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KNN005 wrote:

3) Cinder Fall.....  Now she's vulnerable. Yeah no that time literally just passed when Volume 4 ended.

Considering she's doing some training on her own right now, by the time RWBY meets Cinder, she'll be fully recovered and will fuck shit up.

The only thing holding her back is the lack of control of that... bug thing inside her atm. Once she does whatever Salem told her to do and let it control her/control it herself, then she'll probably be back to being as fast as she was before.

Also, worth considering. Since Salem will probably not want to lose her precious precious Maiden, there's 60% chance someone else will accompany Cinder. Or hell, an entire legion of Grimm might be on her backside when she takes to the field again.

It will be extremely stupid of Salem (and she been competent so far) to just send her most powerful member out there with just her two buddies considering she had one screw up already.

The only way the scenario you want can play out is if they storm Salem's turf directly. And that's not happening next volume. And still, by then Cinder will be ready, regardless.