Everything Stays: Frederic Scorch X Yang Xiao Long

Welcome to Atlas

Manta airships patrol the skies around the City of Atlas, keeping in communication with each other over radio. As Maria Calavera pilots the group's stolen Manta toward the city, they receive radio contact.

Atlas Air Traffic Female: Manta 5-1. Welcome home. Please continue your approach to Atlas docking bay Omega-12. A security team will meet you there. Over.

Ruby Rose and the others aboard Manta 5-1 look around at the large military air fleet surrounding the kingdom's capital.

Ruby: I don't understand. What's happening here?

Qrow: I don't know.

Jaune: But we are here. We got the lamp to Atlas, so I guess we land and get some answers.

Weiss: I'm not so sure. I've never seen our forces deployed so aggressively before. If we land in a stolen ship, there's no way the security team will let us anywhere near Ironwood. They might even take me back to my father.

Fred: That won't happen.

Weiss: And what makes you say-

Ember hands her a document, a large booklet almost. She looks it over.

Weiss: Is this?

Ember: An official case file stating you are under witness protection for a very important case and under Mistraili and Atlesian law I am required to accompany you at all times to ensure the case's completion, yes.

Leia: Ember. We're serious. Is that real or something completely fabricated.

Ember: I'm going to leave that up to your enjoyment.

Once again, the stolen Manta receives contact over the radio.

Atlas Air Traffic Female: Manta 5-1, we've noticed a detour in your route. You are to make your way to docking bay Omega 12 immediately. Do you copy? Over.

Maria: We're kind of running out of time here, kids.

Yang: We need to ditch the ship.

Qrow: Agreed. Get lost in Mantle and buy ourselves some time.

Weiss: I'm telling you, my sister can take us to Ironwood.

Blake, who has been staring out of a window, looks over her shoulder and speaks up.

Blake: Uh, Weiss?

Weiss walks over to Blake's side and looks out the window with her as a familiar voice plays from a giant screen.

Winter: A reminder.

Weiss: Huh?

Winter: Failure to cooperate with Atlas military personnel is a punishable offense. If your sector is under lockdown...

Weiss: (shocked) Winter?

Qrow: No offense, Weiss. I'm not sure that's a good idea anymore.

Weiss tenses her shoulders and turns to Qrow, fists clenched.

Weiss: There's obviously something very wrong. If we can just talk to her, then we—

Qrow: Look, I'm not even sure we should be talking to Ironwood until we know exactly what's going on with Mantle.

Weiss: But—

Maria: Everyone, calm down. (sighs) I know someone who can help with both.

Fred: Take us down.

Maria nods and lands the ship. The group quickly departs and begins to walk through the streets of Mantle. As they are walking, Fred stops a bit and looks down a street. He has shock on his face, followed by some disappointment. Yang turns around and sees him stopped and walked over.