Alright, Volume 6 is officially underway and there are many questions to be had main one for me being the opening as it revealed a great deal to us all. For example, the hooded figure that appeared several times throughout the opening and then there's the one sweeping shot of four other individuals that lead up to the newest reincarnation of Ozpin via Oscar.
We have a new starting point and it appears that Salem shall be more prominent in Volume 6. Also, Jaune has an absurdly versatile Semblance or Aura control enhancing Ren's to crazy degrees and casually healing that other guys arm, yeah gonna have a lot of work with that in the future.
Also, volume 6 episode 3? OH MY FUCKING GOD. HOLY GOD WHAT DO I DO NOW THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. Really volume 6 has been one big bombshell after another. Spoiler alert as this chapter comes out after episode 7, we finally meet one of Jaune's many sisters…..that took long enough. Guess I'm gonna need to do some ret conning later on.
But other than that, let us continue on this long journey
Before that however, I think there's one thing that has to be addressed for obvious reasons. As you all are aware of by now, during the gap between this chapter and the previous one, Stan The Man Lee, the legendary creator of the Marvel universe has sadly passed away. To be honest I was thinking long and hard as to how I could honor the guy but how could you put into words the resounding level of influence this one man had not just on comic books but the literal world over. This one man fundamentally changed pop culture and we're still feeling the effects today. What started as a man who just wanted to tell a different kind of story altered the lives of millions for decades, nay, centuries to come. Rest in Peace Stan Lee, you may have gone to rest but I'd like to think your work never ends due to the many that will continue to aspire to be like you.
Also, what in the fuck is going on with all of these Marvel Cancellations on Netflix. Have they lost their mind in cancelling mother fucking DAREDEVIL. WHAT THE FUCK?!
And a week after that. AVENGERS ENDGAME and GODZILLA….what else do I need to say?
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Avenging Remnant Chapter 21: After School Day, fighting crime hooray
A week.
Time flies when you're in another world filled to the brim with enhanced individuals.
Least that's what Peter believed.
The young vigilante was alone in his dorm room, sitting at the work desk he had established for himself thanks to Scott's help.
On one side of his room was his bed with some posters of a few bands that had striking similarities to musicians back home. On either side of his window were two bookshelves with a with a six drawer cabinet.
Currently he sat in the left side of the room.
The work desk he had made for himself was a large chemistry set for making more webbing, a collection of tools for working on his web shooters and advancing his suit along with a myriad of other gadgets he was working on.
He had also framed up two white boards on either side of his work desk, both having multiple complex formulas and theories written upon them.
On the right was a number of multiple ideas on how to begin grafting and mixing in the elements of dust into his webbing for better variety when he fights.
The white board on the left showed everything Peter managed to recall about his old suit that Mr. Stark had given him and his efforts in recreating the suit though better suited for him rather than the restrictions that he had been given.
Speaking of the suit, that was the main source of his focus right now. Peter had already set aside a large number of web cartridges and right now was slowly using a pincer to maneuver several wires. A magnifying glass was positioned in front of Peter, enlarging the device he was working on along with another individual aspect most would find crazy to see.
"Hey Scott, you ready?" Peter asked aloud.
Within the magnified peripheral of Peter's sight was a small man holding his own set of wires in hand.
"Sure am" Scott declared aloud.
"Alright" Peter held the wires closer to Scotts position atop the device and with well time synchronization, both welded the wires into place and after a few tugs on each, Scott held up a thumbs up indicating success.
Inclining himself back in his chair, Peter moved aside the magnifying glass and other tools allowing Scott to jump off the new gadget.
Closing up the wiring, Peter picked up the little device and squeezed it. Immediately, the optics flickered on and it went up into the air flying around before landing back in Peter's hands on its eight mechanical legs.
"Yes" Peter pumped his fist in victory at his latest invention, with Scott doing a small jump as well
"Nice to meet you Dronie 2.0" Peter said proudly "This is just awesome Scott"
"I know right?" Scott said with equal pride, leaping off the table and growing back to full size
Upon doing so, Scott and Peter clapped their hands back and forth twice, fist bumping then dropped them together and mimicked an explosion sound.
They both laughed heartily at the display.
Ever since coming here, Peter had a bit of a hard time in adjusting to this new world. It was so much like home yet not like Queens at all.
It was here that he was lucky that both he and Scott struck up a fast friendship. The two were goofballs with a natural affinity for technology and building. While Scott had openly admitted that Peter was actually way smarter than him, it didn't deter the two in now constantly working together to whip up new gadgets and tech to help both the Avengers and themselves.
They also constantly joked with each other and surprisingly held a lot of similar interests…such as the fact that they're both huge fans of Star Wars, Manga and anime.
"So what should we try next?" Peter asked, allowing the newly dubbed dronie to crawl up his arm and remain stationary on his shoulder
"Let's see" Scott was observing the left white board with all the suit schematics. He leaned in closer to inspect every possible choice.
"We got the spider and ant tracers down" Scott noted "Those gliding webs on your arms seem like a good idea"
"Yeah, maybe we could work on that next" Peter agreed, rolling his chair over next to Scott
The two then heard Dronie on Peter's shoulder let out a series of whines before it shut down and fell to the floor when Peter quickly caught it.
"Dang it" Peter murmured "Guess we still need some improvements"
"It was our first try" Scott remedied with a shrug
"Maybe some of the wiring wasn't in place" Peter mused, already opening the top panel up
"We could try some other means of keeping it powered" Scott stated "Or other weird ways we could…"
KNOCK KNOCK
The two were jolted out of their "science session"(As the two called it sometimes) and looked to the door. They glanced at one another, with Scott silently asking if Peter was expecting company to which he responded by with a shrug.
"It's open" Peter called out
It swung open to reveal team leader Ruby along with her sister Yang.
"Hey Peter" Ruby greeted cheerfully, eyes closed with a happy wave "We were wondering if you wanted to go out on the town since we have the weekend"
Upon opening them, Ruby's eyes widened a tad bit at seeing 'Professor' Scott Lang in the room with Peter in full costume.
"Professor?" Ruby said in surprise
"Heya Ruby" Scott waved
"What are you doing here professor?" Yang asked, glancing over to the whiteboards and miniature lab was currently seated at "Some kind of crazy experiments?"
"Uh…" Scott momentarily eyed one of the boards "Yeah, something like that"
"Hang on a second…" Ruby critically eyed the entire room, pulling out a magnifying glass seemingly from nowhere until gasping in realization "Do you….live here on your own?!"
Yang blinked, looking over to see that rather than the typical four there was indeed only one bed meaning only one tenant.
Peter and Scott looked at one another with the latter shrugging.
"Uh…yes?"
Ruby stared at Peter intently before puffing her cheeks out in a pout.
"Lucky" Ruby stated
Peter couldn't help but snort at the declaration made by the young Huntress. He couldn't deny that since coming here, having a room to himself where he was able to have a semblance of peace and quiet was a great relief to him.
"So what's up guys?" Peter asked "You said something about going out to the city?"
"Oh yeah" Ruby remember why she came here and nodded her head vigorously "Me and the girls decided that rather than sit around, withering away our youth to the confines of books that we should grasp it firmly in our hands and explore the outside world and learn of our greater destiny"
Peter and Scott stared blankly at Ruby, turning to Yang for clarification.
"She's bored, we're bored, Jaune's and his team is going with us" Yang explained "Wanna come?"
Peter thought about the invitation momentarily, taking a moment to look over his dronie then his boards.
"Say…There's dust shops in Vale right?" Peter asked
"All throughout" Yang confirmed
"Hey, that actually sounds like a great idea" Scott said "We could gather other materials and tools for our gadgets"
"Yeah" Peter perked up, only to slump over a moment later "But I uh…don't have any money"
"I've got you covered then" Scott said, pulling out a few lien and handing it over to Peter "You can pay me back with helping me out with some of my work later on"
Peter hesitated momentarily "You sure Scott?
"Yeah, take it Peter" Scott waved off "Besides, I think you deserve some R & R after everything's that happened"
Peter was silent for several seconds when he realized something.
"Did you seriously just say R & R?" Peter asked
"What?" Scott said in mocking affronted manner "So just cause Clint, Cap and Sam are army they exclusively get to use that kind of vernacular"
"Ok, now you're just trying to hard" Peter shook his head in amusement, snatching the lien out of Scotts hand "I'll take that as compensation"
Scott gave off a joking glare before snorting.
"Take some time to hang out with your new friends Peter" Scott said "With everything we've gone through, Cap always says it's best to take the time to relax when we have it"
"Alright Scott" Peter conceded with a nod "I'll see you later than"
"Right, I'll finish up here" Scott waved with Peter moving to leave his dorm along with Ruby and Yang who were waiting patiently with clearly curious expressions.
"What?" Peter asked a moment later, closing the door behind him
"How do you know Professor Lang so well?" Ruby asked in intrigue
"And you seem to know the rest of the Avengers Really well" Yang emphasized
"That's…a bit of a long story really" Peter stated, rubbing the back of his head "I think it'd be better to hear it from Cap or Sam really"
"Cap and Sam?" Yang noted, sly grin "First name basis eh? Maybe earn yourself some teachers pet points?"
Peter only laughed sheepishly, with a slight hint of nervousness. He hoped they didn't press further in this matter as he wasn't really up for explaining to the girls that he and the Avengers come from a completely separate universe.
A thought then occurred to Peter.
"Say, what are we even gonna do in Vale?" Peter asked
"Exploring" Ruby declared excitedly "If we are to live near the city and defend this city, as future Huntsmen and Huntresses we must be aware of our surroundings at all times and become familiar with them"
"We're basically bored and we're gonna see what Vale has to offer" Yang said, cutting in to Ruby's impassioned spiel "And since I am of the night life variety, I wanna see what daytime Vale has in store for me"
"Please don't beat anyone up" Ruby and Peter said simultaneously
"Hey I'm not that bad" Yang said in an affronted, gaping manner
"You don't want us to respond to that dear sister" Ruby said solemnly
"Ruby?! You're supposed to support your sister first then berate her"
Peter chuckled at their antics, following them back to their room. Turning on at the corner of the hallway, Peter saw the rest of Ruby's team along the entirety of team JNPR dressed in their casual clothes rather than the school uniforms.
Jaune was the first to see their arrival.
"Peter" Jaune waved, walking over to greet his friend "Glad you could come along
"The more the merrier" Nora said with joy, fist in the air
"Glad I got the invite" Peter said appreciatively, clapping hands with the blond
"Now that we are all here…" Weiss said, gaining everyone's attention "Let us be off, there's a lot to do today"
"Like what?" Pyrrha asked curiously. What many may not realize is that it has been quite a long time in Pyrrha's life that she had been able to actually live her life as a normal teenage girls and be amongst peers her age.
"There's the bookstore I wanna stop by and pick up some new books the owner has been holding for me" Blake stated
"Pancakes are ok anytime of any day"
"Herbal tea for me"
"Been meaning to pick up some new comics"
"There's a weapons shop in Vale that I've been dying to check out"
"I could always use some new Aviators"
"Perhaps some new material and dust vials"
"So we have stores all over the place to go to" Pyrrha pointed out
"I know the bookstore location"
"Why not just go to a mall then?" Peter pointed out, effectively silencing the group "Doesn't Vale have one?"
"Oh yeah, that's where the weapons shop is" Ruby said with realization
"And most everything we need" Ren said in thought
"Not my bookstore though" Blake shook her head
"Then I'll go with ya partner" Yang said, throwing her arm around Blake "Better to go with a pair then go it alone"
Blake gave the blond an appreciative smile, nodding her head.
"It's settled then" Ruby said jovially "To the mall!"
Scene Cut
Peter and Jaune stood side by side, comparing the latest issues of the hit comic book series Grimminator.
"You ever heard of Terminator Jaune?" Peter inquired, sifting through the many comics.
"Can't say I have" Jaune idly said, pulling out several to look over
"Well when the time comes, I'll be sure to show you" Peter said, opening a volume up "I'm sure you'll like it"
"Good to know" Jaune said, momentarily eyeing a particular comic book that had a red haired warrior as its main character.
He glanced over to Pyrrha who had went with the two looking around the comic book store in slight wonder as she had never been in such a place before.
Looking back to the comic, Jaune plucked out a few and walked over to her.
"Hey Pyrrha" Jaune said, gaining her attention "I think you might like this series in particular"
Pyrrha took the offered comics out of her partners hands and stared down at them, reading the title first.
"Red Sonja? The She-devil with a sword?" Pyrrha read the title aloud, quirking a brow
"Yup" Jaune nodded knowingly "The greatest warrior of her land. Her awesome skills matched only by her fiery crimson hair. Like you, though minus the she-devil part…well maybe when you're on the battlefield and since you're apparently a 5 time champion of….Mistral was it?"
Pyrrha blushed at the praise, giggling at Jaune's scrunched expression of concentration.
"4 times and thanks for the praise Jaune" Pyrrha said kindly, looking down to the comic again until her face turned as red as her own hair upon further inspection of the character which she was compared to by Jaune. Yes she was fierce in her display and extremely beautiful. That actually made Pyrrha's heart skip a beat at the thought of Jaune thinking her as beautiful yet that was quickly stomped out at the glaring obviousness of what Red Sonja wore. She was scantily clad in what could only be described as bikini armor with a very, VERY large bosom.
How can a warrior called the she-devil be able to fight in a literal metal chainmail bikini?
"You alright there Pyrrha?" Jaune inquired "You're looking a bit…well really red actually"
"Huh?" Pyrrha looked up, waving her free hand rapidly "No, no, it's…uh, it's nothing! It's nothing at all"
"You sure?" Peter joined in now
"Yes" Pyrrha nodded her head vigorously only to falter "Well…kinda"
"What's wrong?" Jaune asked with concern
"It's just that…well, I'm glad that Red Sonja reminded you of me and all" Pyrrha said embarrassedly "Just…not what I was expecting"
"What do you mean?" Peter asked
Pyrrha squirmed a bit, turning the comic cover to face the two.
"I didn't realize you could look at me in that light and those kind of clothes" Pyrrha pointed out
Both Jaune and Peter glanced at the cover then at Pyrrha then back again.
Peter's cheeks warmed up but he snorted, nudging Jaune who now began to realize what Pyrrha was insinuating and turned beat red.
"NO! NO, NO!" Jaune desperately shook his head to a near blur "Not like that! Nothing like that! I mean I'm not saying you're not beautiful, you're very beautiful! It's just she's a fierce warrior, like you! And I'm not saying that's the only good feature about you"
The more Jaune rambled on, the deeper the shade of red both he and Pyrrha had on their expressions became. Peter was holding back laughs as best as he could, noticing Pyrrha's lip quiver upwards into an amused and bashful smile at the praise Jaune was fumbling out.
"Well this has been officially my highlight of the day" Peter said aloud, ending Jaune's rant thankfully who now hung his head in shame while Pyrrha's face now matched her hair in its entirety
"And wouldn't ya know it, it's only just begun" Peter declared happily, wheeling about to head off to the cashier and leaving the two in an awkward air.
"Heh" Jaune avoided eye contact with Pyrrha "I think…whatever happens to embarrass me later on in the day…or even the week may not be able to top this for a while"
Pyrrha blinked, her skin tone slowly returning back to its normal hue. She then chuckled lightly before laughing aloud joyously.
Jaune was a bit confused by her reaction but decided that seeing her smile and laugh was better than the alternative.
"Come on" Jaune gestured for Pyrrha to follow "First set is on me"
Pyrrha's eyes widened at his statement, clutching the comics close to her.
"Jaune you do not have to do that" Pyrrha said kindly
"No, no" Jaune denied her "I need and have to. After the whole scandal and this being your first comic book, as team leader and partner I must do my duty"
Pyrrha smile at his dramatic chivalrous display, finding it greatly endearing.
"Are you sure Jaune?"
"As sure as I can be after making you as red as a tomato" Jaune stated firmly "Come partner, your team leader has called upon you"
She giggled once more, nodding her head in acceptance.
The trio bought what they had wanted and departed from the shop, choosing to meet up with the rest of the gang who had sent out a text on their scrolls that they were currently heading off to the food court.
Upon arrival, they already saw Yang and Blake and they all got themselves a large seat.
Leaving Blake behind for the moment, the others went around and browsed for food before returning and seeing the rest of their friends had arrived and they all sat down to eat.
"So, what'd you all do?" Yang asked, taking a bite out of her burger
"Comics" Peter and Jaune said
"Shopping" Weiss held up some bags with a face down on the table Ruby holding up a thumbs down signifying that she did not enjoy Weiss's idea of shopping.
"Tea" Ren said softly, taking a sip. Nora sat beside him with her cheeks filled with pancakes, letting out an incoherent slew of responses.
"Then what do we do now?" Peter asked "We still got a full day really"
"Hmmm" Yang mused "We could always go to a bar"
"Yang, not everyone has your love of drinking" Ruby chided
"What's wrong with drinking?" Yang said indignantly
"Not that we drank or anything but last time you and I went to a bar Yang, we kinda, sorta, definitely trashed the place" Peter said expectantly
"It wasn't that bad" Yang pouted, crossing her arms
"Right" Peter said wryly, looking to the others "Didn't we all wanna go somewhere separately?"
"We got what we wanted" Ren said, gesturing to himself and Nora who nodded her head, mouth filled once more with pancakes
"There's still the weapons shop to go to" Ruby said "There's this scope I've been meaning to buy to add to my scythe. Dust to the Dark I think it's called"
"I think I know that one" Weiss said "That's where the custom dust crystals are that I wanted to get"
"Custom dust crystals?" Peter said with interest
"So since we got nothing better to do, let's go" Yang said boisterously
Scene Cut
The entire group of friends had actually left with something for all of them, particularly their weapons.
They had elected to now simply go out and explore the city. Leaving the mall, they chose a random direction to walk in and did just that.
Vale reminded Peter of a kind of hybrid Queen/Manhattan. There were larger more urban parts of the city, yet a few areas were a lot like Queens.
And of course, with being in a city came…
Peter turned his head sharply momentarily at a familiar sound he was all to accustomed to.
Police sirens.
A heavy kind of phantom pressure was pressed upon his shoulders, feeling his slimmed down suit beneath the clothes he wore right now.
He glanced over to his friends and saw they had yet to notice him not keeping up with them.
Looking back, Peter frowned but knew what he had to do.
Catching sight of a police car rounding about and disappearing around a corner, Peter sprinted after it. He quickly discarded his clothes and tossed them into his bag and slid his mask on. Slapping on his web shooters, Spider-man jumped into the air and fired out a line.
THWIP.
With the others, Blakes bow twitched momentarily making her stop and look back.
"Guys?" she spoke up "Where's Peter?"
The entire group halted and looked around one another.
"THERE!" Ruby pointed out, her trained eyes catching sight of Peter swinging in the air away from them in what seemed to be a rush
"Where is he going?" Jaune asked in bewilderment
"He seems to be in a bit of a rush" Weiss noted, eyes narrowed in suspicion
Their conversation was interrupted by the sound and drive by of several police cars all going in the direction of Peter.
This gave them pause, sharing looks with one another at the coincidence of the police going the same way Peter went off to.
"Um…." Yang said "Does anyone feel like that may have something to do with Peter or is that just me?"
Not waiting for another response, Ruby dashed off at break neck speeds making Jaune fumble with his bags before righting himself and chasing after Ruby.
The rest followed a moment later, running fast to try to figure out just what was going on.
Peter in the meantime was swinging after the first cop car that had caught his attention, feeling a rushing sense of adrenaline begin to course through his body.
"Hope I'm not rusty" Peter murmured. It has been a while since he had last done the web swinging and slinging thing.
Perhaps now would be the time to test out his updated tech on individuals other than Grimm.
His enhanced senses picked up on the sounds of gunfire and tires screeching in the distance.
As if possessed, his face went blank and though he couldn't describe it, an unusual phenomenon took over. This felt a bit familiar but entirely different at the same time.
He began picking up on many things he had not yet noted before.
Several yards to his left was a little cluster of butterflies flying through the air though from his perspective at a snail's pace.
Down on the streets below was a cacophony of actions that were assaulting his senses.
A man exiting his apartment complex.
Another on his scroll.
The whirring sounds of the police sirens and their screeching wheels.
And far off in the distance, the sliding *shing* of a sword being withdrawn from its scabbard and the clicking trigger of a gun that's empty.
All of this hit Peter at once and was over in an instant. Had it not been for his other powers, Peter would have fumbled and fell to the ground.
Thankfully, he kept a shaky but firm grip on his line as he swung faster and faster with a direction in mind now.
His lenses narrowed upon spotting a car that was driving in a violent manner with his hunch being confirmed as several police pulled round in pursuit.
Picking up the pace, Peter raced after the fleeing car faster and faster eyes ablaze with determination.
He then spotted one of the fleeing criminals position himself out of the window with a machine gun trailed upon his pursuers. Taking an immediate nosedive, Peter rocketed forward with his webs at the precise angle right above the cops.
This in turn actually managed to distract the gun man who tilted his head, in an attempt to figure out what he just saw. His jaw then dropped upon realizing what he saw was coming right for him. Scrambling to point his gun up in self-defense, it proved to be for naught as Spider-man fired a line at the gun and yanked it out his hands.
He then successfully webbed up the crook and pulled him out the car and left him dangling from a street light.
Landing atop the hood of the car, Peter poked his head in front of the forward windshield greatly startling the driver and remaining occupants.
"Can you pull over?" Peter suddenly asked in a polite joking manner "The Cops on your tail need to give you your speeding tickets"
He was met with the back seat passengers pulling out their weapons on him making him pulling back away from their few. That weird tingling sense then shouted at him to move as bullets flew out from inside the car.
Moving his feet, Peter nearly fell over had it not been for his instinctive reflexes in having his feet stick to the back bumper of the car.
"So cool" Peter murmured to himself, grinning at his own powers
He then saw the wheels and thinking fast webbed both back wheels up in both motion and sticking them to the ground, causing them to be unable to move the car.
Flipping off the car, Spider-man saw the car attempt to escape only for the vehicle to remain firmly stuck in place.
Looking behind him, Spidey saw the pursuing cop cars now drawing near.
The sounds of opening doors and weapons being drawn regained his attention long enough.
Acting upon instinct, he rapidly fired off web nets that entangled and trapped the remaining criminals just in time for the police to pull up.
"Officers" Peter waved merrily "They're all yours"
Jumping high into the air, he missed the slightly gob smacked expressions of the officers who were now staring at the state of the fleeing criminals in utter bewilderment.
Landing atop a roof a good ways away, overlooking the whole scene. Sitting down upon the edge and removing his mask, Peter let out an excited breath he hadn't realized was building up inside, Spidey chuckled aloud to himself while running a hand through his hair.
"Whew" Peter said to himself "That was crazy"
Then his scroll vibrated.
Quirking a brow, Peter pulled it out from his back pocket and saw that it was Yang.
He then cringed hard realizing that he had just, quite literally, ditched his friends to stop a crime. Peter answered the call.
"Heya" Peter said weakly
"Come on down Peter" Yang said from the other end.
Tilting his head, Spidey looked on down to see team RWBY and JNPR looking up at him expectantly. Giving them a sheepish smile, Peter jumped down to them and landed with graceful ease.
"Hey guys" Peter said embarrassedly, noting their expectant looks
Weiss huffed and stepped forward.
*WHACK*
She promptly struck his head with a magazine.
"Ow" Peter bemoaned, rubbing the top of his forehead "What was that for?"
"For being stupid" Weiss said plainly "What on Earth were you thinking back there"
"That was pretty reckless" Blake stated
"And mean" Nora said puffing her cheeks out with arms crossed "You went without us"
"Yeah, you forgot our invite" Yang added, sharing Nora's sentiment
"I think now is hardly the time for such jokes" Weiss deadpanned "Peter just went off to…"
"Stop a crime?" Ruby cut in, unsure of herself
"Pardon?"
"Well…" Ruby rubbed her arm "He did just help the police in catching some bad guys. What's wrong with that?"
The group stared blankly at the silver eyed girl.
"Why did you go after them?" Jaune asked, deciding to break the silence
"Cause I had to" Peter answered right away.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Weiss asked a bit accusingly
"Uh…" Peter's mind scrambled for a proper excuse "Cause it was the right thing to do?"
"Right thing to do?" Weiss repeated
"Yeah" Peter said "I just…couldn't ignore it and had to help"
"Why though?" Yang asked this time
"Well…" Peter rubbed the back of his neck nervously "Because….I just had to do it, you know? If we all have the power to help others, then why shouldn't you?"
This statement effectively silenced them quite profoundly as they looked at one another trying to figure out how to exactly respond to that. Weiss opened her mouth only to shut it, opening it again only to close once more.
"It's just…" Blake said "Not that simple, I guess"
"Maybe" Peter said with a shrug
"I think we should get on back to Beacon" Jaune suggested
"Yeah" Pyrrha nodded "We've had enough excitement for one day"
Not seeing a reason to stick around any longer in the city, the young group of students left Vale.
The ride back to Beacon was rather awkward but that didn't deter them in having conversation and jokes.
When they arrived, what they did not expect to see was Pietro Maximoff waiting for their return with a rather smug, expectant looking grin.
"You just couldn't help yourself, could ya Peter?" Pietro asked, confusing them
He pulled out his scroll and turned on the screen which displayed the clear image of Spider-man swinging away from the crime he had stopped earlier in the day. Most of the team cringed while Pietro appeared beside Peter with his arm around his shoulder.
"Nice work by the way" Pietro praised "Real 'quick' thinking there. Cap was pretty impressed but I think Glynda said something along the lines of "We shouldn't encourage this type of behavior Steve"
The 2 teams cringed making Pietro laugh at their expressions.
"Hey chin up, if it weren't for stuff like that how would've Ruby been recruited two years ahead of time" Pietro said with an appraising grin at the young Rose who now blushed and stuck her tongue out bashfully.
Yang gave her little sister a one armed hug, while the others laughed, the remaining tension they had dissipating.
"Well" Pietro clapped Peter's shoulder "I got my own business to attend to and I know all of you save for the smart ones still have some homework to do"
Half the group groaned in protest. You know the ones.
Pietro laughed, giving them a small salute before running off.
"Come on" Pyrrha said "How about we finish the day with a small study session. Get our homework out of the way"
"Excellent" Yang reached out and grabbed Peter with her free hand "These two can help write my essay"
"Come Ren" Nora jumped onto Ren's back and him being so used to her didn't bat an eye "Mush forward to the doom of paper and pens"
Whilst the teens went off to do the remainder of their schoolwork, high above in Beacons tower stood Steve and Ozpin overlooking them all.
"That didn't take long" Ozpin remarked, sipping his coffee "I would have expected him to at least wait another week or so before receiving his call to action"
"Guys like Peter can't stand idly by" Steve stated knowingly, eyes a bit distant "No matter how hard they try to avoid it"
Ozpin only hummed.
A moment of silence passed before Steve snorted
"It's not like we're discouraging the whole thing" Steve said "I keep having to remind myself where we are"
"Yes, quite the madhouse" Ozpin joked, chuckling with the super soldier
Scene Cut
He was seated alone, stroking his chin while garbed in very specific Cleanser garbed gear.
Ironic considering he himself wasn't really a Cleanser, more of a mercenary than anything.
The roles of the 4 lieutenants were already taken and he was not one of them.
Letting out a bored yawn, he held up his scroll pad and sifted through the many underground bounties held by Huntsmen and Huntresses.
They were his primary targets though not for glory or fame.
He simply loved the thrill of the chase, the battle. He had received many scars and thrills in this line of work and found it difficult in finding something that could replace the thrill.
Right now however, there seemed to be a shortage of viable challenges making him frown in annoyance.
Granted, there were those Avengers that had been popping up all over Remnant and he himself was tempted in going after them if not for their bounties, then just for the challenge alone. But as of right now, they seemed to be the only ones available. And they were all centered in one location.
Grunting to himself, he moved to set the pad down…
That was until his newsfeed gave a small jingle of an update.
Quirking a brow, he brought up the notification.
Blinking, he sat up and leaned in more to get a better look at what he was watching. At first his brows were furrowed before they began raising in surprise and then fascination.
Though the display was short, it was nonetheless impressive in the eyes of this gamesmen.
The man seemed young and athletic with the graceful movements most experienced Huntsmen and huntresses would die for. He didn't seem to possess any weapons other than an unusual substance that was fired from the wrists. In fact, he wouldn't even consider those as weapons. More like useful tools.
"Webs?" he murmured to himself in intrigue
The brightly costumed man had amazing reflexes and definitely strength to him as he had yanked a gun away from one man while tossing another high into the air and ensnaring him in a cocoon.
It was rather interesting watching him swing away at such speed and grace.
The man internally mused on this new development, finding his interest in the newcomer growing.
A new challenge perhaps. Perhaps this time in quite a long time, a proper hunt.
He would have to watch further for development.
And that does it for this chapter.
All that's left is only this..
"So what exactly is the point of all this?" Jaune Arc asked his friend Peter Parker, both of whom carried stacks of pizza boxes
"It's gonna be a full house Jaune" Peter said "The host said to come prepared"
"Are we serving all of Beacon or something?" Jaune asked jokingly
Peter only shrugged "With the amount of people coming, might as well be to be honest"
"What?! How many people are coming?"
"Oh…I don't know really" Peter answered "All I could say is a lot"
"And this is all for one gathering?"
"Kind of" Peter said "It's more like…a tribute if anything"
"For what?" Jaune inquired
"Hey guys"
The boys turned to see team RWBY and the rest of JNPR walk up to them, all carrying bags of food and other confectionaries.
"We're all done on our ends" Yang announced
"We got everything Cap asked for" Ruby said excitedly
"Whatever it is for" Weiss said, eyeing the bags analytically
"It's really easy to get lost in this city" Blake said
"We got all the cakes" Nora declared with joy, holding up several dozen of them
"Awesome, then follow me" Peter gestured for them to do just that "Mr. Stark gave me the address"
The group of teens went off, falling in line behind Peter with Yang and Jaune by his side.
"So who exactly is supposed to be there?" Yang asked
"Basically everyone really" Peter said with a shrug "The Avengers, the Four, the X-men…"
"Who?" said both teams in bewilderment
Peter blinked before realization dawned "OH That's right, you guys haven't met the others yet"
"YO PETER"
Everyone looked up to see a literal flaming human matchstick flying right down towards them. Both teams jaws dropped in stunned disbelief and shock save for…
"Johnny!" Peter greeted cheerfully
The flaming man landed in front of the web head with the flames dispersing to reveal a young man around their age with blond hair a shade lighter than Jaune's and a cocky smirk in place.
Peter went up to the newcomer "Johnny" and both hugged one another in a brotherly fashion.
"I haven't seen you in forever dude" Johnny said ecstatically "Oh man, Reed, Ben and Susie can't wait to see you man"
"It's great seeing you to Johnny" Peter said, patting his shoulder "Here, meet my new buddies"
"Don't mind if I…" Johnny paused, taking in the collection of ladies in front of him
"Well hello ladies" Johnny put on his most suave persona "I am the literal hot stuff Johnny Storm, the Human Torch for you excitable ladies if you will"
The teams stared back at him blankly, still reeling from his introduction.
It was Ruby who broke the silence.
"Who?" She asked nearly making Johnny trip over
"Oh right" Peter shook his head "Johnny, these are the friends I've made in that other universe"
"Oh yeah" Johnny palmed the side of his head "I forgot you'd be bringing them along. Right, right. So anyway, proper introductions here. I'm Johnny Storm one of Pete's best friends and member of the Fantastic Four"
Teams RWBY and JNPR introduced themselves shortly after and went right back into walking to their destination.
"There we are" Peter pointed forward "Up ahead"
What both teams saw could be described as a literal, gigantic mansion.
"What?!" Yang exclaimed in amazement "That's where we're eating?!"
"Yup" Peter nodded with a grin "Ladies and Gents, welcome to Avengers Mansion"
"This is the Avengers Mansion?!"
"Well technically, this is a special circumstance type of thing within the story that could be considered a one off side part known as an Omake because reasons" Deadpool looked right at you with very judgmental eyes.
Peter and Johnny hung their heads in dejected dread and annoyance but both sucked it up and turned to face the source of the all too familiar voice.
"Deadpool" Peter and Johnny said together
"Dah, you guys remembered" Deadpool squealed with an overdramatic twirl of happiness "I've brought everyone's favorites"
"Let me guess" Johnny interrupted "It's the one food that came to mind, voiding anything else that you could have thought of"
"Did you bring anything other than Chimichanga's?" Peter asked knowingly "Different variations don't count and you know it"
Whatever argument Deadpool had prepared for faded away as he slumped over in defeat. Peter took pity on the Merc with a mouth and patted him on the back.
"Come on, everyone else is beginning to gather at the mansion"
As Peter said that, a large portal opened up at the entrance.
Out came none other than Doctor Strange himself accompanied by another similarly dressed individual with the main defining difference being their color schemes. And the golden helmet.
"DC INVASION" Deadpool cried out in horror
"Strange, Fate" Peter waved "You got everyone?"
Strange smirked and answered by waving away the portal to reveal a large collection of costumed individuals.
Teams RWBY and JNPR could only blink at the cascade of various costumed colored people that now had assembled in front of Avengers mansion.
One had an S on his chest, the other was clad in a skin tight red suit, an amazon looking woman of power.
To say that this was an unusual site to behold would not even begin to say how much of an understatement.
"Come on" Peter said to the currently dumbfounded Huntresses and Huntsmen "I'll introduce you guys"
The two teams could only wordlessly follow after their friend who approached the big guy with the S on his chest.
"Hey Supes, glad you could make it"
'Supes' gave Peter a beaming smile, catching Peter in a hug which the web head reciprocated.
"Peter" Superman, the Man of Steel said warmly "It's so great to see you again. It's been to long"
"Darn right it's been long" Wally West, the Flash, zipped over to rest his elbow on Peter's shoulder "Man it'll be good to see everyone all together again"
"Who are you friends Peter?" Wonder Woman asked, adding "It's good to see you Johnny"
"These are some new friends I made" Peter said, walking back over to teams RWBY and JNPR "Guys, we've got a lot of introductions to get out of the way, so let's all head inside. Everyone else is waiting"
Scene cut
Ruby Rose couldn't hold back the starry eyed look in her eyes as she sat in her place at the enormous dinner table.
And by enormous, I mean really, really enormous.
Ruby with her team and JNPR had met a whole bunch of new heroes that she hadn't even heard of aside from the Avengers.
There were the X-men, the Fantastic Four, the Defenders, the Teen Titans, the Justice League, even people who were considered to be bad guys were here!
So why was everyone here then?
If she recalled correctly, this had something to do with this holiday called thanksgiving. Apparently, it was historical celebration of some kind but guys like Deadpool, Johnny, Peter and Flash all say it's more of a grand excuse to pig out and eat the best gourmet food possible.
No complaints from her there.
Captain America was sitting alongside Tony Stark, Thor, Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman, all in some kind of deep conversation.
There were other scattered conversations leaning more on the joking and jovial side until…
"Face Front True Believers"
"STAN" was the resounding response the entire room said together towards the old man with cool shades and spruce mustache who had just walked into the room
"Hey everyone" Stan greeted cheerfully "Sorry I'm late, I was bit busy going through some cameos"
"Ah who cares Stan" Tony waved off "Ya made it here"
"Oh you didn't start without me?" Stan noted
"Come on, you think we'd start without the host" Superman said
"Heya Superman" Stan said "Glad to see you all here as well. Come on, let's all sit down and eat"
As everyone got to their seats with Stan at the head of the table, food began getting brought in and passed around.
"Hey Peter" Jaune whispered "Who is that exactly?"
"That is Stan the Man Lee" Peter said with reverent praise and gratitude "I'll introduce you guys in a bit but let's just say that practically all of us here owe everything to him"
"Really?" Weiss said, looking to the old man who was happily laughing with the man known as Wolverine
"Damn right we do" Deadpool said, mouth filled with Chimichanga's
"Right" Yang drawled out, looking over to Peter only to find his chair empty
Momentarily searching for him, Yang found him speaking Superman and Batman the former of the two sharing a laugh with Peter while the latter smirked in amusement.
Patting Batman on the shoulder and clapping hands with Superman goodbye, Peter returned to his new friends and told them all that he'd like to introduce them to the man of the hour.
"Come on you guys" Peter Said "I told Stan about you all and he'd really like to meet you"
"Who is this guys exactly?" Jaune asked curiously, looking back to the large collection of heroes "How does he know everyone here"
"To put it simply, we owe everything to the guy" Peter said appraisingly
This only served to further intrigue the students as Peter lead them over to Stan Lee who was chatting it up with Thor.
"Just be sure you save some for later blonde" Stan teased "I still got enough in me for another go"
"I always have one stored just in case for your next round my friend" Thor said heartily
"Good" Stan harrumphed humorously "Cause I'm still gonna prove that I can take that anytime and any day"
"I shall hold you to that' Thor stated, noticing the teens and choosing to leave them with the old maker.
"Hey Stan" Peter said, gaining the old man's attention
"Peter" Stan said cheerfully, moving to embrace him with bear hug which Peter returned.
"It's great that you made it" Stan said, trademark smile in place
"Wouldn't have missed it for the world" Peter stated
"And who are your new friends?" Stand inquired
Peter ran every introduction of both teams to Stan who greeted each one with a winning grin.
"Always a pleasure to meet new aspiring heroes" Stan said boisterously
"Ah shucks" Ruby said bashfully "We're not really heroes, we're still training"
"I think you are though" Stan said firmly, placing a fatherly hand on Ruby's shoulder "Why exactly did you want to become a hero Ruby?"
Ruby blushed slightly at being put on the spot before smiling
"Cause I wanna fight the monsters and help people anyway I can" Ruby said determinedly
"We all do" Jaune said firmly, his team nodding along with him
"Dah Ruby" Yang squealed, hugging her sister fiercely "You always know what to say to get us all mushy"
"Yang" Ruby cried out embarrassedly
Stan only laughed at their youthful behavior, cheeky grin in place.
"I'm glad to see the next generation so vibrant and ready for the future" Stan said
"I hope we can live up to the previous generation though" Jaune murmured, turning his head to face the other assembled heroes
Stan frowned momentarily before moving to stand in front of Jaune.
"Listen kiddo" Stan said good naturedly "I want you and your friends to always remember this. That person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed without a doubt, a real superhero. Can you do that for me and the people you care about?"
Jaune blinked, putting on a resolute expression a second later
"Absolutely"
"Then you're well on your way kid" Stan said with a confident gleam in his eyes patting Jaune's shoulder "All of you are"
There was a swell of confidence and pride from those words that neither RWBY and JNPR could describe and yet…
This kindly man with his sharp wit, enthusiasm, words and grin seemingly gave them a boost they hadn't realized.
They were starting to see why this man was so respected and revered by basically everyone here.
"And on behalf of myself and your fans" Stan said "Keep reaching higher and higher in your goals kiddos. EXCELSIOR"
They were a bit startled by that last bit but laughed a moment later, moving to rejoin the others.
Stan…we're gonna miss you so much.
You have inspired and shall inspire countless people for all time.
Some may argue otherwise.
But if stories of bygone eras and time like the odyssey, Hercules, the Norse mythos and many MANY other legends and stories of old are told to this day, so shall yours.
Your characters, your universe, your tales to astonish have helped so many through tough times and forever more you shall be remembered for all eternity because you yourself are just that damn amazing.
God bless you Stan Lee, thank you for everything that you've given to the world. Thanks to your old partners Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby and above all else, thanks for just being a cool guy.
So to close it off, one last time, rather than my usual
EXCELSIOR.