In the frozen tundra of Atlas, there is a base camp at the peak of one of the snowy mountain sides. Inside one of the tents, a woman with white hair and slate blue eyes wearing an Atlas Military uniform, Winter Schnee. She presses a button on her walkie-talkie and says, "This is base command, all units report in. Over."
She waits for a response and quickly hears a young girl say, "This is Beta unit, reporting in. No signs of Grimm activity on the northern side of the mountain side. Over."
Another voice, this time a sheepish boy, comes through, saying, "T-this is Gamma unit, ma'am. No activity here on the eastern side either. O-over."
She patiently waits for the third response, but when it doesn't come, she picks up her radio and says, "Alpha unit, report in. Over." The air is filled with the sound of static as she continue to wait for a response, but continues to get nothing. "Damn it, that boy. What kind of trouble has he gotten himself into now?", she mutters to herself in an irritated tone. She picks up her radio again and says, "Beta and Gamma units, head west and investigate Alpha unit's current predicament. Over."
The girlish voice replies over the radio, saying, "Roger that, Base Command! Heading that way now. Over."
"R-right away Base Command! Heading out now. Over.", the sheepish boy voice replies over the radio.
They all hear a boy laughing at them over the radio before saying, "You all sound like a bunch of nerds speaking like that."
Winter grinds her teeth and shouts over the radio, saying, "Alpha unit, where were you!? You're supposed to reply as soon as you're able! What do you have to say for yourself!? Over!"
"Oh, you were trying to contact me? I shut this thing off for a bit.", he smugly replies, causing her to fill with rage.
"Why would you turn your scroll off at a time like this!? We're in the middle of a very serious exercise! Over!", she exclaims, her grip tightening on the walkie-talkie.
He just laughs at her rage before replying with, "Well, to be fair, I did have a good reason to turn your loud mouth off for a while, Winter."
"What could have possibly been so important that you cut off all communications with base command and go rogue like that, Alpha unit!? OVER!", she shout, completely enraged by his disobedient nature.
"Well, if you'd shut up and listen, I'd tell you that I found a few Grimm up here. Your loud mouth drew in their attention and they attacked. Now I think I've found their nest.", he replies, leaving her beyond astonished.
The sheepish boy starts to panic and asks, "You found a Grimm nest!? What is it doing this close to Atlas?"
"Don't know, don't care. I'm dealing with it.", the Alpha unit confidently replies.
"Alpha unit, you are to hold your position and wait for reinforcements. This is too much for you to handle on your own! Are you listening to me Reginald!? You are to remain where you are and wait!", Winter orders as she grabs her sword and prepares to head out to join them. She waits for a response, but there's only static. She just grinds her teeth and mutters, "He's just like that fool.", before rushing out of the tent to find the Grimm nest.
Off near the peak of the mountain, a boy is standing in front of the entrance to a cave by himself, looking at his scroll. He's dressed in a silver dress shirt with a black vest over top of it, black dress pants with matching dress shoes, and metallic gloves with small metal claws that cover his finger tips and curve slightly inwards. On the back of his gloves, there are revolving cylinders that hold dust with symbols which looks like a three legged crows.
He chuckles to himself before saying, "Like I need their help dealing with these guys." He puts his scroll on silent before shoving it into his inner vest pocket and bravely heading into the cave. As he enters the cave, he hears a growl from the inside, sounding similar to that of a tiger. He glances up and sees two large, glowing red eyes looking down at him menacingly as the growl deepens. He just raises and eyebrow at the eyes and says, "If you're going to come at me, do it. Don't just stand there like a pansy."
Suddenly, a large beast leaps down at him, it's large fangs ready to pierce his throat. He elegantly dodges past the beast, thinking, "A Silvertooth? How disappointing." As the beast lands on all four, it turns back to Reginald before suddenly stopping. It growls at the boy as it seems to be struggling to move, it's paws and legs twitching somewhat. He glances over his shoulder at the beast and says, "You beasts are so predictable. You fell right into my trap.", before looking back at his open right hand and closing it. The Silvertooth lets out a wicked roar before being torn to pieces.
As the Silvertooth's remains begin to evaporate out of existence, leaving only its skeletal mask behind, Reginald looks at a shimmer in the air. They appear to be silver threads that swirl and spin around him like a small barrier. As the threads seem to ignite with fire, Reginald grins and says, "That's four down so far. Now for the main course!" Out from the shadows, a large spike is hurled straight at his face. Reginald pulls his hands back while curling his fingers slightly and the threads all come together to form a small barrier of flames, stopping the spike in its tracks.
As a figure, shaped like a Silvertooth leaps out of the shadows, Reginald thinks to himself, "That wasn't an ordinary Silvertooth attack, or one from an Alpha Silvertooth either. Then it has to be-" But before he can even finish his thought, the beast leaps at his throat with its claws, revealing itself to be not just a Silvertooth, but a highly evolved version. Reginald grins at the monster's attempts at murdering him while managing to dodge every blow and saying, "A Silvertooth Ravager. This'll be fun!"
He sends multiple threads covered in flames at the beast, but it manages to avoid the onslaught by running up the sides of the cave, using its retractable claws to dig into the stone as it runs along. Reginald just laughs at the beast before saying, "You're a clever one, aren't ya? Well, let's see how well you handle this one!" He presses a button on the wrists of his gloves and the fire that engulfed the threads dissipates and is replaced with a chilling aura. With a flick of his wrists, the threads come together to form a barrage of icicle spears. All of the icicle spears suddenly go flying toward the Grimm, but it manages to either dodge the spears or just knock them away with its claws as it moves closer to Reginald.
The Ravager lunges at Reginald once more, aiming to finally kill the young warrior, but stops just a hair's length between its claw and his face. Reginald's smile turns into a wicked grin as he says, "It's been fun, but I should wrap this up. Don't want the new guys thinkin' I'm all talk now, do we?" The Ravager is stuck in an ice barrier formed out of the moist air from Reginald's breathing and the icicle spears that hit the walls and ceiling when they 'missed' their intended target.
Outside along the snowy path up the mountain, Winter is leading two children to the peak. "That Reginald, when I get my hands on him! This is the third time this week he's disobeyed a direct order from his superior officer!", she exclaims in frustration.
"It'll be alright, ! I'm sure Reg- I mean, Alpha unit is more than capable of handling this situation personally.", the girl says to her with a slight smile.
The nervous boy nods in response and adds, "Yeah, he doesn't seem to lack any in that department. I just wish he'd stop insulting us..."
Winter suddenly holds her hand up, signaling for them to stop everything. They all stop and hear a loud, blood curdling roar come from the peak of the mountain. "Silverteeth? Here?", the nervous boy asks in a panic.
"We need to hurry, there's no telling how many of them could be skulking around here as we speak.", Winter orders as they continue their way up to the peak.
They all stop when they hear Reginald say, "There were five. An average amount of Grimm for a pack of Silverteeth." When they hear this, they all turn to see Reginald without even a drop of sweat on him and a grin on his face.
"Alpha unit, I ordered you to hold position! You are a member of this team and you should act the part! You need to stop acting like a child and grow up! You don't follow chain of command or any of the rules we enforce back at Atlas Academy, and you can't even follow the simplest of orders! Wait until your father hears about this!", Winter snaps as she finally reaches her breaking point.
Reginald just rolls his eyes at her outburst and says, "If you're referring to 'James' you can tell him I couldn't care less what he thinks of me. As for your 'rules', I know what I'm doing and I don't need your dumb rules to do it. And as for this 'team' you say I'm a part of, I never asked to be a part of this. None of us did." He just walks over to them with a slightly irritated look on his face before saying, "I got the job done, and that's what really matters, right? Now let's just head back to base. There's nothing else to really do here."
Winter simply facepalms while letting out a grown of frustration as the boy walks past them. She glances up to the team and says, "Fine, we're heading back to base camp, but once we get there I'll be having a word with your father about this... incident.", as they start to move out behind the boy.
Reginald glares back at her over his shoulders before telling her in a more serious tone, "Don't call that man my father. He's nothing like my father."