Kat drove her car over to the Observatory where Alex said Vanoss and his crew were being held.

"So, Ms. Anderson. How did your conversation with Commander Walker go?" Zera asked. While Kat respected Zera's caring and straightforward attitude, she was not in as much of a mood to speak.

"Alex said he isn't ready for romance yet. He hasn't even thought about it once." Kat replied.

"Perhaps he really isn't. To go through something like Alex's situation is not one I would wish on anyone. My sensors indicate that, while psychologically beneficial, a relationship would only deter any progress on this misadventure." Zera figured.

"You really know how to make me feel better, Zera." Kat said sarcastically.

"Hold on, I just downloaded schematics for the building, and I have a plan for this." Zera perked up.

"Phone the others, we aren't called 'Team Unity' for nothing. We need this plan to work!" Kat ordered.

"Already sent the texts." Zera said. But how? She didn't even have a phone...

"How did you- oh, right, android." Kat realized mid-sentence.

Kat's phone buzzed, receiving a text. Opening up her phone, she saw a highly detailed map of the observatory, along with sniping positions, suspected locations for Evan and his crew, orders, everything.

Moving along to her GPS, she marked the best parking space nearest the best vantage point, a small hill overlooking the entire building.

She drove up near the overlook, went over to the trunk of the car, and opened it, revealing a very heavily modified Barrett M82 .50 BMG sniper rifle, equipped with an ice-like bipod, a bayonet that could change into a grappling hook, flame decals and incendiary bullets, as well as two keys on either side of the scope meant to summon Sentinels, metallic bird-like creatures that had most in common with Nevermores in Remnant.

She laid down in her spot while Zera moved over to the northwestern side of the building, out of sight from many of the Syndicate's men.

She looked through the scope. Safety on, of course, and saw Twilight and the former bearers of the Elements of Harmony went into their respective corners of the structure like spokes on a wheel. Team RWBY were riding a helicopter above the Observatory, ready to jump out of the helicopter and into the ensuing battle.

Alex, she saw, was walking right into the Observatory, as planned, ready to attack on Zera's cue.

The cue, she remembered, was the word 'Knightfall'. That was the signal that said Alex, Kat, and the Elements should start attacking. The cue word for Team RWBY and Zera to attack was only if they needed backup, a signal given by Alex, his code word was 'Bishop'.

Looking back to her cellphone, her first targets were the ones guarding sites A, with Alex's being B and the Elements' being C. Aiming right for a patrolman's neck, she awaited her signal.

Alex walked into the main entrance, ready to attack the Observatory on Zera's signal. He was immediately greeted by guards.

"You must be Mr. Walker, so nice for you to join us!" One introduced.

"Why are you wearing the armor?" The other asked.

"It's a dangerous world, can't be too cautious." Alex replied.

"We have orders to take the bounty as soon as you get here." The first said.

"How about you tell me where my friends are, then you get your bribe." Alex replied.

"Of course! Your friends are being held in the room where the Telescope is. It isn't that far away."

Alex awaited Zera's order still. Suddenly, his earpiece chimed in.

"Knightfall." The voice said.

Two shots were fired above them, and both guards looked around for the source.

His MG emitted a sharp beeping noise before shooting the guards, killing them both.

"Roger, HVIs are in site C!" Alex said as soon as the second guard died.

"Noted, sending Elements to site C immediately, Alex, go assist them, keep the others away from them!" Zera ordered

"Understood. On my way." Alex replied, leaping high above the site and killing anyone in his way.

His Machine gun roared with fire, killing anyone he missed while killing more Syndicate men with the BR he stole from the guards in Vale.

Sniper fire killed what Alex and his MG missed, spurts of blood leaping from their bodies and crumpling to the ground in a useless heap.

Alex crashed on top of more soldiers, deactivating the machine gun and shooting them with the Battle Rifle, killing most of his enemies with ruthless efficiency.

Reloading a mag into said BR, he killed any survivors of the attack, unloading 32 rounds of 7.89 mm (Remnant's equivalent to a 7.62) into them, resulting in agonizing death.

He immediately saw the Elements, and they were struggling.

'That's what you get when you and your friends are mostly pacifists,' Alex thought bitterly as he pulled out .44 Scratch, killing their opponents with relentlessly accurate shots, making full use of each shot.

"You ponies sure know how to handle yourselves in a battle scenario." Alex scoffed sarcastically.

"Don't blame us, war in Equestria is next to unheard of, it's not like we get much practice, unlike you." Twilight retorted.

Ignoring the insult, he turned around, only to find dozens of Syndicate Mercs fast-roping in from above them.

Alex pressed a button on his suit, opening up compartments filled to the brim with laser-guided missiles. Launching them all, he blew up most of the helicopers, burnt hunks of metal crashing to the earth as the mercenaries dodged the destroyed vehicles as try plummeted to the earth below.

More trucks drove up, most of them armored cars, and started shooting at Alex, only for the bullets to ricochet off of him and into several buildings around him.

"Get Vanoss! I'll deal with them!" Alex ordered his on/off allies.

They ran in direction of the telescope as Alex reactivated his Machine Gun, loaded his Grenade Launcher, and rose hell on his combatants.

Twilight and the others ran into a few lingering foes, with her using attack spells, Rainbow flying them high above the ground and simply dropping them or punching them, Applejack bucking them far away from the area, Rarity levitating sewing needles and flinging them at the enemies, or knocking them out with a hard punch, Pinkie distracting them long enough for the others to attack, and Fluttershy...

Twilight looked back at her meek friend, she was crying in the corner, mortified by the chaos around her.

She levitated Fluttershy along, even though kindness had no place in a situation like this.

They eventually made their way to the Telescope room, opening the door and finding more guards inside, along with Vanoss and his friends.

A man in a fancy looking suit and slicked black-and-grey hair looked back at them, looking rather confused.

"What am I looking at here? Horses are coming to rescue these men?" The man giggled at the mere sight of them.

Rainbow seethed at the comment.

"Oh yeah?!" Rainbow yelled as he flew head on at the man...

...And rose a hand, which glowed a bright yellow, and held Rainbow Dash in place.

"Pfft... You are NOTHING TO ME!!!" He yelled as he tossed her friend aside like a rag doll.

Fluttershy immediately flew to help her friend up.

"Kill these men!" He ordered, levitating them up as he walked right past them, dropping them as soon as he left the room.

"No!" Twilight rose a hoof in an effort to save her friends.

The guards shot them all in the head, killing them all.

"Buck! Evan!" Rainbow gasped.

The room was silent. They won. Their friends were dead.

The room was then bursting with gunfire, the six ducked in an effort to try and save themselves, when Twilight finally looked up, the men were dead, with Vanoss and his friends climbing in through the windows.

"You're alive!" Rarity gasped.

"But...how?" Applejack asked suspiciously.

"You guys do know that we respawn, like, a block away, right?" Mini replied.

"These assholes didn't!" Wildcat chuckled.

"But, seriously though. You guys went to rescue us, didn't you?" Terroriser asked them.

"Of course, silly filly!" Pinkie cheered.

"Really? That's not even how you say that! It's like how Nogla says 'hockin' a dookie'!" Wildcat practically died laughing.

"You! Yellow one! You seem really familiar..." Basically tried to recall where he had seen her before.

"Wait, how's Alex doing?" Rainbow asked, checking her earpiece.

"AAAAAAH SHIT!!! BISHOP!!' BISHOP!!! C'MON! SOMEBODY HELP!!!!" Alex yelled in a panic.

"He seems to be doing so well!" Delirious rolled his eyes.

"There's no time to waste! We have to help him! Let's go!" Twilight ordered as the other Elements and Evan's crew followed her.

Alex was not having fun.

He was being attacked by way more troops that even he could handle and called for help.

Immediately, Team RWBY fell in to assist, explosions and ice structures all around him as they fell and continued their assault.

Zera ran in, sang in a mechanized voice, and held a large sword that glowed a bright blue.

Kat was not far off, firing sniper rounds and killing anyone she could.

The elements attacked them next, violet bolts of magic flying right past him, a rainbow blur knocking several men out of the way, others being kicked upwards, to name some attacks.

Vanoss and his crew ran in last, shooting at the opponents ruthlessly, blood flying high into the air and killing them.

More troops fast-roped in, others drove in tanks and other assorted military equipment, even the police attacked, shooting at them and their enemies.

"I have a plan! Get in a circle around me!" Twilight ordered.

Everyone did as they were told, Alex knew exactly what she was planning.

The attack was relentless, enemies seemed to come in from everywhere.

"Why is no one helping!" Asked Droidd, very worried about the attack around them.

"If you've got a plan, you better get to it!" Blake yelled, shooting at anyone she could.

"GET OVER HERE!" Vanoss screamed, stealing Gambol Shroud from Blake and skewering a cop.

"HEY!" She yelled as Vanoss yanked back, pulling the officer and slicing him up.

Blake stole it back from Vanoss, looking very pissed at him.

"Don't ever do that again!" She ordered.

The more enemies swarmed in around them, the tighter the circle became.

"Okay, I worked up enough magic to get us out of here! Hang on!" Twilight yelled as a violet glow enveloped Team Unity.

Alex ducked down as the ground fell from under them and the sky above caved in on itself.

When Alex blinked again, there they all were, on top of the Maze Bank building.

They all fell to the ground, exhausted, especially Twilight, who casted the spell that teleported all twenty-three members of Team Unity, an impressive feat, even for an Alicorn.

Alex watched as, from the distance, a large cloud of smoke enveloped the once-peaceful building. Surely the cops and the Syndicate were all killing each other.

"Who were those guys?" Kat asked, gasping for breath.

"The Syndicate, they're responsible for most of the professional crime in Los Santos." Vanoss breathed.

"That guy's name, the guy in the suit, is Rufio Vincent, he's basically their boss or some shit." Wildcat gasped through his pig mask.

"He's the one who called me and told me you guys were captured, he said he wanted $500,000 or something ridiculous like that." Alex added to what he knew.

"That guy?! He threw me into a wall!" Rainbow scoffed.

"He possessed some sort of levitation ability similar to unicorn magic." Twilight explained further.

"That can only mean one thing..." Alex's voice trailed off.

Rufio was not a happy guy.

He never was, nor would he ever be.

Events like tonight only angered him further.

He grasped the amethyst hued communication beacon, bearing the black mark of the Inquisitors, a dark silhouette with red eyes, bearing a silver scythe and a golden scale.

He pressed the button on the side.

"What is it, Gamma?" A raspy voice asked.

"Sigma's target? I found him." Rufio responded.

"Ah, I see. I'll be sure to tell her." The voice replied.

"I understand, sir." Rufio nodded.

"It appears The Red Star's formation will come a little early, ready your men, Gamma!" The voice ordered.

"Yes, Alpha." He sighed.

"Sigma's target... He interests me... I will come also." Alpha concluded.

"Yes, Alpha."

The transmitter stopped, and Rufio put it away.

"The Great War has been set in motion. Time to... Prioritize." Rufio scowled.

Author's Notes:

So begins Act II.

I considered having, like, a vote. But due to the fact that that nobody reads my blogs anyway and there are apparently rules against setting these up in Group Forums, I decided to choose myself, so, here we are.