Dust.

The bringer of life...

And the cause of many deaths, Human, Faunus, and Grimm alike.

"So tell me... why are we here, in the middle of a dust quarry that's underneath a mayor's mansion, risking getting blown to bits, Abelard?" said a woman hunkered down behind a mound close to Abelard.

"You know exactly why, Giulia." Abelard responded, firing above his mound at the old western-clad people a ways down the cave.

"Guys! More Chaco's inbound!" Alex said from behind his Uncle's modified shield. It was half again as tall as he was when fully deployed.

"One has an XM 327!" Tayla shouted from her sniper nest, high up in the cave. She cursed. The XM-wielding Chaco fired a grenade at her, crumbling the sniper nest. She fell.

"Alex!" Abelard yelled.

"On it!" The lanky teen called. He pressed a button on his Uncle's sword, and it transformed into a gigantic bazooka (of sorts).

He fired, and the ceiling caved in on top of the oncoming "Chacon Freedom Fighters" that said they fought for the freedom of all Faunus, much like the old White Fang they read about in history books, but all they really did was go around killing any and all humans in positions of power.

"You can come out, now, mayor," Abelard said, sounding relaxed

Before the nervous wreck of the mayor could answer, however, one surviving Chaco (coincidentally the one with the XM 327) fired a high-explosive round at the five.