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"-so then what happened, huh? I heard you had to fight at least a dozen soldiers at once, exactly how many of them were there in all then? And what about those admin guys I heard about? How tough were they? I heard one could even control Grimm! So did the White Fang get what they want, or didn't they?"
"Uh..." for once, Yuan was speechless, the amount of questions causing him to look at his teammates for help. Yet the rest of CYRS and OWTR sitting beside him were unsure of where to start as well. Carter or Oliver were most suited to answer things like this, but both team leaders were currently in Ozpins office with Dijon going over the mission.
"That's enough questions Opal, they've been through quite a lot," Kyla cut in, putting a hand on her sisters shoulder.
"Awww, but they're mission was so cool! We didn't get to do anything as exiting as fighting off a dozen Grimm at once, or infiltrate a top secret facility!" Opal complained.
"But even so, our mission was still important to Vales security as well. But..." KONJ's leader leaned in and lowered her voice, "what was it like to work with a famous hunter like Dijon? Did he look anything like he does on his Hunters card?"
"Better!" Yuan replied, grinning. "He was awesome! He was all like; 'I've heard a lot of rumors about your year, and I'm glad to see they're true. Especially you Yuan, you practically carried everyone in this mission!'"
"He didn't say anything like that about you!" Sam interjected, glaring at Yuan. "What are you blabbing on about!?"
"Yeah, well, how do you know? He could have told me privately as we were flying back!"
"Yeah right, in your dreams," she retorted.
"So," Norem began as Yuan and Sam bickered, "I heard you guys managed to actually capture one of the higher ranking White Fang terrorists. How'd you manage that?"
"Most of the other admins and lieutenants managed to slip away when they signaled a retreat," Rowan replied.
"Including that chainsaw guy you and I fought," added Raphael,
"He was the only one still out when we finally took the facility," she continued. "That's what Dijon said."
"Radical! Maybe we can finally get some info on what they're planning!" Chad cheered.
"Or find where they're hiding they're base," Raphael agreed. "Then we can finally take out Vito."
"How are you feeling by the way," Kyla said, looking at the Faunus. "I ears you had a pretty bad fight with him, and you got hurt."
"I'm fine. I'll be better when I finally take down Vito for good."
"That's not a good idea, considering how badly you lost against him last time," Sam put in.
"Yeah, not matter what, uh, may or may not have happened between you before, you shouldn't hunt after him without thinking," Yuan added. The other students looked at him in confusion, but Yuan shook his head.
"It doesn't matter, I'll train more and get faster. Vito and the White Fang need to be taken down. We still have what they're up to, why they were at that facility, or what they were after. But now that we've got that lieutenant, that's about to change."
"Hmm, maybe," said Rowan.
"Hey mates!" Oliver called as he walked over with Carter and Dijon.
"There you guys are," Tiffany greeted. "How'd the meeting with Ozpin go?"
"Excellently," replied Dijon, smiling. "Oliver and Carter reported pretty much everything, I only had to voice in a bit. You all passed, of course, but I'm sure you could've guessed that by now."
As OWTR and CYRS cheered, Kyla walked nervously up to the hunter and pulled something from her pocket. "I- uh, D-Dijon? Could you, uh, sign my H-hunters card of you?" she asked nervously, cheeks flushed.
"Of course, anything for a fan!" the huntsman replied, taking the card and pulling out a pen. "Oh, thirty seventh season, that's a good one! And to whom should I make this out to?"
"Uh, K-Kyla Greene," she stammered.
Behind the pair, Tiffany grumbled a bit as she watched. "Is that a hint of jealously I detect?" William asked, sliding in beside her.
"Shut it," she growled, elbowing him in the gut. As William keeled over, coughing and clutching his stomach, Dijon turned back to the rest of the students.
"In addition to that, Ozpin also gave the go ahead for the interrogation of that White Fang lieutenant. CYRS, if you're interested, your welcome to come."
"Sure, we'll go," Carter agreed. Raphael had already shot to his feet.
"And OWTR, your welcome to come as well if you want."
"Nah, I think we'll pass on this one," replied Oliver.
"Agreed, we only just got back a few hours ago, and I'm still bushed," Tiffany added. Rowan nodded and stretched as well. William was still on the ground in the fetal position.
"We'll meet back up with you guys later," Carter said, waving as he and the rest of CYRS followed Dijon away.
"Uh, what's wrong with William?" Kyla asked as CYRS disappeared from sight, looking down at the writer.
"I have not idea what you mean," Tiffany replied, striding away back towards the dorms.
The White Fang lieutenant sat alone in a small room, hands chained to the table where he was resting his head face down. And single lamp hung from the ceiling, illuminating the table with light. The Faunus turned his head slightly as voices sounded just outside the room, before the door opened and five people stepped inside.
"You sure we're all gonna fit in here?" Yuan asked as he looked around the small room.
"You don't like it, why don't you leave and make more space," Sam retorted.
"Shush, both of you," Dijon interjected, standing at the opposite end of the table from where the lieutenant was sitting. The man had still not raised his face, yet was still listening.
"Bringing a bunch of kids to an interrogation? Now that's interesting," the Faunus lifted his head, gazing at the group who looked back at him. He was younger than they had expected, and his Faunus cat eyes caught a few of them off guard.
"A bunch of kids that took down your whole operation," Sam replied.
"Hmm," the lieutenant scowled a bit, looking from each student to the next, as if studying them. He paused on Raphael, before finally ending on Carter.
"What is your name?" Dijon asked, catching the lieutenants attention. The Faunus sneered, remaining silent as he leaned back against his chair. "Alright, you don't want to answer, fine by me. I'll get strait to the point then. What was the White Fang after in the facility?"
Again the lieutenant remained silent, Faunus eyes looking directly into Dijon's. Carter shifted unsurely from where he was standing.
"Uh, should we leave?" he asked.
"I won't make you stay if you don't want to, but I know what this means to you four," replied the Huntsman. "Plus, you could always think of it as more earned experience."
"Well I'm staying," Raphael growled, stepping towards the lieutenant. Before anyone could stop him, he'd extended the blade on his bracer and pressed it against the Faunus. "Where is Vito?! Where is he hiding?!"
Carter's eyes widened in shock as he stepped forwards. "Rapha-"
"Okay okay! I'm sorry I'm sorry!" the lieutenant cried, leaning away from the weapon. "I'll tell you everything, just get this crazy kid away from me!"
Dijon walked forwards, placing a hand on Raphael's shoulder. The student relaxed, shrugging off the hand and stepping away from the whimpering Faunus.
"Well that was easy," Yuan commented.
"I guessed something like this might happen. I'm sorry Raphael, do you think you'll be able to stay?" The boy only nodded, leaning against the wall. He did not however put away his weapon, the blade still jutting out from his bracer as he eyed the lieutenant.
"Now, where were we?" continued Dijon, turning back to the Faunus. "Let's start again. What is your name?"
The lieutenant turned back to the Huntsman, eyes occasionally flicking back to Raphael. "Eric. Eric Hope."
"Alright Eric, now we're getting somewhere! Now I want you to know, right here, and right now, I'm not going to hurt you. You have nothing to worry about from me."
"Uh, o-okay?"
"Next question, what were the White Fang after in that facility?" the Huntsman continued.
"I... I don't know."
"Really? Are you sure about that?" Raphael extended the second blade on his other bracer, causing the lieutenant to panic.
"I really don't know, please! I only got picked for my position recently! I became a lieutenant shortly before the raid! I was the last of the four! They never told us anything, I swear!" A long silence followed as Dijon studied the Faunus.
"Alright, I believe you." The Faunus sighed, relaxing a bit. "You said you were picked recently. Why?"
"V-Vito wanted more powerful troops he could use, so he took four of the best soldiers he could find among the grunts and assigned each of us to either himself or one of his admins. I was Colin's lieutenant, but like I said, I didn't serve under him for long, so I don't know anything special about him!"
"What about the other lieutenants? What can you tell me about them?"
"Well, there's Azalea, she's the one she fought," he pointed to Sam. "Azalea's Andreas lieutenant, she was one of the only people who could handle being so close to Grimm. Them there's Don, he was the most skilled of us four, and he's been working for Vito for awhile I think, so he's his lieutenant."
"I thought Bruno was Vito's right hand man," Carter questioned.
"He was, still kind of is. We as lieutenants only offered protection and support to our assigned leaders. Transferred their orders to the rest of the soldiers."
"And what about the last lieutenant? He must be Bruno's, but what's his name?" Dijon continued.
"I-I don't know, he was a quiet guy, we always just sort of called him 'The Lieutenant'."
"Okay. Where is your base of operations?"
"We used to be set up on the southern side of Vale, near the agricultural district."
"Used to be?"
"Before the mission, we packed up everything and took it with us, since Vito wanted to bring every soldier we had. He was planning on setting up somewhere else in Vale once we were done. But he didn't tell anyone where! He only told his admins, there's no what I could've known!"
"An do you have any idea as to what his next big plans are?"
"He didn't give us many details, but I think he's been wanting to go more open with our attacks, get the word out about our cause to free Faunus from you humans."
Dijon pondered for a moment before turning back to Eric. "Why are you suddenly being so open about this? As a lieutenant, you must have been at least trained to hold back information like this. You may have Faunus eyes, but I can still tell you've told the complete truth so far. So why would the mere threat of a Beacon student get you to talk?" The lieutenant was silent for a moment before speaking.
"Because something's not right with the White Fang. I've been talking with a few other Faunus, and even Don, and something just doesn't feel right. These missions don't make sense. We go and get a bunch of androids, but the drive we can use to make more suddenly disappears. We go to a facility to get some sort of secret object, but we never know what it is. It doesn't make sense. Vito's been honest with us about everything else. It's almost like he's hiding something."
"Thank you," Dijon replied nodding. "That's all the questions I have for now. I'll send some food for you in a little bit." Eric only nodded as well, resting his head back on the table. The huntsman led the way back out of the room, followed closely by the students.
"That's it? That's all we're gonna question him about?" Raphael asked.
"Like I said, I can tell wether or not someone's telling the truth, and he meant every word. It's likely there are many more like him who are doubting Vito's leadership."
"So what now? Should we go and look for where they'll be setting up their base?" Yuan said as they walked through the building.
"Haha, I like your enthusiasm, by you guys have done enough. More than I could have asked for in fact. But you should let the professionals finish this up. With the help you've given, and a few more interrogations with the other soldiers we got, we'll be able to go after these terrorists. Now I know that's not what you want to hear, but trust me, you've earned the break."
"Aw man, but it was so awesome working together!" Yuan complained.
"Wait, 'we'll be able'?" Sam put in. "Are you staying in Vale?"
"For a bit, yeah. I'll be going back to check home a little, but I'll be spending most of my time here. I've been selected to spearhead this terrorist issue, so I'll be working around her for awhile. It'll be just like old times, maybe we'll even meet up again a few times."
"Ooooo really? Can we? Can we pleasssseee?" Yuan said, grinning.
"Definitely. And if I ever get time off, we could even have lunch or something. How long has it been since we both sat down and had a meal together, eh little sis?" Dijon said, laughing.
"Maybe we could even bring Tiff along, I know she'd appreciate it," Sam added. "I think it'd be fun."
"Man, now that would definitely be like old times. But enough of that, I need to go file a report on that interrogation, and you four need some rest. So get going!" And with that, Dijon walked off back towards Beacon, waving behind him.
"Man, I can't believe we got to do an antiretroviral mission with Dijon Ambero!" Yuan grinned. "I'm still supper pumped from that. And I-" he gasped, scrambling at his pockets. "Ohmygosh! I forgot to ask him to sign my Hunters card! I've got to-"
"Oh no you don't!" Sam intervened, snagging her partners collar as he made to run after the Huntsman. "You'll have plenty of opportunities for that later. Now c'mon!"
"Awwwww," Yuan wined as the girl dragged him away. Carter chuckled and began following, before pausing and turning back to his own partner.
"You coming Raph?" he asked.
"Oh, uh, yeah," the Faunus replied, turning away from where he was staring out over Vale. The pair followed the rest of CYRS, making their way back to Beacon for a good nights rest.
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