Fate's of the Trade

Chapter 7, Episode 5: Sparks of Revolt

The sun rises over Atlas Academy while Team RWBY snores in their beds. Shadow's group is sleeping across from them as Penny slides into the room.

Penny: Salutations!

Team RWBY are startled awake by Penny shouting her greeting in the middle of their dorm room. Shadow tiredly wakes up as he looks over to Penny

Penny: *in a sing-song voice* Good morning, Team RWBY! And to you too Shadow.

Shadow: *yawns* Good morning Penny...

Yang: Ugh, Penny. What time is it even?

Penny: Time to be Huntresses, of course!

Penny strikes a pose, holding up two fingers by her head and winking as the rest of Shadow's group wake up. Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang groan, while Ruby Rose excitedly gets to her feet.

Ruby: Yahoo!

Shadow: Glad to know someone is excited.

Jaune Arc walks into a briefing room with a coffee mug and heads over to where Team RWBY, the Ace Operatives, Shadow's group, and his teammates are sitting. He takes a seat and cheerfully prepares to sip his steaming hot coffee, only to notice Marrow Amin staring and wagging his tail. Jaune frowns and hands the mug to Marrow.

Jaune: *sighs* Sure, take it.

Marrow drinks the coffee, while Jaune hangs his head. Double A sits next to his brother with Hot Chocolate in his hands.

Clover: Eyes up, Huntsmen. Time to get used to the new normal in Atlas.

Sometime later, Ruby and Qrow Branwen are riding in a truck that is being driven by an Atlesian Knight-200. Qrow has fallen asleep, so Ruby looks annoyed and elbows him awake.

Clover: Your top priority is Amity Tower. That means protecting supply runs from Grimm and bandits. And protecting the site itself.

Ruby, Tifa, and Emerald drop down from the sky toward a Manticore outside the Schnee Dust Company Mine #2. Emerald severs its tail, and Ruby cuts it in half. Tifa then kicks up a group of Beowolves into the air to allow Ruby to more easily kill them, then turns his attention to a group of Sabyrs. Emerald forms replicas of her self out of ice and uses her weapon to swing them towards the grimm, as they instantly slay the Sabyrs. With the Grimm in the area killed, Ruby gives a thumbs up to three Mantas as they fly overhead.

Clover: Diverting all construction resources to Amity Tower means there are going to be gaps in Mantle's defenses against Grimm. They'll need help on the perimeter.

Nora Valkyrie follows Lie Ren along the top of Mantle's outer wall, playing with his braid. Ren hears growling below and stops to look, causing Nora to bump into him. The two of them look down at the Sabyrs approaching the wall and draw their weapons.

Inside of the abandoned Dust mine, Weiss, Shadow and Ryuji fight Beowolves. After they kill a few of the Grimm, Ryuji turns to Shadow and Weiss.

Ryuji: Hey, have you two ever thought about branching out a little? You always pair up, but I don't know if your styles really--

Shadow's eyes seem to become silver upon spotting another Beowolf that comes running toward him, to which Weiss notices as well. Shadow unleashes his whip-blade and manages to grab the Beowolf and throw it across the room as blue flames surround her.