In case you guys forgot or didn't know,
Tamish means God of Darkness.
Roshan means God of Light.

Ruby stares at the moon through a window, sitting on the staircase. Snow is drizzling outside. Ruby checks on Blake, Weiss, and Yang, who are sitting on the rug and staring at the fire from the fireplace. Maria reads a book while sitting on the sofa, and Oscar is pacing back and forth. After checking on the others, Ruby stands up and walks toward Qrow. Qrow is sitting nearby the window, looking outside with his feet propped on the drawer, "Storm's cleared up for now. We should be able to leave by morning."
"That's good."

"No... I don't have a good feeling about this place, especially with me around..."

Ruby looks down at a wine bottle on the floor with Qrow's hand hovering near it, then looks at him, "Are you... okay?"

"Sure. Tell everyone to get some sleep. I'll wake you guys up just before sunrise."

Ruby walks away as Qrow drinks from the wine bottle. Ruby pauses and looks back at him before narrowing her eyes downward.

Back in the other room, the fire continues to burn. The book Maria is reading has a "III" on the cover, with the other two volumes on a nearby table, "It's a diary?"

"The head of this household, Bartleby. Apparently, he and several other families founded this little settlement to try and live on their own. It sounds like it worked, at least for a spell."
"Grimm?"
"Just one of many hardships. Slowed down their farming, made everything harder... It's a shame. He seemed like quite the ambitious fellow, always thinking of new schemes to overcome the odds."

Ruby walks back into the room, "Hey guys. Qrow said we should get some sleep. We're gonna head out early tomorrow."
"Thank goodness."

Everyone gets up to get ready to sleep. Maria hops off the couch, "Hmph, the last thing you'll catch me doing is letting some kid tell me what to do." In a mimicking voice, "Go to bed!" Maria sits in an armchair, turns on the lamp next to it, and continues reading from the book. Ruby shrugs and smiles before going to sleep herself. You stayed up to watch as everyone sleep, a lot had happened today, and you weren't sure how to feel about the situation, '(Y/n)?' Your eyes opened, hearing your name being called.

"Tamish?" You whispered as you stood up, making your way the front door, Qrow was asleep. You placed your hand on his cheek, Qrow nudges closer to your touch, this caused you to smile. You knew that Qrow still loved you, but him learning the truth was too much for him. You plant a kiss on his forehead, "Forgive me, Qrow."

You looked out the window, seeing a few Sphinxes wandering around the area. You couldn't open the door since it would alert Qrow, so you went upstairs and entered one of the rooms with a fairly large window.

You place your hand on the glass frame, your presence alerted the Sphinxes, as they began to make their way to the house you raised your hand signaling them to stop, which they followed your order. You open up the window, then proceeded to jump out. Ajin manifested on the ground to catch you.
"Thank you, Ajin."

You began walking away from the house, "Ajin, do you think I should go to Atlas alone?" Ajin doesn't say anything, which caused you to smile.

"You are using Ajin as a vessel again?"
Ajin grew in size as a purple aura surrounded him; the God of Darkness showed himself.
"Hello, Saint."
"Hello, Tamish."
You laid in the cold snow, "I thought that Roshan didn't like you to come to see me?"
"I made an arrangement."

You stayed quiet with the smile still resting on your face, "I'm sorry for what had happened."
"You shouldn't apologize."

"I should have kept you at my side."
"You wouldn't have known this was going to happen."
"Why not come back?" This caught you off guard, sitting up, you questioned, "Back?"
"Brother and I both agreed; after all, you were always the one to balance the world." A sphinx lays next to you

"I can't." You placed your hands on the side of Sphinx's face. "I was given a task by you and Roshan. I tend to finish it, even if Ozma doesn't."

"Remember, the door is always open; if anything happens to you, the Grimm will find you and take you back." You nod, "Okay."

"You should get rest, your other creations are also here, try to get your friends to a safe place."
"The Apathy?"
"They recognize their mother, and they will do what it takes to protect you."
With that, Ajin returned to normal. You turn to the sphinxes, "Leave." They followed your orders once more then flew off, away from the house. You then walk back to the house, Ajin helped you entered the same window you had exited.

You didn't make any sounds, seeing everyone was still asleep. You lay down on a blanket, falling to sleep.

By next morning, the fire is out. Sunlight seeps through the curtained window while Team RWBY and Oscar sleep on the floor. Maria rests on the armchair, still holding the book she was reading. Qrow sleeps on the chair by the window, still barely grasping the wine bottle in his hand. A couple of other wine bottles are also on the floor. The bottle slips from his hand and clatters on the floor, causing Ruby to wake with a start. She looks around before rubbing her eyes and getting on her feet. She walks over to the window and opens the curtains.

Weiss mutters in her sleep, "Close the window."

Ruby walks over to the entrance hall and picks up the empty bottle Qrow dropped before walking over to her uncle,  "Uncle Qrow. Come on, get up."
"Leave me alone..."
"We overslept."

Qrow, still tired, just lightly shoves Ruby away. Ruby looks at the empty wine bottle, and after a moment, her hand starts shaking. She angrily throws it against the wall, shattering it. Qrow wakes up, startled, "What?"

Qrow looks around, seeing Ruby stand before him and then to the shattered bottle, "Oh, right. Sunrise."

Ruby's angry expression softens, and she hugs her uncle, "You know, you can talk to me about stuff. Yang too."

Qrow hugs Ruby back, "Let's just get outta here."

Qrow gets up from the chair, with Ruby following him.

Later on, the group moves outside. Weiss is using Myrtenaster to weld a metal ball to a makeshift trailer hitch attached to Bumblebee. Weiss, Blake, Yang, Qrow, and Oscar's pupils appear to be dilated, while yours and Ruby's are their usual size, "There."

Oscar and Blake are sitting on the porch steps, "Can we just go back to bed?"
"If we're all so tired, maybe we should make breakfast?"
"You wanna make it?"
"Not really."

Ruby and Qrow push the flatbed trailer behind Bumblebee. Once it's in position, Ruby walks up to Yang, "You guys got the bike ready?"

Yang gestures to it, "Well, it's done now. So let's hook this thing up and-" Qrow rests his foot on the side of the trailer, and the tire on the opposite side goes flat. He groans in frustration before checking on the tire.

"You people are just beacons for bad luck, aren't you?"

Frustrated, Qrow walks over to a nearby fence post and sits on the ground. Yang also sits on the ground by the well, "I'm starting to think the universe just doesn't want us getting to Atlas."

"It's just a flat tire; I'm sure there's a spare."
"It's not just that; it's everything. Storms, crashes, monsters... I'm so tired..."
"Me too. It feels like we're always having to fight to get by."
"Yeah. But that's what we signed up for."

"We signed up to try and save the world, not just... delay the inevitable."
"Last night, I... I couldn't stop thinking - why are we even going to Atlas?"

Everyone shares puzzled looks, "Weiss, we have to."
"Why? Ozpin hid the Relics behind giant doors under enormous schools, but... how long would it take Salem to find a lamp in the middle of nowhere?"

"What? The Grimm might-"

"They'd find it eventually, sure, but bury it or just throw it down the well, it would take years. It might not even happen in our lifetime. But we could be done with it now." Ruby turns to you, "But, it's apart of (Y/n). We can't leave it unguarded."

"Ruby, it's fine. I understand why they are like this right now; I'll take the lamp to Atlas, finish what was started. And all of you will go home." You walk towards Ruby, a small smile planted on your face extending your arm out to her.
"No. Your home is ours too, and we are going to go home together." Ruby shakes her head.

Weiss steps in, "You heard (Y/n), she'll take it. All off us can get rest."

Ruby detaches the Relic of Knowledge from her belt, glancing at it before looking up at her teammates, who appear to all have dazed looks as if they were in a trance. Ruby stares at the Relic one more time before walking over to the well, "I am... really..." Her pupils become dilated, "...tired..."

Ruby starts to have the same dazed look on her face as she holds Relic out above the pitch-black darkness of the well. However, instead of dropping it immediately, Ruby hesitates for a bit before composing herself. She starts to pull the Relic back, but then notices a pair of glowing red eyes at the bottom of the well, startling her and snapping her out of her trance-like state and returning her pupils to their normal size. In her fright, she accidentally drops the Relic into the well. Ruby helplessly watches it fall into the darkness below, "No! No! No! I didn't mean to!"

Her teammates continue to stare at her with dazed looks, "Ruby, it's okay."

"No! No, there's something down there! I saw it; it was looking at me!"

Ruby looks back inside the well, only to notice the glowing pair of red eyes are gone.

Yang puts a hand on her sister's shoulder, "Hey, it's okay. You just said you're tired. It's probably nothing. Now let's go."

Ruby swats Yang's hand off, "What's wrong with you?! We can't just leave; we have to go down there! We have to get the lamp back! Oh, what was I thinking?!"

"All we have to do is fix this trailer. Hey, farm boy, check the shed for a spare."

"I'm not leaving without the lamp!!" Her teammates continue to stare at her dazedly.

Blake sighs, "I'll go down with you..."
"We'll go down together."

"Fine! Get the stupid lamp. Oscar, fix the stupid tire." Qrow stands up and heads to the house, passing by Maria on the porch.
"Where are you going?"

"Where do you think?" Qrow shakes his flask and walks back into the house.

Maria looks down, "Stupid..."

Maria takes a seat on the porch steps and continues to read another volume of Bartleby's diaries. You watch as Team RWBY jump into the well to retrieve the lamp, then walk into the house following Qrow.

"Qrow?" You walked into the room where Qrow was drinking. Qrow had his head down, staring at his drink; he didn't bother looking at you or reply to you.

"You don't have to say anything, but can you hear me out?" Qrow took another sip of his drink.
"I'm sorry, I understand how you feel about all of this, but I wanted to protect you."

"How is this protecting me?"
"You know what I mean, all of that was in the past. I feel you are upset by the fact I kept secrets for Ozpin-"
"Enough about him, he isn't here, he isn't my problem, and you are going to become one. Just leave me alone."

You sigh, then heard banging in the next room, "What's going in there?" As you entered the next room, a massive siren sound echoed, you lean against the wall. Then the siren turned into screams.

You gasped for air, you got up to the other room, breaking the chains. Team RWBY and Maria run out and find themselves in the basement that Ruby and Weiss discovered the day before," We're back in the house?"
"What's going on? Are you all okay?" You check if any of them were injured.
"No, we're fine."

Team RWBY then look at the bar and see Qrow leaning on the counter, passed out.
"Uncle Qrow, get up!"
"Hey! Get off me! What are you doing here?"
"We're leaving, you idiot! Come on!"

Maria runs out of the room, with Blake and Yang following her. Weiss looks back towards the basement entrance, "Not yet..."

Outside, Oscar has replaced the tire for the trailer and is filling it up with air. The noise from the air machine muffles the sound of people crying out his name.
"Oscar! Oscar!"
"Oscar!"

Oscar looks behind him to see Yang, Blake, and Maria run out of the house, "Oscar! We have to go, now!"

Oscar looks at them, bewildered.

Back inside, Weiss grabs a few of the alcoholic bottles from the shelves and throws them towards the basement, shattering them, "Hey... Hey! What are you doing?!"

As more of the Grimm slowly start to come out from the basement, Weiss uses Myrtenaster and a glyph to send fire toward the cellar doors. Using the spilled alcohol, she sets the Grimm on fire, "Now we can leave!"

Weiss helps Ruby grab Qrow's arms as they drag him out of the room, "Stop it! Stop! What's wrong with you?! What's..."

As Qrow looks up, he sees the Grimm on fire still walking towards them.

You froze as voices filled the room. "(Y/n)."
"You're hurting."
"We need to- "
"take you-"
"home."
"My home is with them!" You shout.

Qrow looks on in shock as he is dragged out of the house by his niece and her friend.

Outside, everyone sits in the flatbed trailer while Yang starts up her motorcycle. She wastes no time driving away from the now burning house. You sat next to Oscar you had your hands covering your ears; Oscar placed a hand on your back as a sign that he was trying to comfort you. Yang continues driving Bumblebee down the snowy road with everyone sitting in the trailer being pulled behind her.

"The Apathy. They're not strong or ferocious. They drain your will to go on. Bartleby's estate was hemorrhaging money towards the end. He wanted to cut costs on Huntsman protection, but in order to do that, he needed everyone calm... always."

Oscar began reading from the book, "Managed to get two away from their pack. Hike back was miserable but got the bastards in the cellar. Wife thinks I was out sealing the waterway entrance. I'll do it tomorrow and tell her the truth once these things take the edge off of everyone. I'm tired."

"The next page proves that he did, but not before the rest of the pack followed their missing pair all the way home. My guess is they made their way beneath the estate through the water tunnels that Bartleby sealed up the next morning. Bartleby's plan worked. No one was angry or sad or scared. No one was anything. And then... no one was left."

Maria takes one more look at the final page of the diary, the last words written down being "I'm tired." She then closes the book and tosses it out into the snow, "I'm... sorry for what I said... about giving up."

Upon hearing this, Yang stops driving, "Me too. We can't quit until the lamp is safe."
"It's not your fault. It was those... things."

"I should have known. The signs were all there, but I'd never seen an entire settlement withered away like that. I suppose my mind just isn't what it used to be."

"Miss Calavera? How do you know so much about the Grimm? And in the tunnels, you knew exactly what to say to make me... to make my eyes do that. How?"

"Well, isn't it obvious, girl? I had Silver Eyes."

End of Vol. 6 Chapter 6
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