Night fell cold and dark upon Manhattan. Iron Man was at the head of the table with his helmet by his side. On his left sat Reed Richards, Black Bolt, and Namor. Facing those three was T'Challa in his panther suit, Professor Charles Xavier in his wheelchair and then an empty seat. Tony broke the silence. "Thank you all for attending on such a short notice. But unfortunately, the one person we needed isn't here…," Tony glared at the empty chair.
The professor checked his watch, "Where in the world is Strange?"
"To be fair, Charles," T'Challa turned toward Xavier, "we all are serveral minutes early. But you do have a point. If this meeting could end soon, it would be greatly appreciated. King T'Chaka, my father, has no clue I'm here. I'd like to return to Wakanda as soon as possible."
"We all have other matters we need to address," Xavier continued. "I'm sure whatever Strange is doing could wait."
"Actually, what I was doing couldn't," everyone heard come from the empty chair. The Sorcerer Supreme, Stephen Strange, floated above his seat with his legs crossed.
"Welcome, Strange," Black Bolt's voice boomed in the room.
"My apologies, Stark, I was fighting a horde of demon-spawn in the Dark Dimension." A book of the Mystical arts floated in front of Strange's face. "Don't worry, I'm listening," he nodded as read through the sacred book.
Tony yelled, "STRANGE!" He pounded his fist on the table. Strange rolled his eyes and snapped his fingers and the book vansihed. Tony shook the pain out of his hand as everyone stared at the dent in the titanium plated table. "I'll put it on my bill," Tony allowed his billionaire persona show.
"Why have you summoned us?" Reed asked. He stretched his arms out for a comfortable position.
"I'm glad you asked, Reed," Tony nodded. His toe shift to one of fear and worry, "I don't how to say this…"
"Stark, I don't like to be disrespectful, but some of us don't have time to waste," T'Challa said taping his claws on the table in rhythm.
Tony gulped, "The Hulk..." Just saying that name changed the entire atmosphere.
"What about Banner?" Namor asked.
"He's…Banner isn't where we sent him," Tony chocked.
"IMPOSSIBLE," Reed yelled. "We watched him fly away on the space ship!"
"Call the Avengers, Asgard, X-Men, alert the United Nations," Xavier suggested.
"I told you all this would happen! We should have never exiled the Hulk," Namor yelled. His finger was aimed at Tony's throat. Stark had the final vote in deciding Banner's fate.
"You think you're so smart, Namor!" Reed yelled at him. "What would you have done with Banner?"
"Stop acting like children," T'Challa said letting his emotions get the better of him.
"SILENCE," Black Bolt's voice boomed. The entire building vibrated, maybe the entire city. Everyone shut up.
"Thank you," Tony nodded at Black Bolt, "and no. We are not telling anyone. This information is to be kept to us and us only. Heaven knows how the public would react."
"We should at least alert all those who could stop Banner if need be," Reed said.
"Please," Namor sighed. "Who in their right mind would fight Banner for us?"
"How about the Asgardians?" T'Challa suggested.
"And why would they fight the Hulk?" Tony asked. "Thor barely visits Earth and Odin would never allow it." Everyone nodded and fell silent. Tony looked around, "I know this will be hard to accept, but the news only gets worse."
"Worse?" Xavier asked in disbelief. "One of the most powerful beings in the universe is on the loose. He could be anywhere. How long has he been gone?"
"I recently checked on the planet an hour ago. I checked every which corner and concluded that Banner isn't there. I called the meeting the moment I found out," Tony said.
"Where could he be?" Black Bolt's voice echoed in the room.
"This is the main reason I called you," Tony said glaring at Strange. "The same day we sent Banner into space, a black hole was opened. A black hole made of very powerful energy, or…magic."
"My god," Reed exclaimed. "Who would do such a thing?" Everyone slowly turned toward the magic user...
"I studied the energy the portal gave off," Tony said. "It closely matched Strange's magic."
"What have you done?" T'Challa growled at Strange.
"I may have…" Strange said waving his hands, "…opened a portal and sent him to a different dimension, or universe. I forget which one," Strange shrugged.
"STRANGE!" Xavier yelled staring into his eyes.
"Get out of my head…Charles," Strange growled putting two fingers on his forehead. Not even Strange's magic blocks could last against the most powerful Telepath in the world.
"Your magic is no good against me," Xavier said within Strange's mind.
"Enough, Charles," Tony ordered. Bright blue glowed from Tony's hands, ready to shoot the Repulse- beams as he aimed at the professor.
"You are not to intervene in other universe affairs," Xavier said as he receded out of Strange's mind.
"I didn't, exactly," Strange said rubbing his forehead in pain.
"Why would you do that?" Tony asked.
"I've been watching that universe for a while. One with many timelines and all of them very similar, each of which were full of sorrow and heartbreak," Strange said recalling the night he stumbled upon the world of Remnant.
"What about it?" Reed asked pulling Strange back into reality. "Sorrow, death and heartbreak happen in our universe every day. Why would you send Banner to destroy a world that has nothing to do with us? YOUR AMUSMENT?"
"I agree. The Hulk was a dangerous being. He was too powerful to keep on the planet. Then I found the world of Remnant," Strange said as formed a projection of a planet within his hand. "It is a world full of evil and monsters," he said projecting the creatures of Grimm. "But, in the midst of all the evil, humans on the planet fight back against the monsters and still find something to believe in." His projection showed a little girl in a red dress, smiling. "This little girl's name, is Ruby Rose-,"
"What does this have to do with Banner?" Xavier interrupted. Even though the Professor was against sending Banner into space, he knew of the dangers of the Hulk. In a perfect world, Charles would have Banner stayed and cured him. But it wasn't a perfect world and the Hulk was a threat. If Earth's heroes couldn't contain the Hulk, what good could this 'Remnant' do?
"Banner needed a place to go, so I sent him to the world of Remnant. He would save the planet and find a place he could call home or…," Strange hesitated. His projection showed the little girl in a red dress holding hands with the Hulk.
"Find a place to call home or what?" Tony asked. There was always something that the Scourcer Supreme always hid.
"Or, live up to an ancient prophecy and become…The World Breaker," Strange said. His projection showed Remnant exploding.
Tony gulped, "What is a World Breaker?"
"It is an iteration of the Hulk when all of his limitless rage bursts from his body. He would be able to destroy cities and worlds…with ease!" Strange quickly calmed down, "But it's only a prophecy the Ancient One said might not even happen."
"We have to stop him," Xavier yelled. "Whatever made you think this was a good idea, Strange?"
"Like I said," Strange said looking into Xavier's eyes, "It's his destiny. He can save the world, or destroy it. Only he can decide."
"We are not supposed to cross into other universes, Strange," Reed sighed. "It could destroy space and time or both. And now there's a chance that the Hulk could kill an entire planet? Good job, Sorcerer Supreme."
"We must stop him," Xavier yelled. "Take us to that world, Strange. I fear we may be too late as it is…"
"I cannot," Strange said. "It drains too much of my power to even check on Banner. It'd kill me if I attempted another portal."
"When was the last time you checked on Banner?" Tony asked.
"A few months ago," Strange responded.
"How is the Hulk…Banner doing in Remnant?" Tony sighed.
"The last time I checked, he had made peace with the inhabitants of the world," Strange nodded.
"If Banner kills everyone on that world," Xavier said rolling toward the door, "all that blood is on your hands!" The professor left.
"I don't understand you, Strange," T'Challa said getting out of his seat. "But your plans always seem to work out." The Black Panther pounced into a shadow in the corner, vanishing from the building.
"I hope you know what you're doing," Tony said putting his helmet on, becoming Iron Man. He blasted out of the roof, and sped back to Stark Tower. Everyone else left the room, leaving Strange by himself.
"Did I do the right thing?" Strange asked himself thinking about the Hulk's unmatched strength and anger. He thought about Ruby and her team, all of Beacon if Banner unleashed his real power. He closed his eyes, and focused. Strange lifted his arm, and created a little mirror in thin air. "Show me…Banner."
Bruce lay in a dark and slightly cold room. His white shirt was ripped to shreds exposing scratches all over his upper body as his chest raised up and back down - catching his breath. The dim light exposed stretch marks around his frail and exhausted frame. He had just finished Yang's training. In other words, exhausting out his body until the point of transformation. He'd been doing the exercises for a couple days now. Some days, he tried activating an Aura that would never come - he wasn't from this world. Other days, Bruce worked on just pure combat with the greatest instructor ever - Yang. It was all in vein, unfortunately. No matter how many hours he put in, Bruce would still always have too rely on the Hulk's power. That is, if his other half was willing to participate. Every since Bruce had stopped Hulk from killing the glowing woman and her accomplices, he had gone silent.
"What happens when the Hulk won't come out? What happens when you can't afford to transform and you have too deal with the situation at hand, Bruce?" Yang's question stayed with Banner. Those same questions helped convince him to allow Yang to help him fight.
"Not only can she fight, she's a master manipulator," Bruce snickered as he thought about Yang. His sore body began to push off the ground. Though, he couldn't really complain about the training. Team RWBY got great exercise every day and he loved their company. Ever since Hulk recently stopped interfering with Bruce's life, he was able to live in some peace. Though sometimes, the two would have too interact.
Striking a deal with Ironwood, Banner got to be a free man under one condition - serving as Atlas' missionary. Traveling all across Remnant doing work for Atlas, Bruce usually drove back entire hordes of village attacking Grimm. Other times, Bruce had to enforce Atlas was at the top of Dust providers. Churches, schools and anyone who didn't buy from the Schnee's Dust Company were dealt with by a huge, green fist. Atlas would always cover up the deaths with Grimm attacks. Bruce couldn't say anything under contract, causing Hulk to hate him even more. From his weeks of travel, he had visited most parts of Remnant. Each visit haunting him in new ways. This time, his mind wondered back to his latest travel - Vacuo...
"BANNER," Ruby waved as he followed Ironwood to the docking bay.
Bruce turned to face the young Huntress in her standard attire, "Oh! Hi, Ruby. What are you doing out here? Aren't classes in session?" he asked, suspicious of Ruby's lack of dress code.
"I wanted to see you off," Ruby beamed with happiness. "Since you're traveling to Vacuo, I wanted to wish you safe travels." Her smile showed nothing but innocence and a lack of understanding of what Banner actually did on these trips to other Kingdoms.
Bruce didn't know how to respond, "I-,"
"BRUCE," Ironwood yelled walking onto his Bullhead, almost taking off without him.
"I've got to go," Bruce said as he looked back to the leader of RWBY. "I'll see you lat-,"
"BE SAFE," Ruby said as her arms wrapped around Banner's waist. Even though her offers had been rejected by Ironwood himself, she still wanted to go with Banner. She knew how dangerous it was if he were to lose control.
"Goodbye, Ruby," Bruce smiled as he pulled away from her hug. "I promise once I get back, you'll be the first to know. And," he tapped Ruby's nose, "I'll tell you all about the weapons I encountered and Grimm." Ruby smiled and agreed to the offer. She waved goodbye as Bruce walked to take his place at Ironwood's side. Bruce lightly waved back to Ruby as the ship took flight, separating them for good.
"Do you know what the mission is?"
Bruce glared, "Yes, Ironwood. I understand the mission."
"I don't like your attitude," Ironwood tightened the knot on his tie, responding with equal attitude. He sighed, "Listen, Bruce, I know what toll these assignments have on you-,"
"Assignments?" Bruce asked, shocked at James' choice of words. "You call killing innocence and black-mail assignments?" His body tensed up form the surge of sudden anger.
"And it's their fault," Ironwood rolled his eyes. "Atlas has made it clear. Anyone who doesn't buy their dust from the Schnee Dust Company will be taken as a sign of war." He ignored Banner's sign of the Hulk out of fear.
"I hate this, Ironwood. I will always hold you accountable for the lives I take..."
"Which is why..." Ironwood hesitated.
"Which is why?" Bruce asked with annoyance from the General not going ahead and finishing his thought. He was already in a bad mood from having to leave Ruby. But knowing Ironwood, he'd find a way to piss Bruce off even more.
"This is your last assignment," Ironwood stated. Over the last few weeks, Ironwood had reflected on what people thought about him - the Tin man with no heart. Ever since Hulk saved him, a man who wanted his savior dead the day before, James began looking at things from different angles.
"E-excuse me?" Bruce asked, stunned by the General's words. "But you told me-,"
"I know what I told you," James said with an optimistic tone. "But maybe, I was wrong."
Bruce was going to take full advantage of the situation. "You...you mind saying that again?"
"Okay, don't push your luck," Ironwood couldn't help but chuckle from Banner's joke.
"But," Bruce's smile faded, "how? You even said I'd work for Atlas to gain freedom."
"True," James nodded, "but you forget, I hold two seats on the Council of Atlas affairs. If I set my mind to something, the other members will follow in my footsteps. Except..."
"Mr. Schnee, Weiss's father," Bruce sighed. He had visited Atlas once during once of the 'assignments' to help relocate Faunus closer to the dust factories for work. Bruce had never seen the father of Weiss, Jacques Schnee, even a picture of the man. If everything he had heard about the man were true, Bruce didn't want to meet him.
"But eventually, he'll see my ways and you'll be able to be a free man. But now, we...you have to build his trust with one last assignment," James said patting Banner's shoulder.
Before long, the Bullhead landed outside the Kingdom. Desert surrounded the Bullhead for as far as the eye could see - at least a couple miles.
Bruce had to hold his arms up to protect his eyes from the blustery weather. "Why didn't you just drop me in the middle of at the Capital?"
"You need to learn what the real Vacuo is like," Ironwood smiled. "Get to know the Kingdom." What James had told Banner about his feelings about the assignments was true, he didn't want it to be a cake-walk. The ship took off, leaving the unprepared Banner in the middle of Vacuo's harsh sands.
"He could have told me what the environment was like," Bruce growled. His feet began to blister, even through his shoes, from his path in scorching sand. Bruce was to report back to Ironwood the moment the mission had been completed. The rundown- a group of Faunus protested outside a factory owned by the Schnee. The Faunus boycotted products from the factory and stopped working because of the unequal pay. Bruce's job...having to end the protest. Atlas, or Mr. Schnee, didn't care by what means. The Faunus just had to get back to work.
A huge gust of wind carried a patch of sand into Bruce's eyes, "OWWW!" He began rubbing his eyes as he fell to his knees. Anger began to consume him and he screamed, "DAMN YOU, IRONWOOD!" A huge Deathstalker burst from the sand, detecting Bruce's growing negativity.
"SCREE," the Grimm announced as its left pincer slammed into Banner's back. He tumbled through more sand that burned to the touch.
"STUPID SCORPION," Hulk roared as the change began. His purple pants hugged the muscles in his legs grew ten fold. Buttons burst off his shirt as it ripped to shreds from his now massive chest. "SMASH STUPID GRIMM!"
The Deathstalker retorted with its own roar, "SCREEEE!" The massive stinger, covered in gold, raised up from its back and took aim.
"RAAH," Hulk's savage voice rang out as defected the failed stab with a simple back-hand. The huge pincers grabbed around his waist in hopes to crush and decimate, "HULK HATE BUGS!"
The Grimm screamed in absolute agony as its left claw was split down the middle.
"ARGH," Hulk let out as the Deathstalker headbutted him back.
"SCRE," the Grimm aimed once more and stabbed at Hulk's chest, making the worst decision of its life. Dark and veil blood stained the sand as the Deathstalker's stinger was ripped off with ease.
Hulk lifted the stinger and aimed down, "HULK STAB!"
"SC...c..." The Deathstalker gargled on blood from its own stinger stabbed through brain and throat.
Hulk pounded his chest as the gigantic Grimm began to disintegrated. He looked down to the defeated creature and almost took pity, "You weak." Sand went flying everywhere as Hulk took to the air with a jump.
"HELP," Faunus would scream in a nearby village. They were under attack from a small pack of Beowolves. Bodies already lay on the ground in pools of their own blood as deep cuts and gashes coated them. Right now, the Grimm chased after the children as the rest of the village fled, leaving the little girls to their death. Hulk crashed down on one of the wolves, crushing its spin into bone-meal and instantly killing it. He turned to find the rest of the pack ready to avenge their fallen member.
One of girls Hulk saved quivered in fear. "T-the G-green S-scar," she told her sister.
"W-will he eat us?"
"Protect puny humans," Hulk said to the Grimm as he stepped between them and the girls. All wolves quickly circled and pounced on their victims. "RAH," Hulk grunted as sharp teeth dug into his ankle. He reached out, grabbing a Beowolf who tried to advance to the children and proceeded to use the Grimm as a bat. He slammed down the creature down, freeing his ankle as it squashed that Grimm into a gooey mess.
"WATCH OUT," one of the girls screamed.
"Wha-," Hulk was almost knocked off his feet from the final Grimm, an Alpha-Beowolf, pouncing on his chest.
"GRAH," it snarled as it bit down, stabbing its razor-sharp teeth into Hulk's throat. One of the girls screamed at the gruesome fight.
Hulk struggled to speak with fangs in his throat, "Hulk...Bite...BACK!" The Beowolf's head rolled across the sand as Hulk spat it out of his mouth from a chomp of his own. His anger skyrocketed as one of the girls screamed in terror. A Beowolf lunged at her from the side, mouth opened wide to swallow her whole. "HULK STOP YOU!" Dark blood splattered on the dress of the children as the Beowolf's crushed head bled through Hulk's knuckles. After the Grimm disappeared from sight, the girls' Green savior took deep breaths as his wounds finally began to heal. He took a knee as his flesh sealed back together.
The girls watched in astonishment. "T-the Green Scar," they both said in unison from Hulk's show of feats.
A woman quickly ran up to the girls and took them in her arms, "MY BABIES!" Her fox ears perked up as she turned to see their savior - the Hulk. "Y-you," she said. She had heard what he did in Vale those many weeks ago, but never imagined he'd be in Vacuo. "Thank you," she said with tears in her eyes. "T-thank you!" If it wasn't for Hulk, she would have sacrificed herself for the safety of her children.
Hulk smiled from the simple gesture of appreciation, "Hulk...help." In all his missions, he'd only destroyed and caused mayhem. He looked to his hands and enjoyed the feeling of saving people once more.
"You know," the woman continued, "you can come with us. We, the Faunus, could use someone like you! The Faunus could finally show the world that we-,"
"No..."
"W-what?" She asked. "A-are you okay?" She reached out to place a hand on the Hulk's shoulder, "I didn't mean to upset you-,"
Hulk turned to face the Faunus as his anger skyrocketing and his humanity slipping, "NO!"
"MOMMY," the girls screamed as the woman fell to the ground form the force of Hulk's scream.
Hulk looked to the woman squirming on the ground, realizing he let his temper spark. His breathing became heavy and worried, "Hulk...didn't mean too...HULK LEAVE!" He turned, running off into desert before another crater formed from his jump. After minutes soaring the air, he landed hard and huge hills of sand splashed everywhere. "Hulk...always hurt people?" he asked sitting down. He started to play in the sand. The smooth feeling between his fingers caused the transformation back. Soon...
"Sir, are you on your way to the protest?" Banner heard someone ask. He opened his eyes to find a woman with fox ears at the top of her head.
"Where am I?" Bruce asked sitting up.
"Laying in hot sand. I found you while we were on our way to the protest," the woman said as two little girls came from behind he and hugged her legs.
"Great…" Bruce said under his breath. What had the Hulk gotten him into now?
"Are you okay?" the woman asked noticing the horrible stretch marks across Banner's body along with sun-burned skin. "All you have on is a pair of...purple pants-," she said looking down at his legs. "You're…you're," she began shaking and putting things together.
"Bruce Banner," he interrupted. "And yes, I'm him."
"What are you?" the woman asked as she grabbed her girls and backed up.
"I don't even know," Bruce admitted. He got up, finally seeing the fear struck family.
"G-green Scar," one of the little girls spoke up. "Don't eat us!"
All throughout Bruce's experiences with people, that was the first time he heard that plea. "E-excuse me?"
"Shush," the mother hissed at her girl before kissing her head. She looked up at Bruce, "Now if you will excuse us, we have a protest to attend."
"Me too..." Bruce said under his breath. He let the family of three lead the way, but gave enough space to make the mother feel comfortable.
A huge crowd of Faunus with signs surrounded the gates that lead to the entryway of a massive factory.
"EVERYONE," an Atlas security guard yelled into a microphone, "BACK UP. IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY, YOU WILL BE MET WITH FORCE."
"We want equality. We want respect. We want to stop being treated differently," the crowd announced.
"What are we going to do?" an Atlas solider asked another solider.
"New orders," the solider responded. "We have permission to shoot to kill."
"We can't do that! THAT'S MURDER," the Atlas soldier screamed back.
"Atlas won't know," the other Atlas solider smiled. The crowd became silent as he aimed.
"DON'T," the Atlas solider screamed - it was too late. Rifle fire rang out and the crowd began panicking to reveal an elderly cat Faunus laying on the ground with holes in his chest. Nearby Atlas soldiers took the running of the Faunus as hostile and more gunfire rang out and more bodies hit the ground.
"GET DOWN," Bruce yelled as he tackled the mother with her children. He felt the bullets riddle his body as he slammed against the hot sand with the family. Soon, Bruce began to feel more than just his blood. "No, no, no," he siad sitting up to find the bodies motionless in his grasp.
Ironwood's voice spoke within Banner's mind, "These assignments..."
"ATLAS," Bruce roared as his spine broke in multiple places, realigning to help the growing process. Hulk opened his eyes to find the children he had saved only an hour ago, dead in his arms. "Puny...Humans?" he asked lightly shaking them in hopes of waking them.
"IT'S THE GREEN-SCAR," he heard a solider alerted up-ahead from the factory. "BACKUP," the solider screamed right before his head was crushed by Hulk's fist.
"SMASH BUILDING," Hulk roared as he gazed upon the giant factory. The Schnee invention may have big, but Hulk was bigger. "RAHHHHH!" The ground began shaking as Hulk slowly picked up the entire building from the ground. All the Faunus watched in shock at the Hulk's power. His anger began to reach a new level as he raised the factory slowly over his head. Veins popped up in his neck and exploded as his teeth began to crack. "Hulk...strongest...THERE IS," he roared for a final time. Fire and debris went flying everywhere as the factory exploded from the impact of being slammed into the sand. Nearby Grimm were instantly killed as they came into the area sensing all the negative emotions. The Faunus began cheering for their hero - The Green Scar. Hulk squatted and jumped away, heading out of Vacuo and plotting his revenge of Atlas and Ironwood.
Faunus all across Vacuo heard what the Hulk had done for them - stick up for them. He was no longer known as the monster that hunted the Faunus, now as the one who saved them. Not only did Faunus hear of Banner's actions, so did Ironwood. There was no telling how much the Schnee's Dust Company stocks suffered...
A huge gust of wind blasted Banner back into the present. He dodged out of the way as a huge scythe blade swung down, stabbing into the flooring.
"Nice try," Bruce said rolling to his feet. He turned to find Ruby trying to free her scythe from the ground.
Debris and chunks of the ground blasted up - Ruby had taken a shot into the ground to free Crescent Rose. Finger reaching for the trigger, Ruby spoke with glee as she aimed, "Hiiiii!"
"Great…," Bruce sighed. He tried his best to avoid the precise sniping skills.
"STAY STILL," Ruby yelled in frustration. Her bullets missed Banner by inches. Rolling, evading and jumping he made his way toward his shooter.
"Got you!" Bruce's foot crashed into the barrel of the sniper rifle and kicked.
Ruby flipped away from the oppressing Banner. Before dissipating quickly into petals, she revealed the surprise. "Yang, NOW!"
"That's not fair-," a yellow fist exploded in Bruce's cheek-bone. He slid across the floor as Yang's knuckles steamed from her strike.
"Is it me, or is your face getting tougher?" Yang smirked. She looked to her side to find Crescent Rose on the ground. Yang kicked the scythe to her sister, "Forgetting something?"
Crescent Rose sped toward Ruby. She caught its handle, shattering the ground from the velocity. Ruby turned a full 180, aiming down her scope at Banner. "I got him," Ruby yelled as she starred down her crosshairs.
Yang walked toward Banner, who was still on the floor, popping her knuckles loudly. She decided to tease, "Let's hope you can take this."
"About to ask you...the same thing," Bruce said pushing off the floor. Yang pounced and threw a punch. Bruce turned and connected his fist with hers. An explosion between their fists blasted Yang back.
Ruby cocked back her sniper rifle, and began firing once more. The bullets hit Banner's body, dropping to the ground. They left deep, black bruises in his skin. Banner turned and his eyes began morphing green. His muscles grew as he brought his arms behind him, and clapped at Ruby. She was swept off her feet and flew back.
"I'M YOUR PROBLEM," Yang yelled. She jumped up into the air and shotgun blasts blasted toward Banner. He covered his face with his arms with veins that were rapidly turning green. Shells flew everywhere. "Take this!" Yang propelled downwards, preparing to deliver a huge kick. Her powerful calve connected with Banner's cranium. The room shook as the ground dented from Banner's body.
"…SMASH," a savage voice roared from Bruce's vocal cords. He jumped to his feet, leaping and reengaging the Sunny Dragon.
Yang screamed as her fist shot into Banner's gut. Yang lifted him off his feet as he lay over her fist. "That it, Banner?" she asked with a smile. She pushed him off her fist. He curled up like a ball on the floor. "Strongest one there is? Yeah, right," Yang said putting her foot on Banner's body.
Bruce's eyes opened in rage. He turned on his side and swept Yang with a powerful kick.
"There it is," Yang smirked falling toward the ground. She landed on her hands and flipped away. Yang shot behind herself, speeding back toward Banner. He threw a punch which she ducked under. Yang took this opportunity to knee Banner's ribcage. He coughed blood on Yang's back, fueling his rage even more.
"LADYBUG," Banner heard to his side. Yang was sent flying through the air by a devastating dropkick. Banner turned to find Blake's weapon around Ruby's waist. Ruby took her scythe and shot behind herself and blasted toward him at full speed.
Bruce prepared for the assault, "COME ON!" Ruby shot right past him. "You miss-," Blake kicked him in the face.
"FREEZER BURN," Ruby yelled. Banner recovered from the kick and stumbled to his knees. He saw no team RWBY.
Weiss yelled behind Banner, "TAKE THIS!" He turned and caught a huge ice shard in his hands.
"You're going to have to try harder," Bruce informed as the shards were crushed into snowflakes.
"I do, but she doesn't," Weiss smirked. "YANG, now!" She tossed a crystal of Ice-Dust at Banner's chest.
Yang screamed, jumping over Weiss, as Ember Celica's shot hit the dust. Mist exploded and covered Banner's body in ice.
"Smart," Bruce growled. Cracking, the ice began to succumb to the anger of the Hulk.
"BUMBLEBEE" Ruby yelled at her team. Yang and Blake nodded at each other.
"Let's go!" Yang slammed her fists together. Golden flames covered her body as her eyes turned a bloody red.
"Got it," Blake understood. She handed Yang an end of Gambol Shroud and summoned a clone. The clone took Yang's hand and threw her at Banner who was still encased in ice.
Bruce broke free of his ice prison. "Now what are up too-," he turned to see Blake swinging Yang toward him. She left a trail of fire behind her. Yang's fist exploded into his face and the shockwave knocked everyone to their feet.
Yang's aura was depleted as she and Banner lay on the ground. "Mmm..."
"Was that...enough?" Blake asked getting to her feet.
"I hope so," Weiss replied uncertain herself.
Banner began to move. Ruby, Weiss and Blake got into a stance, ready to attack.
"Enough, all of you," everyone heard.
"Banner, congratulations your training has been completed. For now," Glynda said walking into the light. Ozpin accompanied her.
"You all have had a big day. I think it's time to get something to eat," Ozpin smiled.
Bruce helped Yang to her feet, "You know, I actually felt that one." Everyone headed to the cafeteria.