AN: Hello, and welcome to the fourth chapter of RWBY: AU Theater!

For this viewing, the RWBY cast will be now reacting to an alternate-version of Qrow Branwen. Now, as I have stated in the last chapter, there was going to be only one character, one character that I BELIEVE suits Qrow perfectly.

I am talking about a man that had lost his family...

...It's Frank Castle, A.K.A - The Punisher.

Let me explain as to why I personally believe that Qrow would have a Punisher-AU just for himself. It's mostly due to Qrow's Semblance: Misfortune, so I figured - "Why not have Qrow lose his family, either it be where he ends up with Summer OR Winter, and have him as the only survivor?" When I kept thinking of the idea of Qrow being the Punisher, I honestly thought that he was going to be even more badass.

Now, the only question that remained was which reincarnation of the Punisher was Qrow going to take-on?

It was honestly hard, so I decided to go with Jon Berthal's version of the Punisher.

Now, before I forget, there was another thing that I want to say. After this chapter, I ain't going to my BNHA stories, instead, I am going to do a Sword Art Online story afterwards. Now, once I am done with all four chapters for THAT story, then I am going to return to my BNHA stories.

Also, to the people who read my BNHA stories, thank you guys for not giving up on them and for being patient too.

The Netflix series' "The Punisher" is created by Steve Lightfoot, but the actual people who created "The Punisher" is Gerry Conway, John Romita Sr., and Ross Andru.

HERE WE GO!


Abandoned Theater -

Once again, there was a flash of light, making everyone close their eyes as they waited for who was now joining them for these viewings. In all honesty, nearly everyone in the room was shocked as they saw who was now joining them inside the theater.

There were two middle-aged men, one had black hair, some facial hair, and red eyes, while the other was blonde, who also had facial hair, and blue eyes. The former was dressed in a grey dress-shirt, black dress-pants and dress-shoes, as well as a red tattered cloak. The latter was dressed in brown cargo-shorts, a leather vest over a tan dress-shirt, and black shoes. Both Yang and Ruby recognized who the two were, causing them to get out of their seats and run towards them.

"DAD! UNCLE QROW!"

"GIRLS!"

The four quickly hugged one another, then noticed the other people that had joined them in the theater.

There was a woman, who happened to look like an older Yang, except her hair was black, which was in a ponytail that was tied by a shawl, and she had red eyes, like Qrow. She was dressed in a shallow-cut red and black dress, with stockings and a black skirt. She also wore fingerless gloves, gauntlets, and something that looked like a bunch feathers hung on the right-side of her skirt.

Qrow, Taiyang, and Yang were just shocked to see HER in the same room as them.

"Mom?"

Yang wasn't the only one who said that, but Ruby said it as well, looking at an older-version of herself, only this person's black and red hair was a bit longer than Ruby's. She was also dressed in a similar outfit to Ruby's, except her clothing were mostly black, while the cloak was white. That was when she simply said,

"Ruby..."

"MOM!"

And with that, the younger Rose tackled her mother into a hug, with Summer Rose hugging her back, both crying their eyes out from reuniting again. Taiyang wanted to join in on the hug, but he curbed that feeling, and looked at his eldest daughter,

"Yang, where are we anyways?"

"It's...kinda of a long story."


A Few Minutes Later...


"...and that's the gist of what we've been doing ever since we got here."

"Wait. Wait. Wait. Let me get this straight: this kid - who happens to be some kind of mystical being - kidnapped all of us, brought Summer back to life, just so we could sit in this abandoned movie-theater, and watch Alternate Universes of ourselves?"

The reunited Team STRQ gave the young Xiao-Long a look that seemed skeptical at first, but that was until Ozpin, Ironwood, and Glynda all vouched for Yang.

"It's weird, yes, but this being hasn't done anything to threaten us, so it's best to say that he has no ill-intentions towards us. And, before I forget - "

Ozpin looked up at the hooded-figure, and asked him,

"What is your name?"

"I go by 'dcalu2001', but you could just call me 'DC' for short."

"Well then, DC, who are we going to watch now?"

"Qrow. Branwen."

Despite not trusting the kid who kidnapped him and the people he cared about, Qrow couldn't help but grin a bit as he was gonna see himself on the big-screen. Ruby and Yang also seemed a bit excited, wondering just what kind of alternate-Qrow they'd be seeing. The only ones who didn't seem to be that thrilled about this is Ironwood, Winter, and Raven, the last two groaning a bit, and Winter muttering,

"Great...first, I see my boss naked. And now...I get to watch a drunkard."

"First of all: Hey! Second of all: What do you mean by 'naked' - ?"

"LET'S JUST GET THIS THING OVER WITH!"


Abandoned Building -

Multiple men, all dressed in gray and black military gear, holding submachine-guns, entered the building, prepared to shoot who ever made contact with them. They had started to spread out, hoping to find their target before he could ambush. But, little did they know, as soon as they entered the building...

...They were already in an ambush.

Coming out of the shadows was a man, who was dressed in black cargo-pants, with gray knee-pads, black boots, and a black long-sleeve shirt. He also had black military paint on his face, and a bulletproof vest, which had a skull spray-painted on the front.

Qrow Branwen then made his move.


"Holy shit..."

Team STRQ, as did everyone else who knew Qrow personally, were a bit surprised to see this version of Qrow. He looked like he was about to snap at any moment, and it didn't help his image when he was sporting a human-skull on the front of his vest.

Raven looked at her younger brother, and simply said,

"It seems like you're alternate-self is gonna...take 'care' of those men. I like him."

"Of course. You WOULD prefer a murder than your actual brother, or better yet, than your FAMILY."

The two Branwens glared at each other, prepared to attack one another, but that was when Summer got in between them, and told the two,

"We're here to watch the screening, NOT to watch you two fight. So, let's calm down, and continue, okay?"

"Fine..."

"Whatever."

With one final death-stare, the Branwen twins returned to the viewing.


Qrow suddenly appeared behind one of the men, and put in a choke-hold, not letting go as the man struggled to get out of it. After a few moments, the man had passed out, only for Qrow to snap the man's neck and let him drop onto the floor.

Another guard wasn't lucky as well, for a noose had somehow wrapped itself around his neck.

By the time he realized it, he was suddenly hoisted up into the air, with Qrow pulling on the rope, making sure that the man's windpipes weren't getting any air. The man had stopped struggling, and then Qrow let go of the rope, letting the body drop.


As the alternate-Qrow murdered two men without hesitation, Summer was quick to cover Ruby's eyes, in which Glynda covered Oscar's eyes as well. Everyone else seemed to be slightly disturbed seeing how a Huntsman, despite his background, kill people he swore to protect.

The only one who didn't seemed fazed by all of it was Raven. She simply nodded her head, and said,

"Looks like this Qrow actually finishes the job, unlike the other Huntsmen and Huntresses."

She then ignored the glares she was receiving, most likely not caring how insensitive she was being. Ironwood then looked at Qrow, and told him,

"It seems like your alternate-self appears to have some sort of military training. The only question is - "

"Just what kind of Alternate Universe is this?"

Qrow looked at DC, who only told him,

"This Alternate Universe is called: The Punisher."

Despite the fact that it was intimidating in its own right, Qrow said,

"The Punisher? What kind of name is that?"

"It's a name, that honestly fits just what this version of yourself went through. You see, this Qrow actually had a family, a wife and two kids, that sort of thing."

Summer, Taiyang, Raven, and those from Ozpin's faction looked surprised to hear that the alternate-version of Qrow had a family, despite having a Semblance that is literally bad luck. Summer was the only one who cooed at how nice that sounded. But, that was when Ozpin realized something, and asked,

"Wait. 'Had'? As in past-tense?"

"Yeah...in this Alternate Universe: It was either the plot of someone, or Qrow's Semblance - Misfortune - that caused in his family being murdered in cold-blood. Not only that, but he was also proclaimed dead by a lot of people, that was until this happens."

Qrow was just shocked, shocked after hearing that his alternate-self might've had played some unknown part in the deaths of his entire family. That was when his mind began to spiral out of control, remembering the first time he learned of his Semblance. It was mostly the reason why he didn't exactly planned on getting married anytime soon. That was when he silently swore, now thinking what would happen if he got some woman pregnant with his kid.

Would the mother be affected by his Semblance?

Or would it be the child?

What if the woman had a miscarriage?

"Qrow...Qrow...QROW!"

"W-what?"

The male Branwen had snapped out of it, and noticed that not only was Summer shaking his shoulders, but Taiyang, Yang, and Ruby were suddenly surrounding him. Even though she didn't move from her spot, Raven did feel a little concerned about her brother. That was when Qrow noticed that he was crying a bit as well, and said,

"Sorry guys, I was just...thinking."

"Just know that we're here for you, alright?"

"Right..."

After getting hugged by both Summer and Ruby, Qrow looked at DC, and signaled him to resume the screening.


Qrow was seen in a different part of the building, stabbing a man in the neck with a combat-knife, and watched as the man was coughing up blood. He looked at the dying man, and then an idea came to his head, and immediately crouched next to him.

What he did was considered..."inhuman".

The main group of the death-squad now walked into some sort of makeshift computer-room, with the leader looking at the computers. He honestly didn't know what he was looking at, for all he could see was either a countdown of sort of, and a video. The video was showing a man, suspended in the air with rope, getting shot in the head by a masked soldier. He pulled out his phone, and called his boss.

"Yeah, we're in the power-station...Sure, they were, it's a basement: they were living here, but there's no sign of them. There's also a whole lot of computers down here too. They're mostly showing a torture video, and...some countdown."

As the leader was talking to his boss, Qrow was now heading towards the computer-room, holding something new in his left hand.

It was the decapitated head of the man he stabbed in the neck.


"WHAT THE FUCK!?"

"OH MY OUM!"

"AM I FUCKING PSYCHO IN THIS UNIVERSE!?"

Those were the few statements that were made when everyone saw Qrow had just cut off a man's head, and he looked like it didn't bother him at all. Teams RWBY and JNPR had blanched a bit, being reminded of how the assassin-Jaune was easily capable of killing men without being bothered by it as well.

Hell, even Raven, the chief of a bandit-tribe, couldn't help but shudder as she saw how her brother treated his enemies. True, she believes in "The weak die, the string lives." but she also believed in something called "Respecting the Dead.", which appeared to be something that this version of Qrow didn't believe in. Speaking of Qrow, the man pulled out his flask, and immediately downed the contents of it down his throat, ignoring how strong it was.

DC tapped a few keys on his laptop, and soon Qrow's flask was filled with alcohol again. He simply told him, and the others,

"There is going to be a lot, and I mean a LOT of brutality in Qrow killing these guys."

Nearly everyone groaned, and mentally prepared themselves for the upcoming manslaughter.


As the death-squad was still searching the building, trying to find Qrow, something was thrown at them. Some of them immediately aimed their weapons at the direction of whatever was thrown at them, while others looked at what was thrown.

They immediately regretted it as it was a decapitated head.

Not only that, but there also appeared to be something tied to the side of the head.

GRENADE!

The grenade, and the head, had exploded, making those close to it get hit with shrapnel.

Qrow then appeared in the room, an assault rifle was in his hands, and shot a man from behind. As he advanced, another soldier tried to shoot him, only for the gun to be knocked out of his hands, and jabbed in the throat by Qrow. He immediately ducked underneath a bullet from a third person, who was shot in the head, and then killed the second soldier that was next to him. Qrow immediately took cover behind a crate, reloading his rifle.

After waiting a few seconds, he broke out of cover, and shot a lightbulb that was above someone shooting at him. That was when the thing had started to glow bright, as if it was a flare, temporarily blinding the man. Qrow saw someone coming at him from his right, so he shot the man in the knee, then in the head, and finally shot the man that he blinded.

Qrow winced as he felt bullets hitting his bulletproof vest, making him drop his rifle, and pull out his handgun, shooting it at the hip at the person behind him. He aimed it at his neck, and pulled the trigger, the man's blood splattering all over the tarps.


After seeing the lightbulb go off, Ironwood couldn't help but be impressed at the ingenuity of it. He wasn't the only one, as both Ruby and Raven looked at Qrow, also impressed by how he was able to do something like that.

"Seems like you managed to fortify the building before that death-squad arrived."

"It looks like it."

"Though, I wonder what else you have in store for them?"


As one of the soldiers began to spray bullets at Qrow's last location, Qrow was actually behind that man, slowly walking towards him. He rose his arm upwards, and grabbed a sawed-off shotgun that was placed on the ceiling.

When the soldier noticed that he was right in front of him, Qrow shot him in the chest, making him fall to the floor. As he got up, Qrow shot him again in the chest, this time making him crash into another person, who was now against a pillar. Qrow walked up to the man next to the pillar, and shot the shotgun in his face. With his final shell, Qrow walked towards the man he shot twice, and aimed it at the back of his head.

Half of his head was missing as he pulled the trigger.

That was when the leader began to shoot at Qrow, all of the bullets hitting him in the back, making him drop to his knees, and dived behind some boxes. Soon, multiple soldiers started to open fire at Qrow, who pulled out a small device.

Wanting to test something, he shouted,

"XIAO-LONG! YOU HEAR ME!? I'M GONNA WATCH YOU DIE!"


When they all heard Qrow shout that aloud, both Taiyang and Yang were honestly shocked to hear that coming from Qrow's mouth. And they weren't the only ones who were shocked, Summer, Ruby, Raven, and pretty much everyone else couldn't believe what they heard.

"Well...I doubt Yang would go far as to have death-squad sent after Qrow, so I guess it was Taiyang that Qrow has some sort of bad history with in this Alternate Universe."

Tai looked at Qrow, and promptly socked him in the face.

"The Hell was that for!?"

"You just threatened me! And I don't even know why you did it!"

"YOU sent a death-squad after me! So that means I could threaten all I want!"

That was when the two suddenly remembered who would be able to explain this, and looked at DC. DC coughed awkwardly into his hand, as he tried to explain to the Rose/Xiao-Long/Branwen family about why the other-Qrow believes that the Taiyang of that Universe would try and have him killed.

"It's like this: in that Alternate Universe, both Qrow and Taiyang were brothers-in-arms, not so different from what you guys are. But, when Qrow's family was murdered, it was revealed that Taiyang knew that his family was gonna get killed."

With that new piece of information, Qrow had a betrayed-look on his face, which was aimed at Taiyang. The blonde was honestly as shocked as Qrow, thinking of how fucked his other-self's life must've been to go far as to willingly let the death of friend's family happen.

The two looked at each other, and nodded. Qrow asked DC,

"Do you think I could spend some time with Tai? Alone?"

"I'll give you a couple of minutes."

After pressing a few keys, DC had managed to teleport both Qrow and Taiyang out of the theater, into some unknown place.


A Few Minutes Later...


When he believed that enough time was spent, DC had made both Qrow and Taiyang reappear in the room, though they didn't come back unscathed. In that short amount of time, the two had somehow gotten into a fist-fight, which drained all of their Aura. Qrow's nose was being all bloody and he was also sporting a black-eye. Meanwhile, Taiyang had a bruise on the right-side of his face, as well as a bleeding lip, as well as the side of his forehead slightly bleeding as well.

"We had to work out some...issues."

"Yeah...Let's - let's just continue watching this."


That was when Qrow pushed a button on the small device he had.

It turned out to be a detonator, because certain areas of the room had exploded, causing those who were near those blast-zones to be thrown off their feet. As the explosions stopped, most of the soldiers were killed from the blasts, some barely breathing as they bled all over the place.

Qrow then pulled out the big guns.

Literally.

He pulled out a light-machine gun from a box that was in front of him, and started to mow down the remaining soldiers that were still alive. One of the soldiers ran behind a pillar, a pillar that Qrow started to shoot out, shouting in rage as he got closer to the pillar. He then dropped the LMG, and got in the soldier's blind-spot, allowing him to punch the man in the face, and stab him in the throat as well, and then went after the remaining soldiers.

The leader had his arm around one of his remaining comrades, only for that guy to be shot in the head by Qrow, who picked up one of the soldiers' SMGs. The leader fired his own weapon in retaliation, only for Qrow to hide behind a pillar, waiting for the guy to run out of ammo.

Still wanting to know if it was Tai who led the attack here, Qrow shouted,

"Tai? Is that you?"

After not getting an answer, Qrow threw his knife at the leader, in which it was embedded into his shoulder. Then, he ran up to him, and kneed him in the stomach, making the guy land against a counter. He then pulled the knife out of his shoulder, and swung it at Qrow, who was evading each attack. Qrow then grabbed the arm that was holding the knife, snapped it, and then stabbed the knife into the man's stomach.

He didn't stop there, no, Qrow then tackled the man into the counter, again, and finally body-slammed him onto a nearby table. He pulled the knife out of man's gut, and threw off of the table, in which he tried to get back up.

Key-word was "try", because Qrow then slashed at the back of his legs, and then literally stabbed the man in the back. The man then slowly tried to crawl away from Qrow, who looked at him impassively.


*The screen skips ahead a few minutes.*


After executing the remaining the survivors of the death-squad, via headshot, Qrow looked at the leader, who simply told him,

"...I don't know anything."

"Fair enough."

That was when Qrow, whose face was not only covered in face paint but with blood as well, aimed the pistol at the leader's head, and shot him.


The screen had turned black, in which everyone just sat their, and tried to digest all of the bloodshed they saw in the past few minutes. Raven actually considered herself lucky that she got the Qrow next to her as her actual-twin, not the one onscreen.

Though, don't expect her to say that out loud: she has a reputation to uphold.

Winter actually looked guilty for some reason, and then looked at Qrow, saying to him,

"Hey, Qrow..."

"Yeah, Ice Queen?"

"During this screening, I learned a lot about you...and I'm sorry."

The male-Branwen actually looked surprised, more so then just witnessing his alternate-self murdering a bunch people, and even went far as to decapitating one of them. That was when his brain made the connection as to why Winter was apologizing to him. She found out that Qrow has misfortune for a Semblance, he couldn't exactly live a normal life, and she just learned that his alternate-self had a shit-life as well, a murdered family and backstabbing friend included.

Qrow awkwardly said to her,

"I-It's alright...I've gotten used to my Semblance being just that."

Ruby then looked up to DC, and asked him,

"Hey, DC?"

"Yeah, Ruby?"

"Can the next viewing be something that DOESN'T include murder?"


AN: And that was the fourth chapter of RWBY: AU Theater!

Tell me how I did with this adaptation of Qrow being the Punisher, and tell me your thoughts about the story in the reviews. Anyways, as I have said from the beginning of this chapter, I am going to work on an SAO story now.

I'm gonna put my BNHA stories on hold for a bit, until I get the SAO story's four chapters up and running.

So I apologize in advance for the readers that like my BNHA stories.

Also, as Ruby had mentioned, I am going to do an AU, that doesn't involve killing. I might make it a fluff-story, probably have it based around Rose-Garden (Ruby x Oscar), just so I could type down the reactions of that ship.

Anyways, I got a story to do.

See ya later!