The New Rose

Chapter 14 - Next Steps

The intelligence unit was created so this group of students could help with grimm and figure out what was going on with a crime syndicate, but no one could imagine this happening. Roman Torchwick being involved, Dexter Deshawn and his boys becoming partners with other criminals, and the White Fang did not seem to be letting up in their quest for equality. Then there was the fact that apparently a group of three were posing as students from Haven and were involved in schemes with Torchwick.

Ruby always got a weird vibe from the group, but she foolishly did not look into it, something that she regretted now. Mercury and Emerald didn't really talk to her or anyone else in that matter, nor were they very vocal in class. Not only that, but they also barely participated in activities that were outside of the classroom as Ruby barely saw them leave Beacon grounds. She also never saw Cinder; it was like the girl stayed in their room all the time.

Finding out that they were a part of Torchwick's group made a lot of sense, but she never thought that Cinder would be the mastermind. Admittedly, she did think that Cinder looked too old to be a student, but she never gave it much attention. Ruby was blaming herself because if she looked into this more or told Professor Ozpin her suspicions about the group, they could be in jail right now. The question that was going through her mind was what was the end goal? Why were they causing all this chaos and why work with Torchwick and the White Fang? Ruby hoped they found answers soon…

Little did Ruby know; General Ironwood was wondering the same thing, but he had a pretty good idea. These three so called Haven students were definitely members of Salem's little cult, why else would they be working with Torchwick and the White Fang? He really wanted to go yell at Ozpin and Glynda for not seeing the obvious and allowing those three to enter Beacon. Ironwood also needed to talk with Headmaster Lionhart in order to figure out who these three were. He didn't know what Salem was planning, but if he had to guess it involved Beacon Academy.

The rest of the unit could not believe what they had just witnessed and knew that they had to do something about it. This was just supposed to be a simple case, but it soon become anything but simple. Shauna and Seth had never seen those three before so they could not be students of Haven Academy, so who were they? Sindel and Litchi knew that answering that question was their next assignment for the week before the students went home.

They both hated putting such a responsibility on the kids, but they all took it seriously and produced extraordinary results in the past week. They proved that they took their roles as detectives and hunters in training very seriously, no egos among them. Plus, they both figured that if they tried taking them off the case then they would get upset or force them to get them back on. General Ironwood stood up and looked like he was about to speak so everyone turned their attention to him.

"Alright everyone, from what we just saw I say that your last assignment for this week is finding as much information you can about those three Haven imposters and that red-haired faunus from the White Fang. We need to figure out what exactly they are planning and put a stop to it immediately. I am going to call Headmaster Lionheart and figure out how exactly those three got Haven Uniforms." Ironwood commanded and he got up to leave but he was stopped by a voice.

"Forgive me General Ironwood, but I don't think it is the best idea to contact Headmaster Lionheart just yet." Shauna said seriously and everyone looked at her.

"Why is that Detective Vayne?" General Ironwood asked curiously.

"Think about it, neither I nor Seth have seen any of those three before and yet they clearly had identities that classified them as Haven students. They had to have someone on the inside that gave them that access, or maybe a really good computer hacker. That said, if you tried to make contact with Headmaster Lionheart, there is a chance that message could be intercepted, and the imposters could be notified." Shauna said with her thumb on her chin and Sindel picked up where she left off.