MajorBrony95: Firstly, this has to be the longest and most complex review yet. And it covers a lot of different things. Secondly, yes, I agree. I have no issues with BumbleBY but the way it was gone about had so little build up, especially after coming off Volumes 4 and 5 which had nothing but Blake and Sun build up, it felt like a really odd bait and switch. One that wasn't needed and really wasn't deserved. I hate to say it, but Bumblebee is probably one of the worst handled gay relationships in fiction. Even Penny and Ruby have better build up that if they ended up together I'd probably accept it.
dinogeoff022: You'll have to wait and see. I already have my mind made up on what will happen. I think people will be pleasantly surprised.
Argus (Part 2)
Six Days Earlier...
The train that Peter, Deadpool, Qrow and the rest of the Remnant crew were on had just detached. Deadpool was stuck with the B-Team while Peter got to play with Yang's Double-D Team. Can you say that? Dude, I've done several smut chapters with those two at this point. I can say whatever the hell I want. "This blows." Deadpool complained, "Hey, White Knight, how long until we hit Argus? This train already feels stuffed."
"We have at least another five hours." Ren sighed, "It's going to be a long ride, I can already tell people are going to be stressed the whole time."
"Then we'll just have to try and keep everybody calm the best we can." Jaune added with a nod, "We owe it, to Ruby, Peter and everyone else that we get these people to Argus safely." The group looked ahead to the hundreds of civilians that boarded the train that day now forced to share half the cars with their luggage missing. Already the group, temporarily Team DNJR (Danger), could see some civil unrest coming from the cabins, specifically from the more upper class riders.
"This is an outrage!" one of the more wealthy riders complained. He was a portly looking man wearing a black pinstriped suit with a white button up and red tie. He had gray hairs visible on his sideburns and had a salt n' pepper mustache. On his lapel he had a pin with the Schnee Dust Company emblem. "I demand to know what makes you think you can bring these...lesser creatures into the premier cabins. SDC pays good money for this!" he yelled at Dudley, pointing his finger at the huntsman as if he was scolding a child.
"Alright, calm down, let's not bring class warfare into this." Deadpool said, trying to calm the situation. He and the rest of DNJR walked through a group of people just to get to the man, "Listen here...tch...I don't know, Chester Copperpot?" Been a few months since we had a chapter. Our jokes are a little rusty. "You have to realize the situation we're in, because your little first class cabin that wipes your ass and strokes your ego doesn't mean jack to the Grimm." Deadpool scoffed, "Would you really sacrifice someone's life to be more comfortable?"
The man walked up slowly to Deadpool and got by his ear, "I will gladly let thousands die if it means the progress of mankind." he whispered in an almost threatening tone.
Deadpool nodded slowly, "Progress? Okay." he then slowly reached to his belt towards his gun. Ren's eyes widened and he went to stop Deadpool, but then he saw Deadpool's hand go past his gun. Ren let a sigh of relief until he saw Wade reach for his combat knife. Again, Ren tried to stop Wade, but he saw the mercenary move past his knife. Again, Ren let out a sigh of relief...That is until Deadpool reached for a grenade on the back of his belt! Ren quickly began reaching for his own weapon, but stopped when Deadpool past the grenade, Okay, THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS! Ren had never felt such frustration before. Finally, Deadpool reached to a pocket, on the opposite hip, and grabbed a tube of Nic Nacs which are like a popular brand of breath mints.
Tor recap: Deadpool reached behind him and went around his back just to grab a tube a breath mints on the opposite hip which he could have grabbed with his other hand, no problem. Ren couldn't comprehend it, there was no feasible reason for Deadpool to do that. Yeah, we were just screwing with him. Ren rubbed his temples in frustration. "Nic Nac?" Deadpool asked as he offered the man a breath mint. Surprisingly, the man took some. "Walk with me, talk with me. Tell me more about how you want to illegalize unions." Ren watched as Deadpool took the man to the back of the last car.
Music Queue: The Entertainer--Scott Joplin
Looking through the window, Ren could see the two looked to be having a conversation. Then, out of the blue, the SDC representative began holding his throat like he was choking. Deadpool patted the man on the back before gripping the back of his head and leaning it back so Deadpool could shove the entire plastic tube of the breath mints down the man's throat. The man held his throat and his face began to turn blue. Deadpool just stood there, tapping his foot, gripping his chin with his thumb and index finger like he was in deep thought. Deadpool finally snapped his fingers like he just had an epiphany. Reaching to his back pocket, Deadpool pulled out a Swiss Army Knife. He then carefully peeled back all the attachments while the man continued to choke on the mints Deadpool shoved down his throat. Deadpool then jumped and clicked his heels as he folded out the knife attachment. Placing the other attachments back in, Deadpool tightly gripped the multi-tool with both hands before jabbing it into the top of the man's throat, then quickly sliding down. With blood gushing everywhere, Deadpool gripped the new opening of the throat and spread it open. The man was now on the ground trying, and failing, to keep the blood from leaving his esophagus and Deadpool was putting on a white glove. Finally, Deadpool jammed his hand...the one without the white surgical glove for some reason, into the man's throat and pulled out the plastic tube. Deadpool could then see the culprit to what caused the choking: a razor blade! Gasp! It must have secretly been inserted into on of the mints and got stuck in the man's throat when he swallowed. Who would ever do that?
Ren let out a long, exasperated sigh. "He just killed the man didn't he." Jaune stated, not even looking back at what Deadpool was doing.
"Yep." Ren replied, popping the 'P' at the end. Ren then watched as Deadpool opened up the rear door and threw the man off the train, "And he just disposed of the body onto the tracks that's...swell."
"Did anybody else hear the weird piano music?" Nora asked.
Deadpool came back to the car, wiping the blood off on his suit. "Hey, so that guy just had a heart attack. Real tragic, right?" he asked. Deadpool looked at Jaune and Ren where were rubbing their temples and pinching the bridge of their noses, respectively. "What? Look, guys, it worked out." Deadpool pulled out a wallet that for sure belonged to the man he just murdered in cold blood, "In the fat cat's dying words he gave me his wallet with his contact information to get to Atlas!"
Jaune rolled his eyes, "Really, and what were his dying words? 'You can't do this, this is murder!'" Jaune said pointing his finger accusingly at Deadpool.
Deadpool slapped Jaune's finger away and chuckled, "Don't be ridiculous. His dying words were more like: HyUUURK! GACK! Guuuuuuuuuuuuuugle..." Deadpool held his throat and imitated the man choking on his own blood before kicking the bucket. "You can't talk when all that liquid is blocking your throat, dummy." Deadpool finished by playfully flicking Jaune's forehead. Jaune continued to frown at Deadpool, "Oh come on. Keep frowning and you're going to ruin that...oh...sexy face of yours." Deadpool caressed Jaune's cheek and he quickly slapped it out of the way.
"What are you doing!?" Jaune asked.
"Oh...were we not having a moment?" Gotta give artists credit, they really have nice models in these later seasons. "Anyways, we can't focus on Boys Love fantasies here, we have to make sure that we stay vigilant for the next few hours. So pay careful attention to the passengers...Jaune."
"What!?"
Nora held her hand to her face trying to hide her laughter, "This is gonna be a good time, I can already tell."
Finally, after several hours of riding a crowded train that was beginning to feel like a sauna from the cars now having twice as many occupants as they were supposed to, well...twice as many minus one, but that's neither here nor there, the train finally came to a stop at the train station in Argus. Everyone began piling off at the station being met with worried relatives or co-workers who were shocked to see the train damaged and missing half the cars. DNJR walked off the train themselves, Deadpool wearing a poncho and sombrero again with a fake mustache velcroed to his mask. As the group walked out they past several soldiers who came to inspect the cars. Immediately they talked to the hired huntsman, Dudley: "What the hell happened here?" a female soldier asked.
Dudley sighed, "Grimm. Tons of 'em too. They were too much...my partner..." he clenched his teeth and one of the soldiers patted his back to try and console him.
"So you defended the train on your own?" a different soldier asked.
Dudley shook his head, "No. I got help from them and their friends." he pointed to DNJR as they tried to walk out of the train station without getting noticed.
"Hey, stop!" a guard yelled out. Deadpool looked back and saw the military approaching them, "We have some questions!"
"Let's book it!" Deadpool yelled out as he and the other three ran out of the station. Deadpool removed his disguise mid stride and used it to blind the guards chasing after them, "No way man, I just got my chapter for the first time in a while, I'm not about to get arrested at the beginning!" The group continued running deeper into the city and eventually hopped onto a trolley as it was still moving.
The teens hunched over to catch their breaths, Deadpool was apparently faster than they thought. "Why...are we...running?" Nora asked between breaths.
"Government sucks." Deadpool breathed out, "They probably would arrest me on the spot." Deadpool took a look around at the city taking not of the shape of the houses, the steep grades and bay that lead to the ocean. "This place is like San Fran if it snowed. Hey," Deadpool tapped Jaune's shoulder, "you said you have a base of operations here, right? Where's it at?"
Jaune's eyes widened, "Oh...uhhhh..." he gulped as he reached for his scroll. When Jaune pulled out his scroll he opened his contacts listed and scrolled through it until he reached a name, 'Saphron'. Jaune gulped as he just hovered over the name for a few minutes, the city just passing by as the trolley traveled through the town. Finally, Jaune tapped on the call on the name. The scroll rang for a seconds, going through four cycles before it was answered.
"Hello?" a female voice on the other side answered. Deadpool could barely make out the headshot of who Jaune was calling, it was a blonde woman but that was the best he got. Wait, are meeting Jaune's canon family? Holy shit, talk about a cameo.
"Hey...Saph," Jaune replied, "I'm in town and uh...I was wondering if you'd be willing to let me and my friends stay a while?" Jaune nervously rubbed the back of his head, but he strangely received no answer, "H-Hello?"
"AAAAAH!" Jaune's sister squealed out from the other side of the line, "I can't wait to see my baby brother again! It's been too long! I'll come meet you, where are you at?"
"Um...we're on the trolley, we're about to stop at the base of the hill."
"PERFECT!" she laughed, "You're actually super close. I'll be right by. Don't. Move." and with that Jaune's sister hung up.
"Big sis, huh?" Nora asked with a wiggle of her eyebrows, "Oooooh, I can't wait to get all the juicy details on you."
Ren looked around to make sure no Atlesian guards had spotted the mercenary they were, unfortunately, harboring. "Well, to take our minds off the fear of the law, what's your sister like?"
"Yeah, is she hot?" Deadpool asked.
Jaune snickered, "Good luck, she's kinda married. And, like, you know...gay."
Deadpool shrugged, "Didn't ask her sexual preference, just asked if she was hot." he shook his head in disappointment, "Honestly dude, who cares what your sexual preference is? I'm omnisexual, I don't make a big deal about it."
Ren cocked an eyebrow in confusion, "On one hand, I never would have thought you were omnisexual...however, I'm also not surprised. On the other hand, I don't like how your moral is 'It doesn't matter who you like it just matters what you look like'." Ren shook his head, "Looks shouldn't be everything, look at the relationship you're in. Neo is a..." Ren looked to his left to see Nora giving him a pouty look, "...um...pretty looking woman and you're...well..." he rubbed his chin in thought, "You kinda look like a naked mole rat."
"Well that's original I'll give him that." Deadpool mumbled, "And I'll have you know I'm sexy as hell! Before all this, I looked like Ryan Reynolds, and he made sexiest man of the year and was nominated three times."
"You mean you didn't have that ugly mug before coming to Remnant?" Nora remarked with a smirk, "What sort of freaky stuff did that little she-devil do to you to make you look like that?"
Deadpool slumped his shoulders and held his hands to his face. These kids are getting some solid disses off on us...I don't know how I feel about that. "Yes, I did look like this before Remnant." Wade groaned, "I just meant that before my...accident...I was a very handsome man with a smoking hot wife!"
"You were married?" the teens asked in unison.
"Yes! Er...no...it's complicated." Deadpool sighed. Being ever aware to our predicament as well as knowing at least the faintest idea of other universes and timelines and their outcomes leads to a very...almost Joker-esque origin. "Look I think she was my wife, but then she was like...a mutant...I think? But then again she may not have been my wife but my friend's. Hell, I may not even be Wade Wilson but some dude who took his name. Everything after the experiments got so messed up I don't know left from right anymore. Even my childhood is messed up. Sometimes I say I became a mercenary because my father was an alcoholic who beat me and my mother until he took it too far and killed her. Other times I think my mother died of cancer and I just snapped. And sometimes it's a combination where my mother died of cancer and that was the reason for my father becoming a drunk and beating me." he sighed, "Point is, everything got messed up during that day, that maybe you're right, maybe I did always look like this. Who knows?"
Jaune gulped slightly, "Wow...you're uh...you're kinda more depressing that I thought."
"That's what happens to every edgy nineties comic character kid. The troubled hero trope has been around for a long time. And Marvel REALLY loved that trope in the eighties and nineties."
"JAUNE!" the group turned to see a blonde woman who stood at about five-foot-eight holding a darker skinned child in her left arm. That woman, is Jaune's sister, Saphron. She smiled and beamed at her little brother and his friends, "Oooooooh my gosh! It has been SO long!" Saphron quickly went to Jaune and gave him a one armed hug smothering her face against his, "My baby brother has finally come to visit! With his friends no less." After some teasing and pinching of Jaune's cheeks, Saphron finally let go and began shaking the hands of the rest of DNJR.
"Pleasure to meet you." Ren nodded.
"You'll have to give us ALL the juicy details about Jaune." Nora said with a smug grin.
When Saphron went to shake Deadpool's hand, she hesitated slightly, "Wade Wilson, Ex-Huntsman. Current mercenary. I was hired by a friend of mine to help out with his mission." he lied. Smooth like butter, we're getting pretty good at this serious stuff. "He went with one group and I came with the other. They'll be fine though, I'm sure. It is their job after all."
Team DNJR was led to Saphron's home where they crowded in the living room. Currently, Saphron was telling Nora 'all the juicy details,' as she put it, about Jaune. Ren, Jaune and Deadpool sat on the other couch that faced the stairs with Adrian sitting in Deadpool's arms. "Coochie coo." Deadpool played as he wiggled his finger just above Adrian's nose. Adrian held his hands out before gripping Deadpool's finger tightly. Adrian laughed before he scrunched his face and let out a sneeze. "Oh, bless you!" Deadpool laughed. We love kids. They can be brats, but they really are adorable.
Jaune and Ren could only stare in astonishment, "You are...outstandingly good with children. It took Adrian six visits before he got used to me!"
Deadpool laughed and then seethed in pain as Adrian snapped his finger on accident, "Yeah...I love kids." he said, taking a deep breath to try and not scream in pain, "Ooooh, kid's got a hell of a grip. Ahem. No, but, seeing this kid...eh, kinda reminds me of my little girl back home, Ellie." Jaune and Ren looked at each other with wide eyes, "And yes, before you ask, I do have a daughter. She's eight. I...kinda only found out about her three years ago. I've been trying to keep her and her mom safe, you know...away from me."
"This sudden exposition for Deadpool is kinda freaky." Jaune whispered to Ren.
"So," Saphron began, "What are you all doing in Argus? Visiting? Business?"
Ren was going to say something, but Deadpool beat him to it, "Business." he nodded before handing Adrian back to his mother, "We actually need to get ourselves to Atlas. We sent off a letter to General Ironwood himself, unfortunately it may not get there. So we kinda have to tell him the issue ourselves." Deadpool cleared his throat, "However, we are aware of the obstacles in our way, what, with Atlas recalling ships and such. Thankfully for us we have a lead." the mercenary had a wide grin under his mask as he held up a note that the wealthy man he killed on the train kept in his wallet. "It seems like there is a man willing to harbor some of us across the water. So, assuming the military won't take us, we have a chance."
Saphron frowned, "That sounds...illegal."
Deadpool shrugged in response, "If the military doesn't take us then we don't have a legal way of getting to Atlas. And my buddy's mission involves going to Atlas." he leaned forward in his seat and snapped his finger back into place, letting out a girlish yelp, "Sometimes that's just the nature of the job." Saphron rubbed the back of her head with an unsure expression. He could tell she was worried...likely for Jaune and maybe not for the others. However, Wade knew he couldn't go straight for the illegal option. "I...I can't?" No, he can't. Why not? We do illegal stuff all the time. Because you just can't. "I don't know, that seems out of character." Did you read the script.
Deadpool blinked a few times before reaching behind his back and pulling out a large stack of papers labeled "Spidey/Deadpool 3." He flipped a couple pages before landing on a specific page. He reached into his pocket and grabbed a pair of bifocals. "Oh, okay. Yeah that makes sense."
"Is...is he okay?" Saphron asked, leaning over to Nora.
"Oh, he'll be fine." Nora said with a wave of her hand, "He's just a little different." she chuckled.
"OKAY!' Deadpool shot up from the couch, surprising Jaune and Ren, "Kids, I think it's time we start trying to find our way to Atlas. We'll head to the base first." he nodded, "C'mon children!" The teens all just looked at each other, each adorning a concerned expression.
DNJR stood in front of the gates of the military base expecting to at least see someone on guard. However, the base looked...surprisingly empty. "Well shoot, let's just walk in, snag a Bullhead and leave." Deadpool stated as began walking to the gates. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a slight alarm went off, a red light on the top of the gate began blinking and the gate itself slammed shut.
"Hey, I think they heard your plan." Nora joked. Before the students knew it, two burley looking guards stood just outside the gate with their weapons resting on their shoulder. And these guards were BIG like, at least seven feet tall. Their uniforms include caps with two visors, pulled down so as to cover their eyes with the classic cream and pale blue Atlas Military color scheme. "Wow, maybe they really did hear your plan. You're screwed, Deadpool."
"Yo," Deadpool held up his hand and waved to the guards, "what's up guys? Any chance I can get by? Me and my compatriots kinda need to go to Atlas."
"No entry!" the man on the left called out.
"We are instructed not to let any outsiders onto the base, or to allow passage to Atlas." the guard on the right continued.
"So please sir, if that is everything, please be on your way. And have a nice day." the guard on the left finished.
The group all looked at each other and slumped their shoulders. They began walking away when Deadpool stopped in his tracks, "No." he said quietly. He turned on his heels and walked back to the gate, now gripping the bars and pressing his face between one of the slits so he could see the two guards perfectly, "Listen here, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dipshit: We have worked too hard and come too far just for our mission to be stopped by a pair of low intelligent jar heads." he seethed, "Now you will open this gate, or so help me God, I will force it open and murder the entire base!" the teens eyes widened in horror, they knew he'd do it too.
"Potential threat!" the two guards shouted out. Not only did that seem to alert the entire base, bringing out seemingly hundreds of guards who had been hiding...somewhere on the small rock of an island, but one of the gate guards pulled out a remote with a red button. "ACTIVATING DEFENSES!" the right guard shouted. Upon pushing the button, Deadpool felt an enormous shock shoot through his body as the gate became so electrified that sparks were shooting off it.
"AAAAAAAAAAUGH!" Deadpool cried in pain, electricity coursing throughout his body. Hell, Nora thought she could see his skeleton. After hanging on to the electrified gate for almost a minute, Deadpool was literally blown off and flew towards the teens. When Deadpool landed, his body was smoking and he was still having light spasms from the electricity. Slowly, Wade got up and coughed a few times, "O--kaaaay..." he groaned as he slowly got to his feet, "You win this time. But we'll be back! You'll see. In the next chapter, we'll be back!" he grabbed his groin in pain and began limping back to the main city with the teens.
"What now?" Ren asked.
"Why don't we get something to eat, then we'll decide on what to do." Jaune suggested. He then pat Deadpool on the back with a sympathetic expression adorned on his face, "How uh...how do you feel? You held on to that gate for awhile."
"My groin...hasn't tingled this much...since that time a space worm tried wiggling its way up there." Deadpool groaned as he limped along the path.
Ren blinked a few times trying to comprehend what he just heard, "I'm sorry, what? Up 'where'?" Deadpool just waved off the question. "UP 'WHERE?'" Ren asked again, more concern in his voice this time.
After the absolute failure it was to try and get a ride to Atlas, DNJR sat in an outside café eating crêpes and drinking tea/coffee. Deadpool took a long sip from his iced tea, the liquid going through his mask before going to his mouth. Ren was drinking hot tea from a small cup, Jaune had a cup of iced coffee, and Nora was devouring crêpes left and right. "Hey, go easy one the crêpes, will ya?" Deadpool said, "I mean, they aren't as cheap as pancakes."
In response Nora shoved one entire crêpe, plus all it's cream and fruity filling, in her mouth at once. "Hey," she started, her mouth incredibly full, "How dish da guysh not arresht you?" she asked, again her mouth full. Ren sighed at her and she instantly swallowed her food, "I mean, aren't you like, SUPER wanted or something?"
Deadpool waved his hand back and forth trying to blow off the question, "Those jarheads are so stupid they probably didn't even realize who I was. I doubt anybody stationed here actually gets anything done." he lifted his mask slightly and took the last crêpe from Nora's plate, followed by sticking his tongue out at her childishly. "This whole place probably doesn't have the faintest idea of who I am unless I directly told them or they are really high up."
Jaune slumped in his seat and messed with the crêpe on his plate, "Well, now we're back to square one. We still need to find transport to Atlas. Preferably sooner than later." he sighed, "But the question is how?"
"Illegally, unfortunately." Ren pointed out with a frown. "You heard the guards, border's closed. Which means that, whether we like it or not, we're sneaking in."
It was then that Jaune got an idea, "Hold on." he said, gripping Deadpool's chest, "Didn't you say you got a lead from that guy you killed? The rich guy from the train!"
Deadpool, politely, removed Jaune's hand from his chest. "SHHH." Deadpool whisper yelled, placing his finger to his mouth, "We use 'un-alive' around here." Deadpool looked over his shoulder before pulling out a piece of paper. "Found this on the rich guy. 'Dear Richard, I'll be waiting by the docks in Argus the evening of your arrival. From there I can grant you a safe passage back to Schnee Dust Company. See you then, old friend.'" he finished, "That ride is our safe bet outta this place. All we have to do is 'commandeer' his vehicle, then we're Atlas free!"
Ren nodded, "Only one of us should go, then. He'll be expecting one man. Deadpool," Ren looked up, "I can't believe I'm saying this but...we're counting on you."
Deadpool smiled beneath his mask and leaned back in his chair, "Relax! I've got this." We've definitely done harder things than this already.
That Evening...
Later that night, Deadpool made his way to the docks. To not stand out as much he decided to wear a coat over his costume as well as a hat to slightly conceal his face...er...mask. There's nobody around. Are we in the right place? "Oh, I'm sure he's just at one of the OTHER docks that are on this coastal town." I'm just saying, maybe he's not here. "Better be here. I didn't kill that guy and jip his wallet for nothing." Isn't...Isn't that exactly what you did at first though? You didn't even realize what was in his wallet until after you killed him. "Shut up."
Looking around the docks Deadpool was able to find one misplaced man. He was tall, rather skinny, had slicked back graying hair and had a SDC patch on his right shoulder. That's gotta be our guy, right? "Yeah." Deadpool nodded and approached the man. "Hey, you taking me to Atlas?" he asked.
The man turned around and Deadpool could see his wrinkling face, "I'm sorry, Richard." the man said. To Deadpool's surprise he had a posh sounding English accent, "This isn't anything personal old friend. But business is business. I think you know that better than anybody." he continued. Oh, wonder what that last guy did. "You selling off Schnee secrets to press, letting them know what REALLY goes on behind the scenes. This is corporate espionage and it will be stopped, here and now." Oh no way! Does that mean the dude we killed was actually a good guy trying to bring Schnee down!? Son of a bitch! The man snapped his fingers and dozens of guards popped out from over the docks, dropped down from buildings and even came out from behind lampposts.
"Wait, what the hell? How was that guy hiding behind the lamppost like a Looney Tunes character?" Deadpool asked.
"Down on the ground!" a female soldier yelled out, "You are under arrest for trying to illegally cross the closed border between Atlas and Mistral!"
Deadpool held up his hands, "Woah, woah, woah!" he removed his hat to show that he wasn't who that man thought he was, "Look at me, I'm clearly not the guy you're looking for. I'm some other dude. However I am here to try and cross to Atlas." he shrugged, "Sooooo...can we forget this happened and I get a free pass?"
The SDC man blinked a few times, "W-Wait...if you're here then what happened to Richard?" he gulped.
"Huh? Oh yeah, I uh...I kinda killed him." Deadpool replied while rubbing the back of his head.
"K-Killed him?" the man's eyes widened in horror, "Richard...no. Not like this. It wasn't supposed to be this way!"
Deadpool chuckled, "Hey, at least I did you guys a favor though!"
"Fav--HE WAS MY FRIEND!"
"Pfft. Not much of a friend if you were snitching on him for screwing over your boss."
One of the guards walked up to the Sergeant of the group and tapped her shoulder, "Hey, Sarge, ain't that that Deadpool guy? The wanted mercenary?" he whispered. The Sarge blinked a few times before she pulled up a list of 'Most Wanted' list from the Atlas Military. Sure enough, at the top was Deadpool with a status that just said 'unknown'. Below him was a headshot of Spider-Man with a status that said 'Missing'. The Sarge looked to one of her soldiers that were behind Deadpool with his weapon drawn and pointed. She gave a few hand gestures and the soldier pulled out his taser gun.
"--and another thing," Deadpool seemed preoccupied roasting the man who's friend he had killed on the train. Before he could continue though, he felt a sting in his back. Suddenly a jolt of electricity shot through his body and he collapsed paralyzed from shock.
"Great, bag him. He'll be on his way to Atlas to be tried for his crimes." the Sarge stated.
Deadpool slowly opened his eyes to find himself locked behind bars inside what he assumed to be the military base because he saw a bunch of soldiers all over the place. "Wade. Wilson." Deadpool looked up to see an imposing figure walking towards his cell, "Never in all my years did I think I would catch THE number one most wanted on Atlas' list. The woman chuckled. She had short gray hair and a wrinkled face. She wore an Atlesian uniform with black gloves and a dark gray belt. On her uniform was a brown and gray patch signifying her rank as Commanding Officer of this base. "I will get high recommendations because of you."
Deadpool looked at the woman and tried not to laugh as he realized, she wasn't far away from him, she was just really short. "Pfft. Wait...are you the CO?" he asked, his laugh slipping out slightly, "So, what's it like knowing that everybody will look down on you!" he laughed, "Wait, wait, better yet: I bet you were real popular with the guys back during your training camp days...since you're the perfect height to...SERVICE THEM! HAA! You get it? 'Cause you're waist high!" The frowned and let out a long audible groan. This was going to be a long imprisonment.
Jaune paced back and forth in his sister's living room as he, Nora, and Ren waited for Deadpool to return. Already it had been nearly a whole day since the mercenary said he was going to follow up on the tip he got from the man on the train...that he killed. Jaune nervously bit his finger nails as he thought about the situation. "Jaune," Ren started, "You need to relax. We can't be certain anything happened at all. For all we know Deadpool's information was faulty and he just went to the bar or something to drink away his woes."
"Yes, or, alternatively, he abandoned us and left to Atlas on his own!" Jaune yelled out.
Nora lounged on the left couch and yawned, "Reeeeelaaaaax, Jaune." she said as she stretched her arms, "Deadpool is a quirky guy, but he isn't our enemy. Ever since he joined our group he's done nothing but try and help. He was there at Beacon, then he helped us at Haven, now he's helping us try and get to Atlas." she chuckled, "Besides, even if he did have ulterior motives, Peter is still like...his best friend or something. And their goals are the same. Worst case scenario is that he accidently destroyed the boat or something."
While the trio were discussing Deadpool's whereabouts they heard the door begin to open. In walked Saphron with Adrian in hand and her wife, Terra. "Hey you three!" Terra greeted with a smile, "Still nothing from your friend?"
"No," Jaune sighed, "He went to the docks last night to meet with an informant and he hasn't returned since."
Terra's eyes widened in surprise, "The docks?" she asked, leading the teens to nod. Terra let out a sigh and placed groceries down on the counter in the kitchen and then she came back to lean against the doorway while Saphron took a seat with Adrian. "Now, you didn't hear this from me, but I heard a rumor at work today. A couple of MPs were at the Transmitter station, you know, where I work, doing some routine checks on their stuff you know?" the teens nodded, "Well, I overheard them talking...they said that last night, at the docks, the soldiers from the base captured a wanted mercenary. 'Deadpool', I think his name was?" she tapped her chin, "Anyways, they said that not only did they arrest him, but apparently he admitted to killing someone recently." she sighed, "Maybe he and your friend were rival mercenaries or something. Might want to check into it."
The teens eyes widened and they all looked at each other with nervous expressions. "Thanks for the info. I think...I think our friend's fine. Though, he may have gotten locked up. Being a mercenary and all?" Jaune chuckled nervously as he rubbed the back of his head.
Present Day...
"And that's what happened!" Deadpool shouted out, "And I've been stuck in this damn cage since then. NOW GET ME THE HELL OUTTA HERE!"
Nora snickered into her hand, "Wait, how did he know the stuff that he wasn't there for? That doesn't make sense, right?"
Peter sighed slapped his hand against his face, "For the love of..." he groaned, "Don't worry Wade, we'll get you out." Peter approached the gate and planned on just breaking in. However, as he approached the gate he was met with two tall guards, likely the one's Deadpool was talking about from before. "Oh crap." he groaned, "This...is gonna be a long stay, isn't it?"
To be continued...
A/N: Alright guys, here's that Deadpool chapter. Not a lot in terms of action, but I think it's pretty funny. I especially liked writing about the 1920's piano music over Wade brutally murderibg a guy on a train, bit. I'm actually surprised that this chapter is as long as it is, like, I expected this to be like half the length of a normal chapter, but it's dead-on in terms of length.
In other news, I need to vent on something so...SPOILER ALERT! If you do not want to be spoiled on Spider-Man: Miles Morales, TURN BACK NOW or skip this paragraph. Okay, so this game is actually really good. I think it has some fantastic improvements over the first game like having certain abilities right off the bat (like they should be, why the fuck would Spider-Man have to learn Swing Kick or Web Throw?) And the story is fantastic too! Until the last quarter of the game. Okay, so you find out that Phin, Miles' best friend since they were kids, has become the Tinkerer. Changed the character's origins, perfectly okay with that the dude didn't have much going for him in the comics. But THIS BITCH has the gall, THE GALL to give Miles shit for not telling her he's Spider-Man WHEN SHE WAS DOING THE SAME THING! Miles figured it out on his own. To make matters worse, she tries to guilt trip him for not contacting her since they got into high school, but at the start of the game she said they haven't talked in months. MONTHS? Bitch, you have a fucking phone too! Communication is a two-way street, hit send! She doesn't listen to any form of reasoning, like, I get your brother died and all but the dude was like a brother for Miles too. And you think Miles doesn't know what it's like to lose someone? He literally lost his dad in the last game. Like, what the fuck is her problem? She seems irritated when Miles mom asked if her brother was still working for Roxxon but she didn't bother to tell them he passed away. Fuck her and fuck that endgame. She didn't have a redeeming arc, and she didn't need to have herself blow up. She made all this impressive shit, she was shown basically flying around and your telling me she wasn't smart enough to use some of her tech to just...throw Miles after she jumped? Fuck that, undeserved. Eat shit and die. You almost blew up Harlem, bitch.
Okay...now that I vented that out. Let's do some quick reviews:
Spider-Man Miles Morales: Fun, mechanically a better game, but there is still some jank that didn't get fixed like sometimes when I hit a guy into the air Miles won't follow up with it and instead tries to hit the next closest guy on the ground. Bullshit stuff, I was stuck on a training level trying to get gold for 2 hours because of that. Story is fine until the last fourth or so. Extra suits are pretty wack. of the 20 given only 4 are really good.
The Medium: I don't think I reviewed this one, so I'll do it here. Fun little story driven puzzle horror game. It's pretty intriguing and is made by the same guys who made Layers of Fear. However, the "Split Worlds" dynamic that marketed it with hardly shows up. Maybe like 5 times in the whole game. Then it's replaced with this mirror mechanic that let's you go back and forth between the two worlds. Still, a pretty okay game with an ambiguous ending that likely will leave some people upset by it. I'd say if you have Gamepass to go ahead and try it out.
Real quick final gripe about things. I don't know what everyone is talking about, my PS5 sounds like a fucking Jet Engine trying to power lift. It's loud as hell. My Xbox on the other hand is quiet as hell. Both games running similar powered games (Assassin's Creed) the PS5 sounds like a it's dying. However, I will point out that 3rd party games right now look better on PS5 a strong argument could be made that developers didn't get Series X dev kits until like 8 months until it released and they had PS5 dev kits for almost a year by then.
Anyways, have a nice day guys, remember to Follow, Favorite, leave some Reviews. PM for questions. I usually answer. I'll see you all next time.