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Quebec Command Building
Everyone was around the table, the lost of most of the north's ammo and fuel was a serious blow to moral.
"Man, we got messed up. We lost all those supplies, troopers, and vehicles for nothing. " Radec finally said.
"Nash said he already sent supplies, so the outposts in the north will be good for a while." Winter said.
"For the next mouth you mean. We can't replace all those supplies and especially the trucks." An officer said.
"I have three hundred thousand lien, we can replace it all." Jaune said.
"We can't replace the troops, recruitment was already at an all time low, and this will kill it. Looks like we really can't reconsider operation moonlight can we." Another said.
"We take Paul, and we will bounce back from this." Radec said.
All eyes went to Jaune. "I'll make the call, give me some privacy."
*Ring*
*Ring*
*Ring-*
"Hello?" Noore asked.
"It's Jaune, we've dissected your offer and we will get you family to safety. Tell us where they're at." Jaune said.
"I'm glad we can help each other, but I couldn't tell you where my family is being held, because Paul is the only one who knows where they are. I need you to promise me that you will obtain the where my family is first once you have Paul." Noore said.
"That much faith in my word?" Jaune asked.
"An Arc never goes back on his word. Or did it change?"
"It's still the same. You have my word as an Arc, the moment we have Paul, we'll integrate him and find out where your family is and I will personally lead a team to rescue them."
Noore let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you. Ok listen tomorrow Paul will be at a man's home for an interrogation, and I mean torture session, he will vulnerable at that time you can capture and flee with him at that time, I'll send the location to your scroll. Send Paul my regards."
"Thank you for you help Norre. I won't forget this."
The Next Day
Paul was about to enter the makeshift interrogation room when his scroll rang. He pulled it out and answer his scroll.
"Hello? Hi sweet pea, how are you?" It was his wife.
"Ah, that's amazing! That's wonderful. No, no, no. No, I understand. *Chuckle* Sweetheart, I understand, but I, I can't, I'm literally walking to a meeting right now." He opened the door and walked in. He looked at the guy he was to interrogation, he was siting in chair with his arms behind it, he had a bag over his head and a black hoodie with a stupid bunny on the front of it.
"Alright, no it's okay, it's ok. Just put her on really quick. No, no, it's okay. Put her on. Yeah." He put down a box of valuables he had collected around the house and put a hand over the receiver end of the scroll.
"I will be right with you." He removed his hand.
"Hi Ashley! You did? That is amazing! Good girl! Are you getting ready for bed? Did you brush your teeth? That's my girl. You gonna give your mom a big kiss for me? Well you know she gets lonely when I'm not there. You are the lady of the house. Of course, now you know daddy has to work, so... a gift? Sure, sweetheart. What would you like?" He walked over to the box he put down and looked in.
"A necklace? Oh, a gold necklace? Well, actually, I think I see that exact thing." He pulled out a gold circle with engraving on it attached to some string. He pocketed it.
"Now listen, daddy has to work alright? So I have to go. I, I love you too. Yes, kisses kisses, don't let the bed bugs bite. Okay. Bye lady bug."
*Beep*
"I apologize for that. My daughter." He put away his scroll.
"You were here on time and I was not ready. No disrespect intended." He took off the bag and noticed Blonde hair blue eyes instead of brown hair and silver eyes. Most importantly he got a look at his face and recognized it was the Arc kid.
"You?" Paul said as Jaune stood up.
"Yeah me." Jaune grabbed Paul and brought him in to collide with Jaune's forehead knocking him out.
Jaune got him outside and put him in the trunk of a car. Stealing the keys for it was not easy. He closed the trunk and got into the car and floored it away before anyone could noticed Paul's absence. After few minutes Paul woke and began talking.
"Jaune? Come on buddy, why are you doing this?" Paul asked.
"Noore sends her regards." Jaune said firmly.
"Noore? Noore!?" Paul started laughing.
"Ahahahahahaha! Oh! OH! Hahahahahaha! Oh, what does she thinks her family's still alive? Man. We killed them years ago! *Chuckle* Oh, Salem... all those 'Dear Mommy' letters? I've been writing them myself. Well, with Ashley my daughters, help. I told her it was for a pen pal. Ahahaha. She's a real tear jerkier, my Ashley. I really think she's got the stuff to be a writer one day. She wrote this poem in the third grade, made me and the wife bawl like babies."
"This guy" Jaune thought.
They made it to a forward base were an officer was waiting to interrogation him. Jaune got Paul out of the trunk and pushed him along.
"He's alive. I wouldn't believe anyone capable of pulling off a risky operation like that. I guess ." She said.
"Yeah I'm alive, you fucking taxi driver." A MILF walked up and shoved his sub machine gun's butt into Paul's gut making him fall to his knees.
"Show him to his new home." Jaune said, then someone else threw a rock at Paul's head.
"Agh! Who threw that? Fucking savages! Let go!" Paul said as he was hauled away.
His scroll started to ring. "Wait wait, that's my scroll! Jaune, that's my scroll, it's in my back pocket. I-I need my scroll man! Jaune please! Please! I need my scroll! Get off me you monkey fuckers! Ashley baby, daddy's here! Daddy's here!" Paul said as he was dragged into the interrogation room.
"My lord, I will notify you immediately when I find anything on Noore's family." She said.
"Don't bother, on the way here Paul told me they killed them years ago." Jaune said sadly.
"Oh, wow I... I'll at least tell Radec on the success."
"Yeah and tell him I'll be back a headquarters soon."
Headquarters
Jaune walked inside the command building to find Winter and Radec arguing.
"Your a drug peddler, that's what you are! Who do you remind me of? Oh yes. Jacques Schnee." Radec accused.
"I'm like my father because I have a way to make Lien? That three hundred thousand Arc brought isn't going to last! We need lien." Winter rationalize.
"Um, hey?" Jaune said, the both turned.
"Your majesty, this... woman is wanting to grow and sell drugs to get Lien. On top of that she doesn't want to pay doctors now." Radec said struggling to use the right words.
"We need the lien!" Winter protested.
"We need to be better then our enemy!" Radec yelled back.
"Stop." Jaune said getting the twos attention..
"We still have enough lien for now and we have Paul so the recruitment problem will be solved. We are not desperate, I don't wanna hear about this again. Got it!" Jaune Commanded.
"...Yes sir." Winter said.
"Very well you majesty." Radec said.
"..."
"It's Noore's turn to pay." Radec said.
"For once we agree." Winter nodded.
"She didn't have a choice. Paul forced Noore to do those thing. He had her family."
"Your majesty, do you know haw many families she killed or broke to save her own?" Radec said.
"I doesn't matter why she did it. She has to pay, just like everyone else." Winter said.
"If Paul had Weiss are you saying you wouldn't do anything just to keep her alive?" Jaune asked.
Winter's silence was very telling.
"It in no way justify the horrible things she did, but I will decide what happens to her." Jaune left the building, he needed to the arena.
As he was driving his scroll started ringing.
*Ring*
*Ring*
*Ring-*
"Hello Jaune. I hear that you got your hands on Paul." Salem said.
"Hello auntie Salem." Jaune said.
"Eek! Auntie Salem I love that. Just checking in on my favorite nephew, well my only nephew really. Word of the wise Jaune if you need something done right, employ the services of a professional, as scarce as those services maybe around here. Did you know that your father asked me to help sponsor an entire class worth of faunus students to study medicine in Atlas? True story. The ingrates had the nerve to never come back! Can you believe the depth of that ingratitude? Paul went around and dealt with there families here in Molos and I had my people in Atlas track them down and find a fitting end for each and everyone of them, yes. As satisfying as it was Roland was still without trained doctors and wasn't into the whole kidnap them and their families idea. Hazel! Where is that gauze and antiseptic ointment!" She cried out so someone off scroll.
"Is that what you called me about?" Jaune asked.
"Did you know I can trace scroll locations with only their number and a single call?" Salem said seemingly at random.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Jaune asked confused.
"You'll figure it out soon." Salem said ominously.
*Beep*
Jaune arrived at Shanath Arena only to find its doors closed.
"Damn. How am I suppose to get in now?" Jaune looked to the side and saw a latter propped up against a pillar. Said pillar was holding up a stone beam and the beam led to the rock wall the temple was build into.
"There needs to be something for ventilation." Jaune climbed up and scaled the rocky clift side. He did find an opening with a fan sucking in air, with his sword he manage to remove it and crawl in. He made his way through the vents hearing Noore start fight.
"People of Molos. Not in a hundred years has there been a fighting force so fierce, so feared. I have heard your cries! I give you my personal guard!" The cheering intensifies.
Jaune found and opening and dropped down into a control room with two MDI, one at a set of levers.
"Their motions fluid, their grace unquestioned. They are death! With them comes blood!" Upon Noore's words the man pulled one of the levers and released some animals.
"Are the animals drugged?" The guard asked.
"Oh yes, I double checked the dose myself. We gave them just enough for it to look good."
"Perfect. It's hard to look heroic when you're fighting animals that are half asleep."
"Bring out more fighters!" Noore cried out.
He pulled a lever. "Everything will be fine as long as we stick to the schedule."
"Are we leaving with the w-."
"Huh." He turned around only to be meet with a knife to the face.
Jaune pulled this sword out of the guard and made his way to the controls.
"Time to get this party started." Jaune pulled two levers releasing a bear and rhino.
"That's enough animals. I said I wanted a good show, not a balanced fight." Noore scolded over a radio.
Jaune pulled the remaining two and a tiger and pack of wolves came out. The fight shifted and many of the MDI troops below died.
Noore came back on angry. "Idiot! You see what you've done!? This was to show our strength! You're just making us look weak. Stick to the plan! How hard was that to do!" Below all the trooper we're eventually defeated.
"Alright. Guards, find and kill that idiot in the control room. Your hear me in there? YOUR DONE!"
"Time to go." Jaune ran out and down the hall, he found a large opened crate and climbed in it. He hear voices and foot steps move past him.
"Sucre the control room!"
"GO GO!"
"He's in the control room!"
"Get him!"
Once Jaune was sure they had passed he got out of the crate and made his way to Noore.
Noore was looking out of a ledge at the failed fight.
"This is a complete fuck up. That idiot!" She thought.
The crowd was booing. "People of Molos! I have Given you winners to cheer for and losers to mock, but none so bloody, so desperate, as today's gladiators. There is always more blood to come!" Noore felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to find Jaune there, her eyes lit up with hope.
"My emperor. Where is my family?" She asked.
"Noore look I-." Jaune started, but Norre wasn't content to listen.
She grabbed Jaune by the shoulders. "You need to save my family, no matter how hard. I will get you anyone. Yuri, Tucker, Salem, I will get you all of their heads!"
Jaune just gave a look of pity. "I'm sorry Noore."
"No. NO!" She dropped to her knees and began crying.
Jaune knelt down and gripped her shoulders in a vain attempt to reassure her. "I'm so sorry. Salem... Salem had Paul kill them... years ago."
*Sob* "I don't deserve your pity!" Noore cried out and pushed Jaune away.
She eyed his sword and pulled it out. "I want my family back!" She said standing close to the edge of the out look.
Jaune attempted again to reassure her. "Look. I'm sorry, but you free now."
Noore didn't meet his eyes. "Free? Free... free from what? All the people I've killed? From everything I've done? I gave them this taste for blood... your blood... mine..." Noore's face turned to anger and she turned to face the crowd. "Isn't that what you want! More BLOOD!? Here!" She took the sword and cut the flesh from her arm, the blood flowing out. "Take it! Take all of it you fucking animals!" The crowded started cheering again. "Take more. Take all of it you fucking animals." She turned around and dropped Jaune sword at his feet. Jaune made to pick it up but Noore spoke up. "Now I'm free." She spread her arms out and allowed gravity to take her off the ledge. Jaune grabbed the blade and rushed to look over the edge only to see Noore lying splattered on the arena's floor. Some of the animals began to eat away at her body. Jaune walked away from the scene disgusted by the whole scenario.
"Fuck this country."
Jaune push the doors and walked outside. People were talking about what happened.
"Those raw meat were just pathetic." Some one said.
"No! She cannot be dead!" A man cried out.
"What happened in there?" A woman inquired.
One of them even recognized Jaune. "Your majesty what an honor!" She bowed.
Jaune ignored all of it in favor of getting down and into his truck and driving away. He grabbed the radio.
"Radec come in."
"This is Winter, over."
"It's done Noore's dead." Jaune said with remorse.
"Well done Arc!" Winter praised. "All of Harvest is without leadership and we've removed the arena's power! Radec needs you to come here. With Paul you can broad cast a speech and insight an uprising in the rural towns." Winter explained.
"Tell him I'll be there in a while. I... need to take care of something." Jaune replied.
"Understood, sir!" Winter said in a much more cherry tone than usual.
*Knock*
*Knock*
*Knock*
"Your majesty! What a peasant surprise! Please come on in!" Reggie said and Jaune walked in.
"We were just celebrating Noore's demise! We heard it over the radio and I'm sure you sir had nothing to do with it." He said patting Jaune on the back.
Yogi loading something into a bong. "What are you having?" Jaune asked.
"Oh some of the good stuff!" Reggie said taking some from his.
"What's it called?" Jaune asked.
"Hot rocks, you wants some?" Yogi passed his bong over to him.
"Yeah, I need it." Jaune said lazily.
"Rough day?" Reggie asked.
"Morning a death." Jaune said as he took some.
Reggie looked at him with understanding. "Oh... well I can say that this will help."
"Yeah. In fact you wont even notice that you burn a whole in your pants." Yogi gestured to Jaune's crotch.
"My what?" Jaune looked down and saw fire on this crotch. "OH SHIT!" Jaune patted the flames out.
He handed the bong back to Yogi. "I don't really feel much of a buzz." Jaune said.
Reggie gave a look. "Hm. Well, you must have already build up a tolerance. It's alright, might need a bit more of the secret ingredient." He pulled out a needle and injected it into Jaune's leg. His vision got blurry.
"I bet he feels it now. You're all right." Yogi said as Jaune fell to the floor.
Jaune woke to find himself floating in a veil of darkness.
"Oh shit! What the hell did they give me!?" Jaune thought.
Just then a scene appeared before him with a familiar face.
"Operand!" He was tied to a chair, brushed and beaten. Salem approached from the darkness.
"You have but one option. To be useful to me. Now your loyal to my nephew and I like that, but attempt to escape again and I will kill you." She said with venom.
The scene disappeared and was replaced with someone else
"What Blake?"
She was firing at a black silhouette, which was blocking Blake's rounds with a whip.
"Quit taking pathetic pot shots and fight me like you mean it!" It yelled in a deep voice that echoed around Jaune.
Blake leaped out of the way as the silhouette extended its whip at her.
The scene was replaced by Jaune lying beaten on the ground and a beefy silhouette crouched next to him.
"I just want you to know. I didn't want all these people to die." It echoed softly.
Other Jaune spat in his face. "Fuck you traitor!" He yelled out.
The silhouette wiped its face off and looked Jaune in the eye. "I was never on your side to begin with." The scene faded.
It was Radec laying on his back. Salem spoke up, but she wasn't visable.
"Laying on your back. *Chuckles* So eager to fool around with me?" Salem taunted.
"Stop screwing with me!" Radec fired his gun into the darkness as the scene faded.
Now it was Ozpin standing at a the window in his office.
"It was never my intention to have your mother attack Salem. Juniper did it out of her own violation. Everyone has a choice. Of that I-" He didn't finish as machine gun fire came from the darkness and shredded his body. As he staggered back he hit the window that the bullets had weaken, broke and he fell out as the scene faded.
"Ugh." Jaune got up, his head was pounding.
"Oi, you alright?" Reggie asked.
"Yeah." Jaune groaned.
Reggie handed him some water. "So, see anything good?"
"What do you mean?" Jaune asked before taking a sip.
"Well what sights did you see of course?" Reggie asked.
"You mean the dreams I had?" Jaune said with his eye widening.
"Yup. So anything interresting?"
"I saw Operand, someone I came here with, tied to a chair with Salem talking to him. My friend, Blake fighting a black silhouette, a large beefy silhouette next to a 'me' and I'm calling them a traitor. Radec on the ground with Salem saying that he really wanted to fool around with her again, and headmaster Ozpin being gunned out of Beacon tower's window." Jaune listed.
"Well just so you know the silhouettes are people you haven't met before, but will have an influence or be in a direct path in your future." Reggie explained.
"How do you know all this?" Jaune asked.
"We do this stuff all the time."
"Well, I do need you help actually."
"Noore's killer? Sure well help ya!"
"Salem has a Operand techalanda, I need you to find out where she's keeping her."
"Alright, we'll keep our ears open." With that Jaune left, to find out it was night time.
Jaune was driving when he pulled out his scroll and hit one of the resents.
*Ring*
*Ring*
*Ring-*
"Hello?" Salem asked.
"This is Jaune." He said firmly.
"Oh." There was a scraping of a chair. "How are you tonight Jaune?"
"Why did you do it to Noore?" Jaune asked.
"You need to get more specific Jaune." Salem genuinely asked.
"Why did you ruin her life? Tell me now!" Jaune demanded.
"...*Chuckle* Well I definitely rubbed off on you when I baby sat. Well short or long?" Salem asked.
"Long"
"Ok, Noore was one of my favorites. She used to be a doctor, quite the benevolent soul, came to Molos on an aid mission, if my memory serves correct, in the early days of my reign. Now she had the audacity to write a report on the human rights abuses perpetrated by my regime. So I reached out to her, invited her to some back to see the improvements, see how we'd acted on her recommendations. I extended the invite to her family. so she came, husband and kids, I put them up in the palace. I even put on a little meeting for her, Paul even made a power point called, 'A twelve step action plan to address Molos's human rights violations' except, and this is the best part, each slide was about how he was going to ruin Noore's life! Ahaha! Oh, so Paul de Plieur kept her family hostage while I forced the great humanitarian, Dr. Norre Najjarr, to run the most terrible parts of the Harvest territory! Ahaha. Really I think she ended up enjoying it before her demise. I guess you just solved who did it. *Sigh* I remember when you were just a baby looking for a breast to suck, it was usually mine by the way, and now your over throwing an empire. Well family or not don't expect me to make this easy for you."
Jaune's face scrunched up as that image entered his head. "Ok yuck, and I never expected this to be easy. I'm coming for all your governors and you. There won't be a fortress that can stop me."
"Eek! Making threats! Oh you really take after your auntie Salem." She cried out with a cherry tone.
"...What ever, I guess I'll talk to you later."
"Wait, why are you going to Quebec?" Salem asked.
"...W-What is a Quebec?" Jaune said playing dumb.
"I told you I could track scroll locations with a single call." Salem said curiously.
"Yeah, what does that have to do with anything?" Jaune asked.
Salem deadpanned. "You'll figure it out."
*Beep*
She tucked her scroll away in her chest. *Sigh* "... Well, I guess looks couldn't have been the only thing you inherited from Roland." Salem thought with disappointment.
"Um, ma'am?" Hazel spoke up making Salem turn around.
"Oh right your all still here."
Jaune arrived at Quebec. Only to find it was just a bunch of smoldering ruins.
"Shit! How did she even find this place!"