Schnee Dust Company Main Building, Atlas

Inside the Schnee Dust Company building, three people clad in blue and grey, orange and light blue, and black and indigo respectively were entering the building.

Ethan Kalder / Bravestorm

Rachel Fairchild / Forcewave

Henry Lazarus / Hexmaker

As the three entered, murmurs can be heard amongst the people and the SDC employees with their eyes widened.

"Holy shit... it's them...!"

"Vanguardians? What are they doing here?"

"What did Mr. Schnee do this time?"

"If they're here... we're all in trouble..."

Ethan approached the front desk where the secretary was, with a smile. "Hi! Where is Mr. Jacques Schnee's office?"

The secretary politely smiled. "Sorry, sir. Unfortunately Mr. Schnee is busy as he is in the middle of a conference."

Ethan blinked, before nodding. "Oh, I'm sure he is. Isn't there any chance you can maybe... let us in? It's kind of urgent."

"I'm afraid I can't, sir. Unfortunately no one is allowed to enter." The secretary said.

Ethan sighed, before pulling out a badge with a golden shield logo that had V-symbol on it, showing it to the secretary, whose eyes widened.

"Where is the conference room?" Ethan asked, his polite smile remaining yet there was a menacing look in his eyes.

"Down-down the hallway sir." The secretary said, looking nervous. Ethan smiled. "Thank you." He then headed to the office, followed by Rachel and Henry following him.

They arrived in the conference room, where they opened the door as Jacques and others turned, their eyes widening at their sight.

Jacques Schnee

"Excuse me, everyone! Unfortunately this meeting will have to cut short through technical reasons and emergency meeting we have with Mr. Schnee over there! Now please everyone leave the room!" Ethan shouted, as he clapped.

"Official hero business! Everybody out!" Rachel shouted.

Jacques looked horrified, seeing the three heroes, as Henry approached him. "We can do this in front of them if you want, Mr. Schnee. Your choice."

Jacques then turned to others. "Everyone... I'll meet you all later." He said as he gestured them to leave, as the others went out the door.

As the conference room was empty except for Jacques and the three heroes, who sat down on the table as they menacingly looked at Jacques, who was sweating profusely in fear.

Ethan, without a word, pulled out a tablet, before showing various images and videos of Jacques.

"Jacques Gelé, your ass is under arrest for crimes Illegal Slavery of Faunus, Arms Trafficking, Embezzlement, Extortion, Domestic abuse, and most of all, conspiring with terrorist Arthur Watts. You got the rights to remain silent, because anything that comes out of that sewer hole you call a mouth can be used against you, and you sure as hell can have the right to call those pissants you call lawyers." He said, using his real surname with venom in his tone.

Jacques then looked angry. "How dare you! I am a Schnee, and those so called crimes are nothing more than lies you heroes attempt to black mail me with!"

The three stared, before Ethan and Rachel laughed, while Henry was still silent and glaring, though he had a small smile too.

"Did you heard what this motherfucker just said? He said they're all lies!" Rachel laughed.

Ethan chuckled, before wiping a tear from his eye, before turning back to Jacques. "You got two options, shithead. A, you come with us quietly. B, we drag your ass and you eat through a straw for the next eight months. What do you say?"

Jacques, despite scared, put up a false bravado. "You dare threaten me?! I'll have your status revoked-UGHH!"

Jacques was interrupted as Henry backhanded him hard, that he fell of his chair.

Ethan then smugly approached Jacques, grabbing him by his hair. "In five seconds, you'll get another. One, two, three..."

"I told you, they're all lies and slanders those animals made!" Jacques cried out, his nose bleeding from the slap.

The three looked at each other. "... Four, five!" Ethan said gleefully, before Rachel grabbed him by the head and slammed his face against the desk, before throwing him onto the ground.

"One!" Ethan shouted, forming a ball of ice with his powers. "Two!" He said, grabbing him by his collar.

"You can't take this away from me! This is everything my life has to offer!" Jacques shouted in fear, spraying blood and saliva.

Ethan only smirked in response. "Three!" Shouted Ethan.

"Please! I'll pay you anything! Money? I'll double it! I'll triple it!" Jacques begged.

Ethan chuckled, shaking his head. "Oh, Jacques... this isn't about the money, old man... It's about giving people like you what they deserve."

He held up the ball of ice in his hand, as Jacques looked terrified. "No... no no no no!! Wait wait-"

Ethan then struck him with the ball of ice, smashing his face against it repeatedly, cracking it into pieces with Jacques' nose broken, lips split, and his eyes black.

With the ice ball broke, Ethan balled his hand to fist before punching him repeatedly again, now joined by Rachel and Henry, who resorted to kick him.

Rachel then held him up. "This is what happens to fuckheads like you who talk big!" She shouted, before breaking his back.

CRACK!

"GAHH!!!" Jacques screamed in pain, his spine shattered. Henry then held him up, summoning his chains to hold him.

Without a word, Henry grabbed a book from his shelf, and struck his face repeatedly. Some of his blood splattered on his face.

Jacques was now on the ground, bleeding, broken, and psychologically scarred. Ethan then crouched down, smirking.

"See, all you could have done was just come quietly, and you wouldn't be on the ground like some dog shit! Why did you had to make us do this, Mr. Gelé?" He said, before playfully slapping his cheek, and holding him up.

The Vanguardians went outside, with Jacques wrapped in Henry's chains. Some of the employees gasped in horror, seeing their boss brutally beaten.

Ethan then clicked his earpiece. "Alice, it's done. We need a portal ASAP." He said, as a pink portal opened up, as Jacques groaned, Rachel elbowed him on the face. "Shut it, asswipe."

As Rachel and Henry took Jacques to the portal, Ethan saw a certain white haired woman in the building window.

Willow Schnee

Willow Schnee, Jacques soon-to-be ex-wife.

Holding up a glass of wine, she held it up with a smile, as Ethan smiled back with saluting her, before entering the portal.