*Patch, Remnant; October 11, 2018; 4:19 PM*

Ruby slowly blinked open her eyes, clutching her forehead due to the onset of a horrendous migraine, looking around, she found that she was in her old room back at her house in Patch. Ruby let out a slight groan, still groggy despite having just woken up.

"Ruby..! You're awake!" Her father kneeled at her side, happy to see his daughter awake.

"D-Dad..? What happened?" Ruby asked, the last thing she remembered was her and Alex face-to-face against Cinder and Ultimus with almost no chance of survival... Yet..

"It's okay.. Alex saw everything, he sent a distress beacon and sent everyone back here, safe and sound. " Taiyang explained.

"B-But what about the others...and the city?!" Ruby gasped.

"They're fine. They're all in... What was it, 'Los Santos'? Point is, they're waiting until you recover before you get back to your missions. As for Atlas however.." Taiyang's voice trailed off.

"Atlas was completely destroyed. After Cinder went and f**kin' dropped an island on it, some of it may or may not have hit magma. The entire city became the epicenter of a man-made volcano spanning the entire continent. I'm suspecting it was Cinder's last-ditch effort to kill us, but I could be wrong." Alex explained, walking inside the room.

"What about Yang?! Is she okay?!" Ruby leaped up from her bed.

"Easy... Yang's okay. Cade got to work on her limbs the second he got here and put them on once she came to. She's waiting for you." Taiyang elaborated.

"Cade's here too?!" Ruby gasped.

"Yes. Considering he's my son, I figured I'd let him tag along since, supposedly, we died in his future. Must've been hell for him, that's for sure." Alex nodded.

"But.. What happened?" Ruby asked again, confused.

"I think Qrow explained this to me once. Have you watched 'Dragonball Z: The Legendary Super Saiyan'?" Alex responded.

"...No.." Ruby admitted.

"Okay, this is going to make the whole exposition thing a pain. You know my 'Enlightened Warrior' form, right? And how I got it from when Saisho smashed the Prometheus Charge on my chest?" Alex continued.

"Yes.. Did something like that happen to me?!" Ruby asked, eyes beaming.

"Er... No. Your power is genetic. Where I had to work to get to where I am, you on the other hand, have had this power laying dormant inside of you from the day you were born.. At least until either then or the Blood Red Night, based on what Yang told me happened with Beta."

"So then... I'm the chosen one?" Ruby quizzically wondered.

"Eh. If you look at it that way." Alex nodded.

"I think your sister wants to see you now." Taiyang nudged Ruby's arm.

"Oh, right.. By the way, you aren't, y'know, mad about Cade being your grandson or anything?" Ruby asked. It seemed out-of-character for him to be welcoming enough not to beat Alex or Cade to a pulp for either being Yang's teenage boyfriend or their time-traveling son.

"I've had time to adjust.." Taiyang replied with a subtle scowl in Alex's direction.

"I still have bruises." Alex added.

With that, Ruby walked over to Yang's room to find her and Cade talking.

"Mom, how soon do you think Aunt Ruby's going to wake up..?" Cade asked.

"I'm sure it won't be much longer." Ruby smiled.

"Ruby!!" Yang ran to hug her sister.

Ruby felt completely winded, even more so than usual. That's when Ruby noticed Yang's robotic arm and leg.

"Right.... Prosthetics.. How are those holding up..?" Ruby asked.

"They work great! I know Cade told me he just worked on fixing prosthetics like this, but he actually did a really good job!" Yang smiled.

"Heh... Thanks, mom.." Cade nervously smiled.

"I'm glad to see everything worked out!" Ruby hugged her sister again, happy that everyone was safe.

"So, what happens now?" Ruby wondered, now worried about her future.

"Dad already kind of explained this, but he said we'll have to meet up with everyone at LS. He says now that Cinder's dead, she's apparently left behind a rogue splinter-group of the Inquisition called 'The Fall Knights'. She spent the last two years gathering everyone who didn't die at the Blood Red Night." Cade recalled.

"So far, he's having Kat try and find any ex-Inquisitors who won't work with the Fall Knights. He's been talking to her whenever he got worried." Yang added.

"Okay.." Ruby nodded, seeing a familiar guard pony trotting in her hallway.

"Oh, You're awake, Ruby!" Skirmish Sentry smiled, running in to hug Ruby.

"Hi, Skirmish! What are you doing here!" Ruby wondered.

"Princess Twilight wanted me to stay here in case anything happened, and just for updating your condition. I'll tell her you're awake so we can get a move on!" Skirmish promised.

"Yeah, Skirmish has been really helpful." Cade smiled.

"I'm not surprised she works as Twilight's Honor Guard. Between her, Alex, and Cade, I don't think there's been any big mess in weeks!" Yang added.

Suddenly, Ruby heard glass shatter, maybe a gunshot or two, and sounds of a struggle.

"Aaand, I stand corrected." Yang blinked, grabbing her weapons as Cade reached for his sickle.

Ruby got up and ran to see what the commotion was.

Alex was forced against a table, struggling to fight off someone in a grey uniform. Alex picked the person up and threw him across the kitchen and out the broken window.

"We're under attack!" Alex yelled as he struggled to disarm another uniformed soldier carrying a gun.

"Wait. These don't look like Fall Knights to me... Unless.." Cade figured before being forced to the ground.

Someone tackled Alex to the ground, raising a taser.

"Don't tase me, bro!" Alex screamed, raising his hands defensively while the soldier tasered him anyway.

Alex grabbed the soldier's wrist, twisting it sharply and slapping him with a ball of lightning.

"...because I have lightning powers. Thanks for the extra charge, asshole." Alex swept, kicking the soldier to the ground.

Ruby sprinted into another solder, kicking her in the face and ramming her into the sink while Skirmish bucked a soldier out the screen door, with Zwei chasing him out the whole way.

Cade slashed a soldier's ankles, kicking him down and stomping on his neck.

"Wait... Oh, goddammit, not you guys..!" Cade groaned.

The inhabitants were still fighting off the other soldiers, forcing them out of windows and brutally knocking them out.

"Wait..! I know these people!!" Cade yelled.

"What?!" Alex groaned.

"We're not backing down!!" Yang screamed throughout the ruckus.

"Attention, friends and relatives of Musuko Emphas. This is your last chance to come with us peacefully! Surrender now or face the might of the Silver Ocelots!" A female voice yelled over a microphone.

"Just surrender.. They won't burn down the house or something crazy like that.." Cade sighed.

Alex scowled.

"Fine then, Musuko. I'll play along." Alex held out his wrists as the soldiers got up and carried everyone out.

They were all lined up in front of the house, facing the front, where a practical barricade had been placed around their house.

"So, who are they, anyways?" Yang asked.

"The F**king Silver Ocelots. They're an Inheritor Splinter Group composed almost entirely of Faunus or Faunus-like warriors." Cade explained.

"Does that mean they're on our side?" Ruby asked.

"I don't f**king know!" Cade yelled back, dismayed.

A woman stepped out of a helicopter, walking towards Cade in particular.

"I didn't think I'd see you here, Liss. What, did you come all this way just to see me?" Cade scowled, facing a masked woman.

She removed her mask, revealing the young woman's visage. She had back-length white hair and a pair of cat ears. She kind of looked like a reverse-Blake, with a face that appeared much too young for the alabaster hair color. She regarded Cade with slight familiarity.

"Musuko, you know why I'm here. You can't keep going around and messing with the timeline!" Liss smacked Cade across the cheek, letting out a single claw that tore through his face rather painfully.

"Don't touch my son, you over-confident flea-bag!!" Yang screamed, struggling to break out of her handcuffs.

"Wow, that was racist even for me." Liss scowled.

"Look, just what the hell do you want from us, anyway?" Alex asked, trying to diffuse the situation and looking calm, in spite of the obvious flicker of red lightning indicating his true opinion on the matter.

Liss' eyes widened, gulping audibly and shaking.

"A-A-Alex Walker?!" Liss gasped.

"Goddammit, my reputation f**king proceeded me." Alex scowled.

"A-Are you really the heroic tactician that defeated Alpha two years before now?" Liss practically shook,

"I feel like the term 'tactician' is a bit strong for whatever that was. I prefer the term 'Natural Improviser/ Irredeemable Crybaby'." Alex scoffed.

"Yeah... Even I have to agree.." Yang added.

"Don't you disrespect him!!" Liss yelled.

"Actually, she can. 1; Yang agreed with me, and 2, her and I are kinda close.." Alex corrected.

"What the hell do you mean kinda?! Our son from the future is standing to your right!" Yang retorted.

"MUSUKO IS ACTUALLY YOUR SON?!" Liss gasped in horror.

"Oh, boy." Alex groaned inwardly.

"You and me both." Yang added.

Liss immediately ran to Cade, wiping the blood off with a handkerchief.

"L-Listen... I need you all to come with me to sort this out. Then, maybe you can get back to what you were doing." Liss asserted.

"To where?" Cade asked.

"Don't worry, my superiors are actually pretty nice about this kind of situation!" Liss smiled.

"Oh, god... You wouldn't happen to know anyone named Mr. Popo, do you?" Alex shuddered.

"No, but there's this weird guy named 'Dumplin' who kinda looks like him, though.." Liss recalled.

Alex hyperventilated.

"No... No... No..! Not again!!" He shook violently.

"Oh no, he's having another one of his 'episodes'." Yang sighed.

"E-Episodes?!" Liss gasped.

"Yeah. Apparently he's seen a lot of shit.. And it's gotten to him, bad." Yang replied.

"Like, how bad..?" Liss asked.

"Like 'waking up in a cold sweat crying into my shoulder at 3 AM' bad. I don't think he's slept well in months."

"SPECIAL 21ST RULE OF POPO'S TRAINING: DON'T SHOCK POPO BY ACCIDENT!!!" He shuddered.