RWBY Volume 4 Redux

The Storm before the Ice - A Sibling for a Sibling

-Darklands-

In Salem's Palace, Cinder was summoned alongside Mercury, but unbeknownst to them, Emerald was gone. Then Mercury sensed her gone after he tried to knock the door and call her. There was no response.

The throne room was nothing but gloom and silence. Salem stood by the window, seemingly enjoying the sight of Grimm. Cinder then walks towards the queen of darkness. Her voice was getting a bit better than before.

"We are here. Have you summoned us, your grace?" Cinder bowed to her, and Mercury followed along. Tyrian amd Watts also knekt before her. Salem the turned around to her subjects. Displeased at her presence, she gracefully walks towards Cinder as she begins to reprimand her from going against her orders like she had before. And Hazel, a personal assassin she recruited since his teen years.

"I'm disappointed, Cinder. You have disobeyed another order yet again." Salem sighed softly in a mix of terror and gentleness. Cinder flinched a bit while kneeling to not offend her more.

"Watts was informed how you planned on taking out the girl with silver eyes without my knowledge." Said Salem as she wandered around her throne. Cinder then glared at Watts, who smirked at her at the thought of being told off by their leader. He wasn't pleased with Cindet as much as Cinder was.

Tyrian laughs silently. He alwasy thought she was always weak in front of Salem. "Really? With all due respect, your grace. Jupiter was just throwing off his own comrades, even outside of his own faction. He plotted against a Schnee soldier without my knowledge."

"Actually. I allowed it." Salem replied to Cinder.

"What?" Cinder stammered. She was shocked that Salem would allow a rebellious being like Jupiter. Obviously, he was one of her favorites. "Your grace, you know the man with the blue hair. He went behind his team's back. It's no different than me getting rid of Ruby-!"

"On the contrary. Jupiter was proven to be an asset to our cause. Out of all the Black Vipers, he was the most ambitious of all. Taking out his very enemies was the start to watch the beauty of my own vision." Salem explains.

"He knows that aside from the silver-eyed warriors. The Schnee were just as a threat as they are. The soldier from Atlas was very formidable when he reported to me. So I gave him a go-ahead." Salem roamed around the throneroom looking through her crystal ball.

Tyrian then made a maniacle smile at Cinder. Cinder felt nothing but annoyance at the scorpion faunus. Not only he was insane, but he was also a nuisance in her eyes.

"An eye, for an eye." He chuckled. Repeating those words he would say every night and day. Cinder wants nothing more than to kill him right then and there is nothing he can do about it considering he was "Salem's favorite pet."

"I suggest you watch it, if you don't want me to cut your tail." Threatened Cinder. The two assassins glared at each other. To Watts, it's like seeing the choas playing in his favor. Salem then turned to Watts.

"I couldn't be more than surprised your apprentice had chose his right moments to plan ahead, Dr. Watts. He never ceases to amaze me." Said Salem.

"All in good time, milady. While he tracks down Ironwood's top puppets. We might take a sample from her corpse to continue with the project. "I already sent Emerald to scout around the area. She already spotted Ruby and her friends." Cinder informed.

Roth then made it to Salem's palace and kneeled to her. "Anything you want inform me?" Salem asked petting her Seer. A jellyfish-like grimm that can see through Salem's eyes.

"Zerena spotted the girl with silver eyes. She was just as formidable as Cinder had said. She is also a student under Qrow Branwen's tutelage." Roth said. Salem smiled to hear of the stories of one of her enemies. From what she can tell, she was impressed with his competency as a huntsman.