The team ignored Yang's sulking. Back inside, Lisa Lisa now had clothes on, and summoned a small burst of Hamon to her hands, small sparks jumping between her fingers. She placed them on either side of Suzi's head.
Lisa Lisa: Suzi Q… While Esidisi controlled you, you must have been semiconscious. Answer this. Where is the stone headed?
Suzi: Switzerland… Saint Moritz… A package. An envelope with Madam Lisa Lisa's crest. The address is…
"Switzerland? Is it some kind of an amusement park?" Weiss asked. "I don't know, Phantom Blood was set in a place called England so..." Blake shrugged. "What's a Switzer and an Eng?" Ruby asked. "JoJo places are weird." Yang said.
As she spoke, images flashed by in the background, before the shot switched to outside, where Caesar was speaking with Messina.
Caesar: Switzerland? Are Kars and Wamuu there?
Messina nodded and grunted in response.
Messina: I just checked. A cargo train for Switzerland left ten minutes ago.
"The stone is on that train. They better intercept it or else it might be too late." Weiss stated.
A map appeared, the route the train would take, and they would take, the team was awestruck at the bizarre geography of the world.
It then cuts forward.
Joseph slammed the door of a car they had gotten for the trip, sitting in the passenger seat next to Caesar, while Lisa Lisa and Messina sat in the back, Suzi watching from behind the car. "Ooooh! Train action!" Ruby nudged Yang, watching old action movies, it might cheer her up. "Yeah. Yeah!" the blonde realized what's about to happen.
Lisa Lisa: We might have to break the law. Some of us may end up dead.
Joseph: Heh. I won't. Gonna show them that sparing me is the biggest and last mistake they ever made.
Caesar: I wasn't ready before, but now... It's a whole different story.
Messina: I'll eradicate them.
"Oh please, Messina. We know you won't do shit." Yang sneered.
Caesar turned the key and the car roared to life, purring, before they sped off. Suzi waved at them sadly as they went, before turning and walking away. However, the sound of screeching tires and Joseph's voice rang out.
Joseph: Oi, Suzi! Over here!
She turned around in surprise to see Joseph standing in the passenger seat, grinning at her. "Ughhh! What now?" Yang groaned. For some reason, Weiss and Blake find it amusing.
Joseph: This is goodbye for now, Suzi! But I'll be back in Venice one day! And you better be ready!
Joseph grinned wider and pointed at her, teasing her.
Suzi: R-Really?!
Joseph: Hell yeah! Heal those ugly wounds before then!
Suzi blushed as tears came to her eyes and she smiled, watching the car turn and drive away. She chased after it, waving. RWB smiled at the rather soft hearted airhead's reaction.
Suzi: JoJo, just make sure you come back here in one piece!
Joseph: Don't be pushy! You might be an old lady when I get back, but I'll be back! Au revoir!
Suzi: It's arrividerci!
She laughed as she picked up a rock and attempted to throw it at the car, but it clattered to the ground far from it.
Caesar: JoJo, it's arrividerci-
Joseph: Shut up, I know!
Saint Moritz, Switzerland
"So this is where they're heading." Blake said. "Yeah, it wasn't that far when the map earlier showed the route." Weiss said.
It was nighttime, with the only visible light coming from inside buildings, street lamps, and the moon. A white puppy was seen walking past a man in a trench coat and wide brimmed hat. "AWWWW! A PUPPY!" RWY cooed as Zwei barked. Blake was a bit alarmed but she finds it quite cute.
The man ignored it, walking away, and the puppy turned, walking into the street.
"Wait, is that Kars?! The turban seemed familiar!" Ruby noticed. "He better not do anything to the puppy or I swear-" Yang threatened.
There was a sudden bright light, and it turned its head to see a car driving towards it, the erratic nature suggesting the driver was drunk. "I think these guys will get to the critter first." Blake said. "No! Ughh! What imbeciles!" Weiss shrieked.
Inside, two drunken idiots laughed as one poured a glass of wine, and the other watched him, his eyes off the road. As the car closed in "OH COME ON! DON'T!" Ruby screamed as her teammates winced.
The man that had ignored the puppy lifted his arm, a sudden blade made from pure bone sliding out easily, before with a sudden light show, and movements too fast to see, the car swerved away and the blade slid back in. "Wait, what did Kars do?" Weiss asked.
The car, somehow manipulated by Kars, completely avoided the helpless dog. The team let out a sigh of relief. "Phew! Jeez!" Yang exhaled.
And the man that had been pouring the wine grinned drunkenly at his friend.
Unnamed man: Eyes on the road, fuckwit! Eh? Am I just drunk or... What's with your arms?
Unnamed man 2: What?
He looked down, and saw that both hands had been separated neatly in the middle of his forearms. Of course, with how drunk he was, he didn't think anything of it at all. "HUH?!" RWBY gasped.
"What did he just... Is it a forearm sword?" Ruby asked.
Unnamed man 2: Something's wrong with the wheel!
The first guy is stupid enough to not realize how severe the situation is, he shrugged and lifted his bottle to drink from it.
Car: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- *BOOM*
The car suddenly slammed into a wall and spun into the air, exploding into a fireball for no fucking reason. Yang bursted out laughing, but the team hadn't called her out on it by being unsympathetic. The dog watched, unharmed thanks to Kars' interference, while the Pillar Man just walked away calmly.
Kars: Esidisi hasn't called. He said he learned the Stone was in Venice.
"Yeah, your homeboy dead!" Yang boasted. "He... Saved that dog." Ruby said. "Yeah. Weird since if it's Dio he would have let it become a roadkill." Blake said. "I know Kars is evil but I think I like him more than Dio, just for that." Weiss said.
The camera closed into Kars' red eye, before revealing a sleeping Joseph, sat still in the car now wearing a wooly hat to protect him from the cold weather.
Messina: JoJo. Hey, wake up!
Joseph just grumbled, and Messina sighed as he got up, before driving his elbow down onto Joseph's head.
Messina: JoJo, wake up!
Joseph: Huh, What gives?
Caesar: JoJo, we've caught up!
5:00 p.m. 6 days until remaining ring dissolves
The team went silent as they observed the situation.
The train had stopped at a station, and the car was parked on the road next to the tracks.
Messina: They're in customs.
Lisa Lisa: it's less than an hour from the border to Saint Moritz. I'm glad we caught up.
Caesar: Look sharp, JoJo.
Joseph: Listen, I'm just saving my strength, that's all. Let's hurry up and get that Stone. Then we need to plan for the fight with Wamuu.
Caesar looked behind them as a car began honking obnoxiously, with Joseph turning around as well to see what the problem was, before opening the door and climbing out. "They got company." the faunus muttered.
Joseph: What the hell? Fuck off! If you want to go on, just pass us!
Joseph suddenly gasped, spotting the eagle symbols and insignias of the German army. "T-Those symbols are familiar." Ruby stuttered. "They are. I think I saw it during the battle with Santana." the heiress said.
Joseph: Nazi! What are they doing on the Swiss-Italian border?
One of the soldiers chuckled and grasped part of his uniform, an odd mechanical noise sounding out as he did so.
German Soldier: You're looking rather spry. My, how you've grown, Mr. Joestur.
Joseph: Wait. What did you say?
"That voice seems familiar." Yang said. "No way, if you are implying it's that guy, he blew up to pieces." Weiss argued. "Maybe a twin then?" the blonde said.
The Germans suddenly drove around them.
Joseph: Hey wait up! How the hell did you know my name you creepy fuck!?
There were about a dozen soldiers standing around the train, with one moving around inside it.
Soldier: We found it, Colonel!
The man was holding a brown package with a certain crest on it, causing everyone in the car and the team to gasp.
"The stone!" RWBY said in unison.
Lisa Lisa: That crest! It's the package!
The colonel was handed the package, and he tore the wrapping off, before grabbing the item within. The Red Stone dangled from its chain, held from the German's fingers.
Joseph: The Red Stone of Aja!
Lisa Lisa: Why do the Nazis want it?!
German Colonel: We are taking the Stone as a specimen for our research. For the past three weeks, we have been watching you in Venice. We stated when we lost our team in Rome. We saw your training. We saw Esidisi.
Joseph: Please don't tell me you also saw me peeping through Lisa Lisa's door.
"Pffft-" Ruby corpsed.
Lisa Lisa: What-
Caeaar and Messina: What-
Germans: What-
Joseph: NOTHING. EHEM. Please continue.
German Colonel: ... And we knew you were chasing the Stone. Our base is a lodge up ahead. Follow us. We want to ask you about the Stone and Kars. Let us work together, eh? We are not complete strangers, JoJo.
"My gut says it is Stroheim." Blake said. "Your gut is fat." Yang teased. "S-Shut up!"
Joseph: Hey! What in fuck's name are you blabbing about?! Don't think you know me, you fucker!
Messina: So the Germans are here. I didn't expect the Third Reich to show up!
Caesar: Coach?!
Lisa Lisa: We have no choice. At least Kars doesn't have the Stone. It could've been worse.
A map of several European countries showed up, with the narrator… narrating about Germany. About places RWBY didn't and probably will never know about.
Narrator: at that time, the German army was marching across Europe. They wanted to ensure their rule was permanent.
The power of the mask and Red Stone would solve their problem perfectly. The Germans needed the ultimate power of immortality to conquer the world!
Weiss shivered, it really reminded her of Atlas military during the great war. Their pursuit for power is jarring.
Five hours later - 10:00 p.m.
A cabin covered in snow with the lights on took center screen, however, boots crunching through snow drew the eye. The man wearing them closed in on the cabin, and placed his hands on the wall of the building. Kars' familiar voice suddenly rang out.
"... Kars." Ruby whispered. "Why are you whispering, it's not like he can hear you or anything." Yang chuckled. What Kars said next made their jaws drop.
Kars: I'll read the heat inside. The fireplace is lit. Four lights on the wall, two on the ceiling. Two on the desk… no, three. Four humans standing by the wall. From the right, their heights are 178 cm, 174 cm, 181 cm, 178 cm. One human is by the fireplace. He's 183 cm tall. Five humans, all male.
"We're still lucky there's no Grimm as smart as the Pillar Men." Weiss gulped in fear. "Imagine being a Huntsman but Grimms are replaced by Pillar Men." Blake said with a grin, aiming to scare someone. "Stooop!" Ruby whined.
Kars took a step back, before summoning his arm blade. He sped along the wall with one clean slice, going from high, smoothly to low, back up, then back down, to account for the heights of everyone inside. The speed at which he moved knocked his hat off, and he spun his arm to retract the blade. He stood, outlined by the large moon and glared with red eyes at the wall. The team were still awestruck by the beautiful moon in their world.
Inside, blood was splattered along the walls as five bodies lay on the ground, decapitated, while a man sat dead with another man's head on top of his own. "Oh-OH! Ughh! It's- ughh I think I will skip lunch for today..." Ruby winced, Weiss and Blake were covering their eyes while Yang was absolutely disgusted.
Kars: One, two… that's four. And five.
Kars stood on the windowsill, observing his work, before his eyes slowly drifted to a figure he somehow hadn't seen. The team raised their eyebrows, how come that guy wasn't eviscerated?
Figure: So you're Kars? You're fast. In just a few hours you heard about your friend's death, then learned we had obtained the Stone, and have come for it. And this brutal, calculated assault… none of my men made a sound as they died.
"That voice... I really think it is him." Blake said. The others gulped, slowly starting to believe her. "But how? Did he turn in to a zombie or something? If so, then wouldn't Kars just devour him? How did he come back from the dead?" Weiss analyzed.
The man was the Colonel from before, although his face was still shadowed by his hat. Kars jumped into the room, eyeing him.
Kars: I'm sure there were five men in this room. So, why can't I sense your body heat?
Colonel: Heh. Why won't you come closer to find out?
He brought out his arm blade, readying himself for battle, before Joseph's voice suddenly rang out from behind the colonel, and through a door. "Oh boy, it's Joseph." Ruby whispered. Joseph opened the door to the room, angrily glaring at the occupants.
Joseph: Hey, dickheads! Do I have to wait forever for foo- HOLY-
His question was ignored by both of the other occupants in the room as he noticed the mutilated corpses around, as Kars suddenly jumped into the air and brought down his Bone Blade onto the colonel's head. Joseph gasped when he saw who it was.
Joseph: Kars!
The Colonel's glove shredded, revealing a robotic hand holding onto the blade. Kars' eyes widened in surprise.
Kars: it's mechanical!
Joseph, meanwhile, focused on something else, watching as the Colonel's hat split, revealing the man beneath.
Joseph: You're… Stroheimu!
"I CALLED IT, I FREAKING CALLED IT." Blake said out of hype. "Wait! I don't get it, why is his hand mechanical?! Is he a robot now or something?" Yang asked. "Huh, what a surprise. Maybe he's like General Ironwood." Weiss pondered
"Huh? What is it about the General?" Yang asked. "Didn't you guys know? His body is mechanical!" the heiress revealed causing Ruby to gasp. "Weiss... How could you?!" she grimaced.
W: What?
R: You peeped on him when he was bathing?!
To be continued!
Y: NIIIIIICE! Huh?
B: Pfft- haha, didn't know you were like that, Weiss.
W: N-NO! Stop being concussed, it's nothing like that!
Y: Oh goddamnit, I thought you girls already forgot about that concussed thingy...
W: it's what Winter told me, but she doesn't know for sure how he ended up like that.
R: Maybe because of battles he participated in?
W: Probably.
Yang's stomach began to grumble. Blake smirked "You know what would be fun? Pizza."
Weiss rolled her eyes "It better not be Dio this time..."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Ruby asked. "Dio delivered the pizza when we were watching episode 9." Blake explained. "I... I hate him." Ruby frowned "But maybe he isn't that bad in person..." she added. "It means we can ask him about the other casts of the show if he did show up." Blake said as she picked up her scroll.
"MEANWHILE." Yang obnoxiously yelled and pressed the remote.
Joseph: Stroheim! DOUBLE SHOCK! Kars… And Stroheim, Who I thought was blown to bits in Mexico! They're both right here!
"It's like seeing a ghost I bet." Ruby chuckled. "I think this is weirder than that." Weiss said. "Don't you mean... Bizarre?" Yang grinned. "Shuuuut up!" Blake and RW groaned.
Joseph: Kars is here! And Stroheim too! His hand is metal, and his face is wrapped in strange machinery! The Germans are hiding incredible medical technology… is it for military use? Is that what saved you, Stroheim?
Stroheim turned to him with a grin, as the red eye piece over his right eye flipped up.
Stroheim: JoJo, even hell can't keep me.
Joseph: S-Should I be happy? He's not exactly a bad guy, but he's a German soldier. And I don't like how he struts around. Still, I'm a bit happy. No wonder you know me, you sneaky wanker.
Stroheim: I DON'T NEED HELP THIS TIME, I NEED YOU TO WATCH ME WORK.
Joseph grinned at Stroheim's words, before taking a step back and wincing at the glare Kars was sending at him. The Pillar man was completely ignoring Stroheim's grip on his arm in favor of staring daggers through Joseph.
Joseph: Holy shit, you're pissed. How'd you know it was me?
Kars: Don't talk to me.
Joseph grinned and threw his arm to the side.
Joseph: Y-You think I'm gonna let you psyche me out, Kars?!
Kars just kept staring at him, causing sweat to roll down the side of his chiseled face. He suddenly pointed at the boy, calmly. "Kars was the intimidating one of the bunch." Yang said. "Yeah, those are the eyes of a killer right there." Ruby adds.
"He looks linda feminine though. Have you girls noticed?" Blake asked. "Of course, he is the pretty boy of the trio." Yang smirked.
Kars: JoJo… Once I take the Stone, I'm going to tear you apart. Too bad Whammu is in Greece, but I can't allow a Hamon-User that could beat Esidisi to live.
Joseph: Are you speaking as a warrior? Or do you just want revenge, Kars?!
As the two warriors glared at each other, Stroheim, Who was still grasping Kars' blade and seemingly forgotten, spoke up.
Stroheim: Oi, Kars! Look here, I will be your final opponent!
Kars: No machine can stop me!
Stroheim: Oh? You think so?
DER MENSCH, IST BOSE!
"OH THIS MUSIC AGAIN!" Ruby squealed.
Suddenly, Stroheim's other arm bent fully around his back, in a way that most certainly would have dislocated several bones, or would have required the breaking of others to make possible. He pinched Kars' hand, and Joseph blinked in shock. "So he is a cyborg! Like the General!" the heiress exclaimed while the three watched in awe.
Joseph: Arms don't bend like that! Are both of his limbs mechanical?! Holy shi-
Stroheim pinched down harder, and the sound of tearing flesh was made apparent as Stroheim grinned widely..
Stroheim: AND NOW!
The flesh on Kars' hand was ripped off, and the Pillar Man hissed as he managed to break free from the german's grasp and jump away. Yang winced and imagined hiw much it would hurt.
Narrator: His fingers grip at 1950 kilograms per square centimeter, almost twice Santana's strength!
Stroheim suddenly slammed both of his heels together, stood up as straight as a board, and threw his left arm high into the air for a Nazi salute, or a Seig Heil. His grin widened along with the team.
*WAPSH*
Stroheim: BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAKA MONO GAAAAAAA! DOITSU NO KAGAKUWA, SEKAI ICHIII!
(This is one of the dialogues I just can't put in English, it has to be in that format, I'm sorry)
Stroheim: MY POWER IS BASED ON SANTANA'S ABILITYYYY! I, STROHEIM, WILL FUCK YOU UP!
Y: AWESOME!
R: Stroheim is so hype!
W: Well, I'd be glad to have him on the heroes' side.
B: No wonder Joseph said he missed him.
He reached down and grasped a random golf ball from a table, his mechanical hand twirling around which Ruby finds funny.
Stroheim: And so, Kars… we've calculated how much we should reduce you to eliminate your regenerative abilities...
He crushed the golf ball easily, a difficult feat for a normal human.
Stroheim: I'll pluck you like a chicken, one damn square centimeter at a time! Oi, JoJo!
He spun and threw the crushed ball at Joseph, who quickly blocked it with a wince and a small 'ouch! damn you!' causing Ruby and Yang to chuckle.
Stroheim: Don't you dare feel sorry for me... MY PROUD NEW MECHANICAL FOOOOOOORM, IS THE PEAK AND THE PRIDE OF MOTHERFUCKING ARYAN SCIENCE AT IT'S FINEST! YOU COULD SAY, I HAVE TRASCENDED MY HUMANITY, JOJO!
Y: HOLY SHIT!
W: Indeed!
B: i am... I'm speechless.
R: AW! IMAGINE HOW HE'D FARE AGAINST A GOLIATH!
He pulled the front of his uniform to the side, revealing a mechanical torso, with a machine gun jutting from where his belly button should have been, with an ammo belt falling to the ground with how large it was.
Stroheim: KURAE KARS! THIS FUCKING MACHINE GUN CAN FIRE 600 ROUNDS PER MINUTE THROUGH A 30MM PLATING OF ARMOR, I WILL TURN YOU TO SWISS CHEESE! AAAA-
Joseph: H-his torso is mechanical too?!
*BRATATATATATATATATATATATA*
Kars attempted to dive backward just as Stroheim opened fire, sending bullets flying by the dozens and tearing through both him and the wall of the house.