Take a good look and what do you see? A calm city at night with lights giving it a soft glow as the people live out their normal days. You'd be right at first, but as we speak there are those that want nothing more than to take this away from those who just want to live a simple, honest life. At a distant part of the city two members of a once peaceful group known as the White Fang are currently running from the authorities with some stolen dust crystals from a local shop, so far it seems as if they are about to make a clean getaway however a red and blue clad young man silently runs across the rooftops keeping a careful eye on them to make sure he doesn't lose sight of them. After evading the police the two grunts decide to rest in an abandoned building that's meant for demolition the next day before making their way back to their hideout.
Grunt 1: Okay we'll rest for 5 minutes, then we hurry back before the boss gets impatient.
Grunt 2: Alright. Hey have you heard the rumors?
Grunt 1: What rumors?
Grunt 2: You know the ones about those kids that took down Rhino two weeks ago?
Grunt 1: Yeah I heard, supposedly one of them was some kind of faunus and the other was a tin can.
Grunt 2: Well whatever they were the boss seemed kind of interested in them, especially the tin can. He said something about the tech it was using being more advanced than what those guys at Atlas could come up with in like 20 years.
Grunt 1: If you ask me the boss is nuts, no way can someone have that kind of tech without no one else knowing about it.
Grunt 2: You better consider yourself lucky that the boss didn't hear you call him nuts.
Grunt 1: I could care less, the only reason why he's our boss is cuz Taurus needs someone with his smarts to equip us with what we need when we need it.
Grunt 2: Still ever since that incident at the docks he's had some of our guys working overtime doing who knows what.
Grunt 1: That explains why we need more dust than usual, seriously we better get rewarded for this job otherwise someone is going to get it and I'd prefer it to be the boss or Taurus.
While the two of them were distracted our mysterious pursuer silently enters the building through a broken skylight and crawls on the ceiling avoiding detection. As he approaches them he shoots webbing at the far end of a nearby hallway getting their attention.
Grunt 1: What was that?
Grunt 2: I'll check it out.
As the second grunt walked down the hallway the first guy was easily dispatched of with a takedown from above leaving him thoroughly webbed to the ceiling. Meanwhile the remaining grunt went to the source of the sound only to notice some webbing on the ground. As he was about to inspect it a web line was suddenly attached to his back and was then pulled into the darkness. Moments later the police arrived thanks to an anonymous tip leading them to the building where they found the stolen dust and the two grunts webbed up tight and a white card left behind for the police that read...
"Courtesy of your friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man"
As they were taking care of the crime scene that same young man could now be seen swinging through the city in a good mood since he just took down two more criminals making the city of Vale a little safer.
Carlos: ( Tell me there's something better. Go ahead, try. How I spent my two weeks off from school, by Carlos Ortiz, if I had to sum it up it would be in one glorious, hyphenated word; Spider-Man.) I am the spectacular Spider-Man!
Yep that's me, in case you haven't figured it out yet, I am Remnants resident web slinger. Ever since both my brother and myself were transported to this world we have been studying at Beacon Academy to not only become huntsman but also to make sure this worlds future is secure. Not only that but we've also made friends with teams RWBY and JNPR (well I have at least, my brother Jonathan hasn't really tried to make friends with Yang all because of a fight that I keep reminding him never happened in this worlds history, but he's just really stubborn and won't change his mind.) Anyway not only that but I even got together with Blake Belladonna herself, how awesome is that! Right now I was on my way back to Beacon after successfully taking down more White Fang members and a very promising run of my new Stark Suit from Spider-Man Homecoming. There was just one thing missing, it's my second to last night before school starts, and I could really use some action.
Carlos: Everything seems quiet, but as a rule of thumb, when it's too good to be true, it usually is.
All of a sudden I heard a car alarm go off thanks to my tech, it wasn't the kind of action I wanted but that wasn't going to stop me from helping out however I could. I swung over and landed on the roof of a small building and saw a single White Fang soldier trying to break into a black car.
Carlos:( Okay, not sure why a grunt would try and commit grand theft auto, but there's no way I'm letting him get away with it.)
I jumped from my position and landed right behind him ready to take him down and call it a night.
Carlos: Hey buddy piece of advice, if you're gonna steal cars don't dress like a car thief.
Without saying a word the grunt simply turned around and brought out a rifle that looked like Atlas military tech with a weird blue core in the center, something was definitely off here because my spider sense was ringing louder than normal for a situation like this.
Grunt: Say your prayers freak! You're gonna pay for going against the White Fang!
Okay now that was just rude, normally when I'm called a freak I can usually shake it off but coming from him that hurts. As he began firing I noticed that whatever he had packed a serious punch. So far I managed to safely dodge his shots, only for my spider sense to ring again as his rifle transformed into a mini gun like the one Coco uses and the shots became stronger and faster.
Carlos: Okay if this is about that remark I made about how you dress I apologize, can we please put the dangerous gun away and talk this over, maybe over some pizza?
I think I just made him angrier because suddenly he pushed a button that caused the core to glow brighter and his weapon began firing again with even faster shots that tore through the surrounding buildings like wet paper.
Carlos:( This is bad, I've got to end this before something or someone gets caught in the cross fire.)
While managing to somehow avoid his shots for the most part I was able to get behind the guy and use a new gadget I just finished up and shot it at his back, when he turned to face me a web line shot from his back to a nearby wall and pulled him towards it while successfully trapping him in place.
Carlos: Looks like my new trip line gadget is a success, okay buddy tell me where you managed to get tech like this and I'll be sure to tell the cops to give you a nice, cozy cell.
Grunt: Not gonna happen you traitor. Why are you helping the humans when someone like you could easily be a great asset to our cause.
Carlos: Because unlike you I know violence only begets more violence. Plus humans aren't all bad if we show them we aren't the monsters most of them think we are.
Grunt: Then you can die along side them, COMMAND CODE 004!!!!
My spider sense then went on high alert as a loud humming sound came from the gu-... It's about to blow!!!!!! I had to get rid of this thing now otherwise who knows how many people could get hurt. I took the gun and began swinging to the tallest building in the area which happened to be the CCT building and I made my way up as fast as possible, my spider sense rang even stronger so that means it was now or never, I quickly fashioned a slingshot and pulled back as far as I could and before I let go I attached some gravity webbing to the gun to decrease its weight hoping it would fly further.
Carlos: 3...2...1 lift off!!
As I let go I saw the gun fly as high as possible before it exploded in a flash that could be seen for several blocks, as the pieces rained down I saw the core from earlier, I swung over and caught it before I could lose sight of it.
Carlos: Hot hot hot hot!!!!!! Never gonna do that again. Okay what the heck is this thing anyway and how is it still in one piece?
Before I could properly examine it I got a call on my scroll from Jonathan.
Jonathan: Hey Carlos are you on your way back, curfew is in 10 minutes and the last bullhead for Beacon leaves in 3.
Let's just say I made it just in time to catch the last bullhead for the day, luckily I left my stuff back at the dorm so I didn't have to worry about forgetting anything this time except for my scroll which I had with me since it stores away really easily. After climbing off the bullhead I got back to the dorms and entered by the open window Jonathan left for me without being seen.
Jonathan: Glad to see you made it back without any problems.
Carlos: Yeah thanks, did anyone notice I was out?
Jonathan: Just team RWBY, they wanted to know if we would join them for lunch tomorrow.
Carlos: Oh okay, hey since I got your attention I wanted to see if you could take a look at this glowy thing I found on one of my fights.
I pulled out the core I found and gave it to Jonathan who took it to his desk and used his scroll to scan it and ran some calculations on his computer.
JARVIS: Sir it appears that the core's energy signature is a near identical match to your arc reactor.
Jonathan: What!
Carlos: JARVIS are you telling us that someone actually managed to recreate arc reactor tech here on Remnant?
JARVIS: That is correct Mr. Ortiz, however I must point out that the design of this reactor is primitive compared to the one inserted into Mr. Stark. If not properly regulated the dust energy used to create this reactor would become highly volatile. Luckily this core's energy has been greatly expended and is dwindling, it will most likely lose all power by morning.
Jonathan: This isn't good, how did criminals manage to recreate this kind of tech when I'm the only one with any access to it?
Carlos: I'm more surprised with the fact that dust crystals could be used to create this kind of energy at all, guess that explains all the recent robberies the last several nights.
Jonathan: Yeah it does, still how did they get access to my arc reactor design, I've been studying it ever since we got here and already someone is trying to copy it.
Carlos: Not sure, is there anyway for you to build some kind of tracker for this stuff?
Jonathan: Already on it, in the meantime get some rest, I'll let you know by morning if I find anything.
Carlos: Alright, night little bro.
Unknown to us at the time over by the hidden White Fang base at Mountain Glenn the general was in a pretty bad mood considering tonight's slip up.
General: You complete IMBECILES!!!! How could you lose such a valuable resource to a mere CHILD!!!!
He was throwing everything he could get his hands on all over the place, the other soldiers have never seen a man as tough and calm as their general brought into a state like this and to say it sacred them would be putting it nicely.
Grunt: It wasn't our fault sir, it was that Spider-Man guy, he took one of our spare cores, we only have one left, the one you own personally.
General: That may be, but who was it that left it laying around for some idiot to take it and use it for a mere car theft?! IDIOTS ALL OF YOU!!!!
He grabbed the nearest grunt by the throat and slowly but inevitably crushed his windpipe, dropping him on the floor never to move again. After calming down a bit he walked over to his newest creation, a suit of hi tech armor that used his personal core as it's power source, fueled by the energy siphoned from multiple dust crystals, to say it was difficult to get it to work was not that far off, many White Fang researchers as well as soldiers were lost in experimenting to create a core like this. Ever since the fight at the docks, the general has been hard at work trying to recreate the armor that helped in defeating Rhino as well as the energy source needed to complete it. He was so close, the armor was at most 90% operational, now he just needed to bide his time until Roman unveils his new "gift" to their organization and all would bow to the White Fang.
General: It's only a matter of time, soon not even Torchwick will stand in my way again.