The Amazing Jaune Arc Chapter 21, a RWBY + Spider-Man Crossover fanfic

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(Chapter 21: Highway to Web)

Stealing, cheating, and lying. Those are the few things Roman Torchwick takes to heart if anyone wants to survive in this cruel world. Almost everyone in Remnant should know who he is, he's been on so many wanted lists, news channels, and even on crime episodes to show that he made a name for himself with his misdeeds.

From bribing the law to look the other way, stealing expensive objects to sell for a higher price, and even smuggling illegal objects to shady people are only just a few things that make him known as a criminal. However, in his eyes, every crime he committed was another way to extend his life until he had to perform another act of illegal affairs.

With every crime he made from stealing dust throughout the kingdom, including helping these animals commit their own shady dealings, made his boss see how valuable he is. The more valuable he looks, then the longer he gets to live.

True, Roman broke countless laws before he met her, but that was for him to live in comfort, to no longer be some yes man like he was before.

Roman has connections, bodies he can throw around, and even lien that he can use to even retire if such a thing exists for a crime boss like him. Every action he makes, every time he steals, or cheats, and lies is what's keeping him in the game long enough for him to try and figure out a way to get out without losing his life.

Just follow whatever demand she gave, and he could live another day to plan on how to get out of her crazy schemes. Steal dust, give it to her, think of a plan, rinse and repeat that's all he could do.

No matter how many times he planned in his head, his usual underhanded tactics could never beat her. She was too skilled, too strong, and far too dangerous to think that she was the usual morons he dealt with when they think they have one over him.

'Reminds me back in my rookie days, following orders from that person. It's still surprises me that he just vanished without a trace, but thanks to the confusion for why he disappeared gave me the opportunity to take control of his work.'

Roman's thoughts of when he was just a simple thug was cut short when he heard his radio turn on. Not wanting to hear the annoying sound for much longer, the crime boss picked up the radio and answered.

"What?" He sounded annoyed.

"Sir, all of the recruits are in the main room waiting for you." One of his nameless henchmen informed him.

"I'll be there shortly," Reaching for his new cane that was leaning on the warehouse wall, Roman pressed a button on the side of the radio to ask a question. "Any word on the rest of our shipments? I know we received one and it was guarded by that big freak, but we should have gotten more."

The other end of the radio line was silent, obviously trying to calm his nerves and not mess up when talking to Roman. Fortunately, the man spoke up before Roman could rip him a new one for keeping him waiting.

"Alex's team wasn't able to deliver the rest of the goods, just like the other groups scattered around Atlas, they were all stopped by the same hero living in that kingdom."

Clenching his cane harder out of frustration, Roman held his breath before he let out a sigh to release all the tension in his body.

'Now, I have another costume nut job ruining everything. Little red and her team snooping around I can handle, but dealing with not one, but TWO so called 'heroes' isn't great for my health.'

"One should be enough to control these sheep, I'll be down there in five minutes. Make sure we send some of our guys go to the basement to put away the remaining boxes we got today, understood?"

"Yes, sir." Accepting the order given to him, the radio was turned off, giving Roman time to walk to where his audience is waiting for him.

"This set back won't stop me," Roman made a fist with the same hand he used when he punched Spider-Man. His hand was already healed, but sometimes he could still feel the pain linger every so often. "I know you're somewhere nearby, ruining everything that I made, but I'll keep going no matter what. This kingdom doesn't know what's in store for it, so what better way to survive than work with the winning side?"

Walking to where his audience is waiting for him, Roman walked up the stage where he can already hear the disbelief coming from the Faunus when their eyes spotted a human as their recruiter. Not being fazed by their insults and threats, Roman gave them his usual smile whenever he wants people to trust him as he did his best to let them know why he's the best at exterminating humans.

'Just you wait, Spider-Man. If you do drop in and act like a hero like I know you would, I'll have something in store for you that'll squash you like the bug you truly are!'

Though Roman did have the recruits eating in the palm of his hands as he knew they would, he didn't take in the account that Spider-Man has already infiltrated his underground armory. The same armory holding the experimental Paladin he was going to show the entire group to show that joining the White Fang was a good idea. That idea was soon destroyed when the Paladin started to go on a rampage, taking down almost everything in its path and foiling Roman's chance of gaining the trust of the Faunus. Another insult to his pride is when the Paladin finally stopped moving. Roman became so furious at whoever was inside the robot that he decided to personally end that person's life with his own hands.

"AAAH!" Roman screamed thanks to the pilot opening the hatch so suddenly that the master thief lost his footing, fell, and landed head first on the hard-concrete floor.

"OOH." Roman heard the familiar voice of his most hated enemy. "I guess this is what I should expect if I ever decided to learn how to drive, huh?"

Adrenaline and rage starting to take over, Roman got back up and pointed his cane at the center of all his problems. "Spider-Man!"

"Um..." Spider-man turned his head to the left and then to the right as the armed White Fang terrorists pointed their weapons right at him. "Oh, man!" He used the palm of his hand to smack his forehead. "I thought I was playing a robot simulator, but here I am, in an actual robot! Heh, heh. Can you guys believe that? Ha, ha, heh…. can you?"

'I hate you, Spider-Man.' The Kingpin of the criminal underworld exasperatedly thought.

(A few minutes before)

'I hate you, Roman.' Blake thought as she continued to listen to Roman's poisoned words. His suave act and practiced speech couldn't get through to her and Sun, but unfortunately, it was able to worm its way into the heads of the Faunus around her.

She wanted to stop this, get up on to the stage, remove her mask to show she's against the White Fangs new ideals, and expose Roman as the scum of Remnant he truly is. However, she knew that such an idea will not only lead to her and Sun down a tragic end, but also endanger countless innocent bystanders in the process.

Blake was always calm and collected on the outside, but she was just like any other person, it's just that she had an easier time bottling them up rather than showing it to people which was why after seeing Roman trying to trick these Faunus into believing it was ok to commit such deplorable acts almost made her lose her cool.

'This isn't like you, Blake.' The cat girl calmed herself down. Looking to her right, she could see Sun looking around the area to see if Spider-Man was also watching Roman talking to the recruits. 'Stay calm and follow Spider-Man's orders. Like he said before: With great power, comes great responsibility.'

Saying those same words Spider-Man said at the docks made her keep her emotions in check. After hearing him say those words at the dock, it became her own mantra, a rule that she must follow if she really wanted her dreams to bring Faunus and Humans together a reality. She already wasted her power to save the White Fang, to save Adam, from turning into what she feared the most. That's why, it was her responsibility to try and fix it, Blake knows it sounds arrogant of her to think that way, but wouldn't you feel the same way? Wouldn't anyone if they too had a similar situation?

"Blake." Sun snapped her out of her reverie. "Where do you think Spider-Man is? Should we try and move around and see what else we can use as proof of what the White Fang are doing?"

"We don't have to anything." She answered. "We did our part, and now the rest is up to Spider-Man."

"But what about Jaune?" Sun asked about the other male blonde. "You think your friends are already snooping around by now?"

Remembering the plan also involved Jaune keeping a secret from her team, made the cat Faunus only show a bit of surprise. That surprise for being forgetful soon quickly changed back to her usual stoic façade.

"If we don't see my team already busting through here, then that means Jaune is already stalling them. Remember, Spider-Man trusts Jaune, so we have to show the same trust too." She told him.

'I'm also hoping that number I got from his Aunt will come in handy soon, too. Nice woman, still don't understand how she thinks me and her nephew are already steady.'

"Alright." Sun looked back to the stage where Roman continued to prattle on about himself. "I'm sure Spider-Man is getting everything we need to finally put Roman behind bars."

"With enough evidence that not even Roman's lawyers or corrupt judges can't ignore, Vale will have one less thing to worry about." The 17 year old girl stoically replied.

"Kind of weird that nothing wrong hasn't started yet." The monkey Faunus said offhandedly. "I mean, don't get me wrong. Doing something like this is a nice pace and all, but I was expecting something big."

As she was about to add in her own thoughts, Blake's extra ears started to twitch when the volume from the rest of the Faunus started to cheer after Roman stopped speaking. Focusing on what's in front of her, the black-haired Huntress saw the center stage floor begin to split open and rising above was none other than a giant machine.

"I feel like you should learn how to start thinking before you speak, Sun." Blake gave her fellow Faunus a dull stare.

"Noted." Sun gave her a nod and raised his finger to the large weapon Roman revealed to the Faunus recruits. "Hey, is it supposed to be moving like that?"

Blake looked back at what Sun was talking about and saw that the robot was indeed moving on its own. By the look of confusion Roman was showing, he too was wondering what was going on. From a malfunction, a virus in the system, or someone hacking the machine, Blake had a dozen or so thoughts on why it started to move on its own.

But not one of them didn't involve Spider-Man to be the cause of it.

After the behemoth of a machine finally stopped its rampage, everyone within the building was completely surprised to see the webhead was the cause of all this mayhem. What wasn't a surprise though, was when the White Fang were the first to react to the situation by pointing all their guns directly at the webslinger.

(Present)

The silence was palpable within the ruined warehouse as every single of Roman's goon and Faunus stared at Spider-Man. For the most part, everyone stayed in place as the White Fang slowly closed the circle around the webhead with his only action being to raise his hands to show he was surrendering.

'Stay calm, Blake.' On instinct, she reached for her weapon that was not on her person. 'Damn it. Sun and I left our weapons outside...' She remembered.

Looking back to Spider-Man, Blake could only hope that whatever plan he has up his sleeve would be enough to turn this situation around.

'No.' She shook her head to clear away her negative thoughts. 'If anyone can turn this situation as an advantage, it's Spider-Man.'

"So..." Spider-Man tried to break the tension with his usual humor. "Some rally this is, I think the best part about it was me driving the Paladin. And that's it, really."

Raising their guns to fire, they were all stopped when Roman raised his hand to signal them all to standby.

"First, you stopped me from taking dust at the docks, now, you steal my Paladin, trash one of my secret hideouts, and yet you still continue to crack jokes?!" He angrily glared at the black uniformed webslinger.

"Uhh..." Spider-Man hesitantly used his right hand to scratch the back of his head. "I try not to at time likes this, but I just love hearing myself talk, you know?"

Roman's nostrils flared in irritation, slightly disappointed that the hero didn't even show a little shred of fear from so many guns pointed at the hero.

From everyone's perspective, it showed that not only Spider-Man is brave enough to stare death in the eyes, but also proved that he wasn't afraid of Roman or the White Fang, making all the recruits both scared that if they do join, they would be on the receiving end of Spider-Man's punches and in awe at how he was able to crack a joke while in the midst of mortal danger.

It was so absurd to see it in real life. Sure, they get gossip at how Spider-Man was always like this, but to see it in person made them feel like they were seeing something out of a comic book.

However, behind the webslinger's mask, they would see Jaune Arc sweat profusely as his eyes scanned for every possible ways to get out of this situation without causing any big problem.

'Ok, over a dozen weapons all aimed at me and yet that isn't the least of my worries.' Moving his eyes to see beyond the Radical group, he sees Blake and Sun still wearing their masks with the rest of the recruits. 'I can dodge bullets with my eyes closed, I think I did try that one time actually, but that was thanks to my Spider-Sense, so I seriously doubt anyone in this place also has the power to sense life threatening danger like me.'

Spider-Man had also taken into consideration that Blake and Sun were weaponless since they needed to act the part as normal recruits. Of course, if they did have their fancy weapons, then they would have already drawn them, create more damage, and then give the hero more problems to solve than answer.

'Well, since I can't think of a way to escape this problem without endangering the lives of my friends and the Faunus, then I have no choice, but to do this…' Jaune opened his mouth.

"Hey, Roman." Spider-Man called out his so-called would-be-executioner. "I got to ask, do you pay your electric bill separately? I kind of broke the fuse box in your basement, so I was wondering why this entire warehouse isn't powering down."

"I'm a master criminal, and you think I actually still pay electricity bills?" Roman raised his eyebrow at the masked hero's random question. "If you're trying to stall time, then I might as well kil-"

"Yes or no?" Spider-Man asked again.

"Ready!" Roman ignored the wall-crawler's question.

"Yes or no!?"

"Aim!"

"YES. OR. N-"

"Oh, for the love of..." Roman couldn't hold his anger anymore and shouted his answer. "Yes! You annoying insect!"

"Pft, racist. Spiders aren't insects." Spider-Man spoke loud enough to make everyone in the room who were a Faunus to glare at the suit wearing human. "Also, thank you for telling me. Now I can do... this!"

Not giving Roman a chance to understand what he meant, Spider-Man hopped back inside the Paladin, turned it back on, and began to move the arms upward.

"Fire, you dumb animals!" Dropping his nice act from earlier, Roman pointed his cane at the Paladin and started to fire, followed by the White Fang assisting him on taking the machine down.

"Welp! Now you did it." Looking at the now powered up display screens, Spider-Man was able to see all the White Fang unleashing everything they had at the masked hero. "Since you couldn't think of another solution to escape without having the newbies get caught in the crossfire, what better way for all of them to escape without getting hurt is for you to be a target, hmm...?"

Not planning on just taking hit after hit, Spider-Man fiddled with the control screen to find a way to speak through the Paladin. Luckily enough, the webhead was able to patch himself through and began to shout for his friends.

"Blake! Sun! Get every one of these guys out of here, now!?" He commanded.

Not arguing with what the hero had said, both teens took off their masks and started to herd the large group out of the warehouse. With all the White Fang more concerned with Spider-Man, it made it easier for the two Huntsmen trainees to lead them outside to safety.

"You brought your sidekicks too!?" Roman screamed with more anger for not noticing the same two punks he fought at the docks.

"We're not his sidekicks!" Sun corrected Roman's statement. "Totally blame the Bugle's fault for thinking that!"

"Focus!" Grabbing his arms, Blake pulled him to the exit but stopped halfway so she could turn around and showed her concern for the pinned hero. "What about you!? How are you going to get out!?"

"Don't worry!" Spider-Man pushed the right handle making the Paladin's right robot arm to knock away a few Fang soldiers who were foolish enough to get close to him. "Just go! Now!"

She was going to argue back, but the blonde Huntsman-in-Training got his turn to pull her arm and dragged her to the exit.

"They're finally gone..." The webhead breathed a sigh of relief. "But I'm not out of the woods yet."

Seeing that if he did try to get out and dodge all this heavy gunfire, it still wouldn't solve the fact that Roman would just cut his losses. Best answer as to how he would escape is to order all the White Fang to grab everything and leave nothing to chance.

"I need to leave a big enough scene where Roman can't cover all of this up, but how?" The black uniformed hero stayed silent for a bit until his mind finally caught up to where his body was currently sitting in. "Oh, duh, I'm literally piloting my answer." He went back to the controls.

'I want to make as much of a ruckus that by the time I'm done, the police would be here to see what was going on and arrest them on the spot.'

And if by chance Roman did try to pull as many strings as possible to let him off the hook and leave jail with no criminal charges somehow. It would still be impossible to try and attempt to weasel his way out, not with the mountain of evidence the wall crawler collected under the basement stacked against him.

"Finally," Spider-Man dripped the controls. "Hours of watching cartoons involving people controlling giant robots are about to pay off. Now, Showtime! Heh… always wanted to say that."

Moving the arms to get a feel around the robot, the White Fang became apprehensive when they started to see the Paladin make its first step. Most of them have seen what this machine can do in simulations, so when they saw it starting to go on the offensive, many ran back to find cover and readied themselves for what's to come.

That first step lasted only for a second when the giant machine of death fell face first, it's robotic limbs flailing around like a newborn child.

"Ok, so how do I get back up?" Spider-Man asked himself like falling in a killer, walking tank was a normal thing. "Just slowly get back up nice and easy. Man, It felt so much easier fumbling the controls then actually trying to pilot this thing. Makes me feel like a total amateur trying to learn the controls in a video game."

Putting the Paladin's arms to his side, Spider-Man pushed the arms forward making the machine rise just high enough to push his leg under him in a kneeling position. Not wasting such an opportunity, Roman grabbed the nearest White Fang member to task him out with an order that could take down the Paladin with Spider-Man still inside.

"Go get me one of the big guns, we should have some in one of the other storage rooms!"

"But that's our only Paladin!" The nameless Fang member argued. "We don't have any more because of what happened in Atlas!"

Not wanting to have an argument at a time like this, Roman pulled him close enough to see his eyes through the mask and repeated his order with more force.

"We'll get more! So, quit complaining and get. Me. A. BIG. GUN."

Pushing him away, Roman saw the masked man scurry out the room to retrieve the intended weapon while the remainder of the Fang continue to damage the robot.

Inside the cockpit, Spider-Man was finally able to get the mech on its feet and started to test the movements to make sure he won't fall again. Feeling more confident that he won't make the same mistake, Spider-Man began his attack by raising his leg and slammed it on the ground. The impact made long, spreading cracks followed by mild tremors that made some who were close by to fall on their butts.

Following it up on after the ground stomp, the web head raised the heavy mech arms over his head, pushed the controllers down, and like a heavy anvil falling both arms caused an even bigger tremor.

The force behind it caused too much strain on the floor to the point that small segments in the floor started to fall, showing the illegal firearms of the basement to the world. Even though Spider-Man should be worried about trying to find a way to leave, he at least wanted to make enough destruction good enough to reveal the hidden weapons cache underneath the building.

Small, pop up screens showing the different parts of the Paladin soon covered the main display, each one indicating what part was under heavy assault. It didn't stop there, however. As Spider-Man tried to push away the 'danger' and 'damage' screens, a familiar ringtone started to play in his pocket.

"Oh, you can't be serious right now." Spider-Man pulled his right hand free from the handle, reached in to the pocket of his suit, read the contact info of who's calling him, and pressed the 'answer' button.

"Hello?!" Jaune faked his excitement to hide his ever-growing dread at how this situation escalated to a blown-out mess.

"Jaune?" He heard a very familiar voice on the other side of the call. "Are you there?"

"Ruby!?" Jaune faked his enthusiasm. Not expecting to get a call from her while currently in a literal mech. "I'm surprised you knew my number."

'How did you even get my number? I seriously don't remember giving it to you.' He continued in his mind.

"W-well..." Ruby started to stutter. "I know I didn't ask you the last time we met, not that I didn't want to! I mean-"

Taking a slow, deep breath, Ruby spoke in a calmer manner to answer Jaune's question.

"Blake gave me your number after the docks fiasco. Don't worry, I made sure not to tell her that you told us where she was and that we found her thanks to the loud gunfight."

'Yeah, no longer a secret now, I kind of told her everything when she visited me again. Sorry, Ruby. But I'll just keep it to myself.'

"But, I never gave her my number." Jaune said in confusion, all the while keeping a close eye on the status of how the Paladin was functioning. "How did she get it?"

"How she got your number…? Well, she told us that she went to your house and got your number. She didn't tell us how, only that someone close to you gave it to her." The red hooded huntress explained.

"Aunt may..." The hero said under his breath. "Seriously, just because some girl visited the house to see me doesn't mean handing out my number will get me a girlfriend faster...!" He hissed.

'I do hope it would, though. I really do…'

"What did you say, Jaune? Something to do with an Aunt?"

"Nothing! Just some static is all!" He said truthfully, using the static from the screen to give the impression that he had a bad signal. "So what can I help you with, Ruby? If you're asking when Mr. Macarren's shop opens tomorrow, you don't have to worry. I can let you in early, so you can get what you need."

"No, I'm sorry, but that isn't the reason I called. My team and I are trying to find where Blake went. Have you seen her? Or maybe, Sun? He has blonde hair like you, but he has a tail."

"Sun?" He acted ignorant. Jaune didn't know if Blake mentioned her team about her going to the diner with Sun or not since that was the time when she assumed he was working with Spider-Man. So he decided the safe bet was to just pretend like this was the first time he heard that name. "Never seen the guy."

"Are you sure? You can't miss him, he wears shorts, a sleeveless button up shirt… six pack abs...?"

"What was that last part?" Jaune couldn't catch what Ruby said due to him focusing more on what was in front of him.

"Nothing!" Ruby's voice had a slight hitch. "Anyway, his partner, Neptune, is also trying to find him and we think he's helping Blake with finding Roman and the White Fang."

"Seriously!?" Jaune continued to play the idiot. "No way! I thought you guys would work together!"

"That's what I thought, but she kept staying out late, starting to sleep in class, and she even started to be more distant with us." Hearing the hurt in Ruby's voice made Jaune consider telling her where Blake is now, unfortunately that thought was pushed aside when the alert sound from the Paladin became louder.

'Dang it, Blake! I thought you wanted to actually stay friends with them! Not drive them away!'

Jaune was going to voice his concerns but the display screen starts blaring warning signs to identify how much damage it was taking.

"Jaune, what's that noise?" The sound of the Paladin's system diagnosis was so loud that even Ruby was able to hear it through her scroll. "I hear a lot of beeping."

"That noise you're hearing..." Jaune saw in the front screen that the one who takes the most hits was the main body. Using his free arm, the blonde hero raised the robot's massive limb as a shield to absorb most of the shots. "I'm playing a game involving robots, I don't know the name of it, but I saw that it had good reviews. It's so realistic you actually feel like you're playing the real thing!"

He was also about to tell her false information to throw her and the rest of Ruby's team to a dead end, only pause when he saw something on the main screen that made him decide to hold off for a moment.

"Ruby, I've got to call you back later." Jaune said as he saw one of the Faunus holding what appears to be a large bazooka. "My Aunt just called me from downstairs and I need to help her. If I see them, I'll let you know. Goodbye!"

"Wait, Jaune!" Ruby was going to say more only for her call to be immediately hung up as the blonde spider quickly put his scroll back in his suit pocket and raised the controller to make the Paladin use its arm to block the incoming missile.

When the missile hit the forearm of the paladin, Spider-Man reeled back from the aftershock of the explosion. Thankfully, the machine's armor was sturdy enough for the recoil to be less severe. However, due to how much damage the paladin received head on a new screen showed the robot's energy being only at half capacity.

"Half empty!" Spider-Man tried to move the arm that was used as the shield, only for the screen to not recommend him on not using that limb. "It's not recommended because it'll consume more energy than using the less damaged one, huh? So, I have three good limbs and one bum one, not good, but I'm sure that I stalled enough time so that Blake could escort everyone out of here."

Spider-Sense flaring up to warn him of greater danger. The 17 year old teenaged hero saw the same Faunus who fired the first missile was starting to load in a second round.

"Ok, no time to think of any more ways to escape, it's time to bring this to an end." Going through all the buttons and switches in front of him, Spider-Man used the touchscreen to see what tools the Paladin has that can help him out.

"Here we go." Pressing the icon that said 'explosives', Spider-Man directed the Paladin to face the closest wall. Some of the White Fang members who was near it started to retreat out of fear for what was about to happen next. "Man, when J.J hears about what I did here today, he's going to have a field day when the next newspaper gets published."

Using the targeting system to aim, he pressed the button to launch a single explosive to the wall, causing it to explode and leave a huge hole.

'Spider-Sense! I have to move!'

Pressing his feet hard on the pedals, the Paladin reacted quick enough to move out of the way when the second round was fired. The problem was, when the missile impacted the floor, it caused parts of the ground and bits of the shrapnel to hit the back of the robot.

"Darn it!" Spider-Man saw the energy meter of the Paladin drop to 40 percent it's max capacity. "Actually, I think that was a good thing."

'Since I'm leaving, I might as well do this!'

Now, with an exit wide enough for him to swing out of there, Spider-Man moved the giant death machine to face the Fang and shot a web glob to press down on the pedals. With the robot now moving on its own, Spider-Man punched the hatch clean of its hinges, left the cockpit, and web swinged out of the warehouse, leaving both Roman and the White Fang to deal with an out of control robot.

Turning his head just in time to see the robot crash itself into another room, Spider-Man gave it a salute before disappearing into the night.

"Goodbye, cool robot. Rest easy, knowing the fact you just made a man's inner 10-year-old happy."

Spider-Man stopped producing another web and landed on top of a roof just across the street from where he left the Paladin to do his dirty work.

"Then again..." The webhead looked at the warehouse where he saw several White Fang members trying to either leave or tried to save most of the stolen dust they stole out of the ruined building. "I know it's going to take a couple of minutes for the police to arrive, even with all this commotion I stirred up, so how 'bout I make this easier and wrap this gift up for them in a bow?"

"Damn it!" Roman slammed the bottom of his cane out of fury for another scheme turned into another bust made by the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. "Get some bodies downstairs and save as much as you can! We can't afford to lose any of this when the deadline is so close!"

"We're trying our best, but thanks to Spider-Man destroying most of the floor, the debris caused a reaction to the dust!" One of the White Fang operators voiced his concern.

"I don't care if you guys have to throw your bodies to put out the fire down there! Just save as much as you can!" The Kingpin screamed out.

"And the Paladin?" The masked terrorist asked.

"It's only going in one direction," Roman stated. "Just focus on getting our merchandise out and move it to another safe house. By now, people have already called the police, so if we must leave some of our guys here to take the fall, then so be it!"

Nodding to what Roman said, the Faunus called out to some nearby Fang members to assist him on taking care of transporting the goods before the authorities arrive.

With one problem being taken care of, Roman pulled out his scroll to call his own goons that were stationed outside as watchmen.

"Pick up, pick up...!" Roman tapped his cane as his only visible sign of his nervousness. "I swear, if you guys don't answer in the next second, I'l-"

"Roman!" Another masked Faunus came up on him. "We have more bad news!"

"Yeah, I see that," Roman pointed his cane to see that the rogue Paladin is still running rampant. "Why is that thing still moving!"

"We're doing our best to get inside the cockpit."

"And why not just use another explosive round?" He argued.

"The floor is already destroyed, if we try another one on the robot the shockwave and the weight of the Paladin will cause the floor beneath us to collapse."

"And that's not the bad news!?" By now, Roman has started to lose his cool and showed his panic.

"No, it's not. We tried to contact our people from outside, but they haven't responded."

"Then go outside! I already told one of you animals to get the supplies out of here!"

Instead of getting angry from the racial insult due to his White Fang training giving him strong bearing or from fear of being arrested. The faunus informed Roman why they couldn't call for more help from the outside.

"We're trapped."

"…What?"

Taking a deep breath for the long explanation he was about to give, the White Fang soldier told Roman what they discovered outside.

"We thought that it was suspicious that they haven't responded from the distress happening inside, so we sent some of us to investigate."

Another sound of metal hitting concrete made both men cover their heads out of fear from the roof collapsing on top of them in any minute. A second or two passed and with the warehouse still standing, Roman looked over the masked terrorist's shoulder and saw the machine finally stopped moving.

'Finally! One of these tools grew a set and hopped inside that thing!'

"And what?" Roman asked, now able to hear again.

"We're trapped."

"I know that part!" The cigar smoking crime boss yelled. "Did, Spider-Man blocked our exits with dumpsters or our own vehicles? He made a big hole for crying out loud! Use that!"

"We're trapped, Roman." The Faunus put more emphasis when he said 'Trapped'. "Literally trapped from the outside. Just look at the destroyed wall and you'll see!"

Turning his head, Roman's eyes were wide to see the large man-made exit no longer a viable escape route. What was once a gaping like wound on the side of the warehouse was soon covered with spider webs.

'Wait, what's covering the windows?'

Not just looking at the web covered gap, Roman's eyes roamed at each window within the large gathering room to see that the web didn't just stop at where Spider-Man left.

Each window showed the web reach all around the warehouse, giving Roman the impression that this building was now completely encased in a cocoon.

Seeing the look Roman was making, the man also explained why they haven't tried to cut the webbing.

"We did cut most of it, but when we thought we were finished we encountered a wall of ice." Roman was about to say something, but the man continued to speak. "We chipped away and used some of the fire dust, but then we saw more webbing. By the time we try to get out the police would already be here and if we even try to use the explosives then we might be taking down more of the building."

'So, either way, we're trapped.'

Roman's body was now visibly shaking with rage. Having Spider-Man know about this was bad enough, but having Spider-Man make a mess of everything here was worse. His rage was so blinding that people around him started to back up in fear of being a target for his frustration.

They expected him to burst, to scream out and curse Spider-Man for ruining another plan, what came next surprised everyone within ear shot at what came out of his mouth.

"Anyone in that Paladin?"

No one answered his question, making Roman decided to find out for himself.

Walking in a fast pace, Roman climbed on top of the powered down walking tank and saw another nameless Faunus getting webbing off of the controls.

Not even letting the masked Faunus time to talk, Roman pulled him out of the cockpit, entered, and then promptly booted back the robot. What was the first thing shown to him on the powered-up screen was the status of the robot's energy only being at less than 35%.

Swiping the status off the screen, Roman checked to see what weapons were installed in thing, before doing another act of insanity.

Turning the robot back to where Spider-Man left, Roman fired another missile at the web covered hole. The force in the explosion caused the roof to start breaking off and hitting the already fragile floor making more debris. Not even fazed by making more of a mess, Roman walked forward out of the exit he made and was now outside Vale's cold night.

Moving the built-in cameras to survey the area, the screens caught sight of the one who made this web prison swinging away from the scene of the crime. Fist clenching the handles till his knuckles were white, Roman Torchwick had thought that he could at least take out his anger on the hero with the form of this robot.

Sensors picking up more movement, the bowler hat wearing crook spotted Spider-Man's sidekick and little red's teammate running back to their original location.

'Probably thinking they could help Spider-Man.' A bulb soon lighted up in Roman's head, causing the crime boss to have a vindictive grin. "They don't need to help Spider-Man, since they'll help me instead."

Having the Paladin charge at the two Huntsmen, both teens had looks of panic before the black-haired girl shouted for her friend to follow her. Now, no longer running to the warehouse and instead running away from Roman, the cigar smoking convict soon laughed as his prey started to lead him into somewhere more populated.

"Run, little flies!" He screamed at he pushed the Paladin even faster, so it can motivate the two young Huntsmen to run faster. "Run! If Spider-Man can have all the fun controlling this thing, then why can't I!?"

Everything around him has spelled the end for him, so why not make this a night worth remembering?

"Blake!" Sun Shouted as he jumped from one roof top to the other alongside his fellow Huntsmen-in-Training. "I hope you have... I don't know! Some form of backup?! Hopefully one that involves dealing with a rampaging death machine!"

"Working on it!" The black-haired Faunus replied.

Looking behind her to see how far the Paladin was chasing them, Blake wracked her brain to see what options she has.

By the time they finished escorting all the recruits out of the rally. Both Huntsmen wasted no time in retrieving their weapons from where they met with Spider-Man and ran back to help him. When they returned, what they saw left of the building was wrapped in webbing and dust.

At first, she wanted to stay and search the area in case Spider-Man was here, but that idea was soon shot down when they saw the damaged Paladin burst out of the warehouse.

Now, no longer worried having thoughts of staying until the police arrived and more focused on running away from Roman. Blake ran all the options she could think of until she realized the only choice she has left.

'I need to call for help.'

Using one hand to grab her scroll, Blake's thumb was about to hit speed dial only for her to stop herself in the process.

'I can't. If I call them now, then that would mean that the next time I try to investigate the White Fang, my team would also tag along.'

It was true. Her friends would no doubt follow Blake into investigating why the White Fang are being more proactive alongside Roman. However, she also knows that if they do help her, then they would also be in danger just like her right now. That's why she decided not to tell her team about this rally, why she asked for outside help instead, she didn't want her team to get involved because she doesn't want to see them hurt.

'I don't want to see them hurt because of me.'

"My responsibility, not theirs." Putting away her scroll, Blake looked at Sun and spoke. "We need to split up. I'll be bait. Sun, you go-"

"Help! Neptune, we need help! Big robot and that Torchwick guys piloting it!" Sun screamed to his partner on his scroll, ignoring the glare Blake was giving him. "You with Yang!? Great! Tell her what's happening and call the rest of her team! Thanks! Don't worry, Blake! I called fo-HURP!"

Sun couldn't finish his sentence due to the cat Faunus wrapping her hands around his neck. And as Blake choked the life out of Sun, she didn't notice that where they were heading was the end of their roof jumping and straight down towards a busy highway.

"I'm sorry, but the number you have dialed is currently busy or unable to answer at this time. Please leave a message after the beep."

(Beep)

"Hey, Ruby! It's me, Jaune. I'm sorry for hanging up on you so suddenly. Please call me back as soon as possible. Thanks."

Hanging up his scroll, the spider-themed hero paced back and forth as he continue to stare at his new contact he labeled 'Ruby'.

Leaving the building in a thick layer of web and dust, the blonde arachnid wasted no time when trying to call back his friend.

"I expected to see her face to face either from the diner or at the dust shop, but I never saw her."

Like he told Blake, if he ever met Ruby again regarding where Blake went, he would lie and give false information. So far, Ruby has not shown up this afternoon or yesterday making Jaune assume she already has a lead and didn't need to help. Which is currently the hero is on top of a high apartment complex roof top continuously trying to call Ruby in hopes to find out where she is.

"Should I call again?" He asked himself, his thumb already on the call button. "The plan semi-worked. We caught Roman in the act, got the pictures on what he and the White Fang were doing, so it's only reasonable to answer her, right?"

'I'll just call again, sound concerned, and ask where she is.' Pressing the call button, Jaune placed the scroll near his ear and listened for the dial tone to ring. "Pick up, pick up, pic-ugh!"

Dropping the scroll onto the floor he clutched his head at his Spider-Sense blared loudly in his skull.

"Ok." Feeling the pain slowly disappearing gave Spider-Man the time to pick up his scroll again. "Spider-Sense going haywire means trouble. Big. Trouble."

Doubling back to where he left Roman and the Fang, he was greeted to a sight of a hole he made with the paladin. What's even worse, he also saw the White fang peddling out all their equipment before the police arrive.

"I have to get down there!" Raising his arm to shoot a web line, Spider-Man stopped mid motion. "Wait a minute, somethings missing here."

Looking at what's in front of him, Spider-Man's eyes widened at what was no longer where he left it.

"Where's the Paladin?" Giving his mind to think of an answer, his brain answered it by also giving him another question. "Where's Roman!?"

Again, the wallcrawler was hit by another painful stab from his Spider-Sense, only this time, it felt sharper rather than smothering his brain the first time.

"Duh, big hole, no Paladin, no Roman, and Spider-Sense going off the charts. He must be using it, but wh-" Spider-Man slapped the side of his head out of stupidity for not even figuring out who Roman's chasing.

"Blake!" Jaune widened his eyes.

'She must've decided to come back and help, but instead, she's the one needing the assistance.' The 17 year old looked at the masked terrorists down below. 'but I can't just leave the Fang with all this stuff...'

Close by, Spider-Man could hear faint crashing just a few streets away from where he's standing.

"...Right." Having already made his mind, Spider-Man followed where his Spider-Sense was leading to Roman and leaving the White Fang to themselves. "I can catch them next time, what's more important is to make sure Roman doesn't do any more harm in the kingdom!"

Body already reacting to the problem, the webhead used his danger sense to lead him towards Roman's trail of destruction.

"Well, don't need to follow a Spider-Sense when I literally see massive footprints." Eyes going wide, he let go of his webs and landed in a crouch. "This isn't good."

In front of him was a sports car that crashed into a light post, moving his eyes back to the road he could see streak marks caused by the same car.

"He must have moved just before Roman could step on him." His deduction was cut off when he heard a sound coming from the car. "I have to get him out, if his injuries are serious, then I have to hurry before it gets worse."

Grabbing the driver's front door, he applied some of his super strength to pull the car door open. Looking at the injured man for any other notable wounds, Spider-Man looked to see if there were any other passengers in the vehicle.

"No one else here," Unhooking the belt off the man, the young hero gently scooped the adult out of his seat and laid him a few feet away from his car. "You don't look like you have any serious problems, but don't take advice from a guy wearing spandex if you know what's good for you."

"Ugh…" Stirring from the noise, the man's eyes cracked open. "W-who are you?"

Not surprised that he wouldn't recognize him in his new costume, the black masked spider placed his hand on his shoulder to stop him from getting up.

"I know that my appearance is different, but I'm still the same ole' Spider-Man, see?" Spider-Man showed his back where his signature spider symbol was placed. "But enough about me, are you in any pain?"

Closing his eyes to remember, the adult opened his eyes revealing his once unfocused eyes were finally starting to adjust.

"The roads had barely any cars on it, so I wasn't paying much attention," He said honestly. "I was just texting my girl that I'll be home, when suddenly I felt tremors."

'The Paladin. Also, karma, but still, the Paladin!'

"I looked up and I saw this giant robot, I turned the wheel to move out of the way and then, before I realized it, I was heading to a light post and crashed."

"Do you have your scroll, with you?" When the man pointed at the crashed car the black suited hero rushed back in the vehicle to obtain it. "It's not broken, so can you call for the police? I know this must be a lot to take in, but please, I can only do so much and people with real medical help goes a long way."

Looking between his scroll and the masked vigilante, the man made his answer when he dialed the number and requested immediate help.

"There." He placed the scroll on his chest. "It's done, but you'll need to hurry, especially where that thing is heading."

Pointing a finger to where his detestation was heading, Spider-Man's eyes followed it until he instantly shot back up in his feet.

"When I was heading home, I turned on the radio to tell me if it was busy or not."

"You've got to be kidding me!" The wall crawler growled. "Roman, you've seriously gone off the deep end."

"After the crash, I at least had my eyes open the see the Paladin head to the highway." By the time the wounded man explained where he last saw the rampaging robot, Spider-Man had already left him, determined to get there as fast as possible before nobody else can get hurt.

"Got to hurry, got to hurry...!" He muttered as he weaved through more buildings. "There!"

Webbing higher in the air, Spider-Man spotted Blake and Sun jumping off roof after roof of cars with Roman hot on their trails. Seeing Blake and Sun didn't surprise him being there, what did was Blake's partner, Yang, trailing behind Roman with Neptune trying his best to stay on the bike.

"No time to web swing down there." Letting go of his line, he dived head first straight to where the action is. "I'm not gonna make it!"

'Please, please, please...!' He said over and over in his head. "Let me make it!"

As if not answering his prayers, what he feared most came true when Roman decided to make it even worse for Spider-Man by pushing all the cars away. Some of the cars were lucky enough that the energy walls held true and stopped them from falling, that couldn't be said when more cars piled up overloading the wall to the point where it faded away.

Jaune widened his eyes. "NO!"

Veering off course, Spider-Man passed the highway where the action was taking place, shot a web line to slow his decent, and swung himself to be underneath the bridge.

At what he saw, he didn't know whether or not if the Spider-Sense was the one screaming to him of danger or all the fearful faces shown on each different car that was plummeting to their doom.

"Ruby, I'm in position!" Weiss screamed as she jumped off the road that was above where Blake and Sun were running away from the Paladin.

With the help of her aura taking the full brunt of the force of the landing, Weiss turned around to face the machine that was heading straight towards her.

'Now!'

Raising her weapon, the white-haired Huntress turned the dial inside the hilt, stabbed the blade half way in the road, and soon a circle of ice started to form around her.

Unable to stop the Paladin, Roman did his best to stay upright as he slid on the ice and crashed into the highways energy safety net. The momentum and weight of the machine was too much for the safety system, making the energy wall flicker until it faded away.

Knowing what's to come, Roman braced for the fall as the Paladin fell over and landed all the way down to Vale's main road. Seeing as her part was done, the young heiress lifted her rapier out of the highway cement, jumped off to where the Paladin fell, and landed right in front of it as it started to get back on its feet.

As she readied her weapon for the fight in front of her, she looked to her right to see her partner, Ruby, followed by the rest of her team dropping in with their weapons at the ready.

"Blake, we're 'gonna have a long talk after this." Yang said, her eyes flashing red then turned back to her usual lilac color.

"I'm sorry," Her cat ears flattened. "I thought that with the help of Spider-Man, I could have captured Roman without having this be escalated any further."

"Oh, yeah!? Well look how that turned out?" Weiss seethed. "Where's the man of the hour, anyway?"

"The last time I saw him was when he was piloting that Paladin as a distraction." She continued to speak while at the same time keeping her eyes trained on the robot. "After Sun and I escaped with the rest of the recruits, we ran back and… well, you know the rest."

"Spider-Man wasn't with you?" Ruby said in disappointment. "I thought he would be here by now, helping us!"

"Humpf! Knew he wouldn't be reliable. We have to do this on our own, we can handle Roman without Spider-Man." The Schnee readied her rapier.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, Spider-Man!" A mother of three kissed the masked hero's cheek as he pulled her car that was dangling over the highway.

"No problem, ma'am." He grunted as with one final pull the van was now on the road with only some damages. "Just make sure you call for help and stay put, so the medics can tend to you."

Giving the hero one last kiss on the cheek, the mother led her kids back in the car and as the hero saw the mom pull out her scroll to dial for help he went back to what was in front of him.

Or to be more correct, what's below him.

"Hold on!" He screamed as he jumped off the highway bridge and web swinged to the next car that was suspended in mid wear. "Don't worry, your safe now."

It happened so fast if anyone else was watching the devastation. Teens jumping from car to car and making drivers swerve out of control, a giant robot appearing out of nowhere, and what's worst of all was the destruction it made as it violently pushed everyone away. Drivers who were pushed off the highway as if they were nothing only screamed as their life flashed before their eyes. Truly, if anyone could see this event unfold, they would use the word devastating to explain it. People would even doubt that Huntsmen couldn't save so many falling civilians in such a short amount of time.

That can't be said for the Amazing Spider-Man.

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From the scene that played out It was like the hero was a blur, shooting web and dust at each car. In the eyes of Spider-Man, what's in front of him wasn't cars falling fast to their destruction, instead, everything around him was slowing down, giving him time to look around and see what's the best way to keep everyone alive. His Spider-Sense and quick reflexes helped him by quickly launching spider web after spider web. Each web line connected to a car and on the other end was the highway's edge that was also shot with Spider-Man's extra strength webbing to make sure the line would hold just long enough for him to rescue someone.

"Come on!" Spider-Man grabbed the driver's hand. "I'm not gonna let you fall!"

Trusting the hero, he wrapped his arms around the hero's neck and clung on tight as said hero swung back up top to drop the civilian off.

"You good, dude?" He received a nod as an answer. "Cool, don't worry about your ride, I'll get it when I'm done!"

Doing the same process again and again, the hero's body count of people that was saved have now reached the double digits. Each one giving them their heart felt gratitude for being saved, with some even helping him by carrying the ones who were gravely injured.

It seemed that the danger was getting less and less worse with each on saved, but as he continued to web swing to another car his vision was soon obscured by some thick mist.

(A few moments earlier)

The young leader of the team was going to say something about Weiss' disdain for her hero, but Ruby had more pressing matters in the form of Roman controlling the robot.

Now, with the problem literally walking towards them, the all-girl team set aside their squabbling and set their sights on taking Roman down.

"Freezer burn!" Ruby ordered and instantly her team executed the maneuver flawlessly.

The attack combo started with Weiss performing the same move that off balanced the machine. As ice formed around the ice queen, Yang jumped into the air and shot a round of fire dust directly below her. Fire met ice and as the shot reached the ice encased floor, the reaction that followed was mist blanketing the area.

"Grr!" Pressing one of the button, Roman activated the machines laser targeting systems to compensate for his lack of vision. Not waiting for the teen Huntsmen to attack, the crime boss moved forward cautiously as he scanned for any signs of movement.

He didn't have to wait for long as his scanner picked up multiple bogies from his front. Aiming his guns to where his scans showed, Roman heard a few more beeps from his scanner, making it not just his front, but also to his sides.

Moving his camera to where his scans last spotted them, Roman decided to fire a few pot shots to see if he's able to hit one of them. Lucky for him, he was able to hit one of them with an electric discharge and knocking the blonde Huntress off her feet. His small victory was cut short as Ruby charge straight at him and used her scythe to knock him back and stun him momentarily.

"Checkmate!" Ruby shouted, as both her partner and Blake emerged out of the fog and continued to press the attack.

With the fog obscuring Roman's vision and giving RWBY an edge on stealth, the team's plan did tip their odds of victory in their favor.

It could not be said for the webhead, however. As the fog started to rise to not only blinded Spider-Man, but the entire intersection as well.

'The forecast didn't tell me instant fog would roll up. Someone better fire the weather report-Danger in front of me!'

"Whoaaa!" Letting go of his web lines, Spider-Man turned his body in midair as he dodged one of the suspended cars. When he passed the metal death trap, he immediately shot another web line to continue his motion to move forward.

Climbing with the same web line, Spider-Man stuck himself underneath the road and surveyed what's below him. What he saw, or more precisely couldn't see, was a dense fog engulfing the area making it harder for him to see what's in front of him.

"As if this would stop me." Letting go, the black uniformed hero used his Spider-Sense to guide him away from harm as he weaved passed empty cars after cars. "Hello!? Anyone else need help around here?!"

Not getting any response, Spider-Man landed on to one of the empty vehicles to try and use his Spider-Sense to pick up any distress.

"Ugh." The spider hero clutched the side of his head with one of his hand. "Opening up my mind to push my Spider-Sense is starting to hurt, but I can't stop. I just need to keep pushing it until more help arrives."

Spider-Man's ability to sense danger was not picking up on anything from the cars and made the hero move back up to the highway and see if his Spider-Sense could pick up anything that needs his attention.

Just as he landed on the road, Spider-Man could see that the fog floated high enough to cover the highway. The people who stayed to tend to others started to talk amongst themselves about what's happening. With others beginning to panic out of fear for some random attack, Spider-Man did his best to ease their fear, only for the back of his skull to start tingling.

'It's picking up something, but not from the cars below.' Following his Spider-Sense on foot, the young hero felt his sense getting stronger and stronger, making him start running even faster. 'I'm almost there, just need to pick up the-'

"Pace!" The webhead shouted as he slid. His Spider-Sense was more focused on the bigger danger that he completely didn't notice the ice floor underneath him. "Woah! Woah! Woah!"

Doing his best to stay on his two feet, Spider-Man used his adhesive skin to slow himself down. Now, no longer having to be worried about face planting, the wallcrawler now saw himself not only lost in the fog, but also now on top of some man-made ice.

"I'm gonna put out a limb and say my Spider-Sense was picking up this as the danger. Need to be more careful, just because I can sense danger doesn't mean it gives me the excuse to drop my guard." The masked hero adjust his footing.

'This ice isn't gonna melt itself, if help does arrive, then there could be a chance they might go through here.'

Reaching in to grab some fire web cartridges from his belt, he replaced the extra strength webbing from his web shooters and inserted a fresh set. Pointing down at the ice, he fired one glob of web fluid on to the floor. After the web shot hit the floor, the dust inside the web soon reacted, causing the web ball to ignite and melt the floor.

"It's working, but one isn't going be enough." Shooting an organic web line above him, Spider-Man secured both his feet onto the line and was now hanging upside down. "I'm making it worse with all this fog, but this ice won't be going anywhere unless I do something about it."

Firing a volley of fire dust webbing to melt the ice, Spider-Man's vision became harder to see as more and more mist was being produced. He knew that this will make it harder for everyone else, but he also knew that if there was a chance that the ambulance will arrive, then he doesn't want them to come across this obstacle.

'I think that should do it.' Dropping down from his vantage point, Spider-Man looked below his feet to see the cement was now no longer covered in ice. "Good. This should be enough to melt, but my Spidey-Sense is still telling me something's not right..."

'Don't want to risk it, I need to follow it and see where it takes me.'

Running to where his danger sense is taking him he found some tire tracks, revealing to Spider-Man that someone must have drove through the ice. Now, having a good idea of what happened, Spider-Man followed where the tracks were leading him and found a car tittering on the edge of the highway bridge.

Legs pushing him to move faster, the webhead reached for the driver seat to see if the man was unharmed.

'From the looks of the damages, it seemed the car's front window was shattered from the crash.'

Reaching the driver's side door to help the stranger, what stopped him was that the door was still locked from the inside.

'Should I wake him up...?' He asked himself. 'No, I don't want him to panic and move the car.'

"Sorry, sir." Spider-Man apologized and placed his palm on the car window. "Hope your insurance covers this."

Pushing his palm flat on the window he lightly pushed the window forward just enough for it to break and not shatter into tiny pieces. Now, that it was loose enough, Spider-Man pulled the window back and ripped it from the door frame. Tossing the window aside, he unlocked the car door from the inside, opened the door, and secured the man out of his car and onto the floor.

"I don't see much damage," He tilted the man's head. "Only some small cuts from the glass breaking, but hopefully he'll make a fast recovery."

From the sudden movement of his head, the man's eyes started to flutter open and shifted his gaze on to the masked man.

"Hey, don't panic." Spider-Man raised his hands to show he wasn't here to harm him. "You were out cold after you slipped on the ice."

'Spider-Sense still tingling, must be more nearby.'

"Are you ok by yourself? Is there anything else wrong?"

"Y-yeah, I think I'll survive." He touched his head and flinched when his fingers brushed against the cut on his head. "I don't know what happened after that crazy chick did something to the road. And as I was driving with my k-" Not finishing what he transpired, the victim of the accident moved his head to see of anyone else was next to him. Eyes now wide open, the adult got back up in his feet and ran to his car.

"My kid is still in there!" He shouted.

'Of course, he has a kid, it wouldn't be that easy.'

"Wait, sir!" Not saying anymore, the back of Spider-Man's skull soon stabbed him with a warning of danger. Head moving automatically at where the pain was showing him, the eyes underneath his mask widened when he saw plumes of fire heading his way.

(BOOOM)

A large line of explosions rang throughout the highway as Blake cut each one thanks to the boost in speed from Weiss.

"Ladybug!" Ruby shouted as she used her speed Semblance to close the distance between herself and Roman. Adding more speed, the redhead fired her weapon, causing her to zip past the Paladin's legs and fired a second one to double the damage she inflicted as she hit the right leg.

Roman was going to turn around and kick the annoying girl away, only for him to stumble as Blake also joined in and started to do the same. Red and black blurs continue to hack at the legs and when Roman had time to throw them aside with an electric discharge from his arms they vanished.

Confused, Roman heard the monitor beep signaling him to look above him. Moving the cameras to see what's above him, Roman saw both Blake and Ruby dive straight at him. Aiming the guns to fire, the crime boss pressed the trigger, but the controls were unresponsive. Unable to defend himself, both Huntresses slashed their weapons downward, cutting off the left arm in the process.

"Waaah!" The man shouted as he was knocked off his feet by the wave of hot air.

Reacting to the man's distress, Spider-Man fired two web lines to pull back. Catching the man securely with both arms, the arachnid placed the adult behind him and ran towards the car.

Too bad that since the explosion was in a line, not only did it cause the car to move, but it also caused the highways bridge security walls to falter. The blast wave was also strong enough to knock one of the metal railings off its hinges and blown it right across the highway. Body moving instinctively, Spider-Man raised both of his hands to brace for the hit.

"Gah!" Pushed back by the force, the wall crawler pushed it aside and raised his hands. "You've got to be kidding me!"

His left arm was still intact from the blow, but that couldn't be said for the right arm however, as the web shooter around his wrist was damaged from the impact.

'Come on, Remnant. Give the hero a break, would you? I had these things special ordered!'

Thoughts of the lien that he needs were gone the next second when he focused back on the car still tittering on destruction. Not wanting the car to flip like a domino, Spider-Man shot two web lines on the front bumper of the car, pulled, and the front of the automobile's tires lurched forward.

"Ugh!" He grunted from the sudden sharp pain in his right wrist.

Letting go of the car, the hero let out a sigh of relief for making it on time. Crisis now averted, Spider-Man used his spare time to check what caused him to wince in pain when he fired his organic webbing. Expecting to see his wrist launcher dented, what he stumbled upon when inspecting it was that the side that took most of the force snapped. Both halves were now digging deep in Spider-Man's wrist, even bleeding thanks to the sudden pressure it withstood after he pulled the heavy car.

"Don't worry about that now. Just focus on getting the-WOAH! WOAH!"

"Of all the rotten-" Soon after the attack, he was surprised yet again when the back of the Paladin started to show signs of being attacked.

Looking back at the screen, it appeared that the blonde decided to grow ballsy and jumped on the machines back. Wanting to get rid of her, the ginger-haired crook reversed the Paladin aiming to pin her between the metal robot and one of the stone columns.

The force behind it shattered the pillar and made the buxom blonde let go of the robot. Not wasting the chance, Roman pressed a switch on the controls making the Paladin's machine gun arm be replaced it a hand. Turning around to see Yang still in midair, the crime lord reared back the metal fist and punched the blonde hard enough that she crashed into another cement pillar.

"The dang road is shaking!" He made sure to push his feet harder in the cement to anchor himself. "No, the car!"

Seeing the vehicle beginning to roll to the edge, Spider-Man released his foothold on the floor and ran to stop the car. Not wanting to hurt himself more and use his webbing, the hero reached for the front bumper and put so much strength into his fingers that it caused hand indents on it. Ignoring the mild pain just a little bit longer he looked through the front window to see if the man's child was still alive.

Looking past the front seats, he saw a small child. Five, he assumed, still buckled up in his seat with the only indication of injury was a small gash on his head.

'It looks like that's the only thing he has as an injury, but he should have been awake by now. Those explosions would have been enough for that. He must be in a more serious condition, got to hurry up and get him out.'

Stopping the car from falling and with his grip holding tight, the all black suited superhero moved his right leg back and then did the same with his left. One leg after the other, each movement causing the broken car to move away from the edge, all the while making sure to put more concentration on his footing.

That concentration was wasted, however, when his Spider-Sense told him that danger was still nearby. Confused that his senses that danger was coming, Spider-Man looked all around him and saw no explosions or any other threats.

'My Spider-Sense helps me by letting me know danger is coming, but with so much on my plate I don't know where or when it's going to hit!'

"Uh?" Feeling a tremor underneath, he looked down to his feet and saw a crack. Soon, that crack grew longer and larger, splitting the road into small pieces. "No!"

Thinking on his feet, as both he and the car were falling, Spider-Man placed a web line to the car with the other end attached to the part of the road still intact. Now, with an anchor made, he wasted no time as he broke the back window and entered the car.

"HELP!" Spider-Man heard the wails of the young child.

'Did the explosion finally wake him up or was it the sudden fall? Got to calm him down, so he won't make too much movement in the car.'

"Hey!" He said cheerfully as he appeared next to the kid. "Don't worry, I'm here to-"

"AHH!" The kid screamed louder at the site of some stranger with a black mask with bright white eyes. "Go away! Dad! Help!"

'Duh, forgot most people don't recognize me wearing this new suit of mine. I mean, even I was intimidated when I first saw this thing in my attic.'

The young kid continued to scream and flail as the sudden movements made the car shake. Spider-Man knew that his web line can hold the car, he done so several minutes ago when he caught the cars that were pushed off from the Paladin. What he was more afraid about was because with so much flailing around, the car would definitely start to move and by doing so much movement, it would cause the highway that was being used to hold them to break.

"Wait, wait, wait!" Spider-Man reached for his mask and showed the boy his face. "See? I'm not going to hurt you. It's just a mask, see?"

Jaune showed the boy his mask as a sign of trust. Looking between Jaune and the mask, the child soon calmed down after seeing that he was no longer in danger.

"You want to hold it?" Jaune asked the kid. Curiosity replacing fear, the boy nodded his head to confirm that he wanted to hold Jaune's mask. "Here."

Handing his mask over to the kid, the unmasked hero could no longer feel the car moving erratically. Seeing that he was on the right direction, Jaune decided to get the boy to trust him more by asking him some questions.

"What's your name?" Jaune asked. Before could answer Jaune's question the blonde spider saw his school back behind his chair with his name. "Jack?"

Hearing his name, Jack turned his head to the teen and nodded his head. "Yeah."

"Ok, Jack." He smiled. "Let's get you out of here. Just hold still, ok?"

Moving closer to the boy while being mindful of how much the car was swaying, the unmasked spider reached over to unlatch the seat belt.

"I'm about to unhook your seat belt, Jack." Jaune warned him. "1…2….3!"

Pressing the button quickly the seat belt flew out of its lock and was no longer securing Jack to his seat. No longer having anything to hold him down, Jack fell out of his seat and was caught by Jaune securing an arm around the boy.

"See? No problems, you did a good job!"

"Yeah." Jack smiled, no longer feeling afraid for the predicament he's in. "Is my dad ok?"

"Yeah, he's fine." Being reminded about his dad, Jaune looked over Jack's head to see if any other damages was seen. "That cut on your head looks bad, Jack. Let' hurry up and get you to-W-woah!"

'Why is it still shaking?!'

Looking out the window, the blonde teen saw that two of the pillars that keep this highway stable were destroyed. They weren't far apart either, both were next to each other and since they no longer keeping this section of the road up it was only a matter of time before it would start collapsing due to its own weight.

'Guess all the moving just sped up the process. I need to get him out. NOW!'

Turning back to where he entered, with Jack still wrapped secured under his arm, Jaune attempted to grab hold of the web line to escape. Grabbing the line, he pulled himself out of the car with one arm with Jack now in safe hands.

'It's going to be a challenge to climb with my bum hand, but at this point I'm already out of options.'

Slowly climbing back all the way to the top, Jaune was about to tell Jack to not look down when suddenly he felt the web line become lax.

'That's not a good sign.'

Looking up, the blonde could see that the web line was no longer attached to the road bridge. Rather, the piece that was attached to the web line was now falling towards them. Letting go of the line, he aimed to fire a new line only for the large piece of debris blocking his view.

'The same piece I used to keep us from falling!'

"Guh!" The cement piece clipped his left temple. The impact couldn't knock him out, he tensed his body to withstand the impact of the blow. However, for a moment that it collided with his head, the young hero's hold on Jack loosened, and with gravity in play Jack fell out of Spider-Man's hold and landed back inside the car.

"Jack!"

No longer having a stable surface to anchor himself with the car anymore. Losing his grip from the surprise fall, the wall crawler quickly went into action. Still falling, with gravity now in effect he was left helpless as he saw the car shift its weight to have the front be the first to hit the cement.

Automatically, Jaune shot a web line to the car and aimed his other arm to the highway.

'Got no choice.' He took a deep breath. 'It's only going to hurt for a minute. It's only going to hurt for a minute. It's only going to hurt for a minute…'

Having left with no other option but to eject one web line to the part where the highway was still together he braced for what's to come. Spider-Man tensed his body as soon as both lines were taught and when his body registered the pain in his injured arm he screamed.

"Graaah!" The hold he had on the car was still tight like a vice, daring not to submit to the pain as more circulation in his bleeding wrist continue to trickle down. "Jack! Are you ok?"

"Y-yes." He heard a faint answer coming inside the vehicle.

"Just hang on, Jack." He grunted when a breeze passed through them, his cracked web shooter continuing to cut into his wound. "I-I'm going to think of… s-something."

'Come on, you need to think! You're just bleeding, I'm sure it's not as bad as is looks.' The young spider shook his head violently to stop his head from spinning. 'Ok, maybe I'm lying to myself. With all this non-stop rescue, opening my mind to allow my Spider-Sense to take control, and the blood continuing to leak out of my arm. I'm almost certain that what's pushing me now is pure adrenaline.'

In a vain attempt to see if he can lift himself and the car with the result ending the same with him letting out more blood.

"Come on!" He tried again out of desperation. "Jack, I need you to climb buddy!"

"What?!"

"I need you to climb," A buzz from his head started to get louder and louder. "Times ticking, and I'm not sure how long before another piece breaks off."

"O-ok," Finding courage with in him, Jack climbed passed the car seats and headed to back of his family's ride. "I'm almost there!"

"That's great, buddy!" Jaune flashed a smile to show Jack he shouldn't worry. 'Now, if the dang wind can stop, then maybe it wouldn't be so hard to hold!'

Finally, as if giving him a break, the wind died down leaving him time to concentrate on holding the car in place for Jack to get out.

"Thank you." He whispered out loud. "Thank you."

Now, with no more wind, Jaune's blood-soaked web shooter started to drip from his wrist and on to the car. That same blood, laced with the dust from his broken cartridge trickled down to the side of the car where the gas cap was located.

(FWOOSH)

The fire dust within Jaune's blood ignited the gas in the car, erupting into a fire that started to cover the car.

'I. HATE. YOU. WEBSHOOTERS!'

"AAHHH!" Surprised by the fire, Jack fell back to and landed on the back of the from seat.

No longer was he worried about just falling, the hero began to lose his cool and started to pull the web again.

'Dang it, it's no use. My arm is almost numb and if I continue I'll start losing all feeling in it and drop the car. It's all up to Jack now.'

"Jack, you need to climb again!" Jaune told him. "The fire is going to get worse if you don't."

"I can't!" No longer having the strength to move, Jack's eye started to water. "I'm scared!"

"Yes, you can!" Jack's eyes began to shed tears. Either due to fear or the smoke, Jaune couldn't tell. 'If it's not one things, it's the other! Come one, 'hero', use your brain!'!

Racking his mind to think of a way to get him out, his eyes landed on the only answer being his mask that was still held in the little boy's hand.

"The mask!" He said to Jack. "Put it on, the mask can help you breathe through the smoke!"

Looking at Jaune's mask, Jack placed the mask over his head and looked back at Jaune.

"There you go, Jack. Now, climb!"

Following the hero's order, Jack started to climb again. The smoke seeped into the car, but thanks to the mask it helped Jack breath as he slowly made it to Spider-Man.

"Just a small favor, Jack." The sound of metal bending made the web head worry. "Just climb a little bit faster, buddy!"

Finally reaching his destination, Jack raised his hand to reach for the rescue web.

(SNAP)

Just has the hero feared, the bumper that the web was clinging to couldn't hold out anymore. It snapped off from the rest of the car leaving the rest of it, including Jack, to fall.

"No!" Pushing his body just a little bit more, Jaune aimed his bleeding hand straight at Jack. 'Please, don't miss!'

(TWIP)

With pinpoint accuracy even that even Ruby would be impressed with, Spider-Man's web line rescued Jack before the car could hit the ground. Letting go of his breath he didn't know he was holding, Spider-Man used as much strength as he could to help Jack climb the web line. Thankfully, he wasn't dealing with a 4,000-pound car, so helping Jack climb up the web line with one arm wasn't a hassle.

"Hang on tight, Jack." He said as Jack wrapped his arms tightly around his neck. "I'm sure your dad's worried sick about you."

"Wait," Still wearing the mask, Jack used one arm to remove Jaune's mask. Placing an arm around Jack, the young boy helped Jaune put his mask on, so he can look like Spider-Man again. "It looks better on you."

"RAAAAAH!" Yang delivered a devastating punch to the Paladin. After her semblance was activated via pain, the blonde boxer immediately went to work and started pummeling the giant tin can. With the help of her team backing her up they made quick work of fighting the Paladin.

And with the decisive blow being Yang's strength multiplier at work, the machine was no longer whole as it fell into pieces. Within the rummage, Roman sailed in the air a good distance before he landed on his back on the hard cement floor.

"Just got this thing cleaned." Roman picked himself up and dusted his coat. "Oh well, guess indulging myself in a little bit of mayhem was not my brightest idea."

'Speaking about mayhem...'

Looking back at his opponents, roman saw that Yang fired a dust round straight at him. Getting ready to be sent flying yet again, he was saved when his trusty bodyguard, Neo, jumped in and shield them with her parasol.

"Nice of you to finally drop by." He grumbled. "Where they heck were you by the way?"

Moving her head to look at her boss, Neo gave him a small smile and used her left hand to point up. No longer worried about dealing with four brats now that Neo was around, Roman looked above where Neo was pointing at.

"Well now," Roman smiled, no longer regretting his decision for using the Paladin. "This will be entertaining when the news shows this."

'For now, though…'

Looking in front of him to see all four girls standing next to each other, Roman gave his usual rouge smirk and waved goodbye.

"Ladies." He paused to look at Weiss. "Ice Queen."

"Hey!" She dropped her usual stoic mask and glared at the master thief.

"Neo, if you would." Tipping his hat to leave the exit plan to her, Roman last image he saw was Yang charging straight at them before seeing nothing but glass shatter.

His view point was no longer on the ground, rather in the air thanks to Neo's semblance allowing them a clean getaway.

"That was fun, remind me again to take a joy ride in another of Atlas' toys." Roman said to Neo.

The mute girl made a few hand gestures in front of Roman.

"Of course, of course," He understood what she said. "Wouldn't want you to miss all the fun, speaking about fun."

Looking out of the Bullhead, Roman had a bird's eye view of all the damage he and those girls committed on the busy highway. Cars strewn about, people limping out of their wrecks, with some laying down in the road. Yet, out of all the carnage and destruction that they brought, Spider-Man somehow still curved the disaster from getting any worse. He expected more bodies, but somehow most of the people were left with scrapes and bruises, some of the cars he tossed aside were still hanging on the road with the drivers out of their car and on the road.

Roman could even see ambulance and police car lights in the distance, far faster then what he thought would take some time before his fight could finish. It surprised him that when he was fighting those pastel colored teenagers, Spider-Man did all this by himself.

Which is why it made it even more satisfying when the thought of what transpired here will be soon revealed tomorrow.

"Neo, I never once thought I would say this." He said in complete honesty that Neo herself raised an eyebrow in surprise. "But, I can't wait to watch the news."

"So, I guess Roman got a new henchman." Yang looked up, her red eyes replaced with lilac once more, as she saw the Bullhead fly away with their target in tow.

"Yeah, I guess she made our plans…." She paused. "Fall apart?"

"Snrk!" Ruby held her laughter as her partner's blatant attempt at humor.

"No," Blake gave the heiress a flat stare. "Just, no."

"What?!" She looked back at their resident jokester. "But, you do it!"

"There's a time and a place for Jokes." Yang placed bother her hand on her hips and lectured Weiss.

"Was this not it?" She said in confusion.

"No," Yang walked away from Weiss. "It just wasn't any good."

"Well, at least I'm trying!" She argued as she and Ruby followed the rest of her team.

"Wait," The youngest in the team stopped the rest of the girls. "Where are Sun and Neptune!?"

"I'm sure their fine." Blake told Ruby. "Right now, I'm more focused on where Spider-Man is."

After hearing the heroes name, Ruby used her speed to catch up to Blake with a big smile on her face when she heard Blake said that name.

"Spider-Man!" She squeed. "Does that mean the past few days you've been avoiding us is because you're working with Spider-Man."

Blake soon remembered what she did these past few days and she soon fell into a state of guilt. Helping the Faunus civilians escape from the warehouse, running away from a Paladin, and even getting help from her team beat Roman made her almost forget how poorly she treated her team.

"Yes," She looked away in shame. "I'm sorry about being so distant, I just wanted to end this thing so badly. I know I have to work my way up for you to trust me again, but I'm-"

"Apology accepted!"

"Glad that your so quick to forgive." Blake shook her head at how suddenly she was forgiven. "Can you say that again?"

"Look, Blake, it really did suck that you were so cold to us, your team, because your dedication to learn more about the White Fang in Vale." Ruby's stern talking to the cat Faunus turned in to her usual up beat self. "But if it's because you're keeping a secret about working alongside Spider-Man, then you that's totally understandable."

"It is?"

"Yeah, I mean, if I would work along Spider-Man, which I did by the way, and get another opportunity to work alongside him in some cool secret stealth mission I would totally understand you'd want to keep it hush-hush.

'I mean, I would 'try'. But, seriously wouldn't anyone be ecstatic about working alongside a superhero!?'

"Well, I don't understand." Weiss cuts in on the conversation. "Blake, you ignored your team for something like this!? And even go so far as to be some criminal's sidekick!?"

"I wasn't his sidekick." Blake corrected the heiress.

"I want to be his sidekick!" Ruby voiced her opinion.

"Yeah? And what did that accomplish? We had to clean up yours and Spider-Man's mess because you wanted to rely on some guy in a mask rather than your team."

"Speaking about guys in masks," Yang decided to try and shift this heated conversation elsewhere. "Where is bug boy, anyway?"

"He obviously cut and ran." The white pony tailed huntress said her answer.

"He didn't run away!" This time, Blake snapped at Weiss for saying that Spider-Man was a coward. "He probably went back to the where Sun and I met him."

"You think a guy waiting in bright red and blue would be easy to spot in one place." Yang rubbed the back of her head at the thought of seeing the wall crawler waiting for Blake and Sun to arrive.

"No one would notice him, Spider-Man's wearing a new costume to make him blend better at night."

"He has a new costume now!?" Ruby's eyes widened. "No kidding?!"

"That just makes him even more terrifying! Look, I highly doubt that he didn't notice you guys get chased by some big robot." Weiss even has thoughts of doubt that Spider-Man is even still waiting at the supposed rendezvous spot. "Heck, even if he did show up, then where is he?"

Yang shrugged her shoulders.

Ruby gave her a confused look when the red hooded girl thought about it too.

Even Blake had a hard time trying to find an answer to Weiss's question.

"My point exactly. If he did show up, then he should have been a 'hero' and helped us. Instead, he probably just brushed you aside and made us do the difficult part."

Before she can go on about how Spider-Man was a deserter, she was stopped when several cop cars arrived at the scene.

"Not surprised the police come after we totally saved the day." Yang placed her arms over her head in a relaxed state after the fight they went through. "Still, I'm a little surprised they showed up at all since the dangers over."

"Obviously, there here to ask us questions about what transpired here." The white themed Huntress flicked her pony tail over her shoulder. "We should inform them what we know."

"Not everything." Blake mumbled.

"Um, girls." Their leader gave them a confused stare at what she was seeing. "I don't think they're here for just that."

Looking at what Ruby was so worried about, the three older girls stared at what looks like around a dozen cop cars surround them. At first glance, they thought it was normal for the police to do this, but what came next caused all of them to instantly rethink why the police is here in the first place.

"Put your hands over your heads!" One of the cops opened his door and pointed his fire arm right at them.

They were stunned at how quickly the police officer escalated to using his weapon. Soon though, each officer did the same thing, with each officer showing expressions of rage, sadness, and even pity.

"On the ground, now!"

"Make it easy on yourselves and put down your weapons!"

"Are you deaf? We said on the ground!"

"Be on the ready, we might need back up if they decide to run."

Their shouting made the girls wonder what they did to have the officers give such harsh orders. To them, they just stopped Roman from further damaging the kingdom, so it made them feel a little bit hurt to see such hostility aimed at them.

"What's going on?" At this point, Ruby's anxiety at such terrible treatment made the red head worry. "This is way more serious then at the docks! How come their pointing their guns at us? We're the good guys."

"There just mistaken, Ruby." Her partner straightened her posture as if getting ready to talk to them. "I'm sure we just need to calmly explain that we didn't do nothing wr-"

"Ruby. Weiss. Do what they say, now." Blake removed Gambol Shroud from her back, placed on the ground, and put her hands on her head.

"What!?" This time, Weiss dropped her stoic self and gave Blake a baffled look. "Blake, we just need to tell them that w-"

"Weiss!" Blake whipped her head to the Schnee. Her calm and collective demeanor was gone, now replaced with a hate filled glare. Weiss took a step back at how Blake gave the same look other Faunus gave her in the past. "For once, stop thinking you have this under control and do what they say! There not messing around, trust me, I've seen this before."

Unable to retort back, the young heiress placed her rapier down on the floor and put her hands on her head. She was soon followed by Ruby doing the same thing, yet the one who didn't comply was her older sister.

"Put down your weapons. Now!"

"Put it down! Put it down, now!"

"This is squad 2, we might need back up real soon. We might have a Huntresses attempting to cause a scene."

With only Yang being the one not complying with the officers, many of the cops began to scream louder and louder. Such tensions were only making Yang more and more pumped up for a fight. She wanted to follow orders, but due to her emotions being connected to her semblance, added with her getting angrier at the police threatening them, made it hard for the brawler to listen to reason.

"Yang." Ruby's pleading voice made the blonde waver in standing her ground. "You need to calm down."

"But," She looked back at her little sister and tried to make an excuse to why she was acting like this. "We didn't do anything wrong! We stopped Roman from causing harm, we foiled his plans, and we made sure no one else got hurt."

"So, why…" She turned her stare back at the officers, her eyes now blood red with rage and fear shown in them.

"WHY ARE WE THE BAD GUYS!?"

Her outburst made the officers tense up, their fingers on the trigger, each ready to open fire and the enraged Huntress if things turned out for the worst. But, for Yang's team, what they saw wasn't some out of control brawler, but instead someone afraid and confused for something she thought she did was right.

"Yang..." Ruby whispered her sister's name.

"I believe I can handle the rest, gentlemen." An all too familiar voice was heard behind the officers.

Walking past the circle of cops, was Miss Goodwitch the deputy at Beacon academy. Like always, she strolled straight to the students with purpose, her riding crop in both hands to show that she was serious.

Yet, that did not match her expression, because instead of one of stern rage like she always sported when dealing with team RWBY. It was one that showed exhaustion, like she was too tired to even be angry at the young girls. In that instant, it donned on them the gravity of the situation there in if even Ms. Goodwitch herself is too tired to be angry with them.

"I believe it's time to stop, Miss Xiao Long." Her usual scolding tone was flat and emotionless, making Yang's scarlet eyes to back to normal at how quiet the Deputy sounded.

"Miss Goodwitch," Seeing this as a good opportunity, Weiss asked her teacher why this is happening to them. "The cops! Why are they treating us like we're the ones to blame for this!"

"No, Miss Schnee," She let out a loud sigh. "They aren't trying to provoke you."

To proof her point, she gave them a side glance and with a signal nod from her, the entire squad of cops put down their firearms. Turning back to face the group of young girls, the mature Huntress composed before explaining the reason for the Police to act this way.

"The reason why they pointed their weapons at you and ordered you girls to lay down your weapons isn't because they think you're criminals. It's because they're trying to help you."

"Help us?" Hearing this from Miss Goodwitch only made Yang more confused. "How are they helping us! We help-"

Without warning, the tired and solemn teacher reverted to the stern, unyielding Huntress they all know. Raising her crop above her head, Yang flinched and thought for a moment that her teacher was going to scold her for talking out of turn.

(Tink! Crash!)

Opening her eyes, what Yang saw was that Miss Goodwitch's crop was still raised in the air. Another thing she noticed was glass shards all around her, making Yang realize that her teacher erected some type of barrier to save her from having something almost dropped on her.

That wasn't the end however, as small shadows started to appear around them, shortly after various items were soon raining down on them. Reacting to this, Ruby reached for Crescent Rose, but when the cops saw her touch it they promptly raised their guns at them.

"Do not make this situation ant worse, Miss Rose." Goodwitch moved her eyes on the short red head. "You don't want them to throw any more stuff at you."

"Them?" Catching on to what their teacher said, Blake looked above and was in shock at what she was seeing.

Above them, at the same highway road where they were running away from the Paladin, Blake witnessed hundreds of people leaning over the bridge road throwing all types of things directly at them. Bottles, destroyed car parts, rocks from the shattered road, all the while many voiced their hate to the people who caused all this misfortune.

"You suck! How am I going to go to work now!?"

"My dad is injured because of you guys!"

"Can't believe my taxes go to Beacon for crap like this!?"

"I hate you! Go back to wherever you came from!"

"How am I going to pay for fixing all these damages on my car?!"

"Is that Weiss Schnee down there?"

"Yeah, I saw her make that ice! We're going to bleed you dry, Schnee, you can't worm your way out of this one!"

"We don't need you guys anymore! Spider-Man's the only one we need!"

"Yeah, at least he's the one doing the job right!"

"You hear us!? If it wasn't for Spider-Man, you'd all be in jail!"

Going even further on how the masked vigilante saved them, one of the strangers wearing a shirt with Spider-Man's logo, started to scream the hero's name.

"Spider-Man!"

Soon, the voices of death threats, legal lawsuits, and insults died down and replaced by people who can speak chant their hero's name.

"SPIDER-MAN!"

"SPIDER-MAN!"

It felt unsettling to them hear so much passion for the hero, so much so that the four girls were caught off gaurd when the circle of cops became smaller. One cop, dressed in a simple black dress pants and buttoned shirt, stepped out of the circle and gave Glynda a sad look.

"I'm sorry, but protocol dictates we do this." Officer Stacy holstered his gun and pulled out a set of cuffs. "Don't make this any harder, this is more of a symbolic gesture then an arrest."

For a second, the deputy of Beacon was tempted to use her semblance to toss away the cuffs, but quickly caught herself at what she was thinking. She didn't want to add more fuel to the fire and it would make her a hypocrite after what she told the girls.

So, with a heavy heart, Miss Goodwitch stepped away from the four young girls to make way for the officer to do his job. The Deputy kept a straight face through it all, she never once looked away as one by one each Huntress was put in cuffs and was escorted to an individual police car.

Glynda wasn't a stranger to seeing Huntsmen who abuse their power be arrested, she just wished it didn't have to end this way. When they caught wind about what happened Ozpin did his best to react to the situation as fast as possible, he wanted to be the one to ease them into the problem they were in. However, with how big the damages were, the council was faster and called Ozpin immediately for answers as to why his students were out and about causing trouble. Leaving her to be the one to see them go, to see scared young girls rather than Huntsmen, be driven off to the station to answer for the crimes they commited.

With Team RWBY now safe and away from the public scrutiny, she looked back up to see them still hurtling insults as well as other florigen objects. She stayed a little bit longer, perhaps hoping some of their anger could be aimed at her, since in some way and form this too was her fault for not reacting fast enough.

With her eye still looking up, Glynda's eyes caught something move a far distance from where most of the angry mob congregated. A small human silhouette swinging away and into the night, it didn't take a genius to know who the Huntress saw.

Looking at the hero as he became harder to see as he moved farther into the city. Glynda stood in place, the rain of debris showing no signs of stopping and whispered to herself.

"Thank you for helping, Spider-Man."

"Thanks for not helping, Spider-Man." Jaune berated himself as he weaved past buildings. "Can't believe after everything you did, you decided to stop when Ruby and her friends needed you the most."

Looking back to see how far away he was from the highway. The masked hero saw that he was unable to see his last location, giving him the chance to land on top of some random rooftop. Now, no longer fighting, rescuing, and web slinging, Spider-Man finally let his exhaustion take hold of him and fell on his back.

'Need to… stay awake… until I reach Aunt May's house.'

The spider hero knows he has a good excuse as to why he left them high and dry. He pushed himself too far this time, too many time opening his mind for his spider sense take control, too many web zipping to each person that needed rescue, and too much time letting his arm bleed out.

It even became more noticeable after he rescued Jack and handed him back to his father. He wanted to keep going, especially when he saw Ruby and the rest of her friends being taken by the cops.

'I could've dropped down there and explain what happened.' That random thought was stopped as Jaune's working hand smacked his forehead. "Idiot, cops already try to arrest you, so even if you shift their attention to you, how are you going to escape? You can barely get up."

Aside from the cops, another example as to why he didn't come down to help them came in the form of the civilians he saved.

"I know they're thankful about me saving them, but the chanting…" Spider-Man shook his head. "God, why the chanting?"

At this point, Spider-Man had two options laid before him. Option one, go down there explain the situation, and hope they go after him instead. That would even cause an even bigger can of worms to be unleashed, cause if the people were angry about team RWBY, then they would be livid if they see the cops arrest Spider-Man.

"I didn't want to make it worse," He confessed. "With how much I put out already, I seriously doubt I could outrun the cops until I succumb to my wound."

'Leaving me with the second option.'

His second option, was to leave them all by themselves and flee before the cops notice him. Spider-Man already did his part, even to go far and beyond and saved dozens of lives tonight. He's even more certain that if he decided to just end it after he caught the evidence at the rally and leave after that. Then the people he saved tonight wouldn't even be alive right now throwing stuff at the Huntresses.

'Alright, enough with the pity party. Get up, Jaune.' Forcing his body to get back up, Jaune looked at his broken web shooter that was still tightly wrapped around his damaged forearm. (Sigh~) "It's like a band aid, a strong, bear trap like, band aid. Ok, counting in 1-"

(SHINK!)

"GRRR!" Forcing his mouth shout to not scream, Spider-Man grunted in pain as he clutched his injury. "Welp, I did say I was 'counting in 1'. Hopefully when I get back the bleeding should stop thanks to my fast healing the bleeding should stop soon."

'I'm even more positive that with a goodnight sleep all the injures I sustained will completely be healed too.'

Shaking his now free arm, Spider-Man walked to the edge of the roof and shot a web line to another building. Lifting his right leg to start his web slinging, Spider-Man stopped mid motion.

"Don't think about, Jaune." He told himself. "It's already too late to go back. Just drop it and go home."

'You're going to need it too. Since you know what's going to happen tomorrow when all of Vale will learn what happened tonight.'

Agreeing with his inner monologue, Spider-Man lifted his right leg again and stopped once again when another stray thought passed his head.

"Wait," The wall crawler let the web line fall out of his hands and started to count using his fingers. "Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang… Wait, where did Sun and Neptune go?"

Hope this chapter was a good wait for you guys. This is by far the largest chapter I made, and I made sure I put good detail to both RWBY fighting the Paladin and Spider-Man doing his best to fix the problems they made. When I watched the 2nd Vol, the episode regarding the highway, it made me want to make sure that I put enough detail of what they did and how it affected Spider-Man when he tried to rescue people.

I even added some elements with Spider-Man removing his mask too. I had the idea from the Amazing Spider-Man made by Sony when the lizard knocked over cars in a highway. I watched both the movie and the episode from RWBY and decided I could add both of it.

Now, I know you guys didn't think that he couldn't save so many people, I thought so too at first. Then I remembered watching the Amazing Spider-Man 2 and saw Spider-Man fight Electro. In one scene where Spider-Man saw lighting course through a metal railing that could've shocked people. His spider sense and quick reflexes stopped the people from touching it and like I said he reacted faster while the lightning was still moving.

Not just that either, Spider-Man while still in his younger years was able to dodge bullets in close range, so I think he fast enough to stop falling cars. Besides, he didn't catch them, he used spider webs, so I think that's a good enough reason that he was able to stop them from falling. Another thing was his web shooters, since I said before that they are still somewhat in a prototype phase, I thought to myself that it shouldn't be that durable. So, since Jaune is down one web shooter, he would need to go back to the drawing board and make sure the next set he makes is more durable.

I know I also made Spider-Man tell everyone he meets to call for the cops too, but I think that's a good choice for him to always tell the people he saved. That would mean with so many people calling for help it should cause 911 operators to see how serious it is and double their efforts to get as many of their people down there to help.

I always thought that episode involving them fighting the Paladin would be a turning point for them to be more responsible. Instead, the producers just brushed it aside and rolled into the next episode without much to discuss about the ramifications. This is where the cops finally arrive to stop them before they leave. The citizens that were saved called the police to respond faster and when they did they arrived just in time to arrest them. Most of you wonder (Though I'm sure a majority knew this would happen) that why should they be arrested.

For starters, they destroyed public property, endangered the lives of citizens, and acting without the permission of the school or the council to even fight the paladin and spying the Fang rally. Believe me they got off easy, compared to the show they would also be charged with accidental manslaughter (I think that's a thing).

Either way, we all knew how most of the action in that episode was cool, but also senseless if the characters don't feel some remorse over the destruction they made. The all thing left now is the aftermath of what will happen when news gets out on what they did and who saved the people caught in the cross fire. Roman did loose most of the stuff Cinder gave him, though I'm sure that when she sees what he did that night and how the public will react, she will let him off with a warning then kill him.

Now, besides the explanation for the chapter, I have another announcement. The recent slow update for this chapter is because I'm no longer in the states. That's right I'm going international! Just kidding, my job required me to move, so now I'm here in the land of the rising sun for at least a year, but I'm hoping I could stay for a little bit longer. So, expect to have updates be a bit slow or maybe short, depending on the hours I can start due to how far the hours are so different compared to the US.

I also plan to shorten the length of chapters, I know some of you like the long chapters, but I want to go back to having a more controlled word length. It also speeds up the process to publish more chapters.

Still though, I hope this chapter was worth the wait and I'm sorry if some of you think it wasn't. Like always I like to thank my Beta Readers (ahsoei and CrazyCriticer46) for the help and I hope you guys check their stories too. Don't forget to fav, like, and leave a comment if I left anything out or if you have a question about the chapter. Thank you.

(OMAKE: Popcorn)

In a typical day, on this typical night, a man was near his stove cooking popcorn. He was your average man with nothing noticeable for anyone to notice. He had short brown hair, thin, and lived in a spacious apartment with his girlfriend.

Really, this man was the pinnacle of an average citizen. Now, the man wasn't hoping for anything amazing to happen to him, he likes how his life turned out and would never regret the choices that led him at this point.

"I'm going to need a bowl." The nameless man preferred it in a larger bowl then the container the popcorn was packed in. Turning off the stove he set the popcorn on the counter, reached in one of the top kitchen cabinets, grabbed a plastic bowl, and poured the popcorn into it.

"Wonder what's happen outside." He said offhandedly, not really expecting much to happen. Walking out to his apartments fire escape, the man leaned on the stair railing and ate his popcorn while staring off at Vale's night life.

His girlfriend and him lived in a good suburban area, not great compared to housing that's deeper into the kingdom. Not much can really be said about their living space other then it's between Vale's richer district and the moderately rich.

"Nothing really new happening." He said like he knew it would. "Was hoping to see some explosion already, Beacon students were usually the one I expect to see some form of excitement in this kingdom."

'Maybe we should've moved to the other kingdoms after all. See what's out there rather than stay in Vale for the rest of our loves.'

As he continued to stare absently into Vale's quiet night, the bored adult ate a cornel every so often until one piece of popcorn fell out of his hands. Attempting to pick it up, the man looked at where he last saw it drop when he stopped at something he never thought of seeing.

Right next to him, on the brick wall, was the hero: Spider-Man standing horizontally without a care in the world. At first, he thought he was hallucinating and promptly shook his head with the hero still defying gravity by standing on the brick wall.

Can anyone blame him, he only heard of this hero from the news and friends, some of them even said they saw the hero in action. He always thought that he would see the hero stop a train, or fight some gun toting gangsters, instead he's seeing the hero look like he's lost in thought.

'Holy…'

As if finally realizing the hero was being watched, Spider-Man moved his head to see the man living in this building staring slack jawed at him.

"Is it stove or microwave?" Spider-Man asked the man holding the popcorn.

"Stove." The stunned man said automatically.

"Salt or butter?"

"Both." Without warning he moved the bowl of popcorn forward as a sign for the hero to grab a hand full of the snack.

Not looking a gift horse in the mouth, Spider-Man grabbed a handful of popcorn and thanked the man.

"Thank you, sir." Spider-Man was about to lift his mask to show his mouth, only for him to stop and moved his head. Looking at some far-off direction, Spider-Man shot a web line to another building and web swinged away.

"Whoa..." Is all he could say as he stared off at where Spider-Man was web slinging.

"Hey," Just as soon as Spider-Man left, his girlfriend stepped outside with a towel over her head. "Why are you outside, it's movie night. Are you already eating popcorn?"

Ignoring his girlfriend's rant, the man chuckled at how random his first encounter with the hero. He can complain about how he wished something exiting would happen now and then, but what happened here just now would probably be one of the coolest things that ever happened to him.

"I love this kingdom."