Diane was frowning, Sunset and Penny was sitting down next to each other. Blake was patrolling with Cardin. Weiss was speaking to Sun “So Sun, what was life like in Mistral?”

Sun frowned “Different from the harsh lands of Vacuo. Sometimes I miss the harsh life back there, some days it was rough but all that I needed to survive back there was my wits. My life was under my control. When I moved to Mistral, the disdain for Faunus was very clear and it made bonding with others much harder.”

Weiss blinked “Wait they don’t discriminate against Faunus in Vacuo?”

Sun laughed “If your tough enough to live in the harsh conditions then you are accepted.”

Before another word could be spoken, several aircraft were approaching. Diane pulled out her axe and shield “Bullheads, it seems like father was right to request our help.”

As the Bullheads landed, several Faunus wearing white masks disembarked from one of them lead by a Faunus with red hair and two bull horns on either side of his head. Out of another came a neatly dressed man carrying a cane along with his own goons, a woman with one pink eye and one brown eye by his side. Blake and Cardin returned, Blake’s eyes widened at the red haired Faunus “Adam!”

Adam looked at her in disgust “So Blake you have betrayed the White Fang have you? I will exact retribution on your on behalf of all Faunus!”

Blake froze at the accusation as Adam drew his word rushing towards her, Diane leapt in front of him. Anger filled her veins as she grabbed his blade, her skinshifted from the pink that it was normally to blacker than the darkest night. Black ooze dripped from her flesh as white armoured plates with red lines crossing them formed over her body. Her irises glowed red as her sclera turned a deep black, her voice seemed to twist “A̶d̵a̷m̵ ̵T̶a̵u̸r̵u̶s̷,̶ ̶y̸o̷u̵ ̴d̶a̴r̷e̵ ̶t̴o̶ ̶i̸n̶s̵u̴l̸t̷ ̴o̷n̵e̶ ̴w̵h̶o̷ ̵I̷ ̵c̵a̸l̴l̷ ̷f̴r̸i̸e̵n̸d̴!̵ ̵I̸ ̷w̶i̵l̶l̸ ̸b̴r̵i̶n̵g̸ ̵y̸o̵u̶ ̸t̴o̵ ̵y̵o̶u̵r̵ ̷e̷n̵d̴!̸”

Much to the shock of everyone pink energy burnt into his body, he screamed in agony as his mask fell off. Diane’s anger lessened as she saw the brand on his face, she tossed him to the ground “You were a slave to the Schnee Dust Company at one point. No wonder you feel such hatred towards humans.”

Her Grimm side retracted, she summoned two sets of shackles, she bound his legs and arms. She then turned to the two well dressed humans “You two are coming with me as well.” Before they could retreat she fired beam out of her fingers, each Bullhead exploded as the beam made contact.

The two humans and the rest of bot Groups moved over to them. Diane opened her scroll as her teammates watched the group and called her father “Father, I have apprehended several attackers.”

Ironwood nodded “I’ll send some troops over.”

The man sighed “Well I guess the jib is up, I’m Roman Torchwick and this is Neopolitan. She doesn't have the ability to speak, to think my criminal career would end here.”

Diane was observing Roman carefully, Blake frowned “Diane what are you thinking?”

Diane frowned “Roman, is Neopolitan your daughter?”

Roman looked at Neo “Officially no but I took care of her for most of her life. She is the only person in this world that I trust without hesitation, why would the daughter of Atlas’ general care about a lowly thief like me.”

Diane smiled “My father found me in the streets with no memories of my past. I was alone as the people of Atlas sneered at me for what I was but he stepped in and took me in as his own. You two have quite a valuable set of skills that would ultimately be wasted if you rotted in a cell somewhere.”

Roman grimaced “Anything is better than locked in a cell, what do you want from us?”

Diane shrugged “We’’ll have to discuss this with my father but I’m sure he’ll agree. We do lack an espionage arm and instead of stealing dust you will be stealing information. I’m sure both of you could achieve that with Atlas’ resources backing you up.”

Neo walked forward transforming into a perfect copy of Ruby, voice and all “Sounds interesting but our former employer may not be too happy about us changing sides. Still it’s better than being locked in a cell and I’m pretty confident that dad would like to play with some of Atlas’ toys.”

Cardin frowned “How do we know they are not playing us?”

Diane grimaced “They could very well be but at the same time nobody succeeds without taking some risks. Something my father taught me.”

Weiss frowned as she glared at Adam’s restrained body “What about him, he seems to have an intense hatred for humans? We can’t just let him go free can we?”

Sunset frowned “We’ll leave him in the hands of Atlas along with his fellow White Fang members. We are not sure of what needs to be done on that front.”

Their deliberation was interrupted as several Atlesian Airships descended from the sky. Commander Luna stepped off the airship in her armour, two hilts resting on either side. Diane saluted “Commander Luna.”

Luna laughed “Your not under my command, you don’t have salute to me Diane.”

Sunset’s eyes winded “Your my mentor’s sister.”

Luna looked to her with a grin “So your Celestia’s newest student, is still as much of a stiff as I remember. She used to get so angry over every little thing I did.”

Diane frowned “We should focus on business, I’ll return with you to Atlas for the time being.” She then turned to the rest of her team “I will be back before classes, inform everyone for me please.”

Blake frowned as she looked at Adam “Be careful with, him his semblance allows him to store energy in his sword and redirect it back.”

Luna grabbed the unconscious Bull Faunus and took him onto the airship. Diane followed with Neo, back in her true form, and Roman close behind. Roman looked around the massive airship as Atlas soldiers took the remaining White Fang members onto the airship while his goons joined him “Working with Atlas is going to be a treat if I get to use tech like this.”

Adam slowly stirred in Luna’s grasp, he opened his eyes and looked around. He growled at Diane “You are a disgrace to the Faunus, you serve those who would enslave us!”

Luna tossed him to the floor “I was alive when our kind was still in it’s infancy and your petty actions make us look like nothing but the wild beats that humans think of us as!” Her glare silenced him as the multiple airships slowly returned to Atlas.

Author's Note

I hope you have been enjoying this story.