The opening ends to show last time as Salem stands across from Y/n and cinder who glare at the evil witch with hate

Salem: there you are my silver eyed fox that little message you made to the world was bold i must admit revealing my existence to the world you truly are braver then ozma

Cinder: oh drop the act were here to stop you once and for all [spins midnight in sword form and glares at Salem]

Y/n: no Cinder........this is my fight

Cinder: Y/n you can't face her alone

Y/n: cinder please she's too strong for you, you'll only get in the way now hurry to the tower i have a feeling jaune and pyrrha will need all the help they can get

Cinder stares at her partner with worry before placing a kiss on his cheek and rushing off toward the tower as he draws crimson Yamato from its sheath and points it at Salem

Salem: fine you want to dance [forms a large sword from her hand] Lets dance

[Salems grimm blade: Salems war]

Y/n and Salem both glare at each other before charging towards each other as the true battle of beacon has begun

the scene changes to the Wyvern flying past the hijacked Atlesian Airship, as Ruby Rose looks on, with the surrounding Griffons roaming the skies. A Griffon lands on the airship, but Ruby easily cuts it down with

Crescent Rose, causing to disintegrate into black particles. But suddenly, she hears a snap, turning to see Neopolitan, now changing into her standard attire with a wave of light washing over her from bottom to top, as she winks after taking a picture of Ruby, sending it to a certain crime lord with the following text:

"Guess Who?"

Roma: Oh, you can not be serious!

Having realized her old foe is interfering yet again, the wanted criminal quickly picks up Melodic Cudgel and walks up to the top of the airship.

Cut to outside of Beacon's dining hall, Blake backs away from the shattered window, staring in horror at her old partner.

Adam: Running away again? Is that what you and my sister have become, my love? cowards?

Blake: Why are you doing this?

Adam: You and I were going to change the world, remember? We were destined to light the fires of revolution! (He stomps on a downed Atlas student's chest) Consider this... the spark. (As a horrified Blake watches Adam draws Wilt, preparing to stab the student.)

Blake charges into the dining hall, drawing her sword in a flash. Her blade clashes with his as she pushes him away from the student, and they stand with their blades locked.

Blake: I'm... not... running.

Adam: You... will.

He kicks her away, knocking her onto the floor. A nearby Creep runs toward her, only to be shot by Adam.

Adam: But not before you suffer for your betrayal, my love.

He smiles and begins walking toward her.

Cut back outside the Beacon grounds, Velvet Scarlatina groans as she struggles to get up, only to get knocked back down when Coco Adel bumps into her after getting knocked away from a Paladin off-screen. The camera pans with Neon Katt and Reese Chloris as they dodge and weave between groups of students fighting against Grimm plus the infected Atlesian Knights and Paladins. The rest of Team ABRN surrounds a Griffon attacking it with bullets and fireballs, as Bolin knocks a Knight aside. Reese spins her board and slices through another as she passes by it. Nearby Sun and Neptune try to hold back a Paladin, while Nora and Ren decimate another group of Knights. Yatsuhashi Daichi is seen fighting another Griffon while Fox Alistair dashes over from a pile of robot parts. Two Creeps rush at Flynt Coal who uses his trumpet to send the first one flying. Neon and Reese use their weapons to freeze a second Paladin's legs in place. Weiss Schnee then arrives on the battlefield, and charges in but gets swatted aside by its arm.

Neptune: (reaching his hand out) Weiss!

Yatsuhashi tries to hold back a Paladin's fist with his sword, but he gets overpowered and knocked back. The Paladin then turns to and starts approaching a distracted Lie Ren.

Nora: Look out! (she pushes Ren out of the way of the Paladin's incoming strike, taking the hit instead)

Ren: Nora! No! (he reaches out to her, but gets knocked back by the Paladin too)

Coco and Neptune Vasilias fire their weapons at the Paladin, but it is unfazed.

Neptune: Uh, this is bad.

Coco: Well, I guess now's a better time than any. Velvet!

Velvet: (excited) Really?

Coco: Just make them count.

Velvet: Aah! (she is sent skidding from the blow, landing on her back)

Coco: Velvet!

At this, Coco unloads her weapon on the Paladin to no avail, Neptune, Nadir, and Reese rush to her side and add their own firepower. But the barrage has little effect and the Paladin continues to loom over Velvet.

Furious, Weiss immediately rushes in past the others, as she instinctively uses a summoning glyph, confusing her. When she gets in between Velvet and the Paladin about to bring its fist down, she raises Myrtenaster defensively then closes her eyes and grits her teeth. A thud is heard as she looks up and discovers she summoned the arm and sword of the Arma Gigas she fought before, which blocks the Paladin's fist and bisects the machine in half. She takes a brief look at her summoning before being surprised by a camera flash, which was taken by a smiling Velvet.

But before they can take a breath, another advanced Paladin rushes in from the corner and begins to charge at them.

Sun: You have to be kidding me!

Neptune: WHERE THE HECK ARE TIFA CLOUD AND ADA!!!

Cut to a separate part of beacon as Cloud can be seen slashing threw grimm with Emerald being tied up and being carried by Tifa as Ada gets a call on her scroll from Blake

Emerald: JUST YOU WAIT WHEN EMBER SENPAI FINDS OUT YOU HAVE ME SHE'LL HUNT YOU DOWN AND-

Tifa: [hits emeralds head into the wall knocking her out again] uuuh she never shuts up

Ada: Blake what is it

Blake: [ITS *static* ADAM *static* HE'S HERE!!!! *static* dining hall *static* HURRY] (call cuts out)

Ada: i have to go can you guys handle transporting emerald

Cloud: we've got this go help Blake

Ada nods her head and runs off towards the dining hall as Tifa and Cloud are approached by more Grimm until suddenly they all whimper and run away as Cloud and Tifa stare at each other with confusion before feeling a bone chilling presence and a familiar voice

???: hello again......

Cloud and Tifa turn to be met with a tall male with silver hair and piercing blueish green eyes in a long black coat with metal plating on it and a 10ft long katana as the sight of this mysterious warrior causes Cloud to tighten his grip on his buster sword and Tifa clenches her fists as OFA activates at full power

Tifa: its.....him......

Cloud: .......

Sephiroth: its so good to see you both again especially after day but [points his blade at the unconscious Emerald] you have something that belongs to my mother now we can do this the east way or-

Before Sephiroth could finish his sentence Cloud leaps at the villan and locks blades with him while glaring at him with eyes full of hate

Sephiroth: so the fun way it is

Back at the airship, the battle commences as Ruby performs a low swing, with Neo somersaulting over it, and ducking the next swing,

before performing another backflip to dodge the third. Ruby then twirls Crescent Rose before attempting another low sweep, only for Neo to back-flip away from her consecutive twirls.

Once Ruby finishes spinning her weapon, she lodges Crescent Rose on the hull and fires a shot, only for Neo to shatter in an illusion, revealing Roman as he fires a shot back with Melodic Cudgel, sending Ruby flying several feet,

before she lodges Crescent Rose to safely grip herself from the surrounding gales, while Roma walks up to her.

Roma: Little Red, little Red, you are just determined to be the hero of Vale, aren'tcha?

Ruby: What are you doing!? Without these ships, the Grimm will destroy everything!

Roma: That's the plan!

Ruby then swats aside Melodic Cudgel just as she attempts to fire it at her, causing her to move a few feet off-balance, before Neo returns and leaps over her, kicking Ruby's left cheek, and using the momentum to flip her over and send Ruby tumbling on her back. Neo then follows up with a roundhouse to the face, and a rear horse kick to nearly send her careening off the hull of the airship.

Ruby: But why!? What do you get out of it!?

Roma: You're asking the wrong questions, Red! It's not what I have to gain, it's that I can't afford to lose!

As Ruby charges, Neo vaults over Roman for a powerful kick. She then leaps up, grabs Crescent Rose, and slides under, flipping Ruby once more with the hook of her parasol.

As Ruby spins midair, the pint-sized powerhouse finishes with a roundhouse to the abdomen, as Roma slams the barrel of Melodic Cudgel to the ground and fires, causing the cane to ricochet and hit Ruby, before catching it and firing the weapon once more over her shoulder. The blast is enough to send Ruby holding on for dear life, with the embedded blade of Crescent Rose the only thing preventing her from falling.

Roma: I may be a gambling woman, but even I know that there are some bets you just don't take.

Neo then extends Hush's hidden blade and drags it on the surface, as she holds Ruby at sword-point.

Ruby: MY FRIENDS ARE DOWN THERE YOU BITCH!!!

Roma: Like it or not, the people that hired me are going to change the world! You can't stop 'em, I can't stop 'em!

As Roma continues, Ruby kicks away a Nevermore, and notices the button on Hush.

Roma: You know the old saying, "If you can't beat 'em-"

Suddenly, Ruby reaches for the parasol, causing it to open and send Neo flying off the airship, leaving her with a frightened gasp as she is silently left at the mercy of the Grimm roaming the skies and the raging winds.

Roma: NEO!

Ruby: I don't care what you say! We will stop them and I will stop you! BET ON THAT!!

As Ruby charges at top speed with the use of her Semblance, Roma grips Melodic Cudgel with both hands, the left hand holding the shaft, as he quickly catches the projectile with the hook end and hurls it at Ruby, knocking her away, before smacking her with the business end of the cane, ramming the weapon in her stomach, and firing another shot, sending her on her back once more.

Roma: You and your brother got spirit, Red. But this is the real world!

Roma then whacks Ruby with the butt of her cane, sending Ruby back a few feet.

Roma: The real world is cold!

Roma lands another coshing, this time on Ruby's legs.

Roma: I learned this as a kid so its only right you learn too,The real world doesn't care about spirit!

Ruby then kicks her in the knee, causing her to lose balance as she prepares a downward strike.

Roma: You wanna be a hero!? Then play the part and die like every other Huntsman in history!

She then proceeds to smack Ruby with the butt end of the cane.

Roma: As for me and neo, we'll do what we do best: lie, steal, cheat, and SURVIVE!

Just as Roma prepares a final, overhead swing, an Alpha Griffon suddenly appears from the sky and swallows her whole, attracted by the negativity of her rant. As the Griffon roars into the sky Ruby uses her Semblance and grabs Crescent rose and activates her sharingan and pinpoints Roma quickly weakening life force as she slashes the griffons stomach open and pulling Roma out of the dying beasts stomach as she stares at the young huntress with wide eyes

Roma: why did you....save me I LITERALLY JUST TRIED TO KILL YOU!!!!

Ruby: im a huntress its my job to save people even my enemies...if there willing to change

Roma: but what about Ironwood and his forces they'll arrest you for treason

Ruby: [turns her back to Roma] Roma and Neopolitan torchwick escaped the ship before I could stop them from causing it to crash

Roma: what do you mean cra-

Ruby then loads a fire dust bullet into Crescent rose and fires it into the ships engine causing it to explode as she looks to Roma and gives a 2 finger salute before jumping off the falling airship, and propels herself in the air, shooting at the ground as if her weapon was a pogo-stick, before landing safely on the rooftops of Vale as Roma heads towards one of the escape pods.

Back in the city, Glynda Goodwitch uses The Disciplinarian to knock back a few Creeps, while Qrow Branwen slices and blasts at a few infected Knights with Harbinger as Summer uses excelion to cut threw a group of infected Knights as Nearby, Cardin Winchester giddily knocks back an Ursa with his mace, but then gets held at gunpoint by a few infected Knights. Suddenly, their heads are shot off, surprising Cardin. As the smoke clears, it is revealed that General Ironwood miraculously survived his crash, his damaged uniform exposing the right half of his body to be cybernetic. Without hesitation, he shoots down all of the infected Knights with Due Process. Flipping it into his right hand to club the last one as it leaps at him.

Summer: that's should be all of them

Suddenly, Qrow's expression changes into what appears to be anger. He transforms his sword into a scythe and charges toward Ironwood.

Ironwood: Qrow! This isn't my doing!

Qrow continues charging, despite Ironwood's words. The general flips his gun in his hand and gets into a battle stance, preparing for the perceived attack. However, Qrow leaps past Ironwood, who turns around just in time to see a large Griffon lunging at him. With one swing of Qrow's scythe, the Griffon is sliced in two. Upon landing, Qrow turns around to address Ironwood.

Qrow: (Scoffs) You idiot. I know you didn't do this.

Ironwood relaxes and sighs, lowering his head and putting his hand to his forehead, while Glynda places her hand on his shoulder.

Qrow: So what now, General?

Summer: we await further orders.