~Chapter II: Bitter Reunion~
As the Athlesian airships return to a Landing strip in Atlas, Elena thinks on what Justina Frice would of said, given the chance to. But as she thought of it more, the bay doors opened as the Elysian soldiers exit out and head to decontamination centers to get ready for their main duties in the military. Meanwhile, Margro puts her weapon in a bag, as Auro loosens the Gauntlets, putting them both in two seperate cases. Elena placed her sword on the back of her torso; in a holster, as she walks out of the Elysian airship. When she gets out; the light of the sun starts to glare into her eyes, as she then sees the bustling City of Atlas from the top of the Trans Continental Transmit Building in the center of the city.
Auro shouts to Elena; as the engines die down, with Auro overlooking Atlas, "Shall we head back to the complex?" Elena shouts, "Yea; but I'll catch up! I need to talk to Ironwood." He waves as Margro and Auro look over Atlas, with Elena going down a elevator shaft that leads to the main lobby complex that spews out to the Kingdom of Atlas. As Elena goes down, she looks from the glass elevator panels, seeing the kingdom of Atlas from going high in the air to down below, where she sees the main plaza of the indoor complex of the Elysian CCT.
When she exits the elevator, she walks to the main plaza's fountain, where she notices Winter Schnee; sitting, observing the flow of the water. Elena goes and walks to the empty spot, as she stands behind it. Winter reconigizes the presence of someone, and says; "Well, I guess that you're here for something." Elena responds with, "Well, considering that you were the one that vouched for me to lead team MAE, I guess I should of said thanks." As Elena stops talking, Winter turns, to see Elena. "So, I guess your here after your first misson?" She says as she points to the empty seat as Elena sits.
Elena gets adjusted as she says, "Yea, had to retrieve a member of the Government that apparently went off 'Rogue'. And from what it seems, the people that she was with didn't have intention to keep her, quite the opposite." Winter says, "Wait, were they going to kill her?" "No," Elena says, "hence why they wanted to trade her back to us, but only for a small cost." Winter looks at the water, as she says; "Hows Margro? Did she do anything wrong in the mission?" Elena takes a deep breath, and says; "She almost risked the mission to go into a blood bath. I had to go in and stop Margro from taking things to her own hands."
Winter thinks about it for a slight second, as she then addresses another question. "Why are you here anyway?" Elena keeps looking at the fountain, "Well," Elena says; "I am here by orders of Ironwood. He wants to talk to me about taking on a specific mission, what it is; i'm not sure." Elena grabs a coin from her pocket, and looks at it from the tail side. "I have embraced what it could take as a leader, but I don't know even how to be a leader." Elena says as she looks at the coin, with regret and doubt.
As she relaxes, a voice from the Comms says; "Please advise for Winter Schnee and Elena Sin to go to the Head office, immediately." It says as Elena and Winter hears that; they stand up as they start walking into the off-limits area of the general soldiers of the Elysian army to where the elite members work. "You've been here?" Elena says to Winter as their walking through. Winter stays silent, as they walk through the hangars. When they do walk through, notice multiple elite Elysian soldiers taunting at Winter, calling her a failed heir to the organization of the Schnee Dust Company, a company that her father had started to tarnish in the worlds eye for Faunus members.
As Elena walks with Winter, she notices that Winter is walking, giving a pale expression of frustration and disappointment. They then finally reach the main office, where General James Ironwood is overlooking a screen, showing all the four kingdoms of Remnant and with it, showing all the relay towers of the CCT. Winter says, "General Ironwood, sir. You called for me, Winter Schnee and Elena Sin to be at this area." Ironwood keeps looking, and says; "I have, but first. I must speak to Elena about a job I need her to have a member of her team take on, with her."
Elena Walks, to a railing where she says to Ironwood; "Alright, what is it that needs only two of my team instead of my entire team?" Ironwood turns to look at her, and says; "I've been in contact with the multiple tech insiders to check the footage and surveillance of Rao Do..and something wasn't right." Ironwood clicks a button to show the soldiers, but without the uniform look of the White Fang. "Then, when we recovered all the footage, we found that the soldiers you, Auro, Margro and Nao all fought; were un-named black soldiers, that were not seen from after the events."
Elena has been concentrating, but when the information came; her eyes opened. Winter says to Ironwood, "Wait; you mean to tell us that someone tricked all of them and us?" Ironwood says back, "Yes. And from what it seems, it doesn't seem to be anything of the White Fangs work..nethertheless, that brings me to your mission Elena." Elena looks straight at Ironwood, with a puzzled look; saying, "Ironwood, Sir. I would advise that there must be a good reason to why my team will be assigned for this mission; yes?"
Ironwood expresses to her; "There is. From what it seems, Nanto Sori is on the run in Mistral, and we've found her next job. We need you to have Auro to go to Mistral and to confront her, and more importantly; to apphrend her." Elena quickly says, "What about Margro? We should need her for this." Ironwood looks at Winter, as Winter then turns pale, knowing what Ironwood would say. "I am not allowing Margro Hunt to risk the mission that you and Auro must face." Elena senses that the choice was sudden, given Winter reacting in a stunned and disappointed face. So Elena asks; "Then, what is Margro Hunt to do while me and Auro work?"
Ironwood says, "Margro Hunt will be going with Winter to Vale and Vacuo to make sure the CCT's are in good shape, and that the Schnee Dust Company has their cargo loads successfully arriving at the two kingdoms." Winter turns to ironwood, looking at him with a bit of certain doubt. "Sir, the shipments have been fine, do we need to worry about the dust shipments?" Ironwood says, "Winter, you should remember that within the requirement of the partnership of the Schnee Dust Company and Elysian Military that there'd be security measures done to safe-guard the equipment."
Winter looks back at him, and says; "But Sir-" before being scolded at by Ironwood. He then looks at Elena and says; "Miss Sin, would you be so dear to go to your apartment in the city? I'll need to talk to you again at dawn." Elena walks silently out of the room as she goes to the an apartment in the city. And as she leaves, Winter starts to leave; as Ironwood says, "I need your advice. And I didn't want Elena to hear this, due to her possibly having her team go against us."
Winter turns, to look at Ironwood; as he says to her, "I have been speaking with the headmaster at Haven Academy..and he and I have agreed that Elena is one in her team that has the most potential, besides you know who; of-course." Winter looks at Ironwood, as she says; "I suggest that you talk to her about it." Winter turns back to the door, and heads off; as Ironwood receives a message from a scroll next to his desk. The message was the headmaster of Haven; expressing to Ironwood, "The aura level on this girl is vastly impressive, considering the odds. I ask to spend some time asking questions to her, seeing some things to possibly go down for the path."
Ironwood then looks out at the window of the office, expressing the signs of conflict and doubt. As he looks at his next batch of files; depicting of the P.E.N.N.Y. Program. "Hopefully, I can fulfill a promise to some of the people I've trusted for."
~To Be Continued; in Chapter III – Knowledge of Few~