A year and a half had gone by ever since Team RWBY had appeared in this new world. A lot had happened, the Sokovia Accords had been drafted and due to the Avengers team having been on opposing sides of the issue of the Accords plus an incident at their signing, the Avengers fell apart.
The leader of the Pro-Accords faction, Tony Stark had actually tracked them and Peter down to help him capture Captain America and the Anti-Accords faction. Peter was ecstatic that he was being taken under his wing and was given a new suit; Ruby helped out especially with Tony complimenting her Crescent Rose and was especially impressed when he was told that she built it himself. Yang joined in wanting to be at her little sis's side.
Weiss however still was not a fan of Tony and stayed out, especially when he said that he didn't have time to explain everything except for the vague idea that Captain America had gone AWOL. Blake too decided to stay out of an issue she had no knowledge about.
After the issue of the Accords, Tony still helped them out saying he could give them resources for them once he was told of their predicament. He also said he could help Peter and Team RWBY out of the eyes of the Accords committee.
However things changed even more than that when in his quest for artefacts called the Infinity Gems, an alien warlord called Thanos invaded with his order of forcibly adopted warrior children. The Avengers were brought back together and with the help of Team RWBY and space superheroes Thanos had been defeated.
The Avengers had been officially put back together and they talked with some foreign alliance called the United Nations to get a compromise to get amendments made to give them some leeway while the rogue Avengers would be helping out with clean up and offer tasks for crimes that they had committed during the so called 'civil war' of the Avengers.
Plus Team RWBY and Peter had moved into Avengers Facility along with Aunt May who before had learned of Peter's identity with the cover being that it was for Peter's internship with Tony Stark...
Ruby Rose woke up on her top bunk of the bed she was sleeping on in the dorm room of the Facility. They wanted bunk beds in their room to make it seem more like their old dorm room at Beacon.
She then got dressed and shouted at Weiss and Blake to get up, Yang was pretty much doing some early morning exercises. Every since Team RWBY became an unofficially Avengers back superhero team (with staff at the facility watching over them and their vigilante activities for supervision, with them getting ready to sign the Accords when they were old enough, the same for Peter though with his identity remaining secret except for a list of approved individuals), Yang pretty much made it her mission to train until she was good enough to best Bucky Barnes, T'Challa (the superhero king of the country Wakanda) the Black Panther and Captain America.
Blake and Weiss groaned as they too got dressed, "So you and Peter are on a date later?" Weiss asked with a smirk and Ruby grinned with a nod. Once Team RWBY settled in the new world, Peter and Ruby spent so much time together (plus with kisses there and there which left them embarrassed) that the rest of the Team considered them dating before the decision was officially made.
"Not really but May is helping us with our dancing, you know with us being dates for Tony and Pepper's wedding!" Ruby stated with glee with her being chosen as the flower girl (quite appropriate if you asked the team) and Peter the ring bearer.
They got out of the room and came across Tony talking with Steve Rogers (Captain America) and James Rhodes (War Machine). Steve was made the deputy director of a reinstated anti-terrorist task force called SHIELD under Jeffrey Mace as well as field commander of the Avengers plus working with relief groups to help out victims if and those affected by Avengers related events. James Rhodes had been a colonel but due to his part in the war against Thanos he had been promoted to General.
As for Tony, he had officially permanently retired as Iron Man with him focusing on his new job as the US Secretary of the States and his new intended family life with Pepper Potts.
"Secretary Stark, General Rhodes, Commander Rogers." Weiss stated with a bow before leaving. Personal opinions about Tony aside, she decided to show proper decorum when faced with.
"...Commander Rogers, still not used to that. If you ask me I will always feel like a Captain." Steve sighed as Rhodes and Tony gave them a smile, working out their attempts to deal with their animosity before. Tony and Steve had made their mistakes and clouded judgments during the civil war and both wanted to make up for them. Rhodes was working through it as well.
"You could probably retire if you want, you passed retirement age when you were in ice. Perhaps you should settle down with Beth that waitress girlfriend of yours, perhaps give the world a Capsicle Jr something." Tony told him and the three shared a laugh.
"Look, it's the biggest example of how much things have changed..." Steve muttered pointing to Loki in a business suit. Thor had brought the remnants of his home Asgard to Earth in a giant spaceship (apparently he had to start Ragnarok to stop an evil sister of his). After some talks the United Nations gave him a giant island to rebuild Asgard on Earth with a seat on the UN.
With a controversial choice for the UN Ambassador...
"Ambassador Odinson..." Rhodes greeted as curtly as he could, Rhodes was among those who thought that Loki should be facing judgement for war crimes due to his part in the Battle of New York. Thor had to give several speeches to assure the UN that he had him on a tight lease and Loki would be participating in.
"So that magical tech the Asgard guys put in the cells at the Raft?" Tony asked referring to that Thor sent people to the underwater prison known as the Raft to help improve containment; apparently it was the same enchantments used in the cells of the previous Asgard's prison.
"I assure you, those cells can now hold several teenage Frost Giants, I assure you that Mr Blonsky and your little red friend won't be getting out anytime soon." Loki responded with his arms crossed referring to the captured individuals involved in a recent incident and one of them being Tony's predecessor as Secretary of the State.
One official came and told Steve "we have gotten reports of a strange teleportation signature in downtown New York."
Steve then told Rhodes and Tony that he would talk to them later. He then told the agent "ready a Quinjet and team ready for me ASAP. Let director Mace know that I will handle this as peacefully as I can but ready a backup team if things go south and if our visitors are not the friendly kind. Plus the coordinates of where the signature came from."
The official nodded and left with Steve. True, he could have delegated this to a team but he figured that a peaceful negotiation to figure out if this is something big enough that he has to bring it to the attention of the Accords committee at the UN.
*PB*
Soon Qrow, Winter, Velvet and Pyrrha passed through the portal that had now taken them to New York; they were alarmed at the busy unfamiliar city that they were in. "Seems like the place we are taken to has a basic civilisation, we may need to do recon of this place." Winter pondered out loud and then faced Qrow silently asking him if he was going to be serious in this.
Velvet looked around and saw that the people seeing her and her rabbit's ears either was in disbelief or just shrugged as if this was something to be used to.
Pyrrha herself noticed people walking by and muttering about if she was a Cosplayer or a LARPer or something. It kind of made her uncomfortable, especially when some teenagers that were passing by were whistling at her attire.
Before the four could decide on their first course of action, Velvet's eyes widened when she noticed something on a newspaper stand. She ran across and called for everyone to come forward and they did so in no time at all.
"What is it Ms Scarlatina, it must be quick as we are on an important..." Winter stated only for her eyes widened at a photo and headline on a newspaper:
BATTLE OF NEW YORK MEMORABLE CONCERT, TEAM RWBY'S ICE QUEEN SINGS
Winter saw on the cover there was her sister singing through a microphone, Pyrrha herself saw something in the mirror of a nearby toy store. She called them forward and saw in the window was plush toys that clearly were of the four girls they were sent to retrieve.
"It's only been a couple of weeks, what have they been up to?" Qrow questioned out loud and Winter had to admit she was in reluctant agreement. Then there was a cough and behind them was Steve standing with some SHIELD personnel.
"Hello, my name is Commander Steve Rogers of SHIELD. Sorry for bothering you but we noticed the portal signature and you four coming out of it, we just want to ask if you would come with us to answer some questions. We mean you no harm; we just want to know how you got here." Steve stated motioning to a visible aircraft carrier known as a Quinjet.
Pyrrha and Velvet were alarmed and Qrow looked like he was ready to fight at any second but Winter whispered to them "it's our best bet to figure out where we are or how to find Team RWBY, just be on your guard if they try something..."
They relaxed a bit and Winter told Steve "we would be happy to cooperate Commander Rogers and tell you of our mission but I will warn you if this is a trap, you and your men will pay the price."
Steve smiled warmly at them shocking them and he said "well we have nothing to worry about then." They then followed them into the Quinjet that hopefully would take them to somewhere that could give them answers.
While I am a Cap Widow shipper I decided to go with Beth here. Plus while I will explain the details, I wonder if you can figure out what happened with Ross.
While I didn't describe them, Team RWBY will have their current Volume 4 attires. I was going to have Yang's arm taken off during the Infinity War (I know that it probably won't end as well as it did in this AU) but I didn't want to risk me not doing the issue of Yang's PTSD with the seriousness as it deserved.
One more thing:
Happy Nondescript Winter Holiday!