A.N. I heard a few people questioning why short chapters. For one, I don't have the luxury to invest too much time into this. I have one other fic that averages 3000~4000 words, and that's already pushing it for me to switch to bi-weekly updates. This is supposed to be light-hearted and just a casual read. I update every day as a sort of practice, and I'm mostly experimenting with making a story stand out while limiting myself to short passages.

It's a hit and miss. So I apologize if the short chapter format is annoying to click through, but that's just how it is. Anyways, sorry if those of you who didn't care had to read through this whole Author's Note. Here's to another chapter.

Chapter 50 - Back to Atlas

They were on a large airship headed back to Mantle. And by they, Rory meant him and the representatives of the White Fang including Ghira and his family.

Some notable names included Sienna Khan, Tukson, the Albain brothers, and Kali Belladonna. The last one wasn't really a representative and was more of a babysitter. Currently, she was playing with Velvet and Blake.

...oh yeah, and apparently Velvet didn't want to go home yet and Blake wanted to follow Velvet. So somehow Rory ended up taking them along.

"Not that I'm complaining, but why didn't Tyrian follow us?" Ghira asked.

"His job was only to help me get in touch with the White Fang. He has... other duties to attend to."

And whatever those duties entailed to, Rory didn't want to know. But honestly, Tyrian had actually left ahead to go to Atlas on Rory's orders. Since Rory failed to extract Watts due to him being side-tracked with the Schnees, Rory had Tyrian go on his own to get Watts out of Atlas without him.

Cinder and Metis were staying behind though. Rory wondered if Kali was willing to take on watching two more girls.

"You know, I still can't believe this is happening. Atlas has never seen us as any proper organization. This event will help legitimize us and put our word out there."

"Don't get ahead of yourself. You still have the hard part left."

"I know, I know. But... I never asked. Why are you helping us? What do you get out of this?"

"Me? I benefit a lot from what we're doing. I have a favor of a potential CEO of the Schnee Dust Company. I can help Faunus rights improve by giving you an opportunity to help. I can feel happy knowing that somehow I did some good in the world, even if all I did was gather the right people to do the job for me."

"Heh... for what it's worth, I think you're giving yourself too little credit."

"You said so already."

"And I'll repeat it until it gets through that thick head of yours."

"Heh, thanks Ghira."