Arriving at the front of the command post, Pyrrha looked around to see her captors dismount from their trucks and jeeps as they began to open the back of the truck. Across from her was Doctor Sauer, the 'father' of the Grimm, who was the enemy of man. Why does he seem so content that he was captured? It was a question which she grew to fear as it brought the idea of a plan he could have implemented; however, he took notice of her observing look.
Sauer turned his head to her as she sat up in a reserved manner. "Pyrrha, there is no need to be afraid." He stated. "I don't wish any harm to man."
She gave off her distrust to him. "How can I trust you?" She began with a low voice. This was a matter between those of Remnant than that of Earth. "You are the head of monsters."
"True." He nodded his head. "However, being a monster is also a curse that I sometimes wish would end."
Their conversation ended when two Americans pulled down the back end of the truck as one of them spoke up. "Alright you two, get out of the truck."
Then the two people in their custody rose from their seats and walked over to dismount from the back of the truck with their hands cuffed. If she had her semblance or aura, she would have got rid of these cuffs and took a run for it. The problem which lied in front of her was that she didn't have the powers she could have used. Instead, Pyrrha had to manage before Captain Durante walked over to meet them with his automatic weapon lowered in their presence.
The officer took a quick look at them before he nodded to the escorts. "Alright, Strudwick is waiting in the building. He's got questions for both of you." Then Monte Durante lead the two and their escorts inside of the building with soldiers from various units walking past them.
Soon they turned the corner as Pyrrha was surprised to see Colonel Strudwick standing at the window across the room. His attention was aimed outside as he stood tall with pride while he carried a cane in his hand before he turned his head over his shoulder. "Captain Durante, release them." He ordered. "We don't need this sort of nonsense in this conversation."
Pyrrha took notice of his confused expression. "So you decided to tell me to find these guys while we armed ourselves to the teeth only to release them?" He asked the officer who turned to face him.
"Captain Durante, these are matters which the OSS conducts on its own terms. We do not care what is done as long as information we need is found." Colonel Strudwick explained to him before he looked to the two escorts. "Both of you," He referred to Pyrrha and Sauer's guards. "...are dismissed and lock the door on your way out."
"I guess I'll be leaving as well." The captain commented.
Pyrrha turned her head and was surprised she didn't notice the two other officers who were sitting at a table. One of the men had spoke up. "Monte, take a seat. You're in for a long one." He stated before he leaned onto the table on his hand.
"Edwards, Derby, what the hell are you doing here?" Monte asked his peers. "I thought you were out taking a smoke."
The younger man chuckled. "Not anymore." His expression changed as Durante walked over to join them while he slung his weapon over his shoulder.
Then the door slammed shut as Colonel Strudwick turned to face them. "Doctor Sauer, we finally meet in person." The colonel stated as he stepped forward to confront him as he leaned onto his cane. He brought his hand out with a sign of good gesture. "I am honored to meet the man who came from another world."
Doctor Sauer slowly brought his hand and shook with the colonel. "I'm surprised you find a great interest in me. Who exactly am I speaking to?"
"You shall know me as Colonel Strudwick of the Office of Strategic Service." He introduced himself. Once the two men released their grip of one another, the turned to the lady standing beside him. "And you must be Miss Nikos." Then he tipped his cap to her.
Pyrrha looked around nervously. "I don't know why both of us are here?" She wondered.
"I'll inform every one of you, including you lads." The officer referred to the captains in the corner. "We're going to stop the man behind these bloody portals." Turning to the doctor he smiled at the grim expression. "Though, I do wish to know if you do have the means to transport entire units there, 'Father of the Grimm.'"
Doctor Sauer chuckled at the man. "How do you know?"
"Captain Durante informed me over the radio; however, I do wish to know why you look like a normal person."
Sauer laughed evilly as his voice echoed throughout the room while his body changed in the presence of those in the room. Pyrrha saw Strudwick take a step back before she turned her head to see the trio of officers rise from their seats.
Edwards couldn't believe what he was seeing. "Holy shit..."
Derby's hand reached for his holstered sidearm. "Goddamn."
Captain Durante brought his weapon to bear as he lined up his sights at the transforming man. "What the actual fuck is going on with him?!" He demanded as his trigger finger was a few inches away from firing the weapon.
Then Pyrrha turned her gaze towards Sauer, only to see him turn to see the officers and herself. His pupils were burning blue within the darkness of his eyes as strands of hair was in black as the majority stayed white, but his skin was very different. Even with his clothes on, she couldn't believe that this was the true form of the father of monsters.
Seeing the different reactions, he laughed at the sight which he brought upon these men. "You know, its hard to walk around in the street looking like this."
Then Strudwick made his comment. "So you try to hide your identity by disguising like an average human being?" He nodded his head approvingly. "I would like to know why the man of monsters is in the profession of a scientist, because an explanation would be perfect to know while Captain Durante has his weapon trained on the blank canvas."
Sauer returned from his Grimm form back into the human disguise which everyone was used to as he turned his gaze on the one-eyed colonel. "Did you just insult me in the worst possible manner?"
"Well, I wanted your attention as I have a few questions for you which matters. Like the fact that you decided to act like a scientist." The colonel began. "Why?"
His gaze was lowered to the ground. "It was cover for me back on Remnant and it worked perfectly on this world." The father of monsters answered.
Strudwick stared at him. "Your cover? Why would you wish to consider it your cover? Do you work for someone?"
"I used to work with my wife, Salem." Sauer sighed as he looked at everyone in the room. "We agreed together that we would fight humanity for the sake of the Grimm and rule Remnant just like kings." Then his eyes were locked on Pyrrha. A sigh was produced. "Over the centuries, I excelled in this goal of extermination, but time after time I had begun to notice that humanity still defied both of us when they were at their weakest. At first, I thought it was a last act of defiance for their kind. When man and faunus discovered a power called resource, they grew in power and had survived longer than my wife and I had expected. So I decided to know how they did it and disguising myself as a human seemed to be the best option at knowing what kind of power they possessed to resist us." The doctor answered. "I driven myself to understand this threat to the Grimm. I soon learned that the creatures of Grimm, my wife and I, only existed because of man's existence."
Pyrrha knew Sauer was a monster, she screamed to herself to refuse to accept him. There was something she couldn't understand, but it felt like he was speaking the truth. There is something about him I don't like.
"When I told Salem about this, she refused to consider what this meant for the Grimm. I tried to reason with her, but our disagreements have got to the point where battle lines were drawn." The father of the Grimm stated. "If we wiped out man, the Grimm would cease to exist."
Strudwick took the courage to speak up. "So what happened?"
Sauer stared at the colonel then to Pyrrha. "I defected to resisting my wife's goals." The monster of a man stated as his human expression looked into the girl's soul. "I joined a man named Ozpin, Miss Nikos' Headmaster."
All the officers turned their eyes on her as she looked around to see that she was at the center of attention.
"Interesting..." The colonel commented. "I take you would cooperate with us on this mission of ours?" He asked him.
"What is this about?"
"We wish to eliminate the issue of this Grimm from constantly attacking Germany with these damn portals. Do you know who would be causing these?"
"Yes." The monster scientist began. "Doctor Amsel, I could see that he is responsible for the mess you are dealing with. He can create these holes in reality just like me, but he half ass my work."
"So..." Colonel Strudwick stated. "I would like you to work with us to stop him from allowing these Grimm into our world."
She couldn't stand the fact that even when Sauer displayed himself as the father of monsters, they would be willing to ask for his help. "No!" Pyrrha shouted. "Are you going to be idiots to believe that Sauer will help you, even when he just showed you how much of a monster you are dealing with?" The colonel chuckled to himself. "Why are you laughing?!"
"Miss Nikos, do you know of a man named Joseph Stalin?" He asked her in a respectful tone.
She was confused, why was he asking this question? "No, I don't know about him."
"He is more of a monster than the doctor. Besides, we need his expertise to stop these bloody attacks on our occupation." Then he turned his gaze to her. "I remember when I read my report that this Ozpin works at an academy, but I skimmed the report. What kind of academy does your headmaster teach?" The colonel asked the girl.
"Ozpin?" Pyrrha was confusingly.
"Yes, what does his academy teach?"
"At Beacon Academy..." She began. "... students are taught to fight the Grimm. I was a student there... until it was attacked."
Pyrrha just noticed his expression change. "Why was it attacked? Why would this academy of yours get attacked for no reason?"
Soon, the conversation was brought back into reality when Captain Durante spoke. "So are we going to find the bastard who got Conti killed?" The officer asked.
Then Sauer decided to answer him. "I would suggest that you show some respect, that is my daughter you are talking about."
Pyrrha turned over to see Durante standing up with his sub-machine gun aimed at Sauer; however, the captain's face was pale white. I guess that's something to laugh at.
Returning to the matter at hand, Colonel Strudwick had spoken. "Are you going to help?" He asked the doctor.
"Yes." Answered Sauer. "It is about time I finished this family matter."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUy7Q6sCIC
Atlas Academy, walking into the office was a daunting experience for Johnny Vastano as Colonel Jackson had taken a seat beside him. Across from him, was a man who had some age, but he held a commanding presence which Vastano knew there was something about him.
Jackson saluted him in a respectful manner as the man sitting behind his desk was dressed well in his uniform. "General Ironwood, permission to bring him in?"
The general nodded his head before he turned to him. He brought a feeling where it reminded Vastano of a time when he caught the sight of Eisenhower. It had been a long time since that time and now he was in a different world with a different people. "Yes, he will stay here at the academy until his graduation." The general stated. Then Ironwood turned his attention towards him as Vastano straightened himself. "You must be Johnny Vastano."
He smiled. "Yes sir." Then he nodded his head as he added. "You may call me Captain Vastano or just Vastano sir."
General Ironwood returned the smile with his own. "Young man, I expected you to be less of an officer and more of a loose canon."
"With all due respect, general, I know a man who would fit that category who could handle consequences I couldn't handle." Vastano replied. "However, I'm grateful for the opportunity to go into this academy."
The general pulled out a device from underneath the desk and turned it on. He remembered that the colonel stated that this was a scroll, a device which is better than a radio. "I am sure that you have military experience outside of Remnant, based off of the information Colonel Jackson informed me about. Would you please explain your combat experience?"
"Well sir." The paratrooper officer began. "My first deployment started in the region of Normandy. My unit was scattered across the region and units were mixed up before we actually got ourselves together to kick the German forces out of the cities."
"Excuse me." Ironwood interrupted him. "Could you please explain to me who these Germans are? Colonel Jackson did mention them to me, but I know very little information about them."
Vastano swallowed his spit residing in his throat. "The Germans were the enemy of the Allies as they decided to invade other countries and started to make their bird nest bigger." He answered his question. "During the Normandy campaign, my unit was sent behind their lines to start liberating these countries from their occupation. Then there was the fuck up with Monty's operation. After that, I was at a place called Belgium freezing my ass off before the Germans started to bring a full counter-offensive to kick us out." Then he turned to see Colonel Jackson. "This was where Jackson went missing."
The general nodded his head. "Could you explain what happened afterwards? It would be interesting to know the events afterwards."
"Why you so curious about it?" He asked.
"I'm just interested to know."
"I took command of Able Company and kicked the Germans back. Then I lead the company into Germany before they surrendered to the Allies when the Reds Army took over their capital."
"That is plenty to take in." General Ironwood commented as he eyed the young man. "I think putting you into the beginner level classes wouldn't be suitable for an officer like yourself, captain." He stated. "Expert classes would be fitting for a man of your experience." Then he looked to the scroll. "However, you need to understand the basics of our world and unlock your semblance in order to survive."
Confusion fell upon his face. "What is a semblance?"
Ironwood smiled as a door opened up behind the colonel and the captain. "She will tell you." Vastano turned around to see a blonde woman with a wand in one hand and glasses over her face. "Glynda, how have you been?"
The woman stopped and crossed her arms. "So this is the student?"
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