The flight to Atlas took hours.
That was enough time for Blake and Yang to explain what happened with Adam.
For Oscar to share that Ozpin had briefly helped him land the plane while Maria was blinded by electricity.
For everyone to congratulate Ruby.
For Pyrrha to ask how she did that and get a very vague answer.
And for...a few people to tell Pyrrha she'd been helpful.
But it was not enough time to convince Shine or Wally to explain themselves any further.
The others were getting fed up with Shine's evasion of their questions with witty remarks and Wally's...evasion.
No, they would not explain how they'd found Oscar; no, they would not explain how they knew everyone; no, they would not be explaining why the Leviathan ran away from them; and no, they would not explain how Pyrrha was...alive.
And how their powers worked.
And no, they wouldn't say why they wouldn't say... Because Weiss asked them.
Pyrrha finally broke up this one-sided interrogation by asking what she'd missed.
Shine and Wally hadn't been able to tell her everything, and she also wanted to hear it right from her friends.
She believed the DJs, but of course it would have been strange if her friends didn't want to tell her.
Actually, they didn't want to tell her, not all of them, because some of them still thought she probably wasn't real.
But Nora and Jaune began to fill her in anyway, and only held off on a few things when Qrow shot them warning looks.
They didn't mention Raven Branwen had been the Spring Maiden, when they explained that part--because only Yang knew that.
Well, the DJs knew it, but said nothing.
Weiss and Blake saw no harm in filling Pyrrha in about what they'd done with their families also--how could that really matter going forward? She might as well know.
Shine knew all this already, but Wally only knew about half of it.
But news to Shine was that Sun Wukong had gone back to Vacuo.
Blake said he had thought she should catch up with his team and take care of them. And that she'd be okay without him now.
Shine wondered if Sun had more of thought Blake would get tired of him once she had her less goofy friends around.
Shine counted the stuff that the others didn't tell Pyrrha and whispered to Wally.
They didn't tell her how to summon the lamp--or how it worked. Shine didn't know this, but she knew they must know after seeing Ruby do it and what Jaune had mentioned before.
They didn't tell Pyrrha about Salem bringing Ozpin back to life or their weird history, other than that they'd been enemies for millennia. (But she knew part of this from the DJs.)
They didn't tell her that Ozpin had lied to them and Salem couldn't be killed.
They didn't tell her that Oscar was losing more and more of his mind to Ozpin over time.
Most of the rest of the story, they did tell her.
Pyrrha was not slow, and she realized pretty quickly that they'd left some stuff out.
She chose not to ask them why. But it made her wonder--why did Shine and Wally tell her that themselves? Had they suspected the others would hold out on it? And why did they want her to know? Why didn't the others want her to know?
She put it together... They didn't trust her. They didn't believe in her motives.
She frowned to herself. Was it because she'd been...well, dead? Or was it because she'd gone along with Ozpin before, blindly, and now they didn't trust her judgment not to be swayed by him?
Whichever it was, she felt strange about it.
And she couldn't quite get her head around how to feel about missing all this because she was dead. One would think that would be a pretty sickening thing to realize.
But it felt like she'd slept in and missed a schoolwork assignment...(something she'd never done, really, but she'd had nightmares about doing it) and now she could never catch up...
This was why she didn't miss class time.
Worse than that thought was the looks she saw some of the team giving her. Wary ones...like she wasn't quite right.
All in all, coming back to life was not the way Pyrrha would have guessed it would be, had she been asking about it beforehand.
[Makes me wonder how Lazarus would have felt about the Pharisees wanting him dead again.]
Instinctively, Pyrrha turned her attention to the newcomers.
Shine and Wally, she thought, must feel strange also. After all, everyone was treating them with even more suspicion than her. And fear too. And they were not letting it affect them. Why, Shine sang to herself like she didn't have a care in the world, and Wally just made jokes.
She also paid attention to Oscar, who she figured must have a lot of mixed feelings about what had gone on. He seemed like a nice boy, smart, polite. A little awkward...probably a kindred spirit.
Also he was the only one not shooting her looks of either fear, suspicion, or a kind of pained relief...so that was nice.
Oscar on his part didn't find Pyrrha's situation as odd as he'd have thought. All Ozpin's memories of being reborn over and over considered, he almost thought it sounded nice not to have the hassle of being in someone else's body.
But he thought she looked as uncertain as he felt sometimes, being around her old friends and realizing that they'd changed over time and how they looked at her would never be the same either.
And this was after 8 hours together.
Finally everyone gave up trying to ask or answer any more questions about the past and turned their attention to the future.
"So...what are we going to do when we land in Atlas?" Blake asked.
"Try to get to Jimmy before we get arrested for hijacking this plane," Qrow said. "Let's just hope they were too busy on Grimm clean-up to let the main city know that one of theirs is missing."
"If they weren't, you're in trouble," Shine remarked. "Perhaps you should have let us take you after all."
"No one likes a know-it-all," Qrow said. "Let it go."
"Okay then." Shine sat back. "What's your back-up plan for if we get arrested?"
Qrow didn't have one.
"I guess they'll realize it's us sooner or later..." Weiss said. "Right?"
"If it's the bureaucratic mess government at home is, could take weeks," Shine said. "Let's hope it's better than that."
"On that note, we're getting close," Maria said.
It was also dark now.
"Come and see this," Qrow said to the others.
They got up to look.
Atlas was beautiful, like a constellation of lights and buildings...until they noticed the many airships out, like they were expecting an enemy armada.
[I brightened this image myself to really make it pop, thought it worked well.]
A voice over the radio welcomed them home.
They were able to land, but the team was nervous.
"I've never seen Atlas like that," Pyrrha mused in a low voice.
"Me neither," Qrow said.
Pyrrha didn't think Qrow was happy she was alive again.
Watching him, she frowned slightly. Was this...anger?
She had begun to recollect more and more about the week before she died. It came back like your memories of the day before do after you wake up from a dream--not all at once, but as things remind you of them.
And now that they were facing Atlas, she was recalling that Qrow had been a big part of the meeting with Ozpin that set her on her path to...well...destruction.
She supposed it wasn't his fault, really, if he was deceived...but why hadn't he said anything about it? Why did he join the others in keeping the truth back from her? Was he not going to own up to making a mistake?
Pyrrha was always so fast to admit if she was wrong that she almost couldn't fathom that other people might neglect to ever do so.
The ship pulled in and landed in Mantle, and they disembarked.
Weiss suggested Pyrrha put the hood on her coat up.
"I mean...you know, you're from Argus, and a lot of Atlas people were your fans. If you just walk in here, someone is bound to notice," she said.
Pyrrha pulled the hood up. But she felt more and more like a spy or refugee.
No one else seemed to notice this at all. They were talking about going to find Maria's friend, who she said would help them.
Of course, as they walked through Mantle, they saw the "PSA", warning citizens to stay indoors.
Winter appeared in some, though they were mostly Ironwood, which seemed to make Weiss uncomfortable.
"1984 much?" Wally said to Shine.
"Ugh," she shuddered, "I hate this."
Little bots with cameras were going around too.
Yang punched one suddenly when it moved too close to her.
"Way to keep a low profile." Wally gave her a thumbs up. 👍
"Shut up," she said.
The others looked at her.
"It startled me," she protested.
Another one looked at Pyrrha, and she used her semblance to spin it around the other way. "I'm not sure how we can slip in unnoticed like this... But why are we sneaking around at all? Shouldn't the General be expecting us?"
"He won't expect you," Qrow said. "That's one thing. No clue how to explain that. And I'm not sure he is. We'll never get there if we're caught. We have to find a way up to Atlas itself."
"Pietro will be able to help," Maria insisted. "We're almost there. Come this way."
"Great," Yang muttered.
As they went, Shine suddenly pulled Pyrrha back. "Pyrrha, listen to me--if you see General Ironwood, don't tell him that you were dead."
"What?" Pyrrha said. "I don't understand. How can I avoid that? And why would you want me to?"
"My intuition says it's a bad idea," Shine said. "I think I know why--I'd have to see him to be sure. But trust me, please. Avoid the question. Don't let the others tell him--I'm not sure they'll try, but you certainly shouldn't. For all he knows, you've just been missing all this time. It's safer that way."
"You don't trust the General?" Pyrrha said.
"I do not trust anyone who designs a machine to pull someone's soul out and shove it into someone else's body." Shine was cutting.
A silence followed this, then Pyrrha said, "I was going to go along with that. Does this mean you do not trust me?"
Wally winced. "I forgot he did that... That is so wrong... Are we sure about this guy?"
Shine cleared her throat.
"Oh--but that doesn't mean we don't trust you, Pyrrha," Wally added quickly. "You're not like that."
"I don't agree with what you did," Shine spoke firmly. "At all. I think it's an abomination...but you were hesitant and pushed into it on false information. I can't imagine you conceiving of such an idea on your own, so, it's easier to let it go."
"You think it was abominable?" Pyrrha didn't sound offended, she was simply taking it very seriously that they said that.
"Yes," Shine said.
"Normally, I'd use a nicer word, but I can't." Wally looked conflicted. "It's horrible. Sounds like something a villain would do."
"Is this world so lost that that is a viable option in the minds of the good people?" Shine wondered aloud.
Pyrrha felt something like a sense of shame on behalf of her world, if two people from outside it were appalled at its condition just on that...yet...
"You judge the whole world based on a handful of people," she said.
Shine and Wally glanced at her, then each other.
"Fair point," Shine said.
"Yeah, that's true," Wally nodded.
"Perhaps that is unfair," Shine said. "But the guardians of this world at least...and guardians have a massive effect on their world. They introduce things into it, for better or worse. So when I say the world, I mean that. Of course, the entire world is not that corrupt. But a world's face is the people who guard it the most avidly."
"I see." Pyrrha pursed her lips. "And you don't trust them."
"Do you?" Shine asked bluntly.
"I'm not sure." Pyrrha looked pained. "Now that I know..."
She glanced ahead. Jaune was looking back, but no one seemed able to hear them.
"Why didn't the others tell me what you did?" Pyrrha said in her somber tone that always made her sound like she was a little too smart for people to try to BS as much as they did.
"I thought it was weird they left it out," Wally said. "If I didn't know better, I'd say they were suspicious of you."
"You don't know better, hon," Shine said.
"Oh...I was hoping it was just me." He looked leery of the others.
"I'm sorry, Pyrrha." Shine looked somber. "I was a bit surprised also. But I'm not sure they think you're real."
"How could it not be real?" Pyrrha said, but she knew Shine was right.
She looked at her hands and sighed. "I just don't feel like anything happened... To me it's like nothing changed. To them...I don't know what it's like. How I would feel."
"Ozpin is here. How do you feel about that?" Shine queried.
"Less surprised than I'd expect," Pyrrha replied. "Somehow it makes sense... But then, if I already came back to life, how odd can it be that someone else did? It's strange that he is cursed, however. And I'm not...right?"
"Of course not. We wouldn't do that to you," Shine said. "And...you're not immortal. Perhaps this is best to say now--you can be killed just as easily as before. We didn't make you less human."
"I'm actually relieved to hear that," Pyrrha spoke in low voice. "I wouldn't like it if you gave me powers that were unnatural. I like to know what I'm capable of."
"And you were going to be the weird, magic girl?" Wally said. "It kinda seems like you're not cut out for this kind of bizarre stuff."
"They asked me," Pyrrha said. "And perhaps it was wrong. I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about it now that I know the truth."
"It's been one day. Don't push yourself too hard," Shine said. "I know you will anyway, but it's okay if it takes a while. No one has this figured out yet entirely."
"If you think I was wrong, why did you bring me back?" Pyrrha asked. "What did I do to make you think it was wise?"
"Don't be foolish," Shine scolded her quite sharply. "And don't talk like that. Life and Death are not about what is wisest, always, Pyrrha Nikos. Mercy has a place in all this. Are we your judge? No. God is the judge. If He judged it was wise to allow this, He has a reason. But it won't be what you think. We don't buy and sell answers like Ozpin does. We didn't ask if you were right or wrong."
Pyrrha was stunned to hear this. "Then what gave you the idea?"
"I told you we'd tell you that when you're ready," Shine said. "It's not that I don't trust you. But I think it would be better coming later. Do you expect us to demand something of you? Because if not, then it was at our discretion, that's all."
"You really don't want me to do anything for you?" Pyrrha said. "Because I will. I would hardly say no."
"Geez, it's no big deal." Wally waved his hand. "We save people all the time, and what's a life between friends? Mine and me save each other, like, every other Tuesday, and no one ever talks about it. That's just the job, kiddo. We don't need any thanks for it."
"And to God be the glory," Shine added. "Don't worry about it. Would you ask us for something if it was you?"
"I... No." Pyrrha suddenly smiled faintly. "I wouldn't. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have assumed. You must be Huntsmen."
"Close enough," Shine said. "For here anyway, I think. But not paid."
"It's noble of you to save people and not even get a reward," Pyrrha said.
"I mean, if you have these powers, you should use them to help others," Wally said.
"We're given our strength to serve," Shine added.
"I always thought that also." Pyrrha smiled more. "How odd... It's strange...I just met you, but somehow it's like I've known you for a long time. Is that a strange thing to say?"
"A little," Wally said. "But that's how it is with some people. I felt like that about my best friends."
"I felt like that about Wally," Shine said. "Of course, I knew a lot about him already, but also he was just really easy to talk to."
"It's nice to meet other people who don't treat me like I'm on a pedestal," Pyrrha remarked thoughtfully. "Oh...I didn't mean to say that out loud."
"I can assure you, I never treat anyone that way," Shine rolled with it.
"Not much of a pedestal guy," Wally said. "My buddy, Supes, kind of gets put on that. He doesn't like it. It's better to treat people like they're like you."
"It's nice for us to talk to anyone here who doesn't dislike us right off," Shine said. "We know all about you, and that doesn't bother you at all for some reason.
"I suppose because, all things considered, how could you not?" Pyrrha said. "I'm confused about how you know some of it. But if you can...do what you do, then why not know all about my history also? What could be impossible for you?"
"Plenty, but not for God," Shine said.
"Exactly," Pyrrha said.
The others kept looking at them, now, wondering what they were talking about.
"Should we go to Atlas at all?" Wally wondered. "This place is creepy enough. I bet it's worse there. I thought it would be this pristine city like Beverly Hills from what the sh--the material said."
"Maybe Atlas is. This is Mantle," Shine said. "Atlas has its own issues, though, from what I remember of the World of Remnant series."
"Oh, those instructional videos Signal put online for students?" Pyrrha said. "I remember those. Very informative."
[While a weird use of the show's budget, being read by Qrow did make those videos more enjoyable than expected.]
"I didn't watch those," Wally said.
"We didn't have time for it," Shine said. "But maybe you can look them up here, from the sound of it."
"That reminds me, I need a new scroll. I should be able to purchase one here," Pyrrha mused. "Luckily, my bank account was pretty much untouched. My mother had the card for it too. I guess they sent them a new one..." She frowned a little. "Strange to think about, but she said they didn't spend it. They didn't have the heart, I guess."
"That is handy. Most people who come back to life don't have a dollar to their name," Shine joked.
"What's a dollar?" Pyrrha asked.
"Money," Wally said.
"Oh... How often does this happen?" Pyrrha asked.
"In my world, quite often," Shine said.
"A few times here and there," Wally said.
"But I was joking," Shine said.
"Is it weird for us to joke about it?" Wally wondered.
"I'm not sure," Pyrrha said. "I didn't mind it though. I can't exactly take it personally if it happens more often than...well...but perhaps don't say that to the others. I don't think they're ready for it."
"You noticed already?" Shine said.
Pyrrha almost wished she'd disagreed.
"It would be hard to miss..." she said slowly. "But I can't blame them."
"I can," Shine said.
"Well, you have to think what they've been through," Wally said. "They're just kids. Except Qrow."
"I suppose that's true," Shine said. "Well, I don't know if I blame them for having questions...but there's no need for the hostility."
"I don't see any hostility," Pyrrha said.
"Yeah, that's a little strong," Wally said.
What was funny about that was that just after they said that, the others followed Maria into a shop, but Qrow hung back outside and stopped the three of them.
"Just a second, beanpoles," he said, frowning. "We need to talk."
* * *
"What is it?" Shine asked.
"I didn't like to say anything while we were focused on getting out of Argus, but now that we're here, I'm not crazy about all of you tagging along," Qrow said. "I don't know what you did to get her--" He nodded at Pyrrha. "--but I don't buy it. She's not real, and you two are some kind of magicians to get this far. You shouldn't be messing with these kids' heads like this, but it ends here. If you're accompanying us to get something out of it, you can just have it out with me now."
He put his hand to his scythe. "Because you don't get any farther than this."
Wally had never been spoken to this way in his entire life...and it struck him speechless.
Pyrrha had also never heard this in her life, and from Qrow it shocked her even more.
Shine had heard it many times and wasn't the least bit surprised. She crossed her arms.
"If you believed that, why did you let us follow you here?"
"The others weren't so sure, but I figure now it's just you and me. What's your game?" Qrow said.
"Qrow?" Pyrrha finally spoke. "I... This is me. I'm not sure how else to prove it to you. It's not magic."
"That's exactly what a magical illusion would say," Qrow said. "You think I'm dense?"
"Do you really want me to answer that?" Shine interrupted.
"Salem has all kinds of tricks up her sleeve," Qrow added, in a lower tone in case anyone was listening. "And you think I wouldn't suspect this?"
"But..." Wally sputtered and could think of nothing to say.
"I see," Shine said. "Well, all right, Qrow, I didn't want to start up with you, but this is the game you want to play? Then fine, let's play. You're saying you don't believe this is the real Pyrrha. Ask her something only the real Pyrrha would know."
"No good," Qrow said. "You know all this different stuff about us. You could tell her anything."
"It's impossible I'd be able to predict exactly what you'd ask," Shine countered. "If you're clever enough, perhaps it won't matter. And if you think she knows all the things that we know, ask her something she wasn't there for and see if she knows."
"It still could be a trick," Qrow said.
"Unless she is somehow just a product of our own thoughts, it would be very hard to fake that," Shine said. "And she's solid, eats, drinks, and used her semblance. How much power do you think we'd have to have? Has Salem ever pulled that off?"
"I don't know what she could do," Qrow said.
"If you don't know what she could do, then you don't know she could do this," Shine said. "If you're going to make accusations of us, you'd better have some proof. What have we done so far to threaten any of you?"
Qrow frowned.
"Why would they be spying on you if they already know everything about you?" Pyrrha asked a very good question. "It seems to me they would go to this Salem already if they wanted to give her information on us. If you're concerned about us being tracked...didn't you say the lamp relic is already drawing Grimm? Salem doesn't need them to find you."
Funny, Pyrrha had only heard about the lamp the previous day, and she already had that figured out.
"Excellent point." Shine nodded at her.
"I get that you don't trust us," Wally said, "but why would you think we want to hurt these kids? I don't get it. We brought her back to life--how is that hurting anyone?"
"You don't think they've been through enough without you confusing it more?" Qrow said. "And what happens if this turns out to be fake? It'll shatter them."
Pyrrha looked down, then back up. "But I'm not fake," she said slowly. "So that cannot happen. I'm sorry, I can't convince you, but it won't happen, and when it doesn't, will you believe us then?"
Qrow wasn't having it. "I don't want to give you that chance."
"And you want to do what? Send us away? Kill us?" Shine asked him. Point blank. "We don't have to leave just because you said to. And we won't let you kill us. The team won't be happy if you try, however. What was the point of this except to threaten us?"
"There's the Leviathan, too," Qrow said. "I've never seen a Grimm obey anyone but Salem."
"I can't speak for her, but it obeyed us only out of fear," Shine shrugged. "Fear can be for good or bad reasons. I imagine a Grimm doesn't have the creativity to be afraid for any other reason than it thinks it will be destroyed. Do they obey Salem from fear or because of her powers? Who's to say? But it's none of our concern. However, if we truly were that powerful, would pissing us off be the wisest thing to do right now?"
Qrow paused and glanced at them warily.
"I just don't know why you're bothering." Shine sounded bored. "Don't you think it'll just cause more negativity?"
"Guys, are you all right?" Jaune looked out right then. "What's going on?"
"We were just talking about what to do from here," Qrow lied... Well, it wasn't entirely a lie.
"Oh...without us?" Jaune wasn't stupid.
"I wanted to know if they were planning to go to Atlas with us," Qrow said.
"And we're actually not planning to just now," Shine surprised him by saying. "I don't want to meet Ironwood looking like this. Not like fugitives. Perhaps we should just follow you all up after you work this out."
"But...you want to separate?" Jaune said.
Pyrrha glanced at Qrow warily, then said, "It might be better this way."
"Wait a minute, you can't just slip away," Qrow said.
"A moment ago I thought you wanted us to avoid this," Shine said pointedly. "Make up your mind. And, Jaune, consider this--Pyrrha is supposed to be dead. How will the General take seeing her with no warning at all? Wouldn't it be best to take more care with this?"
"But why would he care?" Jaune asked. "Wouldn't he be glad?"
"Would he?" Pyrrha was still giving Qrow a wary look. "It seems not everyone is as glad as one would think. Perhaps we should go inside. It's cold, and the Grimm will show up if we linger out here."
She could be so savage when she wanted to be.
Qrow felt the sting of her words as she walked past without another glance and past Jaune into the shop.
"Nice going," Shine said to Qrow.
"Geez, man, way to be sensitive," Wally added.
"Oh, you shut up," Qrow said. "Even if that girl was real, you're still on my list."
"Are you going to try to kill her again to prove she's real?" Shine asked. "Or will you leave that for Ozpin?"
"What?" Qrow said.
Shine held up a hand and pointed at him. "Unlike the students, Qrow, we know exactly how involved you were in what happened to her. And what you all were planning to do to that poor girl. I like you, don't get me wrong, but that was messed up. And no, she didn't tell us anything about it, but we already knew. Are you afraid that this is a trick, or are you afraid that it's real? Because if it's real, you have some things to answer for to someone who was actually there and knows what happened."
Qrow suddenly went from wary to startled and a little afraid...perhaps, also, a little ashamed.
"Look, she made a choice," he said.
"Dude, do you really buy that?" Wally shook his head.
"A choice that's made because of lies and manipulation is not much of a choice," Shine said. "And you know it. Or do you not feel that Ozpin's treatment of you has rendered your service to him at all less meaningful?"
"What did Oscar tell you?" Qrow said.
"Nothing," Shine said. "I saw it in your eyes."
Qrow stared at her.
"What did you do to Oscar?" Wally said suddenly. "He's just a kid. You didn't do something to him, did you?"
"Well, if Jaune did, he might have," Shine shrugged.
"Oscar told you that?" Qrow said, mad.
"No, Jaune told us himself," Shine said. "Oscar would not rat all of you out, no matter how badly you treated him. But while you were busy being drunk on the steps, we were actually talking to some of your charges on the team and learning what's been going on." She frowned. "You've had a lot to deal with, Qrow, and you're not much better equipped than those kids to know how to handle it. But because of that, you need to think about what you're guiding them into. The looks of this place aren't promising. Don't tell James about Pyrrha, all right? I promise you this much, if he threatens her, or any of them because of you, we will all disappear."
"You're saying I would threaten these kids?" Qrow said.
"Well, you're threatening us," Shine said, "and Pyrrha, so I don't know. Would you?"
"Ow..." Wally winced. "We're not making friends here."
"What would you have me do?" Shine asked him plaintively.
"Nothing, I guess. I just wish it wasn't going this way," Wally said. "I mean, we just want to help. Why is he mad at us?"
"Who knows why? Something happened between him and Ozpin obviously," Shine said. "I'm starting to think Oscar might need a protection squad for real. He's 14. What are you all putting him through?"
"Look, it's tough all around," Qrow said. "And the fact is, he is just another of Ozpin's lives. It's not pretty, but we can't lie to him. And it sucks, but that's the way it is. And you two can't change it."
"Are you sure about that?" Shine's eyes flashed suddenly.
"She doesn't do that on command," Wally said. "Just so you know."
"Did it happen again?" Shine asked.
"Yeah, but it's okay--made you look intimidating, in a good way." Wally gave her a thumbs up. [I love him.]
Qrow took a step back.
Suddenly a Grimm, wolf-like thing jumped out of the shadows, and they heard an alarm going off in the city of Mantle.
The beowolf ignored Shine and Wally and went right for Qrow, who ducked.
Wally grabbed him and pulled him aside so fast that the beowolf was left wondering where its prey had just gone.
It turned and looked at Shine, who had her sword out again now.
"And just what do you think you're doing?" she asked it, sounding angry. "How dare you attack someone in front of us and think we'd just allow it?"
The beowolf snarled at her.
"If that's how you want it." Shine swung the sword.
Now, usually one swipe didn't kill a Grimm, unless it was to cut off its head, but it only took the smallest graze from the tip of this sword, and the Grimm turned into smoke on the spot.
Shine waved the smoke away with disgust.
"There's more coming," she said, eyes gleaming again for a second. "We should be inside."
"What...?" Qrow began.
But then the rest of the team all rushed out the door, past him, and toward the sound of the sirens.
[Of course they did.]