Vol: 7 Chapter 13: The Manipulator gets Manipulated
(Play: Red Fraction from "Black Lagoon" Eng cover by AmaLee)
I have a big gun
I took it from my lord
Sick with justice
I just wanna blame you
(A somewhat dirtied image of a Lien card flashes momentarily before it swaps to a blood stained wall of the Schnee manor a cigarette being smoked and an image of either Weiss or Winter from behind holding their weapons which seem bloodied. This then switches to a panning shot of Wolf's Pack going down its barrel.)
I am your angel
Only a call away
You make wanna break you
No matter who you are
(A bullet casing goes flying, showing Weiss' reflection before it cuts to a newspaper article mentioning a shooting in the Forgotten Shore with Weiss being shown holding a side arm, which she fires a few times)
It's all up to you
No one lives forever
Been burned in Hell
By all the pigs out there
It's always been Hell
Ever since I was born
They make we wanna break them
No matter who they are
(The next shot shows the same side arms barrel as Weiss points it at the area in front of her and a cigarette that she had in her mouth falls out as she pulls the trigger and then drops the magazine.)
Get down on your knees
Got a good head on your shoulders
If for you, I'd
Go to the end of the earth
Do what you want
Do it with dedication
I'll put out your misery
(The next shot shows a blood splatter that stains a flurry of feathers that had been blown away by the force of either a gust of wind or gunshot. Another shot shows that an empty bullet casing is rolling on the ground of the streets of Mantle in a pool of blood before it's blown away by the same wind that carried away feathers)
You made a mess
For Christ sake, this rotten world
Shit out of luck
Go with my vision
Light up the fire
Right on the power
A weapon … I have it all
(Weiss is seen sitting in the middle of the streets of Mantle for reasons unknown as the feathers drift through the air around her as the sunset flashes a few times. Then images of Jaune, Sky and Wolfgang are shown before 'Rise of the Iron Wolves: Forgotten' appears on the screen… And is shot at a few times and filled with bullet holes.)
-Thieve's Landing-
In Sienna's Lair, the woman had just finished getting dressed for her meeting with Ironwood in Atlas, and as she started to leave, she saw Neo continuing her job as her maid.
The crime lord was wearing a wine red skirt suit with black stockings and black high heels. As well as having her chain blade on her waist, and her cybernetic tail wrapped around her waist like a belt. Lastly she also had on the same cape and shoulder streamers she wore during her time as high leader of the white fang.
The Tiger woman smiled as she kissed her toy softly. "I'll be back later on, feel free to try looking for any leads from the information I've given you so far after you've finished cleaning." She told the girl. Neo nodded in affirmative as she cleaned up the place.
"Boss, your transport is ready." One of the associates reported.
"Good. It's time we made peace with our enemies, and made ourselves stronger, as one." Sienna nodded as she walked into the transport.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile on the Immortal Rage, crying could be heard as two hungry babies woke up from their naps. It seemed that Blaze and Mint did not feel like letting their parents have an easy day today…
"Again?" Emerald groaned as she got some formula ready.
"Sadly yes." Autumn groaned in reply as she helped her pet. The two parents had been going back and forth quite a bit to make sure their kids were taken care of, and needless to say, it was very stressful… But it was still worth it.
"Okay, let's feed them." The mintette said as she finished the formula. Handing a bottle to Autumn. "You feed Blaze, and I'll breastfeed Mint." She said as she picked up the baby girl and uncovered her chest so she could suckle on it.
Autumn picked up Blaze and started feeding him and soon enough, the twins were able to calm down. The lesbian couple smiled at their children as they were fed. When they were done, they started babbling and giggling adorably.
"You know, it really is hot, watching our babies sucking on those wonderful tits of yours." The Fall Maiden purred in her wife's ear.
"Oh shush, mistress." Emerald giggled. The two smiled as they kissed each other lovingly as their babies hugged them.
(Elsewhere)
"You went with Jaune to do what?!" Yang yelled as Ruby explained why she wasn't around the previous week.
"You heard me, Yang. I don't need to repeat myself." Ruby sighed, a cup of hot chocolate in her hand.
"When I get my hands on Jaune, I'm gonna-!" Yang started to say angrily before Ruby cut her off.
"Do nothing! Yang, I saw first hand how bad it is over there. Did you honestly expect me to turn a blind eye to that?" The younger of the two questioned sternly.
Yang looked at her sister and couldn't help but think of the way she was before. Younger, happy and child-like, no scar, and just… not so serious. But she knew that not wanting her to grow was wrong, so she stopped herself.
"No, no I don't." The blonde replied with a sigh.
"Good." Her sister said finally before she felt Blake hug her.
"Are you feeling okay, though? I know that your first kill can… Really change a person." The cat Faunus asked, thinking about how much Adam had changed after his first kill.
"I'll be alright. I guess I'm just getting used to how things work out there in the world is all." The Silver eyed girl sighed as she hugged her teammate back.
"Well I'm just glad that another one of the Captains is dead." Weiss said before joining the hug. "Thank you Ruby." She told her friend.
"No problem, Weiss." Ruby sighed as she drank her hot chocolate. "Though one thing confuses me." She added, her face becoming one of confusion.
"What's that?" Yang asked.
"Why didn't Jaune's Law kill me or him after that Captain died?" She wondered. The other girls blinked at that, not knowing why either.
"Good question." The snow themed girl noted, her brow furrowed.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile in Jetsam of Saturn, Jaune and Sky were searching for the Manipulator. That's when they found one of his devices. "This is a Synaptic Amplifier, specifically calibrated to interface with the Grimm." Gurren said.
"Oh great. Just what we need." Sky grunted.
"We're on the trail of the Captain called the Manipulator, William Nova. He's a chameleon Faunus." Joan added.
"Man I hope Ilia doesn't find out about this." Jaune groaned.
"Let's just get this over with." The King sighed as they went into a cave that, oddly enough, had a spawning pool in it. As they started moving in, they saw several Grimm of all sorts standing in front of an amplifier, purple tethers of energy attaching themselves to their heads. And every time a new Grimm crawled out of the pool, it would get controlled as well.
"Let's try destroying the amplifier first, then kill the Grimm while they're disoriented." Jaune suggested.
"Sounds good. Let's do it." Sky nodded. He then sent done dark bolts at the amplifier and destroyed it, causing the Grimm to reel from the backlash to their minds. As soon as this happened, the boys started hacking through the Grimm in seconds.
"Another amplifier, I'll need a minute to analyze it." Joan told them as more Grimm started crawling all over the place.
"Of course you do." The boys groaned as they pulled their weapons.
(Elsewhere)
-Atlas-
Meanwhile in Atlas, Sienna stepped out of her transport, with two of her associates at either side of her. As she continued to walk forward, she was soon met by Ironwood and Winter at the front door of the Arctic Castle, the finest restaurant in the kingdom.
"Sienna Kahn." Ironwood said as he stood with his hands behind his back.
"General Ironwood, it's certainly been awhile, hasn't it?" Sienna said as she crossed her arms.
"Indeed it has. Shall we?" The man beckoned.
"Of course." The woman nodded as they went inside. As they sat down on a private balcony, the two were brought some glasses of wine as they waited for their food.
"So, you said that you wished to discuss terms of our 'arrangement' with you working to help establish a foothold for the White Fang here in Atlas and Mantle?" The general asked as he took a sip from his wine.
"Yes. I know I sent the details by letter, but there were a few things I couldn't write down that I'd like to discuss first." The woman nodded as she sipped her own wine.
"Yes, your wanting for representation for the White Fang to be allowed on the council was one you mentioned in your letter, correct?" Ironwood asked as they were brought a salad.
"Right. I made sure to work with Blake to pick someone level headed for the position, so you don't have to worry about that. Think you can get them on the council?" Sienna asked.
"It'll take some convincing, but I think I can make it work." The man nodded. "Who is the choice you two were able to make?" He asked.
"We had thought of a few good ideas, one of the ideas was Shan Wukong for instance…" The tiger woman started, causing Ironwood to nearly choke on his food and drink.
"S-say what?!" He coughed as he tried to get his breath stable again.
"I know, I nearly lost my lunch thinking about it as well." She chuckled. "Then there's my dear little errand boy, the newly reanimated Adam Taurus, or as he's now called: Moon."
"He remembers nothing of his past, I presume?" The General guessed.
"Yep. He's a completely new person." The tiger faunus nodded in confirmation. "Though his face would need to be covered at all times, so given today's climate, we decided against it." She continued. "But then we decided to go with the choice that was staring us right in the face the entire time."
"Who?" Ironwood asked.
"Weiss Schnee and Blake Belladonna herself. One would act as immesary to the human side, and the other would work with the Faunus side. And with the Schnee girl's intimate knowledge of the Atlesian elite and their society, they should be able to work together to bring about a true compromise." Sienna explained.
"A sound decision. They'll work well together." Ironwood nodded as they continued to eat their appetizers of mussels and calamari. The duo's entrees were next to come as the man turned back to her. "So, what were the terms you wished to not mention in your letter?" He asked.
"Ah yes. The first one is…" She began to explain, the General listening closely. As she talked, none of them noticed a small spy drone watching them.
(Elsewhere)
Back with Jaune and Sky, the two were currently trying to disable a very large amplifier in the center of Jetsam, but they were having difficulty because the Manipulator had managed to control an Ogre. They were Grimm that had huge bulbous heads with one eye, which they shot Void blasts out of.
"How the hell did he manage to get control of an Ogre?!" Jaune yelled as he killed a Wretch by shooting an arrow into its crossbow and causing it to explode.
"I don't know! I didn't think his semblance could go this far!" Sky called back as he shot a pair of Raiders in the head with Prologue and Epilogue.
"Why can't you Enthrall these things?!" The Knight asked.
"It must be the effects of the amplifiers, it's interfering with the process!" The Grimm Knight said before he drew his sword and jumped at the Ogre. He cut off one of its arms, causing it to roar in agony before Jaune lobotomized it, killing it in the process.
"That's the last amplifier, the signal I'm tracking now is coming from the source, the Manipulator." Joan said as they started moving. "Records say that this guy is obsessed with creating his own thrown world, a pocket dimension in the Ascendant Plane that high level Grimm and the Grimm Knights are known for having."
"The stronger opponents we beat, the bigger it gets." Sky added. "Try imagining how big it gets after killing a Worm God." He chuckled.
"So that's why the Immortal Rage is so big!" Jaune said in realization.
"Yeah." Sky nodded as they kept searching.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile with Blake, Sun and Foxxianna, they were busy talking to Weiss and Winter about the plan they and Sienna had come up with regarding the Council and the White Fang.
"That's your plan?" Winter asked as the three stopped explaining things.
"It is. Does this sound like something that will work out?" Blake asked.
"It could, but should father win the election, I doubt he'll be pleased." The Atlas specialist said.
"He'll have to suck it up anyway, as far as I'm concerned." Blake shrugged.
"And if Robyn wins, I'm going to do my best to work with her and make sure that the Schnee name doesn't end with it being associated with greed." Weiss nodded resolutely.
"I'll hold you to that, Weiss. Don't let me down." Winter told her younger sister.
(Elsewhere)
Back with Sienna and Ironwood, the general nodded as the woman finished telling him the rest of her terms. "I see. So you want me to try and help you reclaim the Shore after the Captains are dealt with, and you want to… Be given a base here in Atlas?"
"Picked specifically by you, and having you around as an extra set of protection would be nice as well." She nodded with a smirk. Ironwood sighed but couldn't stop himself from smirking.
"Alright. Just try to let me do my job, will you?" He told her.
"Oh you don't have to worry about me, James." The woman smiled as the two shook hands, sealing the deal.
And back with the spy drone, it flew away with everything recorded. Just what was it doing there anyway?
(Elsewhere)
Back with Jaune and Sky, the two were currently chasing the trail of William Nova. When they found him, they saw him trying to mindbend a group of Grimm, and one in particular was hugging him by the neck.
It was a Lust Grimm, the same type Rubedo was based on and this one was just as sexy. In terms of appearance it looked like Salem did when she first became a Grimm, she wore a long black dress and a crown that was in the shape of the Amplifiers.
As for the Manipulator, he looked similar to Ilia with his dark skin and spots, he had a light build, purple eyes, and his black hair was in dreadlocks. Additionally he wore the same outfit as the other captains, but had a headdress that looked like it came off the head of a Wendigo. Lastly he was carrying a heavy Arc powered Dark Boomer cannon.
"I… Is he…?! With…?!" Sky asked in disgust as he held his stomach.
"Are you sure you should be surprised? One of your generals is with Sun's dad." The blonde told him. "And he fucks Grimm on the regular."
"I know, but-" Sky started to reply before… "OH FUCK THEY'RE MAKING OUT!" He yelled as his face turned green.
"Get ahold of yourself." Jaune groaned before he slapped Sky in the face. "Now turn around. Here they come." He added.
"Good. I need something to take my mind off of what I saw." The king breathed as he readied himself. The manipulated Grimm then started charging towards them and attacking them, right as William and the Lust went into some sort of portal.
"Stay on him!" Gurren urged as the last of the manipulated Grimm were killed. The two boys went through the portal and came out of it in, shockingly, a throne world. It was a serious mess, though. There were ruins everywhere.
"How did he get a throne world this big?" Jaune asked as they started to looking around as the wind howled around them, kicking up dust. "Oh, right… Wolfang." He said as he realized it.
"That son of a bitch built a throne world off of the death of my—." Sky started to say before looking at Jaune. "Our friend. He needs to die." He growled before Willam appeared, and then grew in size.
"Oh don't be so sour, Obsidian. Is it really my fault that your Wolfang friend was so weak?" The chameleon Faunus said. "I mean, he tried to use his semblance on us when he tried to capture us, and it didn't activate! He couldn't even use his own powers!"
"That explains why he didn't use it against them in the Prison of Elders, it became too unpredictable because of how he used it back in Haven." Jaune muttered. Sky, meanwhile, was livid.
"You think you can talk as you please about our friend?! Your life is forfeit!" He bellowed.
"Let's see you try." The Faunus said before he called in several Grimm and Corrupted into the throne world, flanking the two.
"Come on! Let's kick their asses!" Jaune barked as he got Croerca Mors ready to fight. Sky was quick to activate his Stasis - Behemoth Class Magic before he started charging and slamming his fist into the ground, causing ice walls to appear everywhere and his opponents to freeze solid.
Jaune meanwhile was firing arrows and bullets at the Manipulator to try and weaken him, but his gigantic form was proving to be too tough.
"Dammit! I can barely hurt him!" The blonde exclaimed in frustration. "I could really use some ideas here!" He yelled.
"Throne worlds like this react to the wills of those inside it. If our will is strong enough we could try and will ourselves to his size!" Sky said as he drew his sword. He then focused on asserting his will in William's throne world and, sure enough, he was able to grow to his quarry's size.
"What the?!" The chameleon faunus yelled. "Impossible! My will should be the superior one here!" He added, his voice filled with disbelief.
"Tough shit. My will is stronger." The Grimm Knight shot back. He then turned to his fellow Knight. "Care to assert your will here, Jaune?" He asked.
"Yeah, as a matter of fact." The Knight nodded as he too started growing and not only that, he seemed to be glowing with light in the pitch black darkness of the throne world. He then activated his Sentinel Void Magic - Code of the Aggressor.
"Come here!" He boomed as he charged at the surprised faunus and bashed him with his shield, causing him to stumble.
The captain then tried to blast him with his weapon, but it was deflected and he was then knocked to the ground by a shield throw, and one more hit him in the head and broke his aura before Jaune kicked him down.
"Any final words?" Jaune asked.
"This isn't the last you've seen of my bloodline. My wife, my queen, will make sure of it." He growled. He was then shot in the head, killing him right then. Immediately, the throne world they were in started to burn uncontrollably.
"Fuck! This place is destabilizing! Move it!" Gurren barked as Sky and Jaune ran through an open portal. When they returned to the real world, they fell to the ground from the sudden size change.
"Damn, that lust got away." Sky growled.
"Silver lining though, I think Wolfgang can rest easier knowing that the throne world built on his death was destroyed." Joan said with a sigh.
"Yeah… You're right." The king sighed before he noticed an inactive, undamaged amplifier and walked over to it. "Hm…" He hummed as he studied it.
"What are you thinking about doing with that?" Gurren asked his partner.
"Studying its effects and creating a countermeasure, mostly." He replied as he opened a portal to the Immortal Rage and sent it through.
"That's six Captains down. Just two more, then Torchwick." Jaune said as he twirled the bullet he had originally made for Cinder between his fingers before putting it away. "But we should probably do something about that Lust Queen first." He noted.
"Agreed. I'll get a strike team together—." Sky started to say before Jaune stopped him.
"No. Me and my team will handle it. You've got enough on your plate. So we'll handle the strike mission and then you can help me finish fighting the captains once you've got more time on your hands." The blonde told him.
"... Alright then." The King shrugged. Jaune then found a curious thought in his head.
"Do you think Autumn has her own throne world?" He wondered aloud, causing his friend to blink.
"Good question." Sky said thoughtfully as they made their way back to Thieve's Landing.
(Elsewhere)
As Sienna and Ironwood finished their talk and dinner, the two left the restaurant together, and soon encountered Jacques Schnee doing another address to the news on the television screens outside.
"Oh joy. What could the rat possibly be doing this time?" The tiger faunus muttered in distaste.
"I don't know." The general replied.
"Citizens of Atlas, I have made it no secret that I am not particularly fond of the White Fang, given the bad blood that had existed between it and my family for decades. And it is no secret that the faunus and I have a… Rocky relationship." The man began.
"That's an understatement." Sienna scoffed.
"However, this distaste does not extend to the newly formed Peace Fang created on Menagerie following the attack at Haven. But only to the remnants of the dreaded radical White Fang that caused these attacks." Jacques continued. "So, you can imagine my surprise when I received video footage of this!" He added as he showed a video of Sienna and Ironwood's meeting.
"What?!" Ironwood gasped in shock and anger. "How did he record that?!" He growled.
"This was sent directly to me by an anonymous source, of Ironwood fraternizing and making deals with criminals!" The business man said. "That, dear citizens, is Sienna Kahn. Former leader of the White Fang turned crime lord of the Forgotten Shore. Calls herself 'The Tigress' now. And on top of that she's also the aunt of one of the notorious Captains: The Tormentor. Who blatantly tortured, killed and mutilated innocent people and reveled in it!"
Sienna and her associates were bristling in anger. "I'm at least more civil than you are, you pompous windbag!" She seethed.
"Now I am willing to give Ironwood the benefit of the doubt, as I hope you will, and hope that whatever kind of deal he struck with the Tigress will be beneficial to all of us, humans and faunus alike. And I hope for all our sakes, that this is the case." The patriarch of the Schnee Family said before he ended the conference.
"Bastard loves to hear himself talk, didn't he?" One of Sienna's associates commented with a scoff.
"This just keeps getting worse and worse…" Ironwood sighed in exhaustion.
(Later)
As soon as Neo got back from trying to find more clues of Torchwick's whereabouts with no luck in doing so, she went back to Sienna's lair and found her new owner waiting for her. And she was currently undressing. Walking up to her, she tapped the tiger woman on the shoulder, getting her attention.
"Oh, well if it isn't my little ice cream cone." Sienna smiled. "Any luck finding Roman today, dear?"
"No, sadly. Hiding was always something he was good at." Her sign read while she sported a sad face. Sienna then hugged her close to her bra clad chest to try and comfort her, before slipping on the leash to her collar.
"Don't worry, you'll find him." She told Neo while patting her on the head. "Now, aren't you forgetting something?" She asked, causing Neo to look at her current attire. "You know the rules. While you're here it's either your maid outfit, or…" She continued before holding up an apron with a bowl of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream on it. "You wear only this. You know better, young lady." The woman warned.
Neo sported a startled look before she stripped down and put the apron on, which got a pleased look from her boss.
"Much better." Sienna smiled as she sat down, now only in her panties and bra as two female associates fanned her to fight the humid heat. "Now, would you please be a good little girl and give your crime mother a massage, please?" She requested, stretching her right leg out to her new servant. Neo smiled as she started massaging Sienna's foot.
The tigress moaned as she felt the girl start to rub and dig into her feet, legs and then move her way up, until she started rubbing her apron covered breasts up against her mistress's.
Sienna smirked before she pulled Neo in for a kiss before placing the ice cream girl on her lap. She then suddenly pulled out a strap-on that looked very familiar.
"Like it? This is one of the prototypes for the dildos that can allow us women to do what men can." She said.
"Where'd you get it?" Neo's sign read.
"Oh, I got it from the Immortal Rage. That ship is practically a miracle factory." Sienna chuckled. She then removed her pet from her lap so she could take her panties off and replace them with the strap-on. "Now, would you like to give it a try?" She asked.
Neo blushed as she looked away. "I'm… Actually trying to save myself for Roman." She replied.
"Well, we could always do anal then." The woman suggested.
"That'll work." Neo's sign read before she presented her heart shaped ass to Sienna and pulled her cheeks apart. The tiger woman took some lube and applied it to the artificial member before she started pushing the head against Neo's backdoor.
"Here I come." The woman purred before she pushed herself deep inside her ass, causing Neo to gasp and moan in pleasure as Sienna started squeezing her breasts and thrusting.
It truly was good to be her.
Dragon Emperor0: Not to throw shade here or anything, but I think Sienna and the other Faunus of our group just made more progress helping the Faunus all over Solitas than she could in years as the White Fang high leader.
ThermalsniperN7: It certainly looks that way. And Jacques, the dumbass, is trying to swing the election in his favor with footage of Sienna's meeting with Ironwood.
Dragon Emperor0: Which with what they have planned will probably not cause much trouble. Though seriously, with Weiss and Blake acting as representatives on the council? Things might just start looking up for everyone else.
ThermalsniperN7: Yeah, and life in Mantle might actually start improving. Anyway, see you next time.