I do not own RWBY or Hotwheels, the only thing I own is my story
Cover image is credited to thelivingethan on deviantart
"So you guys know this reality is one in which the Grimm were exterminated and thus the population of remnant could expand and there was opportunity for more...recreational things rather than careers as huntsmen and huntresses" Vs voice came from the speakers after a momentary pause of the screen, this information however shocked both Salem and Ozpin, the former unable to comprehend her defeat and the latter wondering what was the nail in the grimms coffin in this world.
"Impossible! How could Salem have been defeated!" was the general thought for each member of Salem's inner circle as the queen of darkness herself dug her fingers into the arm of her seat.
The sound of an engine increased as the black screen transitioned to show a driver's perspective of a car speeding on a red track before taking a right showing up ahead that there were two paths, one being a jump ramp and the other going off towards the left and into a giant circle
"Whoa look at that place it's beautiful, I've never even heard of somewhere like that on remnant" Ruby said munching on her popcorn.
"Indeed perhaps this was a place discovered after the grimms extinction." Glynda added sipping on a cup of tea
The driver opted to go left, going 230 miles per hour up the side of the circle but the further up they got the slower they went as the speedometer in the lower right hand corner of the screen displayed a rapid drop in speed before the word "DANGER" in big red letters started flashing on the screen as the car fell off the track and began plummeting to the track below making impact leaving only static.
"Well….that happened" Sun said now disturbed at the likelihood that whoever was driving was dead as the video feed
"At least that wasn't Jaune, I doubt we'd be brought here simply to watch him crash." This time coming from Ren
"Shh, we'll find out eventually so let's just keep watching." Nora said chowing on a plate of pancakes
The camera panned out to show Ozpin sitting in a chair watching but rather than his usual attire he was dressed in a dark bodysuit with a few purple lines running across the suit
"Huh Ozpin can actually pull something like that off pretty well." Coco said removing her sunglasses to get a better look at Ozpin's counterpart.
"I don't know why we keep failing, I built a new kind of car the fastest in the world." the on screen Ozpin said as the camera moved to show his face with his glasses dipping down a bit revealing his eyes before the camera looked past his shoulder revealing a hovering steel gray and orange colored robot. "Maybe you should build a new kind of driver." the robot spoke.
"General Ironwood, that robot sounds just like me." Penny said looking towards the general as Ironwood himself began to worry about her secret being discovered until Winter nugged him.
"Don't worry general, these are completely different realities and with the limitless things that could be different it wouldn't be hard to play it off as nothing more than coincidence if anyone questions it." Winter said reassuringly.
"A new kind of driver." Ozpin repeated as he brought his hands up and put both index fingers against his chin as he looked towards the static screen. The screen that everyone was watching then changed to show an upwards view of a bright blue sky with the sun shining on a cloudless day before the silhouette of someone on a skateboard obstructed the sun, doing a few spins in mid air before coming back down on the ramp revealing the person to be Jaune
"Jaune's a skater, Why would he be a skater in this reality?" Weiss was confused about the opening since it apparently involved driving.
"Maybe Jaune just skates as a hobby." Yang suggested turning her attention back to the screen
Jaune and another person were shown skateboarding side by side on a halfpipe doing a few tricks until the other person lost his balance and fell flat on his ass onto the ramp
"Ouch I feel bad for that sap, I tried skateboarding when I was younger and broke my tailbone." Mercury said before realising something
"Bummer" Jaune said as he rolled next to the downed skater before kicking up his skateboard in his hand. "Next time you wanna lose to me Mercury, try surfing, waters a lot softer."
"Oh dust no I'm a skate punk." Mercury cried out clutching his head in disbelief
"He can barely handle a sword, I'm surprised he can even keep his balance." The remark from Cardin made Jaunes family glare at him.
"We should get on team Jaune, surf or skateboard, either one, we could get sponsored." Mercury said getting up clutching at his right arm having landed hard on it.
"Haven't you heard" Jaune started as he started backing up towards the edge of the ramp "I'm a team of one" he finished jumping off the ramp skating off "later" he called back to mercury before moving out of view
"Well that's pretty arrogant of the kid, team of one don't make me laugh." Roman said trying to light a cigar only to have it confiscated by one of the robotic arms, making Roman grumble as the room provided him with some ice cream instead.
The scene changed again now showing a green sedan with its trunk open being packed up by someone in a blue military uniform and blonde hair
"General isn't that you?" Penny asked as Ironwood squinted a bit since the figure was hard to make out on the screen
"I believe it is but why am I younger and why would I have?" Ironwood abruptly stopped as a certain blonde came rolling towards him on the screen
"Uh what's up dad?" Jaune asked, gaining his father's attention.
Hearing the phrase made tighten his remaining human hand into a fist.
"Squadrons shipping out, high alert" James said looking to his son
"But you were going to take me to get my drivers license" Jaune said with a look of disappointment as his father closed the trunk to the car
"I can drop you off at the testing center Jaune but I don't have time to wait for you"
"But I've been waiting sixteen years, besides what's the point of having a license without a car"
"Listen I'm sorry I have to go, especially on your birthday, but I've got a responsibility to my squadron, we're a team and as a team"
"Damn tin man that's just cruel, even if you are a soldier ditching your kid on their birthday is a douche move"
"Qrow if I did have a child I wouldn't do such a thing." Ironwood looked away quickly.
"You said as soon as I was sixteen I could drive the car."
"Skateboards, surfing, now cars, one day your going to find out what's really important." Ironwood said getting into the car.
"You mean more important than what I want." Jaune said leaning over so he could speak to his father directly.
"You can't always do what you want, you have to think about other people." Ironwood started up the car
"I'm going to be the best driver in the world."
"I don't have time for this now Jaune, do you want me to drop you off or not." Jaune relented and got into the passenger seat.
"Doesn't really seem like they're on very good terms." Blake said thinking about how she abandoned her own parents so she could be a part of the radicalized white fang, she would give anything to be able to take back that moment.
"Sometimes something happens that just drives a wedge between a parent and their kid, I can speak from experience." This coming from Yang as she sent a glare to her mother who was doing her best to ignore her daughter.
The scene changed again and showed Jaune holding his skateboard helmet while leaning against a brown colored mid-size crossover.
"Arc" a voice called making Jaune stand up straight as a man walked over to him.
"You made a perfect score on the written test and the driving test" the man said handing Jaune a drivers license.
"Your father must be very proud" feeling a little sting Jaune looked to the ground first then to his skateboard before making eye contact again
"Yeah thanks" was all he said before leaving
"I'll say I'm impressed" That earned Ozpin a few looks from his students and friends "To get a perfect score he must have studied very hard and he would have needed to be nothing but flawless for the on road portion but I suspect he wasn't just doing it for himself."
Jaune was now skateboarding home, looking at the ground with disappointment on his face but as he looked up to his house he was shocked by what was in his driveway, what sat there was the most unusual car he'd ever seen, it had shifting tones of dark and light blue and on the side was a decal of a surfer with the words "Wave Ripper" right below it and on the top was a painted on road sign with "Highway 35" on it and the sign was surrounded with flame decals
"Whoa check it out" Jaune said which several members of the audience was already doing, jealous that Jaune would get something so stunning
"OMD OMD DO YOU GUYS SEE THAT! IT'S A CUSTOM AMONG CUSTOMS" Ruby yelled out with stars in her eyes looking at it
"Man vomit boys lucky, I love my bike and all but that car is sweet"
"Lucky shit, all I got on my sixteenth birthday was my first flask"
"Maybe if we had gotten Jaune interested in cars and given him one on his sixteenth birthday he would have given up on being a huntsmen" Venus said to her husband as they shared a bucket of popcorn, the poor woman was obsessed over what could have been.
"Wow" was all the Jaune sitting in the theater could say as he gazed at the car
"Hey" V said gaining Jaunes attention who turned to V only to find a pair of keys dangled in his face "if you want it it's yours" that was all Jaune needed before he snatched the keys
"Really!" Jaune asked as though handed the keys to heaven.
"Really, I actually planned on giving you a couple trinkets so this will be the first of many, just don't scratch the paint once you get out of here"
As Jaune continued looking at the car both inside and out it started on its own the front of the car opened up allowing access to the drivers compartment before a screen in front of the console separating the two came to life displaying the face of Ozpin
"Greetings, because of your extraordinary abilities you have been chosen to take part in the world race" because of this Jaune stood still in shock before the screen changed to show a car similar in its one of a kind look to the previous one, though this car was mostly silver with light brown on the front and back with a orange, glass canopy over the driver's seat and it was sitting in what looked like the middle of the desert and was approached by a bull faunus who placed his hand onto the car as Ozpin's message continued to play but one notable thing is that the faunus was missing his usual slitted mask
"Drivers with unique skills have been recruited from all over the world."
"Me? A driver? Why would I waste my time with something so petty when the faunus need to be freed from their oppression"
"Cool it Taurus, maybe in some of these realities faunus aren't treated as badly as they are here, maybe that's why you are a driver instead of a terrorist commander." Roman said taking off his hat to fix his hair but his answer only enraged Adam who removed his mask, revealing that his left eye was covered by a large bandage, to make sure Roman could feel his glare but before he escalated it any further his seat restrained him as the screen changed again showing a darkened city with a woman sitting in a purple car in front of a club with a sign reading "VIP Room"
"Some with experience at the highest levels of professional racing."
"Me as well" Raven muttered
"And others whose full talents have yet to be discovered" Ozpin said as the camera pulled back showing Jaune in the driver's seat.
"I'm looking for the greatest driver in the world" Jaune reached up and gripped the steering wheel as a look of anticipation creeped on his face.
"If that's you, then follow the map on the GPS screen." Ozpin finished as the image of his face faded being replaced with a blinking red dot on a blue colored map. Jaune took a moment to think about it before finding his resolve to accept the challenge
"A car just pops up at his house and just like that he's hooked into racing when he just got his license? I can't believe I'm saying this but the Jaune we're watching now might be even denser than our Jaune." Coco added, she could practically see the thirst in the eyes of Nikos whenever she saw the two together.
"That and it's telling him to follow some coordinates, for all he knows it could be some elaborate kidnapping plot." Neptune said before Sun asked the question on everyone's mind.
"What the hell is GPS?" The screen paused before V's voice came on some sort of loudspeaker.
"GPS stands for global positioning system, basically it's a high tech map."
The screen showed Jaune driving through a desert area towards a large black cube shaped building and once he got close enough the doors automatically opened for him and as he pulled in he could see a giant screen rotating around with the same guy on it who was on the video message.
"Welcome to the handler proving ground" Ozpin said as Jaune pulled his car under a spot light that created a circle of light in the otherwise blacked out building just like how the other cars in the room were parked. The front of his car opened up and Jaune hopped out showing that he was no longer in a t-shirt and shorts but a sleeveless light blue driving suit that had an orange number one on the right side of his chest and the same logo that was on his car, to finish off his outfit he wore a shark tooth necklace. He walked towards a line of people all dressed in differently colored outfits facing the rotating screen.
"I see you've all found your driving suits, my name is Ozpin, founder and CEO of the Beacon corporation" the camera moved down the line of drivers first showing a orange haired girl with aqua colored eyes, she had a silver metal collar that covered part of her neck, her suits upper arms and shoulders were colored yellow while the torso was green with the fangs of a beast biting down on the words "Road Beast", to top it off the number fifteen was just above her breast on the left side of her body with the one being red and the five being black
"I LOOK AWESOME RENNY CAN WE GET RACING SUITS, CAN WE CAN WE"
"If you behave then maybe" Ren said trying to calm his partner down
The next one in line was shown to be Adam dressed in a brown racing suit with yellow shoulder pads and a short yellow collar with a silver pin on the center of it, on his chest was an image of a rats skull and below it were the words "Dune Ratz" finally on the left side of his chest was the number twenty-two in black
"Hmph it would be better in red" Adam said, his burning anger lessening to mere embers
Next was a man with a solid black suit with the image of a skull and criss crossed wrenches with the top of the skull on fire and the eyes red and orange, his number was twenty-nine and it rested on the right side of his chest in an orange circle
"Huh I never thought about pulling my hair back, I'll admit this me does look nice." Ren commented on his otherselfs choice of hair style.
"I've invented the most advanced racing technology the world has ever seen, in the world race you will take this technology to its limits, and beyond" Ozpin finished as the drivers looked to the screen thinking over what Ozpin told them while Jaune voiced his thoughts
"Cool"
The others in the line all looked at Jaune and each of them gave Jaune a judgemental look, but the one at the end caught everyone's attention
"Hey Blake their you are" Sun said pointing to Blake on screen who was wearing a suit similar to Jaunes indesign, she had a number four on her suit but what shocked the Blake in the theater as well as her friends was that she had her cat ears out without a bow covering them
"I guess Torchwick was right, if Blake's not hiding her cat ears then the faunus must not be a target of hate crimes in the universe." Ruby chimed in happy seeing her teammate displaying her heritage even if it was another Blake it still counted
Jaune shrugged at the looks as Ozpin continued while the camera showed Raven leaning on her car, her suit was purple with a white eight on her right side below the eight was a neon green skull with the eyes being swirling lines that matched the rest of the skull, the sleeves of her suit only went halfway down her upper arms, the right sleeve having the same Highway 35 logo that was on everyone's cars, with the rest of her arms covered in black cloth with horizontal green lines around the cloth, her collar was flipped upward and a pair of plastic yellow glasses rested on top of her head
"Damn sis I gotta say if you ever decide to stop with the emo look purple would be a nice color on you" Qrow said taking a swig of bourbon
"The driver who wins will be declared the fastest driver in the world"
"Seriously all of this for a title" Roman said
"And receive 5 million lien" Finished Ozpin
The room was once again dead silent
"Hell yeah sign me up" Cardin yelled out finally interested
"I'm with that guy, imagine all the things 5 million lien could get you." Emerald said imaging herself in a life of luxury that many of the people she stole from enjoyed
"Way cool." Jaune said, turning to the person standing next to him which happened to be Ren. "What would you do if you had that kind of money"
Ren turned his head a bit but didn't make eye contact. "I do and I've done it." Ren said before walking off
Jaune then made eye contact with Blake who brushed her hair behind her ear as she smiled shrugging at Rens comment
"Shit kid you really got that kind of money" Roman asked while Neo held up a little sign which read "Do you?"
"My parents were wealthy, that's how they invested in the kuroyuri settlement, but then I lost everything after it was destroyed" Ren said struggling with the last bit as Nora gripped his hand to comfort him.
The scene changed again showing Raven doing a practice run with two other drivers outside of the main building.
"Guess it makes sense, the other Ozpin said it was the handler proving ground, each of the drivers would need to become familiar with the equipment their vehicles have" Weiss said before taking a bite from a piece of cake.
"The cars are equipped with a special nitrox two booster." Raven pushed the red button on her cars console and a screen showing just how much of the booster she had drained a bit then it showed the underside of her car on which two canisters labeled "nitrox two" began to glow blue
"If there's one thing I know it's that something very crazy happens whenever something or someone starts glowing" Neptune said.
It shifted again to the back of the car showing blue electricity coursing over the car's engine before Ravens entire car glowed blue as the front of it lifted up in the air from the sudden and drastic speed increase and her tires left behind a trail of fire
"Holy Oum what's in that stuff I gotta get some for bumblebee!" Yang exclaimed, back in patch Tai could feel his fatherly instincts kick in.
The car shot off far ahead of the others as Raven looked like she was about to lose control of Slingshot until it landed back on the ground.
"Grand prix wasn't this fast" Raven said with a devil's smile on face
"And each car is equipped to handle a different type of terrain." Ozpin said as four cars got into a line with Nora being the first to go she pressed a button and a giant saw blade emerged from the front of Ballistik
"Sweet." She said with a smile that all her friends knew only meant trouble or impending doom
"Oum don't let this give her any ideas" Pyrrha prayed, Nora was...well Nora, and the last thing the team needed was to have their hyperactive teammate wielding a massive saw, at the very least her hammer was blunt.
"The cars I call Desert Ratz can operate in the deepest sands." The camera showed the tires of Adams car as metal spikes shot out from them
"Magnificent" Adam said admiring his Krazy eights
"Desert Ratz what kind of demeaning name is that." Adam yelled looking accusingly at Ozpin
"I can assure you I hold no ill will towards faunus Mr. Taurus." Stated Ozpin with sincerity, it was true after all in fact Ozpin had once dated a faunus in a previous lifetime
"While a scorcher's car can drive through the heart of a volcano." Metal plating covered each of the tires before a metal plow popped out from the front. Ren looked at his roadrunner in approval before looking over to Jaune who smiled at Ren before looking at his own controls hitting a button, his monitor then read "boosters engaged" while four white flashing X's appeared on the display of his cars underside, it was at this moment that Blake pulled up.
"Hey Jaune since we both have wave ripper cars maybe we should be a team"
"Forget it Blake, I'm a team of one." Jaune said pressing a button of his steering wheel that made his Deora two shoot 20 or 30 into the air "AHH." Jaune cried out before he crashed to the ground both he and his car undamaged.
"Whoa check it out." He said pressing the button again this time making his car land directly across from the others causing Ren to shake his head
"Is it just me or does it seem like this version of Ren hates Jaune." Neptune asked
"Mr. Ren is Mr. Arcs senior in this universe, i'd say roughly tens years age difference so he likely views Mr. Arc as nothing more than a child." answered Glynda
The screen changed now showing Jaune and Ren racing down a road with Jaune currently in the lead as he drifted around a turn followed close behind by Ren
"So your Lie Ren right? Someone told me you skied down Mt. Atlas once." Jaune said over the radio
"Twice, I'm gonna pass you." With that Ren shifted gears and accelerated getting right next to Jaune
"That's what you think" Jaune said as he moved his hand to use his nitrox two but he hit a rock on the side of the road causing his hand to jerk and hit another button engaging his cars grappling hook.
"Aw man wrong switch" the grappling hook shot out the front of Jaunes car and attached to a boulder making Jaunes car swerve in front of Ren who hit the brakes and turned the wheel so his car would slide out of the way as Jaunes car nicked a street sign.
"This isn't a game kid, you a driver now, not a surf rat" Ren said before taking off
"Who are you calling kid" Jaune retracted his grappling hook and took off after Ren.
"Why does this version of you like one liners so much in addition to being kind of an asshole" Yang said getting pissed at the other Rens attitude
"Different experiences I suppose, this version of Jaune wants to be a racer rather than a huntsmen and for our Jaune being a huntsmen is his life goal, ultimately it's because there are no grimm that are different." Ren wasn't all that pleased with his other selves attitude either
"I call the track Highway 35 because that's where it begins, it's older than our roads, older than human and faunus history, it was built by technologically advanced beings, perhaps from another world, beings whom I call the accelerons"
"Honestly Ozpin no matter the reality it seems that you are nothing more than a fool embarking on pointless endeavours." Salem mocked Ozpin.
"I concur with Salem, as a scientist the prospect of an ancient and advanced society peaks my interest but claiming said society to come from another world is ludicrous." Watts' tone was so full of his superiority complex that even Hazel wanted to throw a brick at him to knock him out.
The Next Day in the other universe
The 10 drivers and their cars all got in a row right behind a makeshift starting line with a floating drag race style christmas tree(1) turning on its red light ready to start the race as all the cars inched forward
"The track exist in different dimension from our own, a dimension you won't see until the race begins, when you reach 300 miles per hour the portal between the dimensions will open and a portal at the end of the track will return you to this dimension" while Ozpin spoke the camera showed each driver wearing their racing suits as well as matching helmets with intense looks on their faces
"Hey Ren you think this Ozpin guy knows what he's talking about or is he just loco" Nora then made a circular motion with her index finger on the side of her head
"It took a genius to build these cars Nora" and as if to prove his point Ren revved the engine to his car
"Could be a genius and still be insane" Raven added as the light changed from red to yellow and after a few more grueling seconds the light changed to green
"Go Jaune Go" Ruby, Yang, and Nora said at the same time
The racers took off leaving an enormous dust cloud in their wake as they each attempted to gain the lead
"Check it out" Jaune said as he once more moved his hand towards his console
"Oh no" this coming from Pyrrha recalling Jaunes earlier blunder
"20 lien says he dies" Tyrian said and before anyone could say anything Cardin responded "20 says he wins." This stunned everyone including Cardins own teammates
The moment Jaune hit the button everything seemed to slow as his nitrox meter went down and the engine in the rear of his car was surrounded with blue electricity that made it look like the car itself had an aura
"Incredible" Penny said mesmerized
The tires of Jaunes car were enveloped in blue flames as the main body lifted of the ground and shot ahead of the others putting him clear in the lead as his speedometer read 250 miles per hour and continued to climb even after the car had all four wheels back on the ground. First Ren, then Nora, followed by Adam and Raven all used their nitrox but Jaune maintained the lead
"C'mon Jaune you can do it." Ruby cheered with a chocolate chip cookie stuffed in her mouth
"Settle down kid, if what that Ozpin said is true then the real thing hasn't even started yet"
Jaunes speedometer hit 300 and as soon as it did the numbers turned from green to red and began flashing
"Nothing will happen, they'll just end up driving to the end of the continent" Arthur said taking a long and slow sip of coffee
A giant white orb materialized out of thin air and quickly expanded before turning into a full portal the border of which was green and yellow with the majority and center of the portal being a deep purple
Arthur started violently coughing and spit out coffee while dropping his cup as he attempted to catch his breath. Sure he had heard Salem talk about elemental magic but this was a portal materializing out of thin air.
"Guess other realities mean different rules on how things work aye watty" Tyrian cackled clutching his stomach in amusement
The closer the five cars got to the portal they began to glow brighter and brighter and once they reached the portal they were pulled into it quickly followed by the other five, after all the drivers had crossed over the portal closed and disappeared
V looked at the screen with a wide smile "Now things are getting interesting"
So all of you know here are the names of the cars, you can find the complete list online of all the cars used in the movie if you feel so compelled
Jaune- Deora 2
Adam- Krazy 8s
Nora- Ballistik
Ren- 70s road runner
Raven- Slingshot
I snuck the names of the cars into the chapter but if you missed them there you go
Now a small explanation, I was trying to decide how to make this fic stand out in comparison to others, so I decided to start it off by taking one of my favorite movies from when I was young and do a reaction on the entire thing which will span 5 chapters, however this will be a rare thing so it doesn't get drawn out and stale, so future reactions will only last a chapter or two unless it's epic enough to go longer
I'm also flattered by the all the request and I will comb through them all so feel free to leave them in the comments or pm me just don't spam and please indicate a specific part of the game/movie/anime/episode you'd like to see a reaction to
until next time, V.