We see Nick, Ruby, Amber and Weiss walking through the forest.
Nick: (stops walking) "Okay, we're taking too long. I have an idea on getting to the temple faster."
Weiss: "And what might this "brilliant idea" of yours be?"
Nick then snaps his fingers, resulting in a small, strange portal to open, as a small sphere floats out of it as the portal closes. The sphere then opens, revealing a small, white and blue drone-like object. Though the "drone" appeared to be...asleep.
Ruby: "What's that thingy?"
Nick: (to the "drone") "Steel? (no answer) Steel. (still no answer. He then picks up a small rock, and flicks it at the "drone") Oh, for the love of...Steel, wake up!"
The small rock then hits the "drone", which Nick called "Steel", causing it to wake up.
Steel: "Ow! What the Heck?! Wait....I'm activated? Heck Yeah! It's my time to shine!" (floats over to Nick) You know there are better ways of waking me up, right?"
Nick: "You weren't responding. Anyways, I need to go airborne."
Steel: "You got it, buddy! Just say say the words, Nick!"
Nick: (crosses his arms in an X shape manner, before moving them to his sides) "Let's...Go Turbo!"
Steel then forms an M shape with his body before slamming onto Nick's chest.
Nick: "Flight!"
In an instant, Nick is completely covered by blue energy as blue hexagons surround his body, before forming armor on him. The armor in question being white, black and blue, with a pair of wings on his back. Ruby, Amber and Weiss just look at Nick with dumbfounded faces.
(Armored) Nick: "Alright, girls, let's go."
Weiss: "How in the world did you do that?!"
(Armored) Nick: "What? You mean creating my armor? That was just my Semblance. Anyways..."
Nick then walks over to Ruby, and picks her up in a princess carry.
(Armored) Nick: "And, scoop."
Ruby: (surprised by what's happening) "Oh! Um...Okay. Um...What are we doing?"
Nick: "Well, obviously, we're gonna fly to the temple. Amber, you carry Ms. Blizzard Brat."
Weiss just looks at Nick with anger by what he just called her, as he then flies off with Ruby.
Weiss: (looks at Amber) "What? Can you summon weird armor, too?"
Amber: "No. But I can do this."
Amber then lifts herself, and Weiss using wind.
Weiss: (shocked) "You can control wind?!"
Amber: "Elemental Manipulation, actually."
With that, Amber then flies to catch up to Nick, while Weiss is screaming in fear. Down on the ground in the Abandoned Temple, Blake is still staring skyward and pointing for Yang to look up.
Yang: "Blake, did you hear that? What should we do?"
Ruby: (diving right towards them in Nick's arms, finally getting Yang's attention) "Heads uuuuuuuup!"
Just as she and Nick are about to land on the ground, Jaune comes flying through the air and crashes into them, knocking them off course and sending the three of them into a tree to the left of where Blake and Yang are standing. Ruby is dazed by the rough landing (as evidenced by the cutesy Beowolves and stars circling her head).
(Armored) Nick: "Ow...It's a good thing I'm wearing armor."
Steel: (from Nick's chest) "Speak for yourself, Nick. I technically AM the armor."
Ruby: "Oohhhh...What was that?" (the dizziness passes when she shakes her head)
Jaune: "Eh-hem! (Ruby and Nick look up to see Jaune hanging upside-down in a tree branch above her) Hey..."
Blake: (back on the ground, looking at the tree) "Did your sister just fall from the sky with some weird armored person?"
Yang: "I..."
Before she can continue, several crashing noises are heard in the forest ahead of them, and an Ursa comes out, claws swiping, just as a pink blast of energy hits it in the back and it crashes to the ground, depositing its rider.
Nora: "YEEEE-HAAAAW! (rolls off of the creature's back, then gets up and groans, saddened) Awwww... It's broken." (she dashes onto its neck and observes the carcass as Ren comes up behind her)
Ren: (panting and leaning on the monster) "Nora! Please... Don't ever do that again." (he looks up again and notices, by the pink dotted outline of where his partner should be, that Nora has run off again, and looks around frantically)
Nora: (now in the Temple, staring at a golden rook relic) "Oooohh... (suddenly grabs it, an animation of stars and her hammer symbol playing in the pink background as she dances and sings with the chess piece) I'm queen of the castle! I'm queen of the castle!"
Ren (off-screen): "Nora!"
Nora: (stops dancing with the rook on her head, then salutes, dropping the relic into her hand) "Coming, Ren!" (skips off to her friend)
Blake: "Did that girl just ride in on an Ursa?"
Yang: "I..."
She is interrupted once more as a screech is heard from their right, and Pyrrha comes onto the scene as the scorpion creature uproots entire trees in its chase after her. Pyrrha narrowly dodges its giant claws and keeps on running.
Pyrrha: "Jaune!"
Jaune: "Pyrrha!"
Ruby: (standing up, looking at the monster below) "Whoa!" (she starts running off of the branch and landing in a roll)
Nick: (follows behind her) "Ruby!"
Yang: (as Ruby stands up, back on the ground) "Ruby!"
Ruby: (excited) "Yang!" (raises her arms as if to give her sister a hug)
Nora: "Nora!" (comes between the two and knocking them off-balance in surprise)
The scorpion Grimm continues to follow Pyrrha as she runs.
Blake: "Did she just run all the way here with a Death Stalker on her tail?"
Yang: (getting angrier until she growls and erupts in a small burst of fire, eyes flashing red) "I can't take it anymore! Can everyone just chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again?!"
The tick-tock of a clock counts down the two seconds of Yang cooling down, Ren running over to a ditzy Nora, who's, along with Blake and Ruby, looking at Nick's armor, and Amber and Weiss catching up with them.
Steel: (from Nick's chest) "Whelp! (detaches from Nick's chest and deactivates his armor) As requested, two seconds have passed without anything crazy happening."
Blake: "Umm...Is that a talking drone? And were those two just flying in the air?"
Yang: "Oh for crying out loud..."
Steel: "Um, excuse me. I am NOT a "drone"! My name is N'Baro Aksteel X377, and I am an Omega Class model Ultralink! Thank you very much."
???: "We appear to have missed some interesting things."
The group look to see a scarlet-haired girl wearing armor, and a girl in all green with lion ears, and a tail poking from under her skirt, as the two approach the group.
Nick: "Eh. There's gonna be some more crazy soon."
Yang: (to Steel) "I'm sorry, what was your name again?"
Steel: "It's N'Baro Aksteel X377."
Ruby: "N, Baro..."
Nick: "I just call him "Steel" for short."
Steel: "Yeah, you can all just call me Steel."
Blake: "What exactly is an "Ultralink"?"
Nora: "Oh, Oh! I know! You're an alien!"
Ren: "Nora, please..."
Nick: "No, she's actually correct. Ultralinks, like Steel, are an alien species."
This made the others confused about learning that Nick has an alien with him. We then see that the Death Stalker is still hunting Pyrrha, but she manages to land on her side at the feet of the others.
Yang: "Great! The gang's all here! Now we can all die together!"
Ruby: "Not if I can help it!" (sounds a battle cry and rushes towards the Grimm)
Yang: "Ruby, wait!"
Ruby, still screaming, fires Crescent Rose and charges at the oncoming Death Stalker. When the two meet, the Grimm swipes Ruby away and she is knocked back.
Ruby: (getting up slowly) "D-Do-Don't worry! Totally fine!"
Ruby turns back to the monster and shoots it in the skull, running away from it and sheathing her scythe as the Death Stalker now goes after her.
Yang: (running forward) "Ruby!"
Ruby rushes towards Yang, but a large black bird, which is a Grimm called a Nevermore, caws above them, flapping its wings and releasing lines of sharpened feathers with points that catch on Ruby's cape and prevent Yang from reaching her.
Yang: "Ruby, get out of there!"
Ruby: (struggling with the cloak) "I'm trying!"
The Death Stalker approaches, raising its golden stinger above a scared Ruby and heading down on the helpless girl.
Yang: (reaching out in vain) "Ruby!"
Nick: (off-screen) "Go Turbo...Speed!"
A blue flash of light is then seen behind Yang, as Nick, now in a different armor, rushes to Ruby at incredible speed and reaches the stinger just as it's about to pierce her, as she closes her eyes.
(Armored) Nick: (jumps towards the Death Stalker) "Go Turbo...Strength!"
Nick then switches into another armor, this time being muscular, as he then channels blue energy into his left fist, and slams it into the Grimm's stinger, as the screen turns to black.
(Armored) Nick: "You gotta be more careful there, Rubes."
Ruby opens her eyes to the sight of the Death Stalker being sent flying a few feet away, and lowers her arms from their futile position over her head as she stares at her savior.
Ruby: "Nick...?"
Nick then picks up the feather pinning Ruby, before tossing it aside and helping her back up.
(Armored) Nick: "You can't just go rushing in without a plan like that. You could've been seriously hurt, or worse."
Ruby: (saddened) "I just want to prove that I can do this."
(Armored) Nick: (gets on one knee and gently puts his hands on Ruby's shoulders) "I know, Ruby, but you can't just rush in without a plan. Alright?"
Ruby simply nods, as Yang rushes up to Ruby and gives her a hug (which Ruby grunts at upon receiving), as Nick deactivates his armor, while Yang then mouths "thank you" to him, which he just warmly smiles.
Yang: (while hugging Ruby) "I'm so glad you're okay!" (the two sisters then stare at each other for a moment)
Weiss: (walks up to them) "You are so childish!"
Ruby: "Weiss..."
Weiss: (continues to berate Ruby) "And dim-witted, and hyperactive, and don't even get me started on your fighting style. And I suppose I can be a bit... difficult... but if we're going to do this, we're going to have to do this together. So if you quit trying to show off, I'll be... nicer."
Ruby: "I'm not trying to show off. I want you to know I can do this."
Weiss: "You're fine." (walks away)
Ruby: (breathes a sigh of relief, then closes her eyes and clasps her hands as she gratefully whispers:) "Normal knees..."
Jaune: (back with the group) "Um...Guys? That thing's circling back! What are we gonna do?"
Weiss: "Look, there's no sense in dilly-dallying. Our objective is right in front of us." (the group stare at the relics)
Ruby: "She's right. Our mission is to grab an artifact and make it back to the Cliffs. (nods to Weiss) There's no point in fighting these things."
Jaune: "Run and live - that's an idea I think we can all get behind!"
Ruby goes over and grabs a gold knight (identical to the one Yang picked out) and Jaune takes hold of a gold rook (similar to Nora and Ren's piece), smiling at each other. Nick then grabs the two gold bishops, and tosses one to the scarlet-haired girl. The Death Stalker, which somehow managed to survive Nick's attack, charges at the group, seemingly angry.
Ren: "It's about time we left!"
Ruby: "Right. (waves to the others) Let's go!" (goes forward with everyone following except for a smiling Yang and Blake as the latter approaches her partner)
Blake: "What is it?"
Yang: (staring proudly at Ruby as she leaps on a boulder and motions the group onward) "Nothing..." (she moves on as Blake smiles in realization - possibly towards you, the reader(s), if she just broke the fourth wall, again - and leaves as well)
An overhead shot shows that the group is heading out of the forest and into another abandoned series of structures as the Nevermore follows them from the air. They spread out when it passes above, concealing themselves behind some of the stone blocks with their allies as it perches on a high column and caws.
Yang: (annoyed) "Well, that's just great!"
Jaune looks behind at the Death Stalker bursting onto the scene.
Jaune: "Ah, man, run!" (the group emerges from their hiding spots, causing the Nevermore to rise up into the air)
Nick: "Guess I don't have much choice."
Steel: "Guess it's back to the pod for me?"
Nick: "Yeah, sorry, Steel."
Steel: "It's fine. See ya later."
Nick then summons the small sphere, and Steel enters it as it flies through a small portal. Nick then pulls out a strange black belt, and puts it on his waist.
Black Belt: Desire Driver.
Ruby: "What does that one do?"
Nick: "This."
Nick then holds out a small Core, being white and red, with the image of a fox, as he places it into the center of his Driver.
Desire Driver: Entry.
Nick then pulls out a small belt buckle that looks like a gun, and places it on the right-hand side of his belt.
Desire Driver: Set.
The word "Magnum" then appears floating beside Nick on his right, as he then forms a fox head with his right hand, before snapping his fingers.
Nick: "Kamen Rider!"
He then spins the revolver before pressing the trigger, causing pullets to fly out of the buckle and hit the Magnum, causing it to form armor, while Nick gets covered in a black bodysuit.
Desire Driver: Magnum. Ready, fight!
Everyone looks at Nick completely shocked by what they witnessed, as Nick is now in a new suit with top-half of his body being covered by white armor, and he has a white fox helmet.
Kamen Rider Geats: "Now, here comes the highlight!"
RWBY, JNPR and AAE: "He's the Kamen Rider?!"
Ruby: "Nick! You're the Kamen Rider?!"
KR GEATS: "Yup. It's me alright. And Ruby? How's about you show everyone here why I personally recommended you to be enrolled here at Beacon."
Hearing this makes everyone else, except Yang, surprised to learn that the Kamen Rider recommended Ruby. Especially Weiss, who thought Ruby was lying about it.
Weiss: (thought) 'So...Ruby really WAS recommended by the Kamen Rider?!'
The Nevermore then caws at the group.
Kamen Rider Geats: "Oh, Right. I forgot we were being chased by large, ugly, monsters. We should go."
Ren: "Nora, distract it!"
Nora obliges, running out from her block and jumping through the feather projectiles before reaching behind her and launching several heart-topped shells from her grenade launcher, bursting into pink electricity when they hit the Nevermore and causing it to retreat. She is unaware of the Death Stalker rushing up behind her until Blake and Ren perform a cross-slash with their Gambol Shroud and StormFlower against its shell. Weiss lands next to Nora so she can create a jumping platform beneath them and leap to safety while Blake and Ren are now being chased.
Pyrrha: "Go, go!" (stops running beside Jaune and gets out Miló, firing red shots alongside Ren's green blasts for a second until it reaches them and tries to swipe, prompting the group to run again)
The twelve race over the ancient stone bridge, not noticing the Nevermore closing in on them until it uses its giant wings to shatter the path right in the middle, forcing Geats, Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Nora, Jaune and the scarlet-haired girl closer to the central collection of columns and leaving Blake, Ren, Pyrrha, Amber and the green-haired lion Faunus girl on the other side with the Death Stalker. Ruby fires at the retreating Nevermore while Blake and the lion Faunus are beaten back by the scorpion.
Jaune: (coming to the edge of the break in the bridge) "We gotta get over there! They need help!"
Nora: (running up beside him) "Let's do this!"
Jaune: (looks down at the misty abyss) "Yeah, but, uh... I don't think any of us can make that jump."
Nora smiles diabolically at him, laughing as she knocks him back, turns her weapon to its full-length hammer form, and jumps to the edge of the bridge.
Jaune: (seeing what she's about to do) "Oh, wait! (too late, she slams the hammer into the bridge and throws Jaune to the other side, yelling:) A "heads up" would've been nice!"
Nora places one foot on the hammer and fires it off the collapsing section of bridge, launching her to slam its face right in the center of the Death Stalker's skull. She fires it just as the stinger comes down to get her, and blasts back again to avoid its reach, accidentally knocking into Blake and making her fall from the edge. Blake sees the Nevermore above her and launches her whip so the gun's blade sinks into the edge of the bridge, circling around and leaping onto the aerial Grimm's back. She dashes all over its body, slashing the entire time, before jumping off and landing on the ruined platform at the top of the columns next to Ruby and Geats, then going over to Yang and Weiss.
Blake: "It's tougher than it looks!"
Yang: (readying her Ember Celica) "Then let's hit it with everything we got!"
As the Nevermore begins approaching, Geats, Ruby, Blake, Weiss, Yang, Amber and the lion Faunus girl set their weapons to fire a barrage of blasts at the bird, which it either dodges or takes harmlessly, excluding Geats' and Amber's attacks, which do damage it, until it crashes through the columns and platform. The group leap from one section of falling stone to the next until they reach the higher bridge on top, just below the cliffs.
Weiss: "None of this is working!"
Ruby: (watching Blake whip over to another section of the area while Geats, Amber, the Lion Faunus girl and Yang are firing round after flaming round at the Grimm) "I have a plan! Cover me!" (she blasts away as Weiss raises her blade and heads into the fray)
Down below, the Death Stalker is still battling Jaune, Ren, Nora, Pyrrha, and the scarlet-haired girl.
Jaune: "We gotta move!" (they all rush towards it)
The Death Stalker aims a claw at Pyrrha, but she deflects it with her Akoúo shield as the scarlet-haired girl slashes it with her sword. The scorpion recoils and swipes at the two with its other claw, but Jaune is there to deflect it with his shield, knocking it back so Pyrrha and the scarlet-haired girl can leap over and attack its face. Ren runs up firing and gets on the stinger when it tries to hit him, shooting at the base between it and the tail while Nora fires more grenades at the attacking claws. Pyrrha hurls her javelin straight into one of the monster's ten eyes, making it throw Ren to the side.
Nora: "Ren!"
Ren hits the side of a stone block hard and falls to the ground, not getting back up. Jaune, though, manages to stand and notice the stinger is hanging limply.
Jaune: "Pyrrha!"
Pyrrha: "Done!" (she raises the shield and hurls it like a discus, slicing the stinger off and causing it to fall into the Death Stalker's head as Pyrrha retrieves her rebounding shield)
Jaune: "Nora, nail it!"
Nora: "Heads up!" (she jumps on Akoúo, Pyrrha leaps as Nora aims her blast down to give herself a maximum lift, and she smiles the entire way up before twirling down until her hammer slams its head into the stinger, driving the point through the Death Stalker's head and crushing the bridge beneath it)
Jaune, Pyrrha and the scarlet-haired girl bound over the monster to the land behind it, and Nora fires up and away behind them as the monster falls to its doom. Jaune hits the ground on his back, Nora lands on her bottom, Pyrrha and the scarlet-haired girl both manage a crouched pose, and Ren simply walks over to them, panting and groaning until he just collapses. The other four get up and watch as the Nevermore is peppered with firepower. Geats, Amber, Yang and the lion Faunus girl are still burning through their ammo on the beast, landing a blow at its face and causing it to head right towards them, but they leaps for its open maw and forces the beak wide as Yang attacks.
Yang: (screaming and firing a round with each syllable) "I! Hope! You're! Hung-! ...-gry!" (she looks behind her and jumps back from its mouth onto a ruin, causing the creature to crash into the cliffs)
Despite Yang's attempts, the Nevermore recovers quickly, and Yang smiles as she spots Ruby and Blake on the broken columns with Weiss rushing to the battle. Yang passes her while the Nevermore starts to fly back up, but Weiss hops over to the ruin it's lifting off of and freezes the tip of its feathery tail to the ground, leaving it stuck in the same spot despite its flapping. Weiss back-flips into a snowflake-circle jump and lands on the other side, running to the group. Blake fires the pistol portion of Gambol Shroud over to Yang, and the two tighten it between the columns so Ruby can jump on the center with Crescent Rose and bend it back into Weiss' black sigil, right next to the caster.
Weiss: "Of course you would come up with this idea."
Ruby: "Think you can make the shot?"
Weiss: (confident) "Hmm! Can I!"
A second passes.
Ruby: "Can't?"
Weiss: "Of course I can!"
KR Geats: (approaches the two girls) "Mind if I lend a hand?"
Geats then removes the Magnum Buckle, and replaces it with a gray and orange Buckle, as the word "Raising" appears on his right.
Desire Driver: Set.
Geats then pulls out a red Buckle that looks like a motorcycle handle, and places it on the the left-hand side, with the word "Boost" appearing on his left.
Desire Driver: Set.
Geats then twists the motorcycle handle.
Desire Driver: Dual On! Great. Boost. Ready, fight!
Geats then takes on a new form. This time with his legs being covered in red armor with motorcycle exhaust pipes, while the upper-half of his body didn't have any armor, except for an orange and blue visor over his eyes. Geats then summons a sword.
Raising Sword.
Ruby looks forward and pumps Crescent Rose as Weiss turns the circle from black to red and releases Ruby at such a speed that the ground behind her launch cracks, rose petals flying from her ascent, as Geats runs with her, with the exhaust pipes releasing flames. With each new shot, Ruby gets closer and closer to the trapped Grimm until her scythe catches the Nevermore's neck in its blade and causes them both to fall to the cliff wall, while Geats rushes straight to the top. Weiss raises her sword and creates a series of white circles up the wall, which Ruby dashes through by firing the entire way up. Geats then twists the motorcycle handle on his Boost Buckle twice.
Desire Driver: Boost Time!
Energy then surrounds the Raising Sword, as Geats then twists the handle a third time.
Desire Driver: Great Boost Grand Victory!
Yang, Blake, Amber, the lion Faunus girl and an exhausted Weiss watch her climb up with the bird in her grasp until, both warrior and monster crying out, Ruby reaches the top of the cliff, circles up, fires one last shot, while Geats slams his sword, and rends the Nevermore's head from its shoulders in a shower of petals. They both land beside the severed head as the body of the giant Nevermore falls lifeless to the ruins and crevice below while the girls and, farther away, Jaune, Pyrrha, Nora, Ren and the scarlet-haired girl watch in amazement.
Jaune: "Wow..."
Geats and Ruby, her cape and petals flowing with the wind, look down to their friends as they peer up.
Yang: "Well... That was a thing!"
Ruby continues to smile as the faint sounds of an audience clapping are heard, growing louder and louder as a familiar voice is heard.
Time Skip...
Ozpin: "Russel Thrush. Cardin Winchester. Dove Bronzewing. Sky Lark. (the screen of the auditorium shows each of their profiles as the boys are lined up for the applauding audience to see as Ozpin continues) The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team CRDL (Cardinal), led by... Cardin Winchester!"
The audience gives one more wave of ovation, while four students walk up to the stage to take their places in front of the headmaster as their faces fill the screen.
Ozpin: "Jaune Arc. Lie Ren. Pyrrha Nikos. Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team JNPR (Juniper)."
Amid the clapping, Nora laughs and gives Ren a hug.
Ozpin: "Led by... Jaune Arc!"
Jaune: "Huh? Wait...Seriously?"
Ozpin: "Congratulations, young man."
A grinning Pyrrha offers a friendly shoulder bump to Jaune, who just chuckles nervously.
Ozpin: "Blake Belladonna. Ruby Rose. Weiss Schnee. Yang Xiao Long. (motions over the four as they stand before him) The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team RWBY (Ruby). Led by... Ruby Rose!"
Weiss looks to her right surprised, where Ruby is obviously in shock as Yang goes over to hug her sister.
Yang: "I'm so proud of you!"
Ozpin: "And finally: Nick Brown. Amber Fall. Atalanta Arcadia. And Erza Scarlet. The four of you retrieved the white bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team NAAE (Unimaginable). Led by... Nick Brown!"
Nick: "That decision isn't because I'm the Kamen Rider. Is it, Oz?"
Ozpin: "More or less. (amid the last round of cheers) It looks like things are shaping up to be an... interesting year."
The camera pans over the auditorium's structure until it escapes into the open sky and shows the scattering crescent moon amid the day's clouds....before going into the night and seeing the moon through a window, providing a view to the outside for a shadowy room filled with shelves and a desk in the back, where Roman Torchwick is getting a call on his phone. The muffled conversation ends, and Roman angrily slams the phone down, sighing. He holds a cigar to his mouth and puts his symbolized lighter to the end, just as a man in a gray mask and black hood comes with a trolley. Roman holds out a collection of Lien, which he places on the table and the man takes.
Roman: "Open it."
The masked man does so with a crowbar, revealing a large amount of Dust crystals of varying colors - orange, blue, white, red, green, cyan, gold, yellow, and more. Roman picks up a blue gem in his hand and looks at the loot.
Roman: "We're gonna need more men..."
The view zooms in on the map above the desk, showing Vale and various districts and areas of crossed-out locations, all leading into a specially-circled place - Beacon - as the scene sets to black.