Everyone was in danger after the Grimm revealed itself to the Germans and the American troops. Now the first thing on Captain Durante's mind was trying to survive. "Keep running." The captain shouted while he ran towards the west, trying to escape the giant monster.

As his boots crushed the snow, he looked over his shoulder to see Captain Berger getting the attention of a tank crew trying to run their tank. "Forget the tanks." He ordered. "We are leaving."

Then he looked further behind the German to find Captain Derby calling out the stragglers trying to keep up. The captain looked up to see the Grimm in the form of rocks confront a German tank that stood in its way. The tank fired its main gun, with its shell smashing against it's "legs". The creature took noticed and stomped on the German tank, but with its sheer weight crushed the poor souls inside.

A thought occurred to Monte as he looked around. "Everyone, find anything with explosives. We are going to bury it with ordnance." The American said as he stopped in his tracks and looked back to the Grimm made of rocks.

The Grimm groaned as it swung its right arm to a retreating truck trying to leave. However, the truck was smashed aside as it spun back over time.

The captain was caught off-guard when three Germans placed a box right in front of him and quickly opened it up with the butt of their rifles. Then they snatched a familiar weapon that was the bane for the Allied tanks, the Panzerfaust. One of them took notice of him and warned him. "American, you better close your ears." He said as the three German soldiers grabbed the anti-tank weapon and aimed it at the monstrous Grimm wrecking havoc amongst the soldiers.

Monte ducked as those three rockets fired. They unleashed three warheads from their disposable rocket tubes, only to smash into the Grimm chasing them. Despite the powerful blasts, forcing it to take a step back, the captain watched with horror as it proceeded to catch up with Derby. "Shit." He swore to himself as he ran towards the Grimm.

As he continued to run towards the monster, he watched with awe as American and German weapons were now trained on killing it. Streams of Panzerschrek and Bazooka rockets flew towards, causing great explosions on the rockets. However, two rockets bounced off of the rocks and spun into the snow.

He ran past the German officer, who quickly noticed him. "What are you doing?" He cried out. "You'll get killed."

Although Captain Berger was quickly behind him, Monte whispered to himself as the creature reached to the stragglers and Kurt. "I know."

The Grimm raised its leg over Derby as he looked up to see the leg about to press down on him. However, Captain Derby was quick enough to push him out of the way and removed him from the coming weight of the Grimm.

Monte Durante looked up at the leg descending upon him as he looked to his mentor and friend, only for him to close his eyes. Then he felt the crushing weight descend upon him as he knew there was no way for him to survive. "God, please make this quick and painless." He said to himself.

Then he heard Derby's voice call out to him. "Durante, get the hell out of there."

"Am I not dead?" He asked himself. The captain opened his eyes, only to be surprised to find his hands unleashing a strange green glow to the edges of the rocky leg. "What the hell?" He whispered to himself.

To his surprise, he looked back to find Captain Berger screaming to the top of his lungs. "Shoot the fucking leg!" Just as that was said, Durante noticed a concentration of firepower smash into the joints of the Grimm. The rock that tried to kill him was blown away as the Grimm tipped over and fell on its remaining legs.

As the rock fell over, Kurt ran over to him with both awe and surprise. "Monte, get on your feet." Then his hand reached out to him, only for the captain to grab hold of him. "We need to get out of here."

The two company commanders ran away from the Grimm made of rocks as various calibers and explosives smashed into its massive form. They sprinted through the snow as it groaned in pain. As they noticed far ahead, the American and German forces were forming a firing line with rocket launchers and tanks to pepper with the Grimm with ordnance.

Captain Durante looked back to see the Grimm creature drag itself with it's "hands" in order to keep up with the retreating soldiers. However, it stopped as it continued to follow Durante and Derby. "Damn it, it's getting closer."

As they tried to leave, a great thunder had echoed from the west with a loud scream flying over their heads.

Captain Berger was quick to inform everyone of the danger that followed. "Take cover!"

Monte grabbed Derby's shirt and pulled him down into the snow with their faces were met with the frozen water. After they hit the ground, the company commanders looked back to the Grimm, whose face peppered by tank shots and rockets.

Then the German began to take notice of new arrivals. "What do you know? I never thought I would be glad to see the Soviets."

Looking back to the firing line, dozens of Soviet T-34s drove through the snow as they fired their guns across the way and into the face of the Grimm. However, these tanks fired in volleys as they gave a non-stop firing procedure onto the rocky bodies. Monte quickly took note of additional Soviet self-propelled guns supporting the attack. "Damn." He said to himself as the Grimm's body collapsed on itself and released its hold from the rocks.

Every single soldier watched with awe as the rocks dropped into the snow as the face began to leave from its rocky shell and display into its ghost-like form. One of the Germans began to point a fact out. "It's running." He called out. Despite the Grimm leaving the scene of the fighting, tank shells followed after the creature as it left the Allied and German soldiers within the area.

Captain Durante and Derby sat up in the snow as they watched the destruction brought by a single creature of the Grimm. Kurt pulled out a lighter and a cigar as he noted out a detail about the creature. "Colonel Strudwick is not going to like it when we tell him about this kind of Grimm." He stated as the cigar was smoking from his lips.

Then the two officers were caught off-guard when they heard the snow being crushed behind them. When they both noticed the Soviet standing there, he looked quite similar to another Russian they had met before. "Excuse me, but which one of you is Captain Durante?" He asked.

Monte raised his hand to identify himself. "I'm right here. What is this about?"

"I am Captain Kuznetsov, I came here to learn what happened to my brother."

The American officer looked around as he shrugged his shoulders. "Mind if we do this during the day when I'm not freezing my ass off?"

The Soviet nodded his head. "Of course, we've been up for quite some time."

"Yeah, I didn't really noticed that, but thank you for coming in right on time." He replied. "I'll see to it that you get to learn about the stuff about your brother."

Colonel Strudwick walked into the hotel lobby where the rest of the Allied soldiers were resting. However, he waited in the front entrance as he was confronted by one of the American company commanders. His hands rested on his cane as the snow continued to fall. "Captain Vastano, you came to give me some interesting news after you managed to repel the White Fang from someone's house."

The paratrooper looked around as he leaned his back against the railing for the stairs. "Sir, Edwards and I have managed to capture one of the survivors and I think we could get some good information out of him if we can." Replied Captain Vastano as he tightened his winter coat. "I'm just wondering if we can interrogate him as soon as the others get back."

"I see, it is about that personal relationship you have with that girl I heard of."

"What girl?" Johnny wondered.

"Captain, you are a terrible liar." Answered Strudwick. "You show personal feelings for the girl after the funeral with Jackson. Besides, Argall told me when I needed to fetch you for being missing in action."

"Where is this going?"

"Nowhere." He continued. "You are not going to interrogate that man."

Johnny was quick to reply. "But sir-"

"Young man, understand this. This is not the Ardennes. We are not learning about strategic locations of a battlefield. We are merely breaking a piece of a puzzle that is known as Doctor Amsel. That German scientist was smart enough to escape both the Soviet and the Allies when Germany was beginning to fall. If we mishandled this situation, we would be forced to take a long step to square one."

"I'm not getting what you're talking about, sir. I don't see why I can't do this myself."

However, Colonel Strudwick took the chance to inform him. "Yank, you are dabbling in the business of intelligence, which is something the Office of Strategic Services specializes in. Let the professionals take care of this bad business and don't interfere with it. If we handle this right, we might be able to be a step closer to finding Doctor Amsel and you would be a step closer to finding your lady."

"Excuse me, but I'm not British."

The colonel raised an eyebrow. "Do I have to stoop so low to make you Americans understand? Your girlfriend."

The paratrooper officer shook his head. "She's just a friend, sir."

Then he laughed at the statement. "It always begins with that, trust me lad." The colonel replied.

Sauer stood underneath a lamp post as its artificial light displayed his face on the quiet street. However, he was not the only person there who was there. Despite the fact that he was everything she disliked, he understood the power of the Maidens was not to be trifled with. After all, they were part of a balance which kept Remnant together. "A pity that we are both brought together because of her." He began.

A cloaked woman left a trail of footprints in the snow as she stopped right before the old man, but she knew there was more than just an old man. "Right now, I have been told by Ironwood that my daughter was kidnapped by the White Fang. Make it quick, because I need to rescue her."

"Although I understand your desire to defend your daughter, I wouldn't even suggest it. It is a death sentence you must not take for yourself." Replied Sauer. "She wants you to rescue your daughter and trap you in a spider's web."

"Yes, but this is my daughter I am talking about."

"However, it is their bargaining chip if you dare try to pry her from their hands. My dear Winter Maiden, this is one of those times when patience is needed for good deeds to happen."

The Winter Maiden raised her eyebrow. "I would normally be disgusted if you were human, but you are not." She answered. "I highly doubt you are even able to understand a human's feelings."

"In some degree I do, but I normally do not show it because it is private business to begin with." Stated Sauer. "Know this, the White Fang will release your daughter one way or the other."

"How are you going to do that?" She questioned. "The White Fang are not some street gang in Vale."

"In her little game, she has her pawns. However, I overcome this by using my bishops, my knights, and my rooks to change this game in the favor of humanity."

"You actually care for humanity. I thought you didn't."

"To a small extent, but for what she intends to do is far beyond my plans for humanity. For she will try to end our era of peace for the sake of the monsters to be on top. I'm just the type of monster who knows the limits."