The Wolf, The Lion and The Dragon - (Vol 5)

Ch.3 Unforeseen Complications

Brisa's Pov

Ghira, wearing glasses, paces back and forth looking at a piece of paper in his hands, while his wife Kali, his daughter Blake, Sun and I were all waiting for him to be ready. Ghira then stops pacing and takes one last look at the speech he has written down, before sighing as his wife places a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

Kali: "Are you ready?"

Ghira: "Yes. It won't be easy for the people to hear, but the truth often isn't. I know they'll do the right thing."

Blake then comes up and places a hand on her father's arm, giving an affectionate snuggle. Suddenly, the three are taken by surprise when another hand pats Ghira's back. He looks behind to see Sun.

Sun: "You got this."

The three give a brief look at Sun as he stands back and smiles sheepishly. They then turn to look at the cloaked me, who was still sitting on the couch. Blake takes a seat beside me as she places a comforting hand on my back.

Blake: "Are you sure you want to stay in here?"

I remove my mask from my head, giving her an apologetic smile.

Brisa: "I'm sure, Blake. As much as I would like to, even though my opinion on this would greatly increase the outcome of making the Faunus side with us, I can't risk it. I can't risk revealing myself to the Resistance or the White Fang since he'll be looking for me. But don't worry if anything really bad happens in your speech, I won't hesitate to back you up."

With that, they all nodded at her in understanding. Ghira then opens the doors as his family and Sun step out of the home to greet the crowd gathering outside as I went to watch from the windows to get a better view and listen.

Some people in the crowd are wearing press badges and holding scrolls up to record the event. Others in attendance include Corsac and Fennec Albain, who are bowing their heads, as well as Menagerie Guards. Ghira steps up to the podium and raises his hand to quiet the crowd down.

Ghira: "Thank you all for assembling here. I wanted to take time to address some of the rumours that have been circulating around our island. I believe that it is important for the people of this territory to understand the truth. No matter how you feel about the human race, I think we can all agree that the event now known as the Fall of Beacon was a tragedy. A tragedy that will set both man and Faunus-kind back. While the main aggressor is still unknown, we do have official confirmation that Adam Taurus..."

He says this all the while glaring inconspicuously at the Albains.

Ghira: "...the leader of a powerful splinter group working inside the White Fang, was partially responsible for these attacks, especially when some of his actions involved attacking the Lycandra's Weapons Industry, which we all know as the company run by a Faunus who offered the Faunus and humans various decent jobs. His actions not only tarnished the reputation of an organization originally created to bring peace and equality to all, but to our entire race. With each day that this man remains unpunished, it becomes increasingly difficult to condemn those that look down upon us."

When the crowd starts murmuring among themselves, Ghira raises his hand again to quiet the crowd down.

Ghira: "Recently, a spy from the same splinter group set their sights on this very home. My own daughter, Blake, and her friends did their very best to apprehend this individual. While they were unsuccessful after being physically assaulted and seriously injured, they were successful in obtaining the assailant's Scroll."

Ghira takes out the said Scroll from inside his coat.

Ghira: "With this, we have been able to ascertain that Adam Taurus has plans to overthrow the current leader of the White Fang, Sienna Khan, and take over the reins himself. He also plans to kidnap Miss Brisa Lycandra, the Resistances leader's daughter and the potential heir to Lycandra's weapons Industry, and use her to force Lady Garica to aid him."