Adam groaned as the light shined into his eyes, his interrogaters were not being merciful, his mask stayed on, but his hair was greasy. His eyes burned as he looked around, Glynda Goodwitch stood over him, her face a mask of rage.

"Tell me, Mr. Tauras, why I shouldn't throw you to the nearest Beowolf?" The witch demanded, the faunas snarled back before a wave of pain shot through his arm, or rather…what was left of it. Adam snarled again at what remained of his stump, his right hand…gone. It was kind of funny, actually, it almost directly mirrored what he had done to that blond girl Blake was with.

"You think I give a damn about your threats?" Adam said, his face not changing, "No…I came to you because I got desperate."

"And why is that?" The former assistant to Beacon asked, the rage not leaving her face.

"Because…I'm safer here than with that black swordsman…" The faunas radical growled, his mouth turning into an even deeper frown…

A few hours earlier…

Adam looked over the rundown bar with the remainder of his troops, most had either fled or had gotten to other commanders. The White Fang drank and danced, it had been a few weeks since they had managed to pull off their biggest victory against the humans. The destruction of Beacon, though not complete, and even though the dragon was currently frozen in place, had been a warning to all.

However, the victory was not on Adam's mind at that point, what was on his mind was these reports of this so called black swordsman. He had showed only a week ago, but his effects were catastrophic. All that was known was that he used a huge sword and wore a black cloak. So far…only a few survivors had managed to report back, some of them didn't even last through the night. Adam's fist clenched, this should have been a moment of triumph, Blake had lost her friends, Beacon had fallen, but this man shows up and ruined everything.

A random girl, a victim of the White Fangs looting of the city, was currently being forced to serve the White Fang members. They laughed and jeered as she tripped and fell over the feet on the drunk men, she could only whimper as she knew what fate awaited her…these were not kind men. She could only hope that they didn't kill her, but if only half of the stories were true…she might end up preferring that.

"Little girl," One of the White Fang said, grabbing her by the waist. He smiled as he slipped a hand under her shirt, she could only gasp as she felt the cool hand squeeze, and "We're going to have a fun time with you, aren't we?"

One of the White Fang next to him started to laugh, however…that was when a gunshot filled the air. The laughing man shot backwards, a bullet in his head. Every faces whirled around, each of them looking at the shooter. A man in black, a hood covered most of his features. All they could see was the blue eyes, full of hatred and disgust, the man fired a few rounds more…each hitting and killing a man. One of the White Fang, the one who was groping the girl, rushed forward to take the man's head.

The man in black simply reached over his shoulder and pulled out his weapon, which cleaved the White Fang in two. The faunas fell to the floor, screaming as he bled out, the serving girl stumbled back as the blood sprayed on her. She couldn't respond, this was too much for her, and she fell down, unconscious. Adam didn't miss a beat, he yelled as he surged forward, his katana gleaming red in the light of the bar lights.

The black swordsman didn't even seem fazed at the folded steel as he headed towards him, he brought his own blade up to bear. The two blades clashed, sparks flying, allowing Adam to see the full weapon. It was huge, fitting the description perfectly. It was about as big as that big teen in green who had fought in the tournament, and the swordsman didn't seem to be fazed by it's size at all. His speed was enough to keep up with Adam, the faunas couldn't get past his defense.

The black swordsman barreled into Adam, sending him a few steps back. The faunas smiled, he knew he could finish this in a single blow. Adam just had to get past this opponents defenses, the black swordsman brought his blade up to bear once again. The faunas rushed forward, believing his speed to be enough. That's when the swordsman dropped his blade and reached out, Adam grinned as he came closer. The fool thought to catch with his Aura? He'd show him the flaw with that strategy.

The hand closed around the katana and a resounding clang could be heard, the blade stopped inches away from the swordsman chest. Adam scoffed…right before the swordsman, grabbing his weapon with his other hand, swung it around and cut the faunas's hand clean off. Adam's face widened as the pain took hold, his aura starting to close the wound. The White Fang member leapt back, before turning around and running, the last thing he saw was that symbol on he mans neck…

Present time…

Glynda listened to the tale with a worried glance to the glass of the room, she looked at Adam one last time before walking out. The door closed as the witch turned to the girl in the red hood, who stared at the glass in anger.

"Ruby…" Glynda started before the red head cut her off.

"I know, it's just…I can't believe it, the man who hurt my sister, the man who almost killed my teammate, the man who helped kill…Pyrrha, is sitting in that room…" Ruby said, her voice shaking with rage. Goodwitch sighed as she put her hand on the girls shoulder.

"Ruby…he did draw the symbol for us," Goodwtich said as she pulled out a slip of paper, "Recognize this?"

Ruby's eyes widened as she took in the sight…it was the symbol that Pyrrha wore on her shield.

"It's…but…she can't be…" Ruby stammered at the sight before she fell back on a nearby chair, "She's dead."

"I know Ruby, but there is someone else who might bear this symbol." Glynda started, sitting down next to the girl.

"Goodwitch, Jaune hasn't been seen in weeks, last time we saw him, he was a gibbering mess. I…I don't think he could do something like this." Ruby asserted, more than a little bit of shame coming into her voice. She was still recovering when she last saw the blonde knight, he was a shell of himself. He barely talked to her, he just seemed…blank.

"All right Ruby, I'm sorry you had to come all this way, but we needed you're testimony. With Ms. Ballodona and Ms. Xiao Long both out of the question, we needed you." Glynda said, her brow puzzled.

"What about Weiss? Surely she could have…" Ruby started, before Glynda cut her off.

"Ms. Schnee is currently in the custady of her father, he refuses to speak to us." The witch said as she sighed. Ruby's eyes watered at that, all of this…and she still couldn't see her best friend. She could still visualize it, her white hair and blue eyes…the reaper still missed it.

"Ma'me?" A soldier said as he walked in, Atlas uniform and all.

"Yes captain?" Goodwitch replied, her voice hard.

"We have assembled a transport for the prisoner, we're ready to move out." The soldier said as he snapped to.

"Good, put him on the truck and take him away." Goodwitch said, sadness still in her voice. Ruby got up and walked outside to the still destroyed city, the rubble had been barricaded but the Grimm dragon was still visible on Beacon. Ruby almost burst into tears at the sight, if she had been just a bit faster…she might have been able to save her…

The scythe weilder shook that thought out of her head, she had to be focused. The Grimm were still in the city and were always looking for something to eat, Ruby turned around to see Adam being brought through the compound. A transport truck was waiting for him, at least she could take some comfort in knowing that justice would be served to the man who hurt her team…

That's when she heard the sound of something being launched through the wind, she could only gasp as a red blue came out of the sky and slammed itself into Adam's chest. The faunas gasped as he slowly looked down, his own blade sticking out of his chest. The soldier all brought up their rifles, not sure of how to deal with this. Ruby eye's darted around, eventually falling on a lone figure on the nearest rooftop. A figure all clothed in black, Ruby, without a moments hesitation, suddenly raced forward, using her semblance to get up the wall. The figure ran across the roof, rounding a corner.

The reaper raced forward, only for the figure to shove out his blade's blunt side. Ruby barrled into it, the red head tripped as she fell down, rolling to the edge of the roof. She looked up, slightly groggy, but all she saw was the black swordsman walking towards her. Ruby couldn't keep her eyes open as she fell into darkness.