Jaune and Blake look into the ally to see a white fang member letting in a deer Faunus. Blake quickly unties her bow, exposing her cat ears.
"This is it." She says.
"Alright, lets do this."
The two walk into the ally way, and are quickly let in by the guard. Once inside they see a table with white fang masks. The seemed to resemble the Grimm. Blake grabs one with a look of pain in her eyes, and Jaune notices. He grabs one and takes a look at it.
Jaune furrowed his brows. "Why cover your face if you believe what your doing is right?"
Blake sighs. "Humanity wanted to see us a monsters, so we decided to Dawn the face of monsters."
"Grimm masks, that's kinda dark."
"So was the guy that started it." Blake looks down, a memory coming to mind.
"That's cheerful." Jaune says sarcastically.
In downtown Vale Yang parks her bike in front of a nightclub as she hears the sound of another engine pull up beside her. Yang takes off her biker helmet and looks over to see Nora on a bike of her own with Ren. Unlike Yang's personal Yellow sports bike Bumblebee, Nora had a pink and green cruiser she called Eternity.
"I still can't believe that you ride!" Yang says.
"Yup!" She says cheerfully, before looking back at her ride with a frown. "Though I don't get to ride it as often anymore."
Ren hops off and fixes his outfit. "I got it for her birthday as a gift last year, but since we got accepted into Beacon she hasn't had many opportunity's to use it."
"Well, maybe we can change that." Yang says with a smirk. Nora looks to Yang and gave a soft smile. Once Yang gets off her bike she begins her walk to the nightclub. "Come on my friends in here!" She says. After a moment when Yang wasn't looking, Nora's smile faded. Noticing this Ren places a hand on her shoulder.
"Come on, maybe theirs someone in there you can fight." Ren says calmly.
Nora's smile returns bright as ever. "Yeah, can't let her have all the fun!"
Inside the nightclub the owner, a man named Junior is preparing his nightclub to open for business. He quickly hears two of his henchman panicking as they quickly run in through the front door, quickly closing it as they do.
"What are you two idiots doing?!" Junior yells. The two in question quickly try to explain but the door blows open. Through the smoke Yang strolls in.
"Guess who's back!!!" Every single one of the henchman aside from the DJ point their guns at her. The music starts skipping and Yang flares at the DJ. Out of fear, the DJ takes the needle off. After that Nora and Ren walk in, Nora smiling from ear to ear and Ren with a raised eyebrow.
"These are your friends?" Ren asks.
Back at Beacon, Anakin walks into the elevator to Ozpin's office. He presses the button and waits. On the way up he swears he can feel a strong presence nearby, but before he can investigate, the door to Ozpin's office opens.
"Mister Skywalker." Ozpin greets. "Come, take a seat." Anakin takes his seat happily.
"Rex said you wanted to see me?" Anakin raises a brow.
"Yes, I just wanted to inform you on your Semblance being suppressed." Ozpin states he then pours some tea for himself. "Tea?"
"No thank you." Anakin declines politely. "Wait what do you mean suppressed?"
Ozpin takes a sip before answering. "After the first time your semblance activated in my courtyard, I have been trying to keep an eye on you. For the safety of my students and yourself."
Anakin shudders at a thought. I could have killed people if it hadn't been for Rex. "Yeah, I don't blame you."
"Well, when you were in the forest a few nights ago, something happened. I'm not entirely sure what, but suddenly my monitors shut off, and when the turned back on..."
"I was Vader." Anakin concludes.
"No, you were gone." Ozpin corrects.
"Gone? How?"
"I only have guesses, but one second your heading back to Beacon, and the next you disappear without a trace." Ozpin explains.
In Vale Penny Leads Pyrrha, Weiss, and Ruby away from the CCT and too a communication hub in town so Weiss can make her call. Once there Weiss heads in while Penny, Pyrrha, and Ruby wait outside. Inside Weiss try's to put on a smile, but doesn't have it in her. Once she has made it to a terminal Weiss puts on her fake smile as she makes the call.
"Thank you for calling- Oh! Miss Schnee! Good afternoon. Would you like met to patch you through to your father? I think your sister Winter is here as well."
"No, thank you! I was actually wondering if you could find some files for me. I've compiled a short list."
Weiss produces her Scroll, placing it into a slot on the keyboard, creating a series of noises as the Operator looks at the data from her side of the screen.
"I see." The Operator says with a raised eyebrow. "If you don't mind... what may I ask is this for?"
"School project." Weiss lies.
"Um... There are some sensitive documents on this list, ma'am." The Operator informs nervously.
"Well, then, I'll be sure to treat them with care."
"Right..." The Operators tone says that Weiss' words didn't put her at any ease. "Very well. The data is being transferred to your Scroll now."
"Wonderful! That will be all, then."
"Are you sure you wouldn't like me to patch you through to your father before you go?" Weiss loses her fake smile to the question, but quickly replaces it.
"Yes, I'm sure." Weiss decides.
"Well, then... Have a nice day!" The call is dropped, and so too is Weiss' happy act, as she can see her saddened face in the reflection of the terminal screen.
After a bit Weiss comes back out holding her scroll in the air showing the others that she got what they needed.
Back with Blake and Jaune, the two enter a room filled with white game members and recruits. The new recruits to the White Fang are moving in a line to the side of the stage, a mere few dozen compared to the hundreds of white-vested, black-hooded soldiers to their left and up above in the balconies. Blake and Jaune look around themselves when they stop, and a fully-masked man with tattoos standing starts speaking before the large sheet emblazoned with the bloody wolf and claw marks.
"Thank you all for coming. For those of you who are joining us for the first time tonight, allow me to introduce two very special comrades of ours! I can assure you, they are the key to obtaining what we have fought for for so long!" From the side, Dooku and Roman walk out to the center stage. Blake scowls and Jaune scratches his head from nervousness.
Roman waves mockingly as he walks while Dooku seems annoyed. "Thank you," Roman says sarcastically as the crowd boos him. "thank you!" As he speaks, a girl walks out from behind the sheet. "Please, hold your applause!"
"What's a human doing here?!" Yells a girl Faunus with antlers.
"I'm glad you asked, "Deerie"! Now, I'll be the first to admit, humans... are the worst." Roman salutes as an example, but Dooku simply crosses his arms "Case in point. So, I understand why you would like to see us all locked away, or, better yet, killed!"
Dooku begins scanning the room, his eyes catching Blake an Jaune. He scowls for a moment then furrows his brow before finally shaking his head and looking to Roman as he continues.
"But, before the claws come out, I'd like to mention the fact that you and I all have a common enemy: the ones in control, the people pulling the strings, the dirty, rotten humans that run our kingdoms!" The crowd changes their tune and starts agreeing with him, and Dooku smiles at Romans Accomplishment. "Government, military, even the schools: they're all to blame for your lot in life!" The crowd begins to cheer as the two heroes share a look. "And they're all pests that need to be dealt with! Fortunately, I'm the best exterminator around... No offense to any rodents in the room." With a snap of his fingers, the curtain falls, and the whole mass of Faunus applaud at the sight of the Atlesian Paladin-290 behind it, the mark of the White Fang painted on its shoulder.
Jaune nudges Blake slightly to get her attention. "How did he get that?" Jaune asks worriedly.
"Maybe he'll tell us." Blake decides.
"As some of you may have heard, this right here..." Roman proceeds to tap the giant mech. "...is Atlas' newest defense against all the scary things in the world. And thanks to my "employers"," Roman looks to Dooku. "We've managed to snag a few before they, uh, "hit the shelves"." Dooku gives Roman a look and he nods. "Now, as I'm sure your all curious as to who he is," Roman gestures to Dooku. "I'll let my friend here explain the rest."
Back at the night club Ren and Nora watch while Yang interrogates Junior. "What do you mean you haven't seen him?!"
"I mean I haven't seen him! He paid up front, took some of my boys, and I guess he wasn't happy with them." He then looks to his henchmen who were mostly messing around. "Which is something I can RELATE TOO!"
Ren decides to speak up. "Well what happened to your men? Did they return?"
Junior sighs. "No, the went with him, and they never came back."
Nora the gets in Juniors face, startling the man slightly. "So where did they go?" She asks.
Ren facepalms while Junior furrows his brow. "What kind of stupid question is that? They Never, Came, Back." Junior then looks to Yang. "Who are these two?"
Back in the white fang meeting Roman backs up a bit giving the floor to Dooku. "Hello, I am Count Dooku. For those joining us today there are two choices for you. Stay here in the city and continue the operations here. However I will inform you that many of your brothers and sisters are helping on a different task in the southeast where Roman and I will be to provide these machines as well as other resources for something grander. We'll hold onto the rest of the information for those that join us there." With that said Dooku nods to the White Fang Lieutenant
"Now, will all recruits step forward!" He says.
Blake and Jaune start to panic slightly, but Blake quickly shakes it away to look for a plan of escape.
"What do we do?" Jaune whispers. Blake notices a power panel connected to the lights
"Grab my arm!" Blake pulls out he Gambol Shroud and fires at the panel effectively blinding everyone but a few Faunus and Blake herself. Jaune had grabbed Blake's arm like she asked so she Grabbed him an guided him to a source of light. "Jaune the window!" She shouts.