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(I'm assuming the Guest is the same person, based on what they said.)

Guest: Thank you.

Now then.

The Audience watch the next chapter of the DCEU, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition

Starting with the first introductions to Batman and Superman.

Cast

Clark Kent/Superman: Oscar Pine

Lois Lane: Amber Autumn

Jimmy Olsen: Himself

Anatoli : Tock

General Amjah: Himself

Police Officers

John Blake (Dark Knight Rises reference)

Younger cop: Himself

Bruce Wayne/Batman: Qrow Branwen


"You said we're going back to the DC Universe, correct?" Ozpin asked. The Host nodded as some of the teens shook in excitement. "It is now a year and a half after Remnant was introduced to Superman." he explained.

Some of the Audience remembered how Qrow's counterpart and the teaser trailer before the first intermission.

The first thing the Audience sees is an old aged black man offering a bottle to a younger man. "Red in the wind is bad luck." he said with a shake of his head. "Blood in the sky." he elaborated. Then he sees a taxi cab driving up to their village.

"Oh, there she is." he said, gesturing to his friend.

Nairomi, Vacuo

The young man walks towards the cab as its passenger steps out. It's Amber Autumn. She wore a black scarf that served as a hood and dark sunglasses. "Ms. Autumn! Ms. Autumn." he called out, getting the woman's attention. "Jimmy Olsen. Photographer, obviously." he holds his arms up and looks down at himself before offering a hand to shake.

Qrow scoffed at the mention of bad luck and Robyn placed a hand on his forearm. He sighed and smiled slightly at the Happy Huntress leader.

"Ah, Nairomi," Sun sighed at the sight. "One of my favorite places to be in Vacuo."

"And I'm back," Amber stated with an excited smile.

"Who's he?" Nora asked before the man introduced himself. "Oh."

"In most of the DC Multiverse," Darth Anarchus said, "he's a reporter of the Daily Planet and a close if not best friend of Superman and his lover."

"Where's Heron?" Amber asked, ignoring his hand. "Uh, trouble at the border," Jimmy replied.

"So how did you land it?" Jimmy asked as the two walked. "This is like pioneers' stuff. Amajah's never given an interview."

"You know what Heron always says when we're on assignment together?" Amber asked and stopped walking to look at him. "Not a Oum damn thing. I like Heron." she replied. That was probably rude and harsh, but they were about to be taken to the compound of a well known and feared terrorist. Now would not be the time to ask how she managed to get it.

"That is a good point," Glynda concurred. "Now is not the time for small talk."

Amber chuckled a little bashfully at her counterpart's attitude.

Amber looks ahead and sees a van driving towards them. "Let's go." she nods her head to the direction of it before walking forward. The two get inside the van.

The driver speaks Vacuoan and the man in the passenger seat translates to both Amber and Jimmy. "Passports, electronics, phones, camera." he said. Amber glanced from the translator to the driver. "Your fixer said the General approved photos." she said and the translator spoke to the driver. The driver glanced to Amber before nodding once and starting the van.

A moment after they began driving, the two men sitting behind Amber and Jimmy pulled bags over their heads.

Some of the Audience tensed at the end while Amber grimaced. Well wasn't that pleasant?

The screen lit up with Amber and Jimmy being forced to their knees before the bags were pulled off their faces. The journalist and photographer blinked their eyes to readjust to the bright sun in the Vacuoan desert. Amber looked to a Crocodile Faunus woman who wore dark sunglasses. She looked to the side and General Amajah stood before them. Amber got comfortable and pulled out her journal. "Are you a terrorist, General?" she asked.

Oscar narrowed his eyes upon seeing the Crocodile Faunus. So, that's Tock, he thought. Yes, that's her, Ozpin in his head replied while the other Ozpin's eyes narrowed ever so slightly.

"Heh, just have a casual conversation with a terrorist," Qrow chuckled.

"What's the worst that can happen?" Amber shrugged jokingly.

"He could have you shot," Cinder remarked from where she sat.

Amber glared at the raven haired woman before crossing her arms with a sarcastic smile. "Well, that's rude." she remarked.

"They did not tell me the interview was with a lady," Amajah stated, both surprised and a hint of mockingly. "I'm not a lady, I'm a journalist." Amber stated firmly with a glare. Amajah hummed with a small grin. She has fire, he'll give her that.

Some of the women frowned at the General's tone before smirking a little at Amber's statement.

"What I am is a man with nothing except the love for my people" Amajah replied as Jimmy stood up after a moment and rose his camera to take pictures of the compound.

"Who's paying for the security contractors, General?" Amber asked, looking around the compound. Amajah pointed to the sky and asked a question of his own. "Who pays for the drones that pass over our heads at night?"

The Crocodile Faunus abruptly grabbed Jimmy's camera and pulled it out of his hands. "One question begs another, yes?" Amajah said to Amber. "So what you're saying General." Amber replied.

"It's just a camera," Jimmy shrugged sheepishly, but there was a nervous glint in his eyes.

"The Kingdoms of Atlas and Mantle declared their neutrality in your country's war both in policy and in principle." Amber said to the General, unaware of what was happening.

"Ah, don't open that!" Jimmy protested as the Crocodile Faunus opened the camera. She glared at him as he reached to stop her and he faltered. "You just exposed-" he tried saying.

"Eclipse these pious Atlassian fictions, spoken like truth." Amajah replied sagely.

While some looked confused at Tock's actions, the three White Fang members nodded in agreement wit Amajah's words.

"Okay, that's my film." Jimmy said as the Crocodile took out the roll of film from his camera and began to pull out the film.

"Men in power obey neither policy nor principle, Ms. Autumn." Amajah said to Amber. He shook his head and finger at her. "No one is different. No one is neutral."

The Crocodile Faunus dropped the small can on the ground and crushed it under her boot. She then pulls what looks like a small lightbulb from it. She holds it up for Jimmy and the other mercenaries to see. "CIA." she declared getting Amber and the General's attention.

"They are tracking us!" Amajah's second in command sneered as the Crocodile Faunus snapped the tracking device in half. He points to Jimmy. "You!" he says as two men grabbed Jimmy's arms and shoved him forward.

"Oh, not good," Jaune stated with wide eyes as some gasped in shock and worry.

Cardin rolled his eyes. "Thanks, Captain Obvious."

Amajah glared to the surprised and confused Amber. "You're CIA?" he asked angrily. "What? No! No! I-" Amber shook her head frantically.

"You brought him here!" Amajah snapped. Amber shook her head again. "No, he's a photographer!" she protested.

Amajah pulled out a gun and walked towards Jimmy as he was forced to his knees. "No!" Amber shouted and stepped forward but was held back by two men.

"Not her!" Jimmy suddenly spoke in fluent Vacuoan. Much to Amber's shock. "We used her credentials as cover. She doesn't know anything." He looks over to Amber and spoke English. "It's okay, Amber."

"There are solutions, General." Jimmy said to Amajah as the General stood before him calmly. "I am authorized to propose an arrangement." he stated. Amajah just wordlessly held up his gun up to Jimmy's face and pulled the trigger.

BANG!

Despite not knowing Jimmy that well, both Oscar and Amber grew worried for the man's safety before the General pulled his gun out. Oscar paled as he started having some flashbacks of when Ironwood shot him.

Most of the students visibly flinched as did the civilians. The older Huntsmen and Huntresses were more reserved at Jimmy's death.

Amber flinched and then the scene changed to show that the whole scene was being watched by the CIA. "Talon's down, sir." one of the men in the command center said. "Python, we just lost our asset on the ground. Repeat we just lost our asset on the ground." the director said, pressing a finger to the Comms in his ear.

The scene changed to the mountains outside the compound. Heron 'Python' walked out of his command tent. "There's still one of our own in the compound." he replied as he looked to the distance. "We'll extract her."

"Negative, RP are to engage. Stand down and get Black." The director stated. Python didn't falter. "Well, there'll be civilians in the blast zone, so call off the Oum damn drones." he said steely. That compound was also home to Vacuoan families, not just terrorists.

"Stand down. It's an order." The director ordered firmly and waited a moment to get a reply. "Python?"

Python did not respond. Instead he had his men mount their horses. "Move!" he declared before they rode along the mountain ridge.

Ironwood and his soldiers perked up at the scene change to the CIA in interest. Some frowned upon hearing what was going to be done about Amber's counterpart as well as the compound.

Amber was shown inside the compound. "I-I didn't know." she stammered, shaking her head to the General who approached her. "Ignorance is not the same as innocence, Ms. Autumn." Amajah said as stopped before her.

Qrow tensed along with Amber and the others of Ozpin's Inner Circle.

Outside, the Crocodile Faunus looked up to the sky before she walked up to Amajah's second in command as the man spoke to another man. She promptly pulled out her her sidearm and shot them both. The two men dropped dead. Suddenly the other mercenaries dressed in dark clothes like the Crocodile Faunus started firing all the other people in the compound. One bullet hit Amber's journal. One mercenary drops a grenade inside a tank and jumps off just as it explodes.

"Wait, what?!" Many members of the Audience exclaimed in shock and confusion.

"What are they doing?" Weiss asked.

"Well, they're killing people, clearly," Roman replied sarcastically after recovering from his own shock. "I know that, but why? I thought they all worked for Amajah!" Weiss snapped.

"Obviously not, or they wouldn't be doing this." Adam said. "They must be working for someone else."

"All will be revealed later," the Host replied cryptically.

Amajah heard the gunfire as did Amber. The General put Amber in a hold while pointing a gun to her head, thinking that whoever was attacking were coming to rescue the woman. "Move quickly, he's coming." the Crocodile Faunus said as her men started putting some of the dead men in a pile in the center. Then she pulled out a flame thrower and started burning the dead bodies.

Some grew more confused. "He?" some repeated quietly before gasping upon Tock taking out the flame thrower and burning the dead bodies. "Why is she doing this?" Ruby asked, shaking her head.

Cinder and Tyrian, the resident pyromaniac and maniac, were looking at the screen with smiles on their faces.

Back in the CIA command center, they were monitoring the movement of their military drone. "Inbound two mikes." the controller reported, looking to the computer screen. "Passing Python now." Python and his men were riding their horses and looked up to see the drone flying past them. Angry that the drone was going to attack the civilians, Python stopped to flip his middle finger at the drone's camera.

The Crocodile Faunus and her men mounted on motorcycles after opening the gate. She glanced up to the sky before looking back at her men. "Move out!" she declared before they drove off.

"Target locked." the drone pilot said. "You are cleared to engage." the director declared.

"On top and in range." the drone pilot replied and began counting down. "3, 2, 1" Still inside, Amajah and Amber were still unaware of what was happening outside the room. The drone launched a missile to the compound. Before it hits, a sonic boom was heard before a blue and red blur crashed through the missile and then flew towards the drone. The Crocodile Faunus watched from a distance and her lips curled up, revealing some sharp teeth.

The drone pilot watched the camera feed go dead. "It's been hit." he said in shock.

"By what?" the director demanded.

Back in the desert, Amajah and Amber looked to the door before Superman crashed through the ceiling and landed before them. "Take one step, you'll see the inside of her head." Amajah threatened.

Superman looked up to them with an impassive expression while Amber smiled slightly and then dropped her hands down to her side. Superman looked from her to the General and in less than 3 three seconds, Amajah was gone and Amber turned around to see a big hole in the wall.

Python and his men arrived to find the burnt bodies of the dead mercenaries and the women came out and began to cry out to them. Amber walked out of the building and knelt down to pick up her journal and glanced up to Python with wide eyes.

Many were at the edge of their seats upon seeing the drone while some narrowed their eyes at seeing Tock leave the scene and few did chuckled at Python's gesture to the drone. Then they gasped at seeing the blur.

"Look, up in the sky!" Jaune exclaimed.

"It's a bird!" Nora shouted.

"No, it's a plane!" Coco said.

"It's Superman!" Ruby and Amber cheered.

"Well, this looks like a job for Superman." Ozpin stated, drinking from his mug and adjusting his glasses.

Darth Anarchus smiled and wiped his eye. That was fun.

Many winced when Amajah was thrown threw the wall, (Though Amber and Oscar smiled at the clear trust between their counterparts) and winced some more when Python and his men arrived.

That was when it clicked. "They're framing Superman." Winter stated with wide eyes. "The scorch marks on the ground, the burnt bodies, they're meant to make it look like Superman's heat vision."

"Correct, Ms. Schnee," the Host nodded his head, mildly impressed. "Ten points to Slytherin." he clapped his hands. "Someone is aiming to frame the Man of Steel. Won't help that a woman would come to stand before the Councils and say that Superman attacked the village and killed everyone she knew."

This caused some to frown while Oscar rubbed his forehead. This did make some wonder, who the Hell would be framing Superman?


The scene changed to a night in Mantle. Two police officers were sitting in their cruiser, not patrolling but watching a football game between Atlas University and Mantle University. "Nothing! Atlas, again, blowing out Mantle." the game's broadcasters said "And only the die hard fans are still watching."

"Oh come on!" Robyn suddenly shouted angrily. "You can do it, boys!" Qrow put an arm around her, but smiled slightly in amusement. One of the things he liked about her was her passion for football. Sports like that were rarely practiced in the Kingdoms, especially in Mantle and Atlas for their environments but they were enjoyable to watch.

Those from Atlas tried not to show too much pride at the fact that their football team was winning, though Harriet was one of the few that had a very smug look on her face.

Darth Anarchus silently stood up and walked to the far side of the theater. Lights turned on to reveal an Clone Trooper orchestra, all ready to play their instruments.

"Delta Charlie 27, reports of screams coming from vacant home at 1939 Harbor Way." Dispatch suddenly spoke on one of the cop's radios. The two cops didn't acknowledge, too engrossed in watching the game. "Tom, it's been great working with you. Wanna thank our producer and director-No wait a second!" the other broadcasters said before pausing as the game looked to be taking a turn. "I don't want to suggest-"

"Delta Charlie, respond." Dispatch spoke again.

"Just take a knee!" the older cop, John Blake muttered under his breath, eyes glued to the screen.

"They're lining up as if Clarkson's gonna throw a deep here!" Tom said as the players lined up. "Don't tell me, Dave, I-"

"Going to the end zone!" Dave said as the ball soared through the air.

"Delta Charlie 27." Dispatch spoke again. "Zeke Baker is open!" Tom said.

"Baker with a touchdown catch!" Dave declared while the two Mantle cops slumped down with sighs of disappointment. "I can't believe I just watched this."

"NOOO!" Robyn shouted, though she had a playful smile as she leaned against Qrow who snickered at her antics. "Relax, Rob, your team will get them next time."

"Delta Charlie, do you copy?" Dispatch called again, sounding impatient. John reached up to his radio. "10-4. We're on it." he said before starting up the engine.

"And now a fight breaks out! Mantle, you know how they are about their football team!" Tom said as the two football teams broke out into a fight. He looks to the camera, eyebrows raised. "Thing's could get ugly in the city tonight."

The cruiser drives past a billboard for Mantle's city port with graffiti that says The End is Nigh in black paint, its siren rings out through out the night.

"Well, isn't that ominous," Yang remarked sarcastically.

"Comes with being the crime ridden cities in the Multiverse for there to be a Batman," Darth Anarchus stated from where he sat, shocking most of the Audience. Robyn frowned at that statement.

"Well. . . that's a mantle I don't want to carry," Tai remarked and grinned after a moment of silence. "Heyo!" Yang pointed finger guns at her father while everyone else groaned in response.


A swarm of bats fly out of the chimney of the house the cruiser approaches. "There have been reports of screaming coming from a vacant home at 1939 Harbor Way." Dispatch said in the radio as John and his partner entered the house. "Possible shots fired." Inside the house, the walls were rotting and the paint was falling off or fading. The two cops had flashlights attached to their guns. As they walked further in, they saw a shuriken shaped like a bat imbedded in the wall next to a doorframe. John instantly recognized what it was. He had seen a lot of these Batarangs through out his career. His younger partner didn't give it a second glance. He was still green. He didn't know what the tell tale was or what it meant.

"Well, if that's not a sign for who's next, I don't know what is," Raven remarked.

"Wait, which Batman is this again?" Velvet asked.

"It's Uncle Bat!" Ruby exclaimed in excitement. "I recognize that Batarang! He gave me one!" Reaching into her belt, Ruby pulled out a Batarang. "Ow!" she yelped when it cut her finger a bit. Oscar asked her if she was okay and she tried to dismiss his concern with a blush.

Qrow gave her an incredulous expression, feeling offended on his counterpart's behalf while Robyn, Tai, Raven and Summer snickered or chuckled into their fists next to him. Then he shrugged his shoulders. He was named after a bird. So being given the nickname of Bat (Even if it was one of his Multiversal counterparts) didn't sound like the worse.

Suddenly, Darth Anarchus had his Clone Troopers begin playing dark and ominous music, surprising almost everyone. Well that's a first.

They walked down the stairs to a basement and heard women voices murmuring from within. The younger cop quickened his steps and then both he and John came to see a large group of women, Faunus and human, all standing in one cell.

Many gasped upon seeing what was in the basement while some glared in anger. Yang shuddered and hugged herself as she remembered the last viewing and what almost happened to her counterpart.

"It saved us." one of the young woman, a Cat Faunus spoke to the cops in her native language. "A devil." she added as they all shook in fear.

"Oh my gods, that's Neon Katt!" Marrow exclaimed in shock and those from Atlas Academy stared at the screen with wide eyes.

"Uh, who?" Ruby asked in confusion. "A student from Atlas Academy!" Penny explained in a worried tone. "A Cat Faunus and she's in the Vytal Festival." Now understanding, Ruby looked to the screen with worry.

"Relax," Nora said, though she too was bothered. "The Batman saved her. She's safe now."

Some however read what else Neon had said in her native language. A devil saved them?

"It's okay, we're-" the young cop gestured between himself and his partner. "We're-We're-We're going to help. We're here to help!"

"It saved us." Neon Katt repeated in fear.

"We're going to get you out of here. Okay?" the young cop reached to the cell's gate, noticed that the gate wasn't chained and the pad lock was on the ground, snapped. Thinking nothing of it, he pulled the gate, only for all the women to grab onto it and pulled it closed. All of them shook their heads with expressions of fear and terror. The two cops looked at them in confusion.

The Cat Faunus pointed a shaking hand towards the ceiling, fearful eyes looking up. "It's still here." Neon said in fear.

Some looked on in surprise upon seeing the gate was unlocked before it turned to confusion.

"What? Why are they scared to come out?" Salem asked in genuine confusion.

Darth Anarchus didn't say anything, just kept telling the Clone Troopers to continue playing the chilling music that started to rise in volume. Then the lights above them went out and they vanished.

"I-I don't understand-" the young cop stammered before a loud scream of pain echoed from the upper levels of the house. Both cops looked up the stares as the women cried out and whimpered in fear, some holding onto the gate tightly as if to ensure would not open.

The young cop slowly walked up the stairs, shotgun in hands. "Please, don't! Please don't! Please!" a man begged offscreen as the young cop walked up the stairs, some of them creaking under his weight and cracking. His nose wrinkled as the stench of mildew hit his nostrils. "I don't know who he is!" the man begged whoever was interrogating him. "I don't know who he is!"

Just then, the man screamed in fear, chilling the Audience to the bone, and the young cop jolted as he walked towards the door at the end of the hallway. "HELP!" Suddenly it all went quiet. Too quiet for the cop's liking. Slowly, he walked into the room and saw a blonde man, Shay D. Man, handcuffed to a radiator in the room. His right eye was black and swollen, blood ran down his chin from his nose and mouth as he wheezed in pain. "Oh fuck. . ." he rasped.

Many jumped or jolted upon hearing the scream of pain.

That's when it clicked. The Batman. The Batman was the devil who saved these women and as long as he was in the building, they wouldn't leave the cell. They couldn't ask the Host right now. He was orchestrating an orchestra of building horror music.

The Faunus all stiffened when they heard something else. One that Adam was very familiar with. The sound of flesh burning from something hot being pressed against skin.

Raven baulked at the state of one of the members of her tribe.

The cop grimaced and began to look around the room. On the left he saw nothing. On his right, however, the Audience could see a black figure on the wall of the lowly lit room. He began to get the feeling was being watched. He looked to his right and saw a black cloth hanging from the wall and he knew it wasn't a curtain. Looking up, he and the Audience saw the Batman glaring down at him coldly as he clung to the wall.

Many jumped in surprise. "AAAHHH! Ceiling bats!" Ruby exclaimed in fear before hugging Oscar. The boy blushed but was focused on the screen. Unlike during the intermission, the Batman looked more menacing in the lowly lit room, hanging from the ceiling and glaring down at the cop.

"Uh, how's it hanging?" Yang asked nervously with a chuckle.

Qrow rolled his eyes. "Oh, you know." he replied drily.

Robyn however bit her lip. The menacing look of Bat-Qrow had a different effect on her.

Stricken with fear, the cop aimed his gun up. The Bat swung to the ceiling and then moved across the ceiling, moving like a bat scurrying across the ceiling as the cop fired. The first shot missed, the second shot bounced off the Bat's cape before it dove up through a hole in the ceiling.

Some in the Audience shuddered. The way Bat-Qrow moved across the ceiling looked unnatural. "Nah, Hell to nah" Roman shook his head. Neo held up a sign, Fuck to the Nah.

"We sure Batman doesn't have any powers?" Mercury asked Emerald who shrugged in response. The way Bat-Qrow moved across the ceiling did not look possible for a normal person to do.

"That ceiling looks close to breaking with the decay," Penny analyzed. "So I think it's possible for the Batman to appear crawling like a bat when he's digging his fingers and boots into the ceiling like so."

Officer Blake appeared in the doorway across the room, just as the Batman disappeared. Still acting on fear and adrenaline, the young cop aimed at the older cop before aiming away from him at the last second and firing at the doorframe.

John flinched from the splinters and dust before glaring at the younger cop. "Christ!" he exclaimed, looking ready to throw his young partner down the stairs. He could just imagine that he'd be the laugh of the precinct once word got out that he was almost shot by his partner.

"Whoa!" many students exclaimed.

"Oi! Watch it, Rookie!" Coco snapped.

"I saw him!" the young cop said, unaware of his partner's anger, still high on adrenaline. "I-I neve saw him before, I-I didn't know-" he stammered.

"You almost took my face off!" the older cop snapped as he brushed past him. "How about you don't shoot the good guys, huh?" Then he stopped when he saw Shay D. Mann and his condition. He had seen what most criminals looked like after the Bat of Mantle got them, but this?

"Oh. Jesus Christ. . . He branded him." He muttered as the Audience's view zooms in on the bat shaped brand on the criminal's collarbone and the music picks up on a high note and the screen goes black.

Most of the Audience jumped in their seats when the volume of the music increased next to them. Adam though, glared at the brand. The lights came back on and Darth Anarchus was back in his seat. "So, thoughts?" he smirked.

"I prefer Superman's introduction," Saphron said. "The way Batman was introduced was unnerving." she paused and looked to Qrow. "No offense."

Qrow shrugged. "None taken." He drank his soda.

"Felt like some horror character," Summer shuddered.

"Save for one variant, all Batman variants set out to strike fear in the hearts of criminals in their cities," The Host explained. "To the point almost every mugger stops to think twice. To make them all scared of the dark. And it works for the most part." he gestured to the screen. "As you can see, it can have effects the people he saves or protects."

"Clearly," Blake muttered.


I got to admit, part of me wanted to write that Oscar experiences a panic attack in the middle of the reaction to Africa/Vacuo when he had flashbacks of being shot by Ironwood, but I decided to save that for a later chapter. And you know, writing this again has made me realize that I should write a chapter introducing Merlot as Lex Luthor.

What do you think?

Next Qrow and Klein's first scene followed by Oscar going to Mantle to learn more about the Bat.

"That's how it starts. The fever. The rage, the feeling of powerlessness that turns good men. . . cruel."

Followed by

"There's a new kind of mean in him. He is angry. And he's hunting."