Knox: Can I have my turn now?

King: It's chapter 66. I should do a Star Wars chapter.

Knox: But everyone would expect that!

King: You're going to pester me until you get to, aren't you?

Knox: Yep~

King: Fine...

Knox: Yey~!

Inspiration: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

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Knox appeared first. "Alright! Who's up for the next round?!"

King appeared a moment after, silent.

Ironwood looked up to the purple flame. "Something wrong?"

"Eh… Knox got to pick this one."

Knox laughed evilly. "Yes~"

Winter's eyes narrowed, "Should this concern us?"

"Absolutely~" Knox let out a full cackle.

King and Knox disappeared, and the next world started to play.

The world opened to a green line across the middle of the screen. It started to move in time with Ironwood's voice over. "We sent in an operative, undercover. His mission is to gain the White Fang's trust and gather intel."

Ironwood gripped his chair a bit tighter. "Oh… this can't end well."

Weiss turned back to the general, "How so?"

"An undercover operative is often forced to… act like the targets."

The sound of an elevator ding was accompanied as the green line was replaced by a bright green [B3] on the screen. A moment later, it became [B2] with another ding.

Ruby's head tilted, "An elevator?"

Penny copied Ruby's action. "It seems so."

[B1]

[T]

Yang raised an eyebrow, "T? What's that about?"

Tai thought for a second, "Terminal? It's usually used in elevators for a floor like that."

Yang nodded, "That makes sense.

[Remember…]

"Uh… What?"

Now, it was Ren's turn to explain, "Likely a transitional piece. This isn't actually on the elevator but is used to transition to the next scene."

[No Russian.]

"Russian?" Yang leaned back with a slight grin, "That supposed to be like 'take it slow'?"

Knox appeared for a moment, "It's a language in this world and the language used by our… protagonists." He disappeared again before giving anything else away.

The elevator stopped, and they saw a door open to a scene of an airport terminal. A large crowd of people was on the other side of a security rope, with a security guard between the screen and the crowd. The guard turned, and his eyes went wide with fear.

Blake was getting a bad feeling about this…

The guard tried to pull his gun before the symphony of mechanized death spilled forth from the elevator. Heavy caliber bullets tore through the man and into the crowd behind him. Screams, haunting screams, rang out from the people trying to flee for their lives.

Ruby placed her hands in front of her mouth in shock, and to stop from vomiting from the stress. "What on…?"

Blake knew only one person that could be behind this…

The camera spun around to show two men in masks. Both were armed to the teeth and carrying light machine guns in their hands. Extra ammo belts hung over their sides and grenades hung from the other. They both moved out of the way to reveal two more. One was the obvious form of Adam Taurus.

Sienna growled, "I knew it…"

Blake groaned with the same sentiment.

Knox laughed to himself in his invisible state.

The other was a blonde in a full-face mask, armed like the rest.

Nora groaned a bit, "Why is Jaune there?"

Ren turned toward her, "The undercover agent?"

Nora instantly perked up, "Oh right! The man on the inside!"

The two men up front continued to fire into the fleeing crowd. Though, Adam hadn't fired yet. He turned toward Jaune, who had yet to fire as well. Jaune glanced toward Adam, eyes locking from behind their masks.

"I think he's been found out." Qrow took another swig from his flask.

Pyrrha clasped her hands together, praying Jaune makes it out of this alive.

King sighed in the plane beyond them. You're just… twisted Knox.

Thank you~

Jaune turned back to the crowd and leveled his weapon. He started to fire into the now sparse crowd. With Jaune now in line, Adam followed suit, the team moving forward slowly.

Ruby frowned, "This doesn't make any sense… Why would he have to fire at innocent people?"

"To gain their trust," Ironwood growled. "I don't like the idea, but at the base, he needs to become one of them to bring them down. That can mean taking up their guns as well…"

The four moved slowly, over encumbered by their ammunition. They stepped over still bleeding bodies, sometimes atop them. One of the larger men noticed someone trying to crawl off and shot him in the back again, an execution.

Emerald felt a chill go up her spine. She'd done some terrible things, but never liked it. She just wanted somewhere to call home, finding it through Cinder. But they'd also never seen an attack like this.

They continued to walk until a bullet whizzed by one of their heads. The security forces were amassing to hold them off until the reinforcements arrive. Unfortunately, they didn't have the same prep time as their attackers. One of the men tossed a grenade into the forces and killed more than a few in the explosion. The other three cut down any of them that tried to get away.

This… this was just fucked up. A sickening attack on civilians and innocent people. Those in the audience wanted these attackers to get what's coming to them. Save for one. Cinder was taking notes. This was an excellent way to sew chaos and fear into the people.

The security tried everything they could to stop them, but lives were lost. In time, military forces entered the terminal and started to fire into the terrorists' line. The four had to duck behind thick concrete to try to avoid these high caliber rounds.

One of the larger men growled, "What now?!"

Adam looked around and pointed his gun at the glass windows to their side. He fired into the barrier and shattered it. "Through the window!"

All four jumped through the weakened glass and onto the tarmac. The drop caused them a bit of pain, but they were trained enough, and enough adrenaline was going through their veins, that they were able to shake it off for now. The other large man shook his head. "Let's get back to the truck. We're done here…"

Sienna's eyes narrowed, "So… It was a message." She'd ordered similar attacks on military or SDC targets, but never on a civilian population. The entire point was to make an attack, leave, let the world writhe in pain after.

They tried to move, but they had next to no cover when the military arrived again. Jaune ducked behind a concrete barrier and pulled a grenade, tossing it over the top. The arc was just short and to the side to catch them in an explosion.

Ruby smiled, hopeful, "He's sabotaging the attack…" A part of her wasn't so convinced, though. Something about the way Knox was acting was getting to her.

Jaune looked up for a moment from his barrier as a bullet ricocheted off his masked. Even a small measure closer to him, and he'd be dead right now. He was lucky that only his mask was damaged. The two unnamed men popped out from their cover and unleashed their storm of bullets, providing covering fire, as the four moved forward slowly. As some of the military tried to fight back, they would either be forced back under cover, retreat, or shot.

Ironwood despised seeing this. He absolutely hated terrorists like the White Fang and what they'd done. But he also hated the idea of an undercover operative taking part so thoroughly. He preferred clandestine spies that could bring in intel without getting involved, to stop them before anything happened. He understood why this option was used, but he still hated it.

The White Fang moved up slowly and eventually made it inside the lower garage. They quickly ran down the stairs and toward their get away vehicle, a stolen ambulance.

Emerald thought for a moment, "Wouldn't that draw more attention? An ambulance going away from the site?"

Mercury shook his head, remembering his father's previous lifestyle. "They'll likely think it's taking people to the hospital. It's actually pretty well prepared." Still not a fan. He felt, if you were going to do something, do it with some conviction. He didn't like sneaking around like they were but knew voicing this would piss off Cinder. But now…? "But it's still annoying. Pisses me off…"

The two men opened the doors as Jaune discarded his broken mask. As they entered the vehicle, they heard someone say, "That should leave quite a message!"

Adam grabbed a hand to get into the back of the ambulance.

"That wasn't a message." The world slowed as Adam found a pistol pointed toward him. A loud shot ran out in the underground garage as Adam fell back. He looked up to see Jaune staring down at him, gun in hand. "This is a message."

The screen faded to black as white lettering appeared with a typing sound.

[Lance Corporal Adam Taurus – K.I.A.]

That made many in the audience just… stop. They'd seen Jaune in many forms: an assassin, several types of psychotic mercenaries, and even a Voodoo god! But this… this was just… yikes.

Blake blanked for a second. "Wait… Adam… was the agent?"

Sienna blinked for a moment, "This is surreal."

The green line appeared again as the lettering faded. "We lost a good man. But he brought us invaluable information. The White Fang is led by Jaune Arc and is directly tied to the events with the Middle Eastern terrorist group Red Talon."

Blake let out a heavy sigh. "I guess it was inevitable that we'd see a Jaune like this."

"Thanks to a White Fang defector… We found out just how involved."

The screen showed lettering of the location at an earlier time. It gave coordinates instead of a name. The screen returned to show Ilia walking up next to Jaune as he watched helicopters enter the city in the distance. "The Americans are approaching the broadcasting station."

Ilia didn't feel any different seeing this. In some ways, it reminded her of her work with Adam.

Jaune ignored her, simply watching the events unfold. "They have. That's perfectly fine."

Ilia turned to Jaune. "But… If we don't move now, Red Talon will…"

"Red Talon means nothing, Ilia."

Cinder smirked with a certain level of appreciation. This version certainly spoke to her on a fundamental level. He was ruthless and powerful. It was glorious.

Ilia watched the helicopters in the distance. "But… the resources we put into it… Their struggle for…"

"They are theocrats out for themselves."

"But they offer alliance. If we don't run in, our work will be worthless. An end to everything we've…"

Jaune held a hand up to her to stop her. "The only thing they offered for us… is bait." He picked up a radio. "Do it." He placed his radio away and turned. "And make no mistake, Ilia…"

Ilia turned to watch him but had to hold up her hand when a blinding light filled her eyes from the city.

A shiver ran up all of their spines. This was eerily familiar.

"Make no mistake, Ilia…"

Ilia looked back and her eyes went wide. The city was being leveled as a giant mushroom cloud rose over the towers.

"This is only the beginning."

"He… He set off one of those bombs?" Pyrrha felt her spirit sink.

The screen went white before fading to black with the green line again. "We finally have a face and a name. It's only a matter of time now…"

Knox appeared again. He had no face, but they could tell he was grinning. "So… How did you like it?"

"There's something very wrong with you." Ozpin called up to the fireball.

"There's everything wrong with me~"