"Ma'am, I'm going to need to check that bag."

Cinder dropped the bag onto the table and traipsed away, a sinister smile spreading across her face.

"Ma'am! You forgot-"

The explosion killed him before he could hit the ground. The whole checkpoint was now a crater, and the White Fang task force swarmed in behind Cinder, moving to establish a perimeter.

"EVERYONE GET DOWN ON THE GROUND!"

A second and third explosion could be heard in the distance, signifying Mercury and Emerald had begun their own assaults, and the screams now began to fill the convention center.

People cowered around Cinder's feet as she made her way to the center stage. Cinder addressed the White Fang Lieutenant who approached her, "Gather the Faunus and bring them to the center stage, take the rest to the south exit, Roman will deal with them."

The Lieutenant nodded in silent obedience and begun shouting orders, beginning to corral civilians towards their intended destinations.

Cinder mounted the stage, and begun to address the growing crowd of Faunus.

"You all came here to show your pride of being a Faunus, yet you do nothing when your brothers and sisters are being oppressed by these bigots and slavers. We have come to change that. You will all be given a choice: to redeem yourselves and join the White Fang, or die a slave."

"We will not submit to you, murder!" A voice among the crowd yelled, struggling to his feet among his Faunus brethren.

Emerald approached from behind the dissenter and dragged him to the stage, throwing him to his knees before Cinder, leveling her gun at the back of his head.

Cinder simply waved her hand, "This is your fate if you refuse."

The explosion killed him before he could hit the ground.

People screamed, mothers covering the eyes of their children, men struggling to their feet in rage, only to be knocked back down to their knees by White Fang soldiers.

"Now, we begin the true initiations. Who among you are ready to stand up for yourselves and end the Faunus oppression?"

A handful of Faunus stood, followed by a few more, and then steadily more until roughly a third rose and made their way to the stage, hiding their terrified expressions behind initiate masks.

"These new recruits will be the ones that shape our new world, one with equality for Faunus. The rest of you are betraying them by your complacency. This will not be tolerated," Cinder continued, now addressing the initiates before her, "If they are not with us, they are against us, and they must be dealt with swiftly and decisively."

White Fang soldiers moved among the crowd, binding hands and separating the men, women, and children. Mothers and fathers screamed as their children were ripped away from them, but any that fought back were cut down on the spot, their lifeless bodies tossed aside without a thought.

"Now, prove your loyalty to the White Fang. You will each kill one of these traitors."

Shocked gasps and tears began escaping from both the crowd and the initiates. Soldiers nudged the new bloods forward, handing out short blades or pistols to help finish the task.

"You have your orders. Will you commit to this new world order?"

Blood poured out as lifeless bodies hit the ground. Men, women, and children all sent to early graves.

"Everyone move to the roof! The authorities are arriving, and we have an airlift on the way!" Mercury shouted, causing the grief to change to panic.

Roman from the south exit appeared with a handful of thugs and an even smaller number of human supporters.

"There better be one helluva payday after all this, some shmuck's blood got on my jacket," Roman said, obviously peeved.

"Relax, it still looks as bad as it did before," Emerald retorted, coaxing a chuckle from Mercury.

"Why you little…"

"Save your bickering, we need to move."

The group made their way to the roof, hopping onto their own Bullhead and taking off before any of the new recruits could join them, joining the lone passenger already in the hold.

"I see we have more than expected. Did they each draw blood?"

"Yes, Adam, all who did not join us died."

"Perfect. Here's looking forward to FaunCon2015."