As we begin with our heroes getting up from their slumber, looking drained and not ready to deal with life.

Blake:Life can be pain.

Qrow: Ya I hear ya on that one Blake.

Clayton: Weiss, any word from your sister?

Weiss: Not yet..I hope she hasn't gotten severely wounded..

Benjamin: That I highly doubt, your sister is a very capable fighter she can handle her own.

Qrow: I mean she did match up with me.

Ruby: That fight was so awesome!

Weiss: Clearly your uncle started it.

Qrow: No she lunged first.

Weiss: You destroyed Atlas property.

Qrow: That part I don't remember.

Ruby: You were drunk during that part..I think.

Qrow: Hard enough being drunk but yet being sober and cannot remember when I was drunk is even more difficult.

Yang: You were always drunk in some cases.

Qrow: Wow..okay I'm glad I decided to stop then.

Baird: Hey, I'm picking radio chatter listen.

Ironwood comes on the radio.

Ironwood: Delta squad, My men have found a odd structure due west of your location. Head there immediately.

Benjamin: Wilco Delta out!

The transmission ends.

Baird: I hope Ironwood doesn't decide to be a turncoat...it'd be bad enough to fight his army and the Locust at the sametime.

A noise is heard from the shadows.

Yang: Blake, was that you?

Blake: No? I'm right next to you.

Emerald walks out.

Emerald: Hey Emerald here. Look I know I been the one hunting you and trying to fight you and take the relic and maybe kill you but I get the feeling that maybe just maybe my path takes a different turn to help you guys out...

Ruby: Okay, what can you tell us about Salem's Palace?

Emerald: Ironwood's men laid a trap for you guys at the structure he just told you about. You would wanna follow me to her palace, I can take you straight there.

Baird: Dammit Ironwood...

Marcus: Almost reminds me of Prescott when he abducted my father from the estate.

Benjamin: Thats why your sister hasn't connected back Weiss...she didn't wanna let Ironwood know that she informed us..but Emerald just saved our asses.

Clayton: Whats our next move?

Benjamin: We need to find out if Ironwood did actually in fact make a weapon to help us. If he did we can steal it and use it as a backup incase Ruby's eyes don't work.

Cole: Have a little faith in the Rosebud.

Ruby:No, Benjamin is right. We need a fallback plan incase things go south.

Emerald: I can help you steal the weapon.

Benjamin: Deal. We should fall into his trap, he won't kill us as soon as he sees us, its not like him.

Oscar: You're right, he would want to have us like stand trial.

Baird: Heh...I remember Loomis put my squad on trial for using a classified weapon without permission in Halvo Bay.

Marcus: I remember hearing about that. So it was you.

Cole:Ya,Loomis wasn't to happy about it.

Benjamin:Enough chatter, get ready to be arrested by Ironwood cause I think I see dropships inbound.

Qrow: Aceops...he sent his elite after us, maybe Winter is with them too.

Weiss:No..Winter wouldn't betray us like this, if she is among them then...I will fight her if I have too.

The dropships land and the doors open to reveal the elite squad known as Aceops.

Hare: Delta squad, you are hereby placed under arrest by the orders of General Ironwood.

Benjamin: I..well I guess you got us...

Hare: Y...you aren't gonna resist?

Marcus: Why would we? Its obvious that you could probably kick our asses.

Hare:I mean..I was expecting some resistance from you guys...the big bad gears.

Clayton: I can give you some resistance.*he cracks his neck*

Hare: I- Winter approaches them.

Winter: You have a plan don't you Benjamin.

Benjamin: Yes I do, but tell me did Ironwood in fact make a weapon just like Ruby's eyes or is it different?

Winter: He did make a weapon...but its nothing like her eyes...he lied to you, he made another item for his gun to boost its power.

Everyone hangs their heads.

Marcus: Son of a bitch...

Baird: Hey woah what did I do now?

Benjamin: Winter, take us to him right now.

Winter: Of course.

Hare:Winter!? You're gonna work with them!?

Winter: Yes I am, not only are they my sister's friends but they are my friends too.

Qrow: I feel the love.

Winter: Wait..you are sober?

Qrow: Ya..been for awhile now.

Winter: Well then alrighty, let's head back to base then.

They get into their own dropships, Baird follows close behind Winter's ship as they approach Ironwood's HQ.

Ironwood stands outside awaiting the dropships.

Before they landed, Emerald changed her appearance and masked everyone else to seem it was just her and him.

Ironwood: Penny, you are doing the right thing.

Emerald: I am..feels weird -she smirks and backflip kicks Ironwood in the chin and takes the gun and vanishes-

Benjamin and the other gears surround Ironwood with their rifles drawn and the others do the same.

Benjamin: Ironwood. Snap out of this trance you are in. Come to your senses!

Ironwood: I am mettle. I am might! You cannot stop what I have already done!

Benjamin: No but we can stop what you haven't done.

Ironwood: And how would you do that? Kill me?

Clayton: No. -he butts him with the end of his rifle and knocks him out-

Marcus: Just sleep it off General.

Emerald: I have the weapon.

Benjamin:Good. He can't use it on us now but we still need to do something about Salem.

Baird:What about the Hammer? It can take both of them out right? Salem and the Locust all in one shot.

Benjamin: How the hell can we do that if we don't have a satellite to launch it from?

Baird: We make one.

Marcus: Keep talking.

Baird: Well I'd say convert one but the only thing to convert is the one launched for the comms array.

Benjamin: Wait...we were gonna make some sort of light mass bomb to take Salem out..they just needed one thing

Ruby: Me..

Benjamin: Well yes and no. We just need something that is as powerful as your eyes to freeze the grimm and Salem while the rest of us take care of the Locust.

Clayton:So what a modified flashbang?

Baird: Exactly but on a larger scale, just need like essence from Ruby's eyes to get the freezing and the ability to turn to stone.

Yang:Essence...you mean the light?

Benjamin:Wait wait wait...Baird I think you are over thinking this.

Baird: How so?

Benjamin: Ruby can technically use her silver eyes at will. So we basically escort her there and take out the Locust and Grimm together and she takes Salem.

Yang: That sounds more our style and not this science stuff.

Baird: I am a scientific man.

Cole: Yes but we don't need to run an experimental test on a child.

Marcus: You almost sounded like Niles from the New Hope facility.

Baird: Don't ever compare me to that psycho.

Ironwood comes back to the group.

Winter: General, how you feeling?

Ironwood: Like I got punched by Marcus...

Marcus: Ah actually it wasn't me

Clayton: It was me sir.

Ironwood: Oh that explains the massive headache...

Ironwood:Anyways, I overheard some parts of your plan. And I say go with this one.

Benjamin: My thoughts exactly. And Ruby I don't want you think you are just a weapon for us, you are doing the right thing about using your power like this, for the greater good for the world of yours.

Ruby: I know Ben.

Ren: Shall we prepare for the battle ahead?

Benjamin: Yes, and Ironwood. Have your men found the Palace?

Ironwood: Negative Benjamin...or from what I can tell the last transmission we had wasn't good...they may have already been slaughtered.

Clayton: Fucking Locust style no doubt about it.

Baird: Wait...if the Locust took prisoners here maybe they would try their processing stuff here?

Marcus: Unlikely...they know the people of this world are as weak as some of the Grimm, the process could just kill them or be too much stress on the mind.

Baird:Ah right..good point. Marcus meant no offense of course.

Marcus:Huh? Oh ya no offense.

Yang: Some taken.

Blake: We need to find that place...we can't wait any longer for them to strike.

Clayton: I agree we need to find those circus freaks ASAP.

Ironwood: I'm coming with you. I want to be there to the end of this fight. If you will have me by your side.

Benjamin: The Headmaster and General of Atlas by our side? How could we afford to lose?

Baird: I don't see us losing this one.

Marcus: Everyone ready to mount up?

Ironwood: I will have some ships head out to scout ahead, not just bullheads either. I'm sending warships.

Winter: Thats better.

Benjamin: Alright ladies and gents,LET'S ROLL OUT!

As everyone loads up and gets into the ships to head out with their morale intact and high, itching for a fight to take out a long standing enemy of both worlds, the teams and the COG Soldiers will finally get to finish what they came to do, after so long of hiding, fighting, betrayals, and some sacrifices that won't go to waste. Benjamin looks at everyone and decides its time to make their morale soar even higher.

Benjamin: I just wanna say something to you all. Today is the day we will not only make history but we will rid this world of these foul inhuman monsters that threaten these great lands and its people, no more will they cower in fear of them, no more hiding, no more shall they have to suffer at the hands of these insufferable beasts, no more would they have to worry about their loved ones disappearing. The time is to take the fight to them and show them that when united. We will prevail. DEATH TO THE LOCUST and TO THE FALL OF SALEM! -as he raised his Lancer in air-

Delta: DEATH TO THE LOCUST!

RWBY(others): FALL OF SALEM!

Ironwood: My ships have spotted something, they are checking it out now and it looks like a palace. And wait...it's confirmed. They have found it.

Benjamin: DOUBLE TIME PILOTS let's get here!

Ironwood: I will have my ships bombard them til we arrive.

Clayton: Good idea.

As Ironwood's ships begin firing on the palace and the Locust make haste to the dropships to try and stop the invading ships, the massive cannons tear the Locust dropships to pieces before take off.

Locust Drone: Take cover!!

Delta's dropship and RWBYs dropship land as they pour out and start firing at the Grimm and Locust around them.

Ironwood: All ships cease fire, send fighters for support.

Ship captain: Acknowledged and affirmative sending fighters for support General.

Ironwood glances over seeing Delta squad executing their downed Locusts as team RWBY is using their newfound weapons on the Grimm.

Ironwood:I feel a little whats the word...outgunned? No...ill-equipped that's it.

He charges over to a Locust Cyclops and kicks his leg from under him and puts him in a choke hold and snaps the neck, Ironwood kneels down and takes the Lancer and extra ammo.

Ironwood: You won't be needing this anymore.

Ironwood then takes cover and fires at the Grimm and Locusts alike.

Just as they carve a path to the front doors of the palace, a big burly looking man busts down the door before them and as he takes in the few of the ships and the blood soaked gears and girls along with Ironwood, he simply just nods and let's them through.

Oscar: Thank you Hazel.

Hazel: Of course Ozpin. Just make it quick before I change my mind.

As they run and gun through the main hall towards the throne room, they run into Mercury.

Mercury: Ah uh...you guys seem to be in a great mood. Ya know? Maybe Emerald was right...maybe it was time for a new team.

Yang: Don't even think about changing sides now, you had your chance.

Mercury: You do have a point but you won't shoot me out of cold blood will you Yang?

Yang: No. But we will give you a three second headstart before the bullets fly.

Mercury quickly takes the chance and bolts.

Marcus: Wise choice kid. Now onto the throne room.

As they breach the throne room doors to see Salem sitting there as she was intent on waiting for them.

Salem: So you finally found me. And the Atlas General himself just had to be here.

Ironwood: Its time to finish this.

Salem: Finish what? I cannot be stopped, you all know this already.

Benjamin: All we can do is try, but nobody said you cannot be injured -he pulls out his Longshot and snipes her in the arm-

Salem screams in pain from the high impact round in her flesh.

Salem: You little brat! You will pay for that!

Nora: There is plenty more from where that came from. -she fires her boomshot towards Salem's feet making her get tossed by the blast-

Ruby aims down her sights and shoots Salem in the leg.

Ruby: Thats for Jaune.

Ruby shoots the other leg.

Ruby: Thats for Pyrrha.

Salem crawls a bit and uses her Grimm to cover her.

Ruby: There's no more hiding for you Salem.

Salem sends a wave of Grimm at them, Salem makes an attempt to slip away just as Ruby used her silver eyes on the Grimm and Salem was caught just by her legs, she tries to crawl away some more.

Clayton: Where do you think you are going?

Salem:Leave me be, I do not deserve such a worthless death!

Ruby: No. You deserve it one hundred times over.

Salem: You cannot kill me! I cannot be killed!

Baird: We will see about that bitch.

Salem:You dare talk to a queen that way!?

Baird: Done it before and shall do it again.

Benjamin approaches Salem.

Salem: You. I should have had you killed as soon as I saw you fall out of the sky!

Benjamin: You knew I was here already?

Salem:Oh please child, I have eyes everywhere.

Qrow: Enough talk. We need to finish her.

Weiss: Qrow is right, enough chatter let's just end her.

Benjamin: Ya, Ruby. I know its alot right now but you can do the honors. You already begun.

Ruby: My pleasure.

Salem: W..wait a minute..NO! Do not let her touch me!

Ruby uses her eyes to turn Salem to stone and takes a grenade off Claytons belt and plants on Salem's stone incased body, they all back away as she shoots it with her Lancer and blows up Salem's body breaking it all.

Yang: It's over...right?

Marcus: The Locust may have fled if any were alive and went into hiding, we will head out and start searching.

Ruby: Thats for everyone else you killed....you bitch.

Yang: You okay Ruby?

Ruby: I'm okay but w..what do we do now?

Benjamin: Look forward to a tomorrow?

Ruby: A tomorrow?

Benjamin: Come on Ruby don't ruin the moment, you know exactly what I mean.

Ruby:Oh no I knew its just a relief to say it and its kinda alot to take in since we lost some friends along the way.

Benjamin: Ya..but they will always be remembered and never forgotten.

Benjamin goes to comms: Marcus kill any stragglers and report to the nearest dropship and head back to Ironwoods command ship.

Marcus:Wilco. Fenix out.

Yang: A tomorrow...we finally got a tomorrow to ourselves!

As everyone was getting to a dropship, Ironwood was already at his dropship preparing a speech to use back at Atlas to say to the world, once everyone arrived and went back to Atlas, The general got to the big screen and to all means of communication and began.

Ironwood: To everyone in the kingdoms, to the colonies. Today marks a new for us all. Today the Gears and the Hunters and Huntresses of Beacon have finally eliminated the Locust threat and have stormed Salem's palace and took her down along with her creatures of Grimm. There was courage beyond measure for this journey, sacrifices were made but not in vain, We can begin to rebuild and live our lives to the fullest and have a future for everyone. No more Grimm attacks, No more Locust raids or occupation. Mark my words as I say We have finally gotten a tomorrow, not just for myself but for everyone of the world of Remnant. This is General James Ironwood singing off.

As the girls and the gears got to together to discuss the events that have transpired and their new plans of what to do now with their days now full of excitement and love and pure bliss of peace from the Grimm and Locust, and more importantly they get to see life as it was meant to be lived, The Kingdoms of course had no more quarrel with one another over resources or land, The Schools still carried their traditions.

Ruby: Wait...just cause we won doesn't mean criminals are just gonna up and disappear.

Yang: Yikes way to kill the mood Sis.

Blake: But she's right.

Yang: Ya I know but can't we just live?

Ruby: Ya we can.

Weiss: Well..you guys do realize I am a orphan right?

Ruby: Maybe our dad will take you? Or maybe Blake's parents will?

Blake: Weiss you can come stay with me for awhile okay? My parents may take you in as their own.

Weiss: Thank you Blake.

Cole: Oh...ya I kinda forgot about that. Man this just got depressing real quick.

Baird: Ya..but hey she got a place to stay though right?

Cole: Ya but I mean it was her family Baird..the people that wanted to see her grow and achieve so much more than just end up with people like us.

Weiss:But you guys also became my family Cole, sure you are all soldiers and are from a different world but we all still formed a bond over this journey.

Cole: Aw lil snowflake gonna make me cry..

Baird: Do not lean on my shoulder Cole.

Cole: Oh come on Baird just for a little bit man

Baird: Nope.

Cole: You really can be asshole.

Baird: I'm joking Cole. I can be cold but I'm not as cold as an Ice queen.

Weiss: Hey...I warmed up to you guys

Baird:I admit it you did and it is really nice to see you like this.

Weiss: I'm glad to hear it Damon.

Cole: Oooh first name basis now.

Baird: Shut it Cole.

Everyone heads to the center of Atlas to enjoy their celebration and ceremony for those who have fallen and to give thanks for those who have also survived the battles fought and won.

Marcus leaves Dom's COG tags on the stone for Dom's grave. Nora and Ren both place Jaune and Pyrrhas weapons side by side at their stones, as for Weiss she leaves personal affects of her family behind and Armed security are left with protecting this treasure to the Kingdom and the to rest of the world as well.

Ironwood: May this area be left as it is as a memorial to those fallen. Shall they not be forgotten.

As time went on everyone was enjoying their days in peace no attacks except for the occasional criminal here and there but it later just became apart of their normal everyday sorta thing, nothing to serious. Everything was fine. They all lived happily.