappointing, Roman.
He turns around suddenly when he hears the voice and their noisy entrance.
Roman: Whoa! Hehe... I wasn't expecting to see you guys so soon...
Cinder: We were expecting... more from you.
Roman: Hey! You were the ones who suggested working with those stupid mutts from the White Fang.
Cinder: And you will continue to do so.
She summons a fireball in her hand and steps out of the darkness with her two companions, a gray-haired man and mint-haired, tanned woman.
Cinder: We have big plans for you, Roman. All we ask is... a little cooperation.
Cinder dons an evil smirk as the light fades to black.
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