While Penny tended to her uncle's injured arm, using her apron as a bandage, Ruby attacked any guard who tried to get to her. Penny could feel that things were about to get even worse, if how angry Ruby looked was anything to go by.

"If you won't release my uncle, then I have no choice but to gather my pack and get him back by force! You'll regret taking our woods, and you'll regret caging us and hunting us!" Ruby declared.

Ruby howls loudly, jumping off of the roof and over the east wall, and runs into the forest. Then the distant sounds of wolves howling in response is heard, causing more panic.

"Ahh! She's calling the pack!" someone screamed.

"Bloody h*ll! Listen to that! It's all true, wolfwalkers are real!" someone else shouted.

"The wolves are coming! They're gonna eat us all!" a third person shrieked.

"We're done for!" another person cried out in fear.

"Silence! Do not fear this wild girl and her wolves!" Ironwood told them.

"Tonight we will put an end to this! I will burn this forest to the ground! I will lead cannons to the den of these beasts and send them all to h*ll!" he added, with a crazy, murderous look in his eyes.

Penny's eyes widened in fear as the townspeople started to cheer and praise the general.

"And we shall prevail! It is the Lord's will!" Ironwood shouted.

"Prepare a squadron!" he ordered his army.

As the general's soldiers gather their weapons, Ironwood walks over to Clover, who was now on his knees, but still holding his arm. He grabs the hunter by the throat tightly.

"Leave him alone! Can't you see he's hurt!" Penny told Ironwood, punching and pounding his arm.

"Shut up and know your place, little girl!" Ironwood growled, pushing Penny to the floor.

"And you! You're so pathetic, Ebi! You can't even catch a small child, a little girl!" he practically spat in Clover's face.

"S-sir, I..." Clover choked out, trying to pry Ironwood's fingers away from his throat.

"You better prove yourself a worthy soldier tonight or tomorrow you're in chains." Ironwood said roughly pulling Clover to his feet.

"Now put an end to that wild beast!" he told him, pointing at the caged wolf.

He lets go of Clover and shoves a rifle into his hands.

"What can't be tamed must be destroyed." Ironwood said turning to walk away.

"No, please! You can't!" Penny begged, standing up.

"Penny, stop this!" Clover told her.

"And for God's sake, put manners on that girl...or manners will be put on her." Ironwood grumbled, joining his army.

Quietly, Clover loads the rifle he was given to put down the wolf in the cage...to kill Qrow.

"No, please! Uncle Clover, please don't..." Penny pleaded desperately.

"Enough, Penny! Go home!" Clover replied.

"B-but...you can't..." Penny cried.

"NOW, PENNY!" Clover said firmly.

He turns to the cage, cocks the rifle, and points it at Qrow's head...right between his eyes. Right now, Penny couldn't afford to be scared, she couldn't just stand there and watch Qrow die, she had to do the right thing. She throws off her stupid bonnet, letting her long ginger hair flow freely and then stands in between the gun and the cage before Clover even put his finger on the trigger.

"Penny! What are you doing!? The Lord Protector will have us in chains!" Clover said lowering the gun.

"He's wrong, Uncle Clover! All of this is wrong! Why can't you see that!?" Penny argued.

"Penny, step aside! We must do as we are told!" Clover argued back.

"WHY, UNCLE CLOVER!? WHY!?!" Penny asked, raising her voice.

"BECAUSE I'M AFRAID!!" Clover snapped, bursting into tears.

"I won't be here to protect you forever. I'm so afraid that one day you'll end up in a cage." Clover said, quieter, and this voice trembling with fear.

"But, don't you get it!? This entire town is a cage!" Penny cried.

Then they were interrupted by the emergency bells ringing throughout the town. People were screaming about wolves approaching the edge of the forest. So, while Clover was distracted by this, Penny frees Qrow and climbs onto his back. Clover gasped when he saw what she did.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Clover." Penny told him before Qrow leaps off the stage and runs through the town towards the gate.

Penny grips his fur tightly so she doesn't fall off. As they run past Robyn, still locked in the stocks, she cheers Penny on.

"Faster, Qrow! They're about to close the gate! And we've got to stop Ruby before she gets herself killed!" Penny said.

Dodging the soldier's arrows and bullets, Qrow makes it past the gate just before it's slammed shut. Meanwhile, at the edge of the forest, Ruby prepares the wolves to attack.

"Let's show those townies how viscous we can be! They have my...." Ruby began to say, but stopped when she saw her uncle coming, with Penny riding on his back.

When Penny jumped down from Qrow's back, Ruby and Yang, who is in wolf form, run up to their uncle.

"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby cheered hugging him.

"You're okay!" Yang said happily, nuzzling his chest.

"Well...I almost wasn't. If it wasn't for Penny...I'd be dead." Qrow told them.

Penny cautiously walks over and her and Ruby awkwardly stand in front of each other.

"I'm...I'm so sorry, Ruby...I was just so scared, I didn't want you or anyone else getting hurt." Penny apologized, crying.

"Ahh, quit your weeping, Penny. Thanks for saving my uncle." Ruby replied hugging Penny.

Smiling, Penny hugs back and sighs in relief. They pull away slightly, Ruby's hands on Penny's shoulders, and Penny's hands on Ruby's waist. Looking into each other's eyes, they remembered how much they loved each other and start to lean in for a kiss. But before their lips could touch...a very loud gunshot rings through the quiet forest...and Qrow collapses with a bullet wound on his side.

"UNCLE QROW!!!" Ruby and Yang scream.

"NO!! OH NO!!" Penny shrieked covering her mouth with her hands.

As Ruby puts Qrow's head in her lap and Yang stands at Ruby's side, Penny looks to where the bullet came from. What she saw made her heart break. She saw Clover standing a few feet away, holding a smoking gun.