Survival in a Strange Galaxy

by The Multiversal Writer

After the events that happened in Survival on a Strange World, everyone has to live in a new world. But this world is a lot more deadly than before. However, they will make allies as they try to head out in search of a home. Yet this new home is said to be a myth according to the ancients of that galaxy.

6. Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Let's cut back to a few hours before on New Pandora. The Ace Ops and General Ironwood arrive on this world to talk to the leader of this world, Lilith from Borderlands. As you can guess, the place is mostly desert valleys yet it does have a few forests that are mutated that look similar from the bio dome from Tales From the Borderlands episode 3. That also includes the jellyfish that dot areas that rely on underground springs. The general and his operatives fly over the planet to find Sanctuary 2. While flying by, they also see some of the creatures that try to hunt them and chase them.

Marrow looks back at the pack of animals chasing them while flying, "Is it me, or does everything on this planet want to kill us?"

Elm says, "Just think of them as Grimm yet given color."

"Hello?" Yoko speaks through the radio function on the black box, "Ironwood? You there?"

Harriet is flying next to the general, "I didn't know about a radio function."

"May come in handy." Ironwood says. He press a button, "Ms. Magenta, I hear you."

"Just to let you know that I found a phone function on this black box! Bye!"

"Good to know."

Clover states, "At least we have communication."

Ironwood looks ahead and sees a town not too far. However, everyone notices that the town is under heavy attack from giant bugs. They notice some people are fighting them with everything they got and notice that many have yellow skin. They see a boy wearing what looks like skater armor, red shirt and blue shorts firing marbles at the eyes of the bugs with his slingshot while skateboarding. They also notice a girl with spiky yellow hair and red dress playing a saxophone with some sort of device attached to it that cause the heads of the bugs to explode. They also see a balding man that is fat, wearing post-apocalypse junk armor while shooting his shotgun. Yes, it is the Simpsons and they are kicking ass. Yet on the rooftop, they notice a baby wearing a yellow shirt and red overalls firing a laser gun alongside a white dog with a soldier helmet and firing a machine gun. Yep, Family Guy is there too with Louise armed with a minigun, Chris is using a can of bug spray and a lighter as a makeshift flamethrower, Meg is using a mace while shooting a pistol and Peter is using a shotgun. They can even hear Marge using a megaphone to scream in that resulted a supersonic attack that disorganized most of the bugs. But her throat is staring to hurt and didn't last long.

Ironwood orders, "Ace Ops! Rescue the town!"

"Yes, sir!" The Ace Ops speed up and join in the fray. And cue dramatic, heroic music.

Bart tries to get some more marbles to fire at, but he notices that he is all out when he search his bag. An Arachnid warrior was about to chomp down on Bart, but was saved by a boomerang. Bart looked at the direction where the boomerang came from and sees Marrow grabbing his weapon when it returns. Marrow then throws it against a swarm on mantises before switching back to rifle mode and shoot down a few he didn't get.

Bart drops his slingshot and goes, "Ay caramba." in amazement.

Stewie and Brian are knocked off the rooftop and were saved by Vine, who uses his semblance to save them.

"You two alright?" he asks.

Stewie and Brian are caught off guard by the flying figure as they look at each other and look back at Vine.

Stewie asks, "Are you, Buddha?"

Brian just goes, "Still atheist."

"The dog can talk and use guns?"

Chris continues to use his flamethrower, but he ran out. He takes cover screaming as the bugs were closing in. But he was saved by Elm as she swings her hammer at them. She lands on the ground as she uses her semblance to stay her ground as she fires her rockets.

Elm looks at Chris, "You okay, lad?"

Chris takes a good look at Elm as he imagines hearts all around her. He smiles and says, "I am now."

Meg and Lisa stand back to back as they are surrounded. Meg tries firing her gun but is out of ammo. Lisa tries playing her saxophone again, but the device has been damaged.

"Well this is a load of shit." Meg says out loud while looking angrily at her gun.

Then all of a sudden, the bugs have been taken out by some sort of blur that bashed any and all the bugs in their way. Lisa and Meg try to keep track of the blur yet having a hard time keeping up.

"What's going on?!" Lisa asks while trying to track the blur.

Once all the bugs are defeated, Harriet stops and does a pose, "Did you girls need help?"

Lisa and Meg look at Harriet with amazement as they both drop everything in their hands.

Lisa smiles, "I wanna be like her when I grow up."

Meg still gawks at Harriet as she goes, "Uh-huh." She shakes it off as she asks, "Wait, am I gay?"

Clover and Ironwood help mop up some of the remaining bugs with the rest of the Ace Ops following behind to help the people. Everyone were at awe as the Ace Ops and General Ironwood use moves, powers and weapons that the characters from both Family Guy and The Simpsons think they are in some bizarre dream. Before long, all bugs were wiped out.

"Whew!" Harriet wipes her brow, "Now that was a workout!"

Elm leans on her hammer, "Yeah! Haven't done something like that in a long time!"

Vine replies, "It was...soothing."

Marrow dust off his hands, "Man, it's been a while since we did something like that."

Clover nudges Marrow, "You said it."

"Enough!" Ironwood ordered before his Ace Ops stand in attention.

Marge approaches with Maggie in her arms, "Who are you people?"

Jeffrey, the Comic Book Guy, approach while dressed like something out of Mad Max with armor made of tires, not wearing any pants yet in his underwear, military boots, and a red metal helmet that looks like the mask of Radioactive Man, "That was the most impressive thing I have seen in years!"

Everyone approach the six as they thank them and wonder who they are.

Bart does some moves as he says, "That was awesome, man! You guys were like, woo! Haa! And wachoo!"

Chris goes, "Not like that." He does moves of his own, "They were like, hiya! Woopa! Bazinga-OW!" Chris try to do a twist but fell down. Bart laughs at him.

Nelson also points and laughs at Chris, "Haa-haa! Haa-haa!"

Ironwood speaks, "My name is General Ironwood! Who is in charge here?!"

Peter approach, "I'm Peter Griffin and I am a member of the council of this town, Springhog. I'm one of the guys that help found the town and makes all the guns around here along with some of the defenses. So that makes me Minister of Defense. Thanks for saving us from some guy that looks like a bug and has the same black box as you."

Homer approach and shakes Ironwood hand, "I'm Homer Simpson. I specialize in doomsday survival which makes me Minister of Survival."

"That's a thing?" Ironwood asks.

Reverend Lovejoy approach, "I am Reverand Timothy Lovejoy, Sr. I am the spiritual leader of this town."

Then Dr. Frink, "I'm Dr. Jonathan Frink, Minister of Science."

Then Ned Flanders, "And I'm Ned Flanders. I am in charge of agriculture."

Then Quagmire shows, "I'm Glen Quagmire. I'm the Minister of Architecture." He looks at Elm and Harriet, "Plus also the architect of the human body. Giggity."

"Where is Lilith?" Ironwood ask. "We were supposed to meet this woman about evacuating the planet and all the planets in the solar system."

Everyone seems confused on what Ironwood just said.

Brian approaches, "Hi, I'm Brian Griffin. Novelist and screenwriter."

Stewie coughs while saying, "Bullshit."

"You can talk?" Ironwood is a bit surprised by that.

"Yeah, whatever. Anyway, what do you mean evacuating?"

Ironwood says to everyone, "I don't want to cause a bit of a panic, but the people responsible for this is planning to wipe out all sentient life in this solar system. Yet to make matters worse, the sun is going to go out in five years."

People murmur to themselves about what Ironwood say and fear the worst.

Ironwood asks, "Is there a way to contact Lilith?"

Lisa says, "We have a holo-communicator over at our police station."

Joe rolls up in his wheelchair, "I'll take you there."

But Chief Officer Wiggum says, "I'm the chief, so I'll take them there."

Joe says, "Does it really matter?"

"Yes it does. Because I outrank you."

"I mean does it really matter if you outrank me or not."

Wiggum smiles, "Are you jealous?"

"No."

"You're jealous."

"No, I am not."

"Yes you are."

Joe gets really upset, "I SAID I'M NOT!" Then he pulls his gun out, "SO SHUT THE HELL UP!"

Wiggum has his hands up, "Okay, easy there!"

Harriet asks Lou, "Does this happen a lot?"

"Sometimes. The chief likes to make fun of the handicap people from time to time."

---

Ironwood and the Ace Ops go to the police station, which looks more like a sheriff's from the wild west and cowboy days. Yet underneath it, there is a basement where there is some sort of round, technological device that seems to be a holo-projector.

Wiggum press some buttons, "Alrighty then. Just give me a sec to press some buttons here and some there and voila!"

A hologram of Lilith appears and doesn't look happy. "Yes! What is...oh." She calms down when she sees someone different. "You're not that annoying cop."

"I am not." He introduces himself, "My name is General James Ironwood from the planet Remnant. I am also a council representative of the Council of Rooster Teeth on the planet Menagerie. Or is it a moon?"

"Do you guys have something to do with the black boxes glowing? Because I would like to know what is happening."

Ironwood explains the situation of what is happening with an explanation of why the black boxes glowing because of what Ruby did, including the full evacuation of the entire solar system because the sun is about to die by either going supernova or becoming a red giant or dwarf. He even told her about the three Protoss arkships under the moons of the system. Even told her about the person that attacked Rooster Teeth and warns her about others like him.

"So that's what's happening." Lilith says as she understands what is going on. "I have been getting reports of bug-like creatures attacking people on sight that aren't native to this world." Lilith looks at her black box, "And now we got some group hunting people with black boxes down."

"Indeed. The situation is dire. I understand that you've got a lot on your plate right now, but can you send some airships to evacuate this town?"

"Hmm..." Lilith explains somethings, "Springhog is on the other side of the planet and would take some time to reach it with our fastest ships. Sanctuary 2 is already crowded as it is, but we're close to the Hyperion encampment and a few other settlements. But I would like to talk to you and learn more along with whatever soldiers you have with you. Can you defend the town before they arrive?"

"We'll do what we can." Ironwood makes a salute.

"Very good. Then consider this an alliance."

After that declaration, everyone's implants in Springhog and practically the entire planet went off as schematics and words flash like crazy just like what happened when the characters of RWBY did when they discovered new things. After that, people started to work on the defenses.

Marrow spawns in a Fallout 4 workbench close to the Council's office.

Ned asks, "What is that?"

Marrow says, "This is a very special workbench that allows you to help build things. Defenses, power generators, almost everything needed."

At the perimeter, Harriet and Vine make a solid defensive line of concrete blocks with machine gun turrets and a few rocket turrets as an added bonus. Bart helps out with some mines yet paints 'Slurp My Snot' and 'Eat My Shorts' on them as he laughs.

"What are you doing?" Harriet asks.

"Just to keep track where my kills are."

"Killing someone with mines doesn't count."

"Yes it does."

"Then how are you gonna tell if you got the kill or not?"

Bart thinks about it for a moment and realizes, "D'oh!"

Lisa helps out with the battle plans with Ironwood as they look over the map. Lisa points out, "If we try to set up up to three layers of defenses, that should provide us with enough time when the ships arrive and evacuate us."

"Wait, why are you telling me this instead of someone with authority?" Ironwood asks.

"Because I have a higher IQ than everyone else here. Not that I would toot my own horn, but its the truth. The only other with a higher IQ is Stewie Griffin but he's busy with the third defensive line."

Ironwood finds it odd and strange. "Don't take this the wrong way, but-"

"This is the weirdest group of people you met?" Lisa finishes Ironwood's question. "We get that a lot."

At the third defensive line, Stewie made a few of his own laser turrets and sonic cannons. "There. That should do it." He finishes.

Homer comes up with a bag, "Hey, Stewie." He shows a skull, "I got the skulls."

"I said the metal skulls! The metal skulls are the motion-sensor explosives. Those skulls are part of my collection."

"D'oh!"

Brian asks, "Why do you made those?"

"It's supposed to be the last thing they see before they die because Death is a skeletal being. We are in a post-apocalyptic wasteland so I decided to make some heavy-metal post-apocalyptic devices to suit the theme of this place. Not to mention I made a lot of money with those on the other moons."

"I...have no words."

"Boom! Stewie wins!"

Clover is at the school and tries to make some landing platforms when the ships get there along with Quagmire.

"I got something to ask." Quagmire says as he place in some flooring.

"What is it?"

"The women in your little party. Are they single?"

"Yeah, but don't ask them." Clover tries to warn him, "They prefer to choose their careers over dating."

"Damn."

Then all of a sudden, a part man and part mantis humanoid lands right at the center of the platform. The two look at the surprise insect visitor.

"Friend of yours?" Clover asks Quagmire.

"Nope!" Quagmire pulls out his Fallout 3 laser rifle, "He's the guy causing problems!"

Clover pulls out his Kingfisher and prepares to fight. The insect guy just stands there, staring at them. The two are prepared to fight but the insect man flies off.

"What was that about?!" Clover asks as he watches the insect man flying away.

Quagmire is upset, "I don't give a fuck! That guy is nothing but trouble!"

"What happened!?" Louise walks up to the platform.

Quagmire turns to face Louise, "That insect fucker is back and he was right here!"

Louise does a shocking gasp, "Oh my god!"

"Get the others and prepare for another wave!"

Vine shows up, "I have some disturbing news! Some giant bugs took down the ships that were supposed to pick us up and are attacking Sanctuary 2!"

Quagmire throws his laser rifle, "God dammit!"

"We could try to build a ship or conjure up an airship." Clover suggests as he shows his black box. "Let me see if I can-" he tries to access anything that will allow flight, but there seems to be something wrong. When he tries to access anything that can fly, he gets a big red text that reads, 'ERROR!' "Now that's odd. I can't gain access to anything that grants flight."

"Dammit!" Quagmire is back to being upset, "Looks like we're stuck here until Sanctuary 2 can solve its own problems."

Vine says to Clover, "Some of the eyebots returned and come up with nothing."

Clover asks, "How the hell is it possible to hide an arkship that large?"

---

It is later at night as Marrow watches from his watchtower as he uses a pair of binoculars. The lights on the street are turned on as the many defenses are shown.

At the artillery Clover is listening to the radio function on his black box, "Dr. Oobleck reporting in. I've made contact with Dr. Washu and learned more about Protoss technology. The Protoss were an amazing race. They seem to-"

Clover interrupts, "We'll discuss about them later, Doc. Let's focus on the task at hand."

Ozpin reports, "We ran into another one of the Black Box Hunters and learned more about them. Turns out that if we kill them, the sun's lifespan will get shorter so we may need to accelerate our time schedule. We don't have much time to explain, but we need those ships prime and ready when the Black Box Hunters are all dead. Understood?"

Clover and others say at the same time, "Understood/Understood." Then he hangs up.

Meg shows up with two cups of coffee, "Needs some coffee?"

"Thank you." Clover takes one of the cups.

Meg smiles, "You're welcome. I do have some questions about your homeworld." She looks at Marrow, "Is there anymore people like him?"

Clover stops drinking his coffee, "Faunus? We do, or were. But we do have some Faunus living with us over at Rooster Teeth."

Meg stops smiling, "Were? What happened?"

"It was during the battle on some ringworld, from what I was told. The battle took place on some ringworld in some distant galaxy. Some of the Huntsmen fought their way through a lab to find the guy that was responsible for abducting everyone and put them on that world. The person responsible for kidnapping everyone also destroyed one of the Remnants. So I'm not sure if-"

Clover is interrupted by the vibrations in the ground as if there is a stampede.

"What the hell?"

"OH SHIT!" Marrow yells out from a watchtower, "WE GOT TROUBLE!"

Clover shouts, "EVERYONE! BATTLE STATIONS!"

Meg immediately takes position at the artillery, "Tell me when to shoot!"

Marrow screams out, "FIRE!"

BOOM!