Knights Of Grimm: THE FALL

Chapter 4: Brothers United

In Ozpin's office late at night. Ironwood is waiting with his arms crossed while Winter is impatiently pacing about. Suddenly, a smirking Qrow, accompanied by Goodwitch and Ozpin, arrive in the elevator.

Winter: What were you thinking!?

Ironwood: If you were one of my men, I would have you shot!

Qrow: If I was one of your men, I'd shoot myself.

Qrow said as he takes out a flask from his pocket.

Glynda: While I wouldn't condone his behavior, retaliating like you did certainly didn't help the situation.

Winter: He was drunk!

Goodwitch: He's always drunk!

The four then turns to Qrow to see him drinking from a flask. His eyes widen when he notices them staring, and he holds the flask out to the side, looking at it awkwardly before grimacing.

Ozpin: Qrow, why are you here?

Ironwood: You've been out of contact for weeks! You can't just go dark like that in the field!

Qrow: I'm not one of your special operatives, Jimmy!

Winter: General.

Qrow: Whatever. You sent me to get intel on our enemy, and I'm telling you, our enemy is here.

Ironwood:...We know.

Qrow: Oh! Oh, you know! Well, thank goodness I'm out there risking my life to keep you all informed!

Ironwood: Qrow-

Qrow: Communication's a two-way street, pal. You see this?

Qrow pulls out his scroll and points to it.

Qrow: That's the SEND button.

Winter: They had reason to assume you'd been compromised.

Qrow: And I have reason to assume you don't need to be here.

Qrow said as she points his finger at Winter.

Qrow: Seriously, who invited her?

Ironwood:... Schnee, we'll discuss this incident back at my ship.

Winter: But Sir!

Ironwood: Winter. Leave.

Winter was hesitant at first. But not wanting to back down from his orders, with a salute to her General, she says...

Winter: Yes sir.

She then turns on her heel and gives the winking Qrow a dirty look as she exits via the elevator.

Ironwood: Go on.

Ironwood said as he gestures to Qrow.

Qrow: Your little infiltrator isn't just another pawn. They're the one responsible for condition.

Glynda: What?

Qrow: Despite what the world thinks, we're not just teachers, or Generals, or Headmasters. The people in this room, the leaders of the other two academies , we're the ones that keep the world safe from the evils no one even knows about!

The Old Crow gets up to Ironwood's face, glaring at him.

Qrow: It's why we meet behind closed doors, why we work in the shadows. So you tell me, James, when you brought your army to Vale, did you think you were being discreet, or did you just not give a damn!?

Ironwood stares down at Qrow as he places his Scroll on Ozpin's desk. The center of the room projects a hologram of Vale, Beacon Academy, the Amity Colosseum and Ironwood's fleet of Atlesian Airships, which he gestures to.