Chapter 27: My Hero Academia-Liberation & Succession
And I'm back, ready for a new chapter. Not to mention for this one, many people have been asking for the cast of RWBY to return. And I'll tell you that you will get to see them ...just not in the way you think. Hehehehe. You'll see.
In any case, this one will be a look-back at an old world we've already scene. This one featuring one of my most favorite parts of the story of My Hero Academia. Plus we get a load of guest stars here after getting permission. So it might confuse some people with how they talk as their from another fanfiction story. As such, sorry if you get confused.
To a certain requester as well, sorry about this. I was going to do the whole Destiny thing but overall I found something that I liked and I apologize for it.
Also my beta-reader is taking some time off for the moment, you know, work. In any case, enjoy.
"Well everyone, I guess this is it." The audience has just finished seeing Blighburn, and boy did they love it. Some cheered, others jeered, and others felt sympathy for the poor boy.
A world where a single boy had ended up going from a sweet kid to an absolute monster. One where he had slowly turned into a horrific monster to fulfill a twisted destiny. A destiny that would end with the death of many people.
Not a lie to say many loved the plot, especially the villains team CRDL and even Whitley to a degree.
"Huh, what are you talking about?" Mercury then said.
"Yeah." Dove added. "Do you mean you're kicking us out?"
"Oh heavens no." Mayden replied. "Well, sorta. Kinda. See, a bunch of whiners," Mayden then stared at the beings beyond his theatre, giving a non-existent glare. "Have been sending me messages and dang PM's saying RWBY should be here and crap like that."
"..." Nobody knew what he was saying, but Mayden continued on anyway.
"It's soooo annoying!" Mayden trudge forward. "So what if Team RWBY and a few goodies aren't here at the moment. Big whoop! They would have returned eventually! Not like I was gonna keep them out forever but noooo, whining there is! If they're so upset they can read a freaking other story!"
"Any idea what he's talking about?" Emerald simply said to Cinder.
"No idea." Cinder responded. "But clearly there are other people here...I think." Could Mayden be using his powers to hide these other...guests. She wasn't sure.
"In any case," Mayden finally stopped his childish ranting. "I decided to give the audience 'exactly' what they want...with a twist!" With a non-existent grin, Mayden then produced a snapping noise which reverberated throughout the room.
"Gah!" Then like that Mercury fell into the black hole that is the abyss.
"Don't worry!" Mayden said as more dark holes opened up. "This time unlike the heroes, you guys will be entering the abyss where you'll just be asleep."
"Oh no!" Dove shouted.
"Not again!" Russel screeched!
"Well." Coco said not looking amused as she was sinking into the hole. "This sucks."
Soon more and more people fell into the abyss. Adam, Emerald, Cinder, Neo, and so many others. By the time it was finished in only a few people were left. Those people being Roman Torchwick, Whitley Schnee, the mystery girl, Cardin, and Tock. Five out of countless now inside some weird dimension where they'll sleep for who knows how long.
"...This is unexpected." Roman slowly said, unsure how to feel about this.
"And more." Mayden added onto the sentence. "Because now time to bring in these guys!" A flash of light then appeared where screaming could be heard. "From the Mobian Earth itself, United Heroes Universe, made by none other than KingFrancisX," A real dimension and world mind you. One simply has to check the search engine. "Meet these guest stars baby!"
The flash of light ended and from it multiple people came out.
"Uh my head. Did I eat too many burgers or did Ock simply shake me to much like a milkshake." A young man's voice could be heard wearing some kind of spandex suit of red and blue.
"What just happened. Uh..my baby!" A familiar voice was then heard that some recognized belonging to a certain silver-eyed girl. But she wasn't the only one they recognized.
"Woah, uh, where are we." A drunk old man said holding his flask. "Don't tell me we're in some weird dimension again."
"Haha Qrow." A woman with a face like Yang said chiding her sibling. "This is serious. We have no idea who did this."
"Where are we." A dark witch said rubbing her head. "I am certain I haven't been released...Cinder?"
"Oh great." The anti-hero turned mercenary said. "So you came to. Great."
"Blake!" A certain bull faunus said. "Where have you and these insects have taken me." The White Fang leader said in an attempt to draw out his sword...only to find nothing at all.
"Adam!" Blake replied also trying to get out her weapon...to find nothing as well.
"What in-huh-where..? Raven!" A blonde man and father of Yang said spotting his ex.
"...Oh boy." Raven then said wishing she wasn't here now. While no longer on bad terms with him, she wasn't exactly comfortable with him. If anything anytime they met it was always awkward.
"Just where are the others." The Invincible Girl said realizing her friends were nowhere near. But before she could continue a loud voice was heard louder than them all.
"Just what is going on?" The very general of Atlas shouted in utter confusion. He wasn't the only one to either. Everyone here was confused at the moment. From Team RWBY, Spider-Man, Salem and Cinder, and others all utterly dumbfounded with what is going on. Even the people already in here were unsure what was going on.
Luckily one being knew exactly what was going on.
"Oh great...here again." A being with multiple limbs and eyes said. One that Spider-Man recognized.
"What the..Other!? How are you here?" For those confused, the Other is a powerful being where in the United Heroes world lives inside Peter Parker, but was just barley a voice. So how he was here now left him shocked. Though before the Other can answer, a voice came in.
"Sup everybody!" Mayden called out getting their attention. "How are you doing."
"Tch!" The Other scowled. "So it really is one of your kind." The Other said hinting he knew something about Mayden and his species.
"Hold on, you know this guy?" Weiss said before noticing someone very familiar. "What in...Whitley!" She said shocked her little brother is here. "What are you doing here."
"Not to mention Roman Torchwick." Pyrhha glared with Roman just giving the finger to her.
"And me." Cardin said raising his hand.
"And me as well." Tock said despite the fact that none of these 'guests' knew her.
"..." Double for the mystery girl. Though it made sense since she came from a completely different universe.
"Again, what is going on!?" Ironwood shouted.
"Jeez Ironwood, we're standing right here." Spider man said in a jokingly manner. "But seriously, what is going on. This isn't another dimensional adventure is it. Because we just beat Adam and his croons." Adam snarled at that.
"I will explain." The Other said a bit angrily. Waving his hand at the entity that brought them here. "We are in a special dimension that lies outside the Great Web of Life and Destiny. And holding us hostage-"
"Of course you'd say that." Mayden laughed.
"-is a being that hails from a species that can be considered otherworldly with god-like powers. Yet," He then glared a bit. "At a young age these beings kidnap people from all over the Multiverse and force them to watch other worlds."
"Sounds like you know from experience." Cinder smirked.
"Sadly yes." He was trapped in a theater like this for a long time. Forced to watch other versions of himself and allies being either intriguingly awesome...or just downright pathetic. "The worst part being that aside from a few certain beings, his species fully control their domain with ease. So don't bother trying to use your powers."
"That explains why nothing bad has happened to us with Qrow here." Tai quipped with Qrow just waving a hand off at him.
"Interesting." Salem, the ruler of Grimm and wielder of the Dark Gaia alongside being a Spider-Totem said. "I truly can't use my powers."
"Okay, okay, I think I'm starting to get it." Spider-Man stood up and pointed in the direction Mayden's voice came from. "You're here...to make us watch other worlds."
"Yep."
"Eh, better than facing some Armageddon event." Spider-Man said not even fazed by what was happening. Mayden chuckling as he knew in a while Spider-Man and his friends will be facing not Armageddon...but a Spider-Geddon event. Perks in being capable of seeing other worlds.
"That sounds so cool!" Ruby said excitedly.
"I'll say." Yang agreed with her sis. "What do you think Blake. Interested in seeing these other worlds?"
"...I guess." Blake mused also interested. But then she frowned as she turned to Salem and even Roman and Cinder. Double to Adam who sneered right back. "But why are they here."
"Yes. I understand you have taken their powers, yet why did you bring them." Ironwood agreed.
"Because it's boring if it's just good guys." Mayden answered. "Besides, Roman, Whitley, Cardin, Tock, and mystery girl here aren't even part of your universe." Now that got them interested.
"Well...guess we're staying." Cardin said relaxing a poofing some popcorn. "Trust me dorks, you'll get used to this."
"Dorks?" Cinder slightly felt irked. "You do realize who I am, correct?"
"Just a loser who gets her butt whooped and can't hurt me right now." Cardin said with utter confidence as he knows thanks to the rules, he can't be harmed. "Also, Salem, right? Man you look old." He chuckled.
"Ohhhhh! Got you there grandma!" Roman laughed.
The two villains for a moment wished they could deal with these two. But considering they're lack of power, not so much. It was then Salem noticed a certain faunus with green skin who cheekily waved at her.
'So she's alive here huh. Interesting.' Maybe if she ever had a chance, she could revive her old ally. She was after all one of the few competent ones under her command.
"So," Whitley said to his sister-dimensional sister. "How are you doing?"
"...Fine." Weiss said. "You good here?" While she didn't really speak with him much, this version of Weiss at least felt inclined to see how this version of her brother is doing.
"Good." He said. "Apparently I'm Iron Man in another world or something like that." It was official. The multiverse is a strange place. Gosh Weiss was going to have a headache after this.
"Now that we have all of this cleared up." Mayden then said ready to get this party started. "It's time I have you watch another realm. So relax, calm down, and have some fun. Because after this I'll send you back to your world where after you can get beaten and killed by those vampire freaks."
"I'm sorry, what?" Blake said in worry. To bad Mayden didn't care at all.
"And start!"
The scene began, showing what is apparently a torn up battlefield with nothing in sight but broken buildings. All over it was nothing but devastation. Yet one person could be seen in the rubble, holding something in her hand.
"Cinder!" Ruby said looking at the anti-hero with a few others also surprised.
"Man someone lost their looks." Spider-Man joked.
"For once I agree with you bug." Adam cruelly smiled.
Cinder just tried ignoring them, though did feel some anger at their jab.
"So it's this world huh." Cardin smiled. "This should be fun."
"Wait, you know this world?" Pyrhha asked the former bully.
"Yep. And you're about to see some twists."
Cinder stared at the dismembered hand, and flashbacks occurred showing her wearing the hand. A man yelling at her. Her always having it by her side.
"This little thing…" She then smiled cruelly. "Is of no use to me." Then just like that, she turned the hand to dust.
"This Cinder seems different." Salem commented.
"Yeah she is." Mayden said. "Unlike your guy's version who got a second chance, this one ain't an atoner here. But she's definitely awesome and you'll see why."
"?" Cinder raised a brow at that, and unsure how she felt that she was seeing an evil version-more so than her-in another world. Well, this should be interesting.
The screen then changed showing a being covered in a massive pitch black silhouette. However, a closer look showed a familiar White Fang mask and bull horns that everybody recognized.
"Adam!" Blake said utterly shocked at her ex having a completely different look. Not to mention his size.
"Oh man. He's huge." Whitley said surprised by this turn of events.
"Dude looks like he hit the gym a lot." Yang muttered seeing that this Adam was practically Hulk sized, and bigger to boot.
"Someone's compensating." Qrow said chuckling. Adam ignored the old bird and instead focused on this version of him. It was...interesting so to say.
'What kind of power is this?' He thought.
Meanwhile, Adam raised his hand ready to kill Cinder Fall. He materialized his power of stress, and began completing his super move. Moonslice-100%. He then released a mass burst of power that could destroy any building in sight
'And yet' Adam thought staring as Cinder's hands then glew as she moved and had her hand touch the power Adam sent at her. A second later a massive explosion occurred with a huge chunk of a city was instantly demolished to nothing.
Noticing this is a hulking figure fighting many faunus, Mercury using his legs to shoot fire at a guy with ice powers, and a few others watching the boom. But the real problem for Adam is her. Watching as from the smoke and ashes Cinder came out. Her outfit a ruined wreck, yet standing tall smiling all the way.
"Honestly, it ain't much if you just destroy it before you swing." She said not even looking fazed by this power that hit her. Simply walking while Adam showed signs of shock at this occurrence. "Looks like your size is just for show, huh. Look, I get it man. It's fun to just absolutely obliterate things you don't like."
"This Cinder...seems like what she was like before." Yang said taking notice of Cinder's demeanor. A person who just wanted to destroy everything in sight all for power.
"I don't think so." Spider-Man surprisingly said. "While she seems kinda like the Cinder we once knew, this one seems more...mature somehow."
"Are you instigating I'm not mature Spider-Man?" Cinder then asked the Web-Head herself.
"Pretty much." Spidey jokes. "I mean, you only turned out this way after Goblin and my good therapy lessons. Man am I good." Cinder just grunted at that. Though she then stared at this other version of her. No symbiote, Iso-8, or fire powers. Yet this version had something she didn't have...but what?
"Now things are definitely becoming more serious." Tock giggled loving this fight. "Hey bull horns," She called out to Adam. "can you do something like that version of you?"
"...No." Adam said annoyed, but also a bit envious of this version of him. While Adam didn't wish to say he is weak, he could tell this version of him is clearly at a higher level in terms of strength. Made him question just what kind of power he had in this world.
"Glad we don't face angst there with that kind of power." Ironwood said a bit relieved that their Adam didn't have this version's power.
"Please. We can defeat him easily." Qrow said confidently. "I mean, Thanos, Doom, Goblin, they were way stronger and we took em out just like that."
"Yeah. Except it took dozens to hundreds to actually win against them." Tai then reminded Qrow. He wasn't trying to be mean, but none of them stood a chance against those monsters by themselves. Had it not been for teamwork, they would have all lost.
"My power is but a means!" Adam roared standing tall growing even larger. "A means to liberate the people discriminated against! A means to execute the will of those being beaten!"
Looks like this Adam actually was still someone who fought back against discrimination. Yet it felt he had more resolve to do so than theirs who was just doing it to prove his superiority.
From the rubble a machine then came out. Flying high in the air while Adam himself felt something throbbing in him. 'What is this throbbing in my chest I've been feeling?'
The machine then broke apart into multiple pieces flying at him.
'Is it fear? No, there's no way! My Semblance converts fear to power to! Then just why…'
It was then Cinder spoke as the machines were just about to hit Adam.
"This 'freeing the faunus stuff' and 'liberation' sure seems awfully stiff." Cinder didn't realize it, but her words had an affect on Adam. His eyes widening as pieces of his past returned. A flashback from the day before he became a person the faunus looked up to and loved.
"Adam." A voice then said, the screen showing a much younger Adam surrounded by other faunus in the shadows.
"We have been living in hiding for generations now." They told him, as each and every one of them have been pushed back by humans who discriminated against them. "You are the one who will execute the Faunus's will."
It then showed Adam wearing a suit. He was but a child, who should have been growing up like any child. With friends, fun, and among other things. Instead, here he is told but one thing.
"All our regrets fall on your shoulders."
"...Is it just me, but does this Adam seem more...sympathy, or something?" Yang then whispered to Blake.
"He...does seem different from ours." Blake said looking at the younger Adam who looked more serious as a child. "If anything, it seems he's been fighting for the faunus here but not by his own will. But by the expectations of others."
"Is that a good thing or bad thing?" Ruby asked.
The others just shrugged, unsure really.
'Why are my stress levels reducing?' Adam then thought to himself, returning to reality. The machine now forming to create something powerful, disastrous. His body becoming enveloped from it creating a powerful work of armor.
In a matter of moments, he was soon engulfed in the new armor known as Crestro! One that amplified his own power up to a new level.
"This is 150%!" Adam shouted at Cinder who simply smiled.
"Ah, is that so?" She simply asks not really caring for the answer.
"Hey, what is that guy's power anyway?" Roman then asked.
"Indeed." The mystery girl said. "It seems rather strange that he keeps growing, yet said something about stress."
"Right, well to explain, Adam's power in this world is like the Hulk." Mayden said.
"The Hulk!" Yang said surprised that Adam of all people got such a power.
"You've gotta be kidding me." Qrow said surprised by this.
"Yep." Mayden continued. "But if it helps, he's nowhere near Hulk's real power. But he can definitely hurt you guys quite a bit. Not to mention unlike Hulk, Adam here can actually use his powers in more creative ways that Hulk."
"Huh. On one hand, Adam is way weaker...but he did destroy a good chunk of a city." Spider-Man said contemplating this version of Adam. Knowing that while not as physically powerful as his Hulk, he doesn't seem to be a complete pushover. "On the bright side, at least our Adam is a pushover."
"I'll skin you bug!" Adam retorted.
"Sure you will." Spider-Man said not taking him seriously, only infuriating him further.
Meanwhile, somewhere else a giant behemoth is wrecking the city even worse than Cinder and Adam. Running from the absolute carnage is none other than Neo...with Neo!?
Along with Emerald in one copy of her hands and a hurt Neo who moaned.
"Well ain't that great." Neo muttered as more destruction came flying around them. "Ow-ow-My arm!" She then cried out.
"Careful not to get to close! It still hasn't noticed us yet!" A copy of Neo said to herself while carrying Emerald with another Neo.
"I'm glad that they still haven't come after us yet, but…" Another Neo said then trailing off. Prime Neo of course knew what her copy was trying to say.
"It's just to overpowered! If we can take this chance to meet with the others…"
"Wow. So Neo can talk in this one." Roman chuckled. He then turned toward Ruby. "Hey Red-er-other version of Red. Are Neo and I still good partners with each other in your world?"
"Neh." Ruby replied giving a so-so motion of her hand to the other dimensional thief. "You guys don't hang out as much. Neo hangs with a thief called Black Cat a lot more."
"Oh…" Roman said a bit disappointed.
"...But whenever you get caught and end up in jail, thanks to yours truly," She giggled pointing at herself. "She busts you out as soon as possible. For a tub of ice cream."
Roman then smiled. "Ha! That makes sense."
Meanwhile in another place on the battlefield, it showed Roman himself running in absolute fear. Knowing full well there's a good chance he and the others can die at this point. "That bastard actually got up early for once…!" He then realized something bad about this situation. "If we fight that thing now, the League will be done for!"
"My group?' Cinder asked the Keeper.
"Uh-hu. Only better than the original one you had before."
Roman ran until he walked towards Mercury who's mechanical legs were smoking from the overuse of Fire Dust. "C'mon...I was just about to incinerate that Ice Bastard!"
Roman didn't care, and instead got in contact with Dr. Watts.
"Doctor! You're listening, aren't cha!" He called out while from afar the doctor is listening in. "Please transport us! Hazel is out of control! We're all going to die!"
'Hazel?' The Queen of Grimm thought. She wondered what Roman meant by her former ally.
"Are you trying to kill John-Chan?" Came the response on Roman's earpiece. "John-Chan gets tonsillitis whenever he transports something."
"Like I care, just do it!" Roman shouted back. "Wait, that's clearly a lie! Weren't you the one using him left and right earlier!?"
Watts merely shrugged in his hidden lair, not caring at all. "I have no intentions of associating myself...with someone whose location is being tracked by outsiders. Contact me again once you lost the White Fang."
"Cinder's gonna die, and you're alright with that!?" Roman shouted back. "She's Salem successor you know!?"
"All the more reason she needs to be cornered." Watts said ominously.
"Looks like those two are still decent buds compared to ours." Weiss said.
The two female villains said nothing in response.
Meanwhile from above, using a piece of ice to fly is a figure floating above to where a giant unknown figure is moving around. There the person recalled what they were once told by Adam.
"Out of the skills used by those in the League, the one we must be most wary of is...Mercury's usage of wide-range Fire Dust attacks. Perry, you are the keystone of the White Fang. "
Remembering this, the faunus could only lament just a bit. 'I'm sorry Adam. For me to have caused you to worry…' The faunus then launched a massive assault of ice dust onto the giant behemoth.
Then turned to reveal itself as none other than Hazel himself. Who simply flicked the attack away like nothing. Launching Perry away like garbage.
"That's Hazel!" Ruby said seeing the massive difference between theirs and the one here.
"Dude looks as strong as the Hulk." Spider-Man admitted a bit shocked at the massive-pun intended-difference in size and power between the two they knew.
'Huh. Wish I had this version.' Perhaps Salem could find a Hazel as powerful as this if she searched across the multiverse. Because while she did feel the heroes of her world would win...it wouldn't be without more than a few broken bones.
"Perry huh." Blake said ignoring Hazel for now and instead interested in the faunus she heard. "A lot stronger than the one I knew."
"A friend of yours?" Pyrhha asked with the cat faunus shaking her head.
"No. But the difference is there."
"Yeah, uh, how are these guys so strong?" Tai asked. Luckily Mayden was there to answer.
"Simple. In this dimension everyone has a Semblance. No aura, but Semblances that really make a huge difference, particularly as they don't always follow the laws of physics." That made those in the audience confused, though they quickly pushed it aside having already experienced such things here and there in their world.
Life is strange that way.
As the destruction happened, in a vehicle another faunus noticed Perry being launched away and was horrified. 'What is that thing...I must protect Adam!'
Realizing what he had to do, the man then began driving unaware the faunus known as Tock hopped aboard hanging on tight on the bumper wheel. Along the way Hazel came roaring back out screaming one thing.
"MISTRESS'S SUCCESOR!"
Then, a second later...he stopped.
Sensing something.
As for Adam, he to felt something as well. His power still decreasing even after facing Cinder. 'Liberation over discrimination. The power to finally get humans to truly accept faunus.'
"150% huh?" Cinder said placing a glowing hand on the ground. The power of one of the Maiden's finally about to be released.
'Suffering...re-awakening...this girl…'
"Is that what this Plus Ultra is all about?" Cinder continued not even caring anymore.
Adam then saw her face. A face he recognized as something he could never achieve. 'It's as if she's been liberated from all her suffering, the scorn of those who hated her power…' At that moment Adam then felt it. 'I see, so that's what this feeling in my chest is.'
'Relief.' The Other thought as he stared into this world. While he didn't really care for the affairs of insects like them, even he could find himself somewhat interested. While he tolerated his Cinder, he sensed this Cinder to be much different. One who while wasn't given a chance like the United Earth, but this one falling into a darker path yet maturing more.
"Now this is gonna be neat." Tock exclaimed chewing on her popcorn.
"And probably cause even more damage in the city." Whitley added in. "I feel sorry for the people who have to pay for the constant damage in the city."
"That I can agree with you." Ironwood said to the other dimensional Whitley.
As the battle continued, a certain voice rang out.
'Yo, it's me. Tock!' The alligator faunus said holding onto dear life at the bumper car. As it happened the driver then saw something very, very wrong as buildings began crumbling.
"Stop, stop, stop!" He ordered. "Fall back!" The faunus did as they were told knowing full well that whatever is happening is causing things to turn to Dust somehow.
'Thanks to Neo and the rest of the gang's protection, I was able to cling to this guy's van.' Tock continued on as she then felt the screeching stop. 'Our story was at a standstill, but now...and I know something crazy is going down at the place where the van is headed.
Tock would be more than right. Because at the moment for an unknown reason, everything in the area was falling apart and turning to dust.
Cinder wouldn't admit this, but a part of her felt a slight admiration for this counterpart of her's. While she had so much power now at the moment, the power this version of her is giving is more than a little impressive.
"Wow...this is insane." Qrow said.
"Not gonna lie, that Cinder is definitely crazy or something." Tai agreed. He knew a bit about Cinder thanks to his daughters stories, but even he never expected this kind of power from the girl.
"She is indeed strong." Raven narrowed her eyes.
"Her power is truly destruction incarnate." The mystery girl has never seen this kind of power before.
"Hey Other." Spider-Man asked his good old pal the Other. "Is that a Maiden's power, because I don't recall it being this strong?"
"It is." The Other said. "However this version is more unique than yours, especially since unlike your Cinder, this version has released the full potential of it all."
"Yikes." Roman shivered. "Glad other me is on her side."
The destruction released was much more powerful than many thought. Whatever Cinder did, caused, it was a horrific devastating thing that was spreading at an uncontrollable rate. One that needed to be avoided at all costs.
"Hang in there Junior!" Neo said to their informer who is being carried by another copy of Neo. Thanks to her Semblance Overactive Imagination, she could make numerous physical copies that can affect the real world. And right now, she was using them to freaking run away.
"It's been years since I've run like this." The informer said doing his best to escape the hell that was coming.
"Adam!" One of Adam's followers cried out.
Perry was still injured, unable to do anything.
The surrounding area from buildings to houses were now slowly falling apart. And at the center of it all is Cinder Fall, smiling as she then heard the words of Salem.
'Do not fear. Think about it this way. "People's lives, hard work, and progress are all in your hands." She one told her. "Will you grasp and destroy them?Or simply toy with them as you please? The decision is yours. Once you've accumulated both hatred and joy, you will truly be free."
'This Cinder,' Spider-Man narrowed his eyes. 'Unlike ours who got a decent chance and turned over a new leaf-kinda-this one continued on her path ...But unlike Cinder, this one accepts who she is fully and in a way, has embraced her true purpose of destroying. Maturing into someone else entirely.' Someone with a power that actually made Spider-Man worry about.
All the otherworlder guests thinking this version of Cinder was something else entirely. One who also clearly wasn't giving up.
Upon remembering those words, Cinder's own power increased further. Adam feeling the affects of this power both mentally and physically. Particularly when the effects of Cinder's ability began decaying his armor.
"Guh!" He shouted. 'The decay is spreading! And quickly! Based on our observations of her previous battles, it should have a limited range!'
"Doesn't look like it." Blake saw the damage that was affecting more than just limited range.
"Adam most likely hasn't noticed it yet." Ironwood believes this to be the case.
'If I can just get out of the range…' Adam thought as he set his armor to fly. Yet in doing so he then saw it. The power Cinder has released. His eyes wandering as he saw that the range wasn't as limited as he thought.
Cars, poles, buildings, signs, streets, cables, cement, everything falling apart. Turning to dust. No...even less than that.
"Hahahaha!" Cinder laughed aloud. Laughing at the mass destruction she is releasing. "Hahahaha!" She then got a dangerous glint in her eyes as she then looked serious for a moment. "I'll break you to pieces!"
Boom!
Again her power increased further. A massive chunk of the city being fully affected by this decaying power she inherited. As this happened Adam was desperately flying away, back to normal size. Hanging on for dear life as he then turned back and saw Cinder still laughing at the destruction of everything surrounding them.
Yet instead of fear or hate...Adam saw something else in his eyes.
However it would be short as he then hit some rubble which knocked him off his flying armor. Falling down now all while Cinder's decaying power is still in effect. All while from afar ...a massive chunk of the city had vanished off the face of the earth.
"...Maybe not as strong as certain bad guys, but definitely something I don't want to be caught in." Qrow finally said.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree." Raven actually admitted.
"Makes me kinda glad our Cinder turned into a softie." Spider-Man quipped giving a happy elbow jab at Cinder who growled.
"I have not gone soft." She insisted.
"Oh please." Roman said. "Considering how these guys are acting all chummy with you, clearly you've gone soft."
"Do you really want to go there Roman?" Cinder threatingly said. To bad such threats didn't work as Roman just rebuffed her, knowing the rules kept him safe.
"Whatever you say 'softie'." He laughed.
"Ignoring this," Ironwood said. "Just what kind of power allows that Cinder to do that?" Ironwood asked the Keeper. Because even in the unified world, there weren't many villains who could wipe a chunk of the city like that in an instant. That wasn't even including the death toll.
"A power that allows this Cinder to decay things to dust or even less than that." Mayden answered.
"Isn't that creepy." Whitley muttered. He's so glad he ain't a hero. He'd likely die from such an event like that.
The power Cinder released was over. Gone at long last. Now at least a good fraction of the city was gone.
With everyone walking towards it, to see who had one.
"..." There, at the epicenter is Adam himself. Bruised, a bit injured, and being a complete mess. Yet the most distinguishing part of it all is how there in the smoke, one can see he had no more legs. The decaying power having touched him. To survive, he had no choice but to cut them off before he died.
To bad he might still die as from the smoke, she came.
"So," She began, her arms a total wreck from releasing the full power of the Maiden she wielded. Limping along the way, with her clothing a wreck barley even covering her chest at this point. "Your feet touched the ground...And you cut them off before the decay spread to your entire body. Remind me...what started this whole battle?"
The two now faced each other, face to face.
"Oh yeah," Cinder remembered. "It was because you picked a fight with us."
One standing tall-if only barley, the other sitting down in near defeat giving a small smile.
"ADAM!" A voice then called out, having finally arrived with the entire army of faunus.
"The Supreme Leader...he's.." A concerned fauns said unbelieved by what's happening.
"This cannot be…" A female said.
Realizing the situation, the faunus then decided to use his Semblance to make his move. "Everyone! You must save the Supreme Leader at once!" He commanded. However, one look from Cinder did the impossible, and stopped them from moving. Everyone to afraid to even take a single step, breaking into a sweat.
'My 'Incitement' is being overwritten…?! Impossible!' The faunus though not believing this at all.
"Bane. It's over." Adam then called out to his loyal lieutenant wearing the mask that amplified his Semblance. "Anymore fighting would cause meaningless casualties."
At that the mask then came off revealing Bane's face showing tears at the Supreme Leader's defeat.
"He looks better than I thought." Roman joked having never seen the faunus before. "Man does he look different." The guy he knew was big, buff. This version was practically a politician. And a bit handsome to boot.
"..." As for Adam, he simply stared. He couldn't decide what to feel about his counterpart. Though he did feel like maybe he could learn a thing or two about leadership from this one. The man clearly lead more faunus than even him.
Adam then stared at Cinder, and began crawling toward her.
"All of our soldiers were devout believers in my...No, the Faunus's cause. They were all brought up with the resolve to die for our cause." It was then Adam recalled the words of a man he once knew. Ghira, before he died at the hands of humans along with his family. The man who started all of this.
'The freedom of all faunus. Liberation over suppression. To be seen as equals.' Adam then gazed at Cinder, who while not a faunus, was something more than a normal human either. 'Oh great Ghira, if the model leader of our liberation should be the personification of freedom, then this young woman who was able to casually shrug off the weight of our history, our destiny, is surely...now that I witnessed it…'
Among the people coming closer, Hazel took a giant step forward. Something inside the great behemoth stirring. He refused Cinder as his new Mistress up until now. But it was then he heard those words from Adam that changed things.
"It is as you say," Adam acknowledged, moving. "I picked a fight with you and lost. If you mean to kill me, then get it over with. I to will sacrifice myself for Ghira's wish."
At that moment Hazel himself saw it. He saw Salem back in her prime as she had everybody bowing to her, following her will with honor and loyalty. With history now repeating itself once more.
The faunus of the city, Tock, and everybody staring as Adam Taurus himself bowed to Cinder Fall with dignity. Saying his final words.
"I couldn't help but think that the utterly destroyed, warped horizon looked beautiful." With that, the White Fang army is now hers to command.
"Successor…!" Hazel said with tears running down his face with joy.
Watching is Tock as she dialogue the rest of what she is witnessing.
'Now that I've witnessed this young woman shining so brightly...our story started to pick up speed,"
As Cinder stared down she remembered how her ally Roman once wished they could be eating fine food. She then looked down at Adam with a dark smile. "You've got money, right Mr. Taurus?"
'And no one could stop it.'
"...Well...that's morbid." Spider-Man said. He had to admit, he never thought he'd see Cinder like this at all. And honestly, it kinda made him happy his Cinder is a lot better than this one. Sure she still had her flaws, but at least she has never killed a whole bunch of people, especially that nasty 'turning to dust' power.
"Morbid?" Weiss said slightly outraged. "This Cinder killed an entire army of faunus without a care in the world.
"She's batshit crazy. Of course she would do it." Roman replied to the ever lovely Ice Queen who just huffed at him.
"She's indeed unique." Salem said somewhat wishing her relationship with Cinder hadn't been so strained compared to this version. She was intrigued how her former successor made Adam bow down to her with an entire army by her side.
"Tch." Adam said seeing this counterpart of his weak. How could that fool just give that girl the entire White Fang? Idiotic!
"..." As for Blake, she stared at her Adam and thought back to the one she saw. Clearly that world's Adam was still a villain...however clearly more charismatic and she felt more sympathy for this version than her own. Plus she also felt curious about what happened to her father and family in this world. Something told her she didn't want to know. Yang giving a pat on the back to support her.
"Sh-should we do something about this?" Ruby then asked not liking an even more evil version of Cinder hurting more people.
"Doubtful." Ironwood said. "We don't even know where this dimension is."
"Plus if anything, this should be left to that worlds heroes. Is that right man?" Qrow called out to the Keeper who replied.
"Pretty much. The heroes will have a tough time, but they might be able to do something about this." That world is still ongoing, so he didn't know what will happen yet. How exciting. "In any case, nice seeing you all, but now is the time for you all to go."
"Wait, what?" Tai said confused.
The mystery girl however knew what the Keeper meant and decided to give a forewarning.
"You'd all best prepare yourself." She simply told them.
"What does th-" Before Raven could even finish, suddenly black holes opened up beneath all the guest stars.
"See ya Weiss." Whitley called out to his sister.
"By lamos!" Cardin also yelled.
"Gah!"In just a few moments, all the guest stars then fell into the dark portals before vanishing from there sight. Gone just like that.
"Well that was fun." Mayden said pleased with what he did. "Maybe I should get more guest stars around here." He then looked toward the audience.
"Don't worry my peeps, their safe and back in their own dimension safe and sound." The small group weren't sure about that. "Now then, time to continue the show."
And so ends all of that. This weeks guest stars came from the United Heroes series by KingFrancisX. I hope you all enjoyed them, as I also plan on getting more guest stars in the future. In fact, I already got permission from Coeur Al'Aran to use a certain character to show up here. But it'll be awhile until then. Until next time.
P.S., like Mayden said, I control the story. Not trying to sound rude, but if I decide RWBY team along with the others are gone, then they're gone until I say so. They'll be back eventually, but with other members.
Omake: Destiny 2 Foresaken Trailer.
So here they were, all of them. After being stuck in an alley way they were now here in some colorful tunnel like void. All of them flying inside it with nobody aware of where they were headed. There was one good thing to it.
"My hair! Finally!" Yang joyfully shouted touching her wonderful beautiful hair.
"Now this is more like it." Glynda was enjoying her regained youth. Maybe she'll treat her body more well so she didn't end up looking like that in the future.
"Aw man." Nora whined looking at plain old Ren. "I was hoping for a drink."
"...No." Ren said now a grown man and glad Nora would never get a chance to have her 'drink'. Though it seems Nora was still tiny for some reason. Of course she wasn't the only one with changes that didn't revert.
"Really." lake muttered as she's still a dog faunus. Her tail dropping in sadness along with her new ears. This sucked.
"Shame." Ironwood said saly. "I liked having real limbs again."
"I'm just glad I no longer have a bird head." Qrow muttered appreciating his handsome face again.
"Or the bra." Jaune was more than happy to be rid of those undergarments. For the meanwhile, he then saw something strange up ahead. "Hey guys, what's that?"
Everyone then looked to see a light coming up ahead.
"Is it the way out?" Oscar said now back to a regular boy, much to his regret.
"Hopefully so." Weiss said now back to normal...Though she felt her chest was more flat than usual. Her imagination?
"Nope." A very familiar voice said. One they knew and hated.
"Mayden!" Everyone shouted in rage.
"Nice to see ya folks again." Mayden said excitedly. Contrast to his jovial tone, nobody else is accepting it. All staring angrily at him at what he had done. "Okay, so I kinda messed up." Mayden said yet his tone held no regret. "But hey, at least I found ya. Isn't that a good thing."
None of them looked amused either way.
"Yeesh. Tough crowd." Mayden joked. "In any case, I'll be bringing you back to the theatre, but it'll be awhile before that happens. Like oh ...five more chapters." He whispered the last part.
"I'm sorry, what?" Jaune asked.
"In any case," Mayden moved on. "Since I doubt you'll like traveling in this void for what feels like an eternity, I have something for you to watch." A screen then opened up out of nowhere. "This won't be anything defiant, but instead a type of trailer so to say. So enjoy." Then like that it began playing.
The opening scene began showing a person that was Ruby Rose. Tired, injured, and confused as she looked around in the dark place she is in. Fire everywhere as her glowing silver eyes looked around her.
"Oah Ruby." Tiny Nora said. "You look so cool in this world."
"Really." Ruby giggled.
"You do look rather intimidating." Weiss agreed as she saw her other dimensional partner wearing an attire that looked like it was ready for war. "Still, what's up with this version of you?"
"Guess we'll find out soon enough." Doggy Blake started.
"More or less." Qrow joked.
As Ruby continued looking around, she then saw a tide of Grimm coming at her. The girl taking out her Crescent Rose to deal with them.
Then, the scene changed.
Showing Ozpin in armor as he gazed at a body covered in a blanket. He then said, "We should have been there" The scene changed once more showing Ruby who is down on the ground, severely injured as she gazed at a person looking at her. The young warrior chuckling as she breathed heavily.
"Well, this is awkward. Hey, hey, you got a gun I can borrow?" She then asked the person all while she joked around. Then coughed while the person got closer revealing themself as none other than Jaune. Silencing her with a shush.
"Jaune!" Many said as they couldn't believe it was Jaune of all people who looked like he was hurting Ruby.
"You better not be doing anything to her." Yang threatened.
"Oh come on! It isn't even me!" Jaune replied.
"He's right Yang." Qrow told her. "That's not the Jaune you know. Though it does raise the question of what he's doing."
"Whatever it is it can't be good." Glynda answered.
The scene came back to Ozpin who looked at his allies. "This is noy your fault." He told someone. That someone being a young woman wearing armor with dark skin and silver eyes. Having a skull mask on her.
'She seems...familiar.' Qrow thought.
The woman just stared in cold apathy, then switched to another person. General Ironwood who looked on with no emotion.
But then cut off back to Ruby and Jaune, with Jaune holding his gun at the young Rose speaking to her in a mocking manner. "Any last words?"
Ruby grunted as she slowly sat up, grinning. "How's your sister?" She said in a joyful tone. One that made Jaune look angry hearing those words. His eyes narrowing before he closed them. A bang later heard.
"That means under the blanket is…" Blake trailed off. Putting both hands over her mouth as she realized that Jaune had killed Ruby.
"Well...that sucks." Ruby admits. Yang hugging her sister with the rest of the team doing the same to comfort her. Jaune himself looking rather guilty at what his other self did.
"I can't believe he-I-...he did that?" He said shocked at that version of him.
"It wasn't you Jaune." Ren told his leader.
"Yeah. It was that jerk." Nora added in.
"I wonder why he still did it?" Oscar asked Ozpin.
"Who knows. Maybe he did it for a good reason, maybe for some twisted goal. We an only continue watching."
"For a fighter team," Ozpin continued, saddened. "For Ruby."
...The scene then reshowed Jaune, who is sitting down with many bandits and men around him. Ozpin's voice still ringing out. "This, is the head of Arc."
Jaune then spoke to all the horrifying men brought to him. Some normal, some with machinery on them, some just not even human and looked more like Grimm instead.
"My friends, my barons," Jaune said to all those gathered before him. Raising his gun. The images then changing to certain people while his voice rang out. "Go, unleash chaos."
The images then showed a grinning Nora with glowing armor that sparked purple electricity. A psychotic looking Ren in a hood, ready for battle and blood. Finally a horrific Pyrhha who looked warped and twisted with metal all over her. Shooting missles all over.
"...I did not need to see that." Jaune said now horrified by this version of him.
"Well, at least we're still friends." Nora tried breaking the awkwardness. Ren just shook his head at her. To soon.
The scene then showed the mysterious woman with the skull mask and silver eyes with Blake who walked towards someone sitting down.
"The three of us want the same thing Spider." She said. Looking at the figure with a glowing amber eye with the other hidden by an eyepatch. "Jaune and his barons dead."
"Now that's hardcore." Yang told Blake who shrugged.
The figure Blake was talking to then revealed itself as none other than Salem who was larger and had armor of tech all over. By her side is Cinder and Hazel guarding her. Her eyes glowing red at the cat faunus. "I cannot wait to see how this ends." She smiled.
"Is her on our side a good thing or bad?" Oscar asked Ozpin.
"Don't ask me."
"We are not an army." Ironwood told Ozpin. "We're not conquerors. We need to keep our eyes on our home. Our people." The scene then changed to a ruined Atlas that looked like it could fall from the sky at any moment. A war happening on it with flying Beringel Grimm, Bullheads, and other things. Watching it is Jaquess Schnee in armor who looked sad.
"That's...unexpected." Weiss then said.
"A real surprise indeed." Winter also having the same reaction.
"That man a soldier...What are the chances." Ironwood also having the same thoughts.
"This is Ruby we're talking about." Ozpin told his old ally. "For us to do nothing is,"
"Sin?" Ironwood asked.
"Cowardiness." Ozpin instead said.
Ironwood glared as he walked to the corpse of Ruby Rose. "I refuse to bury anymore friends." He said touching the body.
"Aw." Qrow cooed at James in a joking manner. "You care. Hahaha."
"Oh shut it bird brain."
"You won't have to." The mystery woman in the mask said to him. "Jaune Arc is mine." She said with her fit clenching. A moment later after walking out she got on a sparking hover bike ready to ride. Then launched herself away to deal with Arc. Killing any of his allies and minions along the way.
"Now that is awesome." Ruby said impressed by this woman and her skills. The type of Huntress she wanted to be.
"Indeed." Qrow smiled feeling like this woman is just so inspiring.
"Her usage of movement isn't even wasted." Gkynda commented analyzing the woman and recognizing as a high rank fighter.
"The type of Huntsmen people should aim for." Jaune said wishing he could reach that level of power.
"So," the voice of Jaune Arc came as the mystery woman kept on going while battling even his three barons. "This is a reckoning."
The scene then showed Sale smiling at those in front of her. "I know we're all traitors, Blake Belladonna." She told her as Blake glared.
"You have no idea what he has done!" The voice of Weiss Schnee said as the scene then showed Jaune with a feminine hand running down his arm.
Then showing a fire with Jaune walking away. "The line between light and dark is sooo, very thin." Jaune was now followed by his bandits, cyborgs, Barons and Grimm. His eyes gazing at some unknown Dust pillar that glew a pure white color.
"Do you know which side you're on?" He then said as he held the unknown Dust Crystal in his hand.
"We will, take the brief, by storm." Ozpin said with many powerful allies then shown. Velvett, Neptune, Sun, and others all fighting back. "All of us, every Titan." Qrow, Glynda, Tai, and even Raven then seen fighting back showcasing their skills.
"Raven huh. That's a little unexpected." Qrow lowly said.
Yang wasn't sure how to feel about this version of her mom, but felt happy she was fighting back this time.
Meanwhile Ruby drooled at the weapons the other versions of themselves have. "So...awesome."
"You bet!" Nora giggled.
Ozpin continued talking, as his allies kept fighting. "Every Titan, every Warlock, every Huntsmen. If he thinks what he's done is the end," Massive Grimm showed themselves in their ever terrifying glory. Some known, others completely new. All of them ready for carnage. "It's not!"
It showed another fighter battling a Baron shooting missiles. "It's the beginning."
"You gotta promise me, put Arc in the ground." Salem then said while it showed Jaune walking towards his dark allies. Then turning as he smiled. "And we have a deal." And like that, the scene ended.
For the cast, on the one hand they saw one of their own is a monster that's clearly as bad, maybe worse, than Salem. It's a double surprise to see Salem herself actually helping as well.
Yet they couldn't help but admit that what they saw was very impressive.
"Okay. I know that we'll have to kick Jaune's butt, but that was cool." Yang said giving an apologetic smile to jaune.
"It's alright." He said. "Kick my butt as well. If you're there anyway."
"That looks like one crazy war." Qrow muttered taking a sip from his flask.
"Hopefully it'll be a war one." Winter gave her prayer.
"I'm sure other versions of us will do it." Ruby said fully believing that even if she died, the others can beat evil Jaune for them. The rest smiling interested in how this world is.