This was supposed to be a April Fools chapter. (i was very late with that lmao)

Hey guys, sorry for leaving you guys in wait for so long. I just hit writer's block and I couldn't sit down to write a decent amount of work for a while. (that and i had chores to do)

This Fools chapter has lots of references to my favorite fic that inspired me to write this chapter and fanfic in the first place, which is Mercs in Remnant. It's sadly unfinished, due to the author disliking how RWBY was turning out. If you'd like to read another TF2 fanfic, I recommend reading it. You don't need to know too much about RWBY to enjoy it.

Anyway, enjoy the chapter!

also this chapter takes place after whats supposed to be chapter 6, which isn't written yet, but I'll get back to it.

"Aw man, that was a close match!" Scout yelled as he and his team walked down the hallway with a few other fighters.

"That did look like a tough fight, but mate… that kid was about 12 years old. How was it even close in the first place?" Sniper asked.

"Actually, he's one of the few who's been here since the beginning, so he has had a lot of experience in these matches beforehand," Isabelle explained. Pit nodded his head.

"And this tournament has been going on for 23 years!" Pit added. Spy raised his eyebrow.

"This has been going on for 23 years?" he asked.

"Yup!"

"So how is that lad still 12?" Demo cut in. Pit and the other returning fighters paused.

…

"Yeah, why is he still 12?" Falco asked. Isabelle put her paw on her chin.

"I- um…" Isabelle stuttered. All of them were stumped on how the kid had stayed the same age all those years. "Umm, I dunno. Maybe it's magic! Eh, maybe not."

They made their way to the lounge, where Jigglypuff was, standing on one of the tables. It was watching a Clefairy closely on a nearby laptop.

"Hey look! It's Jigglypuff! Wonder why it is here…" Isabelle said, curious. Jigglypuff raised one of its stubby arms. It waved it back and forth, causing it to glow, mimicking the Clefairy's movements.

"Puff!"

"Uh, what's going on here?" Engie asked. Heavy had to constrict Pyro from squeezing the Balloon Pokémon until it popped.

"It looks like Jigglypuff is trying to use Metronome," Isabelle said.

"It's… trying to make a beat for musicians?" Engie asked.

"No, it's trying to perform a random move that other Pokémon can do! It doesn't usually learn Metronome though." Isabelle said.

"You sure know a lot about all this stuff here." Sniper pointed out. Isabelle blushed and rubbed her head thoughtfully.

"Ah, well, I do some research from time to time." she smiled and chuckled nervously.

"...nerd," Falco whispered, to which Isabelle turned and frowned.

"Anyway, it's probably trying to mix up their combos in fights. That does sound pretty interesting, but also sounds super risky. Like, what if it gets Explosion?"

"Wait, THIS THING CAN EXPLODE?" Scout shrieked. Everyone freaked out at what they heard.

"No! No- well yes, but it's only a small chance," Isabelle said quickly, trying to calm everyone down. "There's a good chance that whatever move comes out won't be that bad."

Jigglypuff used Metronome!

Waggling a finger let it use Spacial Rend!

"JIGGLYPUFF!"

Purple streaks of lighting and black energy hovered around Jigglypuff's arm. It reeled back and swung its arm, creating a blade of purple energy. It headed towards Scout, who didn't move; he was paralyzed in fear. Spy dived and tackled Scout to the ground, just in time for the projectile to miss them both.

It hit the wall behind them, causing the space in front of everyone to shatter like glass. Everyone shielded their eyes at the sight and started to scream. They abruptly stopped as the front of the room crumbled around them, only leaving the Void.

"Ohhh," Heavy had his eyes closed and held his head. Everyone else started to scream again as soon as they realized where they were. He opened his eyes and started to scream as well.

"Ohh, nooooo." Isabelle started to panic as the screams subsided. "Where are we? What happened? How are we going to get back? What happened to the mansion? What happened to the other fighters?"

Meanwhile:

"Hey, Fox, did you, uh, hear something?" Mario asked.

"Mmm… Nah," Fox responded while flipping a page in his magazine. Mario turned to Villager.

"What about you, did you hear anything?" Villager shook his head in response. Mario shrugged and went back to twirling his cap.

...

"Are you not going to ask me if I heard anything?" Marth asked, sounding hurt.

"Oh, yeah, you speak English now…" Fox said, putting down what he was reading.

"I've been speaking English for 2 years now!" Marth turned to Mario. "You asked Villager if heard anything, and he doesn't even talk!"

Villager sat there and watched the three of them argue for a while. He shrugged and pulled out a bag of popcorn from his dimension-sized pockets.

"You know what? I think they're fine. Maybe we should focus on the fact that WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE!" Falco screamed.

Isabelle's eye twitched a little out of annoyance. She furrowed her brow and

opened her mouth to say something, but then was interrupted by someone yelling. They all turned to the source of the noise. It looked like a portal, and inside, there was a girl with a red hood and a very large, impractical-looking, matching red scythe. She looked like she was fighting something, but they couldn't quite see what it was.

"Hey, that looks like another universe!" Pit exclaimed. "Maybe we should enter. They might have some way of getting us home!"

"Alright, and what are the chances of that?" Spy asked.

"It's better than nothing. It wouldn't hurt to try…" Engie said, moving towards the portal. He extended an arm and reached toward the entrance. Unfortunately, there seemed to be a barrier blocking his entrance.

"Oh, what the hell?" Scout blurted out. He took out his bat and charged at the barrier. As soon as he made contact, he bounced right off, did a flip, and flopped on his stomach. "Crap…" he said weakly.

"Ugh, how idiotic." Spy sighed as Soldier helped Scout up, who then tried to charge at the barrier too. (he failed too, of course.) "What will we do now?"

"Mmph mmpht mmph mmph mmph?" Pyro muttered. Engie shrugged. "Eh, I don't know, I think the barrier's flame-proof.

"Mmmph…" Pyro muffled sadly.

"How about we try finding an actual way in?" Falco suggested.

"How exactly vill we do zat?" Medic said as Soldier used Scout as a battering ram. "I don't zink we'll get through will brute force…"

Pit thought for a bit. "How about we get Jigglypuff to do whatever it just did earlier?"

"But… that move was used through Metronome… It'd be a miracle if we get that specific move again." Isabelle pointed out. "Unless…" she trailed off.

"Unless what?" Soldier asked.

"There might be a tiny chance that Jigglypuff also knows Mimic, which means it could possibly use what it just used!"

"I think that would be too convenient," Falco remarked. Isabelle frowned.

"Well, it could have it in case it pulled a useful move from Metronome, so it could use it another time during a match, but that seems a little Farfetch'D…" (yeah, pokemon jokes!)

"JUST OPEN THE FREAKIN' DOOR!" Scout screamed as he ran away from Soldier. Medic sighed and ran over to heal Scout with his Medi-gun.

"Thanks, doc."

"Well, it wouldn't hurt to try…" Isabelle said as she brought Jigglypuff towards the entrance of the portal. "Alright, Jigglypuff, use Mimic!"

"Puff!"

A light purple ball of energy materialized out of Jigglypuff's arm. It slowly rose and descended back onto itself. Everyone awkwardly stared at the Balloon Pokémon and waited for something to happen.

"Was something supposed to happen?" Heavy asked.

"Ah, um," Isabelle stuttered. "U-use Mimic again!" she cried out desperately.

"Jigglypuff!"

The Pokémon pulled off the same move it performed at the lounge. The projectile it launched shattered the barrier as soon as it touched it.

"Whew…" Isabelle sighed in relief. "Alright, looks like we can head in." As she said this, Falco approached the entrance to the portal.

"Wait." Spy said, making Falco pause and turn towards him. "Before we go, we should ensure it's safe to go in." Falco looked at Spy with a half-lidded look.

"Fine," he grumbled as he backed away.

"Well, guess the only way we find out if it's safe is if at least one person goes in there," Engie said. "Which one of y'all wants to go check-"

*whoooosh*

The corpse of a Left 4 Dead zombie flew right past the group at Mach speeds, but it was too fast for any of them to identify what it was. They all turned around to see where it came from. It looked like a horde of zombies, soldiers, and a few tanks crowding around someone. They seemed to be holding them off pretty well though.

"...never mind. Everybody in!"

Frantically, they all entered the portal. However, the person in the middle of the crowd noticed them and charged through the horde, toppling over a Charger.

"The portal's open again! I'm… going… to…" The barrier reformed as Saxton Hale slammed his face into the obstacle. He recovered and scowled at the person who put the barrier back.

"Dammit!" he growled. "Why don't you stop the other bloody cheaters in your own damn game?"

Gaben stared at him for a moment.

"No."

The portal did lead them to the other universe, but it left them some 50 feet in the air. The mercs barreled towards the ground and landed with a sickening crunch. The other fighters floated down using their wings or balloons, in Isabelle's case.

"Argh!" Scout yelped as he got up.

"My ass!" he complained as he put his baseball cap back on. The rest of the mercs shakily got to their feet after him. The girl that they saw earlier with the red hood saw them and ran up to them.

"Oh my gosh! Are you okay? Why did you all fall from the sky?" the girl asked the mercenaries. Spy dusted himself off.

"I believe we're fine, we have all survived a lot worse in the past," Spy responded. "As for why we were up there in the first place, that weird balloon thing had… shattered reality and now we're here." The girl was confused at first, but she quickly got over it.

"Oh, well, I'm glad you're okay, Mr. Spy." Spy quickly turned his head to her and raised his eyebrow.

"How- you know who I am?" The girl looked at him with a confused expression.

"Of course! You and the other guys," she pointed to the mercenaries. "Have been our professors for a few months now!" Her face dropped as she saw the blank looks on their faces.

"I'm afraid you got the wrong people, lassie." Demo said. The girl panicked and desperately tried to figure out why they didn't remember her.

"It's me! Ruby Rose? Did you all hit your heads on the way down? Maybe Mr. Medic can use his magic gun to fix your memories!" Ruby then remembered her time when she drank that can of BONK! Atomic Soda and then had to go get surgery from Medic.

"Um, uh… maybe not. Also, who are those guys?" She pointed to the other fighters. "We're their friends!" Pit responded cheerfully. They introduced themselves to Ruby.

"It's nice to meet you guys, but," Ruby paused. "You all… really don't remember me?" her voice cracking. The mercs just stood there awkwardly in silence. For some odd reason, they felt kind of bad for not knowing who she was.

"Sorry kid, but… I think you ran into those damn-"

"Alternate versions of yourselves from a different universe?" Falco cut in.

"...doppelgangers." Engie finished.

"Erm, yeah, I don't think those other guys stuck around with each other after they got fired," Pit said. "And if they did, I don't think that they all stuck around long enough to get sucked into a different universe together."

"Alright, but how is it more likely for our alternate universe selves to travel to another universe?" Spy asked.

"You guys had a reason to stay together because that Aussie guy hired you back after your employers died. Hell, you guys agreed to come to the tournament, which is in a different universe than yours." Falco said.

The mercs all shrugged at that.

"How do you know all this about us?" Heavy asked.

"Well, from time to time, some of us do some research on new fighters that are coming in, just so we can know their background, like things they did and things that have happened to them." Isabelle elaborated.

"The comics made by that Saxton Hale guy were really cool!" Pit exclaimed. "They were a really cool way to learn about you guys and… it's a shame that they just stopped making them… and left it on a cliffhanger… for years…"

Yeah… what a shame. *cough cough* Valve *cough* Ahem… excuse me.

'Well, there's your answer kid, interdimensional crap that I don't understand." Scout shrugged.

"I don't think I understand either," Ruby admitted.

"I'm pretty sure most of us don't either." Sniper glanced at Soldier, who looked like he was having a hard time processing what he heard.

*beep* "WOOOOO!"

The familiar sound of a sticky bomb going off rang out in the distance. There was no explosion though. Instead, another Demoman barreled towards the group, screaming. He came up a bit short though, and tumbled on the ground as soon as he fell, finally coming to a stop after his face was dragged against the ground.

"ow." The other Demo muffled. Medic took out his crossbow and shot him with a healing bolt. "Aye thanks, Doc." He got up and looked at the mercs.

"What the- oh, not you again. We all got fired from Mann Co., move on with ye lives!"

"We aren't here because of our job dumbass, we got fired!" Scout said.

"Then what are you doing here then?"

"Alternate dimensions! Oooo!" Isabelle held up her paws and shook them from side to side ominously. "We got involved in an accident caused by this pink puffball here." She picked up Jigglypuff, who had just caught up to the group. They completely forgot about them this entire time.

"Jigglypuff!"

Other Demo took out his bottle of scrumpy and stared at it. "Oh, goodness, I must be drunk."

Ruby cocked her head to the side. "Aren't you almost always drunk?"

"Exactly, lass."

"Well, you're not drunk, we're in the wrong dimension, and I'm getting tired," Falco said, getting impatient. "So please, if you guys have a way for us to get home, I'd like to see it.

Ruby scratched her head. "Sorry Mr. Birdman, but I don't know if we have anything that can help you guys get home…"

Engie snapped his gunslinger underneath his glove, making a muffled metallic clang. "Shucks," Heavy groaned in the background.

…

"Hey, why were you even in this forest when we appeared?" Pit asked Ruby.

"Oh, I was just training by-"

*thump*

"...fighting Grimm." She finished.

A Beowulf had come forth to meet the group. It lunged forward with its claws out to…

…get absolutely demolished by the rockets, jarate, slingshot pellets, and another blade of purple energy. Soldier saw it and braced for what was about to happen.

"Oh, hell."

The projectile shattered the forest and the Beowulf. They all tried to back away from the Void, but only Ruby and Other Demo were the only ones that didn't fall. The smashers looked up and saw the remnant of the forest slowly fade away. But somehow, through sheer willpower, Soldier rose up and looked Ruby straight in the face.

"Get a haircut." Soldier said as he tumbled back down. Ruby and Other Demo watched as the forest quickly rematerialized in front of them soon after.

"What…was that?" Ruby asked as Other Demo proceeded to pass out.

"Ah, ow, alright, where are we now?" Isabelle said as she got up, rubbing her head. They looked around to see an abandoned carnival made up of a bunch of kiddie rides with parasols above them. Pyro got really excited and climbed into a train. And then he realized no one was there to actually operate the rides.

"Mmph mmph mph…" He grumbled. Meanwhile, in the distance, 4 people were entering this part of Whispering Oaks.

"Holy shit, guys! Kiddieland!" Ellis shouted gleefully. He dashed ahead of the group, but he got careless with the gun in his hands and accidentally shot Coach.

"ARGH! Ellis! Watch where you're pointing that thing!" From behind the kiddie trains, Falco got a very mischievous idea.

"Hey guys, wouldn't it be funny if…" He pulled out his blaster.

"No," Isabelle said firmly.

"Aw, come on! It doesn't even hurt that bad!" He grinned as he took aim. Isabelle pouted as she watched Falco fire a laser that hit Nick right in the back.

"OW! ELLIS! Come on, man! Careful with that thing!"

"Sorry, sun was in my eye."

"Wha- It's nighttime!"

"..." Ellis didn't have anything to say to that. Nick frowned and continued walking. He yawned with a pistol in hand and "accidentally" hit Ellis behind him.

"Aha-owww!" Man! Nick. Did you mean to shoot me?"

"Maybe you should look out next time!"

"I was standing behind you, you blind son of a-"

Falco and Scout grinned and chuckled stupidly at the hilarious argument coming from the Survivors. Isabelle wasn't happy with what happened, but she was clearly trying to bite back some laughter.

"Come on, guys! We're not saving everyone just so we could mess with random people like this! Alright, sure, it might be funny," She paused and looked back at the Survivors. "ok it's really funny, but still!"

"Aw, ok," Falco said. The nearby argument started to die down and they all tried to move on. Falco looked back at the Survivors, and a malicious grin widened across his face.

"But what if I-" Isabelle's neck immediately snapped in his direction, growling. "No!"

"Just one more time before we go!"

"We don't have time for this!"

"It'll only be a quick shot." Falco raised his blaster again, but Isabelle had enough of his nonsense, and she tried to take the blaster out of Falco's wings.

"Come on! We- need- to get out of here- and try to find- our way back!" She paused every time she tugged on the gun.

Falco groaned. "Fine, whatever," He let go of the gun, making Isabelle fall backward.

"Alright, good, now let's get out of here."

(Play - Left 4 Dead Soundtrack - Tank)

"Huh? Do you guys hear that too-"

Suddenly, a giant boulder was plummeting towards them, but Sniper was the only one who noticed.

"GAH! HEADS UP!"

Everyone dived out of the way as soon as they heard. The boulder narrowly missed Spy's head.

"Alright, we need to leave right now." Spy said with urgency, dusting himself off as he got up.

Isabelle sighed. "Couldn't agree more. Let's get out of here!" As always, she got Jigglypuff to use Spacial Rend to escape into the Void once again. Everyone got into the portal except Pyro, who looked back at the Survivors who were now fighting the tank, and Engie.

"Mmphr mmph mmph mph mmpht?" Pyro jerked a thumb in their direction.

"Ah, I'm sure they'll be fine…"

"Ow! Come on! Shoot the tank! Not me!" Nick shouted from a distance. Engie winced and looked at Pyro.

"Let's, uh, get a move on…" They stepped into the rip right before it repaired itself.

(End Music)

Many wrong universes later…

"Are we in someone's house now?!"

They all ended up in a room full of books with someone typing away at a laptop. He had headphones on, so he didn't hear them pop in. They all looked at what he was writing for a moment.

He quickly typed, "Scout punched himself in the face." He deleted the line right after while chuckling to himself, but to the group's surprise,

*SMACK*

Scout actually did punch himself in the face.

"OW! What the?! Why did I do that?!" Looking around again, there was nothing really there that could help them return to the mansion.

"On to next universe again." Heavy sighed. Everyone was getting pretty tired of traveling by now. They were now just getting into portals so they didn't have to deal with whatever was going on in the Void.

"Alright. Jigglypuff, use Mimic." Isabelle said unenthusiastically. Jigglypuff slowly turned to look at Isabelle and nodded. It took a few steps back to make space and raised its arm and swung…

…only for nothing to happen.

"Huh?! Why did-" Isabelle quickly closed her eyes and rapidly shook her head. "Use Mimic again!" Once again, nothing happened when Jigglypuff swung. "no no no nO NO NO! You ran out of power points!"

Scout was confused. "Did you need those, erm, power points?"

"They represent how many times a Pokèmon can use a move, and Jigglypuff ran out of Mimic power points, and we don't have any way of recovering those points, so we're going to be stuck here!"

And at barely hearing this, the person with the laptop slowly turned aroun- WHAT THE-

Holy crap.

Wait, does that mean…

The author suddenly knew the release date of the new F-Zero game.

…

Damn, I tried.

But wow! I can't believe that writing that actually worked!

"...who are you again?" Soldier asked.

Oh, I'm just someone writing something. Anyway, I heard that you might be stuck here, and you probably have somewhere to be. (i would know, i wrote this chapter.) I think I might have a way to help you get to where you have to be.

"Really?" Engie said. "How?" Heavy asked.

Uh, hold on, let me look up how to do it.

*hides computer screen and fakes typing*

Ok, all you have to do is, um, clap your hands really quickly?

"...are you serious?" Pit said with genuine confusion.

…yes?

"Gah, what the hell, I'm tired." Sniper started clapping and everyone else shrugged and followed after.

Yeah, keep doing that while I type this real quick…

Suddenly, with no rhyme or reason, a portal back to the mansion suddenly opened! The fighters were all dumbfounded, but almost all of them were too tired to think about the logic of the entire thing and sighed in relief almost immediately after.

…almost all of them.

"Why did this portal open after you started typing on your laptop?" Spy asked.

Um, what?

"And how did you hear that we were going to be stuck here? You had headphones on."

Uhhhhh…

"And that thing you said, 'I can't believe writing that worked.' What does that mean?"

"Wait a minute," Isabelle paused and thought for a bit. "A-are w-we fictional-"

Dammit.

Ugh, I didn't want to do this, but whatever.

The fighters were all transported back to the mansion before they all were sucked into the void by Jigglypuff's shenanigans with their memories wiped.

"Whew, I'm beat. Y'all ready for tomorrow?" Engie said as he stretched.

"Hell yeah!" Scout exclaimed. "We're gonna waste some morons!"

Sniper laughed. "Alright, mate."

Oh, oops. That was a little too far back in time.

Eh, whatever.

And that's the chapter. I've been thinking that I'll make a mini-series where it takes a lot longer for the fighters to get sent home and they travel to many more universes. (i'll think of a way to make sure that Jigglypuff doesn't run out of power points.)

Anyway, please give me feedback, any will do.

Could I improve on anything like humor? Comments are always nice to read, so please leave a comment if you'd like to share something.

(except if the comment you're gonna post is mean, I know I've been gone I'll try to be better)

also the italics without parenthesis was me talking

Alright, see ya next time.