Salem stood angrily in front of those four damned huntsmen and their friend, these who had interfered time and time again with her plans. Now, she had them trapped, there was no way they were going to lose. Her followers stood ready, and with a wave of her hands, they attacked
(Ren and Nora)
"Oscar, with me!" The impudent brat named Ruby Rose shouted out, charging towards the enemy "Divide and conquer"
Ren and Nora moved first, charging towards Tyrian and Professor Watts. Ren began firing his gun at the scorpion Faunus, whose tail had regrown since their battle. Tyrian moved out of the way and lashed out, only to be stopped by Nora's hammer, which turned and hit Watts in the face.
"They don't call me Watts for nothing!" He shouted as he launched lighting at Nora, but then she exploded into a blaze of pink electricity. Tyrian, Watts and even Ren took a step back
(Ruby)
Ruby and Oscar confronted Hazel
"You..." Hazel said angrily "I bought a train ticket? For Ozpin?"
Then Hazel turned to Ruby "And you! A silver eyes? Do you know how many I've killed?”
Ruby didn't wait for an answer, and began firing immediately at Hazel
Hazel charged and Ruby's gun turned to scythe form. The two exchanged blows, but Hazel easily got the upper hand
"There were quite a few" Hazel mused as he pounded on Ruby "One you may know, in fact, one named... what was it again? Ah yes, Summer Rose"
(Jaune)
Meanwhile, Jaune had alone been left, as Ruby, Ren and Nora all took off with their foes, leaving one left, Cinder Fall. He smiled, he had been waiting for this day for years.
He drew his sword and stared Cinder in the eye. "Prepared to die?" he asked, an obvious anger in his voice.
Cinder just smirked, and raised her arm, causing Jaune Arc to be surrounded by pillars of flame. He felt a kick to the side of his head and was sent flying, almost landing in the flames. He looked up to see Emerald and Mercury.
But Jaune didn't even flinch, and charged forwards at Cinder's two teammates.
(Ren and Nora)
"Did you just supercharge Nora?" Ren asked, a hint of fear in his voice
Then Nora attacked, her hammer swinging like there was no tomorrow and causing mini-earthquakes
Nora was fast... but Tyrian was faster, he lashed out with his tail and jabbed Nora in the side, not a fatal blow by any means but enough to slow her down, Watts landed a kick to her face and pushed her backwards
Ren charged, trading blows with Watts and Tyrian, Nora's hammer turned to gun mode and she began to fire her heart-canisters, knocking the two foes down. She slammed Watts with her hammer, using all her strength, and Watts was sent flying into a red dust crystal, which exploded.
(Ruby)
That was it
Ruby launched a great kick at Hazel, who easily caught it and threw Ruby over his shoulder. Ruby got up again and began a relentless barrage with her Scythe. She began bursting into Rose Petals and reforming elsewhere, striking at Hazel and disappearing. But all it took was one lucky hit.
Hazel grabbed Ruby by her hood and began kicking her, again and again and again. Knocking her in every single direction
But Ruby wasn't done, she split once more and reappeared behind Hazel, her Scythe already embedded in his back
Hazel turned "I will get you!" he shouted, kicking Ruby away and grabbing Crescent Rose, snapping it in half. He turned to Ruby "what do you think of this?" he asked
(Jaune)
Cinder Fall on the other hand, stood outside the flames, certain her two minions would be able to wipe out this brat.
She saw a body fly out of the fire, charred beyond recognition
"Overkill much?" she muttered, and allowed the flames to die down, only to find Jaune still alive, standing atop a bruised and battered Emerald, a sword to her neck.
The blade sliced Emerald's head clean off, and Jaune turned to Cinder
"How?" Cinder asked "This puny kid who couldn't even beat an Ursa?"
Cinder fired a stream of flame at Jaune, who simply raised his shield and deflected it
"Pyrrha died because I wasn't strong enough!" he shouted, moving forwards towards Cinder "I failed to guard her and you gained the Fall Maiden's powers! Ozpin's death is on my head!"
(Ren and Nora)
However, Nora left herself open to an attack from behind and instantly felt a sting from Tyrian's tail, this time lethal.
Ren screamed angrily and kicked Tyrian twice, losing all of his calm and patience, he charged forwards and began angrily beating on the Scorpion Faunus, but it wasn't enough. Tyrian twisted around and planted a kick on his chest, knocking him back, followed by rapid blows.
(Ruby)
"Too many have already died" Ruby said quietly "By the hand of yourself, Salem or any number of evils I've had to face. Too many such a short time. You pushed away any chance I had of a normal life. Now you die"
Hazel laughed "How are you supposed to beat me without your Scythe?" he asked, but Ruby didn't seem the bit concerned.
(Jaune)
Cinder tried to amplify the flames, to no avail
"I am tired!" Jaune continued "Tired of always being the weak one! Tired of having to stand at a distance while Ruby and Ren and Nora risk their lives every single day, never being able to help!"
Cinder opened a geyser of flame underneath Jaune, who rolled out of the way
"Do you believe in destiny, Cinder?" he shouted, charging forwards "DO YOU!?"
Cinder stumbled backwards, falling over. She looked up to see Jaune's sword plant itself into her stomach, just below her heart, pinning her to the ground.
"I WILL KILL YOU!" Jaune shouted "BUT FIRST I WILL MAKE YOU SUFFER!"
(Ren)
As Ren fell to the ground, he coughed up blood, and looked up weakly, seeing Tyrian standing above him, savoring his fear. But then he felt a warmth, and he turned to see a pure white, transparent figure. His father.
An arrow nocked in his bow, the form of his father calmly fired arrows towards Tyrian
"WHAT IS THIS?" he shouted angrily "WHO ARE YOU?"
"My father" Ren calmly stated "your worst nightmare"
Ren grasped the dagger he had received from his father, and slashed Tyrian's tail clean off. Then he turned and plunged it into his chest
"No" Tyrian muttered as blood began to drip "Nononononono"
Then he died
Weak from the battle and bleeding out of multiple sections of his body, Ren fell down to his knees
"Father, Nora, I'll be with you soon"
and then the world was forever robbed of Lie Ren
(Ruby)
She split into Rose Petals, which span around Hazel, causing a Tornado to form and lift him up
"What?" Hazel asked "How?"
The tornado began to pick up the dust crystals jutting out of the ground, slamming them into Hazel. Pure dust, exploding upon impact.
Lightning, Fire, Ice. All of it crashing into Hazel, until Ruby let the tornado die, and only charred remains were left
(Jaune)
Pulling a knife out of his pocket, Jaune sliced off Cinder's arms, and then her legs.
"I've been waiting for this day for a long time..."
Then, through Cinder's screams, Jaune silently hovered his knife over Cinder's good eye, and brought it down...
Hard
Cinder screamed even louder, and Finally Jaune removed his sword, and put Cinder out of her misery.
Ruby and Oscar met up with Jaune
"You beat Cinder? Good! Now!" Ruby said, "lets meet up with Ren and Nora"
The two searched, until eventually they found Ren's and Nora's corpses. A tear began to form in Ruby's eye
"They are gone..." she muttered "Now what?"
"We do what they would have wanted" Jaune said, picking up Ren and Nora's weapons and placing them in a bag "We stop Salem"
The three marched onwards, to a Valley where Salem was waiting, surrounded by Grimm
"I'm surprised you survived that" Salem said, "Of course, it seems some of your friends did not"
Ruby growled in anger "Salem!" she called out "Your reign of terror is OVER!"
"Fool!" Salem shouted, charging something in her arms "You cannot defeat me, I have the power of all four maidens now that Cinder is dead! I am indestructible"
A massive shockwave of energy was sent Rippling towards Ruby, Jaune and Oscar, knocking them backwards. It was followed by a ball of plasma which surely would have fried all there... except it was stopped, a massive explosion rippled just in front of the group, kicking up dust
And when the dust settled, the one who had blocked the shot was clear. It was the ghostly form...
Of Roman Torchwick
"TRATOR!" shouted Salem "I THOUGHT YOU WERE ON OUR SIDE!"
"For your information" Ghostwick stated "I'm on nobody's side but my own"
"Torchwick?" Ruby asked
"Thats right, little Red" Ghostwick said with a smile "on your side now, funny how this turns out"
"But why?" Jaune asked
"Well" Ghostwick said, motioning around them "We sensed a great disturbance, we couldn't just sit around"
Around the group began to appear ghosts of those who had previously fallen fighting
Pyrrha, Penny, even Ren and Nora, all ready for battle. Ruby scanned the crowd of ghosts, hoping to find somebody, and sure enough she was there.
Summer Rose
"Mum!" She shouted, excited
"Yes dear" Summer said tenderly "it’s me, you don't know how long I’ve waited for this moment"
"Me too" Ruby said, hugging the ghost tightly
"I'm sorry for leaving you" Summer said "now it is time to right that wrong”
"EVEN WITH AN ARMY OF GHOSTS!" Salem shouted "YOU CANNOT DESTROY ME!"
"Maybe not" another voice rang out through the canyon, and everyone looked up to see a single silhouette standing up on the top of the cliff face. "But you forgot about us"
The noise of a machine gun began sound, cutting through the silence like a knife through butter, then the barrage started. Golden bullets blasting through Grimm after Grimm
Then all hell broke loose, the group known as team CVFY leapt down, kicking and leaping and fighting through Grimm after Grimm. A flaming Comet slammed into a massive Nevermore, before landing harmlessly and stood up, barking
"Zwei!" Ruby called out
"Quite right, miss Rose" Bartholomew Oobelk stated as himself, Peter Port and Glynda Goodwitch landed
More and more figures began appearing from the sides of the cliffs, students from all four acadamies, teachers and huntsmen. Team SSSN and Team FNKI, Qrow and Raven Branwen.
“Fools" Salem said quietly, and then turning to a yell "You all die too! Grimm, attack!"
An army of Giant Nevermore flew into View, prepared to dive when two massive shots rang out, and the Nevermore all fell to the ground.
Then the Atlesian Fleet came into view. Standing atop the Flagship were four figures.
General James Ironwood, Winter Schnee, Papa Schnee, and
"Weiss!" Ruby shouted
Weiss waved back at Ruby, before turning back to the battle and barking orders over the intercom like a true Schnee
"You may have taken down my Grimm!" Salem shouted "But i still have... THE WHITE FANG!"
"Not anymore" another voice called out, from the opposite side of the Canyon. There stood Blake Belladonna and her Father, along with Sun Wukong, followed by the entire white fang, waving banners of white and blue, their original colours.
Salem growled angrily "You think I'm done?" she asked "GRIMM! COME TO ME!"
Armies upon Armies of Nevermore, Ursas, King Tajitus, Death Stalkers and much more all appeared seemingly from nowhere, and began attacking
Weiss jumped off her airship and landed next to Blake, fighting back to back with them.
"Never thought I would see the White Fang and the Schnees work together..." Weiss mused
"You think thats weird?" Blake asked "Look at them"
Weiss turned to where Blake was pointing, Cardin Winchester and Jaune Arc were fighting back to back, covering each other's weak points
"Looks like all the rules have been broken today" Weiss laughed as she stabbed another Death Stalker
But as the fighting died down, a scream echoed through the canyon.
"RUBY!" Weiss shouted
Salem was standing over Ruby, who was knelt on the ground, bleeding. Salem held her hand over Ruby's head.
"You tore my plans apart" Salem muttered "I may not be able to destroy everyone, but I can atleast destroy you"
Then, music began to play from nowhere in particular
Your standing too close to a flame thats burning,
Hotter than the sun in the middle of July.
Sending out your army but you still can't win,
Listen up silly boy 'cos i'm gonna tell you why.
Salem looked up to see a single golden gauntlet where the sun was meant to be, slam into her face with the power of fifty atomic bombs
I BURN!
Salem was blasted backwards, and looked up just in time to see Oscar, with Ozpin's cane pointed right at her
"Time to see what this Baby can do" Oscar muttered
"No!" Salem shouted "I will not be ended by you!"
But it was too late, the secret mechanism in Ozpin's cane began to activate, and the two were wrapped in a white light, unseen by the outside world.
Oscar and Salem found themselves in a plane of white, where they both turned to see Ozpin, sitting in front of a chessboard covered with very familiar gold and black chess pieces.
"Sit" he said calmly "enjoy a cup of tea"
Salem sat down on the opposite side of the chessboard and frowned in dismay, the side Ozpin was controlling had completely surrounded the King of her side, the only piece left. She was in checkmate
"You've lost, Salem" Ozpin said "Now are you ready to give in, or do I have to destroy you?"
Salem growled "I will never give in; I will kill you!"
Ozpin smiled "I thought you would say that"
He turned to Oscar
"Have you heard the tale of the two brothers"
Oscar nodded
"Well what if I told you it was true, but instead of two brothers, it was a brother and a sister"
Oscar understood at once
Ozpin turned back to Salem
“This fighting has gone on too long, sister”
Salem tried to back away, but it was as if invisible chains were stopping her from moving.
“I’d suggest surrendering, there is nothing here for you now, you’ve lost”
Salem stared Ozpin in the eyes
“I would never give in to you… NEVER!!!”
“I’m not saying you have to” Ozpin replied, pointing his cane at Salem “Though that would have been the more painless option”
“No!” Salem shouted “No! No! NO!”
And then Ozpin’s weapon activated and…
I’ll let you imagine the last part
(Ren and Nora)
"Oscar, with me!" The impudent brat named Ruby Rose shouted out, charging towards the enemy "Divide and conquer"
Ren and Nora moved first, charging towards Tyrian and Professor Watts. Ren began firing his gun at the scorpion Faunus, whose tail had regrown since their battle. Tyrian moved out of the way and lashed out, only to be stopped by Nora's hammer, which turned and hit Watts in the face.
"They don't call me Watts for nothing!" He shouted as he launched lighting at Nora, but then she exploded into a blaze of pink electricity. Tyrian, Watts and even Ren took a step back
(Ruby)
Ruby and Oscar confronted Hazel
"You..." Hazel said angrily "I bought a train ticket? For Ozpin?"
Then Hazel turned to Ruby "And you! A silver eyes? Do you know how many I've killed?”
Ruby didn't wait for an answer, and began firing immediately at Hazel
Hazel charged and Ruby's gun turned to scythe form. The two exchanged blows, but Hazel easily got the upper hand
"There were quite a few" Hazel mused as he pounded on Ruby "One you may know, in fact, one named... what was it again? Ah yes, Summer Rose"
(Jaune)
Meanwhile, Jaune had alone been left, as Ruby, Ren and Nora all took off with their foes, leaving one left, Cinder Fall. He smiled, he had been waiting for this day for years.
He drew his sword and stared Cinder in the eye. "Prepared to die?" he asked, an obvious anger in his voice.
Cinder just smirked, and raised her arm, causing Jaune Arc to be surrounded by pillars of flame. He felt a kick to the side of his head and was sent flying, almost landing in the flames. He looked up to see Emerald and Mercury.
But Jaune didn't even flinch, and charged forwards at Cinder's two teammates.
(Ren and Nora)
"Did you just supercharge Nora?" Ren asked, a hint of fear in his voice
Then Nora attacked, her hammer swinging like there was no tomorrow and causing mini-earthquakes
Nora was fast... but Tyrian was faster, he lashed out with his tail and jabbed Nora in the side, not a fatal blow by any means but enough to slow her down, Watts landed a kick to her face and pushed her backwards
Ren charged, trading blows with Watts and Tyrian, Nora's hammer turned to gun mode and she began to fire her heart-canisters, knocking the two foes down. She slammed Watts with her hammer, using all her strength, and Watts was sent flying into a red dust crystal, which exploded.
(Ruby)
That was it
Ruby launched a great kick at Hazel, who easily caught it and threw Ruby over his shoulder. Ruby got up again and began a relentless barrage with her Scythe. She began bursting into Rose Petals and reforming elsewhere, striking at Hazel and disappearing. But all it took was one lucky hit.
Hazel grabbed Ruby by her hood and began kicking her, again and again and again. Knocking her in every single direction
But Ruby wasn't done, she split once more and reappeared behind Hazel, her Scythe already embedded in his back
Hazel turned "I will get you!" he shouted, kicking Ruby away and grabbing Crescent Rose, snapping it in half. He turned to Ruby "what do you think of this?" he asked
(Jaune)
Cinder Fall on the other hand, stood outside the flames, certain her two minions would be able to wipe out this brat.
She saw a body fly out of the fire, charred beyond recognition
"Overkill much?" she muttered, and allowed the flames to die down, only to find Jaune still alive, standing atop a bruised and battered Emerald, a sword to her neck.
The blade sliced Emerald's head clean off, and Jaune turned to Cinder
"How?" Cinder asked "This puny kid who couldn't even beat an Ursa?"
Cinder fired a stream of flame at Jaune, who simply raised his shield and deflected it
"Pyrrha died because I wasn't strong enough!" he shouted, moving forwards towards Cinder "I failed to guard her and you gained the Fall Maiden's powers! Ozpin's death is on my head!"
(Ren and Nora)
However, Nora left herself open to an attack from behind and instantly felt a sting from Tyrian's tail, this time lethal.
Ren screamed angrily and kicked Tyrian twice, losing all of his calm and patience, he charged forwards and began angrily beating on the Scorpion Faunus, but it wasn't enough. Tyrian twisted around and planted a kick on his chest, knocking him back, followed by rapid blows.
(Ruby)
"Too many have already died" Ruby said quietly "By the hand of yourself, Salem or any number of evils I've had to face. Too many such a short time. You pushed away any chance I had of a normal life. Now you die"
Hazel laughed "How are you supposed to beat me without your Scythe?" he asked, but Ruby didn't seem the bit concerned.
(Jaune)
Cinder tried to amplify the flames, to no avail
"I am tired!" Jaune continued "Tired of always being the weak one! Tired of having to stand at a distance while Ruby and Ren and Nora risk their lives every single day, never being able to help!"
Cinder opened a geyser of flame underneath Jaune, who rolled out of the way
"Do you believe in destiny, Cinder?" he shouted, charging forwards "DO YOU!?"
Cinder stumbled backwards, falling over. She looked up to see Jaune's sword plant itself into her stomach, just below her heart, pinning her to the ground.
"I WILL KILL YOU!" Jaune shouted "BUT FIRST I WILL MAKE YOU SUFFER!"
(Ren)
As Ren fell to the ground, he coughed up blood, and looked up weakly, seeing Tyrian standing above him, savoring his fear. But then he felt a warmth, and he turned to see a pure white, transparent figure. His father.
An arrow nocked in his bow, the form of his father calmly fired arrows towards Tyrian
"WHAT IS THIS?" he shouted angrily "WHO ARE YOU?"
"My father" Ren calmly stated "your worst nightmare"
Ren grasped the dagger he had received from his father, and slashed Tyrian's tail clean off. Then he turned and plunged it into his chest
"No" Tyrian muttered as blood began to drip "Nononononono"
Then he died
Weak from the battle and bleeding out of multiple sections of his body, Ren fell down to his knees
"Father, Nora, I'll be with you soon"
and then the world was forever robbed of Lie Ren
(Ruby)
She split into Rose Petals, which span around Hazel, causing a Tornado to form and lift him up
"What?" Hazel asked "How?"
The tornado began to pick up the dust crystals jutting out of the ground, slamming them into Hazel. Pure dust, exploding upon impact.
Lightning, Fire, Ice. All of it crashing into Hazel, until Ruby let the tornado die, and only charred remains were left
(Jaune)
Pulling a knife out of his pocket, Jaune sliced off Cinder's arms, and then her legs.
"I've been waiting for this day for a long time..."
Then, through Cinder's screams, Jaune silently hovered his knife over Cinder's good eye, and brought it down...
Hard
Cinder screamed even louder, and Finally Jaune removed his sword, and put Cinder out of her misery.
Ruby and Oscar met up with Jaune
"You beat Cinder? Good! Now!" Ruby said, "lets meet up with Ren and Nora"
The two searched, until eventually they found Ren's and Nora's corpses. A tear began to form in Ruby's eye
"They are gone..." she muttered "Now what?"
"We do what they would have wanted" Jaune said, picking up Ren and Nora's weapons and placing them in a bag "We stop Salem"
The three marched onwards, to a Valley where Salem was waiting, surrounded by Grimm
"I'm surprised you survived that" Salem said, "Of course, it seems some of your friends did not"
Ruby growled in anger "Salem!" she called out "Your reign of terror is OVER!"
"Fool!" Salem shouted, charging something in her arms "You cannot defeat me, I have the power of all four maidens now that Cinder is dead! I am indestructible"
A massive shockwave of energy was sent Rippling towards Ruby, Jaune and Oscar, knocking them backwards. It was followed by a ball of plasma which surely would have fried all there... except it was stopped, a massive explosion rippled just in front of the group, kicking up dust
And when the dust settled, the one who had blocked the shot was clear. It was the ghostly form...
Of Roman Torchwick
"TRATOR!" shouted Salem "I THOUGHT YOU WERE ON OUR SIDE!"
"For your information" Ghostwick stated "I'm on nobody's side but my own"
"Torchwick?" Ruby asked
"Thats right, little Red" Ghostwick said with a smile "on your side now, funny how this turns out"
"But why?" Jaune asked
"Well" Ghostwick said, motioning around them "We sensed a great disturbance, we couldn't just sit around"
Around the group began to appear ghosts of those who had previously fallen fighting
Pyrrha, Penny, even Ren and Nora, all ready for battle. Ruby scanned the crowd of ghosts, hoping to find somebody, and sure enough she was there.
Summer Rose
"Mum!" She shouted, excited
"Yes dear" Summer said tenderly "it’s me, you don't know how long I’ve waited for this moment"
"Me too" Ruby said, hugging the ghost tightly
"I'm sorry for leaving you" Summer said "now it is time to right that wrong”
"EVEN WITH AN ARMY OF GHOSTS!" Salem shouted "YOU CANNOT DESTROY ME!"
"Maybe not" another voice rang out through the canyon, and everyone looked up to see a single silhouette standing up on the top of the cliff face. "But you forgot about us"
The noise of a machine gun began sound, cutting through the silence like a knife through butter, then the barrage started. Golden bullets blasting through Grimm after Grimm
Then all hell broke loose, the group known as team CVFY leapt down, kicking and leaping and fighting through Grimm after Grimm. A flaming Comet slammed into a massive Nevermore, before landing harmlessly and stood up, barking
"Zwei!" Ruby called out
"Quite right, miss Rose" Bartholomew Oobelk stated as himself, Peter Port and Glynda Goodwitch landed
More and more figures began appearing from the sides of the cliffs, students from all four acadamies, teachers and huntsmen. Team SSSN and Team FNKI, Qrow and Raven Branwen.
“Fools" Salem said quietly, and then turning to a yell "You all die too! Grimm, attack!"
An army of Giant Nevermore flew into View, prepared to dive when two massive shots rang out, and the Nevermore all fell to the ground.
Then the Atlesian Fleet came into view. Standing atop the Flagship were four figures.
General James Ironwood, Winter Schnee, Papa Schnee, and
"Weiss!" Ruby shouted
Weiss waved back at Ruby, before turning back to the battle and barking orders over the intercom like a true Schnee
"You may have taken down my Grimm!" Salem shouted "But i still have... THE WHITE FANG!"
"Not anymore" another voice called out, from the opposite side of the Canyon. There stood Blake Belladonna and her Father, along with Sun Wukong, followed by the entire white fang, waving banners of white and blue, their original colours.
Salem growled angrily "You think I'm done?" she asked "GRIMM! COME TO ME!"
Armies upon Armies of Nevermore, Ursas, King Tajitus, Death Stalkers and much more all appeared seemingly from nowhere, and began attacking
Weiss jumped off her airship and landed next to Blake, fighting back to back with them.
"Never thought I would see the White Fang and the Schnees work together..." Weiss mused
"You think thats weird?" Blake asked "Look at them"
Weiss turned to where Blake was pointing, Cardin Winchester and Jaune Arc were fighting back to back, covering each other's weak points
"Looks like all the rules have been broken today" Weiss laughed as she stabbed another Death Stalker
But as the fighting died down, a scream echoed through the canyon.
"RUBY!" Weiss shouted
Salem was standing over Ruby, who was knelt on the ground, bleeding. Salem held her hand over Ruby's head.
"You tore my plans apart" Salem muttered "I may not be able to destroy everyone, but I can atleast destroy you"
Then, music began to play from nowhere in particular
Your standing too close to a flame thats burning,
Hotter than the sun in the middle of July.
Sending out your army but you still can't win,
Listen up silly boy 'cos i'm gonna tell you why.
Salem looked up to see a single golden gauntlet where the sun was meant to be, slam into her face with the power of fifty atomic bombs
I BURN!
Salem was blasted backwards, and looked up just in time to see Oscar, with Ozpin's cane pointed right at her
"Time to see what this Baby can do" Oscar muttered
"No!" Salem shouted "I will not be ended by you!"
But it was too late, the secret mechanism in Ozpin's cane began to activate, and the two were wrapped in a white light, unseen by the outside world.
Oscar and Salem found themselves in a plane of white, where they both turned to see Ozpin, sitting in front of a chessboard covered with very familiar gold and black chess pieces.
"Sit" he said calmly "enjoy a cup of tea"
Salem sat down on the opposite side of the chessboard and frowned in dismay, the side Ozpin was controlling had completely surrounded the King of her side, the only piece left. She was in checkmate
"You've lost, Salem" Ozpin said "Now are you ready to give in, or do I have to destroy you?"
Salem growled "I will never give in; I will kill you!"
Ozpin smiled "I thought you would say that"
He turned to Oscar
"Have you heard the tale of the two brothers"
Oscar nodded
"Well what if I told you it was true, but instead of two brothers, it was a brother and a sister"
Oscar understood at once
Ozpin turned back to Salem
“This fighting has gone on too long, sister”
Salem tried to back away, but it was as if invisible chains were stopping her from moving.
“I’d suggest surrendering, there is nothing here for you now, you’ve lost”
Salem stared Ozpin in the eyes
“I would never give in to you… NEVER!!!”
“I’m not saying you have to” Ozpin replied, pointing his cane at Salem “Though that would have been the more painless option”
“No!” Salem shouted “No! No! NO!”
And then Ozpin’s weapon activated and…
I’ll let you imagine the last part
