As the doors of the theater opened, everyone left to do their own things around the MMC. Most conversed with one another and some went to the bathroom. Salem had approached Bill to ask more on the Jaune Arc from The Umbrella Academy universe and Blake had asked more on the Marvel universe, hearing this Bill led them to a small room at the back of the MMC.
"Welcome to the Universal Library!" Bill announced as they entered the room to reveal a large room with what seemed to be a never-ending amount of shelves and books with thousands of desks in front.
"Wow!" Blake uttered in amazement with wide eyes.
"Never in my life have I seen something this incredible." Salem said as she was in complete awe of the room.
"Yeah, I know," Bill said as he shrugged "But before you do anything, you'll have to know a few things first."
Salem and Blake gave him their full attention, ready to listen.
"The Universal Library is huge and I mean gigantic, meaning that it's easy to get lost in here so make sure to take a library card from Book Bill over there." Bill said as he pointed to another Bill Cipher at a large desk.
A Bill with a snazzy suit and glasses waved "Hiya!"
"And how many universes have we seen so far?" Bill asked.
Blake added them up but Salem had already beat her to it.
"25." Salem stated as she briefly glanced at Blake with a smug smirk, causing Blake to glare at her with a pout.
"So of those 25 universes will be 25 books filled with the lore and stories from those universes, of course some like the Marvel universe will still have blank pages but what I have shown you will be there." Bill explained.
"And what about the million other books in here?" Blake asked
"They're empty aren't they?" Salem asked.
"Bingo! If I haven't shown you a universe yet then the book will remain blank but once I do show you a universe then the book will become the story of that universe." Bill finished..
Salem hummed "Interesting system, you'll let us see what we need to see."
"You still don't trust us, do you?" Blake asked a bit saddened.
"Don't take it personally, I don't trust anyone and besides, everyone has their secrets." Bill said as he summoned a watch and looked at the time "I need to go take care of some stuff, see you guys in an hour."
With a yellow flash, Bill disappeared. Leaving the two alone in the large library, they walked to Book Bill's desk in silence.
"Hiya! What can I do for ya?" Book Bill asked as he fixed his bow tie.
"Hi." Blake greeted sheepishly.
"Bill said we had to come to you before looking through the books of this library." Salem stated.
"Yup!" Book Bill exclaimed as he slammed two cards on the desk. One in Purple with Blake's name, surname, age and picture and the other in black with Salem's name, age and picture. "These are your library cards, it lets you access the books in here and if you get lost in there then just tell the card and it'll do the rest."
"The card is sentient?" Salem asked skeptically as they both picked up their respective cards.
"Nope!" Book Bill answered with a shrug.
"Okay...where can I find the Marvel books?" Blake asked.
"Row 616" Book Bill answered "Just tell the card."
Blake looked confused then did as told "Card, I uh...want to go to row 616."
The card glowed purple and dragged Blake away at impossible speeds.
"I can't let go! I CAN'T LET GO!!" Blake screamed as she was dragged away into the library.
Salem was wide eyes "I don't think I want a card."
"Nonsense! It gets easier, trust me." Book Bill said with a wink "Now where do ya want to go?"
Salem gulped "The Umbrella Academy?"
"Row 18." Book Bill said.
Salem steeled herself, she was the creator of Grimm damn it! She was not going to let some magical card scare her.
"Take me to Row 18!" Salem demanded proudly only for that façade to break as she was dragged away at impossible with her screams heard throughout the library.
"Hey, shush! This is a library!" Book Bill exclaimed with a laugh.
~
Back in the MMC, the air was tense and quiet. Two opposing forces stood at opposite ends, each holding great power of their own right.
"So it has come to this." Mercury stated in a serious tone.
"I guess it has." Roman said in an equally serious tone.
"Just know that once this happens then only one of us will come out of it alive." Mercury said.
"I'll make sure that'll be me." Roman said.
"Then I guess it's time," Mercury started.
"For a," Roman continued.
"WIZARD BATTLE!!!!" Roman and Mercury shouted in high pitched tones with electric guitars being played from out of nowhere.
"And we're here why?" Emerald asked with a bored look on her face, Cinder had her hand on her forehead and she was shaking her head at the idiocy that her group portrayed while Neo waved flag with Roman's face on it.
"To provide moral support!" Roman shouted as he pointed at them.
~
Meanwhile Yang and Raven were forced to start bonding, Ruby had shoved her over to Raven and Summer had 'kindly' sat them down on a table together. It just goes to show that Summer could be one scary lady.
"So...I...uh.. like your hair..." Yang started awkwardly.
Raven rolled her eyes "Yours too...it's...nice..."
A bit farther away Taiyang, Summer, Ruby and Vernal watched from afar.
"Aww, look their bonding." Summer chirped excitedly.
"They act more like strangers to me." Vernal said, weirded out by the situation.
"Give them time, they'll bond." Ruby said.
"Your really think so?" Taiyang asked.
Ruby sighed in depression "Nah, just being optimistic."
~
On the other hand, a show was being held at the bar. Qrow, Militia, Melaine and Amber watched Junior spin a bottle in the air then spin another all the way around his back and into the air, both bottles barley missed each other as Junior caught them and poured them into four cups.
All four clapped with Junior bowing. Melanie held up a sign that had the number 6 on it, Militia held up a sign with the number 6 on it, Amber held up a sign with the number 7 on it and Qrow held up a sign with a 10 on it.
~
Meanwhile Jaune was tied to a chair with Sun, Neptune, Sage, Scarlet, Adam, Ren, Oobleck, Port, Yatsuhashi, Fox, Tyrian, Arthur and Hazel all staring at him.
"All right Arc, we finally got you now talk." Sun demanded.
"What are you guys talking about? And let me go!" Jaune exclaimed.
"Not until you tell us your secret." Tyrian spoke up.
"What? What secret?" Jaune asked in confusion.
"Every time we see you in a universe you always get the girls, tell us how you do it." Neptune explained.
"We wanna know and we wanna know now." Oobleck chimed in.
"Wha..you too Professor Oobleck and professor Port!?" Jaune asked.
"I'm sorry mister Arc but you left us no choice," Port said.
"We had to do this for you see, we live lonely lives as well." Oobleck expressed.
"Ren!? You too?" Jaune asked in shock.
"I don't really want to know, I'm just making sure they don't hurt you." Ren explained.
Jaune wiggled in his chair "You'll never get away with this! My sister's going kick all your butts!"
"No she won't," Adam said with a smirk.
"What?" Jaune asked, worried what they've done to his sister.
"Nora dragged her away. So now Pyrrha, Nora and your sister are busy talking about all the embarrassing things you've done." Ren explained.
"And believe me when I say, that will take awhile." Sun stated with a smirk.
Jaune turned as red as Ruby's cape with his jaw dropped "No..."
"So come on Arc, Talk!" Neptune demanded.
"I don't know, I have as much luck with women as you guys." Jaune truthfully admitted.
"Adam poop! You just don't wanna talk." Scarlet said.
"Hey!" Adam exclaimed.
"I'm serious you guys, I don't know! Please let me go!!" Jaune whined as he kept wiggling in his chair.
"It seems he doesn't want to talk." Hazel said with a hum of disappointment.
Sun chuckled darkly, the rest looked to see him with an evil smirk on his face "Don't worry we have ways to make you talk."
~
"Pick a card any card!" Roman exclaimed to Mercury with sweat running down his face.
The area around them had streamers, ash floors, boxes and saws and many other magic assortments. The two had one hell of a magic battle and Cinder, Emerald and Neo hated to admit it but they wanted to see who would win.
Mercury picked the middle card and Roman shuffled his cards, opening them in the middle and putting the chosen card there. He shuffled once again and threw all the cards in the air, only catching one which was revealed to be Mercury's credit card.
"Ta Da!" Roman exclaimed.
Cinder, Emerald and Neo clapped, impressed by the trick. Mercury growled and grabbed his credit card back.
Mercury then smirked and put his hand behind Roman's ear "What's behind that ear?"
"Psh! That cliché trick!?" Roman laughed.
Mercury didn't falter as he shook the hand behind Roman's ear violently and red smoke surrounded them. As Roman laughed he inhaled the smoke which caused him to sneeze but then they exploded and Roman flew to the ground, with Mercury landing gracefully.
Roman growled as he picked up his burning hat and pat out the fire.
"That's it! Time for the big guns." Roman shouted.
Mercury kept his cocky smirk "Hit me with your best shot."
Roman smirked "You got it."
Roman held out his hat and took out a dust vial, he tossed it into the hat and spun his finger around it.
"Abra-Kadabra!" Roman exclaimed as he reached into his hat and tried his hardest to pull whatever was inside. He kept pulling and pulling until he finally pulled out...Velvet!!
"Oh dear..." Velvet yelped as Roman pulled her out by the ears.
Mercury, Cinder, Emerald and Neo frankly all clapped in amazement that was until they saw what was behind Roman. They all ran away in fear which confused Roman even more, he turned around only to see Coco cracking her knuckles and glaring at him angrily.
"You're dead Torchwick!" Coco yelled and that was when the beating began.
~
Nanny Glynda and God Raven watched the beating with dull expressions.
"Should we do something?" Nanny Glynda asked.
"Nope." God Raven replied nonchalantly but then she was tapped on the shoulder by someone.
She turned to see Weiss, Amber, Penny and Oscar
"Where's Bill?" Weiss asked.
God Raven shrugged "Who knows, he's a busy guy."
"But don't worry dears, he won't be long." Nanny Glynda reassured.
~
Winter, James and Ozpin were all listening to the points Glynda was making on why she needed a vacation.
"Point number 35, I am tired of taking care of-" Glynda cut herself off when she saw Emerald, Neo, Cinder and Mercury run away. They all stared for a moment until Glynda continued.
"Now as I was saying," Glynda continued and they all groaned.
~
Kali, Ghira and Sienna were discussing the state of the White Fang and both were expressing their ideals.
"Do you guys know where Blake is?" Ghira asked in worry.
"Bill said he took her to the library." Sienna answered.
"I'm sure she's fine dear." Kali said as she rubbed his back soothingly.
"I just worry is all." Ghira said still on edge.
Bill teleported into the MMC and sighed at the usual chaos he expected. He rose an eyebrow though when he saw Jaune tied to a chair and being tickled to death by most of the guys here. He snapped his fingers and the doors of the theater slammed open, this signaled everyone to walk over to Bill.
Sun reluctantly untied Jaune from his chair and he ran towards Bill at Ruby level speeds. In The Universal Library Blake and Salem's cards glowed. The books they were reading floated back into the shelves and the cards flew them back to the front desk.
Once they reached there, Book Bill told them to return the cards.
"You can only use them in the library, other than that is a no go." Book Bill said adjusting his bowtie.
"Thank you for letting us use the library." Blake said gratefully.
"Yes it was very informative." Salem said but then she frowned "But please fix those cards, I almost broke my neck."
Blake nodded in agreement as Book Bill just laughed. They left the library and were still in shock that an entire library existed in such a tiny space.
"Blake over here!" Ruby shouted with Zwei in hand as he barked.
Blake shuddered and walked over to them slowly, staying away from the dog while Salem walked over to her group.
"What were you doing with the evil queen?" Yang asked with an uneasy look.
Blake shrugged with a smile "Reading."
Bill magically fixed Roman's injuries since he was crawling over to them, Coco just shrugged as she held onto Velvet tightly.
Bill coughed "Alright, you ready?"
"Yup!" Ruby answered for them.
"Its been awhile." Qrow stated with a smirk.
"Sorry for the long wait, I've been busy." Bill chuckled "But let's not waste anymore time."
Everyone entered the theater with Bill being the last to enter.