The JNPR Team in the surface is walking to places that is known for picking up shady stuff, talking to Faunus that did crimes before. Of course, nothing, except for a child that eavesdrop their talk with an ex-criminal. "King Croc will kill you all!" The child yelled, before running, they chase after the child, wanting more information. But on the other side of their minds, the child could've been playing, but this might be the closest thing they are getting. The child dashes around corners, before Ren manage to caught the child's arm. The child tried to hit Ren, but he caught it easily, and he tried to budge, but no avail.
Pyrrha: Why did you say "King Croc", young man?
Child: King Croc help the helpless, he is the savior we need, not you... Fake heroes. You all are fakers! He's a true hero!
He kick Ren in a leg, before trying to escape. He let him go, it sounds like the child won't talk about the topic anymore, it dash off. However, on the other side of the city, a sewer lid is slowly lifted and put aside. The Animistic Criminal slowly rises from the sewers, it looks around to see if the coast if clear. He immediately run to the street, before making his way through the alleyway, seeing a blanket covering a doorway. He enters, this was the last place to know of his condition. A man walks out of the backroom, seeing the giant crocodile fauna.
Alex: Name's Alex, what can I do for you....
Y/n: You don't sound surprise...
Alex: Because I've met many people like you, seeking for what have turned you... am I right?
Y/n: Well... you are not wrong...
Alex laughs, before leaning against the counter.
Alex: Have you heard of... the Lost Lab of Faunus?
He shake his head, Alex only bring one photo... He give it to Croc, he look at the picture. To see a man dressed in a lab coat, however, the most eye-grabbing thing is in the background. It was people in tubes, with monstrously details.
Alex: I know of a facility, hidden from the world. They specialize in DNA and Faunus. That may be your best answer, his name... uhh, Lamar, no.... Something with an L, last name, Regime. Go to outside of Vale, hidden in a woods, I don't know where it is at, but it is there. Of course, there is another way. More stealthily. If you don't find your answer in there, well, tough to say that it was just bad luck.
They discuss the other way, Y/n, with no time to be wasted, left the shop. Alex, cleans the cup off of a table.
Alex: You won't like it whatever is in there....
He went into the sewers, if he remembers correctly, the way out of Vale via through the sewers will be a long trip, especially the location. On the surface, Team JNPR enters the same shop, where Alex is placing items in their spots, before seeing the Team. So he returns to the counter.
Alex: What can I do for you all today?
Pyrrha: We are wondering if you hear any place that has a history of faunus with more than one traits?
Alex: What for, saints?
Pyrrha: We just wanted to know, that is all.
Alex: Very well, going to cut it short. So, there is a lab, no one knows about it, especially for the aftermath it has caused. Anyway, you want go to outside of Vale, in a forest among the trees, one of those branches should be a lever. Pull on it, an entrance should be open. Then, BAM! There you go....
Ren: Wait, how did you know of this lab, especially when you said that nobody knows about it.
Alex: Hey, I have contacts, alright? Unless if you ain't buying, get out.
They think about what he said, but they could at least try it.... for all they know, it could be a trap. So they ready themselves for the adventure.... but, they need to study for class first. During that time, Croc is closer to the lab, he suddenly smell something rather strange. He look up, as he started to punch the ceiling, breaking the contents and digging upwards. He punch more of it, until he came in contact with metal, he did one last punch, breaking the metal and peeling the metal. He slither through the hole... it must have been at least an hour, running around the sewers, but he made it...He came across a lab, full of papers that was left neglected, dust was in the air, Y/n pick up one of the papers. It says about the Faunus DNA Experiment Test One Hundred out of One. Then, the overhead speakers turned on, hearing a robotic male voice. He looks around, seeing more of these reports as he listen to the announcement.
Mysterious AI: Enjoying yourselves, intruders? It's worth knowing that you are currently breaching Doctor Regime's work which took upon hours, months, years, decades to do. Shie praxeis sou t syllifthoun. This is only the conscious of the great Lambert Regime, the second. These reports are very special, allow for me to educate you. What Lambert Regime did, is to transfer DNA cells, containing Faunus' Deoxyribonucleic acid and copying it, before pasting and mixing with other Faunus' Deoxyribonucleic acid. Allowing for whatever, whoever may possess these cells to become advance Faunus. Of course, casualties is involved, but those are irrelevant. He also invented the weaponized Dust, allowing for you to use your weapons more effectively, and many more great inventions that you use today. If not, have become evolve to your likings. Without these things, you wouldn't be alive. So.... people, or faunus, you better be grateful for what Lambert has done to this world you are living in. This doesn't excuse the break in, you will pay for these acts. May you face God-like Judgement, and may it will extend to your end...
Intruder's? Is there people here? He did hear the name before... Lambert Regime.... Where did he heard that name before.... As he read more papers of it, he notices that whatever Lambert did, it was cruel... Experimenting on children, infants, co-workers, and pregnant women. The reports shown that the DNA they were using, was fatal for infants and unborn children. He drop the reports, looking around to see tubes, consist of a decaying people. He walk around the lab, seeing more of these tubes, and he heard a voice....
???: Test Subject Forty-Four, age week old, race cat. Experiment...
He follow the voice, to see a TV showing Doctor Lambert with a infant.
Lambert: Decapitation of the Faunus Body Parts....
He take a step back, as the audio was filled with an infant cries of pain. He cover his eyes, as the crying suddenly got muffled.
Lambert: Test Subject, crying in pain... eh, get rid of him. Have him put down....
In a background, there was shouting about "Where is my baby?!" As Lambert ignores the woman, as the crying faded away.
Lambert: Test Subject Forty-Five, age seven years old, race rabbit. Experiment.... the mutation of the Faunus DNA....
Child: W-Where is Mommy!?
Lambert: Test Subject, please remain silent until experiment is over.
Child: T-Then, I can see my Mommy!?
Lambert: Experimenting now....
At this point, Y/n threw a chair at a TV, destroying it. He sits down on a ground, hands on his head, as his tail is wrapped around him. Wondering.... if he still should look for an answer, or should he just stop... Look what he has took him, to an abandon lab that used to belong to a messed-up scientist that probably got away. The AI loads in...
Lambert AI: You are looking at a scientist that is capable of seeing the body's limit, you are on a tip of the iceberg....
