RWBY Volume 8 Rewrite

Episode 5- "A Cinderella Story"

The scene switches to Winter and Weiss, who somehow managed to get inside the Whale. Winter screams at her scroll, her eyes filling with tears as Amity tower explodes.

Winter: GENERAL!!!!

Winter sobs as Weiss puts a hand on her sister's shoulder to comfort her. Winter sniffs as she looks down. After a moment, Winter wipes her face and looks up, determined. She marches forward ahead of Weiss, her eyes set straight ahead. Weiss stays where she is.

Weiss: Winter...

Winter: (continuing to walk) We have to keep moving. It's what the General would have wanted.

Weiss: Ruby... her eyes... this isn't good.

Winter: Nothing about this situation is good Weiss. The sooner you accept that, the easier this will be.

Winter continues to march down the hall, which is surprisingly abandoned. They're literally in the Whale's intestines. Weiss jumps in the way of her sister, arms outstretched to block her path.

Winter: (through grit teeth) Get out of the way.

Weiss: (not moving) Winter, we can take a break. Don't overexert yourself-

Winter: (growing angry) We don't have TIME to take a break. Every minute we waste arguing is another chance we have at losing this war. Once it's over, THEN we can talk, but for now, we mustn't dwell on matters that we cannot control. That we cannot change! And if I am to be... the General now, I suggest you start listening to me.

Weiss: (hurt) I've always listened to you. But you were the one who told me to follow my heart.

Winter: (taken aback) T-this is not the time for such a discussion! Now come.

Winter pushes past. Wiess is shaken and stands rooted to the spot for a moment, before shaking her head and going after her sister. Weiss pulls out her scroll to try to contact Ruby or the team, but their scrolls are all down. There's no way of communicating, anywhere. The whole world is still.

Meanwhile, Watts and Marrow are still fighting. They've stopped after the broadcast and Marrow saw Ironwood die.

Marrow: NO!

Watts: Oh tsk tsk. Seems the lovely General has finally kicked the bucket. Such a damn shame, I was hoping to be the one to send him off to hell.

Watts runs for the door. Marrow screams and points at it.

Marrow: Stay!

Watts dodges it.

Watts: (chuckling) I told you my petit attack dog. That doesn't work on me.

Marrow: I wasn't aiming for you.

Watts reaches the door, but it won't open. He pulls repeatedly at the brass handle, but the door won't budge. It's locked, because Marrow used his Semblance on it. Watts curses and turns around, firing his bullet, but Marrow is PISSED. Marrow jumps down and slices right through Watt's gun. He grabs Watts and throws him down onto the ground, pinning him there with his weapon.

Marrow: So, the great Arthur Watts has finally been outsmarted.

Watts: I surely think not! If you want to lock us in here, then you can perish along with me!

Watts pulls out some Fire Dust from his pocket and chucks it at the wall as hard as he can, which is surprisingly very hard. The wall bursts into flames. Marrow grabs a hold of Watts, making sure he can't leave.

Marrow: (closing his eyes) This is for the General.

The room begins to burn.

Meanwhile, inside the belly of the beast, where the Lamp is being kept on a pedestal, Emerald and Mercury are standing there guarding it. Emerald is crossing her arms and tapping her foot impatiently. Mercury yawns, bored.