"No, Dex." Pius replied, frustration joining the mix of emotions tinging his voice. "We don't have any leads at the moment."
"And I don't know, Weiss. I sent Medus and Ieria to check on them." The Nobel opened up a third line to check on Team MIND's other half.
"Medus, Ieria!" He called out for both Weiss and Dex to hear. "How's the lobby situation?"
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Raqib shrugged. "Someone's gotta lead our merry band of crazies. It hurts me to say this but I'm afraid Rufus may be the best for the job." He laughed and sighed. "Our team has no hope of surviving the year..." He shot her a smile as he looked at her. "So how about you, my dear? You're in the same year so how is your team bonding going so far?"
"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior ValJK
Francesca nodded and scooped the girl up into her arms and stood up. "Nevertheless, I guess her nightmare is over now." She said as she looked down at the petite girl. "I hope..." She added on, almost as an afterthought.
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Ieria picked up Medus and supported him with her shoulders before making her way downstairs. She glanced back and forth between her mother and her partner, along with the girl in her Mother's arms. "Is that another one of the girls?" She asked. Then Pius piped up over the comms. "My mother and Lucas' father have wrapped things up down here..." Her Mother took the comms from her. "Hello Pius, we've secured one of the other girls, my husband and Lupa should be up with the other team that came with you." She said before handing her daughter's scroll
"I am nature's weapon. You are unfit to carry on your species, and I shall ensure that you do not do so!" - Charles Darwin, XCOM Sniper"Copy that, Ma'am." Pius replied to Francesca Jade, affirming Dex's question at the same time.
"You hear that, Weiss? We captured one." The Nobel himself was relieved at this information, with the fact that his side had managed to score some sort of victory.
Not to mention the armor fragments the golden one left behind. Pius realized.
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"She's fine, she's in our care now. She's resting from her wounds." Francesca said to Weiss. "She's been through heavy experimentation and surgery through the looks of it. Miss Schnee, when we find the person who did this, I want to be the one who takes his head off..." Francesca's eyes narrowed as her veins glowed a faint green.
"I am nature's weapon. You are unfit to carry on your species, and I shall ensure that you do not do so!" - Charles Darwin, XCOM SniperWeiss sighed again. "Copy that. We'll have to question her."
Minutes later, The Panic Shelter
The nobles sat in the makeshift council room, in the midfle sat Beth, clinging to Francesca's arm.
Two holographic figures appeared in the projector. Ozpin and Queen Lucretia.
"Begin the questioning, JWLK." commanded the Queen. They had decided to do it this way because the girl was most likely to answer Francesca.
The nobles barely looked at Beth, with her destroyed armor. At least they put her arm in a cast and wrapped her in a blanket.
Pius stood off to the side where he stood guard earlier, watching the proceedings with as much focus as he could muster along with the others.
"If I had my Rose mixture, I could probably get this done in five minutes..." he muttered, watching Beth through Dies Irae's visor. His gray eyes stared right at her, as if his stare alone could rip out every secret that the armored girl held in her mind. His gauntlets glowed yellow to compensate, just in case he needed to stun her with electricity.
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Ieria glanced over at Pius and let out a low hissing sound. "Have some faith in my Mother, Pius." She said before turning back to watch.
Francesca and her new child
"Beth, I need you to answer a few questions for me, do you think you can do that?" Francesca asked as she hugged the child close.
"I am nature's weapon. You are unfit to carry on your species, and I shall ensure that you do not do so!" - Charles Darwin, XCOM SniperBeth nodded. "Okay."
She was a bit uncomfortable with everyone in the room. She had never had so many people looking at her. It was only always just Papa and her sisters.
Do not talk to anyone. Never compromise the mission.
She scowled. Screw you, Ice Man. You suck. She had Mama now.
"What do you want to know?"
Jack looked at her, he had to admit she was kind of cu-he banished the thought from his head, she had just been through hell, weaponized. He couldn't help but wonder, what was under the helmet of the one he thought, he looked at his fist, imaging it coated in the blood of the sick fuck that did this.
Good to be backFrancesca
"Beth, just focus on me." She whispered in the girl's ear, sensing her unease. "Alright, can you tell us anything about the men who did this to you? What they look like, for one?"
"I am nature's weapon. You are unfit to carry on your species, and I shall ensure that you do not do so!" - Charles Darwin, XCOM SniperBeth smiled. Mama was so kind.
"Um...Well, there's the Ice Man, the one Papa calls Frank. He's ugly. He sucks. He made the biosuits and oversees Training Days and Missions....He's tall, thin and really greasy."
Weiss exchanged looks with her fellow nobles. Steiner.
"Papa is very nice! But the Ice Man is a jerk to him...Papa's name is...Jeff, I think. Papa takes care of Download Days and develops the Black Blood..."
Etton. We've got you know....Weiss smiled grimly.
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Oscar stood by Lupa and Hiram, watching his wife question the girl. His hands tightened into fists when he heard her answers, but he quickly got a hold on his anger. "Your Highness," he asked the Queen through his scroll, "Permission to go after Etton and Steiner?" He asked, his rage seething beneath his dark skin. Men like this did not deserve to live...
Francesca
"Can you tell us where it was that this happened to you?" Francesca asked, running her hands through the girl's hair.
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Ieria had walked a short distance away from the others and was tending to Medus again, she pressed a cold pack against his forehead and placed a hand on his back. "How are you feeling?"
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"I am nature's weapon. You are unfit to carry on your species, and I shall ensure that you do not do so!" - Charles Darwin, XCOM Sniper

"I'll take that as a yes, then." Pius replied, exasperation seeping into his tone. "Weiss, there should not be an immediate threat to the nobles now. It should be safe to leave the bunker." Then the Nobel slowed his pace and activated the speakers on Dies Irae.
"Slow down, Dex." Pius said, now walking at a pace that was leisurely compared to his rushed speed earlier. "Third attacker's gone."
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