'You're my twin? Yang said, her jaw hanging in disbelief as Ruby added her own comment.

'You're Summer's daughter? Wait, so that means you're my...?'

'Elder sister, yes,' she calmly replied, never taking her eyes off Cinder as she spoke.

'What are you doing here?' Cinder asked, her usual calm demeanour long gone as she tapped her foot impatiently, waiting for her answer.

'A better question would be; why are you trying to kill these people?' Raven responded, completely focused on the woman who stood before her.

'They were trying my patience. I will not allow people to interfere with Ironwood's punishment.'

Jaune and the others were also beginning to rouse from unconsciousness at this point, before jolting up, unaware of the situation.

'What the hell was that for?' he screeched angrily, before noticing the tense atmosphere that permeated the air, not saying another word.

Cinder and Raven stared each other down, Raven slowly reaching for her blade. Cinder noticed this action and immediately launched a fireball at her, but Raven easily sliced through it, her blade now taking on a golden colour. She was about to swing at Cinder, now being within range of her before out of the corner of her eye she saw a person flying toward her. Taking a quick step back she narrowly avoided the kick, Mercury's foot being inches away from her face.

'Sorry,' he said in a condescending tone, 'but I can't just let you hit attack her like that. You want to fight her, you've got to go through us first,' he continued, gesturing towards Emerald as the two of them readied their weapons. Sighing, Raven put her sword away and changed it to purple, before quickly slicing through the air, creating a pulse of energy that launched the two of them off their feet. Seeing her opportunity, she switched her blade back to blue before launching another attack at Cinder, who deftly side stepped despite Raven's speed.

'Come now, you can do a lot better than that,' Cinder taunted, her casual smile returning to her face once more, almost as if mocking Raven.

'You always were annoying to deal with,' Raven commented, clutching her sword tightly in her hands. 'I always did hate that semblance of yours. Being able to predict your opponents moves is an annoying ability to deal with.'

'Speak for yourself,' Cinder snarled back, 'your semblance lets you slow down time in a small area around you,' she commented. 'If you manage to get anywhere near me I'm done for,' she said, almost with a tone of worry in her voice. Mercury and Emerald were both recovering from Raven's previous attack now, causing her to take a defensive stance once more. Her sword was powerful, but it was not without its limits. Through their encounters in the past, Cinder knew nigh every weakness of Spectrum, and that was a fact that Raven was certain of. That included the fact that using the pulse of aura from her blades blue dust augment could only be used once a day due to the huge amount of aura needed to create such a powerful physical attack, and her golden blade was useless against several foes, as it absorbs power from objects it collides with and reflects it back at the attacker, including all dust based attacks. This forced Raven to fight on the back foot, as her sword was mainly utility based rather than offensive. Thinking quickly, she gave a warning to Ruby and the others.

'When I tell you to run, RUN.'

Unaware of what she meant by that, they were unnerved but nonetheless trusted Raven. She had just saved all of their lives after all. Raven ran at the wall behind the group and swung her blade into it, shattering the rock wall as if it was nothing, before quickly turning back to Cinder, her blade turning black. Cinder obviously didn't know what it was, judging from the slightly fearful expression on her face.

'Alright guys. RUN!'

They wasted no time taking her advice, and as she said that she swung her blade at the ground directly under her feet, rupturing the ground underneath it. The force created blew Cinder, Mercury and Emerald against the opposite wall and sent Ruby and the others catapulting out the entrance she had created in the wall. The reason for her warning soon became obvious – the chamber they had just been standing in practically exploded due to the force of the strike that Raven delivered, collapsing in on itself. As the group stared with a mixture of both disbelief, awe and worry, a few minutes later a familiar red and black portal opened up next to them and out stepped Raven, completely unharmed.

'Is she...?' Jaune began, before Raven interrupted him.

'No. She's not dead, if that's what you're asking. Remember what I said about her semblance? She can predict my moves. She knew what was coming, so unfortunately she'll get away this time. Her two henchmen too.'

'What about Ironwood?' Ruby asked, hoping he was alright.

'He's fine. I made sure to get him out of there immediately after I attacked, so he's safe. I'm sorry, but you guys are going to be on your own for a while as well. I have a lot of things to do. Things you're better off not knowing about, if I'm going to be entirely honest. Good luck.'

Before they could ask her anything, she was gone almost as quickly as she appeared.

'Well,' Ren started, 'that was definitely... interesting, to say the least.'

'She's my sister?' Yang mumbled to herself, still surprised by the events that had transpired in the chamber.

'Mine too,' Ruby chipped in. 'Anyway, let's just get going. We still need to find somewhere to stay the night,' she reminded them.

They continued on their journey once more, and after around an hour Yang noticed Blake was clutching her chest a lot and breathing fairly heavily.

'You OK, Blake?'

'Yeah,' she responded, slightly out of breath. 'My chest is just a little sore. When Raven used that black blade earlier I landed pretty hard on my front so it's just been a little bit painful, that's all. It's nothing major.'

'Still, I think it would be a good idea to take a break,' Jaune said, worried. Images of Weiss flashed into his head as he looked at her. That was the last thing he wanted or needed, especially so soon after she'd passed away.

'Want me to take a look at it?' he offered, realising his semblance could be put to good use here.

'Yeah, go ahead,' Blake responded, her ears twitching cutely in happiness as the pain faded, her bruises healing thanks to Jaune's regeneration.

'Thanks.'

That was the only word she could offer, the pain all but a distant memory thanks to him. After a few more hours of walking, the group came across a small cottage on the edge of a mountain, still stocked with food and fresh water.

'I wonder who lived here before all this happened?' Nora curiously asked, before excitedly going to explore.

'Yeah,' Blake continued, 'it's rare to see people even leave the city walls unless they're Hunters, so for a civilian to be living out here? I can't imagine who would want to.'

After they ate a small meal and had something to drink, they spent their first comfortable night in a long time, peacefully sleeping close to one another, not a care in the world.

Little did they know that their peace would very soon be shattered once again, those dark eyes stalking them through the night.

'I found youuuuuuu...' a playful voice whispered from the trees.

'Let's play a little game, shall we?'