Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180120015359/@comment-31098022-20180122012748

That would be a great story explanation if that's what happened though.

Ruby was telling them to surrender before Yang even showed up.

That means somehow they were able to win.

Mercury and Emerald had thought they had lost.

Mercury was frustrated and Emerald was waiting for Cinder to shift the tide.

But there shouldn't have been a tide to shift. They've completely undermined the villains strength.