They had brought at least a less than a hundred Rangers and less than fifty paratroopers onto the Atlesian Airship. Unlike the airships of the great war, these were completely different. There were modern military armaments with high-powered weapons at their disposal. The Atlesian Military brought such awe to the Americans and especially the Rangers. However, there was a reputation which the men of Fox Company had whenever it came to weapons that didn't belong to their company.

If it was better than the Army's standard of weapons they would steal everything they could get their hands on. Since the Atlas Military didn't know about such reputation of Fox Company, they would soon see it first-hand.

General Ironwood straightened his composure, observing the news in regards to the Atlas Academy. The sight of Atlas soldiers and specialists fighting within the academy had made him worry about the casualties. All he could do was ask a question on the time. "Specialist Schnee, what is our ETA?"

Winter stepped forward and observed the data passing through her scroll. "Sir, we will be there less than thirty minutes if we keep this speed."

"Thank you, I'll take it from here." Suddenly, the door behind him had slid open as the general turned his head to see Captain Argall storm in. "Captain, what brings you here?" He questioned.

The British officer's expression was very different than before. Usually, he would display a disciplined composure which he admired most of the time. However, this time he seemed irritated. "General Ironwood, did you mention the armory to Captain Durante?" He asked.

"Yes, he said he needed to check their weapons before they would deploy into the academy."

The reaction was surprising to see. Witnessing the captain bring his hand over his face in shame was not the first kind of reaction he said. "Why did you mention your bloody armory?! Do you have any idea how much trouble you will bring to yourself?"

"Is there something wrong with Durante?" He questioned. "The officer seems trustworthy enough to bring into his armory. I don't see the problem with him. If there was a problem, why didn't you bring this issue to me?"

"I hoped you wouldn't mention that this airship has its own armory with weapons much greater than ours." Argall answered. "Now that you brought the issue up to Durante, he will start stealing whatever is in your armory. He has a history whenever it comes to weapons he wants to have."

Then Specialist Schnee spoke up. "So he would steal weapons from us and you know this, how?"

"His reputation goes back to the Ardennes Offensive." He answered. "His reputation is that he would pilfer equipment and weapons, regardless if they are friend or foe."

General Ironwood never expected such kind of officer being mentioned to him in such manner. Any Atlas officer who would even dare to commit themselves to try and take weapons from the armory would face corporal punishment for their actions. The fact that this man's reputation had not brought any consequences to himself was impressive. However, it did disturb him that his military equipment was being taken away from a mere office of another military. "I will see if we can restrict him at this moment."

"With all due respect, you are too late."

The door to the hallway was still opened; however, Argall leaned to the side of the doorway allowing the general and the specialist enough room to see through. Then they couldn't believe their eyes when Monte Durante and two other men were running through the hallway while the weapons of Atlas were in their clutches.

The captain stopped in his tracks and looked through the doorway. This time, he looked around to see the faces staring at him. Embarrassed like a child caught stealing, he simply waved his hand and smiled. "Oops, looks like I turned to the wrong corner."

"You there, hand that back!" Cried out a voice of authority coming from behind his back.

"Well, got to go." Monte commented before sprinting away from a dozen Atlas guards.

Captain Argall shook his head in shame. "Apologies for his behavior. I'll see if I can convince him to hand most of them back."

"Most of them?!" Cried out Specialist Schnee. "He stole right under our noses and you are going to let him off the hook for that?"

"Specialist Schnee, if there is one thing I know about the man. He is going to keep one your guns for himself. That is a fact you just have to accept."

General Ironwood smiled at the spectacle he had just witnessed. "Apology accepted, I hope he will behave himself once we get there."

"Don't worry, Captain Durante will take a firefight seriously." Replied the British captain. "I'll be on my way."

Captain Durante and the rest of the men had presented themselves alongside the Atlas troopers as he confronted Specialist Schnee. The officer noted General Ironwood and Argall entering the hanger bay as the Atlas soldiers saluted their commander.

General Ironwood inspected the men for a moment as the British officer broke away and confronted him. "Monte, I expected better from you." He began.

The captain shrugged his shoulder and smiled before looking onto his newly pilfered weapon. "You can't blame me for not getting my hands on one of those guns."

Captain Argall shook his head in disbelief before he explained. "We need you to get serious now. There is an academy under attack and we don't have any time for shenanigans." He stated.

Durante's expression changed as he cocked his weapon. "Don't worry I'll get started as soon as possible."

"Good, I'm coming with you."

"You sure that's a good idea?"

Then General Ironwood grabbed everyone's attention. "Everyone, Atlas, soldiers from another world, I am here to tell you that the White Fang has attacked my academy. Our objective is to secure the perimeter of the academy, evacuate my students, and fight off the terrorist organization."

Soon, the American captain grabbed his attention. "General, I have a question."

Ironwood turned to see the captain with his hands behind his back. "Yes captain, what is it?"

"General, what kind of opposition should we expect from the guys attacking your academy?" Monte questioned him.

"They have stolen some Atlas Military equipment." Replied Ironwood. "However, do not take them lightly. They are likely to have auras unlocked so be careful."

"Understood, I'll make sure my men don't do anything stupid."

Ironwood turned away and made his way to the hangar exit. Then a voice came through the speaker phone. "Enter your transports, we're about to deploy."

Immediately, Captain Durante looked to his men and spouted orders. "Rangers and Paratroopers, get your gear in check we are going into combat!" Then he quickly walked into the Atlas dropship as his men stepped in before the ramp closed in on the captain.

Soon they began to take their seats as Durante looked out of the window to see the pilots turn their heads to the passengers. "Everyone are you ready?" He asked from beneath his pilot's helmet.

"Yeah, we're ready. Get us in there as quickly as possible."

"Good to hear, cause we're deploying."

Captain Durante felt the dropship shake as it detached itself from the hanger before descending into the world below. For him, he couldn't find a way to describe if this is how paratroopers underwent their training. He would have asked Vastano that question if he was here, but the problem was making sure he didn't puke his guts out because he wasn't used to being on this kind of aircraft.

Now if he was going to puke, it would have been best if he did it to the small bag on the right. However, it wouldn't look good for him if the company commander of Fox Company could easily puke thanks to the fact that he was not used to the ride.

Across from him, Captain Argall looked concerned. "Captain, are you alright?" He asked. "It doesn't look like your stomach can handle this kind of ride."

Monte returned a smile. "I'll be fine Argall, don't worry about me."

"Are you sure lad? You don't seem so fine about it."

"Just worry about yourself, okay?"

"Got it."

Then the pilot grabbed his Durante from the thoughts of puking. "Alright, we're landing into a courtyard. Be careful out there, I heard that the White Fang has some serious firepower."

The nameless pilot immediately dropped the ramp of the dropship as Durante unstrapped himself from his seat and began to make his way off onto the ground. The dropship didn't touch the ground, but was low enough for him to step off and touch the grass. "On me, we're moving in."

The rest of the American soldiers began to join their commanding officer as Monte looked up to see the skies filled with dozens of more dropships. When they landed, dozens of troops landed in masse as the captain began to organize the men.

"Rangers, Paratroopers, you guys are going move deep into the academy and try to keep the bastards down. While we're at it, those Atlas guys are going to secure the surrounding areas and our job is to hold the White Fang back." Then he cocked his weapon. "Now let's get moving." Then he began to make his way deep towards the center of the academy as he heard the volume of gunfire increase.

Johnny Vastano stood behind a pile of rubble as he joined by a dozen Atlas troopers in fighting back the terrorists across the courtyard. However, they outnumbered their group by three as they enveloped the small unit from the flanks. Shit. He thoughts to himself. They're trying to surround us and take this area. If they take this spot, the evacuation is going to be hampered.

The White Fang were pouring out of a building, using the columns for cover and the remains of the courtyard walls to cover their advance. He tried to suppress them with his gun, but they continued to do so.

The numerous members of the White Fang continued disregarding the fact that he was trying to hold them back. Luckily, he saw the familiar sight of his bunny friend leap into the middle of the attackers. To his surprise, the White Fang immediately turned their attention onto the girl and trained their gunfire on her.

However, Velvet had brought her box-like object into the battle. A wonder which made Johnny question the reasons, but when it transformed he met a huntress' weapon at hand. Velvet's weapon created a weapon out of thin air, a kind of technology he had never seen before. Now it was in the hands of his friend, who carried a giant machine gun with multiple barrels and he had no idea how to respond to such a weapon without awe. She fired her weapon forcing the White Fang back with firepower without any restriction at all, while allowing the Atlas troopers to step out of their cover to fight back against the threat which stood against the Atlas Academy.

Suddenly, Johnny was taken aback when a familiar friend had managed to take her position right beside him. "Hey Johnny boy, I was looking for you. I didn't expect you to be fighting here." She began.

"Persinette, what the hell are you doing here?!" He demanded before he fired his gun onto one of the White Fang members. "I thought you were going to evacuate."

"I didn't want to leave Velvet alone, so I decided to stick around." She replied. "I heard that Atlas has some reinforcements coming in. We just have to hold this place until they arrive."

Once Vastano had knocked one of the terrorists back, behind cover he whistled. "Damn it, can they just get here right now!" He said to himself.

"Don't worry, this is their academy. They don't want to lose their recruits like this."

The building that the White Fang was using for their assault had a wall breaking open; however, it was a vehicle Johnny had never expected to see in his lifetime. There was a walker stepping forward with multiple laser lights tracking everything that was going on while its machine guns opened on their position.

Rounds flew into their general direction as Johnny dodged behind his cover of rubble as the Atlas troopers holding the ground in front did the same. However, one of them began to speak up. "They have a mech, be careful it has rockets!" He warned the rest of the group as Vastano peeked his head over the cover.

Looking over, he watched as the mech opened a mall hatch and unleashed a barrage of rockets out of the pods as he moved back down into his cover. "Shit!" He cried out. "We can't take that thing out with what we got."

Then Persinette made her comment. "Velvet can't take that thing out on her own."

Suddenly, they were surprised when the three blurs screamed down from above. To his surprise, Johnny never expected to see a friend of Velvet come in with two other people he didn't know about.

There was a large muscular man carrying a giant sword on his back, who immediately pulled it out and rammed it into the machine before twisting his blade to make the best damage into the machinery.

A dark-skinned faunus with copper hair had joined Velvet and gave her a quick nod before he sprinted towards the terrorists with inhuman speed. It was a sight Johnny didn't expect to see from the people in this world.

The last person to arrive was no one other than Coco, who transformed her purse into a fully automatic machine with multiple barrels. The last touches to the weapons was the ammo belt dangling from the weapon. "Velvet, I heard you guys have some trouble. I thought I should pass by and help you out."

The bunny girl smiled as she transformed her weapon back into its boxy form. "Good to see you too, Coco."

Suddenly, the huntresses, huntsmen, students, and Atlas troopers heard a battle cry unfamiliar to them. As the White Fang began to retreat up the stairs of the building they came from, a commanding voice had cried out and grabbed their attention. To them, it was unheard of, but Vastano knew this personality of whose voice it was. "Open fire!"

The terrorists were met with an untimely fate as machine gun fire from the building they were retreating to appeared at every single window and the opening the mech had created. The White Fang stood no chance as they were gunned down in front of their retreat point. Some of the faunus tried to fire back at their assailants, but it was to little avail when trails of machine gun fire reached across the open entrance and eliminated the remains of the White Fang attackers.

"Men, secure the perimeter. This location is important." Spoke the unknown commanding officer.

Immediately, the unknown fighters showed their green uniforms as they stormed the courtyard in their numbers. It was a surprise that these were not the reinforcements that the defenders had expected, but Vastano knew them.

Johnny stepped out of his cover as he began to make his way over across the courtyard. He ignored the giant pulling out his giant sword from the mech as the machine stumbled into the ground. He heard Velvet's voice call out to him, but he ignored her call as well as he continued to make his way across the land.

As he grew closer, he saw the back of a US Army Officer speaking with his platoon commanders. "Alright, get men into the windows and keep their eyes on the courtyard. I want to make sure that the .30 Cals have a full line of sight over the entire kill zone."

Some of the officers who stood in front of him took notice of Johnny's presence, but their faces seemed drained as if they saw a ghost.

Vastano took the courage to speak. "Monte?"

The American turned around and revealed his rank before his face recognized the paratrooper captain standing in front of him. "What the hell?"

"Monte it's me. Johnny, CO of Able."

"I know that, but what the hell happened to you?!" He cried out.

Johnny scratched the back of his head. "It's… complicated."

"My ass Vastano." Replied Monte. "Look, after we take care of this mess you are going to give a fucking explanation as to why the fuck you went missing."

Even though Vastano was being called out, he still had some courage left to greet his friend. "Good to see you too, Durante."

The expression on the captain's face had changed as well. "Likewise, good to see you are still in one piece."

Then Coco made a comment about the entire debacle. "Okay Vastano, who is he and why do you know him?"

Colonel Jackson was tied to a flagpole post as he was confronted by the head of the White Fang and its entire operations. It had been a long time after his captors dragged him off on his own time and interrogated him with every method they showed him. However, he knew better than to submit and work with the people behind these attacks.

The leader clad in black clothes turned his hidden gaze onto the wounded Atlas colonel. He brought out his sword as he watched the man simply observe him. "Any last words, colonel? Do you have some words of defiance to the new change we are bringing to Remnant?" Jackson merely nodded his head. "Speak."

Swallowing his spit, he prepared for his last final moments. "Sooner or later, someone will take you down. I know it won't be me, but I am sure you will cross a line and will end you and the White Fang."

The leader smiled. "I expected a bit more from you. Too bad it wasn't much of a threat."

"Don't worry, I just can't wait to see your face when someone decides to put a bullet in that fucking head of yours… Adam Taurus."

The leader of the White Fang no longer smiled as his sword came down on his prisoner. However, Jackson closed his eyes as he knew what was going to happen on the Atlas Academy grounds.