Silly Me...I Forgot To Mention...I Cheated

Chapter Nineteen: Double Cross

Atlas-Ironwood's Office-3rd Pov

Ironwood: "And thats everything Ozpin told me about this new Salem before being interrupted."
Winter: "This new Salem...who are they?"
Ironwood: "Unknown, all we know for sure is that they are male."
Winter: "Permission to start an investigation on this individual?"
Ironwood: "It'll be a waste of time, but go ahead."
Winter nods and leaves the room. As she walks in the compound her scroll starts to ring. She answers.
Winter: "Hello?"
A male voice responds.
Man: "Hey, I've got some info for ya."
Winter: "Who is this?"
Man: "Look, do ya want the info or do ya wanna waste time with small talk."
Winter: "Fine...whats your information."
Man: "So I was walkin around town after I got kicked out of this restaurant. And I see this weird lookin man with a mask. He had a cloak and...he was also travelin with this gal with green hair."
Winter's interest peaks and she starts to take the man seriously.
Winter: "Anything else?"
Man: "Naw, I got nothin else. That was all I could...wait! I did see them both go into this buildin that looked abandoned."
Winter: "Well thank you for this information mister...."
Man: "Look, I don't wanna give my name away cause...well in case this guy is a dangerous criminal I don't wanna find my way onto his list. Ya get what I'm sayin?"
Winter: "I understand, you wanna stay anonymous in case the man escapes."
Man: "Yeah...I got people to look after so I can't afford to die."
Winter: "I can arrange a reward for you if your information is credible."
Man: "Good luck puttin this man behind bars."
Winter: "Thank you. Goodbye..."
Winter hangs up and makes her way back to Ironwood's office to request some soldiers to make an arrest.

Two days later...

Winter and a small detachment of soldiers approach the building, a dust warehouse, where Salem is allegedly hiding. Winter turns to the people who follow her.
Winter: "Alright! Here is the plan, two of you will make your way inside to the catwalk and provide cover for us as the rest of us search the warehouse."
All the soldiers nod and two of them start to scale a ladder on the side of the warehouse. One other soldier makes his way to the main entrance and slowly opens the main door. He looks inside and motions the rest to follow. As they all make they way inside they get into cover behind some creates.
Soldier: "What do you think are in these creates?"
Winter: "Quiet, we'll check latter we catch this guy."
Salem: "Actually I think I'll capture you instead."
Winter and the soldiers accompanying her turn around and are met with Salem and some men with guns pointed at them. Winter grits her teeth and puts her weapon down, her soldiers do the same.
Salem: "I see that you all know what to do. Now get up and get to the middle of the room."
Winter and the soldiers get up and head to the middle if the room with Salem's men behind them. Once they get to the middle Winter and the soldiers get onto their knees with their hands behind their head. Salem paces in front of them.
Salem: "You know, it wasn't that hard to lure you into a trap. Mostly because I had some help."
???: "Yeah, ya had some help."
Winter looks up and sees a man. The man looks at Winter.
???: "I see ya took the info I had for ya."
Winter: "So you work for Salem."
The man chuckles.
???: "Well...no."
The man takes out a gun and kills all of the men with Salem and then points the gun at Salem's head. Salem appears stunned.
???: "Hands behind ya head. And drop ya gun."
Salem drops his gun and joins Winter and her soldiers on the ground. One of the soldiers starts to get up but the man issues a warning shot.
???: "Sorry but I can't allow ya to arrest Salem here. If ya do I don't get the reward."
Winter: "Reward?"
???: "Five hundred thousand lein for Salem's capture."
Salem: "Someone put a bounty on me!"
???: "Yeah. I think his name was Trever or somethin. Actually he owns this warehouse. Wait, where's the green haired lass?"
Emerald: "Behind you..."
As soon as the man turns around Emerald delivers a kick to his face. The man falls to the ground holding his nose.
???: "GAH!! You fuckin bitch! I'll fuckin kill you!"
Salem gets up and picks his gun up. He then grabs Winter and starts to pull her away.
Salem: "Any of you try to follow us, you'll wind up dead."
Putting the gun at Winter's back they start to leave the warehouse. However two laser dots appear on Salem's head. The two soldiers Winter stationed on the catwalk make themselves visable.
Soldier: "Freeze! If you make any sudden move we will gun you down." Suddenly gunfire interrupts the soldiers. The man got up and started shooting at the soldiers.
???: "Fuck ya if ya think I'll let ya kill my bounty."
The man killed the two soldiers as Salem and Emerald took this moment to flee the warehouse.
Salem: "We have a way out?"
Emerald: "We have a way out of the city. We can't take a bullhead though."
Salem: "What do you mean?"
Emerald: "Some weird men were hanging out around the station stoping people, however we can take a train."
Salem: "That'll have to do. Lets go."
So Salem, Emerald and their prisoner Winter make their way to the train station. Meanwhile the man had been overpowered by the other soldiers. The man starts laughing.
???: "Ah, ya poor fucks think ya got me."
Soldier: "Call HQ, tell them we need-"
The soldier's head explodes in blood and the remaining soldiers find themselves under rifle fire. Unfortunately they find themselves surrounded and they are gunned down. Alric, wearing in a dark purple military uniform, walks out of the shadows along with some men wearing black uniforms. The man gets back up.
???: "Who the fuck are ya?"
Alric: My name is Alaric."
???: "Oh...hey there Alric..."
Alaric sighs and pushes the man back down and puts a revolver to his head.
Alaric: "Listen here, that psychopath Victor calls me Alric to piss me off. Your are going to say my name correctly or else I will put a bullet through your head."
???: "Alright now, just calm down. Why are ya here?"
Alaric stands back up and puts his revolver away.
Alaric: "I'm looking for Salem. I was told that a man named Jameson would be holding him captive."
???: "Ah thats me and I had him. But these soldiers gave the bastard an opportunity to escape."
Alaric looks back to his men then back at Jameson.
Alaric: "Well where would he have gone?"
Jameson: "Either the bullhead station or the train station."
Alaric: "Well we blocked off the...bullhead station so he must have gone to the train station."
Jameson stands back up and brushes himself off.
Jameson: "What are we waitin for? Lets go get the bastard!"
Alaric: "...That won't be necessary."
Jameson: "What! Why?"
Alaric: "We have other men stationed there including..."
Jameson: "Includin who?"
Alaric: "Never mind that. If you really want to be useful clean up this mess."
Alaric walks away and Jameson looks at the soldiers who had accompanied Alaric. They were lining up the bodies, another soldier was dragging a crate over. The soldiers started to put the bodies into the crate and they marked it with an x. Jameson whispers something to himself.
Jameson: "Just who are these guys?"
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