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(Chapter 35: The dance. Warning: Don't let a black cat cross your path!)
"I'm so happy to see you wearing something like this, Jaune." Aunt May, his landlord and also parental guardian smiled as she saw Jaune getting ready to leave for the Midtown Highschool dance.
"I feel like I may be pushing it with wearing this." Jaune tugged at his collar for more breathing room. What he had on was a bright blue suit that matched with his ocean deep eyes, sleek black dress shoes, and a white button up dress shirt.
He thought he would rent one from some store, but Aunt May was persistent on him buying an actual suit for himself. Not just that either, she wanted him to buy more clothes for himself now that Jaune has more than enough Lien to spend.
"It's ok to buy things for yourself, Jaune. You earned this by working so hard and now you're reaping some of the rewards." Aunt May patted his back and smiled at how Jaune looked so mature with what he was wearing. "No more buying things from the thrift store. It was high time you needed to get new things rather than someone else's hand me downs."
'She does have a point.' Looking at his reflection from the living room mirror hanging on the wall next to the front door hallway, Jaune looked at his appearance and felt happy at how good he looked for his school's dance. 'I helped Aunt May pay for the bills and I still have some Lien leftover. Maybe I could look online sometime later to start buying some stuff to make my original suit sturdier. The one I'm currently using may make it easier to hide, but it sure isn't helping me when I'm web slinging with the sun beating down on me.'
(Knock—Knock)
"Oh! She's here early!" If Aunt May wasn't already happy to see Jaune going to the dance, she seemed ecstatic when she heard someone at the door.
"Terrific." Jaune muttered, dreading this moment when he would meet the girl Aunt May has hook him up with. "Ah, well... it's not like it's going to matter anyway. Hope she doesn't think any less of me if I just suddenly leave."
Jaune was sure he would get a disapproving look at Aunt May when she learns that he left his date alone at school, but tonight was something that outweighed the consequences.
Qrow's boss, the leader of some shadow organization, and the headmaster of Beacon Academy requested his help tonight.
It came to a shock to him to hear that someone with such a high status would be in charge of some old order that apparently kept Vale's true threats away. Yet his surprise soon faded, most likely due to experiencing other far out and even strange encounters himself.
What Ozpin needed help with was to have him scout the outer perimeter of his school in case Cinder pulled one over them and tried to leave the dance. Qrow even went further about Ozpin's plan and told him that several other staff members of Beacon are also part of Ozpin's secret group and are also making sure to keep an eye out on her including himself.
'Regardless of his plan to just watch her, I still need to make an appearance at my school before I pop smoke and leave.'
"Jaune~! Your date is here~!" The sound of Aunt May's cheery voice gave Jaune the signal to turn around.
'Ok,' Mentally preparing himself for what happens next, Jaune went over his head one more time about how he should greet Ms. Personality. 'Just a normal greeting and then make an excuse to leave when we get there.'
"Hi! Nice to meet you! Name's Jaune Arc, it's short, sweet, rolls of the tongue and ladies…" Just when he was about to finish his corny greeting, Jaune finally caught the full sight of Ms. Personality. "...love it."
In that instant, when Jaune's sapphire colored eyes met majestic emerald eyes, he knew that this night was not going according to plan.
Deep red hair cascaded over her slender shoulders that showed her flawless skin and reaching to her slim waist that was further enhanced by the pure black dress that hugged with just enough room to show her perfect hourglass figure.
"Jaune," As soon as she saw Jaune's body go still when meeting his date, Aunt May knew she made the right choice. "I like you to meet Mary Jane Watson!"
"So," Hearing Mary Jane's voice made the blonde boy jolt from his stupor. "Short, sweet, rolls of the tongue, huh?"
The way she played with those words Jaune said made his cheeks burn from embarrassment leaving Ms. Watson to giggle at his awkwardness.
"And what was the last part?" The red head tilted her head to make some of her crimson hair fall on the other side of her shoulder with some covering her eye.
"Ladies love it." Jaune didn't know how he could still keep a straight face when he said those words. But when she heard her laugh, it was full of delight at hearing him say it a second time.
"You don't say, tiger." Flipping her hair back. Mary Jane smiled to show her straight white teeth and gave her own greeting. "Call me MJ, and I guess you're not the only one who hit the jackpot." She grins at her date.
Dances in schools was a fundamental part of any highschool student. Some used this as a chance to ask someone they want to be romantically involved with in hopes to tell their feelings. Others scoff at the notion of school making students buy over priced tickets and just go to such events in casual clothes and make fun of it all.
For Jaune Arc, it seemed it would be neither as both he and his date strolled through the dance floor with several eyes lingering between them.
"Who is that girl?"
"Is that Jaune?"
"She's so hot! And she's that guy's date?"
"Wow, guess it is always the quiet ones you need to look out for."
"Didn't know Jaune would look that good in a suit."
As the chatter spread around the gym that was the school's dance hall. Both Jaune and MJ ignored them all and focused on each other's company as they simply moved to the sound of the music.
"So, I got to ask. How's it like living in a big place like Vale?" MJ shoot first.
"I was pretty scared being somewhere so dense with people. My village never had that kind of problem, so everyone knew almost everyone."
"A village, huh? Can't really say that isn't so bad, beats traffic if where you need to go is just a couple of steps away."
"I don't know about traffic." Jaune smiled. "I find ways to get where I want here just fine. What I'm glad most of all is that my family didn't decide for me to get a job as a farmer."
"A farm boy?" MJ smiled at just imagining seeing Jaune being a farmer. "That I have to see someday. Your Aunt told me a lot about you, but hearing you say all that just makes it even funnier."
"And what did my Aunt say about me?" Jaune asked out of curiosity.
"The usual thing she tells her friends, how you're a smart student and how you're already getting a full ride to some fancy college at Atlas. In my head, you're a lot more different then I thought you'd be."
"And what did you think I would look like?" Getting comfortable with how she and him were dancing, Jaune was able to ask in a more casual and calm tone rather than stutter and trip over his words when she stepped inside his house.
"I thought she was just adding fluff about how you look, but I can see now that I shouldn't judge a book by its cover."
"Same here." What Jaune said was not supposed to be said outloud, only it did the opposite of what he thought it would and had MJ laugh even harder.
"Then I'm glad we're both wrong."
The two teens then broke in to a fit of laughs and giggles at their honesty with one another.
"This place is also a nice environment to study in. I can't wait to enroll here soon."
"You're going to be a student here?"
"My Aunt thinks this place will be better for me." Shrugging her shoulders, MJ then gave Jaune a wink. "Give it a week or two, I'll be ruling this school in no time."
Laughing at her strange yet endearing humor, Jaune was once again proven wrong at how he thought tonight was going to be.
'Aunt May was right. MJ really does have a great personality. I can't wait for her to be joining Midtown High. I wonder if she will be part of one of my classes?'
"Your Aunt told me you joined the football team." MJ said.
"It was mostly my Friend, Harry, who wanted to join and he thought he needed my help to join football. I was never into sports and I soon started to like playing and so did Harry."
"Is he here too? I would love to meet more of your friends, Jaune."
"Oh, yeah. My friends should be here with their own date." Looking around the sea of students dancing and shuffling to the beat of the music, he could see some of familiar faces near the punch bowl. "They're right over there."
Leading MJ by her arm, Jaune walked over to the concession table to greet them.
"Hey, Gwen, Eddie." The tanned skinned senior gave Jaune a smile while his fellow blonde just moved his head to show his acknowledgment. "This is MJ, my date!"
It seemed while Jaune is wearing blue and MJ wearing black, Gwen and Eddie seemed to share the same idea, only to have Gwen wear a stunning light blue gown with Eddie having a deep black suit with the only sign of him wearing white was his tie.
"Trust us, Jaune." Gwen moved her hand that was holding her cup to where Jaune and MJ was originally placed. "Most of the people here couldn't help but make a few glances at who you brought. First was Blake, and now this? Jaune, I got to ask, but are you sure you're not some Casanova?"
"Gwen, please," He put his hand over his face to shield himself from his friend's statement. "Can we not talk about her right now? I feel like every time we talk, Blake's name is always gets added into the mix."
"Pretty sure most of everyone is still thinking about her, even some of the girls in this school too." Gwen looked at MJ when she said that part. "But yeah, I'm sure people will soon forget. Cause they now have something else to talk about. Like you having someone like her hanging on your arm."
Groaning at Gwen's teasing, MJ patted Jaune's back and laughed at how Gwen was making him so flustered.
"Trust me, Jaune," Eddie, deciding that he wanted to help Jaune from getting more embarrassed, made someone else the target. "At least you have a date, unlike your other friend, Harry."
"Harry?" Soon, it dawned to him when he realized he hasn't seen Harry around. "I thought he was with his date? Glory Grant."
"Was with his date," Pointing to where he was looking, Jaune followed where Eddie was pointing at and saw Glory Grant in a beautiful bright orange dress dancing with a large student. "That's her boyfriend, Kenny McFarlane, he's in my math class, always sleeping while the teacher keeps most of his attention on the computer."
Surprise turned to realization and it soon struck Jaune with an answer.
"Kenny Kong!" His outburst made Gwen almost choke on her punch and made MJ laugh even louder at his sudden outburst. "I know him, he is part of the football team. He's so wide and looks fat, but I once saw him push back two linebackers!"
"Yup, that's the guy alright. He's also kind of childish and even a bit slow to read the room sometimes. I think that's why I heard that he and Grant broke up. Though, it looks like they're back together again."
"Oh, man, I can't believe Harry's date would do that to him." Jaune wasn't expecting this to happen. He was really happy to see Harry so happy with all that was coming his friend's way. "Do you know where he went, Gwen?"
"He went through the double doors connected to the main building." She shrugged her shoulders. "Doubt you would find him. Harry stormed out of here just when you arrived."
"And you told me this now?!"
"Give me a break! From seeing Harry getting tossed aside from his date and then to you having someone like her," Gwen pointed at MJ. "Being your date, is just too much for me!"
"Quit being dramatic." Once more, Eddie stepped in to the conversation. "It wasn't like she couldn't stop Harry from leaving. I tried to look for him around school and Gwen kept calling him. Never found him and Harry keeps ignoring her calls."
'Ok, I know how I wasn't supposed to care about this dance. But Harry was really looking forward to being here.' Looking at Harry's date dancing with someone else made Jaune glare at the couple who ruined his best friend's night. 'It's not fair that his hardwork to getting to where he is now was rewarded with this.'
Yet, Jaune couldn't be more thankful for this moment for what he was about to do next.
"I'm going to go find him."
"Jaune, I just told you that I already tried that." Eddie said.
"Yeah, Jaune, we both did." Gwen agreed with Eddie. "Just let him have his own space. He'll let us help him, but for now, we need to give him some alone time before we start overbearing him."
"I know, and I also know you tried your hardest too, Gwen." Walking away, the secret hero turned to MJ. "I'm sorry, MJ, but he's my friend, and I just don't-"
"Don't worry," A slender, well-manicured finger was placed on Jaune's lips. "I'll be here with your friends. Maybe it will give me more time to get to know this place better, so just go and check on Harry."
Moving the finger from his lips, Jaune breathed out her name. "MJ."
"Well?" Her smile widened. "What are you waiting for? Go get him, tiger."
Smiling, Jaune bolted to where Harry left, leaving MJ with Gwen and Eddie.
"So," Gwen looked at Eddie and then to MJ. "You like our school so far?"
"I like it," MJ glanced back at where Jaune left. "I already started to like the people who go here. The students are way nicer compared to the jerks who I go to school with."
"Then," Getting another cup of punch, Gwen handed it to MJ, raised her own, and soon, Eddie followed her examples as well as MJ. "I welcome you, to the socially awkward!"
"To the socially awkward!" Touching cups, the three soon became fast friends as they talked the night away.
Walking past students and couples alike, Jaune made sure that before he goes out of school, he would at least do one thing to help Harry feel better.
'Just got to get a little bit closer,' Thanks to the lights being dimmed to give the gym/dance room more ambiance, it made Jaune easier to blend into the students as he got closer to Kenny dancing with Grant. 'I know responsible wise I shouldn't do what I'm about to do, but at the same time, they shouldn't have just brushed aside Harry. So, sorry not sorry, Kenny.'
Kenny and Glory were dancing to the rhythm of the slow music being played by the sound system which made it the perfect opportunity for Jaune to shoot a web line on to Kenny's right shoe, pulled it when Kenny was just about to make a step, and walked away as he heard the sound of Kenny landing on top of Glory.
'Now,' Exiting the gym, Jaune looked around to empty hallway. 'Time to go to work.'
If Beacon looked beautiful during the day, then it looked positively magical at night because due to how it looked like a castle from its high clocktower and its large stone crafted layout people could always see it during the day with how magnificent it looks. At night, the academy has lights that were so bright it encompasses the tower that makes the name of the school really put the emphasis on the word 'Beacon' for how it displays itself.
Right now, Spider-Man was outside the school gate, standing on top of the highest building, and was scoping the area for anything strange.
"Maybe another swing around the school and I'll take a small break." Leaping off the roof, his arms instinctively began to shoot web line after web line and glided through the air. "Not really seeing much from here. That's a good thing, but I wonder how everything is going on Qrow's side."
Deciding to enter Beacon's perimeter, Spider-Man landed on the side of the CCT tower and peered down for anyone that could be suspicious.
"It's weird that I don't really see enough guards outside," Climbing a bit higher, Spider-Man used what little shadows the CCT had as cover from any unwanted eyes. "Especially when Qrow told me that Atlas soldiers were here as well."
What Qrow told him when he arrived at the usual spot was just the usual rundown he spoke to Spider-Man before. Right now, it seemed like the number of soldiers for security was just a small percentage since most are indoors protecting the staff and students. Qrow also gave Spider-Man an earpiece so he will be in touch if either one has something to report.
Right now though, it seemed to go quiet on Spider-Man's side and with Qrow not reporting back, he can only assume that the Huntsman is having the same results as Spider-Man was.
"Now that I'm seeing Beacon in this setting. I can honestly see this place is really amazing." Spider-Man moved his head to have his eyes scan the entire view of Beacon. "This place could even be a theme park with how massive this school is."
Suddenly, Spider-Man's eyes spotted movement from just across from where Ruby and her team lives. It was small, could even just be the shadows playing tricks, but for Spider-Man, it could mean something else.
"Qrow," Not even taking a chance, he put his index finger on to the earpiece and contacted the other end. "Can you hear me?"
"…Yeah, I hear you." Qrow said in a disinterested tone.
"I think I'm seeing movement." As Spider-Man was talking, he once more began to see a shadow shifting from building to another. Even with night vision helping him, he was still having trouble trying to identify this stranger. "I saw it again! Qrow, I think it could be Cinder!"
On Qrow's side, the man was no longer lounging on the wall and soon started to pull out his scroll to inform Ozpin of what Spider-Man told him. At the same time, he was also watching his target who was dancing with a boy with grey hair.
"That's where you're wrong, Webhead." Qrow now sounded alert. "Because I've been keeping my eye on her this entire time!"
"What!?"
"I didn't stutter," Even now, Qrow was staring dead center at Cinder, trying his best to see that it could be an imposter or even maybe a trick that he was trapped in. "I see her plain as day."
"It could be a trick! One of her minions has a semblance that could fool your senses."
"Can't really just walk up to her, grab her by the arm, and check if she's real." Qrow said bluntly.
Hearing his scroll go off, the red-eyed huntsman read the message Ozpin sent him.
"Spider-Man, where are you exactly?"
"I'm at the CCT tower."
"I need you to be my eyes and guide me to where you see this person. I'll be heading out right-"
"Uncle Qrow!" A familiar sight of rose petal invaded his eyes and a pair of arms wrapped itself around his midsection. "I need your help!"
"Ruby?" Putting his finger out of his earpiece, the uncle unhooked Ruby's arms away from him. "What's wrong?"
"I can't find Blake. She was here with Sun and then she suddenly disappeared."
"I'm sorry, but I didn't see her." He answered.
"But I thought you were supposed to keep an eye out for us?"
"I'm also assigned to watch…" Qrow was drawing a blank, but soon found his excuse. "The punch bowl."
"Why the punch bowl?" Ruby seemed confused at what her uncle just told her.
"Because Yang, teens, and hormones is why, Ruby." Shaking himself to get back to the main topic, Qrow put both his hands over her niece's shoulders. "I promise I will look for her and get her back here. You need to stay as well as your friends until the party is over."
"But, Uncle Qrow!" She did not finish what she had to say as he simply ignored her and ran to the exit. "I hope he finds her soon..." Ruby said with a worried look.
The young huntress stared out of the window to wonder if Blake could be out there either in the library or back to their room. While looking outside, she then started to see someone running on top of a rooftop.
"Who's that?"
"Qrow? Hey, Qrow? What's happening over there?!"
No response.
'Guess I'm doing this solo for now.'
Climbing higher on the tower, Spider-Man shifted his body to have him face forward to the air and laid his back to the cold stone surface of the tower.
"Need to try and focus on finding this guy." Focusing on his surroundings, the spider themed hero's restlessness only seemed to grow more and more with each second passing with nothing in sight. "Did I already lose sight of him?"
'Was the guy trying to leave Beacon rather than infiltrate it? Maybe he already got what he needed? I wonder-'
His head rang.
"Wait," Shifting his body to get ready to jump. "Spider-sense is picking up something…. behind me?!"
Reflexes kicking in, the hero's inhuman reaction and flexibility made Spider-Man dodge whatever attack was aimed at him.
What past him was a black and white blur as it fell straight down and soon stopped when the stranger was able to stop the fall with his clawed hands.
Finally getting a better look at who tried to attack him. He saw that it was not a man, but a woman who was wearing a skin tight black suit with white plumes of fur on her ankles and forearms that also matched her long pure white hair. She also was wearing some kind of masquerade mask that was also pitch black to match her costume with even a platinum collar to make her aesthetic resemble that of a feline.
"A cat burglar?" Spider-Man tilted his head to the side in confusion.
"Pretty obvious assumption, Spider~" She purred, seemingly in the playful mood even with how she was clinging to the side of the high tower. "Got to say, wasn't expecting for our little meeting to be this soon. Yet, I can't say I'm not happy either~"
"Oh? You planned to meet me some other time, then?" Playing her act, Spider-Man stood up straight, making him stand vertically on the communication tower, and putting both his hands over his head. "If you want, I can set up a time and place where it can just be the two of us? How does prison at downtown Vale sound to you?"
"Ha, ha, hah!" The cat thief laughed at his nonchalance. "Tempting, but I have to say no, spider. This kitty has some errands to run, and handling you wasn't part of it."
'So, she's just hired help. Can I assume it's Cinder that is her buyer? If so, then why is she here out in the open?'
"By the way, Spider-Man, I'm sure you're probably wondering why I decided to show myself to you rather than just sneaking around."
"Is it too much of a stretch if I just thought that you just wear that cat suit cause you like cats?" Spider-Man quipped.
"Says the guy being a spider." The mysterious cat burglar shot back.
"Meh," He shrugged. "Ok, you got me on that one."
"If I'm being honest, I just wanted to see for myself how good you really are in real life and that I just couldn't pass the opportunity to try my luck with you. And speaking about luck, I should also tell you my name."
Without warning, the cement under Spider-Man's adhesive feet broke off from the wall. Leaving Spider-Man to be in midair for a brief moment until gravity finally kicked in and started to bring him down to ground level.
"Whaaa!?" Thinking fast, he tried to shoot a web line to the tall structure only for the same result to happen again as the piece of wall broke upon contact. "I'm having a bad case of Deja vu!"
"Call me Black Cat~!" Gesturing a small hand wave goodbye, she watched as the image of Spider-Man became smaller and smaller as each second passed. "Catch you later, Spider~!"
'I need to fix my body before I become a pancake!'
Changing his position, the wallcrawler faced belly down and saw that the ground of almost upon him.
(TWIP)
As if Spider-Man's luck came back all at once, his lifeline had just enough length to slow his falling and had the added momentum to swing him around the CCT like a tether ball.
Wind hitting his face through his mask as he sailed around the tower with breakneck speed. Spider-Man released his hold on his web when he was an arm's reach to touch the solid cement surface. Hands flat on the wall, his adhesive ability instantly stopped his body from moving a single inch.
"What was that?" Removing one hand off the wall, he looked at his wrist to see if there was a reason for such a strange occurrence happening to him. "My hands are able to stick to things just fine."
Spider-Man tested if his feet were also fine by standing up straight leaving him to walk vertically up the wall.
"Feet also doing good too. I don't believe this thing is brittle enough to not support my weight. A Semblance perhaps? One where she can tamper with surfaces?"
Not having the time to wallcrawl, Spider-Man pushed his legs forward to the top. Sprinting back to where he last saw her, Spider-Man saw her handiwork from a window with a hole cut in to the glass showing him how she entered the building.
"Leaving her entrance for me to see. Either she thinks she's confident she can escape from me or it could be an invitation."
Entering through the hole, Spider-Man looked around to see that he was in a lobby.
"I should be close to the top," Touching the floor to feel for any vibrations, he tried his luck with the ceiling as he shot a web line above him to sense any movement on the next floor. "But I'm not picking up any forms of movement. There should be guards up here, right? Did she already handle them while I got up here?"
Then, for a moment, he felt just a small tremor traveling through his web and into his hand.
"It's faint, but I'm betting that's her!" Pulling hard on the line, he felt the floor beneath him soon leave and his vision became upside down as he was now clinging to the ceiling. "Time to declaw this little putty tat!"
Crawling through the ventilation shaft to reach the next floor, the hero could start to hear the sounds of a fight happening that was getting louder and louder as he continued to move forward.
"There she is," Stopping right above where he spotted Black Cat, he could see that there were a handful of Atlas soldiers on the floor groaning in pain and only five or so still left standing. "Got to say, for a cat burglar, she really knows how to move."
Spider-Man remembered the first time he met the Atlas military was when he investigated Sandman's rampage at the docks. He was quite scared to go against another kingdom's military, even though he's a genetically enhanced superhuman.
With their durable body armor, deadly weapons, and unit cohesion that Atlas always boasts about was soon thrown away as a young thief dressed in a skimpy cat costume decimated their ranks as she danced around her opponents.
Their durable combat suits did not help them as she aimed at the joints unguarded, leaving some with limbs dislocated and even more soldiers with bloody mouths with missing teeth.
Weapons seemed to hold no effect either as those who tried to fire their guns seemed to either jam or explode from the dust round in the chamber going off in the barrel.
Teamwork among the ranks also devolved into a disorganized mess as she was too quick on her feet for anyone to get eyes on where she is. Even those who tried to fend her off with close range weapons such as batons and fists gave no help to those with functioning rifles to get a clear shot at her.
"Wow, got to give some props to her. I'm positive I could move the way she's moving, but that's cause of the spider bite." Spider-Man's observation of her stopped when he remembered why he was here. "Stop complementing her! I need to get down there and help!"
As Black Cat was busy handling Jumping down from the vent, he crouched down on all fours and aimed two well placed web lines at her legs. Pulling the strings, he saw Black Cat get thrown into the air only to then feel his web lines snap leaving Black Cat free from his surprise attack.
'Again!? This time with my webs snapping so easily!?'
No longer having the element of surprise, Black Cat easily fixed her body's position so she would land on her feet.
"Spider-Man!" Spider-Man hated how she sounded way to happy to see him so soon. "Here you are again and looking very much alive! Glad you're the type of guy to want seconds from a girl like me!"
She gave him a wink, yet it only drove him to not like her.
"I'm not letting you hurt anymore people!" He declared, ignoring the scattered bodies of injured soldiers. "…Starting now!"
'Really should have jumped in and helped way sooner.'
Not wasting anymore time talking, Black Cat pounced straight at Spider-Man with her gloved hands in front of her.
Spider-Man attempted to just grab her wrists and throw her in a different direction, but his spider-sense told him that it was a bad decision if he did so. Rather, Spider-Man turned his body sideways for Black Cat to miss her mark as her sharp claws impaled themselves into the solid floor.
Once again, his spider-sense saved him from getting harmed as his body jumped away when Black Cat lifted her legs and attempted to used her combat heels that also has sharp claws to stab the hero.
Showing amazing upper body strength as she pushed her entire body in the air using just her arms. The cat thief dive kicked at Spider-Man only for her attack to miss the mark. Not wanting to be on the evading side for too long, Spider-Man started to throw some punches at his opponent.
Jabs, straights, left and right hooks were his attacks as Spider-Man turned the tables with Black Cat now dodging his attacks. His street level fighting maybe low tier compared to people like Yang and a few other Huntsmen trained in actual martial arts. However, his strikes were still very deadly thanks to his super strength gifted from him thanks to the spider bite that if one hit actually connected to Black Cat it would leave a very distinctive bruise. If by chance he was lucky enough to land one squarely one her head, then the fight would have ended then and there.
"Come on, Spider!" Strength seemed to not be the answer for this fight, as Black Cat also displayed great reflexes and agility as she weaved from blow after blow. "You can't tease a girl for so long! When are you actually going to get serious?"
"I am!" Letting his anger take control for a brief moment. He brought down his right fist and just when Black Cat moved away from the punch, she saw just how serious he was.
(BAM)
Now, people like Yang would have sent a small shockwave with a punch and some Huntsmen who wield big weapons can also have the same effect. Spider-Man on the other hand, did not shatter the floor beneath him, rather his punch was so fast and powerful that it went through the floor.
As if not even registering that his forearm was deep inside the floor, he pulled out his arm back and continued to keep the pressure, not once giving Black Cat the time to attack or counter. She seemed to be a bit more cautious after his display of power and wasn't attempting to try and attack if she saw an opportunity.
'She doesn't want to hit me if there is a chance that I might grab her.' Spider-Man assumed. 'Can't really blame her. Roman broke his hand when I tested my body, so I'm sure it would be the same of she tried to land an attack.'
"You know something, Black Cat?" Seeing as she is no longer talking, it gave Spider-Man the chance to start up the conversation. "I'm now starting to feel really bad for the thugs I always talk trash on. You know, on the account that I'm the one getting trashed talked on. So, when I fight the usual crook, I'll make sure to take them down then talk smack about them."
"How thoughtful," She grumbled, seeming to drop her playfulness and switched to a more cold and sassy tone. "I'm so happy to know you have a bleeding heart for other people."
Just as she said that, the white-haired burglar lifted her left arm and shot out a black cable with a small sharp claw at Spider-Man.
"First, you were flirty and playful," He moved his head just an inch to the left to dodge the projectile. "And now you're cold and distant? You really do play your role well just to fit your costume design."
Pulling back her cable, Spider-Man's spider-sense instantly made him move his body away as a large unconscious soldier was about to collide into the hero.
Black Cat, not even moving as the Atlas solider as barreling towards her, simply caught the knocked-out man with both arms.
"What are you doing?!" He gasped. "Put him down, he isn't involved in this!"
"Don't worry," Black Cat then started to search the man's body. "Just wanted to have a little bit of insurance for what's about to happen."
"What's about to happen," Raising a hand, he shot a web at the hostage and pulled. "Is that you're about to go for a cat nap."
Smiling for some reason, Black Cat only hugged the soldier even tighter as she was also flung to the hero. Catching the man in one hand, Spider-Man's quick reflexes was able to grab Black Cat's closed fist with his other hand.
Holding her wrist and tightening his hold like a vice, his opponent made a small grimace of pain, but she still retained that smug smile.
"Got anything else to say?" He asked, his masked face just a breath away from her. 'Spider-sense is tingling, but I caught her attack, so why is it telling me I'm in danger?'
"Well, I do remember in the movies you're supposed to pull these out." She uncurled her caught fist and revealed a grenade in and dangled it in front of Spider-Man.
Spider-Man's eyes moved to see a cylindrical object getting thrown behind Black Cat's head and just when he was about to move his entire sight became pure white.
'Even when I'm your enemy, you still tried to protect me.'
"GAAAH!" Spider-Man landed on his back and placed his hands on his face. With how close the flashbang grenade was to him, Black Cat has no doubt that he was in tremendous pain.
Black Cat merely stood where she was, her hands behind her back, as she watched Spider-Man groan and turn side to side on the floor.
How she wasn't like him was tossing the flashbang behind her so she wouldn't get caught in the flash. Black Cat's ears were stilling ringing from the sound it made, yet Spider-Man still did his best to make sure she wasn't harmed.
'Just as soon as you saw it, you immediately dropped us and jumped to the grenade thinking it was an explosive.' If she wasn't already interested in the wallcrawler, she was now infatuated with him and his heroic display. 'Heroic, reckless, and a bit stupid, yet I can't help but like you even more.'
Hearing beeping coming from the mainframe of the CCT, Black Cat walked to where the noise was coming from.
"Already done," She looked at the scroll she placed on top of the control table before Spider-Man showed up. "So glad that I didn't have to deal with computers. Just needed to place it where all the information goes through and it does it for me. Just like the employer said it would do."
Placing the scroll inside the small pocket within the lining of her suit, she was just about to escape using the same method as Spider-Man.
(TWHIP)
A web line stopped her from moving forward as Spider-Man, still clutching his head with his other hand, was getting ready to fight her again.
"I'm not," Shaking his head to clear his mind, Spider-Man took a few deep breaths before speaking again. "Finished yet."
"Come on, Spider," She let out a breath of disappointment. "We've already did enough dancing for one night. How about we schedule for another time? Maybe your place perhaps?"
This time, Spider-Man changed his stance from standing to crouching as both four limbs were evenly spread from his body as he looked like he was ready to pounce on her any second.
"All fours, huh? Got to say, you're very straight for-"
Spider-Man was already in front of her without her noticing that he had moved.
"?!" Caught off guard, she was thankfully saved when the web that Spider-Man stuck to the mainframe of the tower started to catch fire that soon made a small explosion.
The explosion produced a dense smoke cover that allowed Black Cat to use to sneak away from Spider-Man.
Thinking that this was enough to escape, Black Cat made three steps to the right and Spider-Man was once again lunging forward to reach her.
Now more prepared, she pushed her body to its limit by countering and deflecting each hit that Spider-Man performed.
'His attacks are low,' He aimed his fist at her legs, but she pushed his forearms so that they will be veered off the target. 'Real low! It's like-'
Her thoughts were cut short when Spider-Man swung his legs like a pendulum that was heading to hit her legs. Jumping over the attack, Black Cat was in midair for a brief moment that gave Spider-Man the chance to swing his legs upward.
"Tch!" Pressing her arms to block the kick, the impact made her feel like her bones were shaking before she was thrown in further away from Spider-Man.
Still having enough time in the air, she made sure to land on her feet before performing a few backflips to gain more distance between him and herself.
'This guy!' Already heading right back in her personal space, both fighters were dodging and deflecting each other's blows. 'He's really playing the role way too seriously!'
After fending him off with a wide low sweep, Spider-Man backed off, laid low to the ground, and spread his arm and legs to almost impossible flexibility as if it was natural to him.
'It's like I really am fighting a spider!' Black Cat gritted.
'Stay low, feel her next movement, and trust my spider-sense for what's about to happen next.'
Darkness was all Spider-Man can see, as he opted to let his spider-sense and his ability to feel vibrations take the front wheel of his body.
When his eyesights became stark white and his ears ringing loudly like the sound of his alarm clock set to full blast, Spider-Man felt completely helpless as he tried his best to get his eyes and ears working. Seconds ticked by, yet in his head, it felt longer as he felt the sounds of thumping that he thought was his heartbeat.
Only it wasn't his heartbeat, but rather, the sound of feet hitting solid floor.
'She's moving!'
Bolting to where he felt the vibrations, Spider-Man's spider-sense blared uncontrollably to signal him that he needed to move away from danger.
Trusting his trusty danger sense, he shifted his body to have him on one arm as he raised himself vertically to avoid Black Cat's downward heel strike.
It seemed that even though his eyes and hearing were shot, Spider-Man's superhuman abilities such as his spider-sense and his vibration detection flourished in this situation.
Slightly opening his eyes to try and check if they're starting to work. The spider hero was greeted by blurry images that made him shut his eyes again. 'Come on! I got a face full of explosion before, so why now all of a sudden!?'
Now, Spider-Man didn't really know what the full effects of a flash grenade will cause to someone, but he was sure that it couldn't last this long.
'Spiders have many eyes, but they still have poor vision. If I consider my normal eyes as 'spider' eyes, then does that mean that flash made my eyesights even worse?'
Changing his posture to have him use both arms, the wallcrawler felt his spider-sense scream at him as Black Cat was just a hairs breath away from hitting the back of his head with her fist.
Displaying even more impossible feats of flexibility and agility, Spider-Man bent his lower half over his head and slammed his feet onto Black Cat's head. The force behind the attack forced her to lay down on the cold floor as the blow made her dizzy from Spider-Man's direct hit.
As she was on the floor, he wasted no time as Spider-Man lifted the upper half of his body, pinned Black Cat with his weight, and shot a few webs on her legs and arms.
"Got you!" He said triumphantly. 'And not a moment too soon! My eyes, I'm starting to see again!'
Sight returning, Spider-Man looked around himself and then at the thief struggling to break free.
'I need to upgrade these goggles to help me with bright lights. Or maybe I can do that when I make a new costume sometime later.'
"Hope you like our little play fighting, Cat." Spider-Man taunted. "Cause the only outfit you'll be in will be an orange jumpsuit."
"Is that," She attempted to move her head to look at Spider-Man. "Really your best insult?"
"Dunno," He shrugged his shoulders. "Was that fight the best you could do?"
"I see that your sense of humor is still intact." Black Cat chuckled despite the problems she's having.
"I can say the same to you." He could give credit to where credit is due, Black Cat gave him a challenge with how she made him really push his comfort zone. The only ones that he can compare to her that was just as quick and just as acrobatic was Roman's silent friend, Neo, and Blake.
"I aim to please, Spider. It's not every day a girl like me would get the chance to meet you in the flesh."
"Then I'm happy to be the first one to welcome you to the kingdom." Seeing no reason to be on guard around her. Spider-Man lifted her up from the ground and hoisted her over his shoulder. "Don't worry though, I'm not going to leave you all to your lonesome just yet. I got some friend nearby who are will just love to know that I have a plus one with me!"
Spider-Man wanted to web swing through an open window, but it seemed like the windows were large panes of glass with no discernable opening.
Choosing to use the building's elevator to reach the bottom floor, he stopped just on the down button when he felt some movement under him.
'Someone is using the elevator? Is it more guards? They seem to be a bit late on the count that all of the soldier up here is knocked out cold.'
Hearing the 'ding' to signify the elevator is here, the elevator doors opened wide to show no one inside. It was completely empty, not a single shred of anyone using it to get up to this floor. Stepping inside, Spider-Man just assumed it must have been a malfunction to the button only for another surprise to hit catch him off guard as his spider-sense warned him of danger.
"Again!? Woah-" Out of nowhere, Qrow somehow appeared inside the elevator alongside someone dressed in some red and black suit with a helmet that was silver that looked like some gasmask. The two were wrestling one another with Spider-Man and his prisoner caught inside the cramp elevator space.
"Qrow?!" Spider-Man was now officially confused at what was happening. He thought that Black Cat was the one that could be working for Cinder, but it seemed like there was a second intruder that Qrow was currently fighting.
"Spider-Man!" Qrow caught the fist that was aimed at his face. "Glad you're here! This guy was just about to steal something from the CCT!"
"What are you talking about?!" Taking of the added weight off his shoulder, Spider-Man showed Qrow who he caught. "I thought she was the only one here to steal stuff?"
"Hi, I'm Black Cat," Seeming to not even be fazed by this new event, she just gave the two men a smile. "Nice to meet one of Spidey's friends."
"Wait, wait, wait!" The man that was struggling to hold of Qrow from attack him voiced his concerns. "This is all a mistake and a misunderstanding! I'm not here to steal from Beacon!"
"Then why are you here then?" Spider-Man asked.
Just when he was about to explain, a noise coming from his belt made him panic.
"The belt!" Get out of here before it-"
Spider sense warning him of the danger, the wallcrawler pushed Black Cat behind him, reached over to the belt in hope of throwing it, but just when he saw his hands reach for the device, he saw everything around him becoming bigger.
Not just the belt either, Spider-Man, Qrow, and the man with the weird belt also started to become smaller and smaller. It was at this point that as they continued to shrink, the three were fast approaching to elevator floor with no signs of stopping.
'I don't think my webs will be long enough to swing!'
An idea popped into Spider-Man's head to solve this predicament. Webbing Qrow and the mystery man that caused this problem, Spidey attached their webs and wrapped it around his waist, used both wrists to shoot above his head, and the webs that he was forming slowly lowered his decent as what he made was a parachute made of webbing.
Roughly landing on the ground, Spider-Man checked his surroundings and found that his fall made him land out of the elevator.
Said elevator that was closing with Black Cat still inside.
"Now this is just unfair!" Scratching his masked head in frustration, he soon calmed himself down and started to help Qrow with his bindings.
"Thanks for the save, Spider-Man." Qrow said. "I would have just flown, you know."
"Maybe," Spider-Man shrugged his shoulders and looked down at the one who was started this mess. "But right now, this guy here has some explaining to do."
"Again, I'm telling you the truth that I'm not here to steal anything from Beacon." The man now known as: Ant-Man, told the two the same thing for the past couple of minutes.
All three were back in to normal size, as a show of good faith from Ant-Man. As for Black Cat, she was long gone before any of them could reach the bottom floor of the tower. Even Qrow, with his ability to turn into a bird, didn't see her running on the rooftops, meaning that she could be far away from the academy.
So, the three were using one of the classrooms to chat, not really worry about any students since all of them are still at the dance hall.
"You weren't working with Black Cat?"
"I don't even know her until you showed her to me!"
"Doesn't matter who she is, only what she tried to take is important." Said Qrow. "She did cause some problems with security, mostly against Jimmy's boy scouts, but you still stopped her from what she was after, Spider-Man."
"Yeah, whatever she tried to do was stopped," Pulling out a scroll, he tossed it at Qrow and explained what he thought it could be. "I saw it lying next to her after fighting her. I heard that whoever gave this to her might have some sensitive info inside."
"I'll have my boss look into this," Putting the scroll away, Qrow moved his sights on Ant-Man. "So, regular sized man, what will you do now? I can't really just let you walk away now that you just stumbled upon my school and even stopped us from capturing someone capable enough to take down Atlas personal."
"Look, I'm sorry, ok?" Ant-Man scratched his head. "I didn't even know my belt was badly damaged, so shrinking us wasn't my intention. But since we're all here, I can at least hope to ask for your help, Spider-Man."
"Huh?" Spider-Man looked at Qrow and then at Ant-Man. "My help?"
"Yes, it's something that I need your help with. Something that I can't do alone even with my partner backing me up. I'm even more positive that if you help, then this could get done a lot easier."
Sending a glance at Qrow, the swordsman just gave the hero a nod to humor Ant-Man before taking a swig from his hip flask.
"It's not like I'm going to withhold info to my boss about this. I'll give you two a moment to talk, I'll be heading to get this scroll checked. Try not to get seen by the way, we still have some guards securing the halls."
Stepping out of the classroom, both masked vigilantes were left on their own.
"I know this is out of the blue, but this is really important."
'This guy is putting out all of this so suddenly. If so, then I can't just ignore his request for my help.'
"Ok, you have my attention, but I need to know why you're here. Don't repeat what you said earlier, I need tell me the truth."
Contemplating on what to say, Ant-Man went over what he wanted to say before speaking.
"I needed to go inside the CCT to find a certain someone. He's been using fake accounts to ship some dangerous stuff throughout the kingdoms. One of my friends told me that he could be here, but under a fake alias. The CCT was a way for me to actually pinpoint him in a larger radius, but, well, you know the rest."
'A mysterious person pushing dangerous goods in Vale? I wonder if this person is also working with A.I.M? Still…'
"I'm sorry, Ant-Man, but your story is way to convenient. What if you're just saying all this just to double cross me when you get what you need from this guy?"
"Then, would you believe me if I told you that this man that I'm after already sent his goons to kidnap my daughter?" That statement made Spider-Man's eyes go wide. "That girl was Cassy Lang, my daughter, and you saved her when I was caught in his trap."
Lifting his hand, Ant Man pushed a button on the side of his helmet to show his face to Spider-Man.
"My name is Scott Lang and I need your help to stop someone from stealing something that could destroy Remnant."
If Spider-Man wasn't already blown away from the fact that this man was the father of the girl he saved, then his mind was in tatters when he showed his identity to him.
'First Iron Man and now Ant-Man? I can't believe I met another hero this soon.'
"Wow, Mr. Lang, I didn't expect you to actually show you identity. I'm sorry I doubted you."
"It's fine, I get used to it." He laughed. "I didn't want to tell the other guy all of this, since I'm still not sure who he works for. But, back to what I said! This tech isn't even supposed to be known yet and if he finds a way, then anyone who has this can take over the kingdoms."
"What weapon is it?" Spider-Man Asked.
"A weapon that can pass any fortress, any security, and can even sneak armies without anyone even noticing there even there before it's too late."
Reaching to his belt, Scott opened it so show a small bright light that caused them all to shrink.
"They're called: Pym particles."
This night was not what Ruby Rose expected it to be.
The dance was still raging, her friends were having a nice time dancing to the music, and yet she was outside her school looking for a certain faunus who couldn't stay put.
'I thought I saw her here.' Was all she could think about as she remembered the silhouette of someone leaving the academy grounds and into the night life of Vale.
Here she was, trying to find Blake, yet the only thing she did was waste her time as she clearly saw no sign of Blake anywhere.
'That person I saw running on the rooftop and then leaving the school. It must be Blake since she wasn't at the dance, so where is she right now?'
As her mind continued to wander, Ruby accidently bumped against someone, making her lose her footing.
"Ah!" Just when she was about to fall, a hand reached her shoulder and stopped her from falling.
Silver eyes met a familiar blue and her face morphed into recognition at who she was staring at.
"Ruby!" Jaune said as he helped her back on her feet.
"Jaune!" She smiled. "I'm so happy to meet a familiar face right now. I've been trying to find Blake, but I haven't seen her anywhere."
"Blake isn't at Beacon?"
She shook her head.
"No, I didn't see her at the dance and I thought I saw her leave the school."
Just when Ruby said that, she took a glance at Jaune who was wearing a suit that made her remember he also has a dance at his school.
"How come you're not at your school dance, Jaune?"
"W-well," He tugged his collar. "My friend's date kind of left him on his own and decided to dance with someone else. He left the school, so I kind of tried to find him."
"Oh," She felt bad asking her question. "I'm sorry to bring that up, Jaune."
"It's fine, Ruby," He reassured her. "But hey, since we're both finding our friends, why not find them together?"
'It does make sense.' She thought. "Ok! Let's start looking! I'm sure we'll find them way faster with two of us working together!"
They found neither Blake nor Harry.
They searched where their friends could likely be and some where they might never expect to find them. Their search showed no reward and left the two teens exhausted from covering so much ground from the bother of them.
"Ahh~" Ruby rested her head on the dining table where Jaune used to work. With how late it was there was not many customers left and many of the staff was already in the process of closing. "We haven't found ether of them."
Taking her scroll out, Ruby checked the time and banged her head on the table.
"The dance at my school is starting to be over too!"
"Cheer up, Ruby," Jaune remained optimistic. "They can't just suddenly disappear out of thin air. Maybe message your sister or your partner?"
"Maybe you're right," Dialing her sister, Ruby waited to hear the other line answer. "I hope- Yang! Hey, I'm sorry if this is sudden. No, no, I'm fine, I'm sorry of I didn't tell you earlier why I left the dance. I was trying to find Blake, because I thought I saw her leave and-what!? She's there? In our room!? The dance is cut short? Where am I? I'm with Jaune, we're at a diner and-"
Ruby had a surprised look on her face as her scroll call ended.
"She hung up on me." Groaning, Ruby placed her scroll on the table and sipped her cup of water that was given to her by one of the workers. "We searched out here only to find out she was back in the room. Sorry for wasting your time, Jaune."
"No need to apologize. I think Harry is at home resting too." Jaune already knew that Harry was home when Gwen sent him a text letting him know he called her when he and Ruby were on the search for their friends. If he told Ruby before, then she would have asked why he was out of school liker her and Jaune wasn't about to lie even more in case it might make things get worse for him.
'I just left Beacon after Ant-Man explained to me about his problem with the stolen Pym particles. If I just tried to make another lie, I'm sure Ruby would believe me.'
Seeing her sad and sulking made the secret hero also sad that she was in this state.
'No, I've already lied enough tonight. I just want tonight to be normal for a bit.'
Music could be heard in the diner, making Jaune turn his head to see where it was coming from. The music was coming from a radio that looked to be recently bought. Perhaps it was for the workers to listen to something when cleaning the diner or it was likely that with how the boss had one less worker to pay, I.E. Jaune, she decided to use some of the Lien to get something new.
Jaune went with the latter.
Idea forming, the neatly dress teen looked at his friend who was wearing a cute red dress, got out of his chair, stood next to Ruby, and extended a hand to her.
"Jaune?" At first confused at what Jaune was doing, her face soon exploded bright red when Jaune gently wrapped a hand around hers.
"Come on," He smiled. "We both deserve some fun tonight. Why not here?"
Not seeing any problems with his offer, Ruby got out of her chair and followed Jaune to a bigger space for them to dance in.
"Have you ever danced before?" He asked her.
"No," Ruby looked away in embarrassment. "I'm too focused on weapons handling rather than learning how to."
"Then you're in luck, cause having seven sisters made me very talented when it comes to dancing. Here, let me lead and just follow my steps."
He made sure the pace was slow and easy for Ruby to remember the steps. Jaune was glad that the music had a slow beat and that the singer was singing softly that gave Jaune an image that he and Ruby was actually dancing at his school dance.
"Hey!" It was stopped as the owner of the store stepped out of her office. "What are you two-"
Looking between her former employee and some girl holding hands with him with music in the background.
Rolling her eyes at the display of teen romance, Jaune's former boss pulled out her copy of the keys and tossed it to Juane. "Make sure you close after you're done."
"But I don't work here."
"I'll fire you again tomorrow." Brushing off his remark, she closed the door to the shop and made sure to flip to sign to 'close'.
With the keys now in his possession, the blonde hero tucked it in his pockets and picked up where he left off. Their dancing became smoother and more natural as Ruby was beginning to get more into the song and was getting used to Jaune's pace.
This lasted for a couple of three songs with both teens not saying a word as they simply danced along to each different song. Their eyes sometimes traveled to their feet, the music player, and even other areas in the diner.
But they always go back to staring deep into each other's eyes as they always seem to be drawn to another gaze.
"Jaune." The one to break the silence was Ruby.
"Yes, Ruby?"
"I like this." She said truthfully.
"Yeah, this is nice."
"And jaune?"
"Yes?"
"I think I'm starting to like dancing with you too." Ruby never diverted her eyes from him when she said those words.
"You're staring to like dancing with me? I'm glad I'm not the only one." Smiling, Jaune couldn't help but feel grateful for meeting Ruby on that day they first met. "Because I'm starting to like dancing with you too."
They didn't need any more words to convey their thoughts and feelings. Just the simple sway in their steps and the sound of music was enough for them as they enjoyed each other's company.
It was a dance they didn't know they wanted, but was happy to have either way.
Back at School, Qrow watched the students who were assigned to be the working party to break down the school dance equipment. The dance was over and the students who weren't assigned to take down the dance equipment began to walk back to their dorms to get some shut eye.
As Qrow continued to watched them take the school's property out of the dance hall and back to storage. The person next to him stood silently after listening to what Qrow told him during his absence.
"You fought an ant?" Ozpin asked, seemingly more focused on the part where Qrow was shrunken down rather than Spider-Man stopping someone from hacking into the communication tower.
"Ants, Ozpin, I fought ants." Pulling out his hip flask, Qrow was about to put it to his lips for a drink and stopped when he looked at the punch bowl that he was standing next to. Taking a paper cut, the drunkard poured some punch and added some alcohol from the flask.
Downing the entire drink, Qrow was going to get a second cup of punch, only to stop a student who was about to take table down along with the contents.
"Leave the bowl." Was his order making the students take everything but the punch bowl and the table it was on. "When I got the call from Spider-Man, I found several Atlas soldiers outside the CCT down and saw this guy pop out of thin air. I tried to stop him, only to be turned small enough that I had to fend off some ants that wanted to eat me."
"He has a semblance that can allow him to shrink." Qrow couldn't tell what Ozpin was thinking with out neutral the headmaster's face looked. "And you say he wasn't working alongside this second intruder Spider-Man fought?"
"Guy shrunk me and Spider-Man down to peas. He could have just left us like that and regrow, but he still helped us. I'll give him a benefit of a doubt and I think Spider-Man is doing the same."
"These are indeed peculiar times. Spider-Man in Vale, Iron Man from Atlas, and I wonder if this… what did he call himself?"
"Ant Man."
"Yes, I wonder if this Ant Man is from a different kingdom entirely. Through out all my lives, this life is having more changes then my previous incarnations."
"That's a good thing isn't? We've been kind of in a stalemate with your old enemy for a while now."
"If change happens, it could be good and bad for both sides. I just hope what you said is true and that this Ant Man could really be an ally. Why didn't you stay longer and pry some questions from him?"
"I got shrunken down to the size of a lint and fought ants, Oz." Dumping the remaining liquor form his flask into the punch bowl, Qrow then started to use the ladle as his method to drink the spiked punch. "This night was more then I bargained for. At least Spider-Man was able to stop the one that tried to steal something from the CCT."
"Yes," Oz looked at the scroll Qrow handed to him. "I'll make sure we can have this looked into if she did steal important information. I trust your judgment and I too hope that Ant Man will help, Qrow."
"You still wanted to see Spider-Man, Right? I'm not sure if he's even here still."
"Have you told him who I am yet?" Qrow nodded his head. "Then it's fine, I trust Spider-Man enough to keep a secret and I'm not mad at you for letting him know before I could meet him. He already showed us he can be of great help, so feel free to get some rest."
"I'll do that, Oz," By the time their talk was done, Qrow was already done with dinking the entire punch bowl. "Have a nice night, Oz. It's a shame that we didn't catch Cinder in the act, but we did stop her little friend from doing whatever she paid her to do."
Walking away from his subordinate, the headmaster of Beacon made his way to his office with the item of interest stuffed inside his front pocket.
Not noticing the scroll's screen light up it showed a chess piece, a black queen chess piece, that just as quickly turned itself back off. At the same time, as Ozpin left Qrow alone at the punch bowl, the red-eyed huntsmen was so busy drinking the contents of the punch that he did not see his scroll automatically light up to show a black queen chess piece.
The queen is now moving on the board.
[A/N]
Not only did Black Cat finally get revealed, there is also Ant Man sharing the spot light! He will be in the next chapter that will delve more into his work and will reveal more of his side story!
After that, we will encounter someone I have shown to be the next villain for Jaune to fight and maybe even push Jaune further than anyone else did before. Hope you liked the chapter and I hope you will like, comment, fav, and comment your thoughts and opinions.
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