MAO: Hey everyone! Le MAO here with a surprise crossover story. A collaboration, if you will. With my cowriter/guest, JC of the Corn!
JC: Hey everybody! Hows it going! Ready for a mash up of insanity?!
MAO: Ah yes, adding insanity to the max from Out of Place with the insanity already taking place in "my" life in My Turn...why do I do this to "myself"?
JC: I don't know, maybe you secretly enjoy it, I don't know, but we got guns, we got booze, we got crazy people, its a fine mash up of some of the best stuff on this site!
MAO: ...May God have mercy on "my" psyche. Well, without further delay, let's get on with this crossover of epic proportions!
JC: Let the games begin! Let's see just how much mental anguish we can dish out!
Disclaimer: Neither I nor JC of the Corn own RWBY. Cover image by sumopiggy on Deviantart.
"It pays to have a rich fiancé." Jem said as they had just finished a ten mile hike into the mountain range and were stopping at a base camp to restock on supplies.
"You sound like a gold digger right now." Winter said as she looked a bit out of place in hiking gear rather than her Atlas uniform, but that wasn't the only odd thing you would see.
"We're going on a hike! We're going on a hike! Today's the day! Hip-hip, hooray! We're going on hike!"
Nala was singing a song her Auntie Nora had taught her. For some reason the high altitude and small pack she was carrying had absolutely no effect on her.
Course Jem, being the experienced outdoorsman, and Winter, being the Atlesian Specialist, had made sure to plan out all the details for this family trip, as well as making sure Nala knew everything she needed to know. As well as having the tools necessary to defend herself. Jem himself was keeping Red Dawn in its tomahawk and knife form for easy carrying, Winter had her sword just in case of Grimm encounter. And even their little lion Faunus daughter was armed.
Winter had to admit, she was a little pissed at her fiancé for once again giving their child a gun. But he made sure not to let her have the 44 magnum until she was old enough to handle it. For now, he gave her his father's old police revolver, a .38 Smith and Wesson revolver. It was fun to shoot, and made for a decent self-defense tool. Winter tried to talk Jem out of giving their daughter a gun, but he did make a point, if by chance, no matter how slim that may be, if they got separated, Nala might have to fend for herself.
Well, or as Jem put it-.
"I want her to be able to defend herself against pedophiles!"
"There are no pedophiles in the woods!"
"How do you know?!"
"…Okay, I guess I don't know."
Then again, he had already taught her how to safely operate her gun, how to clean and maintain it, as well as how to shoot properly. She was wondering if all Americans were as gun crazy as her fiancé.
"Besides, we'll stop here, get some supplies, and then we'll make camp in another few miles." Jem said as he handed her a canteen.
"…Is this the canteen full of water or moonshine?" Winter wanted to be sure.
"Oops, good call, sorry, I really gotta label these." Jem handed her the correct canteen.
She rolled her eyes.
Jem may have been a bit of a drinker, and while she hated that quality in Qrow, somehow it was endearing in Jem…or maybe she had just built up a tolerance, but that wasn't the point. The point is she loved him, and her daughter. No matter how much they get on her nerves sometimes.
For example, apparently her lover thought it was appropriate to chase away any boys who got close to their daughter.
She rolled her eyes at the thought. For god's sake, she was just a kid! At this point, kids played together! It didn't mean that the boys had any other intention towards their daughter!
...
...
Well, except for the one kid who wanted to play doctor, and she remembered what happened then.
"You have about five seconds to get out of this house before you'll NEED to call a doctor!"
Yeah, that boy never came back.
"Weird…there should be more people at base camp." Jem said as he looked around the camp.
Sure enough, nobody was here.
"You think we got the wrong place?" Nala asked as she was currently snacking on beef jerky for energy.
"Nope, pretty sure I got the map right." Jem said as he looked it over again.
"Maybe we should have asked the one hiker we passed for directions." Winter suggested as Jem gave a light glare.
"Hey! I can read the map just fine!"
"What is with you and asking for directions?"
"What is it with you and maps?"
"Mommy, Daddy, why are you reenacting that scene from the second Mulan movie?"
Nala watched that not too long ago with her Aunt Nora and Uncle Ren.
It was always weird, because for some reason the main character reminded her of Ren.
"Sorry Nala, your father is weird."
Jem smirked. "Yet you were going along with it."
"...Shut up."
Jem was still confused, according to the map and even to the GPS that Winter had brought along, because apparently someone wanted to have a backup plan. Bah, it made him think she didn't trust his navigation skills! He wasn't an eagle scout for nothing!
Although…there was the time he was supposed to lead his troop out of the camp…and he ended up going in a circle, but that was beside the point!
The point is…where was everybody?
"So! You finally arrived!" Wait, that voice…it sounded like-.
"We meet again! Jeremiah Cotton!" Son of a bitch, he knew that voice.
"Tyrian…" He looked up on the roof to see Tyrian currently flicking his wrist out.
"Surprised to see me?"
"No, god at this rate, you're creepier than Tigerstripe ever was."
At that Tyrian scowled at him.
"Don't you dare speak of her name in vain!" Tyrian still held fond memories of the wannabe Faunus.
"Dude, can't you just leave us alone, I mean what did I ever do to you?" Jem knew the answer, but he was tired.
"What did you ever do to me?! First you take the love of my dear Tigerstripe away from me!"
"Okay first off, you KNOW that if I had a choice, I would've happily given her over to you! I was not in love with her!" Jem felt the need to defend himself there.
"And then you take the love of my mistress away from me!"
"…Okay I gotta admit, I'm kind of proud of that." Jem admitted.
Winter glared.
"I was joking! Geez! You know I love you Winter."
Sometimes Winter didn't take those jokes well.
"And now! I'm going to kill you for it!" Tyrian said as he unsheathed his bracers.
"…Can't you try and do this later? We're on a family vacation."
Jem really wasn't in the mood for this.
"Oh wow, it's almost like someone forgot I'M EVIL!" Tyrian was getting more and more frustrated.
"I didn't forget, I'm hoping you're insane enough to leave us alone just this one time."
Jem was reaching for Red Dawn, Winter was reaching for her sword, and Nala had her hand on her holster.
"Oh, but isn't there a purpose to my insanity?" Tyrian was asking cryptic questions for some reason.
"Other than to annoy me?" Seriously, Tyrian got on Jem's nerves.
Maybe it was because he was convinced Tyrian was all necro with Tigerstripe? It honestly wouldn't surprise him.
"Don't you think it's rather…distracting?" Tyrian was just acting weird.
"Look, what is it that you-." All three of them felt themselves backing against something.
They turned around, only to see a ton of crates of Dust behind them with a timer placed on top.
Oh crap…it was a bomb. A Dust bomb.
"BOMB VOYAGE!" Tyrian laughed and jumped behind a rock.
"OH YOU GOT TO BE KID-!"
KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!
…
...
Once the explosion died down, Tyrian grinned and skipped back to the blast site.
The base camp building was completely destroyed, and he saw no sign of the three.
"D-Did I do it?"
He gazed around in shock.
"Was it really that easy?!"
Tyrian felt joy bubbling in his heart.
"I DID IT! I AVENGED YOU MY LOVELY TIGERSTRIPE!" Tyrian could almost squeal like a little girl.
"Now…Mistress is all mi-!"
All of a sudden he froze.
"…How am I going to explain his death?"
…
...
"Well, shit."
He was screwed.
"I didn't think this through."
Tyrian was suddenly worried.
Salem was going to be soooooooo pissed!
(Meanwhile, on another Remnant)
(Jem POV)
"SHIIIIIIT!"
Jem landed on the soft grass.
"Wait, what the hell?" He looked around only to see that he wasn't in the mountains anymore.
"How am I still alive?" He thought it over.
That Dust bomb should have incinerated all three of them! Unless….
Oh you got to be kidding!
"Another freaking displacement Dust bomb? How does the same shit happen to the same guy THREE times?!" He thought as he noticed he lost his shirt.
"And to top it all off, I lost my shirt again, how about that Winny…Winny?" He looked around only to notice he was all alone.
"Well…shit."
If he survived, then that means they survived as well.
But where were they? They couldn't have gone far, right?
GGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRR!
…
...
Jem turned to see a group of three Ursa coming out of the woods.
"…You know, this must be how dad feels whenever his semblance is active." Jem now knew how his father felt with the whole 'bad luck' mojo.
Well…here goes nothing.
"Jesus…Odin…help me out here."
(Winter and Nala POV)
Coughing from a child was heard.
"M-Mommy, Dust tastes like salt!" Nala yelled as she was dusting herself off.
"I think we have bigger problems," Winter said as she looked around.
"What do you mean?" Nala asked as she was currently patting some of the Dust off of her safari shorts.
"Nala…where are we?" Winter asked as Nala took a look around.
"We're back on Remnant, close to Beacon Academy?" she answered as her mother nodded.
"And what is strange about that?" She was hoping her daughter would catch on.
"Uuuhhh…the Dust that was supposed to kill us sent us here instead?"
"No, besides that."
"Daddy probably got sent somewhere else?"
"Besides tha-…oh no…where's Jem?"
"I'm sure he's fine, Mommy! After all, he is lucky!"
"…Okay, fair enough, but do you find anything out of place?"
"…I give up, whats wrong?"
"Beacon Academy was demolished during the attacks, remember?"
And all of a sudden, the hamster wheel in Nala's head started turning. Her mother was right. Beacon was completely annihilated by her Daddy's crazy ex-girlfriend and her psycho friends. But now it looked like it was rebuilt. But that wasn't right. While the situation in Vale wasn't as bad as her daddy said it could have been, there was no way they could have rebuilt beacon tower, especially since that giant Grimm Dragon thingy was still a problem.
"So…did we…travel through time?" Nala suddenly felt like she was in an episode of the Twilight Zone.
"Let's not get too crazy here. For now, we should try to get our bearings," Winter said as she looked down at her hiking shirt.
Only to see that the midsection was burnt and cut up beyond all repair.
"Dang it." She said as she ripped the midsection off exposing her abs to the world.
"What about Daddy?" Nala was still worried for her father.
"I'm sure he's fine. You know him, he'll find us. Remember the time you got lost at the mall?" Nala giggled a bit at the memory.
Her father had taken her to the United States to show her where he grew up. Afterwards they ended up going to a mall, and Nala lost her way in the crowd because she saw a pet store, and Jem was so worried it was a miracle he didn't start yelling out her name trying to find her.
"Okay, fair point."
Winter smiled. "Right. Now let's see if we can find someone and get some answers."
If Winter had truly known the headmaster of Beacon Academy, she would've known that the eccentric man always had security cameras everywhere….
Including the area she and Nala were in.
(Beacon Security Room)
(1st POV)
Ah…yet another boring day in the security room.
Not that I don't appreciate it compared to all the crap I have to deal with. I'll take what I can get.
All I have to do is sit here and keep my eyes on the camera feeds.
You'd think it would be easy, but…Ozpin had cameras everywhere.
And as math goes, having this many cameras equals the same number of video feeds. Which meant there was a lot for me to keep an eye on.
It was difficult at first, what with the fact that I could easily miss something important. Thankfully, everyone else, even Winter, was usually out patrolling the halls, courtyard, or outskirts of Beacon. If I missed something, chances are they'd spot it.
Luckily, today seemed to be a quiet day. No shenanigans whatsoever….
Except for Violet tasing Cardin in the nuts for bullying Velvet. That was priceless.
That's my girl!
But yeah, nothing else out of the ordinary. At least, by our standards.
Qrow drinking from his flask in a corner…and Winter catching and scolding him. Hopefully it won't escalate into a fight. Or at the very least, not inside the building.
Empty hallway.
Vert belittling a few students, probably calling them brats or something.
Empty hallway.
Empty hallway.
Amber and Glynda discussing something. It looked like casual talk in my opinion.
Empty hallway.
Empty hallway.
Empty hallway.
Winter and some lion Faunus girl falling from the sky and onto the courtyard.
Empty hallway.
Empty hallway.
…Wait a minute.
I turned my gaze back to that particular video feed.
Sure enough, Winter and some lion Faunus girl were in the courtyard wearing hiking gear, both looking a bit worse for wear. Almost like they had been a part of an explosion.
I honestly couldn't help but aw a bit at the little lion girl. She was just so cute! Easily the second most adorable child I've ever seen!
Violet still places first, obviously. Nothing beats her in that category.
I mean, who could compete with a mini-Velvet?
…Well, maybe a mini-Ruby, but that's neither here nor there.
What was I talking about again?
Oh right. The camera feed.
I stared at the video feed of Winter and the little lion girl…then at the video feed of Winter scolding an uncaring Qrow….
Yeah, something's not right here.
I took out my scroll and dialed a number.
…
…
On the video feed, the Winter scolding Qrow stopped and pulled out her scroll to answer.
"Colt? Is something wrong?"
"Not really, no. Just wanted to clear something up is all."
"And that would be?"
"…You're currently scolding Qrow about drinking on the job, right?"
She scoffed. "Of course I am. This drunken fool has no professionalism whatsoever! How he's a teacher is beyond me."
I heard Qrow chime in. "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."
Winter scoffed again, causing me to snicker a bit.
She sighed. "In any case, why do you ask?"
"Just making sure is all."
I turned my gaze to the video feed of the other Winter, seeing her rip the burnt part of her clothing off, revealing her midriff….
Hot.
I cleared my throat. "Another question…you wouldn't happen to know a little lion Faunus girl, would you?"
She paused. "…No?"
"Okay, last question…I don't suppose you have a twin sister that you kept secret?"
"…Why?"
Her tone was scary.
"J-Just wondering! Y-You know, for clarity's sake?
…
…
"No," she finally said. "Just Weiss and…my brother."
"Okay, just wanted to…wait, you have a brother?"
"Indeed. Younger than Weiss…I'd rather not talk about him."
Huh…the more you know.
She spoke again. "Might I ask why you're asking these questions?"
I stared back at the video feed of the other Winter and little lion girl looking around the courtyard.
"…I'll let you know when I know myself."
"What's that supposed to-?"
"I'll call you back."
I hung up…then winced.
She probably wouldn't appreciate that.
I opened my scroll and linked the camera feeds to it. If those two moved, then I'd know about it.
I stood and made my way out of the security room, locking it behind me.
I sighed. "So much for a quiet day."
MAO: Yeah...a quiet day in "my" life? As if the universe would let me. Instead, now I have to deal with this,
JC: Yeah seems like your character feels a bit 'Out of Place' all of a sudden! Man, makes you wonder what deity he pissed off. Jesus, Odin, who did he piss off?
MAO: Maybe I pissed off the Buddha somehow? He's how I'm in Remnant to begin with. Who knows? Anyway, worlds are about to clash. And before anyone asks, yes...Violet and Nala will meet. Won't say when, though. Only that it'll be soon...ish.
JC: Oh, how worlds will collide!
MAO: Right, well you all know the drill. If you liked this and want to be kept up to date, be sure to follow and fav. Leave a review while you're at it! We'd love to hear from you guys!
JC: Until next time, I'm JC of the Corn, and hoping you have a great day!
MAO: And I'm Le MAO XXIII. See you all in the next update!
MAO and JC: LATERS!