Meta and Carolina belong to Rooster Teeth.
RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth.
Death Battle belongs to ScrewAttack. I used the video and script as sources to help me write this story.
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Today, RWBY will react to a unique episode of Death Battle. Ruby brought her team together to watch Death Battle's first crossover episode. The girls were very surprised when an unfamiliar voice started speaking instead of Wiz and Boomstick.
Vic: "Who would win in a fight?" Now, if that's not the most popular question asked around Project Freelancer, I don't know what is. Oh! No, wait-it'd probably be "Hey, where do these AI keep coming from?" or "Have you noticed that we're looking pretty evil lately?" Anyway, there's been plenty of action-packed punch-outs and kick-ass karate matches over the years, but we never really saw a match-up between two of our heaviest hitters: Carolina and the Meta. Let's see if we can do something about that.
RWBY wondered who just spoke.
The words "Meta vs. Carolina: Dawn of Awesome" float into frame.
"Meta vs. Carolina: Dawn of awesome. Huh. That sounds like a movie title," Ruby said.
Cut to Valhalla, where Grif and Simmons are seen standing at Red base.
"Hey. Is that Master Chief?" Ruby asked.
"I don't think so. There are two of them," Blake said.
Grif: Hey.
Simmons: Yeah?
Grif: You ever wonder...who'd win in a fight between Carolina and the Meta?
"Who could they be? We haven't even seen what they look like yet?" Yang stated.
Simmons: Pfft, no! Only hopeless nerds on the Internet care about that kind of crap.
"I agree with you on the 'hopeless nerd' part," Weiss said.
"Then what are we when we watch Death Battle?" Ruby asked Weiss.
"Definitely better than hopeless nerds," Weiss responded.
Ruby smiled.
Grif: Uh, yeah. Why do you think I'm asking you? Come on, picture it. It'd be totally bad-ass!
Simmons: Well, yeah, I'd guess... Carolina would definitely win though.
Grif: Bull****! You're just picking her because you're scared of girls! Meta's WAY scarier. He threw a Warthog at me!
"You all are getting me hyped up for this fight," Yang said.
Simmons: Oh, I didn't realize "scariness" was the deciding factor in a fight to the ******* death! Genius!
Caboose: Hey Reds! What are you talking about?
"A blue one? Just who are these people?" Ruby pondered.
"I think they might be from a webshow. Whatever that webshow is, its using character models from Master Chief's franchise," Blake explained.
Simmons: Oh, Grif was just asking what would happen if Carolina and Meta fought.
Caboose: Fought who?
Simmons: One another.
Caboose: Another who?
Simmons: What?!
Caboose: What?
"The blue one is an idiot," Weiss facepalmed. "Then again, maybe everyone in that webshow is."
Grif: Just ignore him.
Caboose: Oh...you mean DEATH BATTLE!?
"Wait. Are they aware of Death Battle's existence?" Ruby asked.
Simmons: I mean, sure?
Caboose: Oh! Awesome! Hang on, I know some smart people that can help! Be right back!
"Alright! Who could they be?" Yang wondered.
Simmons: Do you have any idea what he's talking about?
Grif: No, but I DO know that you're still ******* wrong.
Caboose: Okay, I'm back.
Simmons: That was fast.
"It sure was," Ruby giggled.
Caboose: Yep, I called Command and they sent two of their best scientist fighting people to help us!
Simmons: Their best? Really?!
Boomstick: And THAT'S how you write your name in buckshot.
Wiz: Alright, alright, enough screwing around. We've got a job to do.
"Wiz? Boomstick?" Ruby was shocked.
"I get it. It's a crossover episode. That webshow and Death Battle are making a special appearance in one single episode," Blake clarified.
"What? That can't be how they look like," Weiss said.
"At least Wiz picked the cooler color," Ruby said, noticing Wiz's red armor.
Boomstick: Oh, fine...
Grif: I think you're forgetting that Command's best is just a step up from incompetent.
Simmons: They sent us Donut.
Grif: I rest my case.
"Donut? You've got to be kidding me," Weiss signed at the absurd name.
Caboose: Introducing... Jizz and Broomstick! Ick, ick, ick, ick…
Yang laughed. "Wow. What a way to butcher Wiz and Boomstick's names."
Wiz: It's "Wiz" and "Boomstick".
Grif: Wow, those are the dumbest names I've ever heard.
Simmons: Franklin. Delano. Donut.
"I don't know about the first two, but Donut sounds pretty dumb," Blake retorted.
Grif: ...And I retract my previous statement.
Boomstick: Yeah, well you've got the dumbest face I've ever seen.
Grif: Uh, I thought you were supposed to be smart. I'm wearing a helmet.
Caboose: Oh my God, me too!
Ruby and Yang laughed at the ridiculous scene. Weiss kept facepalming while Blake stares on.
Simmons: Alright, so how do you guys do this? You just, like, draw names out of a hat? Count some chicken bones around?
Wiz: It's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win...a Death Battle.
"There we go. We were totally missing that little quote," Ruby was satisfied.
Simmons: ...Why did you say it like that?!
Boomstick: Just...j-just watch.
The Meta
(*Cues: Invader - Jim Johnston*)
Wiz: Before there was Red vs. Blue, there was Project Freelancer. The Freelancers were highly-trained soldiers with experimental weaponry and a mission so secret, not even they knew what it was.
"The show must be called Red vs. Blue. It makes sense, considering how these so-called soldiers are bickering over pointless arguments," Weiss stated.
Boomstick: Kind of stupid in hindsight, but these were true soldiers. The biggest and strongest of them all was Agent Maine.
(*Cues: Red vs Blue - Debris Field*)
Background:
Codename: Agent Maine
Assigned AI: Sigma
Freelancer Ranking: 7th
Mute due to throat injury
Prefers EVA & CQB armor
Aggressive, devious, and sociopathic
Extremely brutal when angered (Yang can relate)
Wiz: Maine was the muscle of the team, relying on his brute strength, wrestling styles and his unwavering ferocity to intimidate and crush his foes.
"Oh yeah. That's my style!" Yang cheered.
Arsenal:
M374 Hephaestus Combat Suit
M66 Magnum Pistol
Magazine: 8 rounds
Range: 152 ft | 50 m
Type-25 Grenade Launcher
Max Ammunition: 18 grenades
Developed by Covenant Jiralhanae
8 Artificial Intelligence fragments
Sigma, Eta, Iota, Omega, Gamma, Beta, Theta, Delta (RWBY was interested)
Boomstick: While he likes carrying an M6G magnum pistol into battle, he really likes a certain alien grenade launcher he stole, the Type-25 Grenade Launcher, A.K.A the Brute Shot.
Back to Red vs. Blue
Boomstick: I mean, seriously, look at this thing! It's got a blade and can fire up to four rounds in three seconds. Let's test that, shall we?
"Yes please!" Ruby responded to Boomstick.
Grif: Hey! That's mine! Give it back!
Boomstick fires the Brute Shot at Grif
Grif: AHH! OWW!
RWBY was laughing.
"That's kind of funny actually," Blake said.
Boomstick: *sigh* Well, in conclusion, I love this thing.
Resumes Death Battle segment
(*Cues: Red vs Blue - Planning the Heist*)
Boomstick: So, the guy was a badass fighter. Too bad Project Freelancer ended up turning him into a monster.
"Oh no. Don't tell me they used him as a lab rat," Ruby retorted.
Wiz: Long story short, the Director of Project Freelancer received a rare artificial intelligence for testing.
Boomstick: The Director imagined an army of super soldiers paired with but he can only get the one.
Wiz: Being the resourceful scientist he was, the Director decided to torture the A.I, forcing it to separate it's raw emotions into multiple personalities to save itself. These personalities were captured as individual A.I fragments and paired with different freelancers. Trust me, that's science.
"I'm having a hard time wrapping my head over this 'science,'" Ruby said. WBY had a hard time following along too.
Boomstick: Maine was given Sigma, the A.I fragment representing ambition and creativity. And apparently, being creative means you're ******* evil.
"What kind of dumb logic is this?" Weiss was confused.
Wiz: Desperate to gather his fellow A.I fragments and reform into a perfect A.I, Sigma manipulated and brainwashed Maine, turning him into the murdering psychopath known as The Meta.
"That's just really scary. Remind me not to play with science ever again," Yang said worriedly.
Boomstick: The Meta went on a rampage, betraying his fellow Freelancers and stealing their . It was like the Predator, but tougher, meaner and with tons of overpowered equipment.
"At least the equipment sounds interesting," Ruby said.
Armor Enhancements:
Active Camouflage
Adaptive Camouflage (Blake likes camouflage)
BioScan
Domed Energy Shield
Enhanced Motion Tracker
Overshield
Super Strength (Yang's favorite)
Temporal Distortion
Voice Manipulator
Wiz: His Domed Energy Shield creates a nigh impregnable force field.
Boomstick: It can block bullets, explosions and even shells from tanks.
"Sounds like some high-tech defense mechanism," Weiss said.
Back to Red vs. Blue
Boomstick: Allow us to demonstrate.
Boomstick places a domed energy shield around Grif
Boomstick: Here's Grif inside an energy shield...
Grif: Yeah. So?
Caboose gets into a tank.
Boomstick: ...and here's a tank operated by Caboose.
Caboose: And what could go wrong?
"Don't say that quote. Action movies have taught me that nothing ever goes right," Yang warned.
Grif: Oh ****.
Caboose: Fire in the hole, in-1!
Caboose fires at Grif, completely missing the shield.
"Come on! Hit the shield already! I want to see how good it it!" Ruby shouted.
Grif: Phew...
Boomstick: Let's try that again, Blue buddy.
Caboose: Yes sir, Captain Deadpan!
The shield runs out of energy and drops.
Grif: Huh? Wait, it ran out of-GYAAAH!
Caboose fires again, squarely hitting Grif.
RWBY laughed. "But I wanted to see the shield's effects," Ruby immediately complained.
Boomstick: Now, if the energy shield had been there, Grif would've been fine.
Caboose: Wow. Science is fun!
Simmons: (off-screen) I've said it for years!
Yang laughed. "Poor Grif. He's a lab rat."
Resumes Death Battle segment.
(*Cues: Red vs Blue - The Meta Theme*)
Wiz: As if that weren't enough, The Meta's Active Camouflage turns him practically invisible, his Strength Boost enhancement grants him, well, super strength, and, most impressively, his Temporal Distortion device can slow time to a crawl.
Blake was fascinated with the camouflage. Yang liked the Strength Boost. Ruby enjoyed the Temporal Distortion. Weiss thought all this tech was impressive.
Boomstick: He can turn invisible and stop time? This guy sounds unstoppable!
"Oh yeah! Give me that armor. It's time for Yang Xiao Long to be unstoppable," Yang cheered.
Wiz: Unfortunately, running so much equipment alongside so many AI fragments consumes a lot of power. But, that hasn't stopped him from killing several Freelancers and stealing seven other AIs.
Feats:
30+ confirmed kills
Survived 9 shots to the throat
Killed an armored soldier in 1 punch (Yang: Awesome)
Lifted and threw a Warthog vehicle
Survived machine gun fire and missiles
Defeated North Dakota, Tex, Washington
Assaulted Freelancer Command Headquarters singlehandedly
Survived 4 shotgun shells point-blank
Boomstick: Not to mention the dude can take a hit and keep on going, even when that hit is taking nine shots point-blank to the neck. Man, and I thought my voice made my throat hurt. No wonder he never talks.
"Kind of sad that he lost his voice though," Ruby said.
Wiz: The only thing that could stop him was when a couple of idiots stabbed him in the chest, tied him to a car, and threw that car off a cliff into the freezing ocean.
"He lost to a couple of idiots? That doesn't sound like a smart soldier," Weiss replied.
Boomstick: But let's be fair, Wiz, that's a pretty ******* hardcore way to go.
Maine jumps on the hood of Rhee Seibel's car and stabs him with the bayonet of his brute shot.
Back to Red vs. Blue
Grif: Hey, wait a minute! Where'd you get all this footage? Have you been spying on us?
Wiz: Don't worry about it.
"Yeah. How do Wiz and Boomstick get this footage?" Weiss pondered. RBY wondered as well.
Maine is as menacing as he is powerful. Ruby likes the Temporal Distortion. Weiss likes the advanced equipment. Blake admires the camouflage options. Yang just likes the powerful weapons.
Agent Carolina
(*Cues: Red vs Blue - Extraction*)
Background:
Real Name: [Unknown] Church
Daughter to Dr. Leonard & Allison Church
Age: 34
Freelancer Ranking: 2nd
Former AI: Eta, Iota, Sigma
Ambidextrous (Weiss awed)
Prefers Rogue & Recon armor
Confident, caring, & daring
Inferiority complex (Ruby: Kind of like Pyrrha)
Wiz: Leading the troops of Project Freelancer, Agent Carolina was supposedly the best of the best. She commanded the team through many successful missions, mastered several martial arts, and her top spot on the leaderboard seemed untouchable.
"She seems like a great leader," Ruby admired Carolina already.
Arsenal:
Humbler Stun Device
Grappling Hook Gun
M6G Magnum Pistol
Magazine: 8 rounds
Range: 152 ft | 50 m
BR55 Heavy Barrel Service Rifle
Magazine: 36 rounds
Fire modes: Single or 3-shot Burst
Epsilon Artificial Intelligence (RWBY was interested)
Fragment of the Alpha AI
Can possess others
Boomstick: Until a mysterious stranger showed up out of the blue and ruined everything, but we'll get to that later. Carolina carries a wider variety of weapons than most Freelancers. Over the course of her career, she's favored the standard magnum pistol, dual plasma rifles, a grappling hook which can operate in outer space, a humbler stun device which is basically a shock baton, and a long-range BR55 Battle Rifle.
"So many cool weapons," Ruby cheered.
Back to Red vs. Blue.
Grif is running away behind Boomstick.
Boomstick: It's not as flashy as a shotgun, but it's got an impressive range of over 3,000 feet.
Boomstick shoots Grif with the Battle Rifle.
Grif: Oww! Why me!?
Boomstick: It just feels right.
RWBY laughed. "That rifle is like a sniper," Ruby said in between laughs.
Resumes Death Battle segment
(*Cues: Red vs Blue - Pelican Cruise/ Infiltration*)
Wiz: Like many other Freelancers, Carolina also possesses an A.I companion, several, actually, but for this matchup, we'll be focusing on the time she spent with Epsilon, the memory of the original Alpha A.I the Director fragmented. It's also known as Church. Like the other A.I fragments, Epsilon experiences time 205 times slower than a human being and therefore drastically speeds up Carolina's thoughts and reaction time.
"Boy. That's a quick thinker," Yang punned. As usual, no response back.
Boomstick: Too bad he's kind of an *******, and by kind of, I mean, that's basically his thing.
Church: Guys, I'm an *******.
Ruby and Yang laughed. Weiss stared blankly, as well as Blake.
"What's wrong with these people?" Weiss put her hands on her hips.
Armor Enhancements:
Active Camouflage
Adaptive Camouflage (Blake's favorite)
BioScan
Domed Energy Shield
EMP
Grav Boots
Healing Unit
Speed Boost (Ruby's favorite)
Boomstick: In her post Freelancer career, Carolina made it her mission to track down as much experimental armor equipment as possible, and let me tell you, she did a very damn good job. Like Maine, she managed to acquire the Domed Energy Shield, but also picked up Adaptive Camouflage, a Speed Boost, and a Healing Unit.
"Unlike Maine, Carolina has speed boosting and healing equipment," Blake retorted.
Wiz: Unfortunately, just one AI fragment isn't enough to run all this equipment at once. In battle, if Carolina's not careful, she can accidentally push Epsilon too far and essentially short-circuit him.
"Awww. That's disappointing," Ruby whined.
Boomstick: Yeah, for a leader, she's kind of hot-headed and super competitive. Like when Agent Texas joined the Freelancer crew and started showing her up, Carolina started making a lot of stupid mistakes.
Ruby made dumb mistakes too, but she's alright now, Weiss thought.
Wiz: There's a lot going on here. Turns out, the Director was Carolina's father all along and Tex was actually the AI fragment memory of his deceased wife, meaning Carolina's greatest rival for her father's approval was actually her own mother.
Back to Red vs. Blue
Grif and Simmons: (In unison) Wait, WHAT?!
RWBY gasped.
"I didn't expect this plot twist," Yang remarked .
Grif: You're making that up!
Wiz: You guys didn't know that? Where have you been? Pay attention.
Caboose: Ah, yeah seriously, guys, it's like super obvious.
Simmons: Huh. Suddenly, everything makes a lot more sense.
Grif: ****, dude. Remember when all we used to do was stand around and talk?
Simmons: Yeah, good times.
Grif: Good times...
Boomstick beats up Grif with his Brute Shot.
Grif: Oww…
RWBY laughed again. "He deserves that. What a dunce," Weiss giggled.
Boomstick: Hehe, still love this thing.
Resumes Death Battle segment
(*Cues: Red vs Blue - Freelancer Implosion*)
Feats:
Defeated dozens of Tex clones
Discovered the Director's secret location
Led the Freelancer team (Ruby found this admirable)
Dodged point blank shots
Saved Chorus from civil war
Defeated York, Sharkface, Felix, & Locus
Blocked a nuclear explosion
Wiz: Regardless, Carolina is one tough woman. She's defeated several other Freelancers, saved an entire planet from civil war, and once blocked the shock wave of a nuclear explosion.
"I want to be a strong leader too," Ruby said.
Boomstick: She and Epsilon were even skilled enough to track down dear old Dad after he went into hiding just to help him kill himself. Geez, that got dark real fast.
"Yeah. That's just horrible," Blake signed.
Santa: WHO ARE YOU?
Carolina: I'm your true warrior.
Carolina is one strong leader. Ruby likes her Speed Boost and leadership. Weiss admires Carolina overall. Blake likes her camouflage choices. Yang likes Carolina's many weapons.
"I'm going with Carolina," Ruby casted her vote.
"Me too. Weird that she reminds me of Pyrrha," Weiss said.
"Both are kind of similar, aren't they? How curious," Blake shared her opinion.
"I just want to see two super soldiers battle it out already," Yang said
Wiz: Alright. The combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all.
Boomstick: It's time for a Death Battle!
Death Battle
Somewhere inside of Mother of Invention, Carolina is seen training in the room, punching and kicking the targets,
(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)
The Meta comes in and sees her through the window, Carolina finished her training.
"This fight is unique. Both are from the same series," Blake pointed out.
"And so was Goomba vs Koopa," Ruby recalled.
Carolina: Time.
Church's AI fragment appears.
Church: Oh, yeah, just point zero three milliseconds too slow. Looks like i'm picking the movie tonight.
"What kind of movie?" Yang leaned closer.
Carolina: Ugh, can it not be another garbage action movie?
Church: Oh come on, they're hilarious. Everyone talks in one-liners, the plot's non-existent. It's like the characters are just there to beat the **** out of each other.
"Exactly. I love it when people beat each other up. Action movies are awesome," Yang said.
(An alarm goes off)
Church: Uh oh.
Carolina: What is it?
Church: Uhhh...I think we're about to have company.
The scene cuts to Meta, who balls his fists up as Carolina points her pistol up to Meta.
Carolina: Maine?
Church: Not exactly.
"I wonder what's their history with each other," Ruby said.
(*Cues: Slingshot - Trocadero*)
The Meta's AI fragments appear and tell Meta to kill Carolina and take her AI. The Meta takes out his Brute Shot.
"Geez. Don't you think that's a lot of AIs?" Weiss retorted.
Church: OK, if we win, you can totally pick the movie.
The Meta breaks through the window.
FIGHT
Meta thrusts down the Brute Shot but Carolina rolls away and shoots at Meta but he blocks the bullets with the Brute Shot.
Church: Not working!
Carolina: I can see that!
"At least Carolina has Church on her side," Ruby said.
Meta uses the Brute Shot to attack, but Carolina blocks the attacks although Meta kicks her away. Meta then attacks Carolina's head, but she blocks it and shoots at Meta's head. Meta counters and headbutts Carolina, throwing her pistol away. Meta then tries to hit Carolina but she dodges it and pulls out her Humbler Stun Device. Both Meta and Carolina charge at each other. Meta tries to hit Carolina but she blocks it and stuns Meta multiple times, knocking his Brute Shot away with an air kick. Meta then sees his fallen Brute Shot, instead of picking it up, he growls and punches his fists together and walks towards Carolina as he tries to punch her many times but Carolina dodges them as she stuns Meta and kicks him down.
"It's good that she knows martial arts," Blake said.
Church: You sure you can't set that thing to kill?
The Meta growls and punches the ground to get up and walks towards the Brute Shot to pick it up.
Carolina: Just hold on!
Carolina activates her Speed Boost and runs towards Meta. As The Meta picks up the Brute Shot, Carolina punches Meta and starts to run up the walls.
"There we go. Speed Boost!" Ruby called.
The Meta tries to shoot at Carolina but he misses all the shots as Carolina dashes towards The Meta then punches him to a wall. Carolina rolls and pulls her Battle Rifle as she shoots towards The Meta but he activated Domed Energy Shield and Overshield. The Meta activates Active Camouflage as the Domed Energy Shield and Overshield drops.
"That camouflage is very reliable," Blake commented.
Carolina: Church, where is he?
Church: I'm on it, scanning...your left!
The Meta appears and slashes Carolina's Battle Rifle in half.
"No! Not the rifle!" Ruby groaned
Both continue their brutal hand-to-hand combat. It ends with The Meta punching Carolina away.
Carolina: Church, I need Armor Enhancements.
Church: Which ones?
Carolina: All of them!
Carolina activates all of her Armor Enhancements.
"Wait. Is that really a good idea?" Weiss said.
Church: Uh that doesn't seem like a good ideaaaaahhhhhh!
Carolina charges at Meta, but quickly freezes Carolina with Time Distortion.
Church: Huh?...Aw ****.
"This is bad. Carolina could be in real trouble here," Blake was worried.
Meta then pulls out his Brute Shot and knocks Carolina into a wall. Carolina is horribly damaged.
Church: Dammit! OK, uhhh focusing on the Healing Unit, I got you. Carolina, you hear me?
"Thank you, Church. That's really helpful," Ruby signed in relief.
The scene cuts to Meta reloading his Brute Shot. Carolina rolls forward, grabs her pistol and shoots at Meta. As she successfully lands multiple hits, Meta drops to one knee.
Church: You got him!
"Was that some kind of pressure point?" Yang wondered.
Meta stands back up, growls and slowly walks towards Carolina.
Church: OK seriously, what the ****.
Carolina reloads her pistol as she tries to shoot at Meta again, but Meta throws his Brute Shot as it slashes Carolina and sticks into the wall. Meta punches multiple times then grabs Carolina and is about to punch her in order to finish the fight.
Meta throws his Brute Shot at Carolina. Carolina is thrown to a wall, badly injured. Meta is ready to end her.
"No please!" Ruby cried out. WBY was worried too.
Church: Hey, hey wait wait wait! Wait, hold up.
(Meta growls)
RWBY leaned forward, curious to know how it will end.
Church: Uhhh hey so I know you're about to pummel her ginger face in and all, but you also talk in grunts so I'm just gonna say this one line for you okay? Just this one time.
Carolina then pulls out Meta's Brute Shot and points at Meta's head.
Church: Oh! Son of a *****!
Carolina shoots at Meta's head, blowing it off completely.
RWBY remained silent.
Yang spoke up. "Hey. Don't lose your head over it, Maine." RWB groaned.
KO
Carolina: Church?
Church: Yeah?
Carolina: No action movies.
M
Results
Grif: Holy ****!
Caboose: I know! He did not even have a head under his helmet! He was a ghost the whole time!
Ruby and Yang laughed at their stupidity. Blake had a blank expression.
Weiss signed. "How did they even become soldiers anyway?"
Simmons: I told you, I TOLD you!
Caboose: (under his breath) Like Bruce Willis…
"Who's that? An action movie star?" Yang was curious.
Grif: Bull****! Meta's stronger. He should've won!
"Someone is salty," Blake replied.
Wiz: Not true, Grif.
(*Cues: Red vs Blue - Planning the Heist*)
Wiz: As the Freelancer leaderboard proves, strength isn't everything. Carolina's mastery of martial arts let her hold her own and her use of equipment allowed her to match and even counter The Meta's. He may have gained an upper hand with his Temporal Distortion, but Carolina's Healing Unit quickly repaired damage done during the attack.
"Ah. Carolina's equipment is superior then. Atlas needs to take notes of this," Weiss said.
Boomstick: Even though The Meta had all that powerful equipment, it drained his suit's energy way too fast. Carolina tried to use all of her equipment at once and failed. Luckily, she had Epsilon to change tactics and focus on recovery.
Wiz: Which brings us to what is perhaps the most important factor of the fight: the relationship between Freelancer and artificial intelligence. The Meta was brainwashed and manipulated by eight different AI, effectively filling his head with an unintelligible mess of voices and commands. In contrast, Carolina and Epsilon work together as partners with a mutual trust, both capable of making judgment calls to make up for each other's weaknesses.
"Oh yeah! Teamwork triumphs all once again," Ruby cheered. WBY agreed.
Grif: Whatever. I still say it should've been the Meta.
"I'm glad Grif got the 'lab rat' treatment. He's incredibly annoying," Weiss said.
Wiz: Says the guy who can't tell the difference between a car and a puma.
Grif: I can tell the difference! It was a matter of comparison!
Boomstick: The Meta just couldn't get ahead of his competition.
WBY groaned. Yang smiled at the pun Boomstick made.
Wiz: The winner is Agent Carolina.
Post-Results
Sarge: Hey! What in Sam Hill are you two doing fraternizing with the blue devil and a...who the hell are these dirtbags?
Wiz: Wha-ho! Easy there, sir. We're just here from Command!
Boomstick: Hey, nice shotgun! I like the cut of your jib!
Sarge: Hehehe. Well, whaddaya know? Someone who has an eye for the finer things in life!
Boomstick: Hoho, you better believe it!
"Who's this man? He seems like he would be a good friend for Boomstick?" Blake commented.
Sarge: Y'know, you remind me of someone-almost like the son that I...never wanted...
Boomstick: Well, that's funny. I was about to say you're like the Pappy I never had. When I was a kid, he ran out on us to join the Army and never came back.
RWBY gasped. "How could he abandon Boomstick? That's just terrible," Yang said. It reminded her of Raven and how she walked out of Yang's life. She was distraught when she first heard about it.
Sarge: Huh. Well..how about that? Time to move along, I guess. Nothing to see here. Do-do-do Do-di-do Do-do.
Sarge walks away and the singing fades away slowly. Everyone looks at Boomstick.
Boomstick: What a nice guy.
Ruby is left pondering. "Hey. Does this mean Red vs. Blue is a part of Death Battle?"
Yang is unsure. "I dunno." Yang approaches her bed. "You know. I would like to know more about Earth. I think it would be fun to go there. The place where the Death Battle discs originated from. At least the Earth is alive and well."
"Sounds interesting, Yang. The Earth is from another dimension, most likely. Why else has nobody in Remnant heard of it?" Blake shared her thoughts. "By the way, just because an episode is a crossover doesn't mean it is canon or part of the same universe," Blake answered Ruby's question.
"Whatever. Hearing those immature dolts with helmets for brains arguing over nonsense has worn me out. Let's go to sleep already," Weiss remarked.
RWBY went to their beds to catch some sleep. Ruby imagined herself doning Carolina's suit. She thought it would be cool to have a Freelancer as an ally. "Good night, everyone."
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