Oscar Pine, who is currently letting Ozpin take over, and Qrow Branwen are seen sitting together. Qrow takes a sip from his cup.
Qrow: "Things aren't looking good, Oz."
Ozpin: "Ever the optimist."
Ozpin said, as he sips his cup.
"While I would not say our current predicament is... ideal, I think we can both agree that the situation could be much worse. Humanity is a resilient force."
Qrow: "Oz, pro Huntsmen like that don't just bite it all at once. Salem's powerful. It seems like her reach is growing by the day. What does that say about humanity?"
Ozpin: "That there are indeed a misguided few who have filled their hearts with malice. It doesn't take a great number of people to cause harm, but I still believe there are far more people in this world willing to prevent it."
As Ozpin is about to take another sip, Ruby Rose is heard walking into the room. Penny than follows beside Ruby
Ruby: "Um, excuse us?"
Ozpin: "Ah, Miss Rose and Miss Polendina, join us. We were just about to gather everyone to discuss our next steps."
Ruby: "Oh, uh, great."
Penny: "It is so great!"
Qrow: "Something on your mind kiddo?"
Ruby: "Uh... uh, it's... if it's okay to ask."
Qrow: "Of course."
Ruby: "Well, uh... we've been talking about the Relic at Haven... and the Spring Maiden, but... what about the Fall Maiden?"
Ozpin: "Amber."
Ruby: "Does that mean... Sans has the Beacon Relic?"
Ozpin and Qrow share a brief look with each other.
Ozpin: "Very astute, Miss Rose, I was wondering who would be the first to ask. Yes, he does have the Relic. It is a Relic that has the ability to influence decisions. And thankfully, Salem does not have the one in Haven. It's true that the Relic at Haven is very much at risk, and for now, that should remain our primary focus. Let's just say I made finding the Relic at Beacon a... bit more challenging than at the other schools."
Penny: "Oh. That's good to hear."
She spoke, with Ruby sighing in relief. Ozpin than continues on with his explanation.
Ozpin: "It is, but let's not forget the challenges that still lie before us."
Ruby nods. Penny looked firmly at him.
Ozpin: "Now is there anything else we can help you with?"
Penny than looked with a goofy expression on her face.
Penny: "Oh, uh... well, I did have one more question."
Ozpin: "No, my cane is not a Relic."
Penny: "I have no more questions."
They all giggle.
Ozpin: "Yes, while this cane is indeed very precious to me, it is also just that - precious to me. While I admit it still has a few more tricks up its sleeve, I can firmly say that being a Relic isn't one of them. Now why don't you run and get the other students?"
Suddenly, Qrow's scroll is heard vibrating. He takes it out from his pocket to see "LEO LIONHEART" calling. He takes the call.
Qrow: "Yeah? ... Okay... yeah, we'll be there."
Qrow than hangs up on his scroll, and sighed tiredly, while he opens up his Flask.
Ruby: "Who was it?"
Qrow looked at her, explaining.
Qrow: "It was Leo, says he had a breakthrough with the council. Thinks he might be able to get together a small raiding party for the bandits. He wants us to meet up at the school tomorrow night to walk us through it."
Ruby: "Really? Oh that's great! I'll go get the others."
Penny: "Wait for me, Ruby"
Ruby runs out of the room while Qrow takes a drink from his flask.
Ozpin: "Mmm, that sounds drastically different from your original conversation, does it not?"
Qrow: "It does."
Ozpin: "Interesting..."
Qrow: "Things aren't looking good, Oz."
Ozpin: "I know..."
In Haven Academy...In Leonhart's Office...
At Leonardo Lionheart's office, the Haven headmaster sits at his desk in front of a blue holographic screen with the text "CALL END" before deactivating. Raven Branwen stands a few feet away from him, arms crossed and smiling.
Raven: "I still have questions for you."
Lionheart: "You're not alone in that."
Raven acted stern and spoke with a challenging tone.
Raven: "You know, I never expected you would be the one to have the guts to betray Oz. Which makes me wonder, what does she have on you?"
Lionheart: "I'm helping her for the same reason you are - I'm afraid. We... we can't stop her... no one can..."
Raven: That's why I tried to leave when I did. I'm not afraid, I'm smart. And besides...I'm not like you."
Lionheart: "You can call it whatever you want, it doesn't really matter. We're here... helping her. I've crossed a line... I've done things that Ozpin will never forgive, and he shouldn't! I don't know where I go from here."
Leonhart than puts his hands in his face. Raven than came up and Slams her hands on the desk, while hissing out.
Raven: "Man up! You did what you had to do to survive, there is no shame in that."
Lionheart: "Who are you trying to convince?"
Raven doesn't say anything, she just leaves the room while Lionheart sadly leans back sighing.
Back at the Belladonna House...
In Menagerie, the assault on the Belladonna Family Home continues. In the darkened tea room, Kali Belladonna and a guard fire back at unseen assailants. Kali runs out of ammo in her pistol and throws it to the ground in annoyance. She then picks up a tea tray to block another shot. She looks to a wounded female guard leaning against a pillar, who just stares back.
Kali: Do you have a better idea?
Suddenly, Yuma flies in and knocks down the other guard to the ground. He wraps his hands around the guard's throat to choke him out.
Yuma: Quiet now...
Kali then lifts the tea tray above her head, and does a loud battle cry as she runs toward Yuma.
Female Guard: Ma'am, no!
Yuma lets go of the guard's neck as he looks back in surprise as Kali approaches him. The sound of a thunk is heard as it transitions to the next scene.
Elsewhere, Ilia is rushing everywhere to find her family, making sure they're safe.
Ilia: "Mom, Dad! Where are you?!"
As she shouted out, she than heard a voice shouting her name.
"Ilia!"
She than ran up and saw that her family is at the corner of the room, as the doorway is blocked. She than took out her whip and whipped it away. She than looked to see they are still fine. But as she ran up to them, her father shouted out.
"Ilia! Watch out behind you!"
She turns and see a Cobra Faunus trying to pounce on her. She gets out to them way, and began to fight it.
"Mom! Dad! Get out of here, now!"
The parents looked worried for her, as the mother spoke out to her.
"But Ilia, What about you?!"
Ilia than spoke out to them.
"I'll be fine!! Just go! Now!!"
The family than went out of the window and got out do the house, fast. Ilia turns to the Cobra Faunus, who than charged at her with his mini sickles. Ilia grips her weapon, and charges forward towards the Faunus. The Cobra Faunus than kicked her in the leg, and began to strike her badly. Ilia, however, jumped away, and camouflaged with the wall itself. The Cobra Faunus can't see where she is, until she snuck up behind him, and shocked him Lightning Lash, painfully. The Faunus, however, slipped out of the whip-like weapon, and began to attack Ilia.
The Cobra than tried to bite her, but Ilia cartwheeled out of the way, barely. She than tried using her whip again on the Faunus. The Faunus, however, dodged this time, and struck Ilia again.
Ilia got sent back, and began to stand up. But she looked and almost got bitten...until a being made of shadow came completely out of nowhere. The Cobra Faunus looked...only to see a horrifying sight.
The shadow being attacked in a frenzy, and began to strike at the Cobra Faunus. The Faunus was so scared that he didn't try to attack. Instead, he tried running. But a wall made of shadow than appeared, and the path is blocked...no escape. As the Shadow creature comes in, he hears a growl, and his vanishes. The Faunus was confused, until he turned and saw another terrifying sight that is behind him.
Leon, in his Feline form, than roared and charged at the Cobra Faunus. The Cobra Faunus screamed and jumped away, as Leon crashed into a wall that is now broken. As the Cobra Faunus looked back, he than got bitten by Trifa, who began to drink his own blood. She than spits it out, showing how disgusting his blood is. She than used her Semblence. As the Faunus turns around, he sees a horrifying sight.
The Faunus looked in terror, before falling down and fainting. Trifa deactivated her semblence, and used her webbing to hold him, so that he doesn't get stabbed by the spike that was once the floor.
Trifa and Ilia nodded at each other, before the both of them went downstairs.
Fennec pulls out another dagger and charges at Ghira. The chieftain manages to push off Corsac and dodges Fennec's swipes as he begins to fight both of them at once. Fennec gets tossed away for a bit and begins to charge his weapon while Corsac and Ghira continue exchanging blows. Fennec then charges in again, giving a loud battle cry. Ghira notices him and grabs his wrist, pointing his weapon as it fires at Corsac, who gets blown back several feet away and is knocked unconscious.
Fennec: "BROTHER!!!"
Fennec tries to attack Ghira again, but Sun Wukong jumps in and kicks him away. As Ilia and Trifa goes downstairs, Suddenly the pillar starts to crack even more, Sun moves out of the way quickly, and Trifa grabbed onto Ilia as the balcony above Ilia starts to give way. Unfortunately, the webbing snapped. Ilia yelps as the balcony is about to fall on her. Suddenly, Ghira is shown lifting the broken part of the balcony with his own strength. Ilia stares in awe.
Ghira: "Go!!"
Both Ilia and Trifa quickly got out of the way as Ghira is forced down on one knee to keep the balcony from falling on him. Sun uses his Semblance to summon two light clones that go and help Ghira lift.
Blake grabs her katana and transforms it into her kusarigama form. Unbeknownst to them, Fennec gets back up and sees his brother still unconscious. He grabs both of their daggers and runs towards Ghira. Blake sees this and quickly uses her weapon to wrap it around her father's torso and pull him out as Fennec lands just below the falling balcony. Fennec is then crushed by the balcony, and the Dust in the daggers explode from impact, killing the younger Albain for good. Afterwards, Kali enters the room dragging an unconscious Yuma, who has his hands tied behind his back.
Blake: "Mom!"
Kali drops Yuma as her daughter comes up to hug her. Their embrace is cut short as a voice gets their attention.
Corsac: "What have you done?"
He stands back up, and took out his weapon.
You ruined everything...EVERYTHIIIIIIING!!!
The Belladonnas, Ilia, Trifa, Leon, and Sun each take a defensive stances. Corsac angrily runs forward, but suddenly, he got pierced at the back, and was electrocuted badly. As he was unconscious, the Belladonna's looked in shock as Sienna Khan has appeared, and is both Alive and Well.
Outside of the Belladonna house...which is now really damaged...
Outside of the Belladonna's home, a really large crowd of Faunus gathers outside, noticing the smoke coming from the building.
Guard: "Back! Everyone, stay back! We've got people inside doing their best."
Faunus: "Look!"
From the smoky doorway, Ghira walks out carrying the motionless bodies of a White Fang soldier and a Menagerie Guard on each of his shoulders. He hands the bodies to two guards as Saber Rodentia arrives.
Saber: "Get in there! Search for any stragglers!"
More guards walk out keeping Corsac restrained, followed by Blake, Kali, Sun, Ilia and others.
Saber: "We came as soon as we got the call. "
He notices Corsac being forced to his knees
"And Fennec?"
Ghira sadly shakes his head. Saber walks over to Corsac. He spoke snarkily at the W.F member
Saber: "Was it worth it?"
Corsac looks down, defeated. As the commotion continues, Blake shares brief looks with Sun and Ilia. Blake takes a deep sigh as she goes down the steps. Ghira notices his daughter walking away.
Ghira: "Blake!"
Before Ghira could go any further, his wife stops him, and both look on. Blake then stops at one of the steps as she begins to address the crowd.
Blake: "Humans didn't do this."
Blake than points at the smoke that is coming from within her house.
"We did this: Faunus. We did this to ourselves. We are just as capable of hate and violence as the humans, but I don't think any of us would jump at the chance to point that out. So why are we letting Adam do it for us?! By doing nothing and staying silent, we let others speak and act in our place. And if we're not proud of the choices they make, then we have no one to blame but ourselves. This is the message that Adam Taurus will bring to the world if no one stops him. But we can stop him! You have to understand that all of you are looking for simple answers to a very complicated problem. And I can't give that to you. I don't know how to make hate go away, I don't. But I know that this kind of violence is not the solution. I understand that to ask you to leave your homes and protect Haven Academy is asking you to put your lives at risk. But that's what's at stake. So I'm going, and I'll stand by myself if I have to."
Ilia: "I'll stand with you!"
Blake turns around with a surprised look on her face as Ilia stands up. Her embarrassed expression then looks down.
Ilia: "If... if you'd have me."
She spoke with a nervous smile present on her face.
Sienna than came to the Faunuses, who were shocked and afraid of her presence here. But than she spoke, and it was a calm tone.
"I agree with what Blake has said. Before...I used to think that the only thing for us to gain acceptance...was to fight back against the humans discriminating us. I had believed that...with the way I did it...it was effective. But when Adam tried to kill me...I understand why it was bad. My method...had made Adam become nothing more than a monster...and I am willing to do anything I can to fix it. Which is why...I won't fall! I will fix all the things that I had done, and give our lives a second chance this time around! Blake Belladonna, you will be the person that will give us a life that we and the others have deserved! You will not fail us in this goal you have, and I will stand alongside you, until the goal ends!"
Mata: I'll go!!
Mata the ram Faunus steps forward and raises his hand, followed by many more.
Female Aquatic Faunus: I'll go too!
Various Faunus: I'll stand with you! I'll go!! Yeah!! Me too! Let's go! Yeah, let's go!!
As more Faunus start to give Blake their support, Sun walks down the steps to join her and Ilia. The crowd is heard cheering as a majority agree to volunteer. They all smile at the crowd.
Sun: "Looks like we've got work to do."
Blake: "Thank you."
Ghira and Kali then walk down the steps to join their daughter and her friends.
Ghira: "We have about two weeks before Adam's attack on Haven. We're going to need shields, training, whatever we can do to protect as many people as possible."
Kali: "We'll need transportation too. For everyone."
Blake smiles and speaks this out.
Blake: "I think I know a ship captain who owes us a favor."
Sun grins and nods in agreement, while Trifa and Ilia grinned with content and pure happiness, with Leon looked very happily. In the shadows, Obscruo looks at the scene that's happening. He than looked down with pure sadness present.
"Lucky Sans. It is no wonder that you have this many friends."
Obscruo than sunk into the shadows, and returns back into the Dark Abyss below him.