"Outta the ass, oh whatever at least I got the warehouses and the office building I needed", I mumbled to myself going through the buildings I just purchased, it was empty save for a few shelves from the last owner of the warehouse, "well, I now have my storage facilities and war room, all I need now is an army, that's gonna be a bitch to raise...wonder if I could call up a company of troops for me to command via radio, at least then I would be able to have them train the new regulars," I said aloud in the building.
"What the hell is a human here?!" I hear a voice shout.
"What the fuck's going on?!" I hear another voice shout, this guy seems to be the commander.
Turning around I draw my Thompson and get ready for a firefight, "alright who are you and give one reason to not call the cops on you," I said aiming it at the leader...a certain bull Faunus named...Adam Taurus, fuck.
"Give me a reason to not kill you human," Adam said to me, his hands on his sword.
"You would be seen as a child murderer, and what little sympathy you have from your leader and the public would dry up and atlas would have the clear off to wipe you off the face of the planet without consequence," I said lowering my Thompson, god I forgot the white fang existed.
"Hmpf, fine you win this time human," Adam said before turning away and gesturing for his men to follow him.
"Perhaps I could offer you a better deal than working as a terrorist group," I said offhandedly.
"And what would that be," someone responded.
Turning to face me Adam asked as well, "I need a semi-trained force, I can offer you better training, proper guns, and uniforms, and a proper cause to fight for, and best of all the councils will have to listen to me once I have gained what I aimed for," I said smirking.
"And what would be your aim," Adam asked cautiously.
"The expansion of the kingdoms and the reclamation of mountain Glenn, to ultimately push back the Grimm and either eradicate or control the beasts," I said staring into his eyes.
"You're insane,"
"Possibly, but if I succeed wouldn't that paint you and your men as heroes, human and Faunus working together, fighting together and ultimately winning together wouldn't that force negotiation onto the table?" I said to him.
"And you think that's a good enough of a deal?" He asked staring at me, at least I think he was, that mask does a good job hiding his eyes.
"Well it's either that or you could be freedom fighters, who will eventually get wiped off the face of the planet, if not by ironwood, by the march of time, you don't think that you're invincible right," I said sarcastically.
"Because if you do, forgive the pun, but, you would really be bull headed if you do," I said even more sarcastically.
Staring at me intensely before speaking, "even if I wanted to I can't, I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place," he said looking away.
"Fall, Cinder Fall, correct?" I said with an eyebrow raised.
"Who?" He asked.
"Raven hair, ember eyes, threatens people with her fire powers, has two idiot lackeys with her all the time?" I said pinching my nose.
"Yea that's my rock and a hard place," he said nodding.
"I can deal with her, just give me a half a year, but I'll need your men sooner," I said to him.
"And how can I trust you?" He asked.
"If you go along with my plan I...I know where Blake is, and if you learn to play nice with humans, you may still have a chance with her," I said cautiously, sorry Blake but I needed manpower and he can provide me with it.
"I'll see to it that you get your first company by the end of the month," he said putting his hand out.
"Congratulations Lieutenant Taurus, welcome to the 101st airborne and the multiverse Army," I said shaking his hand.
"What the hell is a multiverse?" He asked, pulling away from the hand shake.
"All in due time lieutenant, all in due time," I said smirking.
I'll be doing a time skip of one month next chapter. Anyways I wanted to recruit the gang because I figured that Taurus isn't meant to be a "I hate you because my ex likes you," kind of guy. So I'm gonna try to make his character more fleshed out and truer to what his original intention was, which was to better the position of Faunuskind.
EDIT: not one month, more like 2 weeks
Anyways hope everyone is doing well.