Author's Note: Hey every one. Finally done with this chapter. I know this is the episode a lot of you REALLY wanted to see. I'm feeling a bit ashamed of myself how it took me this long to get this episode put out. Now before we get started with this chapter, lets allow ourselves to take a moment of silence for the late Stan Lee for giving us all these characters that impacted our lives...…..…..…...…...…..…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…..R.I.P. Stan Lee, your cameos will be missed. Since this episode features a Marvel character, this can act as a tribute to him. Alright, don't really have anything else to add at the moment. I could talk about volume six of RWBY but I'll do that next chapter. Now without further or do, enjoy the chapter.


Disclaimer: RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth

Death Battle is owned by Screwattack

Iron Man is owned by Marvel

Lex Luthor is owned by DC

Soundtracks belong to their respective owners


Iron Man VS Lex Luthor

Ruby puts in the next episode into the DVD player and then she raided the closet where the team kept their individual stash of snacks and the leader rushed to plop her buns right back on her spot on the couch and pressed the play button. "Sorry, but this is gonna be too good to see this without any snacks." Ruby said as she munched on a strawberry strudel. Though the giant sword episode was badass in its own unique way and Guts was another unforgettable character, the episode was a little too dark to handle if they didn't have each other to comfort and support. Hopefully this one will turn it around for them.

(*Cues: Invader - Jim Johnston*)

Wiz: Technology, it improves our lives, lets you watch cool shows on the internet, and sometimes, it can help you to rival gods.

The huntresses seemed hyped for the theme of this battle. This battle seems to mostly involve highly advanced weapons by the looks of it.

"Yes! This is what I'm talking about. Technology fight!" Ruby shouted as shut started munching on some chocolate covered caramels. This is just what she needs.

"Well, I'm sold. I'm curious to see what sort of technology we'll be seeing in this fight and how it compares to what we have." Weiss said with a smile gracing her features.

"Even I can agree seeing advanced gear is interesting." Blake said.

Boomstick: Like with Iron Man, the Armored Avenger.

"Iron Man…" Yang said with a scrutinized look that into a satisfied smirk and a nod. "…Not gonna lie, cool name."

"Check it out, he's also from the Marvel Universe!" Ruby eagerly pointed out. RWBY noticed when a fight was briefly shown between Iron Man and Thor in the middle of a forest at night during the intro.

"Another Marvel character, lets see what makes him unique compared to the other Marvel characters."

Wiz: And Lex Luthor, arch nemesis of Superman.

"Arch nemesis of Superman?" Weiss exclaimed softly. This caught the girls by surprise at how this man is involved with Superman.

"That means he's from the DC Universe." Blake said.

"Damn, looks like we got ourselves another Marvel vs DC fight." Yang said with a whistle. "They must have one hell of a rivalry to have had this many matches."

"Well they are the two most powerful universes we've seen so far and they both have characters that are similar to each other." Ruby said.

Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.

Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win... a Death Battle.


(*Cues: Iron Man Anime - Opening Theme*)

Wiz: There are the talented... there are the prodigies... and then there's Anthony Edward Stark.

Anthony Edward Stark is a man who seems to be in his thirties with black hair, a beard and mustache that are neatly groomed and trimmed. During his intro, he dons a sleek armor that covers his entire body from head to toe. The armor's color design is red and gold yellow. The Armor torso, gauntlets, Boots and helmet are red with the mask, thighs and biceps colored yellow. At the center of the chest piece is a reactor that glows light blue.

Ruby was already awestruck at how Anthony Stark's armor formed around him and seeing the eye sockets light up. "Oh my gosh I can't wait to see what that armor can do!" Ruby squealed.

"Sounds like Anthony Stark was a very gifted person." Weiss said, interested to learn about Anthony. She was eager to hear what accomplishments he's achieved in his adventures.

"Gifted might be a light way of putting it." Blake said.

Boomstick: Please, he prefers Tony.

"Tony, got it." Yang said.

Wiz: Howard and Maria Stark ruled a nine billion dollar military tech empire.

It had to be a given that Howard and Maria were the parents of Tony Stark.

"Whoa, so these people are just banking. Sounds like this guy is having the same background as you princess." Yang said.

"It seems that way so far. But this company revolves around weapon designing and equipment for the military." Weiss pointed out.

"Well, like your families company, it could have its fair share of public backlash from how they make money off of building weapons." Blake said in a playful mock tone.

"Hey, I plan on making things better when the time comes." Weiss retorted.

Wiz: They could have anything they ever wanted, except a child.

Boomstick: Then Howard met an ALIEN who decided to build a baby for them.

"Wait, what?" RWBY said a bit baffled.

"Tony was created by an alien?" Weiss said with a surprised look.

"Well, Tony wasn't the only one who was created in a lab, remember?" Ruby reminded about certain characters, as well as a certain friend that only she knows was created in a lab.

"Or at least gained their powers from a scientific lab experiment." Blake added.

"Yep, that too."

"Guess this kind of origin being brought up is a regular thing at this point I guess." Yang said.

Wiz: Fearing humanity would perish to more advanced alien races, this child was genetically engineered to lead the world to a new tech age...

Weiss was really looking forward to how this person would grow up to have his world advance in terms of technology.

Wiz: …But that was Arno Stark. We don't speak of him.

"Huh?"

Wiz: When Howard and Maria were disappointed with what they created, they adopted Tony instead.

The girls were a bit dumbstruck that they could have sworn they knew where this was going.

"….Ooookay, what was the point of all of that if it turned out Howard and Maria could've just adopted someone in the first place?" Blake asked with a raised eyebrow.

"What a way to subvert our expectations." Weiss said.

"But what was wrong with Arno that made Howard and Maria not keep him after all that trouble?" Ruby asked curious as to whatever happened to him.

"Maybe he was a defected creation or something." Yang guessed.

Boomstick: Yep, that's the secret origin to Tony Stark. Didn't see that comin', did ya?

"Well it's not really a secret anymore since we and anyone who has watched this knows now." Yang said with a chuckle.

"Okay, so Tony Stark was also adopted." Weiss said. "Not a bad story for him." The others nodded in agreement.

"He must have never cared who his real parents were." Ruby said.

"Why would he? He could have anything he could ever want." Weiss said.

(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)


BACKGROUND

Real name: Anthony Edward Stark

Aliases: Armored Avenger (RWBY admit how cool it sounded), Shellhead (The girls giggled at that one), Master of Machines

Height: 6'1" / 185 cm

Weight: 225 lbs / 102 kg

Estimated net worth: $9.3 billion (Almost as much as the SDC)

Owner of Area 51

Claims to have beaten Mr. Fantastic in chess twice


Wiz: Despite not being the alien-engineered child prodigy, Tony's gifted intelligence and world-changing destiny were obvious at an early age. He graduated from MIT with top honors and a physics and engineering double major when he was just 19 years old.

This impressed the huntresses, especially Weiss at how he has achieved all these academic aptitudes at such a young age. "Amazing, most people wouldn't have all those degrees under their belts until they hit thirty." Weiss said in awe.

"So that means he has to be a genius then." Yang said.

"More like born a genius." Blake said.

"If he did all that at that age…." Ruby said, thinking all the possible break throughs this guy can create for his people. Especially all the weapons that he could create.

"I'm guessing he can pretty much build anything now." Yang said actually impressed with that kind of intelligence. "Maybe this guy will be another badass nerd that I can root for."

Boomstick: But since this is a superhero origin, it wasn't long before tragedy struck... and by struck, I mean a car crash. And by tragedy, I mean his parents. So all of a sudden, Tony was an orphan.

"Oh…" Ruby said with a frown. "And it seemed like his life was going so well too."

"Okay, at this point it's officially a standard rule that if you wanna be a hero, you have to lose your parents." Yang huffed while making a horizontal circle jester with her index finger. "Well, not everyone one."

"Well, there are some exceptions that we've seen." Blake said but still gave her condolences.

Boomstick: But on the bright side, it also made him the sole heir of Stark Industries. Nice.

Weiss was now positive that Tony was having the same background story as him…actually, Tony was the only child in his family so it would make sense why he gets to inherit the company. Unlike her case as a certain family member is fighting for the spot of being the heir to the company. Weiss has been suspicious about him but her father is still leaning towards her to take the company.

"You know, this is kinda sounding like how Batman inherited his family's multi-billion dollar company after losing his parents." Ruby pointed out.

"Yeah but Stark might have a different story that pushed him into becoming a hero." Blake said.

(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)

Wiz: With the entire family fortune at his fingertips, Tony pursued a life of reckless indulgence and mechanical tinkering. War was his income and he enjoyed every bit of it

Blake and Weiss gave a look of disapproval. Blake found it disgusting how Tony didn't care that him and his company was thriving off of wars where his weapons became high in demand by whatever military he sells to.

Wiz:... until the day his eyes were opened.

Boomstick: Yeah! Opened with a shrapnel-filled irony bomb!

A scene is shown of Tony being in a firefight out in a dessert region.

"He doesn't look like he is combat ready." Ruby said with slight concern.

"Guess this makes it his weakling stage before he became a superhero." Yang said referring to how some of the other heroes also didn't seem they would do well in a fight before their transformations.

As Tony is hiding behind cover, a missile lands dangerously close to him. Before the explosive detonates, Tony and RWBY sees that the bomb was manufactured by his own company as it is labeled "Stark Industries." Tony attempts to get away from it, but it explodes, knocking him to the ground with wounds to his chest.

"Wow, that IS ironic." Yang said.

"Getting blown up by your own bomb. I guess I would feel the same way if someone tried to use Crescent Rose against me." Ruby said.

"Looks like this is gonna be Tony's turning point on his life." Blake said assuming this tragedy is gonna make him change his ways and eager to see how it unfolds.

Next the huntresses sees that Tony wakes up and is under captivity by what the girls assume are terrorists who are responsible for the injury that the billionaire has sustained.

"Looks like the Earth in the Marvel universe has its fair share of terrorists too." Blake said.

"Not only that but the weapons that were made from his company have fallen into their hands." Ruby said.

"Almost like how Atlas has some of their paladins fall into the wrong hands too." Weiss said. "Seriously how is it that a weapon that can turn the tide always end up falling into the wrong hands?" The heiress complained.

(*Cues: Iron Man (2008) - Mark I*)

Wiz: Held captive by terrorists, Tony learned the bomb left shrapnel in his heart, which would kill him in a week.

The girls were a bit shocked that Tony's chest now seems to have some sort of electronic device implanted into it.

"Yep, shrapnel left in your body is gonna lead to serious health hazard if not removed." Weiss said.

"What's that thing in his chest?" Ruby asked. "That doesn't like its okay to live with."

"I don't know, I think it's supposed to keep him alive or something." Blake said.

Wiz: The terrorists gave Tony an ultimatum: construct weapons for them and receive treatment... or be left to die.

"So these terrorists want to keep Tony alive just to have him build weapons they can use to hurt people?" Blake grimly said.

"Nobody in their right mind would agree to something like that." Weiss said with a serious expression. "Especially if he knows that granting these terrorist some serious firepower will lead to disaster."

"Not only that, even if Tony granted all of their demands, they probably would've killed him anyway." Blake said. 'If these terrorists go by the same morals as Adam.'

"Wonder how he gets out of this crazy nightmare." Yang said.

Boomstick: But being Tony Stark, he chose door number three. He built a space-age pacemaker to save his own life.

"Impressive, he found a way to sustain himself while under captivity." Weiss said referring to the implant in Tony's chest. Ruby was awed by its glowing nature.

"If that is supposed to be some kind of battery, does that make him a cyborg?" Yang asked.

"Hmm, I don't know, something tells me he would die if it was taken out of him though." Blake said.

"Well since you put it that way, sounds a bit worrying that some of his life is tied to that thing." Ruby said with a look of unease.

Boomstick: and then built a mech suit around it and murdered his way to freedom.

Tony's plan of escape was revealed to be him building an entire suit of armor. Unlike the armor seen in the intro, this armor was gray, bulkier which means less freedom of movement and seemed more primitive. However, once it was completed and was being implemented in escaping, he comes up against the terrorist who tried to force him into labor for their goals. The terrorists open a volley of automatic gunfire at him but have no affect as they barely leave any dents on his awesome creation.

"Yep, they're dead." Blake said with a smirk.

"He's composed of titanium bitches." Yang teasingly said. She noticed how Ruby was too enthralled at the scene to care about her foul language.

"What's he gonna do?" Ruby eagerly asked.

Tony: My turn.

Tony unleashes his flamethrowers built into the wrists at the terrorists causing them to scatter.

"Awesome!" Ruby shouted.

"Okay, that was neat." Yang commented.

The flames have spread towards the area that stores Tony's hijacked weapons, causing an explosion to engulf the entire compound. Stark in his crafted armor used a rocket boot feature that he was smart enough to install and escaped the explosion as well as the terrorist camp site.

RWBY became highly impressed with Tony Stark being able to turn the tables and regain his freedom.

"Damn, that's escape was as badass as Batman and Chuck's." Yang said.

"He built an armor than can shoot flames, take bullets and fly in a cave? While being a prisoner of war?" Weiss said in amazement. "Imagine what he can accomplish with Atlas' resources."

Boomstick: This taught Stark one of life's most important lessons: heroes aren't born, they're built. A lesson which also made for a pretty sweet tagline.

"I actually like the sound of that." Ruby said with a smile.

"Well, not everyone can fit that mold but it does sound inspiring. " Blake said.

(*Cues: Iron Man (2008) - Mark II*)

Wiz: But Tony's heart was changed in more ways than one that day. Upon returning to America, he nullified all weapons development at Stark Industries and dedicated his life to saving the world... in his own way.

This change of action boosted Tony's standing with the huntresses. Now Blake was seeing the genius billionaire in a different way than how Stark behaved himself before.

"He is definitely becoming a better person." Blake said with approval.

"I hope one day us Schnees would do a similar act with the SDC." Weiss said. It's net worth may be in the billions and have provided decent paying jobs for families across the globe but there are still things the company can improve upon to make things better for everyone.

Boomstick: Yeah, we're not talking, like, just donating to charity and being kind to your neighbor. Tony became a one-man army of justice and began creating a new and improved armored suit that the public would eventually dub... Iron Man.

"Welp, I gotta say, Tony is already a cool guy for a rich genius so far with his origin story. The escape part was my favorite part of course." Ruby said.

"Well despite it having to take a life threatening injury and being captured by terrorists, he has my respect for changing his ways and becoming a hero." Blake said.

"Using his money and resources to become Batman!- uh I mean um, Iron Man!" Yang dramatically announced.

"If only my father would do the same and realize how his business practices are affecting the lives of the lower people." Weiss said. But as soon as she becomes the CO, she will change certain ways of how the company operates with its lower employees.

(*Cues: Iron Man (2008) - Driving with the Top Down*)

Boomstick: And then he made another one, and another one, and another, another, and then he made like, a shitload more.

It is shown that not only Tony was able to build a more advanced and high tech suit than the armor he built to escape from the terrorists, but he has made an entire arsenal of Iron Man suits. Whole most retain the same model and color scheme, some seemed larger in size with more bulk or different colors than his usual red and gold.

Wiz: The Iron Man suits are numerous, but they typically come with a common base set of tools.

"Whoa look at ALL OF THOSE Iron Man suits!" Ruby fangirled with Iron Man suits for eyes.

"Wow, If he can afford to make all of those, then being rich really is an awesome superpower." Yang said.

"Did he build all of those suits for himself?" Blake said. "I mean, I get he doesn't want his tech to fall into the wrong hands but that is just insane to have that many suits."

"Nothing wrong with being prepared incase he loses one." Weiss said. "Or two….or however it takes to defeat whoever he fights."


IRON MAN ARMOR

Composed of a gold titanium alloy

Adds 5 inches to Tony's height, yet only weighs 25 lbs

Capable of high speed flight, super strength and enhanced durability

Standard Weaponry

Repulsor Rays

Smart Missiles

Anti-tank Missiles

Chest Mounted Unibeam


Wiz: Generally composed of a gold-titanium alloy, his standard suits have the strength to lift up to 100 tons, fly at supersonic speeds, and come with an onboard intelligence system called J.A.R.V.I.S., which controls his weaponry, summon other suits at his beck and call and feeds him valuable information during combat and provides him with strategies, background information on opponents and surroundings and the current status of the suit and can even remotely connect with any communication devices, including satellites and computers all over the world.

The capabilities of the armor was already sounding impressive to the huntresses. The armor granting Tony super strength, flight at mach speeds and even an intelligence feature that can support the genius in numerous ways already seemed more advanced than what Atlas is capable of.

RWBY couldn't help but notice how the AI J.A.R.V.I.S is able to control multiple suits at once. "Wow, Tony can have his legion of suits attack at once!" Ruby said seeing as how the Iron Man suits are seemingly acting on their own and aiding Stark in combat like it's his own private army.

"It's like an army of drones at Tony's disposal." Weiss said.

"Hey why did he decide to go by Iron Man if his suits are made of Titanium?" Blake questioned.

"Maybe it just sounded cooler." Yang said.

Boomstick: And for good measure, these babies come loaded head to toe with weaponry.

"Yes! Just what I've been waiting for!" Ruby yelled in excitement. The leader as well as Weiss leaned forward to see what other technological features that were built into the suit.

Boomstick: I'm talking shoulder mounted darts, rockets, anti-tank missiles, an EMP, and the Iron Man staple: Laser beams!

The girls find it amazing that Tony was able to not only include these weapons like numerous darts and missiles but also have a way for the suit to somehow compact them to be concealed within the seemingly thin and sleek design of the armor.

"Wow, he's like Marvel's version of Samus with all those weapons built into that suit." Weiss said.

"Maybe he should've been the one to fight her instead since they seem similar." Blake thought. The others thought that would be a good fight to watch as well.

Wiz: These repulsor blasts draw power directly from the reactor in Tony's chest or chest piece, depending on the time period, to fire high-mass, negatively charged muons as a concussive energy attack. Most commonly, these are fired from the palms of his suit.

Iron Man demonstrates the power and affects of his signature repulsor blasts by blasting apart medium sized boulders as well as destroying other hostiles drones and even knocking back other Marvel characters seen before like Captain America and Thor.

"I am so digging those cool awesome guantlets. I would be lying if I said I wouldn't try them to blow up some grim with those missiles and lasers." Yang said with a smile. "Not saying I would trade in my Ember Celica for Tony's guantlets but I definitely wanna try them out."

"Me too sis! Those are the coolest gloves I've ever seen!" Ruby squealed at how the guantlets can fire laser beams from the palms and wrists.

Wiz: He also has miniature cluster bombs, homing lasers, microscopic telepathic tasers, multi-directional repulsors.

Ruby was awed and fascinated from watching the last mentioned weapon fire repulsor blasts that was able to hit multiple targets at once. The others were also fascinated by all the weapons featured in each suit's arsenal.

Wiz: Pulse bolts that pick up kinetic energy along the way so they hit harder the farther they travel. He also has the ability to create and manipulate magnetic fields.

"He has even created semblance like abilities for his suits." Weiss said with a wide eyed look.

"Jeez, Tony has really gone through extreme lengths to have all those weapons and abilities built into each suit." Blake said with a similar expression to Weiss'.

"You know, part of me is glad that that armor is not a standard issued thing in Atlas cause that means anyone can be more cooler than us, but it would be awesome to be in one of those things." Yang said.

Boomstick: Also being the weapon crazy genius that he is, he created these tiny mist sized robots that can pretty much combine and form into anything.

The girls see what Boomstick was referring to as this said creation appears as a red mist at first then combines into various weapons and gadgets and even an armor regardless of size or scale.

Wiz: Ahh yes, those are his swarm of atomic sized Pico-Processesors which he uses for both data storage and attacking.

RWBY became flabbergasted. They could never imagine that something like that could be invented.

"Amazing." Weiss said in astonishment. "I don't think anyone in Atlas would even think to create such devices that Tony has. Even if they did, it would take years to do so."

"If only he would make those things for us." Ruby said with an open mouthed smile.

Boomstick: But, if the situation calls for a bit more firepower, he can blast an even larger beam directly from his chest piece, UNI-BEAM!

"…I want one…" Ruby croaked.

"Eh?"

"I want one!" Ruby jumped out of her seat and was standing. "I gotta have an Iron Man suit!"

"I want one too sis but I'm pretty sure we can't just walk over to-" Yang was interrupted by what Ruby decided to do next.

"Deadpool!" Ruby suddenly shouted.

"Ruby, what are you doing?!" Weiss shouted at the leader. "Why are you calling for him now?!"

"If Deadpool is from the same world as Tony, maybe I can ask him to ask Tony for a suit. What do you think?!" Ruby joyfully explained at the thought of getting her own suit from the billionaire.

"Ruby, that's ridiculous and before you say anything hear me out. Even if you could get that loud mouth to come here and do something I'm assuming is trivial for him, what makes you think Tony Stark is just gonna give something that can change the balance of conventional warfare to a someone- SOME GIRL who at 'first glance' is immature and reckless…" That cost the young leader to deflate a little but still contained her eager excitement.

"Weiss, we both know you can't say we shouldn't try to see if we can get an Iron Man Armor after seeing how much of an arsenal only one is packing." Ruby said with a wise attitude.

Weiss kept staring at Ruby for a brief moment until "Deadpool!" The noble called out, caving into temptation not thinking about what will happen in the long run.

The screen shows Ruby and Weiss standing and waiting . Ruby was bouncing while Weiss placed her knuckles on her hips. Blake and Yang remained on the couch.

"Are we really doing this now?" Blake asked breaking the silence. "What if Glynda catches onto us again?"

Before any one answered, something just flew into screen view and hit Blake on the side of her head then tumbled down onto the couch and next to the floor.

"What the! Hey!" Blake hissed. "Who threw that?!" The faunus along with the rest of the team turned their heads in the direction of where the thrown object came from only to see nothing but the wall.

"Uhh, how did…?" Yang's words were caught in her mouth as everyone shifted their gazes between the object and where it came from.

The object that came out of nowhere appears to be a piece of paper that's crumpled up. "Did that just seriously come out of nowhere?" Blake asked with uncertainty.

Ruby urgently picked up the paper ball and straightened as she had a pretty good idea of where it came from. In a matter of about two seconds or so, a message was written which Ruby read out loud, "'Dear Red' that's me! 'and your girlfriends,' Umm I kinda don't have any girlfriends but okay. 'call me again later. I'm kinda in a middle of a very important business deal right now. Long story but it will make things easier for me to steal you an Iron Man suit if it goes well. -DP' Aww" Ruby pouted like she had just been denied her favorite toy. " …well, worth a try."

"Did he refer to us as your girlfriends?" Blake said sounding like she was slightly embarrassed.

"Just ignore him. And did he say he would steal an Iron Man suit?" Weiss pointed out. "That might be his way of being generous but we are not considering accepting something that is stolen from someone like Tony Stark. It's a larceny." Ruby just gave Weiss a confused look. "Larceny is a criminal offense Ruby." She said with a groan.

Ruby gradually frowned a bit upon hearing her partner's she was about to say an attempted counter argument but Weiss continued on with her lecturing. "Ruby, we are pretty much considered protectors of our world. We should be setting a good example. If, IF one day Remnant comes into contact with one of these worlds, how will it look to Stark or the other heroes if they see that we took something from them without asking? It would just look disgraceful for what we stand for. I simply won't let that happen." She reasoned. "Let alone to the Schnee name."

"….Ahhh, fine….you have a point. It's not right for us to take something…But,thenagainitfliesandshootsrocketsandlasersandblows-"

"No Ruby! End of discussion." Weiss scolded.

"Yes mom." She responded with an eye roll. "Deadpool, please don't steal from Tony Stark. It's wrong to do!" She cupped her hands around her mouth to shout.

"That guy really is a complete enigma." Blake muttered. "Wonder how all the other heroes from Marvel are able to put up with him.

"Ssssooo, are we gonna get on with the show or are we just gonna keep wishing for things that can come true on our world?" Yang plainly asked. "Cause I still wish that I can go super saiyan, shoot a Kamehameha and have my boobs be able to make any guy faint just by looking at them but we can do that some other time. So why don't you guys pop back in your squats and let's what else this guy can do."

"Alright." Ruby said.

"Sure." Weiss answered as they went back to sitting on the couch and continued on with the episode.

Wiz: All of these features come standard in his most often used suit, Model 13: The Modular Armor.

Boomstick: This armor specializes in adaptability, allowing Tony to swap out it's individual pieces for ones suited to the mission at hand.

RWBY were awed at how this armor is able to change parts to acquire certain features needed for certain tasks but is still able to retain its standard weaponry for combat effectiveness. "So cool!" Ruby said with giddiness. "I wish I could meet him. I wanna see if he could teach me to have Crescent Rose adapt to different situations when fighting grimm!"

"He really does go all out with his tech." Blake whistled. "I wonder if he has a suit that's good for stealth."

"I'm willing to bet my allowance that he does." Weiss said.

"PfffftHahaha, you still get an allowance?!" Yang teased. "I thought your dad wouldn't mind you going on a shopping frenzy since your family is banking!" Weiss made a faint growl at the blonde's insult.

Boomstick: Oh, and it also has an extra casing known as Iron Man Armor model 14, but you can just call it... Hulkbuster.

"Hulkbuster?!" The huntresses became fully focused on this next armor. The Hulkbuster has the same design and color but unlike the standard suit's sleek and normal size, the Hulkbuster is large enough for Tony 's body to fit into its chest and it's bulky body clearly gives away how it is designed for brute force and heavy hitting.

"Wow, you can definitely tell that thing can bull doze anything dumb enough to get in its way." Weiss said.

"Ohmygodwhatdoesitdo?whatdoesitdo?whatdoesitdo?!" Ruby rapidly asked while bouncing.

(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)

Wiz: As the name implies, this upgrade was built to contend with one of the universes strongest beings. With the combination of magnetic and hydraulic technology, in addition to the strength of the modular armor, the Hulkbuster can deliver far more powerful punches and hold its ground against The Incredible Hulk, who is strong enough to lift a 150 billion ton mountain.

"Woah, this Hulk guy really is strong!" Blake said wide eyed. "For him to be considered one of the strongest beings in the Marvel universe, that has to speak for itself how powerful he is."

"We've figured he would be strong but we still had no idea how EXACTLY strong Hulk is." Weiss said. "If the Hulkbuster was made to fight someone that strong, thank goodness the paladins that the White Fang has hijacked weren't anything like that armor."

"And Captain America was brave enough to give him a nut check." Yang said incredulously.

"You know, almost every Marvel hero that we've seen so far has fought this Hulk guy." Ruby said. "Do you think he's a bad guy?"

"I don't know, he seems to be saving those heroes from getting crushed by that mountain." Weiss said. "If he is a bad guy, then I can see why Tony would build that Hulkbuster armor."

Boomstick: But one of his most advanced armors yet comes in the form of his Endo-Sym armor.

The Endo-Sym armor that has been revealed to the girls who has looks of wonder, curiosity and in mostly Ruby's case, frantic anticipation of what this armor is capable of when it was said to be one of Tony most advanced armors after seeing what his other suits can do. They already know calling it state of the art would be an understatement. The armor's appearance appears the same as his usual armor in terms of size and shape. The difference is that the Endo-Suit's colored chrome with lines, eyes and other various spots glowing light neon blue.

Boomstick: Part metal, part scary space alien parasite,

"Alien parasite?" Yang said with a surprised look.

"That armor is made out of an actual living space metal.?" Weiss said in equaled shock.

"How was he able to acquire that?" Blake wondered.

"How do all these other universes get to have all these amazing metals that are ten times better than titanium?!" Ruby loudly pouted with jealousy. "It's not fair, we deserve cool awesome space metal too!"

"Yeah, I gotta agree with you on that Rubes, it's getting a little sad for us how we're seeing all these other worlds have some indestructible metals and we don't ." Yang said with a huff.

"Now I guess we kinda know how Jaune feels since he's the only one who has a weapon that doesn't transform." Weiss said.

"Or even found his semblance yet." Blake added.

Boomstick: Tony can summon it telepathically, use it to imprison his foes, and even suck up electromagnetic fields. Mmm...electricity.

"Wow, that armor can just absorb anything that can generate electricity?" Weiss said.

"Gotta admit, that sounds pretty awesome to me." Yang said.

"I bet he could absorb lightning from its dust form no doubt." Blake said with an interested look.

Wiz: It can take hits from Storm's lighting, and shoot repulsor beams so powerful, they can injure meta-humans who are normally able to absorb energy.

"Wow, that sounds like it could be very affective against someone like Adam." Blake mumbled imagining how Adam's semblance would be rendered useless against those beams.

Wiz: The symbiote can also insert itself into someone's else's mech suit, and cause it to explode from the inside.

"Yep, paladins are definitely nothing but action figures compared to that suit." Weiss said sounding like she is fed up with being amazed by how advanced the Iron Man suits are.

Boomstick: Endo-Sym suit was able to destroy his own Hulkbuster armor that was acting against him,

"Whoa!" RWBY said, amazed how the Endo-suit even surpasses the Hulkbuster.

Boomstick: and the armor can appear on Tony's body faster than he can be shot.

"Jeez, is there anything this armor can't do?!" Blake said.

"This has to be the greatest thing ever invented…..Tony Stark is just the coolest!" Ruby yelled with unbreakable interest.

Wiz: This armor not only protects Tony from physical harm but also has anti-telepathy counter measures built into the suit.

The girls were taken back at this as well. Yang whistled as having an armor that protects your mind as well was also cool. "This guy really went all out with this armor."

"I guess it would make sense to have that. Telepathy seems like a common occurrence in Marvel and DC. Tony would be stupid not to have a protective measure against that." Weiss said.

Boomstick: Although Tony is a mere man who finds himself fighting with and against unimaginably powerful beings, he has proven time and time again that technology can compete with the world's greatest superheroes.

The huntresses couldn't agree more with that statement after seeing the capabilities of the Iron Man suits and how it stacks up to the other characters from Marvel.


FEATS

Downed She Hulk with one punch (Yang liked this feat and seems interested in knowing who this She Hulk is)

Can hold his own against Captain America in hand to hand (The huntresses were surprised knowing how skilled Captain America is in fighting)

Can achieve warp speed flight (Everyone's jaw dropped at that)

Tanks hits from Mjolnir (The girls were amazed knowing how powerful Mjolnir is)

Strong enough to bend metal girders with his suit's hands

Lifts cars with one hand

Out maneuvered Gladiator (Sounded like a pretty impressive feat to RWBY despite not knowing who Gladiator is)

Helped develop a time machine (Atlas attempted to create a time machine with little to no success)

Hacked futuristic technology of different civilizations that were more advanced than earth

First human to possess the reality warping Infinity Gauntlet (Sounded like a very powerful item to the students and they wanted to know more about it)


Wiz: He can survive blows from Thor's hammer,

"Damn, those armors are REALLY hard to crack." Yang said.

"And yet Tony himself is perfectly fine like it was nothing? He doesn't feel the hits himself?" Weiss asked in slight disbelief.

"When you're in a universe filled with people that can knock down buildings and lift mountains, you definitely want an armor that can hold up to that." Blake said.

"Man, his armor just keeps on getting cooler! I don't know how much more I can take this!" Ruby said while chowing down on her snacks.

Wiz: hold his own against Captain America, and move faster than an Extremis-enhanced superhuman's eye can track.

This sounded like not even an eagle or hawk faunus who's eyes are more advanced than most faunus could see Tony coming before being able to react.

Boomstick: Not to mention, his suit can actually learn and predict its opponents next move.

The huntresses see a fight between Iron Man and Captain America who seems to be giving it his all and is assaulting with a series of blows to Tony who seems like he isn't able to hold up to the super soldier in hand to hand.

"Wow, Cap is really giving it to Tony." Yang said impressed how Captain America is doing damage to Tony with his bare hands and his awesome shield.

"Why are they fighting, aren't they on the same team?" Ruby asked. "Why would heroes fight themselves when they both wanna protect people?"

"Kinda think of it, it's not just Marvel but also DC, the ninja turtles, the Jedis." Blake listed.

"Somehow heroes not only fight villains but also end up fighting their own allies." Weiss said.

This made the girls get an idea that one day it would be the same with them but they immediately forget that thought and continued watching. As the fight continues, Tony and his A.I. are trying to come up with a way to turn the tables on the Captain.

A.I. (F.R.I.D.A.Y.): You can't beat him hand to hand!

Tony: Scan his fight patterns!

A.I.: Scanning.

Tony's suit begins to analyze Captain America's fighting style to be able to counter him.

A.I.: Counter measures ready.

No soon after saying that, Tony with the suit's assistance catches Cap's shield, leaving him surprised and putting a stop to his assault. RWBY on edge of how this fight will end.

Tony: Lets kick his ass.

Tony then blasts away the shield, blocks a jab and counters with a repulsor blast sending him back a few feet. Cap quickly recovers but Iron Man has already closed the distance making Cap try to go for another punch but is blocked ounce again and Tony quickly jabs his side then avoids another strike and follows with an elbow that was boosted by the jet from his gauntlet, and upward punch and finally and repulsor blast putting down his opponent.

Though the scene was slightly sorrowful how two allies ended up becoming enemies, the girls couldn't help but find it both cool and clever of how Tony developed a way for his suit to be able to predict a person's fighting moves.

"Jeez, Tony just owned Cap at his own game." Yang said. "Aaaand probably my game as well."

Ruby couldn't help but Don a sheepish look as she clenched her fist and tried to imitate a fighter's stance with her arms. "Yeah, that's probably something I might need myself. Hehe."

"Unbelievable." Blake said while shaking her head as she never thought such technology would be able to counter master hand to hand fighters. "First he has an armor meant to take on this Hulk guy, now his armor has a feature that can counter fighters as masterful as Captain America and probably Batman and Deathstroke, he probably has some sort of counter for when he goes up against Thor, doesn't he?"

"I wouldn't think that Captain America would even be able to do this much damage to him since his armor can take hits from Thor's hammer and Captain is not at that level in terms of strength." Weiss said. "Sure his shield is a very affective weapon in his hands and arguably the ultimate defense but in the end it can only do so much."

"Imagine having Thor's hammer, Captain America's shield AND an Iron Man suit at the same time." Yang said with a growing grin.

Ruby couldn't help but freeze dead in her seat as she began to fantasize at the idea her sister came up with. Her mind drifted off to her dream world as she is now being seen covered neck to toe in Tony's advanced high-tech Iron Man suit. In her right hand, she wields Thor's mystical Uru enchanted Mjolnir and in her other hand holds Captain America's iconic indestructible vibranium shield.

She stares ahead at what appears to be a massive stampede of numerous Beowolves, Ursai, Boarbatusks, Death Stalkers, Nevermores, and even some King Taijitus combined with a flock of nevemores was rushing towards the young little huntress. Despite the overwhelming number of grimm in one area, Ruby was not worried one bit. Instead she had a slightly predatory smile. One that gave off the impression that she was holding all the best cards. Then her head becomes incased in the helmet, the eyes then glow as jet boots begins to have her hover a few feet off the ground. "Let's do this!" As she blasts off head first towards the army of grimm.

She readies herself to unleash hell on them by twirling Mjolnir by the leather sling. The sky above starts to darken due to Mjolnir's ability to control the weather is being used. Thunder and lightning begins to light up the sky, ready to strike down on the soul less creatures. At the same time, the suit has opened several compartments that contained dozens of bullet sized missiles. "It's killing time! HAAAA." As soon as she is within a yard of the first row of grimm, she clashes the hammer and shield together which caused a powerful shockwave that blew a large hole in the middle of their ranks.

While the army was staggered from the rumbling of the earth, Ruby used the helmets HUD to target as many nevemores in the air as she can and fired all the homing missiles at ounce, taking down a large majority of the flying beasts. "That's right, who's the prey now?" she beamed. The grimm regained their footing and ounce again ran towards the armored huntress. Even though they are unaware that they have little chance of being able to get through her armor defense. "So you guys want more huh? Alright, how about this!" Ruby lifts the hammer into the air and began to absorb huge bolts of lighting to channel a deadly attack. "Here I GO!" The young girl slams the fully charged hammer down. Lightning flew in all directions, frying every grimm and a white flash filled the view.

Ruby looked around after the aftermath of the flash and noticed she was standing in the middle of the dormroom…..in her usual sleeping wear. Being in the same pose as when she slammed Mjolnir to the ground. But instead of the mighty hammer and the unbreakable shield in her possession, it was a soft pillow cushion from the couch and a handle of what used to be an oversized lollipop until now when she smashed the candy on the floor and is now broken into shards.

Glancing towards the couch, she saw that her team were sitting there, starring at her with mixed amused faces. "You know, it's moments like these that make it really hard for me to believe that you are the leader." Weiss said with a blank look.

"And last time I checked, lollipops are meant to be licked, not smashing them into pieces." Blake said. Inwardly, she couldn't help but smile at her leader's child like antics.

"You were daydreaming about what I just said weren't you?" Yang said with a smirk.

Before Ruby answered, she looked at her hand that had the broken candy, then to her other hand that held the pillow while still staying in the same pose. Her face turning red from awkwardness and slight embarrassment. "Kind of.." Ruby then dashed out of site and came back with a brush and dust pan, cleaned up the candy bits with a nervous smile and sped out to put away somewhere off screen and then took her spot back on the couch. "okay I'm dine."

"Well, I admit I wouldn't blame you for going crazy for these things." Weiss said.

On with the show.

Boomstick: Despite Tony being just a mere human, he has withstood the fury of several nuclear bombs!,

The girls were stunned ounce again. Atlas would NEVER hope to create an armor or a mech that can have the durability to withstand a nuke. "If we told anyone that someone can make a suit that can take a nuke, they would laugh at us and call us crazy." Blake said.

Boomstick: Hyperion's heat vision.

The girls see a tall gray skinned and balled headed man fire beams of heat from his eyes at Iron Man. "Heat vision, why does that sound familiar?" Yang sarcastically asked.

Boomstick: Being hit by a freaking moon!

Now RWBY sees Iron Man battling someone who is big, also bald and has purple skin. Despite that, he is imposing and might be even more threatening than the other villains that they've seen so far. The said villain wields what seems to be a gauntlet that had four gem stones of different colors. Weiss couldn't help but become enchanted by the glowing beauty of the gemstones.

However, the man with the gauntlet does something unexpected. Off up in the sky is a moon like any other moon in different universes is also in one piece. The purple titan somehow uses the gauntlet to telepathically grab the moon which glows purple and has the moon hurling down at Tony and the armored Avenger gets struck by the massive object yet he is not crushed.

The huntresses had their jaws hanging by the sheer spectacle of the feat. They didn't know what was more amazing, how the villain just did the grabbed the moon and thrown it like it was a tennis ball or Iron Man was not flattened by the force and weight of the projectile. "Who throws a MOON at someone?...seriously." Weiss asked like she couldn't believe what she saw. The others were flabbergasted to answer and add their own comment.

When Blake noticed the being with metal gauntlet, her instincts went to a level beyond out of control. If seeing Madara was able to set off alarm bells in her head, whoever this guy is turning her bells into full blown air raid sirens. "Guys, I don't think we would want this guy existing in our universe at all." Blake said with fear. The other girls could understand why as this man seems very evil and powerful if he was able to use a moon as a projectile.

"But still, you gotta admit that was kinda awesome." Yang said. "But then again, I wouldn't want that happening to me." The blonde admitted, seeing the moon falling right at her might be a bit terrifying for her.

Boomstick: Even an explosion of a gigantic space station.

The huntresses went wide eyed at Tony who was in the Endo-suit at the time survive an explosion from the destruction of the space station. They couldn't help but be awed at how the station not only dwarfs any of the man made structure that the people of Remnant were able to build in size bit also be able to function in space. A revolutionary accomplishment Remnant is still far from achieving. Might be best to for the kingdoms to finish dealing with whatever issues they have here first before progressing with the possibility of space travel.

Wiz: Of course, all of the powers shown by the Iron Man suits is a result of Tony Stark's amazing intelligence. He has been able to hack into tech from centuries into the future. He has also used his ingenuity to build a suit that merged his tech with Asgardian magic to create the Thorbuster armor that he used to briefly stand up to Thor who was enhanced by the Odin Force.

"Oh my god, he really did create an armor to counter Thor!" Blake said in complete shock.

"Okay, would it be okay to say that Tony is overpowered? Even though technically he doesn't have any superpowers?" Yang said with look that she is giving the genius billionaire a lot of respect.

"Well, Tony is another living proof that you don't need superpowers to be a superhero." Weiss said.

"But can we see what the Thorbuster can do?!" Ruby beckoned. "I wanna see what the Thorbuster can do!"

"Well, I do admit that I kinda wanna to see what this armor can do that his other armors can't." Weiss said with curious.

Wiz: And has created Sol's Hammer, a machine capable of weaponizing the sun's energy capable of destroying moons and even an entire planet.

The girls' faces instantly turned to utter shock that Tony built a weapon that can destroy planets. They feel like that is something no one should have.

"Wow, that might be a bit overkill." Yang said, emphasis on bit.

"Wait, I thought Tony decided to stop making weapons that could potentially be used against innocents, let alone cause a planetary genocide." Blake said skeptically.

"Maybe it's for an evil villain that's as big as a planet." Ruby guessed.

"That's just crazy Ruby, there's no way there can be a sentient living being as big as a planet." Weiss said sounding like she is unconvinced of the possibility of a being that size.

"I don't know princess, first there was Godzilla, then titan guy in Kratos' world and then the black beast, that mountain sized….thing in Sol Badguy's world and that giant sea god in the last episode. Do you really think that the Marvel universe won't have some planet that can talk?" Ruby asked with a growing grin.

"On second thought, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw that." Weiss said as she crossed her arms making Ruby beam at her response.

"It's still hard to believe how smart Tony Stark is and he is able to create such advanced technology that can stand up to powerful beings." Blake admitted.

"Yep, I bet Ooblek would be kissing the floor that Tony steps on." Yang said.

"And Ironwood would pay through the nose for him to share his tech." Weiss said. "And to think, from the very first armor that he built in a cave to what he was able to do now."

Boomstick: Do not underestimate the Golden Avenger.

(*Cues: Iron Man TAS (1996) - Opening 2*)

Wiz: That being said, for all their power, the Iron Man suits are hardly flawless.

Boomstick: They've been known to malfunction in life-threatening ways, and consume too much power too quickly, leaving Tony helpless.

"Hmm, I'm pretty sure after all this time throughout his adventures he would've taken care of those issues so they would happen less and less often." Weiss figured.

"Well, if people like us take the time to make sure our weapons don't malfunction when we hunt grimm, I don't see why Tony doesn't do the same and fix those problems before every battle. We'd be stupid not to check and fix them." Ruby said.

"Plus he has the money to fix those problems too." Yang said.

Wiz: Tony frequently pushes his suit and his body to their absolute limits, and past them. And his reckless, head-first mentality is responsible for landing him in trouble just as much as it is for getting him out of it. This has led to him setting off a civil war between superheroes, and pissing off the all-powerful Phoenix Force into killing Charles Xavier.

The Civil War didn't look like it was light hearted time for heroes as they were somehow turned against each other. Ruby and her team finds it a bit tense and shocking that heroes would end up having a rift forged between them were forced to choose sides. If only things could have been ended more peacefully. Hopefully the faunus doesn't spark a large scale civil war either."

Wiz: and pissing off the all-powerful Phoenix Force into killing Charles Xavier.

Boomstick: What? Charles? But he's the Iron Man.

RWBY figured that Charles Xavier was a really great man and another important figure in the Marvel universe. It must have been a very tragic moment when he was killed by this Phoenix Force.

Wiz: And he once built a machine capable of releasing twenty thousand megatons of atomic energy, that's three times more than all of the Earth's known nuclear weapons combined

The huntresses were a bit stunned at this as well. Their minds still haven't gotten use to hearing about weapons with so much destructive force just yet.

"I hope this machine he built didn't end up falling into the wrong hands like with his other weapons." Ruby said.

"I can kinda understand Sol's Hammer but why would he build this machine?" Weiss questioned.

Boomstick: And then he just blasted it straight into the ground! All because he wanted to see what was at the Earth's core.

The girls couldn't help but feel a bit dumbfounded at this. "There HAD to have been a better way for a billionaire genius like him to find out what was at the core." Blake said flatly. The others somewhat agreed to it.

"Actually…." Yang said slyly with a smirk. "I think Tony was making science look fun if you ask me."

"Yang, how is blasting thousands of tons of explosive force into the ground fun when you're risking the possibility of catastrophic meltdown?" Weiss tried to reason. "I can understand Eggman and Wily doing something this reckless but Tony? I believe he should've known better."

Wiz: It didn't work out.

"Glad I'm not the only one who had a science experiment gone wrong." Ruby sheeply beamed.

"Oh please Ruby, what you tried to do was get Zwei to sniff out a plate of cookies that you've hidden. How exactly is that supposed to be scientific research?" Weiss said irritably.

"Hey, of course it was scientific research." Ruby shot back. "It was….uhh….to see if dogs can find cookies while blind folded." The leader tried to make it sound like it was valuable to know but didn't sound convincing to Weiss or Blake as they just stared at her. "But Zwei wasn't too happy with wearing the blindfold and walked out on the experiment." Ruby said deflatingly.

Wiz: But Tony's most diabolical nemesis isn't the Mandarin, or even Ultron, it's his lifelong battle with alcoholism.

The huntresses see a shot of Tony out of his armor staring at what must be a bottle of liquor with a tensed up look. Standing behind the billionaire and putting a hand on his shoulder is a spirit like form of his Iron Man suit. It looks like the suit is acting on his own telling him not to drink. It's as if the scene is trying to convey a theme to the girls that a hero like Tony must overcome not just the villains that he fights but also a personal issue that is hindering his life and duties as the hero that people can count on to save them.

"Huh, apparently Uncle Qrow is not the only one with a drinking problem." Yang said as she wonders what would happen if they started to drink together. She couldn't help but giggle at the idea of them in their drunk stupor.

"Wow, who knew that a hero's drinking habits could be even more self destructive than the villains he fights." Blake said.

'Dammit Tony. I was liking you more and more until you were revealed to be an alcoholic too.' Weiss thought as this revelation was giving her flash backs about her mother during her life back home. But she still has a lot of respect for him after seeing everything he has accomplished.

"Well, every hero that we've seen has a way of overcoming himself." Ruby said. "Superman was overcoming trying to fit in with his adopted world and Captain America didn't let his weak body and sickness stop him from trying to fight for his country." WBY understood what their leader was saying and couldn't help but agree with them.

All of a sudden, the girls hear a sound of a can being popped open.

Boomstick: Did you say something?

Weiss couldn't help but make a slight groan with an amused expression of Boomstick's lack of awareness at the same issue he has while the others couldn't help but giggle at the irony. "Leave it to Boomstick to be insensitive to the situation."

"And unlike Tony, I don't think Boomstick has any intention of fighting his addiction to alcohol any time soon." Blake said with a chuckle.

The analysis ends with a scene of Tony in his Iron Man suit facing off against a tank. The tank fires off a around which Iron Man dodges and then he fires a missile from his wrist and the missile hits the tank. However nothing happened making RWBY tilt their heads in slight confusion. Iron Man then turns away from the tank and begins to walk away. After a few seconds, the armored vehicle then explodes as Iron Man continues to walk away like he knows that the kill is confirmed.

"Like a boss." Yang said while nodding her head.

It was undeniable that Iron Man was truly an amazing but at the same time, someone who can also relate to the girls in some way. Also they had to admit that they were truly blown away by how intelligent he is and used his genius to accomplish such incredible feats and how he has developed technology more advanced than what Atlas is capable of and the extreme lengths that Tony has gone through in developing his suits to be able to combat anything thrown his way. They just had to be more advanced than the other high tech armors seen on the show so far. And to think, it was all caused from being held hostage by terrorists. Otherwise he would never have become who he is right now. Ruby without a doubt idolizes Iron Man almost as much as a certain crimson reaper who made the ultimate heroic sacrifice. He is like weapons incarnate to her. Each and every armor in his arsenal (aside from his very first one) contains the total package: Lasers, rockets, bombs, strength, jet boots, ect. ect. ect. ect. Ruby was REALLY tempted to take Deadpool's offer after seeing everything they can do.

Weiss greatly respected Tony Stark as well and she was very awestruck with how much versatility the genius as built into his suits, making them be prepared for anything. She also liked how Tony Stark is also an heir of a multi-billion dollar company and was able to change it for the better. The only thing that she can't relate to Stark is that she hasn't been kidnapped by terrorists (…yet). Blake was dubious about Stark at first during the beginning when he has shown to be arrogant and seemed to only care about himself but was glad for the armored Avenger of changing his ways after finding out that his weapons have been falling into the wrong hands. And now he uses his vast resources and intellect to make the world a better place. Yang thought he might be even more cool and badass than a certain other genius billionaire. She imagined what would happen if those two got into a fight.

"Om man I just wanna skip to the fight already. I can't wait to see ALL of those weapons being used!" Ruby said with so much built up excitement.

"Well, I can't wait to see that suit in action either, but I also kinda wanna learn more about the DC universe. Maybe we'll learn more interesting things about Superman or other characters." Weiss said like she expressed her interest.

"I agree with Weiss. Who knows what other interesting things Lex Luthor's analysis holds." Blake said.

"Yeah I guess you guys are right, alright let's see what Lex Luthor is all about." Ruby said.


(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)

Wiz: Superman is among the most powerful characters in all of DC. He can destroy planets, withstand supernovas, and fly faster than light itself.

"Ohhh yeah Wiz, you REALLY don't have to tell us twice." Yang said.

"You two have already made it clear of what he's capable of." Weiss said.

"And how much of an inspiration he is." Ruby said with a gleam in her eyes.

Boomstick: What kind of person could possibly be the arch-nemesis to someone like him? You'd have to be a god made of magic kryptonite...

"That actually sounds about right to me." Blake said with the others agreeing. Considering how strong and durable Superman is, what Boomstick describe should be what it takes for the Man of Steel to face a struggle he should overcome with tension, right?

Lex Luthor: WRONG!

RWBY slightly recoiled with mild shock at the random outburst.

Wiz: Nope. Just a mortal man with a passion for business, swindling, and green trenchcoats: Lex Luthor.

Lex Luthor appears to be a middle aged man with bluish green eyes, a bald head and is almost always seen wearing business attire suits and coats.

When it was pointed out that the arch-nemesis of Superhuman is just a normal business man, the huntresses were bewildered and had puzzled looks.

"Uhh, how can a normal guy be able to rival himself against someone like Superhuman?" Yang questioned.

"Well, if Iron Man is just a normal guy underneath that armor, maybe it's the same concept with Lex and his armor." Weiss said.

"If Lex's Armor is able to give Superman trouble, then it must be SUPER advanced and high tech too!" Ruby proclaimed with excitement.

"Agreed, if Tony Stark built armors that are able to contend with all these powerful beings in his universe, then Lex must have an armor that can contend with Superman." Blake said.

"An armor meant to fight Superman, that sounds like it's gonna be a pretty insane suit." Yang eagerly said. Putting two and two together, the huntresses seemed convinced how Lex Luthor has gained the title of being Superman's arch nemesis but are still hoping to see what his technology is capable of in comparison to Tony Stark's.

(*Cues: Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe - Metropolis*)

Wiz: Alexander Joseph Luthor began his rise to the top from the very bottom.

The huntresses see Lex during his childhood as unlike his adult-self, he had a full set of hair which was orange. Same color as Nora's hair.


BACKGROUND

Full name: Alexander Joseph Luthor

Height: 6'2" / 188 cm

Weight: 210 lbs / 95 kg

IQ: Immeasurable (RWBY figured he must be super smart too)

Considered to be the smartest man on Earth

Reason for Baldness: classified

Former President of the United States

Once acted as his own son via brain transplant to a new body (The girls were shocked to hear that)


Wiz: As a child he lived in a run down section of Metropolis called the "Suicide Slum". Yes it was that bad.

"Really? And the city of Metropolis never thought to do something about improving this so called "Suicide Slum" and make it better to live in at all?" Weiss questioned.

"Sun said he had to live in a bad neighborhood when he was growing up." Blake said. "He still turned out fine."

"Oh good for him." Ruby said but Blake gave her a questionable look. "Oh no, I mean good for him that he didn't become anti-social or Mr. Cold or gloomy or a downer or edgy. It's still sad that he lived in a bad neighborhood though." The leader briefly flailed realizing her choice of words.

Wiz: Under abusive parents it was only by sheer willpower that Lex moved on to a better life.

"Lex didn't exactly have the best parents either." Ruby said.

"Well, I don't think he was abused as much as Guts was." Weiss said making Ruby feel melancholy for a brief moment remembering what the black swordsman has gone through before dismissing those dark horrible thoughts..

"True but every child deserves to have loving parents." Ruby said.

Boomstick: Yeah, willpower and some good old fashion Social Darwinism. His parents died in a car crash when their car's brakes failed, leaving Lex alone. Don't feel bad for a second! He used their life insurance money to get out of the ghetto and start his own company, and he's the one who rigged their brakes!

This caused the huntresses to feel distain that Lex as a boy has staged his parent's deaths.

"How could a boy that young do such a thing?!" Ruby exclaimed.

"He already would've been a convict." Blake said. "Now it is definitely clear that he's a villain." Blake said.

"Okay so far, One billionaire saw his parents get murdered as a child but still got to inherit his family's fortune and company, another didn't have any issues or trouble with his life and spoiling himself almost everyday instead while he was growing up until the whole terrorist thing and now this billionaire grew up in the worst neighborhood with the worst parents but had them killed and used the life insurance money to start his company." Yang listed off." Which one of the three do you think had it worst?" She sounded like she was interested in knowing what her couch mates would think.

"Well, I don't care if Lex had it worse than Batman, any normal child would either run away or called child services. Killing them is still going too far." Weiss lividly said.

Wiz: Although founded through some... legally questionable means, the infamous LexCorp successfully spread it's influence throughout all of Metropolis. In time Lex came to practically run the city itself. Taking ownership of nearly every media outlet, Luthor's positive public image went practically unopposed.

"Hey, isn't that the same building that got blown up during the fight between Goku and Superman?" Ruby pointed out when her and her team were shown the image of the LexCorp building and how it look exactly like the one Goku blew up with his Kamehameha attack.

"Huh, so it is." Yang replied playfully.

"Yeah, also that building had Kryptonite in it for some reason." Blake said as she thought of something and had a look of realization. "If Superman is weak to Kryptonite and Lex Luthor is his enemy, you don't think that he…"

Weiss finishes what Blake was piecing together. "That Lex would stoop low enough to use that against him?" She deduced in a bit stunned at the idea. The huntresses remember how kryptonite was affecting Superman to the point that he was suffering just by being near it. If it is true, then Lex has lowered his standing to the girls even more if he would resort to using the mineral against a hero like Superhuman.

Out of the companies seen so far, Lex's company was sounding the most like the Schnee Dust Company. The Schnee Dust Company has also spread it's fame and influence throughout Remnant, especially Atlas. Though it has also had some shady business working behind its curtains such as cutting the price on their dust to out sell the competition until the competing business closed down from no longer being able to compete with the SDC then Weiss' father raises the cost of the dust back to its original price since it is no longer being opposed by another company.

"Whatever he did to make his company hold so much power over his city, it definitely wasn't legal." Blake proclaimed.

"If I had to guess, whatever government is in control, Lex more than likely paid them off so he wouldn't be charged with whatever he would be facing with the justice system." Responded Weiss, voicing her displeasure that Lex could buy his way out of legal trouble before taking a deep breath hoping her father isn't involved with similar acts. 'If I inherit my family's company, I don't intend on taking the easy way out like Luthor has done.'

Boomstick: But everything changed when the Man of Tomorrow showed up.

"Ohhh boy, did Superman notice that Lex was doing law breaking business stuff and decided to take matters into his own hands and takes him in?" Yang said.

"If he did, then I wouldn't blame him. He did kill his parents when he was a boy." Weiss said. "It clearly was on Lex if the rivalry started out that way.

(*Cues: Injustice: Gods Among Us - Betrayal, Revenge and Murder*)

Wiz: In Lex's eyes, Superman was a massive issue for mankind. If humans no longer had to solve problems themselves, they would surely become a weaker race, completely dependent upon this otherworldly savior.

Boomstick: So Lex began his crusade to remove him from the equation, and then properly insert himself as the leader of humanity.

"What? How is Superman making humans a weaker race? He is just trying to help and do the right thing in using his powers to save and protect people." Ruby said as if she was trying to reason with Lex. "Just like us."

"I know, that's like saying us huntresses are making the rest of humanity a weaker race when we protect them from grimm." Yang said.

"There's no reason that Lex should see Superman as an obstacle for humanity to further themselves." Blake said.

"The way I would see it, worlds like Earth and ours should be privileged and honored to have gained an ally and savior like Superman." Weiss beamed. "How does Lex not see it that way?" Weiss said heatingly.

Wiz: Lex is a cunning strategist and mechanical genius who prefers to place his opponents in un-winnable situations. However if physical strength is required he dons the mighty Warsuit.

This is the moment where the armor that Lex Luthor possesses is now introduced to the girls. Lex's armor dubbed the Warsuit is also a highly advanced suit. The Warsuit is green with purple accents and appears to be more mech like as it adds to Lex's height and bulk unlike most of Iron Man's sleek form fitting design and the armor lacks a helmet to that covers his head. On the center of his chest plate is a design of a hexagon with the uppercase letter L in the center.

Lex Luthor: Must I remind you of my superiority?

"Alright, let's see what the Warsuit can do!" Ruby said in joy. WBY were also curious with knowing how much power Lex's suit has if he frequently goes up against someone powerful as Superman.

(*Cues: Injustice Gods Among Us - Joker's Game/Earth Battle*)

Wiz: The Warsuit is a powerful battle armor created by Superman's other arch-nemesis and the Justice League's greatest enemy, the alien god known as Darkseid; the tyrannical ruler of Apokolips.

Darkseid was a broadly tall being with tough gray skin and glowing red eyes that are somehow far more menacing than the grimm and they promised nothing but death to anyone who tries to challenge him. Though RWBY were only seeing him just standing in place with his hands behind his back, just the mere sight of him screamed all powerful so loud you just felt utterly helpless in his presence no matter where you are in the world that has him in it.

Darkseid: I am...Darkseid.

After his self announcement, dread and fear flooded the dormroom. Even Zwei was quivering from the deep booming evil voice from this otherworldly god. Even in a calm visage, his aura just obliterates a person's will.

"That's definitely someone we DON'T want ever coming to Remnant." Blake said in a high pitched feeble voice.

Weiss was more than aware to add this Darkseid to the list but his name was written in larger letters than the other names. "Yeah, something tells me the evil we have on Remnant is not even capable of a THOUSANDTH of what he's capable of."

"He…he doesn't look that tough." Yang said trying to mask how intimidated she was but it was obviously transparent.

Boomstick: Forged in the fiery pits of Apokolips and further enhanced by Luthor's own designs, Lex's Warsuit is no ordinary piece of machinery.


WARSUIT

Culmination of technology from Lex, Darkseid and Brainiac

Superhuman strength & durability

Onboard Missiles

Anti-Gravity Mines

Flight

Force fields can negate heat vision

Flamethrowers

Tractor Beams

Energy Blade

Energy blasts

Includes four different Kryptonite energy generators in each of the suit's fingers


Boomstick: Despite it's less than sleek appearance, it comes equipped with force fields, gauntlet blades, a giant kryptonite axe, flamethrowers and energy blasts powered by kryptonite generators.

Ruby had to admit she was liking the armor's weapons and defenses so far. However, when the huntresses' suspicions about Lex uses kryptonite against Superman, they couldn't help but frown at how Lex would purposely use it. It is even shown of the self made billionaire blasting the Man of Steel with kryptonite energy and Superman was laying on the ground, struggling to get back up.

"So he really does use kryptonite against Superman." Ruby said in slight shock that Lex would go so far as to use his fatal weakness.

"Not only that but he even weaponized it." Blake said with a disapproval. "That might just be kinda low to do that to a hero like Superman."

"Well you have to admit, in his defense he is just a human and Superman is, well…we all know what he can do. Should Lex really expect himself to try and take him on in a straight up fight? Plus he's not the only who has used kryptonite you know."

"Wow, sounds like you're taking his side princess." Yang acknowledged.

"I'm just merely playing devil's advocate. I mean Lex is not the only one who's not stupid enough to try and fight someone as powerful as Superman without a plan. That is just suicide for a human like Lex." Weiss said.

"Well you do have a point. It was shown that Deathstroke and even Batman have used kryptonite on Superman. Those guys are known to use their cunning and planning to exploit their enemies' weaknesses. Especially ones that they wouldn't stand a chance against in a head on fight." Blake said.

"True….but still, Superman is just trying to be a hero." Ruby said. "Lex is the one who is causing trouble. He thinks he is doing good but is going at it the wrong way.. Why doesn't Lex try to reason with him instead? Maybe he'll realize that Superman is not a bad person at all."

"Sometimes it's not that simple Ruby. Sometimes people are too stubborn to understand the error of their ways." Blake said. "It causes them to be so driven, in this case they are willing to become a sociopath and resort to violence and even murder to do what they think is right. And Lex has proven he would do anything to get his way." Blake said a bit melancholy. Lex's ideology of thinking that Superman is a threat makes her think of Adam's ideology. This is another example that Earth is not that different from Remnant.

"Glad our spoiled princess didn't go pycho crazy when she wasn't made leader." Yang said. This earned her a growl from the dormroom's high bred girl.

"Yeah, if Weiss could come around, so can Lex." Ruby said.

"Ruby, sometimes you're too naïve. I am nothing like Lex. And second of all, don't you think Superman has already tried numerous times trying to convince him." Weiss told. "If Lex refuses to cooperate because of his pride, then it's all on him. Sometimes conflicts are inevitable."

"…okay." Ruby said. She still doesn't understand why Lex truly believes that Superman's aid would be a detriment to Earth's progression.

Wiz: It can also fly, emit powerful electrical surges and has enough strength and durability to go up against Superman himself.

The huntresses had already figured that Lex's Warsuit was going to be beyond state of the art and it seemed that their assumption that it would be strong and durable enough to trade blows with Superman himself was correct. They had to admit that they were impressed that Lex Luthor developed a suit that can withstand planetary punches.

"It still amazes me how Iron Man and Lex Luthor are able to develop suits with alloy that can withstand massive amounts of punishment even aura can not take." Weiss said.

"Yeah, what did they say the Warsuit was made out of?" Ruby asked.

"They actually didn't say. All they said was it was forged in Apokolips." Weiss answered. "No doubt it makes it an alien metal." Weiss was now curious about the metal alloy that Lex has acquired. Even if it came from a world that sounded like it was filled with nothing but evil and horror.

Boomstick: Despite how capable the Warsuit is you may feel it has an obvious weak spot: the giant hole where his head is! But ol' cueball's chrome dome is actually protected by an invisible force field.

The girls couldn't help but giggle at the silly description of Lex's distinguished trait of being bald. "Now that they've mentioned it, Luthor's head is the sleekest bald head I've ever seen." Yang said with a smirk as she couldn't help but notice how Lex's bald head is able to reflect some shine. Ruby couldn't contain her amusement either. "Yeah how is Lex able to make his head as shiny as silver?" The young leader asked between giggles.

"I have to admit, he is pulling off the bald head look better than Eggman and Wily." Weiss joked

"Well anyway. It's pretty smart for Lex to have developed a force field. Otherwise it would just be stupid if he didn't have any protection for his head that a smart fighter can take advantage of. It would be like if aura protects all of your body except your head." Blake said.

"Yep, Tony won't get an easy win since Lex was smart enough to have that force field." Ruby said. "But what if he trips and lands on his face though?"

Boomstick: He just wants his opponents to know exactly who's beating the shit out of them.

Lex: Hello Sunshine!

The girls weren't sure what to make of the genius villain's decision to have his face exposed and show who he is when he his fighting in his armor.

"So he wants people to know who he is when he's operating the Warsuit." Weiss stated. "Then again, Roman wasn't exactly discrete when he was running his crime operations either."

"If he wants to go around showing off that shiny bald head he's got, more power to him." Yang shrugged.

"Guess he really wants his name to be known." Ruby said.

Wiz: Lex's weaponry goes beyond an alien metal suit. In addition to his brilliant strategic mind he also surrounded the Earth with dozens of satellites bearing his name.

"So those things are called satellites?" Ruby said with curiosity. RWBY has been seeing these machines being sent out into space and floating around the planet's orbit in previous Death Battle episodes. "What would those things be for?"

" Those things could be for anything. Maybe they are used for surveillance incase something or someone comes to their world, those satellites would senses it and relay it to the people of Earth as an early warning." Weiss theorized.

Boomstick: Their purpose? A giant game of space laser hot potato.

During the heat of a battle that Lex is in, he stuns his enemy with some sort of electrical force field. While his opponent is immobilized, he then presses a few keys on his wrist gauntlet. Then one of Lex's satellites in orbit shoots down a large laser beam down to the planet and in a near instant, lands right on top of the villain and he catches the blast which starts to gather into a ball of pure destructive energy. Once the laser ball is formed, he gives a battle shout and hurls the projectile right at the target and creates a massive explosion that can be seen from space.

The huntresses stared with Yang and Blake being wide eyed and Ruby and Weiss had their pupils shrunk. They were stunned for different reasons. One was how fast the beam was able to travel from orbit to the planet's surface, how Lex's armor was able to absorb and manipulate the beam to how big the explosion was.

"Cool!" Ruby and Yang chanted.

"No doubt Atlas would want that kind of tech as well." Weiss said

"So…are all satellites that we've seen weaponized like that or is it just Lex's satellites?" Blake asked.

(*Cues: Superman/Batman: Public Enemies - Opening Theme*)

Wiz: Being a genius multibillionare it's no surprise Lex's accomplishments match the expectations.


FEATS

Mental resistance to mind control surpasses even Deathstroke

Frequently and fearlessly goes up against Kryptonians

Defeated Nightwing and Batman in hand to hand

Impaled the super-durable Supergirl

Mastered seemingly every known form of science

Outhacked Batman and Brainiac (This Brainiac must be super smart as well)

Solved the anti-life equation (RWBY were a bit perplexed with this anti-life equation)

Should only be possible for a 12th level intellect

- Only known 12th level is Brainiac 5


Wiz: He has cured incurable diseases, equaled Deathstroke in combat, stabbed Supergirl, snapped Brainiac's neck, and defeated Power Girl in a single stroke.

The girls found it very impressive that the genius billionaire was able to match someone like Deathstroke in combat. The girls had to admit they were also amazed at Lex being able to cure incurable diseases. The only time they've heard people being cured from diseases was in their fairy tail stories about the maidens doing the same but through magic. Lex did it through science. That has to be quite an accomplishment for a genius.

Boomstick: You can't blame him. I don't think anyone could handle more than a single stroke with Power Girl...

"Wow, this Power Girl must be REALLY strong if some of the other heroes and villains don't last a single stroke from her." Ruby commented, assuming a stroke is another word for a strike. Yang and Blake had a sweat drop from how their leader took Boomstick's remark in a different context.

"Uhh, yeah sis, though I'm pretty sure he meant to say strike, dontcha think?" Yang said hoping Ruby will buy the 'correction' she is trying set to her baby sister.

"Hmm, that would make more sense, maybe he did mean t to say strike. Stroke just kinda sounds silly. *Giggling* Someone gets beat by a single stroke." Ruby said. Yang sighed in relief that Ruby was completely oblivious to what Boomstick was really implying. Blake shook her head at the antics.

During the conversation, Weiss couldn't help but stare at Power Girl's more than ample bust that she openly flaunted like a parade float. It's like she wants people to know how much "power" this woman has. Then the snow white haired girl looked down at her own chests and her face reddened with shivering eyes and she crossed her arms and deflated in depression. She glanced over towards Ruby. More specifically the snacks that she had in her hand and she swiped a piece of chocolate frosted cake from Ruby's possession and began wolfing down on it to vent out her jealousy.

"Hey! That was mine!" Ruby protested with a heated look.

"Relauo- O'l uy u anoer won!" Weiss bitterly replied that she would buy Ruby another cake but her speech was impaired because of her mouth being full as she was trying to gulp down the jacked piece of cake, not caring about the possibility of it having hundreds or a thousand calories that she would have to work off again.

"You better Weiss." Ruby warned with a grumpy look as she understood what her partner said as she is well versed in 'peaking with her mouth full" somehow.

"Don't you have your own snacks?" Blake asked.

"All I have at the moment are sugar free candies. And PLEASE don't make me explain what would happen if I pig out on that instead." Weiss said after she finished swallowing and wiped the chocolate smear from her mouth.

"Oookayyy. I won't ask." Blake said. She and Yang are kinda understood what Weiss was getting at and decide not to press the matter.

Wiz: However Lex is not solely dependent on his Warsuit. He sometimes subjects himself to a kryptonite steroid which has made him much stronger than an ordinary human.

The girls watch Lex Luthor inject himself with a serum that glows green, the same color as kryptonite. The kryptonite steroid game the huntresses flashbacks about a serum that they encountered not too long ago.

"Hey that serum, doesn't it look just like the one Dr. Merlot created?" Ruby asked.

"Ruby, we've all agreed never to speak of that!" Weiss said harshly to Ruby.

"Right, sorry." Ruby said with an apologetic tone.

After taking the steroid, Lex's muscle mass has increased to where he seems to be between peak physical to superhuman like Captain America or Deathstroke or all those other characters who were physically enhanced. The girls find it interesting that kryptonite not only makes Superman or other Kryptonians weak but can be worked into some kind of superhuman serum.

"How was Lex able to create an enhancement serum out of the same mineral that Superman is weak to?" Ruby asked.

"No clue, I'm impressed Luthor created a super soldier serum from Kryptonite. What else could kryptonite be used for?" Weiss wondered out loud.

"But still, how risky do you think it would be to inject yourself with that stuff?" Blake asked seeming skeptical about that stuff having no negative effects to humans (or faunus). "Kryptonite is still considered a radioactive mineral, isn't it?"

"Well, if your right, Lex is sure to have thought about the consequences of taking too much of it himself." Weiss thought. "He is consideredone of, if not THE smartest man in the DC universe." Weiss credited.

"Well, so was Tony but that didn't stop him from blasting all that nuclear force down into the ground." Blake pointed out with a smirk.

"Huh, good point." Weiss admitted. Even people with genius level intellect can make stupid decisions.

Wiz: Capable of surviving wounds nobody reasonably should.

Boomstick: Yeah, like the time when a giant gorilla shot him in the chest with a sniper rifle, knocking him out of a helicopter off the edge of a cliff and landing headfirst into a canyon. He was up and banging his robot chick in like a day!

This type of injury is something a huntsman should be able to survive as well. But seeing it happened to Lex, he wasn't protected by aura which means he still felt all the pain inflicted making it a painful experience. Yet he was able to recover as fast as a huntsman would.

"Oh look, more animals using guns!" Ruby yelled.

"Damn, Lex is pretty tough on his own. If Tony and Lex fought without their suits, Tony would be in big trouble." Yang said.

Boomstick: Oh, yeah he built a robot version of Lois Lane for, you know, sex and murder.

"Wait, Lex made a robot girlfriend?" Weiss said sounding creeped out. "Really?"

"Ooookay….I guess being a billionaire genius hell bent on beating Superman has made him REALLY lonely and desperate…" Yang plainly said. "He is officially insane.…getsometherapy!*fake coughing*"

"Well….maybe Lex treated his….robot friend with love and care the same way anyone would to a normal person." Ruby said trying to draw a parallel with Lex's robot and penny….who is also a robot and not judge.

"Ruby, I get that you're just being nice but it's still beyond silly to fall in love with a robot that he built instead of finding a woman like any normal guy would." Yang said.

"Just saying she could act as human as you and me." Ruby said while poking her indexes.

"Isn't Lois Lane the woman that Superman is in love with?" Blake interluded.

"Huh, so that's Lois Lane." Weiss said giving the Man of Steel's love interest an examining look. "She must be the luckiest woman on the planet to be in a relationship with the world's greatest hero."

"Or maybe Superman has gotten with plenty of other woman like Batman did." Yang teased recalling how it was mentioned how Batman has gotten with multiple woman. "Who do you think gets more girls out of the two.?"

"Oh please Yang, I don't think Superman is the type of guy who would go around and date as many girls like it's a contest then brags about it or something." Weiss figured.

"Well with that handsome face and that sexy bod, AND the fact that he's Superman, I don't see how he wouldn't have girls lined up for him." Yang purred. When the girls were learning about Superman, she couldn't help but roam the Man of Steel's masculine form with her eyes. Now she as well as Weiss envy Lois Lane for being the one girl who was able to gain Superman's affection.

"Well it seems Superman decided to be a one girl type of guy." Blake stated. "They did point out that he's mild mannered."

Wiz: Because Lex always wants what he cannot have.

The image of the Lois Lane clone was shown that she was armed with her own state of the art weapon system and her eyes glowing red indicating that she was also meant to be a ruthless killer. This caused Ruby to be reminded of the nightmare where Penny was turned into a violent murdering machine and was willing to kill her with no hesitation or remorse. It was a shame that she thought the robot Lois Lane could be seen as a silver lining like with Penny. WBY thought it was sick and cruel to recreate Superman's love interest and turn her into a weapon, let alone programmed to fulfill his….erotic needs. Yang refrained herself from saying something about "machine fetishes" as that might be too indecent for Ruby to hear.

Wiz: And his know-how with robotics goes past insane and into absurd. While confined to a prison cell he built a talking, flying robot that reads Moby Dick at such a high frequency it carved out an escape route through the floor itself. Including perfectly shaped stairs.

A scene gets played where Lex Luthor is in what seems to be a prison cell and is wearing a prison uniform. In the room with him is none other than Superman but he is in Clark Kent disguise. Some kind of mechanical device is floating around.

Lex Luthor: (To Clark Kent) I'm going to give you a present.

The convicted villain then steps on a tile that sinks into the floor which caused a door in the floor to open and reveal a perfectly crafted staircase away from the prison cell.

Lex Luthor: Did you know that Moby Dick can be recided at a frequency so high, it becomes a sonic drill capable of carving through solid rock?

Luthor's creation then reads out a line from the novel at a normal pace but then rapidly increases to the point that it becomes high pitched causing Superman to cover his ears.

"Jeez, that is hurting my ears too." Blake said as she is covering her ears. The other girls thought it was an annoying sound as well.

Lex Luthor: Stop.

The machine silences and Lex Luthor begins to walk down the stairs casually. Superman stands their hesitantly before he begins to follow his arch nemesis down the stairs.

RWBY were utterly flabbergasted at this intellectual feat. This just might put him on par with what Tony Stark is capable of creating. The device that the villain genius was able to create was hard to describe what it is. It just seems like a mechanical floating jellyfish.

"There is no way he was able to create device that can excavate a perfectly crafted tunnel under the prison like that!" Weiss shouted in disbelief. "How are these characters able to create such absurd escape plans?"

"He may be crazy but he is a very brilliant man if he can somehow accomplish that while in prison." Blake commented.

"Whoa cool." Ruby whispered.

"I gotta hand it to these eggheads. They make some really cool stuff." Yang said. "And gotta hand it to Lex, anyone who can somehow create that deserves to escape."

"Say why isn't Superman making any attempt to stop Lex from escaping?" Weiss questioned. "He is right there, he should do something."

"Maybe he is undercover and is trying to gain his trust and find out what he's up to." Blake said.

Boomstick: But most diabolical of all, when no one was looking Lex Luthor took forty cakes. He took 40 cakes Wiz! That's as many as four tens. And that's terrible.

An image is shown of Lex Luthor sneaking away with a cart containing the forty cakes. After seeing all of the dark and grey deeds and what Lex Luthor is capable of with his cunning and intellect and proving he would do anything to get his way, to see him commit a minor felony like this compared to all the big time schemes in his quest to rid the world of Superman thinking its so humanity can grow without the need of heroes.

"PfffftHahaha, really?" Yang said while laughing "Really Lex, you could've put that big brain of yours to do something more meaningful and you do this instead?"

"Yeah, when it comes to serious villains, you wouldn't think someone like him who has the resources to be able to hold the world ransom with a death laser would heist baked goods." Blake said with a chuckle.

"What did he even end up doing with those cakes anyway?" Weiss asked with a raised eyebrow.

"He took forty cakes?" Ruby said baffled until her expression turned to a look like she was about to have a tantrum. "That FEIND!" She shouted. Her teammates raised their eyebrows at their leaders powerful boast. "Team, this man is now an official public enemy to the RWBY dormroom!" The young scythe user then moved like a red blur from her spot on the couch to having a large sketch pad and used a pencil to rapidly draw on it. In only a few seconds. She tore off the page and stuck in on the door to their room. It was a sketchy drawn wanted poster of what is supposed to be Lex Luthor, given the bald head and the reason why he is wanted

WANTED

LEX LUTHOR

STEALING FORTY CAKES

REWARD: £100

CALL TEAM RWBY

After that fiasco, she returned to her spot on the couch. Her teammates decided to humor her since it would be best not to say she is overreacting. Cakes are kind of a serious thing to her.

"I agree with you one hundred percent Ruby. There is no greater crime than stealing forty delicious cakes." Yang spoke sarcastically.

"No body but Lex Luthor is clever and devious enough to steal a whole load of cakes and be able to get away with it." Blake said dramatically.

"Ruby, I'm pretty sure Lex would be worth more than a hundred lien. Deathstroke had a bounty of over ten million and Lex is probably just as dangerous with numerous acts of villainy under his belt as much as Slade is." Weiss pointed out.

"Well, can you ask your dad for ten million lien when we catch Lex Luthor?" Ruby asked.

"No." Weiss blankly said.

Wiz: Strange thing is, that's... actually... officially... canon.

Boomstick: Bastard!

(*Cues: Injustice: Gods Among Us - Justice is Done*)

Boomstick: Luthor's hatred of Superman and drive to win are stronger than any machine he can create. Take for example the time Superman threw a satellite at Lexcorp tower, bringing the building down on top of poor ol' Lex.

The girls thought that Bommstick saying that Superman threw a satellite at Lex's building was a bit exasperated as it clearly shown that the hero was trying to stop the satellite but somehow was having trouble (which shouldn't be the case cause a satellite should be nothing for him). It was already told that Superman fights to protect Metropolis, not cause damage.

Boomstick: This left the guy with half his face ripped off, all four limbs blasted away, and he was impaled in five different places.

Upon seeing Lex in his in the aftermath of the collapsing HQ, RWBY couldn't help but look in horror at how he is mortality injured. Ruby couldn't help but feel sorry for Lex seeing him in such a broken state. Despite after seeing the crimes he has committed and how he has been trying to rid the world of Superman, the huntresses felt pity for him.

Boomstick: Even like that he still refused Superman's help.

The girls were surprised at Superman's unwavering sense of morality and justice. He was willing to save his long time sworn enemy just like that after what Luthor tries to do to him such as using kryptonite against him. Some may argue that Lex Luthor deserves to be left to die yet Superman still considers a man like him is worth saving. RWBY truly believe that Superman is an inspiration to do the right thing

"It's amazing that Superman chose not to stoop to Lex's level and offers a helping hand." Weiss said.

"Superman may be from another planet, but he is more human than Lex will ever be." Yang said.

"I don't understand, why does Lex have so much hatred for Superman?" Ruby asked somberly. "He could've done so much for his world if he wasn't so focused on fighting Superman, wouldn't he?"

"But even before he met Superman, he was still disturbed. Who knows what illegal actions him and his company were pulling under the law's noses." Weiss said.

RWBY still felt bad for how Lex seems to be in so much pain. "Jeez is Lex able to make a full recovery after all that?" Yang asked. "Aura may help close the wounds faster but it can't help regrow lost limbs and eyes. Humtsmen would no longer be able to fight grimm."

"I have no idea, maybe Lex was smart enough to develop a treatment that can regrow limbs and recreate lost tissue." Weiss said. "Something we haven't accomplished yet."

"Wait a minute, if he is able to recreate his eye, why doesn't he help Deathstroke recreate his lost eye. Those two have been seen working together. Lex could've offered Slade a new eye." Ruby thought out loud.

"Not sure why Slade never got it but revolutionary medical aid such as that can't be available to everybody. It's just how it is unfortunately." Weiss responded.

Boomstick: Wiz, if that ever happens to me do me a solid and...kill yourself in front of me so that my dream of outliving you is complete.

Wiz: Never gonna happen.

The huntresses giggled. "Wow, quite the dynamic bond Wiz and Boomstick have with each other." Weiss sarcastically said.

"Oh I'm sure deep down those two would miss each other ." Yang teased.

Wiz: But it's also that same cocky independence that serves as Lex's greatest downfall. When he merged with the Zone Child...

Boomstick: Woah!

Wiz:... it's not what you think. He gained, and I quote, "Infinite Power".

Lex in this state has gained a look of a godly being as his entire body glows white and his body become gigantic that Superman is only the size of his finger in comparison. The huntresses couldn't help but stare in awe at Luthor's godly appearance. "This universe just keeps on getting crazier and crazier." Yang said.

Boomstick: And to secure a spot on somebody's watchlist.

Wiz: The only catch was that he could not use his powers to harm others.

That in itself was good to hear considering Lex isn't exactly the best human being. The big question is what he ended up doing with that kind of power, create world peace? End world hunger? Defend Earth from deadly threats?

Wiz: But because all he wanted to do was kill Superman, he tried it anyway.

Boomstick: So Superman just straight up punched the god out of him!

Wiz: Well that's hardly accurate...

Boomstick: C'mon how else would you describe that?

Wiz:...fair enough.

The girls become stupefied at this event. Lex Luthor literally had endless possibilities with this power but basically threw it all away hoping he could end Superman once and for all even after it was said loud and clear that he couldn't use his god like powers to hurt others. This had to be one of the stupidest mistakes they've seen someone make. "Well that was a complete waste." Blake said with a neutral expression.

"He could've have done anything he could have imagined and he decides to do the one thing he was forbidden to do." Weiss said. This was worse than hearing Shang Tsung cheating in the Mortal Kombat Tournament.

"Guess Lex won't be having that power in his fight against Iron Man." Ruby said.

Wiz: Even so when the Earth is threatened, you can count on Lex Luthor to look his enemies in the eye and fight for his people.

Lex is briefly seen fighting along side both Superman and Batman against Darkseid and his army of freakish flying alien soldiers. The girls were surprised to see that Lex and Superman were willing to set aside their differences when the world seems to be at stake. "Seems even Lex has enough sense to put the safety of his world over his petty rivalry with Superman." Weiss said.

"Yeah, if this Darkseid guy is what it takes for Lex and Superman to team up and save their world, then he really is a serious threat." Ruby said stunned how Lex is risking his life to help Superman. "Looks like Luthor can be reasoned with." Ruby said with a small smile. "Do you think this led to them finally becoming friends?"

"I don't know. He may be helping Superman but it's only to help save the world from Darkseid." Weiss said.

"If deep down he still cares about protecting his people, then I guess he's not a COMPLETE mad man." Blake said.

"How come he's not in his Warsuit?" Ruby asked as Lex is fighting the aliens without his armor and is just using what appears to be two high powered blaster pistols….that made Ruby examine them with glee as they seem super effective.

"I don't know but Lex seems like he's doing fine without it." Weiss said impressed how the genius is able to hold his own against the alien creatures without his mech suit.

Wiz: and then exploit the hell out of them afterward.

The analysis ends with a scene where Lex is once again seen in a prisoner outfit. He walks up to some kind of strange monstrous creature that seems to be somehow trapped under a ton of tone rubble with its face exposed. Luthor has a pistol in his hand and starts shooting at the beast's head with a livid expression.

Lex: You know what happens when you take on Lex Luthor?

After Lex empties the clip of the pistol, he discards the weapon and starts bashing on the creature with his bare hands and feat. For some reason Luthor just beating up the purple monster was a kind of a humorous scene to the huntresses. It made Lex look more thuggish than a man that prefers to use his cunning and strategic thinking

Lex: The same thing that's gonna happen to Superman!

Lex repeatedly stomps on the monster until it's face is caved in and it now becomes motionless.

"Well that's one way to exterminate a monster." Blake said.

"He just loves being dramatic about things doesn't he?" Yang said snickering at how he kicked the monster's face in.

"What the heck was that thing anyway?" Weiss said referring to the creature that Lex knocked out.

"Don't know but it had it coming. Brains beats bronze." Ruby said.

Superman in his Clark Kent disguise witnessing what just transpired walks up to his arch rival and he turns to him.

Lex: I've always liked you Kent. You're humble, modest, comically uncoordinated, human. In short you're everything he's not.

"Wait, he has no idea that Superman and Clark Kent are the same person?" Blake questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"Am I the only one who finds it hilarious that he said 'I've always liked you Kent' right after he said he was going to kill Superman?" Yang asked keeping in her laugh.

"You'd think being the most intelligent man on the planet he would've figured it out right away don't you think?" Blake added thinking that's like not knowing that it's Adam without the mask.

"Superman may be an alien but he tries to be human. Maybe that is why Lex doesn't think that Clark Kent is actually Superman. Because he sees so much human in Clark that he thinks there is no possible way that he is Superman." Ruby said. This made her team stunned at hearing the deep and creative reasoning that the young girl came up with on the spot.

"Wow Ruby, that was actually profound for you to say that." Weiss commented the crimsonette. "But still some could argue that it would be idiotic that he doesn't recognize the same cheek bones. It would be understandable with Batman since he wears a mask though."

"Yep, its also kinda ironic that he likes Clark but hates Superman." Yang said with a laugh. "Imagine the look Lex would have if he finally realized that Clark is Superman?" The girls also imagined how Lex would react when he finds out that Clark is Superman after being a hundred percent sure that they are complete different people.

The girls had a lot of mixed opinions about Lex Luthor. For starters they had to admit that his intellect were fascinating as he was able to create devices they never thought could be made despite how advanced Atlas is. Weiss was intrigued the most with what Lex has done with his genius. Ruby really did like the Warsuit, amazed how he can hold his own against Superman. Plus the orbital laser had to be the coolest weapon in Lex's arsenal in her opinion. Yang was impressed that Lex can fight both in and out of his armor and Blake likes how Lex also seems to plan ahead and learn about his enemies before fighting them.

However, RWBY can agree that though Lex isn't as malicious as the other villains seen so far, he's still someone who shouldn't be praised for multiple reasons such as staging the death of his parents (even though they weren't the best parents), whatever shady actions that him and his company must have pulled that are most likely not legal, doing anything to get his way even if it means resorting to violence and most of all becoming obsessed with killing Superman. It may be for the better of mankind but the huntresses aren't fond of him going at it the wrong way and would agree that he should answer for his crimes. Even though he is willing to compromise.


After watching the analysis, the huntresses can now see why this is a good match up. Lex Luthor seems to be a dark reflection of Tony Stark. Both men of business and cutting edge technology, Stark and Luthor have worked past their physical limitations as they have taken one beings whos' natural abilities are way out of their league. Using their vast wealth and political power, they try to mold their respective Earths into their own vision even if it causes other heroes to disagree with their ideas. But there are some differences between them such as Stark being adopted into wealth and inherited his father's company while Luthor had to resort to…other means to get his money. That would involve killing his parents and using the life insurance money to form his company.

As far as figuring out who would win between Iron Man and Lex, well Tony seems like he definitely takes the advantage in versatility. What makes Lex seem like he could win is the fact that his armor was built to fight someone who can destroy planets, fly faster than light and withstand supernovas. But they had a feeling Iron Man has enough in his arsenal thanks to his numerous suits and experience to put Lex down. The huntresses were filled with anticipation of how the fight will play out.

Wiz: Alright. The combatants are set, lets end this debate ounce and for all.

Boomstick: It's time for a Death Battllllleee!


Death Battle

(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)

The scene opens up inside a warehouse that is revealed that it belongs to Tony Stark evident that the wall has the Stark Industries logo on it. The building is filled with weaponized vehicles and mech of various models. But they don't seem to be of Iron Man designs. An armed guard is seen patrolling the premise until he gets shot from behind which turns out to be Lex Luthor using a laser pistol and is wearing a black jumpsuit. In his other hand must be some sort of scanner as he seems to be looking for something.

"Lex must be trying to steal something from Tony Stark." Weiss pointed out.

"Knowing him, wouldn't he try to hire someone to steal it for him?" Blake asked.

"Lex said it himself, if you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself." Ruby said. "Okay it wasn't word for word but you guys get what I'm talking about."

"You know for a typical suit wearing business man, he's in pretty good shape." Yang said.

As Lex continues his search, he gets spotted by another armed guard who opens fire at the intruder but Lex is protected by an energy barrier allowing him to return fire and kills the guard and the scene cuts. This scenario is reminding Ruby too much of when she found that mysterious woman sneaking inside the CRT tower until she was able to stop her. No doubt she will be confronting her some time in the future.

(*Cues: Iron Man: Armored Adventures - Theme Song*)

While this is happening, Tony Stark is shown being in a lab in a different part of the building working on his Iron Man suit. Until the security alarm goes off and Tony gets contacted by his created A.I., J.A.R.V.I.S.

J.A.R.V.I.S: Sir, we have a visitor.

"Wouldn't exactly call him a visitor." Blake said.

"I'm pretty sure Tony wanted J.A.R.V.I.S. to have a sense of humor." Ruby said. "He seemed like a fun guy."

Tony sees that Lex has infiltrated the compound on the security monitor and looks back at a crystal. The huntresses could've sworn that crystal almost look like kryptonite.

"Was that kryptonite that Tony is keeping?" Weiss asked. The girls wondered what possible reason why Tony would have kryptonite. They hope he doesn't tend to use it against Superman too. Maybe he is trying to use it as an energy source?

Now RWBY is back to watching Lex as he seems to have found what he is looking for which was a crate.

Lex: All clear.

"Not really Lex, Tony is onto you now." Yang said.

Lex opens the crate. The contents reveal to be some strange objects. One was a set of seven melon sized orange gold orbs. Each marked with a certain number of stars from one through seven. The huntresses remembered seeing glimpses of those objects in previous episodes and were confused how Tony has acquired them. Another device was a….giant key which was a bit odd but they were curious what it is for. And the last thing was a rock that had multiple crystals imbedded on it, each different color. Unknown to RWBY, those crystals are actually kryptonite in their multi colored forms.

Lex: (Laughing) What a joke.

Lex then takes the crystal and starts to inspect it.

(*Cues: Iron Man - Black Sabbath*)

A few feet from behind, Tony Stark now donned in his modular armor Iron Man suit drops in and calls him out.

Tony: Hands off baldy! What's that you got there?

RWBY wasn't gonna lie, the music made his entrance kinda epic.

Lex turns around holding the crystal and faces his soon to be opponent.

Tony: Oh yeah!

Stark then blasts the crystal out of Luthor's hand with his repulsor blast.

Tony: It's mine. I'll send you the bill.

Lex then presses a button on a remote and summons the Warsuit that somehow miraculously gets immediately dropped into the warehouse next to him without making any indication that it crashed through the roof.

"It just came to him like that. Does he always have some kind of drone hovering around ready to drop his armor whenever he needs it?" Blake asked.

"Well, we have a similar system for when we call our weapons." Weiss said.

(*Cues: Devil May Cry - Public Enemy*)

J.A.R.V.I.S: Actually sir, I should probably remind you. The contents of this warehouse belong to Miss Potts.

Tony: Pepper?

J.A.R.V.I.S: I'll forward the estimated damages fee to her account.

Tony: Great. Be discrete about it.

J.A.R.V.I.S: One of us has to be.

"All that stuff looks pretty expensive." Ruby said while giggling. "And with how much firepower those two are packing, something is definitely gonna get smashed."

"And he knows it." Blake said. "Guess it can't be helped."

"Yeah but he has the money to cover what's about to get blown up." Yang said. "Another perk of being rich."

Luthor now in his Warsuit makes a laugh as he flies a few feet towards Stark and activates his force fields and gets into a fighting stance.

Lex: Remember my face Stark. It'll be the last thing you ever see.

"Almost forgot that Lex likes to verbally antagonize anyone he fights." Blake said not liking that trait about the villain.

" Uggh, he already thinks he's gonna win already. He probably thinks he's better than everyone because of how smart and rich he is." Weiss said with a scoff. "I probably would've become the same way too, wouldn't I?" she said earnestly.

"Quiet, the fight is about to start!" Ruby anxiously as she had her eyes glued to the screen as now she finally gets to see what she's been waiting for. To see which of these mechanical genius' has the superior high-tech armor.

FIGHT!

Iron Man and Luthor charge towards each other and ounce they close the distance, they shoot their repulsors, clashing with each other for a brief struggle until Luthor pushes Stark back. Iron Man tries shooting his repulsor blasts at Lex but they do not penetrate his force field while Lex casually walks toward the Avenger.

"Wonder how Tony is gonna get through those shields." Weiss said. She has a feeling Tony will get through those shields eventually but how will he?

Iron Man opens his missile slots in his shoulders and tries launching them to bombard Lex but Luthor uses his shield to cover himself while the missiles damage more of the artifacts in the area.

J.A.R.V.I.S: His systems are confusing my targeting, also adding two million to your charges.

Tony: Not now J.A.R.V.I.S! What do we got here?

Tony leaps towards Lex and tries to punch him but gets knocked back by an electrical surge, he then zooms right back towards Lex for another punch and strikes but Lex didn't even flinch in the slightest.

J.A.R.V.I.S: I am having difficulty determining the suit's alloy. Alien perhaps?

"They never did say what exactly is Luthor's suit is made out of." Ruby said. Now not knowing what Luthor's suit is made out of is gonna bother her. Just what is the name of that metal?

Iron Man continues to rapidly punch Luthor but the rich sociopath just idly stands there as if he is not taking any damage at all.

Lex: (Laughing) My suit is invincible!

The huntresses at this point are aware that Tony's current suit is not gonna be enough to take down Lex and will only be a matter of time before the armored avenger realizes that he will need another suit.

"Whatever that metal is, it sure is doing its job so far." Yang said "Now he's just making Tony look bad."

"Tony might be trying to gauge out how durable Lex's armor is for himself if the alloy doesn't show up in the systems." Weiss said.

Iron Man leaps up towards the only part of Luthor's body that isn't covered by armor and charges up his repulsor blasts and aims for Luthor's head.

Tony: How about this part?

He fires it resulting in an explosion. The girls nodded their heads at how Tony knew to capitalize at Luthor's head being exposed resulting in an instant victory, but unfortunately it turns out that Lex's shield protected him. Luthor finally decides to retaliate and grabs Stark by the leg and starts slamming him around on the ground hard enough to create craters. As Luthor now holds Iron Man upside down by the leg, he crushes it making Tony briefly shout in pain.

Lex: I thought you were smart.

"Oh you haven't seen everything yet Lex." Ruby said as she hopes to see Tony bring out his other suits.

Tony: Hey, you're the one who looks like a giant rusty trash can with legs. No judging!

The quip earned a laugh from RWBY "He's got you there Lex." Yang said through laughter.

Luthor slams him again and throws him into a leg of a Gundam causing the appendage to explode and tip over and destroys more exotic items such as a Pegasus statue and more sports cars.

J.A.R.V.I.S: Sir, I estimate that will be a 583 million dollar fee.

Tony: Woah! Woah! That one's on him!

"Okay, Tony REALLY needs to bring the fight somewhere else." Weiss said.

"At least they're not wrecking the city or destroying planets or blowing up the sun." Blake jested.

"Don't be so sure about that, Tony has that sun gun remember ?" Yang reminded.

"Oh heavens no! That would just be too over the top for this fight, why would Tony blow up the planet just to kill ONE man?" Weiss said. She had a point that bringing in Sol's hammer would be EXTREMELY unnecessary for this fight.

Lex takes out his kryptonite axe and rushes forward and swings it at Iron Man, who dodges then moves out of Luthor's swinging distance. Lex laughs as he fires his kryptonite laser in an arc on most of the room while Tony blocks it with shields sprouted from his wrists and does little damage.

Tony: Here we go! Activate the EMP!

Iron Man releases an EMP blast that spreads out throughout the room. Lex Luthor gets hit by the blast causing his armor to shut down and fall on one knee.

Lex: What? Impossible!

"Woah, EMPs are cool!" Ruby said shaking with awe at the sight of the EMP.

Tony: All right! Come to Mama!

Iron Man then picks up a vehicle and plans to throw it at Lex in his vulnerable state but the vehicle in Tony's possession seems like it belongs to another certain billionaire genius.

Tony: Heave Ho!

Iron Man throws the vehicle that turns out to be the Batmobile at Lex. But Luthor was able to instantly boot up his suit to its full functionality in time to react to the unconventional projectile.

Lex & RWBY: Wait, is that the...?

Lex uses his kryptonite axe and cuts the Batmobile in half causing it to explode.

"Lex was able to boot up his armor that quick?" Weiss said wide eyed at how fast the Warsuit was able to power back up. " Usually it would take machines minutes to run back up after taking an EMP blast.

"NNNOOOO, Not the Batmobile!" Ruby lamented. "And he wasn't insured!"

J.A.R.V.I.S: That one might actually make a dent in your wallet.

Tony: What are you talking about? It's just a car.

Tony then sees everything about the prices of the Batmobile.

"Batman is gonna be so mad if he finds out Tony got his car totaled.' Blake said

"I'm pretty sure Tony can just give Batman one of his Iron Man suits and they'll call it even." Yang said.

"Why couldn't Tony just use one of the weapons in his armor instead?" Weiss asked.

Tony: Seriously? What kind of car was that? Where do I get one of those?

"Wow, even Tony wants the Batmobile." Ruby said.

While Tony becomes mesmerized by how much gadgets the Batmobile had, Lex finds a giant industrial crate and tosses it at Stark.

Lex: Wake up sunshine...

J.A.R.V.I.S: Watch your left

Iron Man is unable to react in time and the box sends him crashing outside the warehouse into the city.

"Rookie mistake Tony." Weiss said with a plain face.

"Surprised Tony never thought of having something to anchor him to the ground the same way Robocop does." Ruby said.

Lex flies out of the warehouse and slings his axe over his shoulder."

Lex: Thanks for the fun Stark. It was... smashing.

"I'm not convinced that it's over." Weiss said. "He was still in his first suit."

"I could've came up with a better pun than that." Yang said.

"No you couldn't." RWB said in sync with each other while not turning away from the screen.

"Well that's just hurtful." Yang said.

To Lex and RWBY's surprise, a huge metal arm busts out of the top of the industrial crate, then the entire body along the that arm bursts out. Behold the Hulkbuster now piloted by Tony Stark has made its appearance.

(*Cues: OST - SiTE-n0w1*)

Tony: No problem pal! Thanks for the suit.

"HULKBUSTERRRR!" Ruby and Yang shouted making Weiss and Blake winced but immediately returned their attention to the screen.

They the two armored philanthropists charge at each other. Luthor swings the axe down but Tony's able to catch the blade and crush it. Iron Man closes in on Luthor and starts throwing blows at him, but Luthor's hand to hand skills are able to block them. The two then proceed to punch at one another, countering blow-for-blow, before one final punch from each knocks them back.

"Oh my god this is so cool!" Ruby said in a frenzy excitement.

Iron Man boosts forward afterward and grabs Luthor, then flies upward and drags Lex Luthor through a building. Lex attempts to escape, but Iron Man pushes him back with one hand and continues until Lex is forced through the roof. Iron Man flies upward while Lex is in mid-air, charging his hand, then blasts Lex downward making him crash through an overhead bridge and on to the streets near a gas station.

"Not so cocky anymore now are you Lex." Blake taunted.

"He's starting to make you look bad." Yang interjected.

After Iron Man lands, he runs foward toward Lex, who has just gotten back up. Lex charges as well towards the Hulkbuster and the two grab each other, with Lex's arms charging with green energy. Both stand their ground, to which Lex begins to laugh. The green energy courses through the Hulkbuster suit and Iron Man is pushed back.

J.A.R.V.I.S: That current damaged your battery. Power is at fifteen percent and dropping fast.

"Lex just did his own EMP." Weiss said.

"I thought Tony's suits were supposed to be protected by EMP blasts too." Ruby said.

"Maybe it wasn't an EMP blast that Lex used." Blake said. "Whatever Lex did was something Tony's suit was not designed to handle." Blake said.

(*Cues: OST - AZPV)

Lex Luthor's shield emerges around him as J.A.R.V.I.S. speaks to Tony.

J.A.R.V.I.S: I recommend a new plan of attack.

Tony: I have a plan: attack!

Tony tries punching down Luthor's force field as the villain laughs.

"I like the way Tony thinks." Yang says.

"Of course you would Yang, you obviously would attempt the same thing." Blake said with an eye roll.

"Well, Tony has to do something or else his suit will run out of power." Weiss said.

J.A.R.V.I.S: Power at 10%.

Lex: You call that power? Ha! You are nothing!

RWBY found it irritating how Lex has been trash talking to Tony like an egotistical top dog. When Superman was fighting Goku, he was being a good sport unlike his arch-rival. Yet another reason why Superman is a better human being than Lex, even when he is an alien from another planet.

Tony: J.A.R.V.I.S, reroute all power to the arm and leg hydraulics.

The huntresses were now filled with suspense with how Tony is frantically trying to hammer at Luthor's shields while being in danger of running out of power while Lex is just trying to outlast his counterpart. The tension became even more thrilling. Is Tony gonna break through the shield before his power runs out?

Lex: I have seen true power, you are nothing more than another ant to crush under my...

Tony breaks through the force field evident how it shattered like glass. The girls were awed by the display.

Lex: How about that?

"Wow, he finally broke through." Blake said

"Score one for brute force." Yang said with a thumbs up.

Tony charges up a punch.

Tony: Good night cueball!

Lex catches Tony's punch as the Hulkbuster shuts off.

Tony: What's going on?

J.A.R.V.I.S: We're out of power.

Tony: Ugh, figures.

"Ooooooh, so close." Ruby said with the pointer and thumb gesture.

"There goes the Hulkbuster." Yang said. "It was awesome while it lasted."

Luthor starts setting up coordinates for his satellite, preparing his large laser.

Lex: Fool, you're just like all the rest. Building a suit to save the world, trying to play God.

"Pfft, yeah that's not hypocritical at all~" Blake said with sarcasm making the others chuckle.

With the coordinates received, Lex's orbital laser fires down and Lex starts absorbing the energy into a large crimson cackling death ball in his hands and hovers twenty feet in the air as he prepares to throw it down at Stark who is now rendered immobilized inside the Hulkbuster.

"Ohhhh this is gonna get ugly for Tony….." Ruby said with a concerned look. "….but oh my gosh it's still cool to look at!"

Lex: Let me tell you something Stark! There's only one man in the world that's fit to play such a role!

Luthor then throws the charged attack at Stark, causing a large explosion engulfing multiple city blocks and sending Stark smashing right through a building causing RWBY to wince at the impact. Lex flies forward and lands a couple of meters from the building Tony crashed into.

Lex: Me.

"I would admit that attack was badass but his gloating is really getting annoying." Blake said.

"It can't be over yet. Tony still has an entire armory of suits." Weiss inquired.

"Yeah but is Tony alright himself?" Yang asked. "That attack was dead on."

(*Cues: OST - MKAlieZ*)

After Lex finished with his taunting thinking he has won, something strange started flying in from behind past Lex who now seems both surprised and confused. It was streams of liquid chrome substance flying towards the pile debris where Tony had his collision. Not only did the huntresses confirm Tony is still alive and that the fight was not over, they immediately knew what suit Tony will be fighting in next.

"Oh my god, it's the Endo-suit! Tony is gonna use the Endo-suit everyone!" Ruby shouted bouncing in her seat while clenching her fists in front of he face.

"This is gonna get really intense." Blake said feeling the chills.

Tony: I don't know Lex.

Tony blasts out of the rubble and starts to walk towards Lex leaving the destroyed Hulkbuster showing that he is a bit bruised up himself as the parasite metal continues to form around his body.

Tony: Being a god can't be too hard. I mean, I'm the most intelligent capable person on the planet. I'm not playing God.

The Endo-Sym suit is now fully formed and ready for combat against Lex Luthor. With his target set, the glowing blue lights on the suit change to red. This gave off the impression the girls that Lex has made a grave mistake of making Tony angry and is now about to pay with his life. This is no longer about the money, this is now personal.

Tony: All this time... I've been playing human.

RWBY sat their in awe. That heroic line had to be one of the most badass things they've ever heard. "Wow." All four of them said.

Iron Man charges at Lex full speed, breaking through his gauntlet shield and knocking him back. Tony then takes off and instantly delivers another blow and sends Lex further up into the air. Lex quickly regains his bearings in the air and tries throwing a large kryptonite explosion at Tony, but Iron Man absorbs the power and then closes in on Tony. Lex then tries using flamethrowers on his foe, but Iron Man dodges all of it as he is closing the distance on Luthor. Once Tony is in arms distance from Lex, he grabs Luthor's arms.

Tony: I'll take this!

Iron Man then absorbs a lot of energy from Luthor's suit in a near instant, significantly powering it down.

Lex: What? What did you take?

Tony now holds the stolen energy from Luthor's suit and stores it in the suit's energy systems.

Tony: Everything.

"He just stole the energy just like that?" Weiss said in utter amazement.

Tony charges up the power and delivers a blow that breaks Lex out of his suit holding the villain captive by the throat while his armor falls to the ground.

"Oh yeah, he is SO done." Yang said.

"Yep, Lex has no shot now." Blake said.

"Not so high and mighty now are you Lex." Weiss said. She is not one for antagonizing people (anymore at least) but she made an exception with the bald business man.

Tony then throws Lex down at the ground hard enough to have him crash through an elevated subway station. As Lex is tumbling across the street, Tony zooms in and intercepts to throw him up in the air ounce again to finish him off.

Tony: Here's the big one!

Iron Man unleashes a large Unibeam attack that disintegrates Lex killing him as he screams his final in agony.

"Ssssoooo what was it that you said about how there is only one man that can build a suit to save the world and it is you?" Blake teasingly asked.

"…..That was awesome! First Lex was like 'I am the better man Tony, MWAHAHA!' Then Tony said that cool speech and got his alien metal suit and just wiped the floor with Lex and took his power and just grabs him RIGHT out of his armor then fired h is SUPER LAZER CANNON. IT WAS EPIC!" Ruby yelled.

"Tony is officially the coolest smart person ever." Yang said.

"Yep, Atlas has nothing on Tony and his tech." Weiss said.

Tony then lands on the ground as a building near him has been obliterated from his final attack. It turns out it was his warehouse that had all of Pepper's valuable items in it.

Tony: That was Pepper's building wasn't it?

J.A.R.V.I.S: Phone call from Miss Potts.

Tony: Tell her I'm not here, I'm uh, jogging!

J.A.R.V.I.S: Already answered, sir.

Tony is now on the line that the suit is connected to with Pepper's phone. Pepper is shown to be an attractive woman with light red hair. The huntresses figured that phones on Earth must be equivalent to their scrolls.

Pepper: Tony?

Tony: Uh, hi Pepper! How are you?

Pepper: Why did J.A.R.V.I.S just deposit five billion dollars for... (a part of the Gundam collapse near Tony.) collateral damage?

Tony had a look that just clearly says he doesn't have a way to cover up all the destruction that happened between Tony and Lex during their showdown. He is nervous now.

"How is Tony gonna explain this?" Blake asked.

"He should just tell her that he caught Lex trespassing, trying to steal from them, AND he was armed. He had the right to defend himself in his own property." Weiss said.

Tony: I'm not here. I'm jogging.

Tony hangs up the call and flies off.

The girls laughed at Tony being afraid to face a woman's scorn after taking on a mech that could've killed him several times. He has no problem taking on angry rampaging brutes, gods and super soldiers but is afraid of getting an earful from that woman?

"If Pepper is anything like Glynda, I can understand his decision to run and lay low for a while." Blake said.

"Kinda makes you wonder who the REAL lose of the fight is, Lex, or Tony's wallet." Yang said.

"Yeah, my father is pretty testy too when his dust supplies get routed." Weiss said.

"I wouldn't wanna see my dad angry again either." Ruby said.

"Ahh, I'm sure it will all work out in the end for them." Yang jested.

K.O!

Tony summons the 2D Proton Canon from the Marvel vs Capcom games and fires it, destroying the rest of Luthor's suit. Wait, where did he get that weapon? Ruby will no doubt ask Deadpool to get her that weapon.


RESULTS

(*Cues: Iron Man 3 - Can you dig it*)

Boomstick: Bullseye!

Wiz: Both Tony and Lex possessed incredible pieces of technology, but only one was naturally prepared for anything. Although it's true that Lex could trade blows with Superman in his Warsuit, the only reason he lasted as long as he did is because many of its weapons are based on kryptonite, great for battling kryptonians, only ok against everybody else.

The girl nodded in agreement at that. It was clear that unlike Tony who had an answer for ANYTHING, Lex's Warsuit was mainly so focused to fight Superman by arming it with weapons that only Superman is weak to but not much else that can help him against other beings and that ended up becoming his ultimate downfall in this fight.

Boomstick: Yes the Warsuit could take hits from Superman, making it more than a match for even the Hulkbuster's power, but even against the very enemy it was designed to kill, the Warsuit only lasts so long.

"Wow, even when Lex straight up uses Superman's weakness against him, Superman still beats him." Blake said.

"Yeah, did Superman train to become more resistant to kryptonite or something?" Yang asked.

"That metal is still impressive though." Weiss said.

Wiz: Also the fact that Tony can focus on multiple problems and come up with solutions all at the same time is a HUGE advantage here. One time Tony was piloting his remote suit, actually physically fighting an opponent and used his other suit to hack highly advanced computers all at the same time.

RWBY was highly impressed with that. If they tried to multi-task something like that, they would surely crack under pressure. Weiss respected Tony even more for this feat.

Boomstick: Speaking of hacking, while both Tony and Lex were masters at hacking and would no doubt eventually get past each other's anti-hacking tech built into their suits, Tony would mostly likely do it first since he has a longer list of hacking feats than Lex does and more experienced with it. Sure Lex was able to out hack Brainiac before which was INSANELY impressive but that's mainly because he had time to prepare.

Wiz: Iron Man's greatest advantage was being able to adapt his strategy by remotely summoning and changing suits.

"No kidding. Tony had an entire army of suits backing him." Yang said.

"He could've just sent in the suits and overwhelm Lex if he wanted to." Blake said imagining how that would turn out for Lex.

Wiz: The Endo-Sym in particular could counter nearly anything Lex could throw at it.

"YEAH, THE ENDO-SUIT RULES!" Ruby shouted. She just couldn't get enough of the Endo-Sym armor.

"I gotta agree, that armor was just too much for Lex." Weiss said.

Boomstick: Plus Iron Man has far more actual combat experience. Lex treated physical combat as a last resort, beneath him, while Tony straight up enjoys it.

"Tony does seem to have more experience fighting in high tech suits than Lex does." Blake said with the others agreeing.

Boomstick: Lex just wasn't suited for this battle.

"Hope Lex isn't too much of a sore "Luthor". Yang punned making the others roll their eyes.

Wiz: The winner is Iron Man.

"Yayyy Tony! You ate awesome!" Ruby cheered from her spot. The others cheered for Stark as well for his porfirmance. Now they wait to see who the next two combatants are.


Boomstick: Next time on Death Battle.

(*Cues: Gargoyles - Opening Theme*)

SHUNNED BY SOCIETY

A man is seen going under some kind of transforming mutation. His body gains slight muscle mass but also rapidly grows blue fur all over his body and his teeth become more sharpened complete with Fang like a canine teeth and his fingers change into beastly claws. With this appearance, he startles a group of people and roars into the sky.

BEASTS BY NATURE

A stone statue of a humanoid creature with bat wings is seen sitting on top of a tower of a medieval castle in a rain storm at night. The statue begins to crack and the stone breaks apart to reveal the creature now a sentient beast and he also roars from his spot.

DEFENDERS OF HUMANITY

Scenes start to show of these two revealed combatants in their adventures as they fight various enemies while trying to fit in with the humans that they try to protect.

X – MEN GARGOYLES

BEAST VS GOLIATH

"These two seem quite….peculiar." Weiss said examining the two beastly creatures. She would admit that they seem frightening to people but after reading the texts, the huntresses a sure that these two men are more than just monsters. Ruby then puts in the next disc to begin the next episode.


Author's Note: Alright, hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. You know before saw this episode the first time, I thought Lex Luthor would most likely win. Mainly because of the whole, if he can trade blows with Superman, he should be able to overpower Iron Man no problem or thought Lex would be smart enough to hack Tony's suits. I mean if Iron Man and Lex fought 10 times, I believe Lex can claim at least two victories. If Tony started out the fight in his usual go to armors that we regularly see him in, Lex could kill Tony before he has the chance to switch into another suit. Plus with how smart Lex is, you'd think he would've noticed the arc reactor in his chest is the power source and decide to target that. But since Tony had all these suits to outlast Lex, then it is clear that Tony would win the majority.

You know what the funny thing is about this match up? Every piece of Tony's tech mentioned in this chapter is probably not even to close to being everything in Tony's disposal throughout his time in the comics is it? Another Iron Man suit that by itself would've been enough to beat Lex is the Bleeding Edge Armor. That armor is pretty insane enough to take down Lex on its own. If Tony started out the fight in either the Bleeding Edge Armor or the Endo-Sym Armor, then yeah, Tony pretty much wins easily. And Believe it or not, those two armors aren't even his most powerful armors. It's funny how Tony had all these other suit but weren't even mentioned and he didn't even need them at all, it makes it look like it would completely one sided from the start. I mean there is also the Excalibur Armor, the Sorcerer Supreme Armor, even an armor where Tony goes so fast (traveling speed wise), he makes Quicksilver look not fast. I forgot the name of that armor, it's pretty much his fastest one. Imagine Tony was given the God Killer Armor in this fight. You know, the armor that he used to fight FREAKIN CELESTIALS! Yeah, it kinda makes you think that Tony is pretty overpowered with all these suits. Who can take on Iron Man if he was given ALL of his suits? But the way I see it, killing Tony before destroying all the suits should count as a win, shouldn't it? Or does that person have to destroy all the armors? Lex did have a fusion with Brainiac one time and even if that was allowed, I don't think it would be enough against Tony and everything that he has.

Well, I guess that's it for now, not much things that I wanna say about. Some people pointed out in the last chapter that Gut's Dragonslayer is not taller than Yatsuhashi. I meant to have it say taller than Yatsuhashi's sword. sorry about that. Anyway, thanks for the support you guys are giving me and thanks for all the follows and favorited. I'll have the next chapter out as soon as possible. The sun may have set but it will soon rise again.