Trash fire coming through, also laziness is winning.
Universe: Ghost
At Beacon tower, Qrow, Glynda, and Ozpin walk out of the elevator greeted by two irritated people. Not long ago, Qrow and Winter fought in the middle of an academy ground. Although it was stopped by James and Ozpin, tension was still high amongst Qrow, Winter, and James.
"What were you thinking!" Winter hissed the moment Qrow walked in.
"If you were one of my men I would have you shot," James said angrily.
"If I was one of your men I'd shoot myself" Qrow sassed.
"Well, while I wouldn't condone his behavior, retaliating as you did certainly didn't help the situation," Glynda spoke.
"He was drunk," Winter stated.
"He's always drunk," Glynda responded.
Winter and Glynda's bickering was interrupted by the sound of Qrow loudly chugging down his flask of alcohol, even Ozpin was baffled by the sheer audacity of Qrow's current behavior.
"*Sigh* Qrow, why are you here?" Ozpin inquired.
"You've been out of contact for weeks! You can't just go dark like that in the field," Ironwood demanded Qrow an explanation.
"I'm not one of your special operatives, Jimmy," Qrow sassed back.
"General," Winter angrily reminded.
"Whatever. You sent me to get intel on our enemy, and I'm telling you our enemy is here,"
"We know,"
"Oh! Oh, you know. Well, thank goodness I'm out there risking my life to keep you all informed!" Qrow is irritated at being left out.
"Qrow!" James hissed.
"Communication's a two-way street, pal. Do you see this? That's the send button," Qrow pointed at his scroll dissing at James.
"They had reason to assume you'd been compromised," Winter spoke.
"And I have reason to assume you don't need to be here. Seriously, who invited her?" Qrow demanded pointing at the offended Winter.
"Schnee, we'll discuss this incident back on my ship," James said.
"But, sir...!" Winter is about to argue.
"Winter, leave," James ordered firmly.
"Yes, sir," Winter dejected.
"No, She stays,"
A deep booming voice echoes throughout the room as all the occupants try to find the voice came from. From the elevator door walked in an imposingly tall man wearing a full black heavy coat with black kevlar armor underneath, black trousers with a small pouch on his left thigh and a pistol holster on his right thigh, and black boots, there is no sight of skin exposed from his attire. His face was covered by a skull pattern ski mask under a hallmark skull figured mask. No one in this room knows what he looks like under its mask hence those who meet and work with him call him.
"Lieutenant Ghost?" James inquired.
"Lieutenant, Sir!" Winter straighten her back and saluted at her superior office to which Ghost nodded at ease toward Winter.
Ghost is one of James' best men on the field in sabotage, infiltration, and ambushes not to mention his loyalty to those who he trusted. Because of this, James has decided to include Ghost in Ozpin's secret circle with permission from Ozpin himself. Ghost is both Ozpin and James' secret member of the circle to increase his success in plans. If Ghost willingly shows himself in front of Winter, Glynda, and Qrow then whatever information he has is much more valuable than ever from James' experience in Ghost reasoning.
"I suggest we let Specialist Schnee in as we need every trusted personnel we have for what will be happening next," Ghost suggested.
"Who the hell is this bozo?" Qrow drunkenly asked.
Ghost marches toward Ozpin's desk and threw four files.
"Four people have infiltrated the school and planning on a full-scale invasion with the White Fang," Ghost explained, "These are the dossier I manage to compile along, aside from that I have investigated mountain Glenn by your request and discovered a sleeping Grimm dragon within the mountain and awaiting to be awoken,"
"Whoa whoa, how the hell did you manage to get this info?" Qrow walk up beside Ghost grabbed the top file which contain the picture of Cinder, and asked.
"Let's just say that people are more willing to talk when you take their Fangs," Ghost ambiguously replied.
In the abandoned factory in mountain Glenn, various White Fang members are patrolling the area for Grimm and intruders from getting close. At one of the more secluded entrances to the factory, two members of the White Fang are patrolling the area. It was night and quiet within the building causing both of them to feel agitated and scared. A sound echoes from behind them whipped out their rifle turning and aim only to see nothing, letting out a breath of relief one of the guards lowered their rifle.
"Man, after the raid on the train operation, we've been scared by everything,"
"Yeah, I mean what are the chances we're being ambushed again, right?"
"..."
"Greg?"
Turning to his right only to find his partner choking as blood began to pour out of his neck caused by a knife lodged in it. Before he could react something heavy softly landed behind him as he felt someone holding his head and snap to the side breaking his neck and his body slumped down as the embrace of death accept him with his partner dropped beside him as well.
Ghost lifts both bodies over his shoulder and finds a secluded space where he can bury both. Ghost continues with his mission, dodging patrols, climbing ladders, and sabotaging many machines and weaponry as he can. Finally, he reaches his destination, a single door to the director's room where his quarry lays. Slowly opening the door, Ghost entered the room and see the large man known as one of Adam's most loyal Lieutenant. Ghost slowly approaches the sleeping body pulls out a cloth with chloroform and began to cover the Lieutenant's mouth and nose as he wakes up in shock and began to struggle under Ghost's hold. After a while, the struggling slowly and slowly becomes weaker before the Lieutenant falls unconscious and began to carry him away from the factory in the stealth of night.
In an undisclosed location, in the middle of a large empty room with only a single chair in the middle with a spotlight lighting it. The Lieutenant began to groan waking up from his slumber and trying to rub the headache only to not be able to move his arms, the same as he went to stand only for his leg to be tied to the chair legs. The Lieutenant began to struggle against his binding to no avail, the sound of soft footsteps echoes throughout the room stopping him from his struggle.
"Have a nice dream?"
"Do you know who you are messing with?"
"One of Adam's trusted hounds, now would you kindly tell me everything Adam is planning for the Vytal festival?" The sound of the footsteps getting louder and closer. The Lieutenant feels his heart begin to beat faster
"Ha! if you think I'm going to talk then you are naively mistaken,"
"Very well, I suggest you start talking before I do something I will regret," The footsteps are getting closer. Cold sweat dripped from behind his White Fang mask.
"Torture me all you want, I will regret nothing," The footstep stopped
"I think you misheard what I said," A sound of metal being dragged against the floor getting closer and closer, "You see I have done many things in my life that many would regret doing, but I have already stopped regretting those actions to the point nothing I do will make me regret it,"
The Lieutenant saw at the edge of the light a foot became visible followed by another as the leg of his captive came into his view only a skull face greeted him dragging a sledgehammer behind him causing the Lieutenant to shake in fear. His captor gets closer and closer as he leans into his face almost to the point his mask and his captor's mask almost touch. The captor spoke in a low deep threatening voice that echoes in the room.
"Now I implore you, tell me everything you know or we'll be finding out what makes me regret together," Ghost lifted the sledgehammer in the air and swung down.
The implication of how Ghost gets the information weighs heavily in the air before Ozpin cleared his throat. Qrow opened the file and his eyes widened as he flipped through papers and papers containing information regarding Cinder. Qrow spread the other file and saw the pictures of both Emerald and Mercury's sudden realization hitting him after seeing all three pictures.
"All three of them were involved in the Ambers attack," Qrow mumbled. Glynda heard what Qrow said and saw the picture pick up her pad and began to frantically type before displaying four student files on a holographic projector in the middle of the room.
"These four are posing as Heaven students for weeks," Glynda stated.
"How did these four manage to get into Beacon along with the other students?" Winter inquired.
"That's where I have other news, Headmaster Lionheart has defected," Ghost informed as he pulled out another file this time much thicker, "Everything I manage to get from the White Fang Lieutenant,"
Ozpin pick up the file and began to read. As a minute passed, Ozpin's eyes slowly widen slightly reading the file till the end before passing the file to James, Ozpin leaned back on his chair trying to calm himself and drink his coffee. James began to read and his eyes widen more noticeably and frantically flipped the pages of the file before letting out a breath of apprehension.
"Dear Oum, they are planning a wide-scale invasion by hacking our drones and Penny," James stated in disbelief, James snap his attention to Winter, "Winter, go back to the ship and order to sweep the whole system in search of any foreign code!"
"Yes, Sir!" Winter replied.
"Ghost keeps an eye on the four infiltrators, don't engage," Ozpin said.
"Sir,"
Both Winter and Ghost entered the elevator. As the door closed and the elevator slowly descent Winter nervously glance at Ghost as she began to fidget slightly in the silence.
"How have you been?" The sudden question surprised Winter letting out a small squeak and Ghost chuckled.
Winter cleared her throat trying to hide her blush and calm herself, "I-I have been doing fine Sir,"
Ghost just silently chuckled before taking off his figured mask showing his dark blue eyes that Winter always stares at.
"It is good to see you, Winter,"
Winter smiles softly lightly grabbing his mask and lifting it over his face showing a young man in his mid-twenties with blonde hair and a scar down the edge of his soft smile. Winter gently cups his face and brought him down for a soft kiss that lasted a few seconds before Winter broke it with a blush on her face and Jaune smiled more widely.
"It is good to see you Jaune,"
The door of the elevator at the bottom of the tower opened, and Ghost and Winter marches out with an air of professionalism before they separated with Winter boarding the bullhead while Ghost began to disappear within the crowds.
They have a war to prevent.