A/N:

Scalpel 2-5: Kay. So. This fucker *points at my bae E-Tacito* saved my fucking life the other day. He deserves a medal. And since the Military won't give him one, I will.

SPC E-Tacito. For your amazing awesomeness, Battle Buddy-Ness, and all around knowledge of Bleach and Eyeballs, I give you a High Five, a bucket of Bleach, and a Gold Star that you can wear on your uniform when you feel like getting destroyed by your SSgt. Have fun, and remember, I'll be there for you man. Lmao.

But in all seriousness, thanks. That saved me from getting yelled at by my Doc. And he's not someone you wanna fuck with. So thanks bro.

E-Tacito: No Problem bro. Thanks for covering for me in my absence and actually getting some writing done. I'm still breathing somehow. So as long as I still breath the show will go on.

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And now, the show!

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I finally managed to escape Mallaurie, and began to field strip and clean my weapons, starting with my M4. Holy fuckin shit was she fuckin clean when I got done. Not like there was a lot of crap in there to begin with. I had gone to pick up Sophia from the Clinic earlier. Her and Newlin were playing with a stress ball they had acquired from Mallaurie. They were in the middle of a game of catch that involved Newlin getting yeeted in the face a few times. Damn. She got strong quick. She's doing better. Sophia had been very interested in the working parts of my M4, and kept trying to pick them up as I cleaned my rifle. I couldn't help but chuckle a bit at her curiosity. It was right then that my scroll buzzed. I quickly sat up, Sophia in my lap as I opened my Scroll. On the screen was a text notification from Blake. I tapped it, and it opened the text app. Opening the message, I was met with this.

"Team METC. I have information regarding the Whiskey Fox Movement to occur later this week. At 1723, you will meet me at the Café by the corner, East Vale. Don't Tell Ozpin. He will know when he needs to. Come in Civilian clothes, take an indirect route. BRING A WEAPON! I will come to you once you arrive. Stay Vigilant Soldiers. I've got your six!

-Dark Knight

Well then. Just as I was about to get Kopman, my scroll Buzzed. It was a mass text to the rest of our team from Kopman.

Kopman: "OUR ROOM NOW! I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECEIVED IT BUT GET THERE NOW! BRING NO ONE!"

Well. Now we wait.

It only took about two minutes for the two guys to get to our room. Kopman called Newlin on his scroll, and we started discussing.

"So. I'm guessing you all got the text?" Kopman asked. An affirmative Grunt from Newlin and us nodding was enough of an Answer. Kopman clenched his jaw. "Ozpin briefed me on this guy I guess he's caught Blake and used her scroll to communicate with us. So far, several people he had been using as informants have disappeared because of this guy. Leaves a crudely drawn Batarang with an American Flag in red spray paint at the location of whatever he's doing. He's not trying to hide the fact that he's not from here. Or that he's an American. So we can assume that we either didn't come alone, or that people and assets from home will be arriving or have arrived to Remnant. We aren't going to tell Ozpin about this. We're gonna go, just like it was our night on the town. But early. We will leave Jaune and Ren in a store elsewhere." Kopman set his M9 on his rack as he spoke.

Problem. We didn't have civvie clothes. A good excuse to leave early then. Go and buy civilian clothes. I said as much to Kopman.

"That will work. Alright. Since the weather is getting a tad cooler today, we will buy sweaters. Underneath, I want you to wear your Plate Carrier. Take everything off of it though. The lumps would be kind of a dead giveaway." He answered. We chuckled at the little quip at the end.

"Alright then. Go get ready. I'll text the dudes and tell them to get ready.

After the classes ended we grabbed plenty of cash and went to pick up Ren and Jaune. When we got to their dorm Pyrrha refused to look me in the face and instead looked at the ground. Cute, it seems like she's still embarrassed. However Nora threatened to bust our kneecaps if anything happened to Ren. I swear she is insane. After that, we went down to the Med Post. The cripple asked us to grab him some stuff, and Kopman took down a list on his scroll.

We made our way to Vale, whilst Jaune spent most of the trip throwing up in a conveniently placed trash can. The poor guy. After landing, we walked towards a clothing store in East Vale, seeing as we couldn't drive since we didn't all fit in the Humvee comfortably. (I asked about putting myself on the Fifty, but Kopman shot that idea down.)

Finding ourselves at the store we quickly found the men's area. Sophia ended up playing with the clothes and one of the female employees of the shop absolutely fawned over her. While I was hanging out with the lady and my daughter, I looked over to Jaune, to see that he was struggling to pick something out.

"Hey Julia?" I ask the cute reddish-blonde employee playing with my daughter. She has a cute button nose with green eyes and light freckles on her nose and cheeks. Her hair is rather curly with it pulled back into a ponytail with a couple strands framing her face. She has a rather curvy body that would definitely have me all over her if I didn't have Emily. Her chest is just a little smaller than Emily, but by no means modest. And her short skirt of her uniform does wonders for her pale legs.

"Yeah?"

"Do you see that my blonde friend over there looking around like a lost puppy?"

"Yeah I do. He's pretty cute too."

"Oh really? Well he's single and absolutely needs help picking out an outfit. I'm sure he would love the assistance of a woman such as yourself."

"Oh you don't say? Well it seems like I can't leave the poor guy lost like that. I'll be sure to help him out. Excuse me little Sophia, I'll play with you later." She said as she headed towards Jaune.

From here I can see him bumble around a bit and he utterly embarrassed himself by tripping over apparently nothing and toppling over quite a bit of clothes. But he made her laugh which is a good start. He helped her get the clothes folded and setup, and they started talking. Poor guy had a blush on his face the whole time, but he didn't seem to be doing awful.

Well as much as I would love to watch how that turns out. I need to pick something out for myself. I spend a good 30 minutes trying on different dress shirts and slacks before finding the perfect dress shoes and belt to go along with it, as well as some Jeans, a maroon polo shirt, and some white v-neck undershirts. I spent so much time trying on clothes, playing with Sophia, and messing around with the guys, that I noticed that I haven't seen Jaune in a while. Heh, good for him.

It took another half hour before all the guys were done. It was roughly around this time that Jaune and Julia came out of one of the dressing rooms on the other side of the store. They both looked rather disheveled and Jaune looked like he's on cloud nine. Atta boy! Julia finished typing something on a scroll before she handed it back to Jaune and headed over to the counter while straightening out her clothes and hair.

As Jaune walked over to us, I saw that he had some clothes and a pair of shoes in his arms. Looks like she picked out a nice blue dress shirt with black slacks, black loafers and a nice belt. It suited him nicely. For myself, I got a Silver dress shirt, Black slacks, Black Belt, and Black dress shoes. Not including a bunch of hoodies and Jeans to blend in. Everybody got essentially the same, except for the color of their dress shirt; Kopman choosing White, Ren deciding on an Emerald color, Volk going with Red, and a bunch of black clothing we got for Newlin.

"So Jauney-boy, you popped that cherry?" I ask with a high five as he gets closer to me. Am I the best wingman or what?

"Ah not exactly. I did get my first kiss though. She wants to go on a couple dates before we go that far." Jaune says as he stands with a little more confidence than before.

"Hey thats good man. Congrats. It's something and she seems like a really nice girl. Definitely girlfriend material."

"But what about Weiss?"

"What about her? Don't waste this good opportunity over a girl that will never give you the time of day and thinks of your brothers as heathens. Trust me it's better to just cut her out of your life. Just enjoy the moment and give this girl a shot. She's really pretty and has a way better body than Ice bitch."

"Well. She did feel really good in my arms. You're right man I think I will give it a shot!"

"Atta boy!" Kopman says clapping him on the back.

We all head over to the counter and Julia is a poor blushing mess who can't look any of us in the face as she checks us out. After everybody pays the guys head out but I stick around to say something to her.

"Hey Julia he's a good guy. He'll make you happy. Don't lose him" I tell her as she gives Sophia a goodbye hug. She nods her head and I head out to rejoin the guys.

"What was that about?" Volk asks when I rejoin them.

"Oh Sophia just wanted to say goodbye." I tell them as Sophia is still waving bye to Julia with a cute little smile on her face. With that said we head over to a barber shop we noticed across the street.

"Hey Cpl. I'm just wondering since I guess we aren't in service anymore are we allowed more freedom when it comes to hair?" Volk asks as we step foot in the Barbershop.

"Just keep the hair reasonable Volk and conservative facial hair. We don't need to strictly abide by guidelines anymore, but we are still representing our nation so keep it professional." Kopman responds. We all nodded in agreement.

"Hello there gentlemen how can I help you this evening?" A well groomed older gentleman asked as he steps towards us in greeting.

"Ah yes we were wondering if you had time to give the three of us haircuts today?" Kopman asks for the rest of us.

"Yes you are in luck I don't have any appointments until later in the evening so I can take care of you right now!"

"Perfect I'll go first then."

With that Kopman gets his haircut while the rest of us sit down and relax. Kopman cuts his hair so that it's a fade on all sides and leaves the top of his just long enough to comb to the side. Me and Volk went for the classic fade, leaving us looking sharp.

We each paid the man the 15 lien he charged for the haircuts, along with an extra 10 lien per person for a tip. It was the least we could do, with him taking us all on such short notice.

After we got out of the barber, we found a secluded alleyway where we changed from the Beacon Uniform to our civvies. Our Plate Carriers secured underneath a hoodie. During that time, I couldn't help but have the feeling that we were being watched. I shook it off, and we began our movement to the café. We left Ren and Jaune at a nearby restaurant with Sophia, telling them that there was an urgent matter from Ozpin we had to attend to. They tried to help, but we told them that Ozpin said to not let anyone else come. They hesitantly accepted.

We made our way to the little café, and sat outside. As I took out my scroll, I felt movement beside me, before the scroll was ripped from my hand. I got up and made chase. The figure turned into an alley, and I followed. Only to be grabbed and pulled into a building. I struggled hard, elbowing the person in the side, they grunted, and released me. I whirled around, reaching behind me for my sidearm. Only to find it wasn't there.

"Woah! Woah! Relax! I needed you out of sight! Here's your scroll Soldier!" A voice spoke from right behind me. I turned, in the dark of the storage room. There was a figure standing there.

"Dark Knight?" I asked.

"Yep." The voice answered. "Call your guys here, with your scroll. Two Blocks and right into the third Alleyway. Door will have a Black Cross spray painted on it." He said as he threw the scroll to me. I checked to see that it was mine, and pocketed it, taking out my scroll and texting the info to my bros. They ran through the door shortly after.

Oh. And they all had hands on weapons. The Dark Knight threw me my sidearm, and raised his hands passively.

"Chill. I'm with y'all. Now that we're all here, I need to give you two things." He said as he gave me a Manila envelope. "Shove it behind your front plate. Yeah. I know you're wearing PC's. Not obvious to the untrained eye though. Good on you."

Kopman nodded his thanks, and spoke up. "There was something else?"

The figure nodded. "Yeah. Call off the BOLO on Miss Belladonna. She's not responsible for the intel leak. Tell Oz to check his circle. He'll know what you mean. Miss Belladonna is working with me. She will be returned to Beacon after the big deal Friday. Keep your eyes open and heads on a swivel. Also, Ozpin's sources are safe. I pulled them out because...Tell him the Queen is moving. He'll understand. Gentlemen… Enjoy your night." He answered, before backing away into the shadows. We all just shrugged, before hiding the envelope and exiting the building.

With that done, we make our way back to the dudes. They of course had gotten themselves and us something to eat. We enjoyed our meals, and decided to continue enjoying the night. After about thirty minutes of walking along the street, we saw a legit looking tattoo parlor.

"Hey Ren, Jaune. I consider you guys brothers. You do too right?" I ask.

"Yeah no doubt we are brothers man" Jaune replies scratching the back of his head while Ren nods his head.

"Well how about we make it official?"

"How so" Ren asks obviously curious.

"Well how about we all get matching tattoos?" I ask.

"Do we really have to?" Jaune asks nervously, "Don't Tattoos hurt?"

"Nah man don't be a little bitch about it. It's not bad. Besides you'll forever have a reminder of our brotherhood. Take pride in it. You are one of us." Volk speaks up giving Jaune a punch in the shoulder.

"Alright fine as long as it's not anything stupid." Jaune said, with Ren nodding in consent.

2 hours later we all come out 300 lien poorer but on all of our right rib cage is a tattoo of the US Flag in the reverse. (Because the American Flag is always on the attack and never retreats).

The tattoos are all bandaged up so that it doesn't become infected. However for those with Aura it's kind of pointless because the aura prevents infections apparently. Still they have to follow protocol when it comes to tattoos and I respect that.

With our new ink and some swagger in our step we continue walking in downtown Vale. It's only 1600 so we still have plenty of daylight left. As we walk the rest of the guys offer bits of relationship advice. None of it really good advice, but advice nonetheless. It was a good bonding moment for everyone. Even the stoic Ren spent most of the time smiling and messing with Jaune. It was a good bonding time.

Eventually we come by a custom tailor store.

"Hey guys we should think about getting some dress blues for whenever we have an event or something. It'll be handy. Might as well make some for Jaune and Ren too. They are honorary soldiers after all." I tell Kopman as we walk ahead of the group with Sophia in my arms.

"Yeah we should definitely do that but don't exactly have the money to make six custom orders after all the money we spent recently. Let's wait till we get paid again to go order the dress blues. We should also custom order an American flag. Its killing me to not see the stars and stripes waving proudly."

"Yeah me too. We can use the flag as the symbol for the rebellion. After all we are fighting for American values and Ideals. If we can't get back to America then lets recreate it."

"Agreed"

We finished off the trip to Vale with another quick bite to eat at the diner I went with Yang to. We all had burgers, shakes, and fries. It was greasy and diabetes inducing, but we all needed it. Of course I gave Sophia Chicken nuggets and a strawberry shake. She didn't finish either so we took her leftovers with us.

On the way back to Beacon Jaune ran into a store he apparently knew and got a multiplayer fighting game for his system. He also bought a small stuffed rabbit for Sophia that she absolutely adored.

We got back to the dorms and we brought Jaune's Television and gaming system into our room. We also got Soda and snacks from the cafeteria, much to the delight of Darius and Gwen who were absolutely starving after we left them all alone all day. We started playing the mortal combat like game while one of us would always keep Sophia occupied so she wouldn't have to see the gory fatalities. It was pretty easy to keep her occupied since she was head over heels for the little bunny plush.

It was my turn to play against Kopman when I felt my scroll ring in my pocket. Grabbing it I look at the screen.

"Oh fuck me its Emily!"

"Yous' a dead man nigga!" Volk chuckled.

Fuck me….