Rage

Argus,

"So, you already got your certificate?" Alex asked the beautiful girl by his side.

"Yes Alex, I scored number one, I chose to go to Beacon along with Weiss in the next few days," Pyrrha said as Alex smiled.

It had been five months since Alex had arrived at Argus to collect combat data and upgrade the Colossus, in those five months, Alex and Weiss spent a significant part of their time with Pyrrha during their days together, so much so that they ended up becoming best friends even though their backgrounds were so different.

"Heh, I would say be careful but if the combat data I got in the last few months is anything, I would actually have to say 'Be careful not to kill your opponents'" Alex said in a joking tone as Pyrrha smiled and punched him playfully, although said pouch had enough strength to throw someone quite a distance away if they did not have Aura.

Just as they were about to continue their usual banter, Alex's scroll rang as he looked at the ID, surprised, he picked up the call.

"Well well, if it isn't the great Special Operative Winter Schnee, to what do I owe the pleasure?" he said sarcastically, waiting for the cold woman that was supposed to be his sister to say something about Ironwood and whatnot but was surprised to find her voice neutral with barely suppressed rage.

"Hello to you too, little brother"

"....Okay, what happened?" Alex asked directly, he knew very well that even though he and his elder sister were not close and usually ended up butting heads, they were still siblings, and right now he could already deduce that something bad had happened.

"It appears that Weiss's decision to leave to Beacon has been found out by our 'Father' and he prepared a test for her which she would have to pass if she wanted to go to Beacon, unfortunately, the person in charge of the test saw it fit to use an experimental Grimm based weaponry on her, causing her to be injured-" before she could continue speaking, the scroll was already crushed to dust in Alex's hand.

He immediately headed towards an airship while ignoring Pyrrha who was running after him, asking about what happened.

"Take me to Schnee manor, Atlas"

"But sir, we have yet to receive clearance-"

"If you do not take off now your's commander and general Ironwood can forget about having any kind of deals with Talos Industries in the future," Alex said in a neutral tone which scared the pilots into submission, it even scared Pyrrha who had already buckled up on one of the seats.

"Alex, what happened?" Pyrrha asked softly after some time.

"It appears that a parasite has forgotten his place, so I need to remind him why no one messes with me and those I care about in this world" was all Alex said before falling silent.

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Schnee manor, Atlas.

As soon as Alex and Pyrrha entered the house, the head butler arrived near Alex and said with a big and happy smile.

"Ah! Master Alex, it's been a long time-"

"Hello to you too Klein but I have a favor to ask of you, can you take my friend Pyrrha here to one of the guest rooms? I have some things I need to speak with 'Father'" Alex said, not even giving the butler the time to react before he stormed off towards the main study room.

He immediately opened the door and slammed it shut behind him.

"How dare you walk into this room as if you own-" but before Jacques Schnee could speak anything more, he stopped his words as he watched in shock as his own son pulled out a gun and put it to his head.

"Let me make this very clear, parasite, I have tolerated all of your stupidity and your arrogance these past years simply because of the fact that I did not want to make my mother a widow even if she would be better off that way, but now, you have crossed a line you should not have, you think you can do anything and get away with it just because you own the largest Dust company in the world? well, think again, because it would not even take me a single second for me to end you and cover it up as nothing more than an accident" Alex said in a deadly voice as Jacques Schnee slowly started to regain his composure and started talking.

"You think you can hide the fact that you tried to murder your one father?"

"Murder you? hahaha, I don't need to do that Jacques, did you forget the fact that you are going to Vacuo next week for inspection of a newly opened Dust mine? the only way to travel there is by an airship, sadly, they are also very easily prone to disasters, who knows? maybe while you are flying there one of the ship's engines might explode due to malfunctions, resulting in the ship along with you, crashing into Grimm territory, dying a miserable death, or, one of my experimental Ballistic missiles might lose control and end up hitting your ship, resulting in us not even being able to find your corpse?" Alex said in a relaxed manner as he sat down on the opposite chair as chills started to go down Jacques's spine.

"Oh!, and just so you know, you cannot skip this inspection because I heard that there was a lot of White Fang activity in that area, meaning that if you do not go for inspection as planned, you will be losing Billions of Lien in money and material not to mention the loss of your reputation with both Vacuo and Atlas council, preventing you from ever even trying to run for elections in Atlas council, that is something that you cannot ignore and you also cannot send someone in your stead because the only one who had direct access to the facilities main functions is you and it requires your biometrics, retina scan, and Aura scan to work, do you know what that means Jacques? It means that you know your death is coming, but you cannot evade it even if you wanted to" Alex said as Jacques now openly trembled with fear and rage.

"Just what do you want?" He asked through gritted teed as Ales's eyes suddenly turned cold.

"I don't need anything from you, parasite, all of your wealth and influence is only temporary and is of no use to me, but let me tell you this, the next time you try something funny and either of my sisters get hurt, that would be the day that Jacques Schnee ceases to exist in this world, no matter what the consequences, even if I am exposed to the public and end up in jail, I will still make sure to end you," Alex said as Jacques now trembled in pure fear, in his eyes, for a split second, Alex's image was superimposed with that of an elderly man with a stern face, white hair and beard, ice-blue eyes and a Knight's armor on him.

For one split second, Jacques Schnee saw the terrifying image of his Father-in-Law, Nicholas Schnee, the founder of SDC and a huntsman that was feared greatly in the past by all of his enemies due to his ruthlessness and cunning.

Alex scoffed at the scared expression that the animal had and left the room, going straight to the room of his sister.

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Weiss Schnee was in her, taking rest to recuperate from her injuries caused due to the secretary of her father trying to keep her from going to Beacon.

Today, for the first time, Weiss felt hatred for her father and her little brother who was like a puppet who only knew to say yes to everything her father said.

As she continued to mull on her past, she failed to notice the door to her room being opened and her elder brother walk into it and gently close the door.

"Weiss?" he said as she jolted out of her thoughts, looking at the young man that was her brother, the only person who always looked after and helped her in every manner, the only one she could truly rely upon without expecting any kind of betrayal, She did the only thing that came to her mind and hugged him tightly as tears started to flow from her eyes, expressing all her pain and sorrow.

"Shh, it's okay, nothing will happen now, no one will hurt you again," Alex said as he held onto his sister who continued to cry out all her frustration and sadness.

Looking at her in such a state made Alex's already simmering anger reach a new point, after consoling her for some time and watching her fall asleep in tiredness, he gently traced her bandaged eye with his finger as he decided to send one of his personnel to her with his new recovery cream that the company had created, he slowly laid her down on her bed and covered her up in the sheets, gently patting her head he left the room and closed the doors behind him as he took out the new scroll that he ordered one of his guards to deliver to him from his company.

It was a good thing that Weiss fell asleep and did not hear what her brother talked about on the scroll after that, for if she had heard his words, she would have been permanently scarred by just how ruthless and dangerous her brother was, for she would not have seen the kind and caring 'Child of light' but the dark and ruthless 'Merchant of Death'.

But one thing was for certain, the coming days for Jacques Schnee were definitely not going to be pleasant.