An: I will be experimenting with this new type of line break.
Also I saw the video of a ufc fight where the commentator mentions that both fighters were in custody battles for their children in the middle of the fight. I thought it was funny af and decided to share guys.
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"Value the mission above all else." A wiry man in a charcoal gray suit repeated the words until it was clear that the boy could not easily forget them.
Kaiser sat down across from Albert Ross in his office settled in the IPS offices of Atlas. The boy himself was dressed in white fleece sweater, he was to infiltrate the airship docks under the cover of a minor seeking full time work. Kaiser was really there to keep track of illegal shipments, the records of each shipment were to be sent to Albert Ross directly.
This excursion was to be Kaiser's trial run to see if he was ready. Mr. Ross specifically chose him as the senior agents would be singled out for suspicion, who would expect a child to be sent in for espionage?
"If you are caught, don't expect my men to come retrieve you." The spymaster quickly jotted down an address on a piece of paper. "You either get out by your own volition, or you die a meaningless death. Am I clear?"
Kaiser blankly stared at the man, failure wasn't an option. Kaiser quickly looked over the piece of the paper, he committed the string of numbers and streets to memory. "Take this down to the parking lots, someone will be there to take you there. You are dismissed."
Kaiser walked out of the office, he heard mr. Ross mutterings before he left.
"The needs of many outweigh the needs of one." The spymaster said as the door to his office shut.
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"Again!" Kaiser barked.
Jaune kicked the heavy bag with all his might, it swayed out of place 2-maybe 3 inches. It was 5:40 am in Beacon's gym, he hadn't had to wake up this early since living at home with his parents. Kaiser and Pyrrha had been waiting for him outside the dorms to start training together, Jaune in particular was learning some practical moves to fight in an unarmed situation. Right now, he was trying to master the roundhouse kick. Jaune's legs felt like they were on fire, he wondered how they made it look so easy in video games.
"You're still doing it wrong." Kaiser told him, the white-haired boy took a drink of his water bottle. He helped Jaune learn the roundhouse whilst Pyrrha went through her routine in the free-weight section.
"How do I do it then?" Jaune let out deep breaths, he'd been at it with the heavy bag for 15 minutes and his leg felt numb. Jaune didn't understand what he was doing wrong. He hit the bag with his leg, what more was there to it?!
"That's for you to figure out." Kaiser walked up to the bag, his right leg settled behind his left. His leg struck in a circular motion with his hips rotating along with the leg he kicked with. The heavy bag swung exponentially further than when Jaune kicked it. "Before you kick fast or hard, you need to learn how to kick right." Kaiser steadied the bag before gesturing for Jaune to kick it.
Jaune stepped up once more, his feet were part but next to each other. He kicked at the bag again, it once again only moved a minimal amount.
Kaiser stopped him right there, "Pay attention to how I do it." Kaiser settled his right foot behind his left again, the circular motion of the kick caused the bag to swing wildly once more.
That's when it donned on Jaune, he was supposed to have one foot behind the other. Jaune went up to the bag and struck it in the same manner that Kaiser did, the bag swung a fair bit further than when he first tried it.
"Nice, maybe now the bag will understand that you're not giving it love taps." Kaiser could see the reflection of Pyrrha in the gyms mirror that lined the wall. "Now tell me, why does it work when you put your leading foot backward?"
Jaune tried once more to kick at with his legs spread apart, he failed to do so. "You get more space to kick, and with more space you get more momentum. Right?"
Kaiser nodded approvingly at the boy, he got it pretty much on the nose. For all his dopey actions and clueless looks, Jaune really was quick to pick up on things. Kaiser had to be told directly how certain things like that worked, but the blond boy was able to discern it from sight alone. In time, Kaiser was sure Jaune could be molded into a combat genius.
Kaiser took another gander at the mirror, Pyrrha was openly staring at Jaune.
"Keep doing it until you can't stand anymore." Kaiser pat jaune on the shoulder as the blond boy started drilling the kick into his muscle memory. Kaiser strode over to the free weight section of the gym, Pyrrha was doing EZ bicep curls with a 200lb weight.
"You know, you're not going to get anywhere by just staring at him." After a couple days of closer observation, Kaiser could definitely confirm that Pyrrha had garnered an attraction to Jaune. The way she went about it was nothing more than waiting around due to nerves.
"What do you mean?" Pyrrha asked, she switched to the 210lb weight.
"You clearly like him…" Kaiser re-racked the weight that Pyrrha left by the wayside. "Why don't you ask him to hang out?"
"I don't know, I guess It's just hard for me." Kaiser held up a towel for her, to which she gratefully accepted. "It's nerve racking for me because I don't want to cause problems with our team if he rejects me."
"Let me tell you something Pyrrha." Kaiser took a sip of his water bottle. "Jaune is going to be spending a lot of time building up muscle, you should get with him while girls are still ignoring him."
"But there doesn't seem to be a right moment for me to talk to him." Pyrrha fidgeted.
"Then make the right moment." Kaiser looked back at Jaune who was repeatedly kicking the bag. "Also, be more confident, you got a lot going for you."
Kaiser left Pyrrha with something to think about as he left to help Jaune.
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Kaiser stalked his way through the crowded halls of Beacon on his way to breakfast. He was sort of ready to start the day despite being a bit saddened about his removal from the Vytal tournament. He had overheard Weiss say that they were going to spy on the new transfers arriving at Beacon a couple days ago.
I could've done that.
Indeed, Kaiser was proficient in assessing his opponents and testing multiple weaknesses before and during battle. With enough preparation, Kaiser could come up with counter strategies that paved the way to victory. Hell, he had been studying Pyrrha's old matches to get a better understanding of her semblance. Kaiser surmised that Pyrrha's semblance was telekinesis after watching a particular clip of an opponent's weapon just barely missing a strike. It was a dangerous ability to be up against for sure, but it was the way she applied it in battle that was truly ingenious.
Pyrrha never made it blatantly obvious that she was using her semblance, she would use it to make minor adjustments preventing the possibility of her being hit. This made all her victories seem effortless, making her opponents concede in defeat long before the first strike was landed. Kaiser almost couldn't believe that the meek girl he hung out with on occasion deployed such a brutal form of psychological warfare.
Kaiser rounded the corner, the cafeteria entrance was just up ahead. All that stood between him and his nutrition was a sea of students separated by their individual friend groups. Some people caught sight of the boy and immediately broke out into hushed tones.
Whispers were shared all around the boy, different groups were sharing their thoughts. Kaiser had unconsciously tuned in to a slightly louder exchange being had by a group of girls, the hushed whispers about him were for an entirely different reason than he expected.
"He's sort of like a bird with a broken wing, don't you think? Maybe all he needs is a little tender loving care…"
Unfortunately, Kaiser secret being blown had a weird side-effect. Someone had let slip that the IPS was a private military company after searching it up on the dustnet, so most of the student body had been correctly assuming that Kaiser was forced into doing all he did. Most people now viewed him as a broken person, add that to his exceptionally good looks and oftentimes aloof demeanor and girls were shyly admitting crushes on him.
It was funny… sort of, most of Kaiser's charm derived from a dangerous air that surrounded
him. That's what everybody had seen so far from him, and they could be forgiven. That view of him would be shattered if they ever saw him openly joke with friends but nobody outside of teams RWBY and JNPR approached him.
Speaking of the two teams he had made his way to them and sat down across from Jaune and Pyrrha. Yang seemed a little out of it so Kaiser decided not to bother her for now, Ruby in contrast looked anxious sitting next to an indignant Weiss.
"So, Jaune, we should probably choose a fighting style as your foundation." Kaiser popped open his water bottle and took small sip
Arc chewed thoughtfully and raised a finger at the other boy. "Then why did you have me practice one kick if I still needed a style?"
"A lot of them use roundhouse kicks as part of their fighting, so it's better to learn that one right away." Jaune nodded at Kaiser's explanation.
"What style do you use?"
"I studied multiple styles but I use Karate as my foundation and incorporate other styles as I fight."
Jaune only nodded at that as he took another bite of his food. "What do you think I should learn then?"
"I'd say Muay Thai, it's the easiest to learn and incredibly good in a fight too." Kaiser absentmindedly picked at his food before perking up. "It's gonna be easier to pick up since two of us already know it."
Jaune wore a questioning look for a moment before deciding to ask the million lien question. "Who?"
Kaiser gestured to Pyrrha, the girl in question had a blank look on her face. "Oh you know, only the champion of Mistral does." Kaiser teased the now blushing redhead, he was setting up a dangerous game. If Pyrrha wasn't going to make a move out of fear, she'd just have to deal with spending more time with Jaune than she expected. Now the ball was in her court, and she didn't have many options to respond with.
"I only use it when I'm out of reach of my weapons." Pyrrha admitted.
"Then it doesn't happen often, huh? That's fine, in that case, we can all train together." Having done his good deed of the day, Kaiser focused on his food. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted only three members of team RWBY acting weird.
"Blake's in the library I take it?" Kaiser mentioned the bow clad member, she sometimes liked to retrieve a book from the library to read. It wasn't really unusual if she sat down with the group after a few minutes.
"Uhh, yeah she's just running a little late. She just gets so distracted at the library." Yang had tried to laugh it off, but Kaiser could tell there was more to that than what Yang was telling him. Both of them heard a slight huff coming from Weiss before turning to the both of them.
"Actually, I don't think she'll be sitting with us anytime soon!" Weiss stabbed at her steak and muttered, "or ever."
Ruby seemed to snap out her daze at this, she looked shocked at her partner. "Weiss! You can't say that!"
"Why not?!" The Schnee heiress shouted just low enough that nobody outside their table heard.
Yang slammed her fist down on to the table, fury was ever present in her lilac eyes. "What the hell is your problem?!" Her eyes flashed a sudden crimson. "You've been like this since Friday!"
"Blake is my problem, and if you can't see that then you're blind!" Weiss stomped off as the others watched, Yang went after her most likely to berate her some more.
"Guys wait up!" Ruby had abandoned her lunch in pursuit of her arguing teammates.
JNPR watched as the three exited the cafeteria, and he suddenly lost his appetite. Once again, the universe had conspired to eliminate whatever remnant of peace he had. He'd done so much for remnant by sacrificing his life and freedom, and he couldn't even have a full table of friends! Now he was likely off to go and somehow help in getting things back in order.
"What the heck was that about?" Nora asked before quickly being reprimanded by Ren for her insensitivity.
"I don't know." Kaiser quickly dumped his tray's contents in the bin next to the table. "Let me go check." The boy walked out of the cafeteria at a brisk pace. Upon walking out of the cafeteria, Kaiser caught a glimpse of Ruby a few feet behind her teammates.
Kaiser decided that Ruby would be the one to ask, she seemed the most available for him converse with. Weiss was busy being irritated while Yang was busy shouting at her, meanwhile they neglected Ruby making everything easier for Kaiser. Breakfast had just ended so that meant Port's class was next, Kaiser could make a couple shortcuts to get there before Ruby did.
Kaiser was on a mad dash throughout the campus, many stepped aside out of fear of being trampled. Kaiser shaved off a couple seconds by jumping from one edge of the center fountain to another, he smirked as he noticed that he was completely dry.
There was an obstacle down the road, one sporting a green Mohawk named Russel thrush. CRDL's jokester had seen the boy coming from out of the corner of his eye and decided to mess with Kaiser. Russell started standing in Kaiser direction, he quickly slid to the left as Kaiser dashed to the left to avoid collision. Russell's face was full of hilarity as he blocked Kaiser's path. In response, Kaiser roughly shoved him aside to get to his destination.
"Sorry!" Kaiser shouted back behind him, Russel wasn't messing with him out of malice which made the spy feel bad. Unbeknownst to Kaiser, Russel was going to shout something back at him before being held back by Cardin.
Kaiser finally made it to the lecture hall building for, the boy pulled the door handle but was unsuccessful in opening it. A glance at his scroll told him that classes didn't start for four more minutes. This might be a problem, this plan was only going to work if the boy was ahead of Ruby and her teammates. Kaiser quickly ran to the side of the building to where multiple windows resided. Past the windows was the workshop for students who wanted to make or modify weapons, Kaiser planned to actually use the workshop soon.
Looking at the wall, Kaiser could tell it was a sliding window that was locked using a clasp on the inside of the roof. There was a sharp and heavy rock resting just a few feet away from the boy, while tempting, Kaiser did not want to risk another trip to the headmaster's office. Instead, Kaiser pressed his palms on the left pane of the window and quickly forced it upwards. The window pain shifted up by a centimeter, the clasp on the window shook loose. Kaiser jolted the window vertically for half a minute, the clasp had finally loosened completely. With that out of the way Kaiser effortlessly slid the window open, he was able to climb inside without a problem.
Kaiser crossed the workshop and made his way to the classroom door's window, from his perspective this room was closer to the entrance than Port's classroom was.
Oh, yeah. It's all coming together.
Despite knowing that the bell would ring at exactly 9:00 am, Kaiser still flinched at the deafening noise. The entrance doors swung open as gaggles of students filed into the hallways, it was hard to differentiate each person due to their similar hairstyles. Kaiser focused on listening in on the conversations had in the hallway. He heard the clear voice of one Yang Xiao Long.
"We're going into Vale today and that's final."
Ruby and her teammates among the last to stroll through the hallways, Ruby was trailing behind her arguing teammates. Kaiser had to time this right, he had to avoid any sort of suspicion from Yang and Weiss, he waited until the moment that they were past the door while Ruby was still behind it. In that moment, Kaiser swung the door open and latched onto Ruby's wrist. Before she even made a sound, Ruby was quickly yanked inside.
"Whaa." Ruby managed to squeak out, she was interrupted when Kaiser gently pressed his arm over her mouth while bringing a finger to his own.
Kaiser waited for a couple seconds, he didn't want to let Ruby go until he was sure that Yang and Weiss were in Port's class.
"Is everything alright with you guys?" Kaiser backed away from Ruby, he leaned on a workshop desk.
"Us!? You're the one kidnapping people on the way to class!" Ruby's voice was high, but Kaiser didn't pay too much attention as she averted the question.
"I mean at lunch, Blake wasn't there and Weiss was making a big deal out of it." Kaiser rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Is everything alright?"
Ruby laughed albeit a bit nervously, "Yeah, well you see… Blake used up all of Weiss' shampoo so she's really mad about it." Ruby continued fiddling with her cape, likely a tell indicating she was lying.
"Look Ruby, I've seen a lot of people disappear for days at a time." Kaiser aimed his gaze at the floor. "They come back different, sometimes they don't come back at all."
Ruby gulped, "Oh, you don't have to worry Kaiser. Everything's good." She pointed two finger-guns at the boy for emphasis.
She was still clearly lying, Kaiser had been faced with this type of situation before. The boy had to pry answers out of unwilling lips during operations before, he needed to pull out all the stops. "Hey Ruby?"
"Yeah." Ruby perked up at her name.
"Can I tell you a secret?"
Ruby seemed a little hesitant at this but ultimately gave in. "Uhhh… sure."
A lot of people in Kaiser's line of work just didn't get it, you didn't need some elaborate torture method or brutal beatings. If you'd studied the person prior to interrogation, you could get away with the information with the subject unaware that they were ever interrogated in the first place. What he knew about Ruby was that she was a very empathetic person, she hated to see her friends upset. Many overlooked the human element in favor of fast results, but Kaiser wasn't about to raise his fist at little Ruby.
"You see…" Kaiser made sure tears were pricking the corners of his eyes, crying on command was quite the trick he picked up. "I've never told anyone this before but…" Kaiser clasped his hands in front of Ruby. "...I have a huge crush on Blake!"
Ruby, as expected, jumped back in shock. Nobody had really seen Kaiser spend one on one time with certain people. Kaiser really consistently hung out with Pyrrha, Jaune, and Yang. Two of those people were mainly for training reasons, while Yang hung out with him because she liked trying to annoy him. The boy did in fact see Blake often in Beacon's prestigious library, she always had her nose buried in a book. She always looked a bit detached from the world, the bow-wearing girl looked to be trying her best to live a peaceful life. The way she kept to herself suggested that she felt as if she was always hiding something, Kaiser didn't ask her about as that would have been rude.
"She's just so cool and smart." Kaiser noticed little things about RWBY's quietest member in his time at the library. She liked to have tea with her books, she'd have to sneak in a thermos though as food and drink weren't allowed in the library. She was really pleasant to be around, it was good to put grains of truth in his lie to make it more believable.
To drive his point and get his answer, Kaiser let a few teardrops fall. "It would break my heart in a million pieces if anything happened to her!" Two-maybe three tears were added to the collection on the floor before Ruby cracked.
"Okay! Okay! Just don't cry please!"
Kaiser wiped the tears away, he felt a little guilty for this. Ultimately, this was for a good cause.
"A couple days ago Weiss was making some bad comments about the faunus. Blake got super defensive about it, then Weiss was saying bad things about the White Fang." Ruby started fiddling with the hem of her cape on her uniform. "Then Blake said, and I quote 'What if we're just tired of being pushed around.'"
It was how it was worded that caught Kaiser attention. If what happened was true, then it could be implied that Blake used to be in the White Fang. That little factoid seemed to tear Ruby's team apart, and she was helpless to stop it.
"I think she wants to prove Weiss wrong, I don't blame her for running." Ruby let her head hang.
Kaiser only nodded, now knowing the severity of the situation, the boy just pat Ruby on the head. "We should get to class."
With that, Kaiser left the room.
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Pyrrha dashed toward Yang with her xiphos. Yang shot off a volley of rounds from Ember Celica. Pyrrha charged onwards, she dodged as she went. Pyrrha deflected one of Yang's projectiles, sending it back to the brawler.
Yang was stunned for a moment, she ducked out of her disorientation just as Pyrrha swung her sword at Yang. She parried with a shot from Ember Celica and leaned to the side to narrowly avoid being sliced by Miló.
Kaiser looked on at the final match before school let out for the day, he was left with a lot to think about. Blake might've been an ex-terrorist, Kaiser wasn't judging, he was just worried for his friends. Ruby mentioned Blake wanting to prove Weiss wrong, so that meant proving the White Fang innocent in the recent robberies that were blamed on them. Blake must have been planning a stake-out for that very reason, she just needed to know where to look.
Kaiser needed to know where the White Fang would be next. As long as he knew that, he'd find Blake. Luckily, Kaiser knew exactly where to find information on where the White Fang would hit next. Unfortunately, he wasn't too keen on going to this specific place. Kaiser decided he would go through with this new plan, if only for his friends.
First, Kaiser needed to gather some supplies from his dorm.
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Kaiser sat in a crowded cafe enjoying a nice berry infused tea, the smell of coffee beans wafted through the establishment. Kaiser would have gotten coffee if he knew what tasted good, but he wasn't allowed coffee growing up so he really didn't know what to order. The IPS had made sure to only allow him anything that wouldn't stunt his growth, he was supposed to have the perfect body after all.
Speaking of the IPS, Kaiser eyed the rather large office building across the street. A couple of feet in front of the building was a sizable stone engraved with the words "International Private Security", that was their cover at least. The IPS recruited those who failed army selections and offered them more training as private security guards to be hired by anyone with a job for them. Under that cover, the heads of the IPS worked to rid Remnant of criminal organizations that threatened the peace between kingdoms. Spies were sent to dismantle the plans of those who aimed to cause mass destruction.
Kaiser took one last sip of his tea before leaving lien on the table for the tip. The boy watched as multiple nondescript black vehicles came out of the car park on the buildings side, it was unlikely for him to enter through there without security checking the vehicle.
Kaiser walked up the steps into the building, he was met with a receptionist at the very front of the building.
"Hello, do you have an appointment today?"
Kaiser wavered for a second, "No."
The man behind the desk only nodded, "please sit in the waiting area until somebody can attend to you." He gestured to an area littered with purple guest arm-chairs. Kaiser didn't argue as he sat himself down in the waiting area out of view of two cameras he saw.
The plan was to find files on future dust shipments, as it was likely that that was what Blake was looking for. Kaiser knows for a fact that every IPS building keeps track of what comes in and out of the docks to make sure that they can easily identify if something dangerous makes its way into Vale. It would be a daunting procedure, one that started with the two items he had acquired some time ago.
Kaiser dug into his Beacon uniform pockets, he didn't want to risk people recognizing him if he brought his long coat. The boy pulled out the small bottle of lavender scented hand sanitizer he bought the night Yang went looking for him. Giving a quick once over to the waiting area and confirming he was alone, the boy unscrewed the bottle and let liquid pour out onto the seat next to him.
Kaiser stopped once he felt the bottle empty, the chair's fabric cushion was soaked through with sanitizer. The boy also produced the zippo lighter he bought, it was essential. He quickly flicked it open and balanced it on the arm of the chair he soaked, it was teetering too close to the edge. Kaiser took a moment to appreciate the pretty flame before getting up.
Kaiser quickly got up and walked to the receptionist, he greeted the man with a curt smile.
"Yes?"
"Yeah sorry but do you know where I can find the restroom?"
"Oh, yes. Just go further down to the right." The receptionist instructed.
Kaiser did as he was told, eventually making his way to the men's restroom. He washed his face to stave off the nerves he was getting, the boy was in deep of what he now considered enemy territory.
Stepping out of the restroom, Kaiser came out to people screaming and panicking. Kaiser looked to where the sounds came from, office workers desperately trying to douse the fire In the waiting area. Kaiser didn't worry, the sprinklers would be set off soon. With all of the panic, nobody noticed the boy slip into the stairwell.
Up to the fourth floor he went, there lay the answers to all his current questions. Once he reached the fourth floor, he approached the door to enter. Kaiser opened up the door just a sliver to scout his surroundings, there wasn't much but an empty hallway. An office worker holding a file folder had turned the corner and was quickly approaching the elevator, first he had to get past the stairwell entrance.
In that instance, Kaiser burst through the door to face the office worker. The boy struck the man's throat before a sound could be made. The sudden move caused the man to stumble backwards, Kaiser put the man into a standing chokehold. He was careful to not hurt the man too badly as he looked to be in his mid-forties, just enough to restrain him. The man panicked and struggled as he tried to keep the folder away from the boy.
"What's your name?" Kaiser asked at a volume just above a whisper.
"Dar-Darryl!" The older man stuttered, he was shaking in Kaiser's hold.
"Ok Daryll, you and I are not getting out of here unless you do me a little favor. Alright?" Kaiser calmly said.
"Ye-yeah!" Darryl suddenly yelped, the arm around his neck had been removed entirely. Kaiser propped Darryl up straight, it'd be suspicious if one of the IPS' employees was dragged around in a chokehold.
"I need you to take me to the data-bank." Kaiser shuffled behind Darryl as the man fearfully led the way to his desired location.
The data-bank was where the IPS stored files of any notable event that was expected or already had happened. There was the likely chance that the dust shipments were somewhere in the endless filing cabinets of the data-bank. More importantly, they probably had records for incoming dust shipments and where they were set to be delivered. Both Darryl and Kaiser had made it to a large gray door currently locked and hooked up to a thumbprint scanner.
"I'm gonna need you to open this up Darryl. Can you do that for me?" Kaiser kept his words soft and non threatening to promote cooperation to the middle aged man.
"I'm sorr-sorry, I can't open this door. I don't have high enough access for the data-bank!" Darryl stuttered out, he put his hands up in fear of how Kaiser would react.
"Now Darryl, I thought we knew each other better than that." Kaiser snatched the Manila folder that Darryl was holding. Kaiser perused through the documents inside. "Illegal weapons trade down in Mistral? Trust me, the most dangerous weapon that's ever come out of Mistral is Pyrrha Nikos... other than that she's really nice."
"The cereal masc-" Darryl jumped as Kaiser snapped his fingers in his face.
"Point is, this file came from the data-bank, someone high up must have either sent you to get it or sent you to put it away." Kaiser watched as Darryl frantically tried to avert looking the boy directly in the eye. "Don't play with me, I don't have much time here. So you're going to need to start telling the truth."
"Alright!" Darryl shut his eyes, he was trembling at the thought of what could happen to him. "Mr. Ross sent me to retrieve the file for him."
"Mr. Ross?" Kaiser froze up, the spymaster was in this very building. The very man who had taken it upon himself to rip a child from a normal life into one of lies and deception. Despite the risk plaguing Kaiser's mind, he remained steadfast in his objection. "Open the door." Kaiser was sure to be calm, any rash move ran the risk of being caught.
Darryl walked up to the scanner and placed his left thumb onto the glass pad, the machine took a moment before displaying a green light. Kaiser wasted no time into entering the room, the sight of it only brought terrible memories linked to a terrible past. Filing cabinets line the walls of the rather large room, the room itself easily took up half the floor of the building they were in.
"May I go now?" Darryl hesitantly asked.
"Sorry, but no. I'm going to need a way out and someone to help me sift through these documents." Kaiser dragged the old office worker the furthest cabinet from the door. The boy grabbed a handful of Manila folders "If you don't mind, I need files on pending dust shipments coming to Vale."
After sifting for a while Kaiser came across a different folder, it stuck out like a sore thumb to him. The folder was colored red as opposed to the regular cream colored parchments, Kaiser almost gasped at what he found inside. First it was a file on the current leader of the Vale's White Fang branch: Adam Taurus. The document highlighted Adam's involvement in multiple dust robberies. Adam's skills and achievements were also present on his file, many of which were comparable to that of a seasoned huntsman. The next set of papers was Kaiser's own file, one much more detailed than the White Fang leader. There was a list of operations that Kaiser was involved in along with a reference paper indicating different mission reports for each operation.
Was Albert Ross keeping tabs on him? Most likely, he really couldn't let go of anything that he deemed "belonging to him." Ross must have been waiting for some sort of permanent slip-up to drag Kaiser back into espionage.
"Is this what you were looking for?" Darryl offered a stack of Manila folders. Kaiser rummaged through the first… and the second. It was all there from dates, dust, and company. Kaiser flipped back to the first folder, it was cargo from the Schnee Dust Company.
"October 5th… thats midnight tonight!" Kaiser grabbed Darryl by the collar and gently positioned him to lead Kaiser out. "Thank you for your time sir, I can officially say that your role as captive is complete when you get me out of this building.
Darryl led him towards the entrance of the data-bank, there, they heard the unmistakable sound of guns cocking. Two security guards had their Colt 1911's trained on the white-haired boy, in between them was the last person he'd ever want to see.
"Well, look at this." Albert Ross gestured for the guards to lower their firearms, his posture exuded annoyance. "The prodigal son returns."
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An: I quoted Kronk from emperor's new groove in this chapter.
Take care guys.