AN: Sorry for this being late but I have been super sick recently. It was not fun I basically stayed in bed sleeping or reading other fics. So people want a Cardin chapter? Okay, let's see if I can do this.s. So Volume 9 teaser is out. Neat. That's all I can really say. I'm not super fond of the Alice in Wonderland thing but I'll wait till the volume is actually out before i judge. For all, I know it could be great.
Chapter 28
Cardin sighed as he checked his scroll, it was the same old job, keep an eye on team ABVR and PYSL. He had joined the mobile suit classes to keep an eye on the ones that had entered and he could see why to say someone like Ironwood was interested in them. Their skills in those machines were honestly terrifying, well except for Ruby but she had the best trainers. What he didn't understand was why Ozpin was so interested. Coming from a rather influential family Cardin had learned a bit like it was a silver-eyed warrior that won the King of Vale the war. Still, he didn't believe in the whole Silver-Eyed legend so he doubted it was Ruby that Ozpin was interested in. His money was on either Arc, Nikkos, or Schnee. Arc and Schnee both come from some powerful families themselves, while Nikkos was nearly unbeatable. He was following Schnee while he had Dove watching the less critical member of the teams, and Russel was watching Nikkos, while he sent Sky to watch Arc. Cardin didn't envy his teammate Arc and Rose were inseparable and if they weren't busy with their projects they were likely out on some cutesy date. Cardin had to control himself from laughing as he overheard what Schnee was saying.
"That rapscallion didn't deserve being with you, Penny." Weiss waved her spoon at the ginger girl. "Heck, the first time I saw Sun he was making moves on Blake."
'Huh looks like monkey boy is going to get a visit from an angry general or specialist. Better make sure waterboy isn't there for that, pilots stick together after all.' Cardin smirked as he sent off a few messages.
It seemed like Penny told that, Faunus her secret and he didn't take it well, honestly he couldn't blame the boy when he first heard it from the General during one of the headmasters' meetings he thought the man had a few screws loose. It wasn't until he had actually followed her around that he figured Ironwood was right, Penny was always odd ever since she got to Beacon but he figured it was just a case of a sheltered upbringing. The magnets proved otherwise. He jotted down everything they said in a small notebook for any report should Ozpin or Ironwood want one. So far nothing seemed really important just some girls talking about a bad breakup. His scroll went off and he looked at it and saw three messages.
General: Understood Specialist Schnee has been sent to speak with Mr. Wukong.
Waterboy: Got it. I'll make myself scarce. I had no clue she had relatives in Atlas Military. Sun is so screwed.
Drunk: Meet at Crowbar in two hours Oz gave me your next assignment. Hope you like dealing with Lamplight.
Cardin sighed reading the last one. Great, he was on crimelord babysitting duty. Roman was alright in small amounts but that man loved to talk about himself far too much.
Jacques sat at his desk with a glass of bourbon as he watched the recent news. It seemed those filthy animals attacked Vale but were pushed back by Atlas troops. He was grinning, he wasn't sure those Paladins the military paid for would do much but it looked like that gamble paid off.
"The emergence zone was quarantined by Atlas forces and the rouge Grimm were cleared out with ease thanks to their new weapons." The reporter continued.
"It's quite amazing to think these mobile suits are able of such great feats. The screen changes to one of Arc's machines tearing through Grimm like butter. Jacques nearly shattered his glass. Those pesky Arcs have eluded him for too long. He was glad the current head of the family married some other woman so he was able to get in good with Nicolas and gain SDC through marriage. He was pleasantly surprised to learn Nicolas and Richard wanted to bring the families together. However, his daughter was dragging her feet as usual when it came to doing her duty. He was contemplating giving Whitley the title of Heir and having him marry one of the younger Arc girls. He knew that Jaune boy didn't care for his grandfather's company so it would be a win-win for both companies at least.
"It seems like the SDC's top-of-the-line Paladins were found in the custody of the White Fang. We have yet to reach out for an interview with Jacques Schnee but we hope to hear from him soon. As for now let us see what Richard Arc has to say about these events."
Jacques sent a message to his speech writer demanding one by the end of the day and started on a message to his development team. If Richard could make these 'Moblie Suits' then the Schnee Dust Company needed to up its game. He wanted better and stronger Mobile Suits made as soon as possible.
Mercury slipped past the cameras covering the entrance with a grin. Atlas sure was relaxed with its security nowadays. He made his way to the computer panel and started looking. He learned from that wannabe playboy that Atlas developed multiple locks to their new toys but with a few questions and drinks, he learned that when a suit was under repair those locks were nonexistent. He was looking for repair receipts on the main computer and found two in the system and grinned.
"Like taking candy from a baby." Mercury made his way to the two suits with a smirk. Soon Cinder would see that magic was nothing compared to human ingenuity. He felt like a child in a candy store as he stared at the two. One was one of those GMs and the other was a Zaku. "Now which one do I want?"
AN: Sorry for the delay I'm going to try to get the next chapter out faster. The next chapter will be the start of Vytal. Which one should Mercury take?
