(Two Weeks Later)
Inside the building of Mistral. Where Qrow Branwen, Team RWBY, the remaining members of Team JNPR, and Oscar Pine facing Lionheart and Raven.
Qrow: (angry) You have the Spring Maiden.
Raven: I do.
Qrow: Then hand her over and let's work together! We can beat Salem!
Raven: All that time spent spying for Ozpin and you still have no idea what you're dealing with. There is no beating Salem!
Ruby: You're wrong. We've done things that most people would call impossible, and I know the only reason we were able to do it is because we didn't do it alone! We had people to teach us, people to help us, we had each other. Work with us. At least I know we'll have a better chance if we try together. Please.
Ruby holds her hand out. Raven glares at it.
Raven: You sound just like your mother.
Suddenly, Raven draws her sword and creates a portal with her Semblance. From the portal, a fireball is launched and hits Ruby square in her torso. She lands several feet back.
Yang: Ruby!
While Yang runs to her little sister, Cinder Fall steps out of the portal.
Cinder: Hello boys and girls.
She is then joined by Vernal, Emerald Sustrai and Mercury Black as they too step out from the portal.
Ruby: (glaring) Cinder...
Cinder and her group line up alongside Raven, while the rest gasp.
Mercury: C'mon guys, is that any way to greet your old friends?
Yang growls at him.
Qrow: Everybody, stay calm.
Suddenly they hear the doors behind them open up.
Oscar: Oh no...
Hazel Rainart is seen closing the doors behind him as he enters.
Hazel: The White Fang is prepping demolition and securing the school grounds. No one's getting in, and no one's getting out.
Outside, a White Fang soldier is seen placing a bomb on the CCT tower. The camera zooms out to show more bombs all primed set by more White Fang soldiers. Adam Taurus looks on.
Adam: Once the charges are set, move back to perimeter watch. Tonight, Haven falls. (he smiles evilly)
Back inside, everyone watches Hazel slowly approach them. They turn their attention back to Cinder.
Weiss: This was all just a trap?
Ren: It appears so...
Qrow: Raven, tell me... how long have you been with them?
Cinder: (mocking) Aww, don't take it personally, little bird. Your sister was a recent addition. The lion on the other hand... Entrance into the Vytal Festival was a real treat, Leonardo's been sending Salem all sorts of information for a very, very long time. Isn't that right, professor?
Lionheart: (shamefully) Stop it...
Qrow: It was you... you sit on the Mistral Council. You had information on every Huntsman and Huntress in the Kingdom, and you gave it all to her?
Lionheart: I--
Qrow: I couldn't find any of them, because you let her kill them!
Lionheart doesn't say anything, only still having a sad expression on his face.
Cinder: Aw now, don't beat yourself up about it, Lionheart, I'm sure Tyrian and Hazel would've found them on their own eventually.
Jaune: What is wrong with you? How can you be so broken inside... to take so many lives, and then come here and rub it in our faces like it's something to be proud of?!
Nora: Jaune...
Jaune: (enraged) All with that damn smile on your face!! (tears stream from his eyes)
The rest of the group draw their weapons.
Qrow: Everybody, stay calm!
Cinder just glares.
Jaune: I'm gonna make you pay for what you did!! Do you hear me?!
Qrow: Kid!
Jaune: Well?! SAY SOMETHING!!
After a short pause, Cinder says her response.
Cinder: Who are you again?
At this, Jaune transforms Crocea Mors to its two-handler form and advances forward until he was hit by a dark energy.
Jaune: What the?!
Mercury: About time you showed up.
A dark cloud appears in the middle of the room, as it forms into...
(NOTE: Again, let's pretend that he looks like you.)
Azazel: (smiling) Did I miss anything?
Cinder: (smiling) No... You're just in time.
RWY: (Y/N)?!
Azazel: *chuckles* I'd like to say that I am, but.... Hehehe.....No.... Not quite.
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Somewhere in the forest in Mistral. Everyone is walking through the forest, Blake, Sun, Illia, (Y/N) and Jeff are beside each other.
Illia: Azazel, huh?
(Y/N): ...
Illia: Don't worry, you're good in my book... I-I mean you did save all of us from.... Uhm.... Your look alike. A-And well.... Um.... I never really hated your father...
(Y/N): Huh?
Illia: I kinda idolized him.
Sun: Really?
Blake: You've never told me that.
Illia: I just love how he fights! So, ruthless... Enigmatic... Unpredictable... And his eyes....
Illia begins to drool.
Blake: Illia?
(Y/N) notices that Jeff is being quiet.
(Y/N): Something wrong, Jeff?
Jeff: Yeah.... It's quiet...
Sun: Well, we are in a forest.
Jeff: Too quiet...
As everyone continues walking through the forest, they hear some rustling on the trees as everyone readies themselves.
Illia: What was that?
Male Faunus: Do they know?
Jeff: Shh.
After a while, a mist begins to spread.
(Y/N): What the hell?
Jeff looks around then sees a note on one of the trees. Jeff then slowly approaches it.
(Y/N): What is it?
As Jeff looks closely at the note, his eyes begin to widen...
Jeff: Fuck...
(Y/N): (runs towards Jeff) What's goin-
(Y/N) then sees the note.
(Y/N): Oh fuck...
Blake: What's going on?
Jeff: Just get everyone to Mistral!
(Y/N): Fast!
Sun: Then what are you guys doing there?! Let's go!
(Y/N): No, we can't! You guys go on without us!
Blake: (Y/N)!
(Y/N): (gently grabs Blake's shoulders) We will be back Blake. I promise.
Blake thinks for a moment until they hear some rustling on some tree.
Jeff: He's getting closer!
Blake: Just be back in one piece, okay?
(Y/N): I promise.
Blake: And don't die!
(Y/N): *chuckles* I won't. Now go!
Sun: Come on, guys! Mistral is just this way!
Everyone starts to follow Sun whereas Blake stops for a moment to look at (Y/N).
Illia: What is it, Blake?
Jeff forms his knife into a sword.....
As (Y/N) transforms into his white-haired form....
Making Blake smile a little.
Illia: Blake?
Blake: H-Huh? O-Oh. N-Nothing... Come on!
As Blake follows Sun, Illia also starts to stare at (Y/N) for a moment then finally follows Blake.
Jeff: I knew he was still alive. This guy never dies.
(Y/N): Anything you know more about this guy?
Jeff: Nothing, the fucker's very mysterious.... But I heard that he was a pedophile...
(Y/N): Oh, great! We're gonna get our asses probed! Literally!
Jeff: Shh.
Jeff hears footsteps coming on his side.
Jeff: I got him!
So is (Y/N) but on his side.
(Y/N): No you don't.
They both now start to hear footsteps on every direction.
(Y/N): What the fuck!?
Jeff: Back to back!
Jeff and (Y/N) turns their back on each other as they listen to the footsteps.
(Y/N): It's getting closer!
Jeff: Wait for it...
Jeff now decides to ignore the footsteps as he hears some scratches on the trees near them. He then hears some wind blowing in their direction. Then some clicking sounds near him. He then raises his sword on his left as his weapon clashes on something invisible.
(Y/N): What the hell?!
Jeff pushes the thing then swings his sword only to hit nothing.
Jeff: Gotcha, you tall fuck!
An unknown being starts to form itself...
(Y/N): Son of a bitch...
Slenderman extends his arm and enlarges it then swings it to the side of (Y/N) to Jeff, in which they both jump up to dodge it. (Y/N) got smacked away by Slenderman, in mid-air, causing him to crash on one of the trees.
As soon as Jeff lands back on the ground, he deflects Slenderman's tendrils while circling him. As soon as Jeff parried the last tendril he then swings his sword, to create a wave, hitting Slenderman, causing it to explode.
As the smoke clears up, (Y/N) is now inches to Slenderman's face as he gives him a barrage of fists on the face, pushing Slenderman back.
(Y/N): You think I'd do nothing for two weeks, you Slendy fuck?! Think again!
(Y/N) then kicks Slenderman's face to the side. Jeff dashes behind the incoming Slenderman to stab him in the back, but Slenderman vanishes right in front of them, before he even could.
(Y/N): What the?!
Jeff: Behind you!
Before (Y/N) could turn around, Slenderman grabs his face, slams him on the ground, then throws him away.
Jeff then dashes forward to Slenderman as his tendrils and Jeff's sword clashes as the two have a stare down.
Slenderman: Jeff The Killer? You're not in your usual self....
Jeff: Unlike you.... I've changed...
Jeff then jumps back as he continues to trade blows with Slenderman, causing some of the trees to be chopped down.
During the bout, (Y/N) jumps in, and starts fighting Slenderman alongside Jeff, trading blows.
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Meanwhile in Mistral. Hazel flies out through the wall and outside onto Haven Academy's quad. Adam Taurus and White Fang soldiers look on.
White Fang Soldier: (to Adam) What's going on in there?
Hazel: None of your concern...
Adam and his followers stare in amazement as they watch Hazel get back up. He then takes out a pair of red Dust crystals and stabs them into his arms. He lets out another roar as Ruby watches from inside the building. She then looks back to her friends and allies, all of them looking tired and worn out from the battle they've endured.
Adam: Stay focused! Our friends are almost done here.
Adam and his followers get back to work, but then they hear a voice call out to him.
Blake: ADAM!!
They all look up and see Blake Belladonna standing proudly on top of the roof of a nearby building.
Adam: Blake?
Hazel: Who is that?
Blake: Stand down!
The White Fang soldiers aim their firearms at her.
Adam: Wait! (putting his hands up as the White Fang soldiers stand down, before laughing evilly) To think that I went through so much trouble to find you, only to have you deliver yourself to me.
Blake: This isn't what's right for the Faunus! Stop what you're doing and we can end this peacefully.
Adam: You're wrong, Blake, and you can't stop us.
Blake: No, I can't. Not by myself.
Sun: That's why she didn't come alone!
Adam and his followers turn to the left in surprise, seeing Sun Wukong standing in front of a massive legion of Faunus all armed with blunt weaponry, their shields bearing the old White Fang symbol.
Adam: What?!
White Fang Soldier: Who's there?
They then turn to the right, and see Ghira Belladonna leading another massive legion of Faunus.
Ghira: Your brothers and sisters.
One of the White Fang Soldiers lowers his weapon, recognizing one of the Faunus in the crowd.
White Fang Soldier: M-- Mata?
Mata is seen in the crowd holding a club and shield.
Mata: (pleading) Please... stop this...
Adam and his followers look all around them assessing the situation.
Adam: Make no mistake, brothers! These are our enemies! And we will not let them ruin--
Suddenly, Adam is interrupted when a Mistral airship shines its searchlight down on Adam and his group. The Mistral police captain is seen on the airship with Kali Belladonna.
Mistral Police Captain: (over P.A.) Adam Taurus, this is the Mistral Police Force! Lower your weapons and surrender peacefully.
More Mistral airships arrive. Back inside, Ruby knocks Emerald back a few feet. Emerald then hears the sounds of the Mistral airships as their searchlights shine through the windows. Everyone stops what they are doing. Weiss leans up as Jaune continues healing her.
Weiss: What's happening?
Jaune: I'm not sure. How are you feeling?
Weiss: (sitting back up) Better. (Weiss activates a summoning Glyph in her hand) Much better. Keep it up.
Back outside, Blake lands to the ground from the roof.
Adam: How?! How did you do this?!!
Blake: Adam, it's over.
Adam looks around as the crowds of Menagerie Faunus get closer to him and his group. He then pulls out a detonator.
Adam: Then it's over for all of us.
Female White Fang Soldier: Hey wait!
Adam's followers hold up their arms as they brace for the impending explosion. Adam presses the button, but nothing happens.
Adam: Huh?
He presses the detonator button a few more times, nothing happens.
White Fang Soldier: What are you doing? Trying to get us all killed?!
Suddenly, Adam grabs his collar.
Adam: (enraged) I am making humanity pay for WHAT THEY'VE DONE!!
Adam let's go and pushes the White Fang soldier back when Blake speaks.
Blake: We sent someone over to confirm your explosives, and once we did, she disarmed them.
Ilia Amitola walks out from around the tower, dropping her black camouflage as she holds the wires in her hand that disabled the bombs. Adam seethes, realizing that the situation is no longer in his favor.
Adam: (turning to Hazel) What do we do?!
Hazel: (cracking his knuckles) This... is your business. Not mine. Fix it.
Adam just glares back at him before turning to Blake.
Blake: I told you, Adam. It's over...
Adam, not having any of it, yells out in frustration and charges forward toward Blake. He takes out Wilt from Blush to slash at her, but Blake uses her Semblance to get out of the way and she knocks him down by balling her fists together and hitting his back. Adam falls to the ground on his knees, before yelling out to his followers.
Adam: KILL THEM!!!
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Inside the building. Yang is fighting Azazel alongside Ruby. Trying to hit Azazel with their weapons before they are pushed back by Azazel.
Yang: Cinder killed (Y/N), and made a copy of him....
Ruby: Yang... (Y/N) is-
Yang: No! (Y/N) is dead, Ruby!
Ruby: You're wrong! I saw him!
Azazel: She's not wrong, you know?
Yang: What?!
Azazel: The main reason why I'm here.... Is to wait for him to come... This body.... Aches.... Wanting to kill him.
Yang: SHUT UP!
Yang charges forward to land some hits on him but Azazel dodges all of it as he trips Yang over. Ruby starts firing some shots onto him, but Azazel catches all of the oncoming bullets. Dropping the bullets in his hand afterwards.
Weiss is back on her feet with a summoned Queen Lancer flying above her, firing some icicles on Azazel and pulling Hazel back into the building.
Azazel: Schnee....
As she prepares to fight again, she gasps as she notices someone entering the building. Yang and Ruby look back as well and gasp when they see Blake, her eyes widening as she sees all of her teammates in the same place.
Blake: Yang?
Yang stares back at her in disbelief, before her sister snaps her out of her trance.
Ruby: Yang! Go! (pointing in the direction of the vault entrance)
Yang runs forward. Emerald and Mercury try to stop her.
Emerald: No!
Emerald tries to stop Yang, but fails to and falls to the ground. Mercury grabs her prosthetic arm. Yang's eyes briefly turn red before turning back to normal. She detaches her arm and continues forward, causing Mercury to lose his balance for a bit. She jumps down the hole leading to the vault. Emerald and Mercury attempt to give chase, but they are stopped by an ice wall that suddenly appears in front of them. They turn around and see Weiss with her Queen Lancer summon as she prepares to fight the both of them. Jaune watches from his position and smiles. Ruby then turns back around to look at Blake, and both nod at each other as the cat Faunus goes back outside to join the battle.
Azazel: (turns to Weiss) Weiss Schnee... Isn't it? Tell me... What is it that you seek?
Weiss: I want the real (Y/N) back!
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Back in the Forest. (Y/N), Jeff and Slenderman are panting out tiredness before Slenderman could screech.
(Y/N): Fuck... Me...
Jeff: I'M STILL STANDING!
The three continues to trade blows.
Slenderman was able to knock (Y/N) away, leaving with him and Jeff to continue the fight. As Jeff swings his sword at Slenderman, he catches it with his tendrils, then knocks Jeff away.
Slenderman: Pathetic, mortals.... Fighting with a toy.
Slenderman breaks Jeff's sword in half with his tendrils, as the two Huntsmen watches it fall down in shock. (Y/N) Then dashes towards Slenderman to punch his face, then kicks his gut, punches his face again, then charges his fist and punches him for one last time....
(Y/N): JUST FUCKING DIE ALREADY!
(Y/N) lands back down, panting from tiredness. The smoke clears up, revealing...
(Y/N): Fuckin' déjà vu.
Slenderman screeches as they continue to clash once again. Leaving Jeff alone.
Jeff: Dammit.... God fucking dammit...
Slenderman impales (Y/N)'s chest, then his shoulder, then throws him next to Jeff, reverting him back to normal.
Jeff: (Y/N)!
Slenderman: DIE!
Jeff runs towards (Y/N) to take the tendrils.
As soon as (Y/N) opens his eyes he sees Jeff with tendrils on his entire body, making his body look pale.
(Y/N): Jeff...
Jeff: Hey... (Y/N)...
(Y/N): (eyes widened) No...
Jeff then looks up to (Y/N) with a signature smile.
Jeff:
Jeff: I've done good..... Right?
(Y/N): (tears dropping down) Jeff....
Jeff: Please.... Tell me....
(Y/N): (voice breaking) Y...... Yeah..... You've done more..... than good.....
Jeff: Thank you.... Don't make.... The same mistakes.... I did....
Slenderman pulls Jeff towards him,
(Y/N): NOOOO!
Making (Y/N) swell up into tears of what he is seeing right now...
(Y/N) kneels down and puts his head on the ground and screams loudly as Slenderman tears Jeff's head off, finally opens his mouth and eats it. He then drops Jeff's headless and limbless body on the ground as he slowly approaches the crying (Y/N).
(Y/N POV)
(Y/N): Damn you...
Slenderman: (approaching) Why do you persist...?
Damn it...
Slenderman: You try so hard.... And yet it always stays the same...
No...
Slenderman: Those men you sought to save have either died or turned their back on you. Yet you fight. You resist..... Why?
(3rd POV)
The Apple inside (Y/N)'s bag begins to glow again....
And so are his eyes...
(Y/N):
(Y/N): (calm) Because no one else will.
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Back in the Mistral building. Lie Ren coughs while Nora Valkyrie groans in exhaustion.
Jaune: You guys okay?
Ren: Surviving...
Nora: I don't know how that big guy is still standing. He recharges his Aura faster than I've ever seen!
Oscar Pine watches Qrow Branwen fly in with his bird form, before transforming back into his usual self.
Qrow: (grunting in pain) He's sheer willpower.
Oscar takes cover behind a nearby column.
Ozpin: We just need to get him to his limit!
The Queen Lancer summon is then shown firing projectiles at Leonardo Lionheart, who defends himself with his weapon. He then knocks the summon away with a flame torrent coming from his weapon.
Azazel: So annoying...
AzazelThen blasts the Lancer summer to dissipate. Weiss stares in shock as her summon disappears. Suddenly, Blake jumps in and kicks Hazel to the ground before jumping next to Weiss and Ruby Rose.
Blake: Are you hurt?
Weiss: N- No! I just remembered you being more of the quiet one.
Hazel, Emerald, and Mercury slowly advance toward the three of them.
Blake: Not today.
Blake draws Gambol Shroud, while Ruby holds up Crescent Rose.
Weiss: Alright. (holding Myrtenaster defensively) Well, what's the plan, Ruby?
Ruby nods. Lionheart tries to launch an attack on her, but Ruby shoots at his shoulder. Lionheart runs out of the room through the doors behind him in fear.
Mercury: (watching Lionheart run away) You've gotta be kidding me...
Hazel lets out a fearsome roar, while Emerald and Mercury just watch him.
Azazel: So, you're here... And he's not... How disappointing...
Blake: He'll be here! I'm telling you that you faker!
Weiss: Wait.... (Y/N)'s really...
Azazel closes his eyes and smiles in response.
Mercury: Ughh.... Let's just kill them and be done-
Before he could finish, a headless Slenderman crashes into the building as everyone notices it.
Emerald: ...!
Mercury: Impossible! Who could-
Slenderman's head is thrown next to the corpse. Everyone then looks at the person who did it.
Qrow: Woah...
Ruby: You're back....
Weiss: ......(Y/N)?
(Y/N) is walking inside the building.
(Y/N):
Ozpin: Silver-eyes....
Qrow: Impossible! He doesn't have silver-eyes!
Ozpin: Not until now... How could...?
Azazel: Hmhmhmhmhmhmhmhm (turns to Y/N) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Your're finally here...
(Y/N) stops walking as he gets inside.
Blake: (Y/N)?
Weiss: He seems.... Different...
Hazel charges at (Y/N) with a fearsome roar, only to get smacked by (Y/N), sending Hazel against the wall.
(Y/N): (turns to Hazel) ....... Pathetic.....
Hazel: ...!
(Y/N) then turns his focus on his copy.
(Y/N): You....
(Y/N):
(Y/N): Hmph.