A.N. Sorry for late release. Reminder, no chapter tomorrow. Also, school is starting again for me soon, so I may or may not change the update time for this story. Undecided as of yet.
Chapter 41 - Recruiting Allies
"Okay, so I talked with Salem last night."
"Yeah, and?"
"I have an idea at how we can attack the SDC. I know that we were supposed to get you out of the city, but this is more important than that. For the next few days, take care of the kids while I leave the Kingdom. Continue to talk with Willow about any future plans."
"Alright. And where will you be?"
"I have someone I want to recruit in helping us bring down the SDC."
"Who's that?"
"The White Fang."
Currently, it was around nine years before the show's plot was supposed to start. Right now, the White Fang isn't a violent terrorist group, but merely a growing organization of Faunus protesters. And if Rory's plan was gonna go as he hoped it would, then they never will be terrorists.
Watts scoffed. "The White Fang? Seriously, that gathering of riff-raff?"
"Hm? I didn't know you were racist."
"First of all, that's not the correct term. It's supposed to be speciesist. Second, I'm not. It's just that the White Fang isn't exactly a political movement. They're just a group of miners and laborers. I hardly think any of them even has a proper education or upbringing."
"...so it's not about race, but class? You know technically I never went to school and I'm as homeless as a Grimm."
"You work for royalty. It's hardly the same thing."
"Whatever. I'm gonna recruit some Faunus leaders to talk about the SDC's worker's treatment rights or some sappy thing like that. You'll keep an eye on the kids and Atlas while I'm gone."
"Okay, fine. I just have one problem."
"What's that?"
"How's Cinder gonna react to you telling her you're not taking her with you?"
Rory looked at Watts for a moment with a dumbfounded face, before slowly opening his mouth and saying, "...ah, shit."