Ok after another prolonged hiatus let's pick up where we left off.
Easy to see where this chapter will go though with the added inclusion of the marvel characters it'll be more varied in scenes and interactions.
There is still a strong pull for Yang to pair up with Peter though the had been a handful of those that want him to be with Ruby but there is still much of the story to be written so who knows really.
Anyways I saw the most recent character short rooster teeth put out on Adam and to be honest, adds maybe a few small details but that's just it. They're small.
Khan for me is the only take away that I have plans for now in this story. I'll be sticking to what I already have in mind for Adam.
Anyway, nothing else to add here so as the usual goes.
Also weapon ideas for Pietro please.
Rate Read and Review and as always Have Nice Day
Avenging Remnant Chapter 18: Welcome to Beacon
Peter sat alone at one of the window seats of the student transport to Beacon. He was rather confused as to why he was here but Scott somehow convinced him.
Not that the "convincing" words made any sense to him.
"Experience entering Beacon with the other students" Peter muttered to himself in bewilderment "What is that supposed to mean?"
His thoughts were interrupted by a girlish squeal. A familiar blond blur zoomed to hold another familiar head into a bear hug.
"I can't believe my own baby sister is gonna go to Beacon with me!" said the blond, squeezing the ever loving daylights out of poor young sister "This the best day ever!"
"Please…Stop" Ruby choked out, lack of lungs evident on her face
"But I'm so proud of you" Yang said exuberantly
"Really, sis, it was nothing I…" Ruby's eyes flickered over to Peter who sat staring at them and realized he had been caught. Ruby squinted her eyes at him.
"Hey Yang, it's that boy from that time I found you in Vale" Ruby pointed out
Yang whirled around in confusion until her face brightened up at the site of Peter sitting there now clearly flustered at having their attention.
"Peter" Yang said aloud with glee, rushing over to ensnare him in a bone-crushing hug.
Peter went bug-eyed at her hug, momentarily surprised by the amount of force behind it until he recalled the night he had fought alongside her.
She set him down after a few more seconds with a beaming grin.
Gaining his breath back, Peter shot her a small smile.
"Good to see you to Yang"
"It's great to see you" Yang said happily "I didn't know you'd be going to Beacon to, why didn't ya tell me?"
"It was a bit of a last minute thing" Peter explained "That and I don't have your number"
Yang gave him a sheepish smile before brightening up and throwing an arm around Ruby.
"That's funny you say that because my baby sister Ruby here also joined up to Beacon at the last second cause of how awesome she is" Yang boasted proudly further embarrassing her sister
"Hi" Ruby said meekly "I don't know if you remember me…"
"Yeah we met the night your sister got us in trouble" Peter cut in with a grin
"Excuse me" Yang squawked indignantly though her smirk returned a second later.
Their conversation was cut off at the sound of a pitiful moan off to the side. Turning their heads to the source, the trio saw a mop of blond hair belonging to an unfortunate boy around their age who was hunched over heaving a great deal.
Feeling sympathetic to the boys plight Peter approached him.
"Hey man" Peter said "You alright?"
The "man" in question raised a shaky finger before bolting up from his seat and rushing to back off the ship and hurled out his lunch into a trash can.
"Whelp, so much for smooth sailing" Yang idly commented
Peter decided to check over the guy whilst Yang and Ruby turned their attention over to a news feed currently being displayed.
The news anchors of Cyril and Lisa Lavender touched on the topics of high end criminal Roman Torchwick still being at large as well as the white fangs recent movements. This was cut off by the appearance of a blond professor that Ruby had met under funny circumstances.
"Who's that?" Yang asked
"My name is Glynda Goodwitch"
"Oh"
"You are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy" Glynda spoke with professionalism "Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task and now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world"
The message ended and the view of Beacon academy was clear to see.
"Oh wow, you could see Signal from here" Ruby said excitedly "Looks like home isn't so fast after all"
"Beacon is our home now" Yang said placing a hand on Ruby's shoulder
It was at this moment that Peter had rejoined them
"Hey guys" Peter came up on Ruby's other side "Wow, nice view"
"Isn't it?" Right said happily
"How's vomit boy holding up back there?" Yang asked with a smirk
"Oh, he'll be fine more or less" Peter said with a shrug
The ship landed several minutes later allowing its occupants to step out on to the platform. No sooner did it land did the blind kid rush out to a nearby bin to empty out the remaining contents in his stomach.
Peter, who saw this, cringed at the guts misfortune but decided on sticking with the only two people he really knew at the moment.
It was at this time however that Peter was introduced to an aspect of Ruby that He had not expected. Her undying love of all things involving weapons.
"Ohmygosh ohmygosh" Ruby squealed, somehow becoming a chibi version of herself "Yang look! That guy's got a fire sword! And she's got a collapsible staff! And, and…"
Peter was bug eyed at ruby's form which seemingly vanished at Yang reigning her in by pulling on her hood.
"Easy there sis" Yang said "They're just weapons"
"Just weapons?!" Ruby said indignantly "They're an extension of ourselves. They're a part of us. Oh, they're so cool"
"Well why can't you just swoon over your own weapon?" Yang asked "Aren't you happy with it?"
Ruby pulled out her weapon, transforming it into its scythe form.
"Of course I'm happy with crescent rose" Ruby stated "I just really like seeing new ones. It's like being new people, but better…"
Peters jaw dropped in the meantime at the site of such a tool being handled so easily by a girl his age. This really was a school for young super powered teenagers.
"Whoa" Peter said aloud "Where did you get that?"
"I made it" Ruby said radiating in comical pride only for her sister to pull her hood over her head.
"There, see" Yang said gesturing to the web head "You can get to know my friend Peter"
"Wait, what?" was the dual response from both Ruby and Peter as Yang abruptly announced that here were her friends and she was off to hangout with them. She left the two stuttering at her abrupt departure.
"Wait Yang" Ruby cried out, animatedly waving her arms "What am I supposed to do? Aren't we supposed to go to our dorms? Where are our dorms? Do we even have dorms?"
Ruby slumped over in defeat upon realizing her sister went and ditched her.
"Uh, to answer your question…" Peter spoke up, gaining the young lady's attention "We do have dorms, but I'm not sure if we're supposed to go to them yet"
Ruby blinked momentarily, peeking up a second later while rubbing the back of her head sheepishly.
"Really?" Ruby asked, a great deal more calm then her snazzy demeanor just a few seconds ago "Thanks for telling me that"
"No problem" Peter said, giving get a friendly smile which she gladly reciprocated "I'm Peter. Peter Parker"
Ruby blinked once again, a sense of realization dawning upon her.
"Oh yeah" Ruby said "We didn't introduce ourselves properly"
"I think there were a lot of reasons preventing us" Peter said in turn making the young Rose laugh.
"I'm Ruby Rose"
"Nice to meet you" Peter said in humor eliciting a giggle from Ruby
"You know I could see why Yang would like you as a friend" Ruby said
"How?"
"You're really funny" Ruby said "Except more legitimately"
Peter snorted at that statement.
"I think in the short morning and long night that I've had with your sister, I think I could say you better not let her hear you say that" Peter stated in a joking serious manner.
Ruby laughed so hard that she failed to see the suitcase in front of her.
The following screen was one over great over dramatization as Ruby fell flat on her face.
Peter could only stare in momentary bewilderment as Ruby turned to lie on her back staring up at another young girl with white hair and white-blue eyes.
'Where'd she come from?' Peter mentally asked himself, caught off guard by her appearance.
"What are you doing?!" the white haired girl asked with a shriek
Peter cringed at the volume while Ruby could only stare at the girl.
"Uh…sorry?"
"Sorry?!" white hair yelled out "Do you have any idea of the damage you could have caused?!"
She then rounded on Peter who jumped back slightly from the aggressive glare she gave off on him.
"And where were you?" She asked him angrily
"Me?" Peter pointed to himself, clearly unprepared for such a confrontation
"I would have thought at the very least you would be aware enough to keep your clumsy friend in line" White hair said with a scowl "Then again, you do seem like a ruffian"
Peter and Ruby were at a loss for words as to just how to deal with this girl who returned her attention to Ruby.
"Give me that" white hair said, snatching get briefcase out from Ruby's hands and opened it to reveal its contents.
She brandished a red crystal In front of Ruby.
"You were tripping over Dust, mined and purified from the Schnee quarry" white hair said, vehemently shaking the vial of red dust in front of Ruby
"What?" was Ruby's natural response which only served to further infuriate the girl.
"What are you, brain-dead?" White hair said in annoyance "Dust, fire, water, lightning, energy"
"Hey what's your problem?" Peter finally asked, fed up with her attitude
"My problem?!" she said affronted, waving the dust vial around "My problem is…"
Peter felt a quick 'flare' of some kind go off in the back of his head when…
"WAAAHHCHHOOO"
Ruby sneezed in a spectacular fashion due to white hairs constant shaking of the dust vial in her face. What followed was an explosion snowflakes, fire and lightning that engulfed the three of them.
The dust vial sailed across the coast courtyard landing in front of one Blake Belladonna. She glanced down at the vial and picked it up. Examining it momentarily, she noticed the Schnee dust logo at the bottom and looked over to the transpiring even scene on the other side of the area.
Peter blinked, quickly wiping away the soot that covered his face and saw Ruby on the ground. He moved to help her to her feet which she appreciated though the good mood died immediately upon the other girls complaints.
"Unbelievable" She quite literally huffed the soot off her "This is exactly the kind of thing that I was talking about"
"I'm really, really sorry" Ruby said apologetically
"Ugh, I'm surrounded by dolts right now" she rubbed her forehead "what are you even doing here? Aren't you a little young to be attending Beacon"
"Well I…I…" Ruby tried defending herself but the high strung girl was not giving her the chance to defend herself.
"And how on earth did a ruffian like yourself get into this academy" she scolded Peter making him jump at her words.
"Ruffian?" Peter repeated to himself. He had been called a great many deal of derogatory names before but that one was new.
"Hey" Now Ruby had had enough "Leave Peter out of this princess, he didn't even do anything to you"
"It's heiress actually"
The three of them turned to see a girl with black hair approach them, dust bottle in hand.
"Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world"
The now identified Weiss smile smugly.
"Finally some recognition"
"Well that explains a lot" Peter said dryly earning a glare from Weiss.
And Blake's next words only added to the negative sentiment towards the Schnee heiress.
"The dance company responsible for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners" Blake said bitingly
Ruby stifled a laugh while Peter openly chuckled.
Weiss could only fume at the words directed at her. Stuttering in anger whilst snatching the empty vial out of Blake's hand, the young heiress stormed off with some of her family appearing from out of nowhere to assist her.
"What the heck was that girls problem?" Peter asked aloud
"I don't know, I still feel kind of bad for what happened" Ruby admitted letting out a sigh
"Anyway, what's your…name…" Ruby turned to Blake only to find her gone to
"What the…? How?" Peter said trying to make heads or tails out of the disappearing act going around
"Do they like, user ninja powder or something?"
Ruby only shook her head, already overwhelmed from today.
"Welcome to Beacon" Ruby said miserably
"Um…excuse me" Said a Male, much more friendlier voice
Peter and Ruby turned to meet with a familiar mop of blond hair with a face to go with it.
"Oh hey, you're the guy from the ship" both Peter and the blond Kid said at the same time
"Vomit boy" Ruby said happily, instantly making said boy deflate at the name.
"It's Jaune actually" He murmured
Scene cut
The trio of dorky new students to Beacon walked together through school area, conversing and getting to know one another. For some reason Peter was getting a weird old timey film type vibe from the winding road they currently walked upon.
"Look all I'm trying to say is that motion sickness is a lot more common than people let on" Jaune stated "I'll hey over it in time"
"I'm sorry" Ruby said with a laugh "It's just that vomit boy was the first thing that came to mind"
"Sure is a better name than what I'm used to" Peter added
"Oh yeah? Well what if I called you crater face instead?" Jaune said
Peter guffawed while Ruby made a face at them both and whined.
"That was an accident, I didn't see all that stuff near my nose"
"Right" Peter said, grinning at Jaune "I'm Peter Parker, full introduction"
Jaune sniggered, shaking Peter's offered hand.
"Jaune Arc. Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue. Ladies love it" it" Jaune said with bravado
"Do they?" Ruby asked skeptically
"They will" Jaune quickly said "At least I hope they will. Mom always said that…never mind"
"Cheer up Jaune" Peter said, patting his back "I'm not much of a ladies man myself"
Jaune snorted at Peters comment, feeling a kindred spirit of sorts forming between himself and these two new friends he made.
A comfortable silence befell the trio until Peter remembered something that he had wanted to ask Ruby.
"Hey Ruby"
"yeah?"
"I've been wanting to ask you something. How'd you make that scythe of yours?"
"scythe?" Jaune repeated in confusion "Ruby's got a scythe? You made a scythe?"
"Oh you mean my pride and joy" Ruby said ecstatic talking about something she knew oh so well
Without further hesitation she could put crescent rose in its scythe form and slammed it into the ground.
"Whoa!" Jaunes jaw dropped at site of such a weapon.
"It's also a customizable high-impact sniper rifle" Ruby said
"Uh…"
"It's also a gun" Ruby clarified
"Oh" Jaune nodded
"A scythe that's a sniper rifle?" Peter mused "What would you call that? A scyther? Wait no, that's Pokémon. Scyifle?"
Ruby and Jaune chuckled, Peter joining shortly after.
"So what do you guys have?" Ruby inquires
The two boys looked to one another with Jaune silently telling Peter he'll go first.
"I've got this sword" Jaune said, pulling out his blade
"Ohhh" Ruby stared, waiting for more
Sensing this, Jaune raised his scabbard.
"And I've got this shield to" the scabbard then expanded into a classic looking triangular shield.
"Nifty" Peter said approvingly, getting a smile of appreciation out of Jaune
Ruby on the other hand...
"So what does it do?" she asked
Jaune retracted the shield only for it to expand again and was fumbled around by him as it went from being active to dormant. Peter's reflexes kicked in, shooting his hand out to grab the tool in its scabbard form.
"Thanks" Jaune said gratefully, taking the scabbard back and sheathing his sword and placing it around his belt.
"The shield gets smaller, so when I get tired of carrying it I can just…put it away…"
"But doesn't it weigh the same?"
"Yeah it does" he said dejectedly
"Well I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons" Ruby said bashfully "So I guess I did go a bit overboard when making my weapon"
"Can't believe you actually made that" Jaune said, eyeing Ruby's scythe which was still embedded into the ground.
"Took me a while" Ruby admitted, taking her scythe off the ground and returned it to its base form "All students from Signal make their own weapons. Didn't you?"
"Mine is a hand-me-down" Jaune explained "It was used by my great grand father during the war"
"Kinda feels more like a family heirloom really" Peter said truthfully
"It is in most ways" Jaune said
"Well I like it" Ruby said in a chipper tone "Not a lot of people have an appreciation for the classics"
"How about you Peter?" Ruby said expectantly
"Me?" Peter asked
"Yeah" Jaune nodded "What kind of weapon do you have?"
Now normally Peters knee jerk response to such questions when it comes to his powers and capabilities would be deny, deny, deny. He didn't have any super powers nor abilities or anything closely related to his spider based powers.
But then he remembered that in this school, not only were powers common place, they would be encouraged for use.
"I don't really have weapons" Peter stated "More like useful little gadgets that I've made that help me out in a fight. It compliments my symbol"
"Symbol?" Jaune murmured watching as Peter pulled out two thin black doodads
Slapping them around both wrists, they quickly expanded around his hands with a trigger of some kind in the center of both his palms.
"Whoa, what are those?" Ruby asked with great intrigue
"These are my web shooters" Peter said, allowing Ruby to closely examine them
"Web shooters?" Jaune said aloud "Web, like…like a spider's web?"
"Yeah exactly like that" Peter said
"Spiders? Ewww" Ruby stuck her tongue out comically "But wait how do these even work then?"
Peter hummed in thought, taking a moment to look around. Spotting the decorative archways, Peter chose to let his actions do the talking for him.
Breaking into a speedy run, Peter jumped forward and fired both of his web shooters. The two teens eyes widened to the size of plates at the speed, agility, flexibility and display of how Peter uses his tools.
After an impressive showing of swings and flips, Peter hung upside down in the middle of the archway he used.
"WOW" Ruby exclaimed, literally having stars for eyes "WOW THAT WAS AWESOME"
"Oh man that's too cool" Jaune said in complete awe
"Thanks" Peter said, dropping down to the ground.
"Man you both are just so amazing" Jaune said
"We're not that amazing" Peter said with a humble laugh "I only flipped around a bit"
"And I sneezed and blew up" Ruby said, pouting at the recent memory
That cheered up Jaune a bit but mentally, the thought remained. Then another thought strayed into his mind.
"Hey so, uh, do you guys know what we're going?" Jaune asked the two
Ruby only tilted her head in confusion while Peter gaped in realization.
"Oh man, I'm such an idiot" Peter said slapping a hand on his forehead
"Why, what is it?" Ruby asked
"We're supposed to be in the auditorium for the first assembly for school" Peter said in slight dismay
"WHAT?!" was the natural response that came from both Ruby and Jaune
"Oh man" Jaune moaned
"Come on" Peter said, running towards the academy "I think we're could still make it"
Choosing to run rather than complain, the three dorky students ran at full speed towards the academy's auditorium. Not stopping for anything, they soon arrived at their destination.
There they saw a large gathering of other students.
"I think this is the right place" Peter quipped
"Ruby"
They turned to see Yang waving at them.
"Over here. Saved you a spot"
"Whew, I'll see you guys after the ceremony" Ruby said to the guys
"Hey, wait" Jaune called out only for him to go unheard
"Ugh, barely five minutes in and I already lose one of my new friends" Jaune said, dramatically hanging his head
"Aw come on Jaune, I'm still here" Peter remarked, patting his friend on the back "Come on, there's a spot over by the stage for us"
The two walked off unaware of the red haired Spartan Huntress behind them, eyeing them with interest.
The stage was empty for the moment yet behind the scenes was different matter. Professor Ozpin, Goodwitch, Captain Roger's, Sam Wilson and Clint Barton stood together in discussion.
"So we're all set then for tomorrow?" Clint asked the headmaster
"More or less" Oz said nodding
"This is one hell of a first test run" Steve notes, scroll pad in hand. He was looking over the big initiation for the students.
Sam snorted, facing Ozpin.
"It's not up to snuff Ozzy" Sam joked
The headmaster gave Steve a faux affronted face.
"I'll have you know that I took careful consideration into those launch pads"
"What about the test itself?" Clint asked "Hell of a gamble you're doing here. On the spot partners. They're not shield agents"
"That's what you're here for" Ozpin said to the archer and overall, the Avengers team.
Meanwhile, Ruby Rose was having another unfortunate stroke of luck as she had run into Weiss Schnee who was currently reading get version of the riot act to her.
Yang tried to play peace maker but it was for naught.
Weiss only rebuffed Ruby's attempts at starting fresh.
Before they could speak any further, Ozpin stepped out onto the stage accompanied by Glynda, Steve and Sam. The hall quieted down a great deal but scattered excited whispers still echoed the walls. It was obvious to see as to why as all of the whispers were directed towards two individuals in particular. A fact that was not lost on Ozpin as a mischievous thought entered his mind.
"I'll keep this…brief" Ozpin began, eyeing the students "You have all traveled here in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you have finished, you plan to dedicate the rest of your life to the protection of people. But I look amongst you now and all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose, direction"
This greatly bewildered the students and the Avengers.
"You assume knowledge will free you of this, but the time you spend here in this school will prove that knowledge will only get you so far. It shall be upon your shoulders to take the first steps"
The students spoke amongst one another in hushed tones.
"Now, allow me to introduce to you all to two of our newest faculty members, misters Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson"
The air was now timed with excitement while both soldiers have Ozpin flat looks who had his back turned the kids. He gave the two a teasing grin, taking a sip of coffee from his mug that he somehow had on him.
Rolling his eyes in amusement and annoyance at Ozzy's little trick, he humored the headmaster and stepped forward.
A flurry of noise came from the students but Cap paid them no mind, focusing on what he has to say. Clearing his throat, a hush fell over the crowd.
"I'd like to personally welcome you all to Beacon academy" Steve spoke as though he rehearsed this "I'm not one for riddled speeches so I'll state this once and only once. The next few years for you won't be easy"
Sam then stepped forward.
"There ain't gonna be any cake walks" Sam spoke in complete seriousness "I hope you're all ready for everything here that'll put you through the ringer"
"Tomorrow's test is only scratching the surface for the world at large" Steve said "Whatever you learn during your time here will shape you into the hunter that you'll be for the world to see"
"So be ready" Sam then gave them a menacing grin "Cause we're gonna see how many of you will survive the first semester"
A collective shiver was felt across the students at Sam's words. Glynda on the other hand only deadpanned at Sam while Steve silently snorted.
Shaking her head, Glynda was now standing at the edge of the stage.
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight" Glynda spoke plainly "Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed"
"Well that sure was interesting" Yang remarked
She pounded her fists together with an excited grin creeping on her face.
"But Cap and Falcon sure as hell got my blood pumping" Yang stated
"Professor Ozpin seemed a bit off today" Ruby noted
Jaune then appeared beside Weiss.
"I'm a natural blond you know"
Weiss only groaned.
Scene cut
It was now late at night now with the students in their pajamas, sleeping bags beneath them.
Yang plopped down beside her little sister who was currently writing.
"It's like a big slumber party" Yang said
"I don't think dad would approve of all the boys here" Ruby said not looking up from her paper
"I know I do" Yang said with a purr, giving each boy a look of appreciation until her eyes landed upon Peter at the right moment for her.
She saw his very well built and lean, no fat, muscular frame. The blond bombshell couldn't fight the momentary daze and drool that came out. She mentally cried out in anguish when he put a shirt on. A baggy shirt that felt a bit too intentional. Her little staring session was cut short by Jaune in feetie pajamas sat down in front of Peter, the two striking up a conversation.
Shaking her head, Yang looked back to Ruby seeing her still writing.
"Whatcha writing sis?" Yang asked
"It's a letter back to the gang in Signal" Ruby answered "I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are going here"
"Aww that's so cute" Yang gushed until a pillow was thrown in her face
"Shut up" Ruby whined childishly "I didn't get to take any of my friends here. It's weird not knowing anyone"
"Hoe about Peter and Jaune?" Yang said "Jaune seems nice and Peter…Mmmm he's especially nice. I saw you with the two of them. There you go. You got friends in one go. A two hundred percent increase"
"I guess so" Ruby agreed laying on her back "But I'm pretty sure Weiss hates me so that's one negative friend"
"There's no such thing as negative friends Rubes" Yang laughed "You just have two friends and one enemy. That's better than most do on their first day"
Yang got another pillow to the face.
Shaking it off, Yang gave her a more comforting expression.
"Look Ruby, is only been the first day. Not even the official first day really" Yang said "You've got friends all around you, you just haven't met them yet"
Ruby and Yang fall into momentary silence when both sisters noticed a light near one of the walls. The two spotted Blake Belladonna near a candle reading a book.
Meanwhile, Jaune and Peter sat near each other in relative silence with both preoccupied in their own way.
Jaune currently had out a small scrapbook and was currently sketching a few pictures. They were a variety of his interests and recent memories.
Peter on the other hand was tweaking his web shooters. Adjusting pressure and power, Peter also had an equipment belt near his sleeping bag. It was filled with other tools, prototype gadgets and web cartridges he had worked on with Scott's help.
"So watcha working on Pete?" Jaune asked, looking up from his drawings.
Peter shrugged, twisting a small screw.
"Nothing really, just making sure my web shooters are functioning properly" Peter explained "What about you? What're you drawing there?"
Jaune wordlessly flipped his book around to show what he's been working on.
"Hey, nice sketch" Peter praised, taking the image to examine it.
The drawing was rough detailed picture of Beacon Academy. It wasn't as refined as a clear cut picture but it was very distinct with Jaunes own touches being somewhat gothic in nature.
"Thanks" Jaune said "It's only what I could remember really"
"Well it's pretty good if you ask me" Peter complimented
Before they could speak any further, Peter caught movement out of the corner of his eye.
He glanced over to see Ruby and Yang approaching that girl with the black bow. They were speaking with one another when his enhanced senses caught a few words they were saying.
"Huh?" Blake said
"Your book, what's it about?" Ruby asked
She momentarily stammered before answering.
"Well…I-it's about a man with two souls, each fighting for control over his body"
Peter didn't realize it but his expression changed into one of grave seriousness. Whether it was his imagination or not, Peter reached up to his face and felt as though half of it was covered by his mask.
A great weight was felt upon his shoulders. One that was about to grow until he was snapped out of it from Jaune placing a hand on his shoulder and shaking him.
"Peter" Jaune said a bit worryingly "You alright there?"
"Hmmm?"
"You got all intense there for a moment" Jaune explained "Everything alright?"
Peter shook his head, waving his hand at Jaune.
"Yeah I'm…I'm fine" Peter said
"You sure?" Jaune asked, a bit unconvinced
"Yeah I…" Peter considered his next words until deciding on relieving some of his worries that have been plaguing his mind since his arrival here.
"I'm actually kinda worried about my aunt May" Peter admitted, a feeling of guilt swelling up in his chest
"Your Aunt?"
"Yeah, she's all I have left" Peter found himself saying
"Really?" Jaune asked softly
Feeling tears well up at the corners of his eyes, Peter quickly wiped them away.
"Yeah, yeah" letting out a ragged breath, he sniffled with glazed eyes "She doesn't even know I'm here"
Now that was something Jaune could relate to.
"My family doesn't know I'm here either" Jaune stated making Peter stare at him in surprise
Jaune gave a strained chuckled at Peters own expression.
"Yeah I didn't tell them a thing really Well alright, my parents know this but none of my sisters do" Jaune said with a shrug "Just packed my bags and left as soon as I got accepted into Beacon. They didn't even know I applied"
The two boys were silent, both taking in what the other had said.
Whatever they intended on speaking about was unable to be said as a more familiar shrill shrieking of one Weiss Schnee cut in throughout the area.
Wincing at the volume she gave off, Peter pulled out some earplugs from his shorts pajamas.
"No girl should be that loud" Peter quipped, placing one of his earplugs in.
"Once you deal with so many sisters, you kinda get used to it actually"
"Sisters? How many do you have?"
"Seven"
"Seven?!" Peter went a bit jawed there "How would you even put up with one?!"
"Practice" Jaune remarked "Lots of it"
There conversation ended upon the lights being turned off, signaling the time for bed.
The big day was tomorrow.
Scene cut
The Avengers were currently reading within their private study quarters given to them by Ozpin.
Wanda, Pietro, Clint and Amber sat together playing cards and drinking tea.
Scott was looking over some schematics to his classroom and tech for his lessons.
Sam was relaxing on the couch, cup of coffee in hand.
Steve sat at on the of the work desks overlooking a few instructions on how to teach.
"Why do you even read that stuff Steve?" Sam asked "You're not gonna need that you know"
"Doesn't hurt to be safe" Steve countered
"But you didn't train us with a manual" Amber stated
"Clint gave me a pep talk really" Wanda admitted getting the archer to chortle at the memory
"this is different" Steve argued
"He does have a point" Clint said with a shrug, checking out his hand "These are hormonal teens with powers we're talking about here"
"I think we'll be fine" Sam waved off "We've handled interdimensional travel, we can handle some kids"
"Yeah but some of these kids just so happen to have some crazy powers" Scott reiterated "If any of them were like my little peanut then they'd be easy to handle but they're sadly not"
"Hey, Captain trained me and Wanda" Pietro said "How hard can it be?"
"Oh now you're just tempting fate to be cruel" Clint said, half-serious half-joking
"We tempt fate every time we get up out of bed" Sam said with acceptance "Like Viz said, causality and all that"
The mood rather shifted to one that was more of a downer. Something that Sam realized immediately.
"Right, too soon" Sam murmured "Sorry about that"
"It's ok" Wanda said softly
The room resumed its silence when Steve slapped the book he was reading shut.
"Get some shut eye everyone" Steve said, leaving the room.
Stepping out, Rogers bumped into something. Looking down it was actually someone.
"Glynda" Steve said
"Steve?" Glynda said in surprise "Still awake?"
Steve wordlessly held up the book in hand which title was Professor for dummies.
Glynda could only stare at the book before snorting, breaking into a fit of giggles.
"you didn't peg me to resort to such measures Mr. Roger's"
The flat look he gave her only served to enhance her laughter.
Steve couldn't keep up the act, laughing silently with her.
"Relax Steve" Glynda said comfortingly, placing a delicate hand on his shoulder "Aside from Ozpins eccentric behavior, he didn't choose you for no reason. You'll do a fine job as a teacher"
"How can you be sure?" Steve asked
"Call it a teacher's intuition as well as a woman's" Glynda said confidently "You will do better than most ever will"
The two shared a moment of silence between one another with their eyes locked together.
After several moments, Glynda noticed that her hand was still on his arm. Pulling away, Glynda cleared her throat and straightened herself up.
"Mister Rogers" Glynda said professionally
"Miss Goodwitch" Steve responded in equal seriousness and humor
Giving him a small teasing smile, she moved around Steve and continued on her path.
Cap glanced in her direction in time to see her momentarily looking back to him.
Smiling to himself, Steve went off to bed.
It was lucky that he did as he didn't notice the amused expressions of Sam and Clint who managed to see the interaction between them.
The two grinned at each other, silently promising to never let Steve live that down.
Scene Cut
Manhattan
Harlem's Paradise
Luke Cage, hero of Harlem, bulletproof man, defender and so on and so forth with his many monikers sat within his new office in Harlem's paradise.
He had endured a great many events since his time as a childhood all the way up to now.
From his time in the marines, to prison, him gaining his powers, coming to Manhattan, taking on the many threats that have threatened the city all the way up to now.
"You know Luke, I gotta admit…I kinda miss the barber shop. Don't get me wrong, this place is pretty cool and really, really comfy but it still has that bad guy lair feel to it"
Danny Rand, Luke's close friend and the immortal Iron Fist sat in a relaxed recline on one of the couches in the office.
Barefooted, cross legged with a small box of hibachi chicken and noodle in his lap, young Mr. Rand was very much comfortable right now.
Something that have Luke roll his eyes in amusement and slight irritation.
"If you have such a problem with the place Danny, you're free to remodel the place of you want" Luke stated
"I think Colleen wouldn't mind" Danny said with a grin "Could use some decorations here and there. I could cover it if ya want"
Luke chuckled "Thanks but no thanks. As much as our fung shwai or whatever gels together I'll keep things the way I like it"
Danny laughs, popping some chicken into his mouth.
"Any idea on where Bushmaster went off to?" Luke asked
"Not a matter of where" Danny said more melancholy now "A matter of when he will return. My best bet. Back to his home. Recover properly, physically, spiritually"
Luke hummed, leaning back into his chair mind in deep thought.
"So what now then Luke?" Danny asked
"Now?" Luke contemplated "Now we really get to work"
"Yo Mister Cage sir" Sugar, one of the clubs bouncers rushed in sweating and out of breath.
"Sugar?" Luke said in confusion at the state of the big man "What's going on? You look like you just ran a damn marathon"
Sugar wheezed for a few seconds, gesturing behind him frantically.
"Someone *HA* someone here to see you" he managed out.
Bewildered, Luke and Danny exchanged looks at one another when they heard footsteps coming from behind Sugar.
Both Defenders had their eyes widen to a considerable degree of pure shock at the newcomer that entered the room.
If you were anyone in this city, nay in this country, you knew damn well who this was.
"Tony Stark" Danny whispered in disbelief and awe.
"Mr. Danny Rand" The billionaire greeted his fellow elite "And Mr. Luke Cage, the hero of Harlem. Pleasure to meet you both. Hope I'm not intruding on anything"
Scene cut
"Oh god, please man, please" A poor man cried out, crawling for his life as his legs were broken.
Behind was a scene that could only be described as a slaughter. Several cars were either broken down or had blown up in a display of fire.
There were bodies littered throughout the area with causes of death being varied.
Some from multiple injuries, some from direct trauma to the brain or heart. The rest…the rest being burnt to crisps.
The last survivor crawled for another few inches until he was kicked into his back. Roughly.
Groaning in pain, the man looked up at his assailant and went deathly pale at the site of him.
"Oh god" he stammered "Oh dear fucking God"
The being with its hellfire eyes and flaming skull only spoke in a demonic voice befitting the way he looked.
"No God"
After saying that, the man on the ground had his life come to an end.
Robbie Reyes, otherwise known as the Ghost Rider stood over the corpse of his latest victim with no sign of remorse.
Seeing that his work was done, Robbie walked back to his car.
He was about to get in and drive away until there was a presence behind him followed by a question he had heard all too often.
"What in the fuck are you supposed to be?"
Slowly, Ghost Rider turned back to face yet another man.
Yet unlike the individuals he had just killed, this one was distinctly different. Different in the case of being a man covered, no, drenched in blood.
The blood of evil men.
The man's soul. Oh the Rider could feel his broken soul. The soul of a righteous man.
He was dressed in a similar black attire as his own with one distinction.
Wherein Jaimie had two white stripes parallel to each other, this man had one specific spot of white that was his visage.
Before him stood Frank Castle aka The Punisher
And done
Whew, another prolonged hiatus but I was in London for a time and what a wonderful time that was.
So yeah, last two scenes huh? Bet you didn't see that coming.
Ha ha I say.
But that's all for now folks
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