Chapter Nineteen - Sending A Message

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After successfully taking the Schnee Manor, the Schnees were taken before Jacques Schnee. As the Schnees were forced on their knees, HK-47 aims his blaster rifle at them. It was at this moment that Jacques lashed out. 

Jacques: Who do you animals think you are?! Do you know who I am?!

Without hesitation, Adam removes his Grimm mask, revealing the SDC logo branded on his face. Jacques became silent as Adam pressed his sword against his throat. 

Adam: More than you know, Schnee. HK, is everything set up? 

HK-47: Answer: Yes, Master. I have hacked into the CCT Towers. You now have full control over the airwaves. 

Adam: Good. Broadcast this. I want all of Remnant to see this. 

HK-47 did exactly as Adam ordered. He soon began a broadcast which would be broadcasted all over Remnant. On an airship heading to Atlas, Ruby and the others were preparing their next move when the TV in the ship cuts to a broadcast bearing the symbol of the White Fang. Upon seeing this, everyone was shocked. 

Blake: Adam....

Yang: That son of a bitch! 

The TV then shows Adam Taurus standing in front of the camera. 

(Disclaimer: Credit for parts of the following speech go to @BattleDroid1106)

Adam(TV): People of Remnant. You all know me as Adam Taurus of the White Fang. I'm here to deliver a message, so many lives lost, so many sacrifices endured as the Faunus cope with those who wish to see us enslaved! But today that struggle ends! Humanity will be no more! It's time for the Faunus to take their rightful place as the superior species of Remnant! 

Cheers from the White Fang are heard from the other side of the broadcast, while everyone watches in dread. 

Adam(TV): Yesterday was a time of human superiority! Tomorrow will be a time for change! I have taken my forces and infiltrated Atlas: the heart of Humanity! My first target was the family responsible for the enslavement of the Faunus!

HK-47 then brings the captured Schnees into the camera's view. Weiss was in a state of shock at seeing her family being held hostage. 

Weiss: No....

Adam(TV): Fellow Faunus, too long has Humanity enslaved us. Too long have we been beholden to the whims of Humans like the Schnees who would have us slave away in their mines. How many Faunus have died because of them? 

Adam then removes his Grimm mask before the TV. Everyone on the airship was shocked to see the marks of the SDC branded on his face. 

Jaune: His face....

Adam(TV): The White Fang you knew is no more. I declare a new Empire opened to all Faunus who long for freedom, peace and justice. But most importantly, I offer you vengeance. I ask that you break your chains and rise up against the Humans. For too long, the Schnees have thought themselves to be untouchable. 

Adam then nods to HK-47 who aims his blaster rifle at the Schnees. Without hesitation, the Assassin Droid guns down Willow and Whitley in cold blood. Weiss drops to her knees in utter horror. Tears begin streaming down her face as Ruby attempts to console her. Adam soon grabbed Jacques. 

Adam(TV): Yesterday was a time of human superiority! Tomorrow will be a time for change! But today...Today is a time for JUDGEMENT! 

He then proceeds to behead Jacques with his sword. Cheers could be heard from the other side of the broadcast. The airship was silent. Weiss was in a state of shock, horror and grief. Witnessing the brutal execution of her family had traumatized her as everyone attempts to console Weiss. 

Adam(TV): The Schnees are only the beginning. I know General James Ironwood will no doubt be mobilizing his Human army to wipe us out, but don't bother. You're next. My army shall march on Atlas Academy. Anyone who stands against us shall die. Any Faunus from within the Academy who wishes to join us, the White Fang Empire shall welcome you with open arms. Soon the White Fang Empire shall lay waste to all of Humanity. Vale. Vacuo. Mistral. Atlas. All shall fall before the might before the White Fang Empire. You thought the Faunus to be freaks. You thought the Faunus to be monsters. Now you have your monsters. Now we will show you fear. We will drag you down to the ground and break your necks with our boots! Take your heads! Burn your homes! We will inflict every atrocity done to the Faunus upon you! We will end your tyranny! You will reap what you have sown. Humanity shall bow before the Faunus! Prepare for war. For the White Fang Empire. 

White Fang(TV): FOR THE WHITE FANG EMPIRE! FOR THE WHITE FANG EMPIRE! 

With that, the broadcast was over. Blake was in a state of shock. She took a moment to collect her thoughts. 

Blake: Adam....what have you done? 

Blake looked to the grieving Weiss with sorrow in her eyes. She blamed herself for what happened to Weiss's family. She couldn't bear to look Weiss in the eye as she consoled her. In that moment, the message had been sent. The Schnees have been executed. Weiss and her older sister Winter were now the last of the Schnee Family. Adam had declared war on all of Humanity. With the execution of the Schnees, Adam Taurus had sent a powerful message across all of Remnant. Now he was ready to lead the White Fang Empire to war. 

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