Chapter 14: Operation Wolf Fang

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The Airship flew down toward the ground and quickly leveled out, flying eighty feet above Menagerie. Laurel, Celadon, and Verde ran over to the mounted Heavy Machine Guns that were mounted on the left side of the Airship, Carmine looked over to Blake, Regalia, and Sun who were standing next to him "Strap yourself in, this is gonna get bumpy." Carmine said, Blake sat down in a chair next to Carmine and fastened herself into the chair, Sun and Regalia strapped themselves into the seats that were mounted on the wall in the back.

Carmine adjusted a few knobs causing the airship to tilt as it slowly flew around the Belladonna compound, two large spotlights kicked on that were mounted on the side of the airship and illuminated the whole compound including all of the White Fang insurgents that were attacking the Belladonna royal guard. The three Wolf Pack mercenaries took aim and opened fire, the large bullets ripped into the White Fang insurgents and splattered them all over the ground. Three white fang ran out and took aim at the airship but bullets ripped two of them apart, the third one took off running but two bullets ripped through his leg and tore it off, the man collapsed on the ground and pulled himself along the ground with a trail of blood behind him.

Verde took aim at the wounded insurgent's head and fired, the bullet splattered his head all over the ground. A white fang truck pulled up out front of the compound, Celadon ran over to the grenade launcher that was mounted on the front of the airship, he fired a few 40 mm rounds at the truck and blew it up. The truck tumbled around and engulfed in flames, trapping the insurgents inside of the truck and burned them alive, their screams echoed through the town. The screams died down as they finally died in the fire, the fire finally extinguished itself and left the charred remains to the world.

The front doors of the Belladonna compound bursted open and two white fangs were thrown out, Laurel fired into them and killed them quickly. Carmine flew the airship around to a clearing and hovered five feet off of the ground, Carmine started typing into the control panel of the ship's computer, he connected his scroll and uploaded his Cyber Cell, Black Skull, into the ship's mainframe and programmed it into the ship itself. He disconnected the scroll and typed on his scroll, accessing the airship and its equipment.

Blake walked over to him and looked at his scroll "What are you doing?" She asked as he typed away on his scroll. He looked up at her, his crimson visor reflecting her amber eyes, he turned his scroll around and showed her the display "I connected my Cyber Cell, Black Skull, into the ship so I can remotely control the airship from my scroll. I can control everything from the engines to the mounted guns, the guns have cameras under the barrels that are equipped with FLIR thermal, IRNV or Infrared/Night Vision, and Personnel Identification Database Cameras." Carmine explained as he pulled up the cameras on the mounted guns, the scroll screen showed the barrels spitting fire and bullets at the approaching insurgents.

Carmine placed the scroll into his pocket and grabbed his Scar, placing it on his back and led part of his team outside where Laurel, Celadon, and Verde were firing the mounted guns. Carmine got their attention and had them regroup with him, he led them out onto the ground and away from the Airship. He pulled out his scroll once again and accessed the airship, sending it flying into the sky where it maintained altitude above the Belladonna compound. He accessed the ship's guns and configured the targeting parameters of the guns, he tilted his head when a seventh option was shown on his screen. He accessed the info of the seventh option, he read the weapons information and pressed a button that said 'Deploy'.

The bottom of the airship near the front opened up and a GAU-19 lowered from inside of the airship, the barrel extended into place and angled itself, ready to target. Carmine set the parameters of the gun to defense while the others were set to assault, Carmine set the seven targeting parameters to target all those with white fang uniforms on. When he finished, he placed the scroll back into his pocket and pulled out his Scar, pulling back the bolt to chamber a round. "Right, so the airship is set to target the White Fang insurgents, the cameras will scan for all targets with the White Fang masks on." Carmine explained, Blake's eyes went wide "Ilia." Blake said softly to herself before she took off toward the firefight.

"We got a runner!" Laurel shouted as the Wolf Pack followed her into battle, Carmine headed up the pack into battle and engaged the insurgents. Carmine drove his boot into the gut of an insurgent, sending him into a wall where he slid down to the floor, Verde withdrew his twin PP-2000's and opened fire on a couple of White Fang insurgents. The bullet-riddled insurgents collapsed to the ground in pools of blood, one was still alive and attempted to raise a pistol at Verde. He kicked the gun from his hand and pulled out his ax which was collapsed in a short form, he pressed a button on the side which extended the ax to its full form. Verde grabbed it with both hands and swung back, driving the ax down into the insurgent's head and finally killing the insurgent. Verde placed his foot on the corpse's back and pulled the ax from its head, he pressed the button again causing the ax to collapse and replaced it on his back once again.

Carmine turned around and walked up to Verde, grabbing him by his IBA "What the FUCK was that?!" Carmine yelled as he pushed Verde against a wall, Verde raised his hands "What? He raised a gun at me." Verde said struggling slightly, Carmine exhaled angrily and purged the steam from his gas mask "Next time use a bullet, not an ax unless you were previously engaged in melee combat. Our ethics are humane and morally sound, we don't practice brutality." Carmine said as he released Verde who shook his head "Right, sorry sir." Verde said apologizing as he picked up his M240B and rejoined the group, Carmine led them into the compound where the sound of muffled gunfire could be heard.

Carmine tried to open the doors but learned that they were jammed, he placed his hand on the door and charged a supernova, after twenty seconds of charging the blast he detonated the charge, blowing the door open and revealing Ghira fighting a couple of insurgents. The behemoth of a man grabbed one of the insurgents and threw him into the wall with great force, his now lifeless body falling to the floor, he grabbed the other one and broke his spine with his knee. Ghira dropped the body and stood up straight, extending his arms to the side "Carmine! Perfect timing, the fun is just beginning!" Ghira said with a hearty laugh.

Carmine walked forward and gave Ghira a warrior's handshake, both men grabbed the other's forearm and greeted each other. "So, what does the situation look like?" Carmine asked as he let Ghira's arm go, Ghira sighed and stretched his arms, popping a joint in his shoulder "Well, the White Fang invaded the house and started shooting up the place, they killed four of my guard." Ghira explained. Everyone was alerted when they heard Kali yell, Carmine ran up to the main door and kicked it open, Carmine raised his weapon and fired, killing two White Fang Insurgents that were firing at an overturned table. He ran forward and leaped over the table, rolling into a crouched position while aiming at another door "Kali, are you alright? Are you hurt?" Carmine asked as he watched the door, Kali stuttered a bit as she looked at the injured guard next to her "Y-Yeah I'm fine but I don't know about him." Kali said, gesturing to the injured guard next to her.

Carmine moved over to the injured guard and inspected the gunshot wound "It's just a flesh wound, I need to doctor it or it might get worse." Carmine said as he tore the guard's shirt and used it to dress the guard's wound, he applied pressure to the wound. The white cloth filled with blood as it patched the wound, Carmine gestured to Kali "Here, hold your hand on the cloth and keep pressure on the wound." Carmine said as Kali placed her hand on the guard's wound, Carmine stood up as the rest of his team came into the room, Laurel took aim at the other door as Blake went to hug her mom. Regalia ran over to the guard and started working on his wound, her hands glowed purple as the wound closed up, she moved the cloth and inspected the guard's shoulder "Alright, he should be good now." Regalia said as she sat him against the overturned table.

Blake held her mom close "I'm glad you're safe, when we heard the distress call I got so worried." Blake said as she hugged her mom, Ghira called Carmine back into the room with him "What's up?" Carmine asked as he jogged into the room, Ghira pointed to the front of the room where Corsac and Fennec were standing. "Oh these fuckers again, can you guys just Fuck. Off." Carmine said with a sigh, Corsac stepped forward "We will when Ghira steps down and dies! Corsac said as he pulled out a golden dagger, Carmine stepped in front of Ghira "You want him, you'll have to go through me." Carmine said as he raised his rifle at the Albain brothers, Sun walked up and stood next to Carmine "I got this sir, you go ahead. I've been wanting to beat these fuckers up for the longest time." Sun said as he pulled out his staff, Carmine nodded and ran back to the rest of his team.

As he entered the room he passed by three bodies, he picked up an HK 416 and a few magazines from one of the bodies that was on the ground. Carmine dropped the magazine from the receiver and slapped in a fresh mag, pulling back the firing bolt to chamber a round. Carmine walked up to Kali and took the revolver from her, handing her the HK 416 along with a few spare mags. "This beats a tiny ass revolver, it's on semi-automatic so just point and shoot." Carmine said as he showed her how to use it. Celadon walked up to him "I'll stay here with her, you guys go ahead and go." Celadon said as he pulled out his G36 and cocked it. Carmine placed his hand on Celadon's shoulder "Thank you and stay safe, my friend." Carmine said as he ran into the next room with the others.

They came into an open room with three large doors on three sides of the room, Blake came to a stop and looked up at a woman standing on the rail of the second floor, her skin changed as she saw Blake "Ilia, I know you're scared, but you don't have to be. My family and I, we can keep you safe." Blake said as she stared up at the masked girl, she winched at what Blake said "I'm sorry." Ilia said, Blake stepped forward "You can make it up to me by helping us stop Corsac and Fennec." Blake pleaded with the girl, her skin turned red with yellow spots "No… I'm sorry." Ilia said as she removed her mask, three white fang insurgents ran in with their guns pointed at Blake and Carmine.

Carmine turned around to analyze the situation "Blake, you need to fix this now." Carmine said as he pulled out his Scar, suddenly a web-like substance came from the shadow in the corner and wrapped around Blake, dropping her to the ground "I got her." A female voice said as she walked out of the shadow, she had short silver hair with part of it covering her right eye. Carmine turned to face her "Let her go and I'll assure you safe passage out of here." Carmine said trying to make a deal, the spider faunus narrowed her eyes at Carmine "Why do you care? Human trash." She said spitting at the rifleman, Carmine sighed and shrugged his shoulders "Can't say I didn't try to do this peacefully, I vowed to never strike a woman but that's why I have her. Regalia, will you do the honors?" Carmine asked turning to the purple haired medic, she grinned and cracked her knuckles while walking toward the silver-haired faunus.

Carmine fumbled to grab his scroll from his pocket and switched to the music player, scrolling through his songs and pressing play on a song.

Fall Out Boy – Centuries

Some legends are told, some turn to dust or to gold but you will remember me, remember me for centuries. And just one mistake Is all it will take We'll go down in history Remember me for centuries.

Regalia walked up to the silver-haired faunus and hit her in the face, causing her to stumble backward, dropping the silk binding that was wrapped around Blake. Regalia grabbed the back of her head and brought it down into her knee, the woman stumbled backwards while holding her nose "Ahh! You bitch!" The spider faunus exclaimed.

Mummified my teenage dreams No, it's nothing wrong with me The kids are all wrong The story's all off Heavy metal broke my heart. Come on, come on and let me in The bruises on your thighs like my fingerprints And this is supposed to match The darkness that you felt, I never meant for you to fix yourself.

The silver-haired woman withdrew a dagger from behind her back, she flipped the blade backwards and crouched down as Regalia pulled a tanto knife from her boot. "So, what's your name?" Regalia asked as she circled around the room, opposite of the silver-haired woman "Trifa, remember the name for when I kill you." Trifa said with a sinister giggle. Regalia cracked her neck as she readied herself for combat, Trifa charged at her and slashed at her torso but she moved out of the way, grabbing Trifa by the shoulder and throwing her back across the room. she stumbled back into the wall but caught herself before she collapsed to the ground.

Some legends are told, some turn to dust or to gold but you will remember me, remember me for centuries. And just one mistake Is all it will take We'll go down in history Remember me for centuries.

Trifa pushed off of the wall and sprinted toward Regalia, the purple haired medic readied herself as the spider faunus got closer. Regalia delivered a swift roundhouse to Trifa's left side, following it up with a right hook to the side of her face. She stepped back while composing herself, wiping the blood from her mouth "Huh, you sure know how to fight." Trifa said, spitting out a tooth onto the floor. Carmine called in from the side of the room "You dropped your tooth." Carmine said grinning inside his mask while still holding his scroll.

And I can't stop 'til the whole world knows my name 'Cause I was only born inside my dreams Until you die for me, as long as there's a light, my shadow's over you 'Cause I, I am the opposite of amnesia, And you're a cherry blossom You're about to bloom You look so pretty, but you're gone so soon.

"You ready to end this?" Regalia asked as she put her knife back into its sheath that was attached to her ankle, Trifa threw her blade down and made it stick into the floor "Ready when you are, bitch." Trifa said with a grin with one of her teeth missing. Trifa charged at Regalia who just stood there like a sentry, as the faunus got closer Regalia drew her fist back and cocked it, ready to deliver the final blow. When Trifa was five feet from her she let her fist fly, as it flew through the air the spider faunus ducked down and drove her shoulder into Regalia's torso, wrapping her arms around the purple haired medic. Trifa shot a web out and trapped both of Regalia's feet to the floor along with her hands to the wall, Trifa back away from the now struggling Regalia.

Some legends are told, some turn to dust or to gold but you will remember me, remember me for centuries. And just one mistake Is all it will take We'll go down in history Remember me for centuries.

Trifa slowly strutted back to where she left her knife, pulling it from the hardwood floor and examining the blade. She slowly walked back to the trapped medic, placing the knife up to her neck and making a small cut that drew blood. Trifa wiped the blood up with her finger and licked it "Mmm, your blood tastes so sweet, I can't wait to taste the rest of you." Trifa said with an evil giggle, Laurel perked up "Wait, what's happening now? Girl on Girl? Please tell me it's girl on girl!" Laurel asked giddily, Carmine placed his hand on his face and let out an audible sigh "For fuck's sake Laurel!" Carmine exclaimed. Trifa grabbed the back of Regalia's head and held it still, she forced her lips on to Regalia's and kissed the medic deeply and passionately, Trifa's hand drifted down to under Regalia's skirt. As Trifa kissed her she pushed her hand upward causing Regalia to shudder in slight ecstasy. Trifa broke the kiss and pulled away, a trail of saliva was the only thing connecting them but it broke as Trifa backed away. She flipped the blade around and raised it, ready to strike Regalia down "Hope you enjoyed your last moments of life." Trifa said with a sinister grin.

We've been here forever And here's the frozen proof, I could scream forever We are the poisoned youth.

A gunshot rang out through the room as the song finished playing on Carmine's scroll, the knife fell from Trifa's hand and clattered to the ground. She started gasping as she covered the bullet wound in her abdomen, she stumbled backwards while spitting up blood from her mouth.

She fell down to her knees, removing her hands from the wound only to see them covered in blood. Carmine walked up to her while holding his Scar, the barrel still smoking, he looked down at her as she spit up more blood "I'm sorry it had to end this way but I did try to do this peacefully, you chose to fight us so in the end this is on you." Carmine said as he raised his rifle, aiming it at Trifa's chest but the faunus collapsed onto the ground, dead. He lowered his rifle, placing it onto his back as he walked over to Regalia, pulling his knife from it's sheath and cutting the silk binds. Regalia moved away from the wall while rubbing her wrists "Thanks, Carmine." Regalia said as she walked back to the group and stood next to Laurel "You know, I don't ever remember seeing your actual weapon, what is it anyway?" Laurel asked, Regalia chuckled lightly "I didn't bring it with me when we went to Atlas to join up with Carmine, I live in Mistral so when we get back I can get it from my house." Regalia said as Carmine walked back over to stand next to Blake, looking up at Ilia while placing his hands on his hips.

"Did you come in here to hide?" Blake asked with her arms outstretched, Ilia scoffed "I told you, I didn't want this!" Ilia said, Blake stepped forward "But you're still here!" Blake shouted. Carmine adjusted his IBA and kept his rifle pointed downward, he shifted his weight to his left leg "I don't have a choice!" Ilia yelled, "Of course you do!" Blake said pleading with her friend, Ilia looked away from Blake. Blake sighed and put her sword on her back "Just… Stay out of my way." Blake said as she started to walk away, Carmine glared at Ilia as they walked away. Ilia leaped from the second floor and charged at Blake and Carmine, the rifleman transformed his sword and blocked her attack, he brought up his knee to push her away. Ilia transformed her sword into a whip and snapped at Carmine who dodged, Laurel ran in from the side and tackled her to the ground. Ilia kicked Laurel off of her and ran away, suddenly the lights cut out and left the room in total darkness "Careful, she has chameleon attributes so she can blend in with everything." Blake said as she looked around, Carmine stood up "Verde, you're up!" Carmine said, the tank walked up and pressed the side of his helmet, activating the FLIR.

Verde looked around the room, he focused on a section of the room "Corner by the sofa!" Verde said as he raised his LMG, firing in that direction. The bullets chewed through the wall and the couch, Ilia rolled out of the way as the bullets pierced the wooden wall, sending splinters of wood flying all over the place. "Cease fire!" Carmine yelled as he stood up, Verde lowered his LMG and deactivated the FLIR in his helmet, Carmine looked around the now silent room as the sound of heavy machine gun fire echoed outside "Ilia, it would be smart of you to give up because we have you out gunned and out manned." Carmine said as he walked slowly through the room, Laurel and Regalia slowly moved up a staircase to the second floor.

Blake looked around the dark room "Why do you feel like we have to hurt people to get our way?" Blake asked, calling into the darkness "Because it works!" Ilia called from the darkness, Regalia jerked her gun right "Found you, bitch!" Regalia said as she pulled the trigger, bullets spat from the barrel of her Honey Badger as she fired at Ilia but the Chameleon dove out of the way, Ilia whipped a charge of electricity at Regalia but the charge hit the wall behind them. Blake loaded a red clip into her pistol, taking aim at the roof "Sorry dad." She said as she fired, the dust round hit the wood and engulfed it in fire. The fire quickly spread and illuminated the room, Ilia was crouched down in the corner.

"Just because violence works, doesn't make it right! How do you think I get entire towns to follow me? Because I show them that I'm someone worth following and that I represent them with the best of intentions. By following Adam, you are willing to say you'd like to see all humans dead at your feet and know this, you'd have to face off with us first and that is signing your own death certificate. I promise you that." Carmine said as he stared at Ilia, she stood up "Stop lecturing me!" Ilia yelled as she whipped her blade at Carmine and Blake, Blake leaped out of the way and slid behind an overturned table "Why couldn't you just leave, Blake?!" Ilia yelled, Blake peeked from behind the table "Because I run too much!" Blake yelled back.

"You used to see things the way I did! The way Adam did! If no one's going to do anything to stop the humans that attack us, then the only choice we have left… is to attack back!" Ilia yelled, causing Carmine to chuckle eventually bursting into laughter "Hahahahaha… Oh that has to be the funniest joke I ever heard, there are people stopping humans from hurting Faunus. They're people like us in the Wolf Pack, and I don't think you've ever heard of the saying 'Hate breeds Hate.' Well, it goes like this "Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love... Our aim must never be to defeat or humiliate the human, but to win his friendship and understanding." It is those words that should be the driving force behind your actions" Carmine said as he sat down on a bullet-riddled couch.

Blake stood up and sprinted at Ilia, tackling her to the ground "Ilia… please. You're a good person but you're making all the wrong decisions!" Blake pleaded with the chameleon girl "SHUT UP!" Ilia yelled in anger as she tried to break free, Blake continued to hold her down "Is this really what your parents would've wanted?!" Blake asked causing Ilia to look shocked, her voice began to break "I don't know what else to do!" Ilia said as she fought back tears, she stopped fighting and started to break down "I don't know what else to do…" Ilia said as she started to cry, Blake held her close. Carmine stood up and clapped his hands together "Good job, team," Carmine said as there was a huge crash, Corsac Albain flew through the wall and crashed to the ground. Carmine looked at his hands "Did I do that?" He asked himself looking around, Ghira walked through the hole in the wall and roared at Corsac.

Blake looked toward the sound of action, distracting her from the girl below her and Ilia used the distraction to kick Blake off of her, she impacted a chair and was knocked out. Carmine ran over and slid to her side, he shook her lightly "Blake! Come on baby, come back to me." He said as he tried to wake her up, Laurel and Regalia leaped from the second floor, running over to where Carmine was. Verde raised his LMG at Ilia "Oh, you aren't going anywhere! If she doesn't wake up, I'm sure Carmine will want to have a few words with you, seeing as how the White Fang killed his whole family and fiance, Sapphire." Verde said with venom on his tongue, Ilia's eyes went wide and she covered her mouth. Fennec came through the hole behind Ghira and stabbed him in the back with his dagger, Ghira dropped to his knees and grabbed Fennec by the wrist, throwing him across the room.

Corsac charged at Ghira with a dagger but was sideswiped by Laurel, who tackled him to the ground and started punching him repeatedly. Corsac pushed Laurel off of him, causing him to stumble backwards into Carmine's arms "How's Blake?" Laurel asked as he stood up straight, Carmine pointed backwards to where Blake was sitting in a chair, still unconscious with Regalia kneeling next to her "Regalia's taking care of her." Carmine said as he cracked his knuckles, Fennec pushed himself off of the ground and looked over at Ilia "Ilia! What are you doing?! Fight!" Fennec yelled as he charged at Ghira but was slammed to the ground by Carmine who rammed him with his shoulder.

The main door slammed open, Celadon walked in with Kali behind him. She was dragging a scruffy looking man with bat wings on his back, his hands were tied together behind his back "I knocked this fucker out when he was trying to suffocate a guard, the guard fine by the way." Celadon said as he rested his G36C on his shoulder, he looked over at the fighting and sighed "You guys started without me?!" He said as he placed his rifle on his back, he looked back at Kali "You got him covered?" He asked, she smiled and nodded her head "Yeah, you go have fun with your friends." Kali said as she placed her hands together, Celadon jogged over to the rest of his team. Kali looked down at the unconscious man with a stern look on her face, the man started to stir slightly which startled Kali and caused her to kick him in the face.

Carmine stood up and backed away from Fennec who was joined by his brother, Corsac. Ghira moved over to where his wife was standing, guarding her from injury and danger, Carmine looked at the Albain brothers "Alright fuckboys, we're gonna do this the old fashion way, hand to hand. No guns, blades, or explosives, just our fists." Carmine said as he stretched his arms and legs, the Albain brothers threw down their daggers, the blades dug into the wooden floor. "Your turn, disarm yourselves." Fennec said as he lowered himself to the ground, Carmine shook his head "We're men of our word, we say we won't use weapons then we won't use weapons. You however have shown yourselves to be untrustworthy, so we won't use weapons but will keep them on as a precaution." Carmine explained, Corsac growled in anger.

Laurel looked over at Carmine "We doing this like back at Beacon?" Laurel asked as he cracked his knuckles, Celadon limbered up and readied himself. Carmine looked over at Laurel "You fucking know it!" Carmine said with a grin, Corsac looked over at the hole in the wall and whistled. A somewhat stocky man ran in and stood next to Fennec "There, now it's even: three vs three." Corsac said as he pulled his robe off and threw it onto the ground. Carmine reached into his pocket and pulled out his scroll once more, he flipped through it until he found the perfect fighting song. He tapped into the house's audio system, pressing play and allowing the music to play from every direction.

Dropkick Murphys – Shipping Up To Boston (Instrumental) (It sounds better without the lyrics.)

Carmine, Celadon, and Laurel walked toward the opposing White Fang who charged at them, Laurel elbowed Corsac in the nose and followed it up with an uppercut to the chin, Carmine struck Fennec in the side of the head with his right foot. Carmine grabbed Fennec and tossed him across the room into a table, the table broke under the weight of the faunus.

Laurel charged at Corsac and drove his shoulder into the Faunus's gut, knocking the wind out of him. Celadon landed five punches into the insurgent's ribs, following it up with a thunderclap to his ears, disorienting him and causing him to stumble backwards. The insurgent caught himself against the wall and shook it off, the insurgent raised his fists and readied himself. He ran at Celadon and swung but Celadon ducked out of the way and grabbed the man, throwing him into a potted plant. The plant pot broke as it smashed against the wall, Celadon walked up toward the man but stopped when Fennec crashed into the wall, Fennec pushed himself out of the newly formed hole in the wall and ran back at Carmine who drew his fist back and drove it into Fennec's face, slamming him into the ground.

Corsac threw a flurry of kicks at Laurel who blocked all of them, countering him with a haymaker and a knee to the ribs. Amongst the commotion, Ilia leaped out of the crosshairs of Verde's LMG and attempted to run but was cornered by Sun who withdrew his staff "Don't you run." Sun said as he readied himself, she pulled out her sword and extended it. Blake sat up in her chair and rubbed her head, her eyes went wide when she saw Sun fighting Ilia "Don't hurt her!" Blake exclaimed as Sun and Ilia clashed weapons, the sparks flew as she blocked shots from his flintlocks that when connected formed his bo staff. The shots were so intense, they forced Ilia to drop her sword and gave Sun an opening, he pushed her against a pillar and eventually causing it to crack.

Blake sat up more "Stop!" She exclaimed, both Ilia and Sun looked over at Blake who had tears running down her cheeks "Please…" Blake said quietly in tears, Ilia managed to push Sun away and caused them both to fall to the ground, the pillar started to crack even more. Sun scrambled out of the way as the balcony started to fall but Ghira ran in and caught the balcony, holding it up "Go!" Ghira said as he struggled to hold up the balcony, Ilia stared up in awe as the behemoth of a man held up the balcony, she moved out of the way as the weight of the balcony forced Ghira down to one knee. Fennec was thrown back into the middle of the room by Carmine, he looked over and saw a trapped Ghira, Fennec stood up and ran at Ghira with both of the daggers in his hands. Blake saw him and stood up, pulling out her sword and threw it, wrapping the ribbon around Ghira's torso and pulling him from underneath the balcony. Fennec fell to the ground under the falling balcony and was crushed, the dust in the weapons exploded and destroyed the area.

Burning chunks of wood clattered to the ground, Laurel picked Corsac up by his shirt collar and threw him into the middle of the room where Carmine caught him and kneed him in the back, shoving him back toward Laurel who hit him with an outside crescent kick following it up with a back kick that knocked him to the ground, he cradled his chest as he rolled over and picked himself off of the ground. He coughed up blood, wiping some of the blood from his lip and cheek, he tried to stand up but fell back to the ground. Laurel and Carmine high fived each other as they walked to the middle of the room, Celadon dragged the insurgent to the middle of the room and head-butted him, knocking him out.

Song end (in case you were listening as you read

Blake stood up and ran to her mom, hugging her "I'm glad you're safe." Blake said as she started to cry, Regalia walked over to Ghira and channeled her semblance into her hand as it hovered over the wound on his back. As her hand glowed, the wound slowly closed up and healed over "There you go, all good." Regalia said with a happy smile.

As everyone collected together in the middle of the room, Corsac pushed himself off of the ground once more "What have you done? You ruined everything. EVERYTHIIIIIIING!" Corsac yelled as he ran at the happy group of people, Carmine pulled out his rifle and took aim at Corsac but Ilia stood up and wrapped her blade around the angry faunus, releasing an electric shock into his body and dropped him to the ground. Ilia fell to her knees and started to cry, Carmine lowered his rifle and exhaled a sigh of relief as Celadon and Laurel ran to secure Corsac, they zip-tied his hands together and lifted him off of the ground.

Carmine led everyone out of the now burning building, a guard was out front keeping the crowd at bay "Get back! Everyone get back! We've people inside doing their best." A guard said as he pushed everyone backwards, the crowd roared with chatter and noise until someone spoke up loud "Look, someone is coming out!" A woman said as Carmine emerged from the smoke with his team, the Belladonna's and Ilia, Laurel dragged Corsac out onto the grass where the head guard took him "And Fennec?" The guard asked looking up at Ghira but Ghira just shook his head, the guard got down on one knee and looked Corsac in the eyes "Was it worth it?" He asked the White Fang member snarkily, Corsac dropped his head in defeat. Blake shared a look of relief with Carmine, Sun, and Ilia before she walked up to the crowd.

Carmine nudged Celadon with his elbow "Get your scroll out and record this." Carmine said as he pulled out his scroll and turned on the camera, Celadon handed his scroll to Sun and pointed to a tree "You think you could video this from that tree?" Celadon asked the blonde haired man, Sun took his scroll and sprinted toward the tree, leaping up onto a branch where he turned on the camera as Blake started to speak.

"Humans didn't do this. We did this: Faunus. We did this to ourselves. We are just as capable of hate and violence as the humans, but I don't think any of us would jump at the chance to point that out. So why are we letting Adam do it for us?! By doing nothing and staying silent, we let others speak and act in our place. And if we're not proud of the choices they make, then we have no one to blame but ourselves. This is the message that Adam Taurus will bring to the world if no one stops him. But we can stop him! You have to understand that all of you are looking for simple answers to a very complicated problem. And I can't give that to you. I don't know how to make hate go away, I don't. But I know that this kind of violence is not the solution. I understand that to ask you to leave your homes and protect Haven Academy is asking you to put your lives at risk. But that's what's at stake. So I'm going, and I'll stand by myself if I have to." Blake spoke with a fiery passion in her words, Carmine walked forward and stood next to Blake.

Carmine looked over the crowd and began to speak to a crowd of faunus.

"We shall go our way into battle. And we shall be accompanied by the spirit of millions of our martyrs, our ancestors tortured and burned for their faith, our murdered fathers and butchered mothers, our murdered brothers and strangled children. And in this battle we shall break the enemy and bring salvation to our people, tried in the furnace of persecution, thirsting only for freedom, for righteousness, and for justice."

"To those who can hear me I say: do not despair! The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass. And dictators die. And the power they took from the people, will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish."

"Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to brutes! Men who despise you and enslave you! Who regiment your lines and tell you what to do, what to think, what to feel! Who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder! Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men! Machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don't hate. Only the unloved hate. The unloved and the unnatural."

"Soldiers! Don't fight for slavery, fight for liberty! In the 17th chapter of St. Luke it is written, the kingdom of God is within man. Not one man, nor a group of men but in all men. In you! You the people have the power! The power to create machines, the power to create happiness. You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful! To make this life a wonderful adventure! Then in the name of democracy let us use that power! Let us all unite!"

Carmine shouted with a raised fist in the air, the crowd followed suit and raised their fist. Carmine looked over the crowd and watched as they all showed their support "Viva La Revolucion!" Carmine shouted with his fist still raised, the crowd roared with cheers and revolution chants. Sun leaped through the air and landed by Celadon, handing the phone back to the sniper "Man, you have to upload that as soon as possible" Sun said with a smile, Celadon just stared at him in disbelief "Yeah, and how exactly will I do that with the whole dragon destroying the fucking tower." Celadon said with a sarcastic tone in his voice, the realization hit Sun like a freight train "Oh fuck! I totally forgot about that!" Sun exclaimed.

Blake stepped forward once again and began to speak "Now my brothers and sisters, who will join me and protect Haven Academy from Adam and his goons!?" Blake asked the crowd, multiple people stepped forward and announced their allegiance to the resistance, Ilia stepped up to Blake "I'll stand with you!" Ilia said, which grabbed Blake's attention. Blake turned around and looked at Ilia who started to stutter slightly "If… if you'd have me." Ilia said as she looked down at the ground, Blake smiled at her but was shocked when the head guard grabbed Ilia by the arm "You're not going anywhere!" The guard said as he started to pull Ilia away from Blake but stopped when Blake spoke up "Let her come, Saber." Blake said, Saber turned to face Blake "Huh? You're just going to forgive her? After everything she did?!" Saber asked confused.

"I am." Blake said with a smile, Saber looked over at Ghira who nodded in approval. Saber let go of Ilia and she rejoined her friend at the foot of the steps. "What does she think she's doing?" Saber asked as he stood next to Ghira, Ghira chuckled lightly "She's learned a lesson that evaded me until I was much older: That there is strength in forgiveness." Ghira said as he watched his daughter who was standing with her friends and her boyfriend. Ghira descended the stairs to join Carmine and his daughter "Looks like we've got work to do." Carmine said as he looked at the crowd of makeshift militants, Blake looked up at the rifleman "Thank you for everything you've done, if it weren't for you the White Fang would have succeeded in their plans." Blake said as she rested her head on Carmine's arm, Sun glared at Ilia "You stabbed me." He said as he squinted his eyes, she lowered her head "I know and I'm s… Ow!" She exclaimed as Sun pinched her on the arm "There, consider us even." He said with a goofy smile on his face, Ilia rubbed her arm as Ghira spoke up "We have about two weeks before Adam's attack on Haven. We're going to need shields, training, whatever we can do to protect as many people as possible." Ghria said as he stroked his goatee, Carmine raised his hand "I think I can help with that, Ironwood still owes me a favor or two, I lost count of how many favors he owes me." Carmine said as he pulled out his scroll.

"So we're gonna need some AKs, Kevlar, couple tanks, some jeeps, miniguns, jet patrol." Carmine said out loud as he typed up a list on his scroll. He pulled up a number pad and typed in a few numbers into his scroll, minutes later his airship flew down from above the clouds and landed in a clearing by the Belladonna house. Carmine walked over to Ghira and extended his hand "We're going to fly over to Atlas and procure a couple shipments of weapons and armaments for Haven academy, I'll have some airships sent here to pick up the troops" Carmine said as he shook Ghira's hand, Ghira grabbed him by the shoulder "Fly safe and may your bullets always fly straight and true." Ghira said, blessing Carmine's journey. Blake, Ilia, and Wolf Pack made their way onto the airship, Carmine opened the door and entered the main control room.

He stepped behind the control panel and started flipping switches, the main engines kicked on and pushed the airship from the ground and into the air, the airship broke through the clouds before leveling out. Carmine pulled up a projected map of Remnant, he zoomed in on Atlas and set a waypoint to Atlas Military Compound, activating a digital tracker onto the window that displayed the guidance system. Carmine steered the airship toward the digital beacon, setting the controls to autopilot and kicking back into the main chair, he crossed his arms and closed his eyes for the rest of the journey. Blake rested her head on Carmine's shoulder as she sat next to him, the rest of the team sat in the back manning the consoles, observing the radar and radio feed.

After flying for an hour, the airship closed in on the Atlas ports and flew past a few towers. The side guns moved side to side as they scanned for a target, the ship flew in between two buildings and circled back around before landing by an airstrip where an F-117 Nighthawk was taxing onto the runway. A man holding neon orange sticks directed the bomber down the runway where it picked up speed and shot up into the sky, banking right and shooting toward the south. Carmine walked over to the man with the sticks "Sir, what airbase is this and where was that bomber heading?" Carmine asked the man who was wearing a black helmet with a reflective visor on it.

The man pushed the visor up "This is Airbase Viper and the bomber is on a routine training mission, it'll be back in an hour." The man said as he made his way over to the hanger but Carmine stopped him one last time "I'm looking for Ironwood, you know where he is?" Carmine asked as a gust a sharp wind blew through the area, the airman pulled out his scroll and opened a map "So he will most likely be found here at this airbase, I'll transfer the location to your scroll." The airman said as he transferred the location to Carmine's scroll, the indicator showed a base that was fifteen miles away, Carmine jogged back to the airship and restarted the engines.

The airship took off back into the sky, it rocketed over the land below and passed a few hills and peaks. After passing over a mountain ridge, the airship came upon a large military base that had multiple runways running each way, a couple F-18's flew up from several runways and took off toward some unknown destination. Carmine landed the airship on a landing pad by a rather large building, Carmine walked out onto the deck of the airship. Blake walked up beside him and looked up into the sky, a gust of wind blew through the area and caused her hair to fly in the wind, Laurel, Celadon, Verde, Sun, Ilia, and Regalia walked up behind them "What's the holdup?" Laurel asked as he scratched the side of his head.

Carmine simply gestured everyone forward as he started walking toward a rather large building, Celadon had to shield his eyes as the sun reflected off of the windows, Carmine opened the door and guided everyone inside the building. Everyone entered the main lobby of the Atlas command center, a woman behind the desk greeted them "Welcome to Airbase Atlas Alpha, how can I be of service?" The woman asked as she looked up from her computer, Carmine walked up and pulled his mask off, hooking it onto his belt "Yeah, we need to speak to Ironwood as soon as possible." Carmine said as he rested his head on his arms on the counter, looking into her eyes with a smile. She fumbled around with the keyboard while stuttering "Oh uh… uh… he seems to be in a meeting right now." She said, looking up at Carmine and brushing the hair out of her face. Carmine scratched his chin "You think I can get that room number?" He asked with a smile, she scribbled down some numbers on a sticky note.

Carmine took the note from her and bowed his head in thanks, he looked down at the paper and read it out loud as he started to walk down a hall "Alright he is in room 12 and 9674…" Carmine stopped in the middle of his sentence, balling up the paper and handing it to Celadon "Destroy this." Carmine said with a straight face, Blake peaked over his shoulder "What is it?" She asked curiously, Carmine raised his hands and stuttered a bit "Oh it – it's nothing… nothing at all." Carmine said, Ilia snuck up behind Celadon and grabbed the paper, tossing it to Blake. She grabbed it and unfolded it, reading it to herself "Oh really, can you keep it in your pants?" Blake asked with an eye-roll and a smile, wrapping her arms around his neck and pushing herself up against his body.

She shot a look of death toward the secretary, mouthing 'He's taken.' She released him and let him guide them to the meeting room, Carmine walked up to the double doors and kicked them open, he walked in and pointed at Ironwood "Alright, shit is about to hit the fan." Carmine said as he sat down in a chair, Ironwood was silent as the other men in suits stared at Carmine in awe. "Sir, we are in a meeting!" An old man in a black suit yelled as he slammed his fist onto the table, Carmine sat up in the chair and placed his hands on the table "Sir, I don't think you understand. Shit. Is. About. To. Get. Real!" Carmine said as he stood up.

"Gentlemen, we'll talk later." Ironwood said as he dismissed the old suits, they left the room muttering to themselves. Laurel closed the door behind them, Ironwood took a sip from a glass of whiskey "So, what can I do for you?" Ironwood asked, Carmine pulled out his scroll and projected a memo from a White Fang document "There is an attack that is will be carried out against Haven Academy, unless we do something. We need to set up defenses for Haven academy." Carmine said, Ironwood rubbed his neck in thought and released a long sigh "The Atlas military is at your disposal, once again." Ironwood said as he reactivated the ordinance request system for Carmine's scroll, a blue crate with a parachute popped up on his scroll's screen.

Carmine tapped on the crate and it exploded in digital confetti, he scrolled through the different categories of vehicles and weapons available to be ordered. Ironwood cleared his throat to get everyone's attention "Is there anything else you need to talk about?" Ironwood asked as he took a sip of his drink, Celadon pulled out his scroll and brought up the video that Sun recorded back at Menagerie. "Can you see about broadcasting this throughout Atlas? This is a moving speech that Carmine delivered to rally the civilians at Menagerie." Celadon said as he transferred a copy of the video to Ironwood's computer, Ironwood watched the video with deep intrigue. He closed the laptop and smiled "Well, that was a motivational speech." Ironwood said as he stood up from his chair.

Ironwood pulled down a map of Haven Academy "So where did you want to set up your defenses this time?" Ironwood asked, Carmine walked over map and started marking down X's on spots around Haven "Alright so I'm thinking, since Haven is bigger than Beacon, eight Strela-10's, three Challenger 2 tanks, three T-90's, and Three M1A2 Abrams tanks, an AC-130, four KA-52 Alligators, three Predator C Avengers with GBU – 24's, and lastly send four Bullheads to Menagerie to pick up the troops I rallied to fight with us, pack the Bullheads with crates of Armor, Weapons, Ammo, and supplies cause they will need that shit." Carmine said as he made his list, Verde was speechless "Do you expect that much of a fight from the White Fang?" Verde asked as he leaned against the wall, Carmine turned toward the heavy gunner "I expect them to put up a fight, but I'm not gonna let another school fall to these terrorists." Carmine said, he clenched his fist when he remembered Penny and Pyrrha "I'll make them pay for what they did, I'll rip them apart even if it kills me." Carmine said in a low voice as he looked toward the ground.

Ironwood cleared his throat "Your requisition order has been granted and everything is being mobilized as we speak, expect things to be there by the end of the day." Ironwood said as he stepped in front of Carmine, the rifleman looked up and gave Ironwood a salute to which his team followed suit, Ironwood saluted them back "Good luck and stay alive, Carmine. Your brother would be proud of you for everything you've done." Ironwood said solemnly, Carmine closed his eyes and lowered his head "Thank You, Ironwood. For everything." Carmine said, shaking Ironwood's hand before he left the room with his team, lover, and her friend. They made their way back to the airship and boarded it, Carmine took a position at the command console "Where to now? Haven? Menagerie?" Laurel asked as he activated the airship's weapon's system, the computer flickered to life and displayed the system status of all the guns.

Carmine shook his head "No, Vale. I got to pay a visit to some people." Carmine said as he pushed the throttle forward, the ship took off into the sky and screamed through the clouds as it raced toward Vale. Carmine looked down at the ship's gauge and took in all the information on the screen, "We're going about 157 mph, so we should touch down in a matter of minutes." Carmine said as he leaned back in his chair, after ten minutes of flying he started to close his eyes but shot awake when the alarms blared and red lights flashed. "Missile Lock! Missile Lock!" Celadon yelled as he read the screen, Carmine grabbed the wheel and yanked it left, the missile just barely missed them as it shot past them and hit a passing bird.

Two more missiles raced toward them, Carmine activated the ship's countermeasure system in hopes of surviving the barrage, flares shot out of the back and sides of the ship into the air. The missiles took the bait and exploded on impact with the flares, Carmine grabbed the radio handset and yelled into it "Beacon Air Defense stand down! This is Carmine Sable of the Wolf Pack, stand the fuck down!" Carmine said, after a few seconds the Alarms fell silent and a female voice came through the intercom "Sorry about that Wolf Pack, things have been quiet lately. You have clearance to land." The woman said, Carmine hung the handset up and lowered his head "Oh fuck that was too close!" Carmine said as he exhaled a sigh of relief, he stood back up and took control of the airship again.

The airship landed at the airdocks of Vale, the burnt out husk of a jeep sat in the corner filled with four charred skeletons "Huh, not much has changed since we were here last." Laurel said as he stepped out onto the main deck, a few civilians ran from alleyway to alleyway to avoid being seen by anyone. Carmine walked down the ramp to the brick walkway below, he pulled out his SCAR-H and scanned the area around them "Clear." He said as he stood back up, Laurel, Celadon, Regalia, Verde, Sun, Blake, and Ilia made their way off of the airship and regrouped with Carmine. He pulled out his scroll and typed in a few numbers, the airship took off into the sky where it slowly circled the area "Alright, follow me." Carmine said as he started walking down the road.

Carmine raised his rifle as he moved down an alley, Laurel and Celadon followed behind him with their weapons drawn "So what are you looking for?" Regalia asked as she walked behind Celadon, Carmine looked back at Regalia "I'm looking for the shop that supplied us with our gear." Carmine said as he walked backwards down the alley, Laurel grabbed him by his IBA and yanked him back towards the group "What is it?" Carmine asked as he adjusted his IBA, Laurel pointed at an object in front of the opening to the alley "You almost hit that." Laurel said, everyone peaked over their shoulders "What is it?" Blake asked as she looked at the object, Carmine knelt down and attached his gas mask, pulling his hood over his head "That is an M18A1 claymore, you hit that wire and thousand steel balls will shred us to pieces." Carmine said as he backed everyone up out of the alley, Celadon guided every to the cover of a wall.

"Is everyone safe?" Carmine asked as he looked back, Celadon raised up his hand and gave a thumbs up signaling that everyone was safe. Carmine reached into a pouch on his side and pulled out a hand grenade, he pulled the pin and tossed it down the alley. It rolled and bounced along the bricks before it exploded, Carmine dove behind cover as the claymore exploded and sent steel balls shooting in every direction.

Carmine stood up and dusted himself off as he walked around the corner to examine if the coast was clear, chunks of brick and metal were scattered all over the ground along with a few dented steel balls. Carmine pressed his throat radio and spoke into the mic "It's all clear, come on through." Carmine said, there was a little feedback as Regalia's voice came through "Roger." She said as she and the others came into the alley "Wow, this is insane. I can only imagine if someone got caught in one of these." Ilia said as she looked at the destruction, Carmine nodded his head in agreement as he guided them out of the alley and into a market area. "Some people in this town weren't as lucky as us, some didn't make it out when the White Fang attacked." Carmine said as he walked up to black steel door, he banged on it four times and after a few seconds an eye slit opened up "State your business." A raspy voice asked, Carmine pulled off his dogtags and showed them to the person behind the door "Now, can you stop aiming your shotgun at my junk?" Carmine asked with a chuckle.

There were a few clicks as the door was unlocked, a frail-looking man came out of the door and hugged Carmine "Carey, my boy! You're alive!" The man said as he started to cry a bit, Carmine patted him on the back "It's good to see you too, sir." Carmine said as he hugged the man back, the old man gestured everyone inside. Verde closed the door behind them and sat his gun against the wall "It is so good to see you again, after everything you've been through I'm glad to see you still have the fight in you. So, who are your friends?" The old man asked, Carmine faced his friends and team, introducing them "This is Laurel, Celadon, Regalia, Sun, Verde, Ilia, and this is my girlfriend, Blake." Carmine said as each of them nodded their head or saluted "Everyone, this is Larama Zaffre, Sapphire's father." Carmine said, everyone was shocked but greeted the man.

The old man walked behind the counter "So what can I do for you, my boy?" Larama asked, Carmine rested his arms on the counter and put his hands together "You think you could commission another dog tag and KA-Bar set for my new team? Like the last ones you made." Carmine asked, the old man walked over to a closet and opened the door, pulling out a briefcase which he placed on the counter. "Like this?" He asked as he opened the lid, revealing six knives and six dog tags inside the case. "Those are perfect." Carmine said, Larama chuckled "You always did love my handiwork, I'll get these fixed up for you. If you five can sign your names, blood type, and position or role." Larama said, one by one the members of Wolf Pack wrote down their information on the paper. Carmine wrote down on a piece of paper and handed it to Larama who read the paper "Anything for you, my boy. While I work on these, I think you should pay her a visit." Larama said, Carmine nodded his head and made his way to the door, leading everyone outside into the square.

"So that was your fiance's father? He's a nice man." Regalia said as they walked down the street, Carmine remained silent as they continued to walk, the sky seemed to darken as they neared a gothic looking area. They came up to a steel gate that was locked shut, Carmine grabbed the padlock and cupped it in his hand, blowing it open with a small supernova blast. The lock clattered to the ground as the gate swung open to reveal rows of headstones, Carmine walked into the cemetery and passed headstone after headstone until he came to one with withered roses all around it, Carmine fell to his knees and pulled off his gas mask, placing it in the soft grass by the headstone.

Carmine started to speak to nobody in particular "Hey Sapphire, I hope you're well up there with my brothers keeping you company, I've been really busy lately. I guess you probably saw that I found someone new, well I found two people new and please hit Crimson for that gesture I know he just made. One of them is with me today and she has been a blessing for me during such a rough time, I know you and her would get along nicely. I've got a big battle coming up so please watch over us, I'd really appreciate it. I love you, Sapphire." Carmine said as he kissed her headstone, he felt a warm embrace surround him and hold him tightly, he started to cry as he felt another embrace from Blake "I love you, Carmine." Blake said as she held him tightly, he placed his hand on her arm that was draped over his shoulder.

Celadon helped him stand up as Ilia held Blake in her arms, Carmine dusted his pants off and stood up straight "Alright, just a few more stops and we'll be ready to head back to the shop." Carmine said as he led them to another part of the cemetery, he pushed open the gate to reveal the headstones of fallen war heroes and those who sacrificed themselves, he walked up to five black pillars and presented them "Celadon, Laurel, Regalia, Sun, and Verde: This is Crimson, Grullo, Keppel, Nightshade, and Onyx. These are the founding members of Wolf Pack and my brothers." Carmine said, the new members knelt down before the headstones and seemed to say in unison "It is an honor to be a Wolf!" They said with a hand across their chest, Carmine stared in awe "Huh, wasn't expecting that. Anyways, brothers please watch over us as we go to war with the white fang." Carmine said as he slammed his fist into his chest.

After the makeshift ceremony was completed, they made their way back to the shop but found the door wide open "No… No no no no!" Carmine yelled as he sprinted toward the shop with his rifle drawn, two White Fang militants were sprawled out on the ground in front of the counter. "Verde, watch the alley, Sun and Ilia, the door. Everyone else, with me." Carmine said as he entered the back of the shop where another White Fang laid dead with his head missing, Carmine came up to a supply closet that was shut. He tried the door but it was locked, he knocked on it "Larama, it's Carmine. They're all dead, you're safe now." Carmine said, the door unlocked and slowly opened, Larama walked out with a briefcase in his which he handed to Carmine "They knocked on my door ten minutes after you left so I figure they were trailing you, Carey. I shot one of them and killed him, his gun went off and killed the other, the leader chased me but I blew his head off." Larama said, shaking his head as Carmine opened the case "All six tags are there just like you asked." Larama said with a smile, Carmine closed the case and held a single tag in his hand.

He turned to Blake "Blake, I wanted to get you something like this for a while now." He said as he handed her the tag that said 'Blake x Carmine x Weiss 3' She put it around her neck and let it fall onto her chest "I love it, thank you Carmine. I'm the luckiest girl in the world." She said as she hugged her boyfriend, pulling off his gas mask and kissing him. Carmine shook Larama's hand while Blake held onto him "Thank you for everything, Larama. Until next time, oh and when I stop in again, I'll install some forced entry explosive charges." Carmine said as they started to exit the back room, Larama waved to them as they left his shop.

They walked out of the alley and towards the airdocks where the airship came down and landed, a few white fang bodies laid scattered around the area, fresh blood leaked from their still warm bodies. The walkway extended and allowed them to board the airship, Carmine and company entered the main bridge where he took control of the airship and flew it up into the clouds "Alright, next stop: Haven but first this." Carmine said as he put the ship in autopilot and walked over to the counter, he placed the briefcase onto the counter and opened it up "Your dog tags and knives" He said as he handed them out, every member of Wolf Pack took their tags and placed them around their necks, they put their knives wherever was most comfortable.

Carmine walked back over to the control panel and regained control of the airship, pushing the steering wheel down and caused the airship to descend from the white clouds. As they flew, the sight of Haven came into view and so did the number of armored defenses, Tanks and APCs roamed the area as did helicopters, drones, and an AC-130 "How long can those stay in the air?" Laurel asked as they flew under the AC-130 "Well, they run on dust and a single crystal can last upward of twelve hours so a pretty fucking long time." He said as they landed next to a large building, they exited the ship and it took off into the sky where it circled like the AC-130.

As Carmine looked up, Laurel was alerted by the sound of fighting coming from the building "Sir, we got a situation." Laurel said as he pulled out his shotgun, everyone followed suit as Carmine walked over to the door and tried to open it but it wouldn't budge "Fuck! It's jammed." Carmine said as he took his pack off and unzipped it, he dug through it until he came upon a long thin box, he looked up "Laurel, what is that door made of?" He asked, Laurel felt it with his hand "Metal." Laurel said as Carmine stood up and walked over to the door, placing two black panels on the door and crossing the wires with each other.

"What is that?" Laurel asked as Carmine walked past him "X-32 Thermite Charges, When you mix fuel, metal oxide and metal powder in just the right way, it burns at 2000 degrees Celsius. Hot enough to cut through nearly any barrier known to man. Throw some C4 into the mix, and you've got one hell of a combination." Carmine explained as he turned around, he raised the detonator "A really big fucking hole coming right up." Carmine said as he pressed the detonator, the charges lit up and cut through the metal, they exploded and blew the door in. Carmine and Company ran in and saw all his friends fighting all his enemies "Talk about a fucking reunion." Carmine said as he saw Cinder holding a spear in her hand, Jaune was on his knees in front of her.

Carmine grabbed his rifle and raised it, as he started to fire at Cinder she threw the spear and watched as it hit Weiss, the spear pierced the right side of her abdomen and suddenly Carmine was filled with every ounce of rage in his body. "WEISS!" Carmine yelled out as he watched her fall to her knees, he moved his attention to Cinder while signaling Regalia and Laurel to retrieve Weiss. He ran at Cinder while dodging her attacks and grabbed her by the throat "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" Carmine yelled in a loud, almost demonic voice that shook the room, forcing Cinder to her knees. He picked her up and threw her across the room, he came face to face with Mercury who had a scar running along the left side of his face "Well well, if this isn't a big fucking family reunion, you want a rematch?" Carmine asked as he cocked his rifle, ejecting a spent round from the gun.

(A/N: I had to stop myself from writing more, I hope you enjoyed it and have a great new year. I'm starting back to classes soon so new chapters won't be as frequent, thank you to everyone who likes this. Remember to Favorite, Follow, and Review and as always, this is Nightmare 6-4 signing off.)