10 years ago
"Mommy!"
Kali woke with a start, shaking her husband she leapt out of bed. Throwing open the window she looked out, and saw something that struck fear in her.
Soldiers and robots marched the streets of Menagerie, slowly approaching the chieftains house. Shaking Ghira awake, the two bolted to the door.
A pounding came from the other side as the two arrived, opening the door they stood face to face with a atlesian general.
"Good morning. My name is James Ironwood, general of the Atlesian army. And I would like to ask you a few questions." the General said.
"What is the meaning of this, Menagerie is not associated with the empire." Ghira says. General Ironwood smiled.
"Perhaps not, but the White Fang is."
Kali covered her mouth and looked to her husband, Ghira's golden yellow eyes stared holes into the General.
"We are not the White Fang." he said
"Really?" the General said, "then why did a know White Fang leader get apprehended right outside of the kingdom"
"We accept all faunus into our borders, humans we ask a few more questions." the chieftain says.
Ironwood pulls out his gun and levels it at Ghira.
"What is the White Fang planning?!" he yells, Kali looked at the weapon in terror.
"I don't know, and even if I did, why would I tell you." Ghira growls. Soldiers appeared out of nowhere, coming up the steps and aiming at the two.
"Tell us! The White Fang must have told you something." Ironwood said
"Maybe, maybe not, you will never know." Ghira says. Suddenly they hear a noise from behind them.
A soldier walks to the doorway from inside and tosses a bloody child on the floor, aiming his gun at the little girl he nods to Ironwood.
"Blake!" Kali yells, the girl screams in pain as the soldier stomps on her back
"Would you sacrifice your family to keep that information secret?" the General asks, the soldiers force the two faunus onto their knees and press their guns to their head, "Just tell us what they wanted."
Ghira sighs, tears fill his eyes as he begins talking.
"They were asking for soldiers, that was all they said, they need soldiers for their next attack, that's all I know."
General Ironwood nods, then signals to his soldiers. The guns go off and Kali falls dead.
"No!" Ghira shouts, another gunshot sounds and Blake lays still.
"Thank you for your information. Good day." Ironwood says, Ghira jumps up and swings at him, anger filling his eyes. Before he could land a punch, a soldier shoots him down.
"Thank you Cardin" Ironwood says, the man with the gun salutes him, then goes into the house to search for more information.
"This is James Ironwood," the General says into his scroll, "the Belladonnas were uncooperative, they have been dealt with, bombs drop in fifteen minutes, I will see you at the CCT, Ironwood out." he puts his scroll down and signals at his soldiers.
Modry looks at the television in shock, the blackened land was shown on the screen, smoking and charred as the Atlesian airships pulled out of the area. His mother wailed beside him, but he could only stare.
Menagerie had been destroyed.
