The basement held very little light, and anything inside it could be barely seen. Jaune turned to his left and saw a light switch which was flipped off. He walked up to it and flickered the switch, then the lights started to appear, revealing a series of shelves holding various files with each containing crucial information of their designated topic.
Jaune walked through the long lines of shelves with Sofia following suite, arriving at the end of the room where the shelves stopped and a metal door could be seen with a sign on its right saying 'Nur autorisier personal. Wer nicht ermachtigt ist, ist inhaftiert.' translating to 'Authorized personnel only. Anyone who is not authorized is to be detained.' and on its left was a camera, used to scan facially officers who would go through the door. Stepping in front of the camera, he leaned closer while it carefully scanned his face, taking note of any detail that others might miss. As the scan was finished, a green light appeared from the camera lens, confirming Jaune's identity. The door opened up and inside could be seen an SS officer in a black uniform who seemed to be in his early twenties, and appeared to be very healthy, sitting behind a steel counter with metal fences covering its left and right.
Approaching the man, he began to look up towards Jaune and Sofia, and calmly said with a tone of strictness on his voice, "Your IDs please." They went in their pockets and pulled out their IDs and gave them to the receptionist. The IDs given to him showed the Nazi Eagle on the front, and colored black while displaying the word 'Wehroob' on the front. He slowly and carefully analyzed the IDs as he opened them, showing pictures of Jaune and Sofia in neatly coated SS uniforms and carrying information about the two. Jaune's ID simply read,
Jaune Arc
Date of Birth: February 24, 0001
Nationality: Vale
Place of Birth: New Berlin
Address: Rommel Street, Third Block, Building Twenty-Four
While on Sofia's ID, hers read,
Sofia Hofmann
Date of Birth: April 30, 0004
Nationality: Vale
Place of Birth: Reinstadt
Address: Rommel Street, Sixth Block, Building Fifty-Six
Satisfied with their IDs, the receptionist simply gave back their IDs and opened a metal door on his right where two Waffen-SS soldiers stood guard, standing aware for any upcoming threat and battle ready for any situation. Jaune and Sofia entered the room and saw rows and rows of solidarity confinement chambers, holding inmates who were either considered inferior towards the state's standards or those who simply committed acts of terrorism towards the government. Walking through the chambers, Sofia could not help, but feel uneasy as the atmosphere of the place grew darker with some inmates screaming for help or begging to finally be killed to end their pain. One inmate could be seen by her crawling towards the corner of the chamber, holding both of his legs together and leaning closer towards them. He seemed to be dwelling into insanity as he could be seen quietly murmuring to himself while Jaune and Sofia passed his chamber.
Arriving towards a chamber with the number '24601' highlighted on top of the concrete door. Jaune opened it to see Cardin chained on the wall, appearing broken and unresponsive. As they entered the room and closed the door, Cardin immediately looked up and stared at Jaune with intense fear and horror. His body completely frozen and his eyes interlocked towards his as his mouth was dropped.
"Hello again!" Jaune cheerfully spoke in a happy tone on his voice while tilting his head left with his eyes closed, giving Cardin immediate dread as he gulped. He was about to speak up until Jaune interrupted him by saying, "Now you may wonder why am I here yes? Well... let's say I still require some information from you." Jaune moved closer towards Cardin, making him more visibly shaking in fear as Sofia watched in awe.
"Why did you kill that man?" He slowly asked Cardin, causing him to shiver in fear. As a moment passed, he started to find his lost voice and carefully spoke to Jaune making sure not to agitate him, "I... I killed him because he was going to leak information on the resistance towards your people. It was a direct order." Feeling satisfied with his answer, Jaune decided to move back a little bit in order to give Cardin some breathing space before moving on towards his next question.
"I see..." Jaune quietly muttered to himself, making sure that no one in the room could hear what he was saying. Holding his chin with his right hand and his left holding his right elbow as he stared down towards the floor. He then looked up towards Cardin with another question on his head, "What is the Resistance's next plan?" Cardin could not do anything at the moment on his current situation, so he simply complied with answering Jaune's next question. Looking at him with a sense of defeat and hopelessness.
"I honestly don't know. The Resistance never delivers their full plans towards grumps like me, the only ones who know the complete plans are the people on top, and only a very small number of people in the group know who they are, and they are higher-up. Nobody knows who the people are that know the identity of the leaders." He confessed to Jaune with a defeated tone that could be easily heard from him. Looking away from him in a state of shame and dishonor while he sighed.
"Hmm... It seems I have no more use for you then." Jaune said with a disappointed tone from his voice. His face turned from a cheerful one to one of passive aggressive anger. Turning away from Cardin, he and Sofia left the room. She closed the door slowly as not to bother Cardin's defeated mood while viewing Jaune in awe and wonder.
"What will happen to him now Gruppenfuher?" Sofia curiously asked, attracting Jaune's attention towards her as she continued to stare at him with undying wonder. He then looked away from her for a second, thinking about the result that would result in Cardin's fate before answering the young assistant's question.
"Most likely, he'll end up executed by a firing squad. But right now, we can think about that later. We have a meeting with Obergruppenfuher Muller and he will not tolerate tardiness. He slowly said surprising the Oberfuher a bit. Then he moved with quick hesitation, leaving the room with her following suite and arriving towards the elevator later on, pressing the ground floor button.
AN: Hey guys! Sorry for the long update, I've been very busy with school and meeting the final requirements, but now graduation is over and I can finally regularly update the fic normally now.
Mr-Stealz-Your-Girl: I actually haven't put in the thought for ships here in this fic to be honest, but that could change. Weiss is a German name sure, but the country she came from 'Atlas' is a mix of Russia and America. Plus everyone in Remnant speaks English, so I don't think that she can easily understand German despite the fact that her name is German.
TheShadowOfZama: Thanks you!
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