VooVoo1: Well here it is.
Kamenrider13489: I'll save Whitley for the sequel.
Justus80: Thanks. I'm glad I wasn't character bashing.
Xenozip: I might play Ratchet and Clank one day.
Guestspirit: Maybe.
StrongGuy159: Will do.
ElectricDragonSemblanceHunter: How could I forget. I mean seriously, how could I forget?
Reader: Fair enough.
Guest: I plan on doing God of War, either for this story or for the sequel.
Panther-Strife: I agree that it would be funny, but I mentioned before that I'm not covering the side quests, sorry.
Angel lara451: That's not the reason why I'm not doing Fall of Cybertron. The reason why is that I'm already trying to finish Spider-Man PS4 and I really don't wanna do another game story alongside it.
JaCk-o'-LaNtErN 91: You never know until you give it a try. You may be better than you let on. Jango I may do for the sequel.
Luffy L Deathwalker: Yep. Honestly, I don't know, I may save the rest of DBZA for the sequel, not sure.
ZonZus: That it will my friend, that it will.
Cpt dpooly: Ha.
Gamelover41592: Glad you liked it.
VirusChris: I don't think this version is bad, just a few flaws, it doesn't ruin the character for me. I don't have anything planned for Sonic at the moment. Let there be Carnage, for me, was kinda disappointing. I wouldn't mind seeing a reaction to DBZ Kai. Good luck.
gu3St: I have a few plans.
MurkScout: I'm sorry, but I've stated before that I'm not doing the side quests. As for MHA, it's only something I recently started watching.
DCCSG2: The ending of Fall of Cybertron is something I might do, not the full game. Not sure about Megatron's ending.
Maximum Rhapsody: Maybe for the sequel.
Arturwho: Thanks.
Kitsuna G: Ragnarok will be for the next story.
Getsuga say so: Sorry, not interested in watching or doing Beastars at the moment.
Chuck B. Winanaki: I just wrote what I saw. I am still playing the Guardians game at the moment and I will do it at a later date.
Hp Marvel Fan: Thanks glad you liked it. If you want, you can PM me if you wanna ask ask any questions
Absolute Fury: Maybe. I'm not sure as I'm mainly focused on the main story itself.
ENDDRAGON369: You're right there. I might give them a watch.
Ultrautahraptor: I may do more Looney Tunes for the sequel.
FGOrider23: I will try and improve on them.
Ruby34: Red Dead Redemption 2 will be saved for the sequel.
Tristram Shandy: I suppose. But at least they grow and learn from their mistakes and become better people.
SPARTAN-626: I might be able to do a God of War chapter, Ragnarok at the moment, is unknown, but possible.
Savior16: Sorry, I haven't been interested in Call of Duty for a while now.
Murkscout: Hey thanks, I really appreciate it. Don't worry, I'll have them as finished as I can. Sorry to say that I am still watching the first season of MHA, so I can't do that yet. But thanks for the suggestion anyway, I really appreciate it.
Poseidon3000: Thanks.
FWAltarboy: Sorry, not a film I'm really interested in.
The audience were currently taking a break, but some of their attention was directed to View, who was on the phone with someone.
"I still find it strange that he has something so normal as a phone." Glynda said, turning her head to still see the specter talking. "And that there's someone who can talk to him."
"I wonder who it is?" Ruby pondered as she tilted her head curiously.
Back with View, he was finishing up his conversation. "Look, they're there now, so you might as well show them a good time." View said. "I'll look into it as soon as I finish up with my shift." View promised. "Also, be warned, there's also a Deadpool Jaune running around so there's a chance he might come to you." View said. "See you around, Keys." View said as he hung up and floated back to the audience.
"Apologies for the wait." View said as he came back to the audience. "I was just clearing up some things."
"Who was that you were speaking to?" Ren asked.
"Oh, just a work colleague."
"Work colleague?" Ironwood repeated with a raised brow. "You mean someone like you?
View nodded. "You could say that. Anyways, let's get a move on." View said as he clapped his hands together. "I was thinking we should take a small break from the Spider-Man world and go back to another familiar world."
"Alright!" Nora grinned in excitement. "Which world is it?"
"I was thinking the world with the Z-Fighters." View said as he held up the orb for said world.
"Oh cool!" Yang said with excitement.
"Wait," Weiss interrupted as she gained a suspicious look. "Which version of this?" Weiss asked, knowing that there were two.
"The one where Santa saves the day." View admitted with a shrug, causing Weiss to groan.
"Well, I guess it wouldn't be too bad." Weiss said. "It...would be nice to see how Midas is doing." Weiss admitted.
Coco grins. "Aw, Weiss, already missing your baby boy?" Coco teased as Weiss rolled her eyes at the fashionista.
"Alright then." View said. "Let's get this started." View said as he tossed in the orb and the screen started up.
The screen opens up to a scene of icy mountains as all of a sudden, a beam of light being shown, which causes snow to tumble down as the screen shifts to reveal that the blast came from the anti-social Qrow.
Ruby smiles at this." Hey look, it's Uncle Qrow!"
Qrow merely hummed in response as he looked at the screen expectedly.
Tai looked at Qrow with a curious look. "You don't sound too excited."
"I've just noticed a pattern with these things that I usually end up getting screwed over." Qrow said. "So, I'm just waiting until something happens to me."
"Come now, Qrow, what are the chances of that happening again?" Ozpin asks.
Qrow huffs. "Yeah well, I'm hoping it doesn't happen again."
"G-good. Progress on my...ice castle is underway." Qrow said in a shivering tone. "I'll have to...install central heating. Body is n-ninety percent water... And this CLOAK DOES NOTHING!" Qrow roars out in anger.
"Well, maybe you should have have packed more." A voice seemingly responded to a question.
The screen then shifts over to Oolong and Midas climbing onto the icy cliffs.
"Hey, it's Midas!" Ruby smiled at Jaune's alternate son.
Winter smiled. "He looks well."
"Why is he here?" Blake asked. "It doesn't seem like a good place to be in."
"Maybe the Dragon Balls are there." Pyrrha suggested.
"That is the only explanation." Weiss agreed. "My only question is why is he just there by himself?"
"Y-you never said we were going to the Tsurumai-Tsuburi Mountains..." Midas stuttered, clearly bothered by the cold environment. "Literally the coldest place on Remnant... You just told me, "Hey, Midas! I stole-"
"Found." Oolong corrected.
"-found the Dragon Radar. Wanna go make a wish?" Midas recounted.
"How about a little less whining and a little more climbing?" Oolong suggested. "They just found the sixth ball!" The pig said as he looked to the radar and it showed six of the Dragon Balls on the radar.
"Shouldn't have brought more people with him?" Kali asked. "He may be strong, but he's still a child."
"He has Oolong with him." Nora said.
"That doesn't really mean much." Weiss said.
Ruby looked at her partner with a scolding look. "Weiss!"
"I mean last I remember, he intentionally caused a fire that burned down most of a forest. I wouldn't exactly call him a reasonable per...pig." Yang said in agreement,
"It kind of seems wrong that we're planning on stealing a wish..." Midas said with some guilt in his tone. "Which reminds me. What are you planning to wish for?"
Oolong then began imagining himself leading a Communist-like pig group with marching music playing in the background, as well as the sounds of screams of people and pigs, smiling as he did so. "Justice," Oolong silently said.
The audience were...quite disbursed to say the least. Not expecting something like that coming from the Pig, other than the fire he caused.
"Well, that was horrifying." Coco said, still stunned.
"Ya think?" Yang mutters, still disturbed at what she just saw.
"I'm fairly certain Taurus would love him." Ironwood whispered to Winter.
"What?" Midas asks.
"Panties." Oolong quickly claimed. "Gonna wish for panties."
"Okay, that pig worries me." Sun said.
"He worries us all, Sun." Blake said in agreement with her fellow Faunus.
"Oh, Oolong, you're incorrigible!" Midas lightly scolded.
"More like tyrannical." Saphron mutters.
"Yeah, yeah, just get the lead out before they find the seventh-" Oolong couldn't even finish his sentence as he saw on the Dragon Radar, alerting him that the seventh and final ball had been found. "Oh, oink me in the alps."
The screen then showed all seven of the Dragon Balls gathered, glowing intensely as the person who gathered them began speaking the incantation.
"Rise, Eternal Dragon!" The man shouted to the skies, now known as the maniacal Dr. Merlot.
"Merlot!?" All of Team RWBY and JNPR exclaims in shock.
"You know that guy?" Tai questions.
Ozpin chose to answer that question. "He is a disgraced scientist mutating the Grimm for his own purposes."
"Kinda like Watts." Ironwood thought to himself.
"Until we kicked his butt!" Yang said with a smirk.
Coco smirked, impressed. "Nice."
"Aw, wished I was there, could've been fun." Sun slightly pouted.
"What I'm more worried about is the fact that he has the Dragon Balls." Glynda said with a serious look. "So he must be planning to do something devious with them."
But nothing seemed to happen after that. "Did I do it right? I hope I did it right." Merlot said as there was a sudden burst of energy, causing a part of the cliff to break and all seven Dragon Balls fall down below. "Aw, shit! Oh, shit! Oh, shit! Oh shit!" Merlot cursed in panic. "Is that bad? Can they break?!"
"Can they?" Yang asks. "I hope not. I'd like to use those things sometime."
"One would shudder to think what you might wish for." Weiss rolls her eyes.
Another, more powerful burst of energy shot out into the skies. The form of the powerful dragon appeared from the balls, fully transforming into the form of Shenron.
"Man," Sun breathed in awe. "I never get tired of seeing that.
"I'll say." Yang said in agreement.
"I'd be more impressed if I knew they weren't going to be used by a mad man." Blake said.
Shenron let out an annoyed sigh. "Okay, what do you assholes want this ti-" Shenron stops once he sees Merlot. "Oh. OH!" Shenron said surprised before recomposing himself. "Hmm... I am the Eternal Dragon. State your wish and I shall grant it." He spoke in a mystical tone.
"Well he seems cheerful." Ilia remarks.
"How often have the others used the Dragon Balls?" Velvet asked.
"A lot, to say the least." View said.
"I have scoured the planet for you for the last fifty years. With you lies my only hope..." Merlot exclaims. "Eternal Dragon, I beseech you, with your bountiful, mystic power... Could you please melt the ice off my front door?"
That request confused, confused and all around surprised the whole audience.
"Wha...what?" Weiss mutters.
"I believe he said..." Penny was about to repeat.
"W-we know what he said, Penny." Ruby gently said, still a bit stunned. "We're just...processing."
"So, he spent the last fifty years hunting these powerful orbs that can give him anything he wants, and he wants it to melt...ice?" Weiss repeated with a frustrated look.
"That would be the gist of it, yes." View nodded.
"Are most of the people in this universe dumb?" Glynda asks as she rubbed her forehead.
"Well...um, kinda." View admitted, remembering a few incidents further on.
"E-excuse me?" Shenron said, clearly confused and baffled at the request given to him.
"Look, I left to get groceries fifty years ago. Bit of a trek to civilization. Came back, the entire lair was iced over. Went back, got some salt. Pretty evidential real quick that that wasn't going to work. Tried fire, melted it. That just made more ice-try and figure that out. Then I tried, uh..." Merlot explains until he notices Shenron's express. "I'm sorry, is this a little unorthodox?"
"Just a little, yes." The green dragon admitted.
"That's one word for it." Terra said.
"I'm sorry, I'm not really used to the whole 'magical dragon' thing. I'm an engineer by trade." Merlot apologized.
"Hey, look, it's fine. But, how 'bout-just throwing it out there, I give YOU the power to melt the ice!" Shenron suggested.
"Oh that is cool!" Yang said with a grin. "Or rather its ho-"
"No." Weiss immediately said, causing Yang to pout.
"But that's what I have you for..." Merlot said.
"Yes, I know, but I'm trying to-" Shenron tried to explain.
"Don't you go pawning this off on me!" Merlot accused.
"Does this guy not get what he's trying to say?" Coco groans.
"I feel like this guy isn't as smart as he thinks." Sun said.
"I'm not, but if it happens AGAIN, then..." Shenron sighs, giving up at trying to reason with him. "You know, fine. Whatever." Shenron mutters as his eyes glow red and then proceeds to melt the surrounding ice.
"Are we sure he's even a scientist?" Nora asked.
"I'm doubtful." Ren said.
"Oh, wow! That was fast!" Merlot said, impressed.
"Yeah, well, I just put a massive hole in your ozone layer." Shenron casually says. "What, took you fifty years to find me? Good luck figuring out how long it takes THAT to fix! Shenron, out." Shenron says as he vanishes and the Dragon Balls shoot up in the sky and scatter across the world.
"That is not going to be good." Penny commented.
"I feel like things are going to get a lot worse." Winter said.
"No! My Schwein-Staffel!" Oolong exclaims in despair as one of the balls shoots past him.
"Maybe it's not too much a bad thing." Yang said.
"Finally!" Merlot says as he looks over his large, dome lair with glee. "Now, to reunite with my master, and... Oh, crap. Did I leave my keys at Slump's?"
The screen then showed a silhouetted figure of Jaune using the Spirit Bomb technique, lifting both hands in the air as it shows a brain in the background.
THE WORLD'S STRONGEST
"All right!" Yang grinned in excitement. "Now there's a title I can get behind!"
"Heck yeah!" Nora cheered in agreement.
The screen cuts back to Midas and Oolong, looking over the recently rediscovered lab.
"All right, what the hell is this and why did my wish get wasted on it?" Oolong demanded irritably.
"It looks like an...evil lair!" Midas gasped in awe.
"Looks like it's from one of the comics Jaune reads." Pyrrha said.
"Didn't know you read them." Coco said.
Pyrrha brushed her hair and smiled. "I've...been reading them since training Jaune, they're actually quite entertaining."
"Oh, no... Nope, uh-uh, no way!" Oolong said in fear as he got off Midas's back and began running in the opposite direction. "I know how this goes! You can't make me-" Oolong was suddenly stopped in his tracks by a small blue creature. "Damn it all!"
"Don't worry, Oolong! I'll save you-" Midas said as he ran towards him, only to be stopped by three more of the blue creatures as they proceeded to beat him up.
"Midas! No!" Saphron cried out in worry for her alternate nephew.
"How dare they hurt him!" Nora growled, wishing to jump in the screen and help Fearless Leader's fearless son.
"Get 'em, Midas!" Oolong encouraged from afar.
"Help him you coward!" Weiss yelled out in anger at the pig-man doing nothing to help Midas.
Midas continues to be beaten up over and over until one of the creatures stops, his hand being grabbed by another blue hand, revealed to be Qrow, who now had blue skin as he turns to Midas.
"Hey, Midas. C-c-c-cold enough for ya?" Qrow remarks.
"Oh yeah!" Ruby cheered on for her Uncle.
"Well, at least I'm not crapped on." Qrow smiles. "'Bout time I show 'em what I got."
"I'd give it a minute." Winter said.
"Mr...Qrow?" Midas mutters at seeing his mentor.
"Did we miss some Saibamen?" Qrow asks, looking at the strange creatures.
"We are Biomen." The Saibamen looking creatures corrected as it narrowed its eyes at Qrow.
Qrow ignored the creature. "I feel like we missed some Saibamen."
"What are Saibamen?" Pyrrha asked.
"They are these small humanoid creatures that grow from the ground." View explains,]
"What's the difference between the two?" Ren asked.
"Um," View hummed as he tried to think of an answer. "One's blue and the others green."
"That doesn't sound like much of a difference." Ironwood said.
"Mr. Qrow..." Midas groans.
"J-just watch out for the explodey ones." Qrow warned. "Don't wanna pull a-"
"Hey, guys!" Marrow suddenly appeared onto the scene. "I was in the middle of training, and I saw what went down-" Marrow said until a Bioman suddenly latches onto him and starts glowing. "WHY?!" Marrow cries out as the Bioman explodes.
"That. Don't wanna pull a that." Qrow says as Marrow was on the ground groaning in pain...and defeat.
"Oof, that was rough." Coco winced.
"At least he's alive." Velvet said.
"Man, this universe is not far from this Marrow guy at all." Sun said, feeling bad for the guy.
Midas was still on the ground, beaten, with Qrow looking over him. "So...wanna help me build my ice castl-" Qrow began to ask until he was suddenly blasted from under ground as he screamed out in pain.
"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby and Yang yelled out in worry.
"OH GODDAMN IT!" Qrow yells out in outrage. "I should've known!"
Winter smirked. "Had a feeling that was gonna happen."
"Mr..."
Qrow continues screaming.
"Qrow..." Midas groans as passed out while Qrow continues to scream. The ice floor breaks apart as Midas and Oolong fall through the ice as the screen fades to white.
The screen fades back into view as it shows Midas stirring back awake. "Mr. Qrow?" Midas looked around for his mentor but was nowhere in sight. "Oolong! I think Mr. Qrow's in trouble!" Mid said as he shook the pig awake.
"Oh, no. I'm fine, Midas. Thanks for asking." Oolong groaned as he picked himself up.
"It's what you get for not helping." Saphron said, uncaringly to the pigman.
"Yeah, well, sorry, but he was screaming pretty loud, and-" Midas says.
"When's the last time you saw a fight where someone didn't scream?" Oolong asks. "Now. We are going to go home, and you...are not going to tell your mother about this little outing."
"Yeah, because if she ever found out, she'd turn him into bacon." Yang said.
Weiss shrugged. "You're not wrong."
"But what about Qrow?" Ruby asked. "Are they not gonna tell Jaune and the others?"
"I think the pig would prefer to avoid responsibility." Ghira said.
"But I-"
"DO NOT TELL YOUR MOTHER ABOUT THIS!" Oolong yells.
"Okay! Fine." Midas huffs. "Why do I feel like I'm going to hear that for the rest of my life?"
"Because you are." Oolong answers.
The screen then cuts to a sunset view of the Arc House.
"You're seriously not going to talk to him?" Weiss asks.
"Why? He came back safe and sound." Jaune said, unconcerned.
The screen then shifts to the inside of the house where Jaune was going push-ups with his thumb while Weiss was cooking.
"He was gone for three days, and refuses to tell us where he went or what he did." Weiss said with worry.
"Oh, come on, Weiss. I lived in the woods for eight years all by myself." Jaune said as he changed his work out.
"That explains a whole lot." Ilia says.
"Being isolated from society like that will have an effect on someone like that." Glynda said.
"Plus, the bump on his head probably didn't help." View thought
"That's why you're not his role model." Weiss said, annoyed.
"'Course not. Qrow is." Jaune said casually.
"That...doesn't sound good." Terra said.
"Hey, Uncle Qrow is awesome!" Ruby said in defense.
"What about me?" Tai asks.
"You're our dad," Yang smirks. "Cool isn't a thing dads are." Yang said as Tai pouted.
The scene then cuts to Midas's room, who was currently doing his homework
"And that is a conversation we desperately need to have." Weiss says from the outside.
Midas continues writing in his books, letting out a sigh as he leans back on his chair, thinking about Qrow back in the mountains, along with Marrow being blown up as well. "I sure hope Mr. Qrow's doing alright." Mid as said as he looked out the window.
"I hope so." Ruby agreed.
"He'll be fine, Rubes." Yang assured as she placed a hand on her shoulder. "Uncle Qrow's been through worse."
He then proceeded to have a fun, uplifting dream about him walking across the world as Qrow stood on top of a peak of a mountain nearby.
"Aw, cute." Saphron smiled.
I don't know, the last time Midas had a dream it ended weirdly." Sun said.
"Midas! Midas! I'm trying to reach you telepathically!" Qrow's voice called out to him within his mind as it showed Midas flying with two animals and a book with Weiss creeping in the background.
"Oh my word..." Glynda muttered.
"God, Midas, they've captured me!" Qrow yells as the screen shows flashes of Qrow in pain and torture, the screen showing Midas walking on a red planet behind Qrow. "Midas! They're torturing me! They're forcing things into my brain, Midas! Midas! My veins!" Qrow yells out as the screen shows Midas alone in a sunset area "Midas!"
Ruby and Yang winced at the sound of their Uncle in pain
"Oh god, how is Midas having this type of thing again!?" Sun exclaimed.
"I think that apple he ate did more than we thought." Ren said calmly, but was disturbed.
"Midas!" Another voice chimed in.
"MY VEINS!"
"Midas!" The voice of Weiss calling Midas back to reality as his eyes shot open in shock.
"Midas, what is going on with you?" Weiss asked, concerned.
"I... I was dreaming." Midas answered, still a little stunned at what he just saw.
"More like having a nightmare." Yang remarks, still freaked out about what she just saw.
"Well, have you finished your homework?" Weiss asked.
Midas turned to his mother and smiled. "Oh, Mom! I'm never finished."
"That's not a good sign." Saphron said.
"I feel like he may need therapy." Glynda said.
Weiss couldn't help but agree with them. Her counterpart shouldn't be as concerned with his homework then his mental state.
"That is the correct answer." Weiss said as he began leaving the room, but stopped to look back at her son. "Midas, you're not on drugs, right?"
"It was just the one apple, Mom." Midas sighs.
"Still, maybe someone should look into that." Ozpin suggested.
The screen then cuts over to at Kame House
"This is some old bullshit!" Oolong exclaimed as he was inside of the kitchen. "Just because I stole the Dragon Radar means I have to do all the prep work?" Oolong said as he looked down at the materials. "Where does he even grow this stuff, anyway? He doesn't have a basement..."
"What are they baking?" Ruby asked before her eyes went wide with excitement. "Maybe cookies!"
"Or pancakes!" Nora suggested.
Weiss and Ren sighed at their partners' suggestions.
Reese then suddenly appeared next to the pig. "Best not to ask too many questions." Reese said as Oolong shrieks at the sudden presence.
"Oh hey, it's Reese again." Ruby observed.
"How did she sneak up on him like that?" Kali wondered.
"Yeah, that's like Blake's level of skills." Yang comments.
Blake rolled her eyes. "Not that good."
"Also, have you checked the oven?" Reese asked.
"Oh, hell..." Oolong panics as he jumps down to open the oven as black smoke stems out of the oven and onto Oolong's face, causing the pig to cough as his eyes were now red. "Great, now my entire evening is gonna be spent trying to find something to watch on Netflix!"
"Oh boy..." Qrow said, knowing what they were actually making.
"What does that mean?" Nora asked.
I'll explain it later, Nora." Ren whispered to his partner.
"Those better not be my brownies, pig!" Roshi calls out from upstairs as he starts coughing.
Then the sound of someone knocking on the door rang out. "Oh, geez. Turtle, can you get that? I can not find my feet..."
The screen then showed a large Turtle crawling outside to greet the visitors. "What up? You got the money?" The Turtle asked in a slow tone.
"Huh, a talking turtle." Ruby simply said with a calm tone.
"That doesn't surprise you?" Weiss asks.
"At this point in this world, It's not the most surprising thing I've seen." Blake said.
It's revealed that the visitors are in fact the Biomen, with one of them glaring at Turtle. "We want the Roshi!" The Bioman demanded.
"And WE want the money." Turtle requested, completely unfazed about the Bioman's demands.
"Bring us the Roshi, or be destroyed!" The Bioman threatened.
"How about you get the hell off our island?" Turtle says.
"There are six of Biomen and one of Turtle!" The Bioman pointed out.
"I am nine hundred and ninety-nine years old. I don't give a f**k!" Turtle challenged.
"Damn, that Turtle is hardcore." Sun said, impressed.
"Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he were a fighter as well." Coco said.
Master Roshi comes out outside as smoke follows him through, coughing as the Biomen start on. "Are you the buyer? 'Cause there's gonna be a bit of a delay." Roshi says as he stumbles and coughs a few more times. "Turns out pigs can't cook brownies."
"Can't see how he's gonna be much help now." Qrow said.
"I wouldn't underestimate him, Mr Branwen." View advised. "After all, he is one of Jaune's teachers."
"He is?" Pyrrha asked with a curious look, View nodded in response.
"Huh, never would've guessed." Ruby said.
"You have been forcefully invited to the laboratory of Dr. Polendina!" The Bioman announced.
"Wait, Dr. Polendina?" Ironwood repeated with a surprised look. "As in Pietro."
"Father?" Penny said with wide eyes at the mention of her own father. "Then that would mean...he's a bad guy in this?" Penny said in a sad tone and sad eyes.
Ruby saw Penny's expression and placed a hand on her shoulder. "It may be a misunderstanding." Ruby tried to assure. "But whatever it is, I'm sure your father is great."
Penny nodded in response. "Of course! He can be overprotective. But he means the best!" Penny said as she kept watching the screen for more info.
"I only need one doctor, and that's "Feelgood"." Rosh said. "Also, my GP to check my prostate every few years; it's important at my age."
Reese then came out to see what was happening. "Roshi, what the heck is going on-" Reese stops once she sees the situation unfolding."Wait, are those Saibamen?"
"We are Biomen." The blue creature corrected. "And if you do not comply, we will make you!"
"Ooooh, it is a bad time for this..." Roshi warns.
The Bioman's eyes narrowed at Roshi. "Prepare for combat!" The Bioman announces as it comes charging at Roshi, only for the old timer to quickly take him and the rest of the Biomen out with ease.
"Damn, I can see where Jaune gets it from." Yang said, impressed.
"I see he's not just an old coot." Sun remarks.
"Indeed." Ren said. "There is more to people than what we may think of them."
Roshi cracks his neck. "I do not hold back when I'm toasted."
The sound of clapping could be heard. "Excellent." A voice said as Roshi turned to see Merlot standing a few feet from him. "Exactly to be expected from the world's strongest fighter."
"Eh, I'm not one to brag." Roshi sniffs.
"Yeah, clearly they got the wrong guy." Coco said, doubtful. "Don't get me wrong, the old man is strong and all, but Jaune has taken out way more powerful guys than whatever he has up his sleeve."
"I'm inclined to agree." Glynda said. "I'm surprised he hasn't heard about Mr. Arc's exploits before."
"Perhaps this is at an earlier date." Ozpin suggested.
"Dr. Polendina will be humbled to have you as his honored guest. Whether you like it or not." Merlot said threateningly.
"Are the bodies not a clear indicator of how this is gonna go down?" Roshi asks, gesturing to the beaten Biomen.
"Well, you see, strength is only relative when a little leverage is applied." Merlot said as he pointed his cane behind Roshi, causing him to turn to see the Biomen holding Reese by both arms, who was stomping in panic.
"Oh no." Ruby said with worry.
"Why is she just standing there?" Blake asks.
"Now, comply, lest I have my Saiba-"
"We are BIOMEN!" The Bioman yelled out in frustration.
"Yes, whatever! Nobody cares!" Merlot says. "My creations rip her limb from limb."
"Man, even he thinks his own creations are the same." Nora said.
"Damn it." Roshi curses. "And those are some fine-ass limbs, too." Rosh said. "All right, I'll go. Turtle, you're in charge!"
"All right, but if the buyer shows up, I'm taking ten percent." Turtle said.
"Triflin'-ass turtle." Roshi mutters.
The screen then cuts to nighttime back at Jaune's house, with Oolong there as he was talking to Jaune, who was currently bathing in a barrel.
"Reese and Roshi might have been kidnapped." Oolong sheepishly admitted.
"Oh, don't sweat it. Roshi can handle that." Jaune waved off his concern.
"Yeah... They might have also been strong enough to take Qrow, too." Oolong also admitted. "Uh, they said they were looking for the world's strongest fighter."
This caught Jaune off. "But I'm... Why didn't they...?" Jaune asks.
The screen then quickly cuts to Jaune, fully dressed and on the Flying Nimbus speaking to Weiss. "There's been a terrible mistake, I gotta fix this!" Jaune quickly says as he takes off to where Roshi and Reese were.
"So he wasn't worried when his friends were kidnapped, but when they didn't think he was the strongest, then it became an issue." Weiss said with a raised brow.
Yang shrugs. "Hey, I get it."
The screen then cuts to the inside of a laboratory, where Master Roshi is being shown on a monitor.
"There he is... Your new body!" Merlot announces to an unknown person in the room.
"Why is he old?" The other person asked, his voice sounding filtered through something.
Penny's eyes widened at the voice of her father. She was curious as to why it was filtered.
"He's the world's strongest man!" Merlot says.
"And the world's oldest." The other person remarks. "Again, Merlot, why not just give me the woman?" He asks as the monitor shows Reese on a chair next to Roshi.
"Well Reese isn't really a fighter from what we've seen from her-" Ren began.
"I told you, you can't have a WOMAN'S body! They're not nearly strong enough!" Merlot says with contempt.
Ren immediately stopped talking as his eyes widened at that.
That comment alone got the entire female audience to glare at the mad scientist with murderous auras.
"Are you sure we can't go into these worlds ourselves, View?" Winter asked in a cold tone as she kept glaring at the screen. "I wish to prove his hypothesis wrong."
"U-um, n-no, Miss Schnee." View said, feeling very intimidated by the dangerous aura.
"Shame." Blake said with narrowed eyes. "I would've liked to give an example."
"Same here." Yang said with the same tone.
"Sexism aside... I'm really not that picky." The other says, not bothered.
"Also, she doesn't have a penis." Merlot quickly added.
The other person paused at this. "...So you want to give me the old man?"
"Yes." Merlot answers.
"With the old man's penis?"
"Gross." Coco cringed, still not happy with the comment he made.
"Listen, you just need a demonstration." Merlot said
"Oh, please no." The other person pleaded.
The screen changes over to Reese, who screams as she gets suddenly pulled down into the darkness.
"Oh, come on! This aint your first kidnappin'!" Roshi calls out to the girl.
Suddenly, three separate lights come on into the room as Roshi shields his eyes as three figures come towards the old master. "Feast your eyes on our Bio-Warriors!" Merlot announces as the three, menacing figures stood before him.
"Wow, they sure look like they mean business." Yang says.
"Uh, weird. Again, there are three types of henchmen." Ruby comments
Nora shrugged. "Must be a trope bad guys have."
"Merlot..." Polendina said in awe. "What did you do to my creations?!" Polendina exclaims as the monitor changes to show the Bio-Warriors as innocent creatures. "Zap-Zap, Blub-Blub, Burr?!"
"Aw, they look cute!" Saphron smiled as Adrien looked more happier at the designs.
"Kinda weird for an evil scientist to have." Sun said,
"What if he's not evil?" Blake suggested.
"But then why is he after the world's strongest?" Ren asked.
Merlot grins. "I made a few alterations this morning." Merlot explains. "Introducing Electrocutioner! Bouncy Butcher! And Freezer!"
"Bah!" Freezer scoffs.
"Fighting someone on the trademark for that last name, though." Merlot admits.
"I wonder who?" Ruby thought to herself.
"They're terrifying!" Polendina said in shock and horror.
"Terrifyingly effective!" Merlot added.
"They were supposed to be cute and cuddly and aid the elderly!" Polendina said.
"Doesn't sound very evil." Yang says.
"Now they're cruel and vicious and fight the elderly!" Merlot said with manic glee. "Speaking of which, commence the demonstration!" Merlot announces as the room switches to a red light.
"This isn't gonna be good." Nora said.
"I have faith." Pyrrha said. "If he trained Jaune, then he must be a noble warrior."
"I mean, he's definitely a warrior. Not so noble from time to time." View mutters.
"Oh man, and I'm comin' down..." Roshi groans as he gets into a fighting stance. The three came charging at him, going at him all at once, but Roishi was quick and agile enough to dodge and block all of their attempts on him.
"Not bad." Qrow said, impressed.
"Indeed." Ironwood said in agreement. "he moves fairly quickly."
"Beat their asses!" Reese encourages.
"Woah, where'd she come from?" Polendina asked, shocked by her sudden appearance. "And why is she chained up?
Roshi then got into a familiar stance as he started calling out a calling cry for the move. "Ka... Me.. Ha... Me... HAAA!" Roshi yells out as he fires a beam of energy, right at the Bouncy Butcher.
But the beam doesn't affect the Butcher as it was being absorbed by the Butcher, stretching himself out as he deflects it right back at him. Roshi panics as he barely dodges the blast. But this left open to get punched by Freezer, sending him through the air as the Electrocutioner proceeds to shock Master Roshi as he screams out in pain. Roshi then falls to the ground in defeat.
"Lasted longer than I thought." Coco said.
"Hopefully, Jaune will get there in time." Velvet hoped.
"Fiddlesticks." Merlot lightly cursed. "I could have sworn he was the strongest fighter in the world."
"Oh, right. The three hundred year-old man." Reese scoffs.
"Rude." Ozpin comments.
"Seriously, why is she chained up?" Polendina asked once more.
"Roshi's not even in the top five anymore. As in, I've got at least five friends, all stronger than he is!" Reese boasts.
Merlot grins at this as he fully turns to Reese. "Is that so?"
Polendina groans at this. "Oh, do not indulge him."
"Okay, who else keeps talking?" Reese asks as she looks around for the source of the voice.
The lights turn on behind her as Reese turns to see a brain embedded in a wall, trapped in a glass casing.
"Woah!" Yang exclaims.
"Looks like it's a classic case of a brain in a jar from those sci fi movies." Sun said, still stunned.
"Father?" Penny said with wide eyes, shocked to see her father like this. "What happened to him?"
"Perhaps being alone in the lab for so long has caused him to take drastic measures." Winter suggested, sending a slight look of concern towards Penny.
"Hello." Dr. Polendina greeted politely.
Reese was caught off guard by the casual greeting. "Um... Hi?" Reese greeted me a little awkwardly.
"My name is Dr. Polendina. Good to meet you." Dr. Polendina greeted.
Reese was surprised to hear that name and became immediately excited. "Wait, Dr. Pietro Polendina? The famous biologist and cancer researcher?" Reese said with excitement. "Your breakthroughs changed the entire landscape of the field!"
Penny smiled at this. "I knew father wasn't bad!"
"Oh, thank you. Thank you." Pietro thanked. "Can I have your body?"
Qrow spitted out his drink.
"Woah there!" Yang exclaims.
"What? No!" Reese immediately said.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, not sexually." Pietro apologized. "I-I mean your actual, physical body. To put my brain in."
"Oh, that's good." Yang breathed out a sigh of relief. "I mean, it's still not good, but not as bad as that."
"Still NO!" Reese once again rejected.
"Oh, come on, it's been fifty years!" Polendina groans. "I suddenly got sick one day-lung cancer, ironically-and that one decides to put me in stasis." Polendina said, gesturing to Merlot. "Next thing I know, he's gone to get groceries for fifty years. Which is just my father all over again."
Yang hangs her head down slightly at this, knowing the feeling.
"Man, Merlot is really bad at this." Nora comments.
"Not like he's all there back in our world." Blake said.
"True enough." Pyrrha said in agreement.
"Okay, well, I'm sorry and all, but there's no way I'd agree to that." Reese denied. "Not that you'd fit, anyway."
"Whhyyyy?" Polendina asked with a tone of confusion and increase in worry.
"Oh boy...This is gonna be awkward." Nora muttered.
"Oh, your gray matter seems to have absorbed a little bit of the embalming fluid that you're stored in!" Merlot explains.
"What?! How big am I?!" Polendina asks with shock.
"Like a bus?" Coco suggested.
"The size of an Ursa?" Sun added.
"Yang's ego?" Ruby added.
"My eg-Hey!" Yang snapped towards her sister, giving her a small glare.
"I'd say...a golden retriever." Reese compared.
"But a golden retriever's brain is small!" Polendina pointed out.
"No, like, the size of a golden retriever." Reese corrected.
"Merlot, what the hell, man?!" Polendina exclaims.
"Oh, calm down, sir..." Merlot said calmly.
"I can't fit in a body like THIS!" Polendina yells out in outrage.
"Don't worry about it. Sometimes brain surgery is a little more 'art' than science." Merlot said.
"You're thinking of baking!" Polendina corrects.
"I might be thinking of baking..." Merlot quietly admitted.
"Sounds like his scheme was half baked." Yang remarks.
"Clever." Weiss said, making Yang perk up. "But not appropriate." Weiss finished, causing Yang to pout.
"Well, Pinky. You picked the wrong guy, anyway. You want Jaune Arc." Reese said.
"Pinky?" Ruby repeated.
"Can I fit in him?" Polendina asked.
"To be fair, there's probably a vacancy." Reese admitted. "But you have to get him here first. And good luck kidnapping-"
Suddenly, a warning alarm goes off in the room as the monitor displays the words "Warning" and "Intruder."
"What is that?" Dr. Polendina asked.
The monitor then showed Jaune on the screen, who was just outside of the lab on his Nimbus Cloud.
"Hello. My name is Jaune Arc. Is anyone home?" Jaune calls out.
"Oh god damn it, Jaune..." Weiss groans.
"At least he's there to save them." Pyrrha said with hope.
"But the first reason why he's there." Winter pointed out.
Merlot grins in twisted delight. "Oh, and the stars align."
Back outside, Jaune was still going on. "Someone made a mistake! If you're looking for the world's strongest fighter, I'm here!" Jaune continues to yell at the lab.
"Yes, yes! Jaune Arc!" Merlot's voice rang through the intercom. "Please, if you would, join us!"
"A'ight!" Jaune accepts as he jumps off Nimbus and lands near the front entrance. "Sure hope it's warmer inside..." Jaune says.
The screen then shifts to him running inside through the hallways, shivering shakily in the cold. "It's actually colder!" Jaune exclaims as he continues running. "How is it colder?!"
"Probably due to the many years of being stuck in the ice." Blake suggested.
"Plus, there's probably no AC." Nora added.
Jaune then makes his way through the first room. He looked up above to see that there were giant, floating orbs hovering in the air. "Oh, cool! He's got a ball pit!" Jaune says with excitement.
"Aw cool!" Ruby said with excitement.
"Looks fun!" Nora said in agreement.
Suddenly, spikes shoot out from the floating orbs. "Oh, no, he's got a ball pit..." Jaune mutters as one of the balls headed right towards him, causing Jaune to jump out of the way quickly in response.
"Not so fun." Ruby and Nora said.
Back in the main lab, Polendina was watching this with a...neutral view to say the least. "Merlot?" Polendina asks rather calmly.
"Yes?"
"WHAT?!" Polendina exclaimed.
"Oh, the Death Spheres! Quite ingenious, no?" Merlot said with pride.
"No!" Polendina said. "Why do we have them?!"
"They do seem rather pointless considering the Bio Warriors are around." Glynda said.
"Does seem like a waste of resources." Ironwood said in agreement. "Probably money would be better used to help Pietro."
"Well, if the Red Ribbon Army hadn't suddenly up and disappeared, they'd have made us a mint." Merlot said as Jaune then unleashed a barrage of energy shots, destroying all of the Death Spheres at once.
"Annd there goes fifty billion Lien." Merlot sighs.
"HOW MUCH?!" Polendina exclaimed in shock.
"God, he is incompetent!" Weiss exclaims. "How is he a scientist!?"
Jaune panted as the room was filled with smoke from the blasts and the parts from the balls fell to the ground. "That was easily the second-worst ball pit I've ever been in." Jaune commented.
"What was the first?" Ruby tilted her head.
All of a sudden, the Bouncy Butcher comes out of nowhere and punches him in the face. Jaune quickly recomposed himself as he tried to kick him from behind. But he was quickly trapped in Bouncy Butcher's squishy body. "Oh, no. Oh, God. Ew, ew, ew, it's moist. Why is it moist?" Jaune says in disgust as he quickly gets away from him.
"Oh gross!" Velvet cringed.
"I didn't need to know that!" Sun gagged.
"Okay, get it together. Just gotta go in there...and do it. Just like with Weiss." Jaune says as the Bouncy Butcher starts inflating his whole body. Jaune narrows his eyes at him. "Just like with Weiss..."
"What does that mea-" Ruby didn't even finish that sentence as Yang rushed in to interrupt her.
"Later!" Yang quickly said as Weiss had a mortified look on her face.
Jaune then charges right at Bouncy Butcher again at full speed, pulling his torso with him as he proceeds to go higher, right up to the ceiling as the butcher struggles to keep him in place. "Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, EWWWW!" Jaune exclaims as he uses Kaio-ken ability to rip a hole through Bouncy Butcher's torso and flies up to the next floor as Bouncy Butcher is shown deflating like a balloon.
"Good, good!" Merlot says as Jaune landed on the floor of the next room. "He's already dispatched of one of the Bio-Warriors!" Merlot said as Butcher continued to fly around.
"Blub-Blub... He was made for hugs..." Polendina mutters sadly as he sees the deflated Blub-Blub on the ground.
Penny looked sad for her father. "Dad..." Penny said sadly as Ruby went in to comfort her.
"And combat!" Merlot added.
"No..." Polendina said sadly.
"I swear, I'ma deck the heck out of the next guy I see!" Jaune declares.
"Bah!" a voice suddenly shocks Jaune, causing him to deck the guy in the schnoz "AH!" The creature, now known as Freezer, groans out in pain as he lays there on the ground. "OW! F**k! Shit!"
"Ha!" Yang laughed at the sudden unexpected attack.
"H-Hey, he did warn 'ya buddy." Tai said, also laughing.
"Oh! Oh, gosh, I'm sorry!" Jaune immediately apologized
"What the f**k, man?!" Freezer exclaimed in pain and anger.
"D-do you need some ice?" Jaune offered.
"Ha!" Yang laughed once more at this exchange.
"Oh, you think you're funny?!" Freezer angrily said. "Zapps, get in here. I-I need a sec."
"I'm the Electrocutioner now!" The "Electrocutioner" yelled out.
"Then electrocutionate him! I don't give a f**k!" Freezer grunts out.
"Not even a word." Winter said
"I think he's in too much pain to care." Ozpin said.
"Who's your buddy?" Jaune asks as he screams in pain as he gets zapped by Electrocutioner, causing him to get blasted backwards towards the stairs as he falls down.
"...Wait, can they all talk?" Polendina said, surprised.
"Of course they can! They're completely sentient." Merlot said.
The screen cuts to Bouncy Butcher, face-down on the ground. "I need a hug..." Butcher moaned.
"Poor guy." Saphron couldn't help but feel bad for him.
"With all their own wants and needs, and a crippling fear of death!" Merlot said with a twisted sense of glee to his voice.
"So dark... And cold..." Butcher moans as he begins sobbing as Reese watches in stunned shock while Polendina watches with utter sadness.
"Blub-Blub, no..." Polendina said in despair.
"Good god, man." Ironwood said in shock.
"I mean, there's evil, and there's this." Ilia said, stunned.
"Now, Freezer! Preserve the goods!" Merlot demands as Freezer charges and fires an icy blast at Jaune which begins to envelop him.
As Jaune was being frozen, he heard the name spoken to him."Wait, Freezer? Why does that sound familiar...?" Jaune asks as the ice then reaches a...vital area."OH, GOD, IT'S LIKE THE WORST PART OF GETTING INTO A POOL TIMES A THOUSAND!" Jaune yells out as his eyes widen.
The men in the audience winced at this.
"That's not a feeling I wanna experience." Sun cringed.
"Lay the finishing blow!" Merlot calls as Freezer begins to do so.
But all of a sudden, a caped figure appears onto the scene, ready to help Jaune.
"Uncle Qrow!?" Ruby exclaims.
"But we saw him being attacked didn't we?" Pyrrha asked.
Qrow smirks. "Looks like I got my second wind!"
"Thank goodness!" Jaune said in relief. "Qrow's here-" His words stopped once he saw that it wasn't Qrow, but in fact his son, Midas, standing in defense of his father while wearing a similar outfit. "Oh. Hey, son." Jaune greeted casually.
"Midas?" Weiss said with a surprised look.
"Alright!" Nora cheered. "Fearless son is there to protect his daddy!"
"Hold tight, Dad! We've got you!" Midas said with assurance.
"We?" Jaune asks.
Another figure in the room appears, bouncing back and forth in the room before landing beside Midas and Jaune, revealing it to be Neptune
"Neptune!" Sun said, grinning at his partner.
"This isn't gonna end well for him." Blake muttered.
"And the Nep-dog's in the houuuuu-" Neptune calls out.
And the screen quickly cuts to him getting electrocuted. "AAAAAHHHH!" Neptune screamed, along with Midas, who was also getting electrocuted, before getting thrown up in the air and being completely frozen solid by Freezer as they landed back down.
"That...didn't last long." Ghira commented.
"Oh, now they are gonna pay!" Nora said with an enraged look.
"Indeed." Winter said with the same look of how her alternate nephew was treated.
Jaune lets out a deep sigh at this outcome. "Kaio-ken." Jaune quickly said as he powered up and breaks free of the ice and quickly punches Freezer hard in the face and then charges towards and kicks Electrocutioner before breaking his back as Freezer collides with a wall. Jaune lands on the ground, panting as he is holding Electrocutioner.
"Nice!" Yang grinned.
"Pretty impressive." Ren nodded.
"Now with them taken care of, all that is left is to stop Merlot and hopefully help Penny's dad." Ruby said.
Penny looked at her friend with hopeful eyes. "You think friend Jaune will help?"
"Hopefully if he has a better understanding of the situation, I'm sure he will." Pyrrha said.
"Now that he's proven himself the strongest." Yang says.
"Is that really important?" Blake asked with a raised brow.
"Man, your new body is gonna be wicked!" Merlot says with excitement. "Completely destroyed the Bio-Warriors."
"I just thought of something. Merlot...why didn't you give me one of THEIR bodies?" Polendina asks.
"He does make a good point." Velvet said. "Why didn't he use one of them?"
"I think it's been established bun-bun that Merlot ain't exactly all there." Coco said.
"Uh, hmm..." Merlot thought about it and found he did have a point there. "I guess you're right. See, this is why you're the brains!" Merlot laughed as Polendina was deadly silent.
"...What, too cheesy?"
"More insensitive." Polendina said in a deadpan tone.
"Oh, grow some thicker skin." Merlot waves off as Polendina groans in frustration.
"I thought it was clever." Reese said.
"I did too." Yang grinned. "It was really..."
"No. One pun is enough." Weiss deadpanned.
Yang laughed at that. "Oh Weissy, there can never be enough puns."
The screen then cuts to Jaune, Midas, and Neptune running through a dark hall.
"Hurry, guys! We're almost there!" Jaune calls out to the two who were lagging behind, because they were the only ones bothered by the cold.
"So cold... Still wet!" Midas shivered.
"I hope he doesn't get a cold..." Weiss thought to herself.
"Frostbite... So much frostbite!" Neptune whimpered.
"Don't worry, Neptune! The cold never killed anyone!" Jaune said.
"Hypothermia would beg to differ!" Neptune exclaimed.
"Good comeback." Sun said.
Back in the main lab, the room was, for some reason, dark.
"Why did you turn out the lights?" Polendina asked.
"To give us an air of menace!" Merlot said with manic excitement.
"Why do we need menace?" Polendina asked once more.
"Shh, shh!" Merlot hushes. "Here he comes!" Merlot says as Jaune, Midas, and Neptune come flying up into the room.
"It is menacing, I'll give him that." Nora said.
"It does make me wonder why Dr. Polendina even hired Merlot in the first place." Ren ponders. "They really do seem like polar opposites."
"Wow... This place sure is menacing." Jaune commented.
"See, Jaune agrees." Nora said.
"Jaune!" Reese calls out.
"Reese! Don't worry, Reese!" Jaune says as he runs up to Reese. "I'll get you out of-" Jaune was suddenly shocked by a force field that surrounded Reese as it threw Jaune back.
"Daddy!" Midas says in worry as he and Neptune run up to Jaune.
"Ooh! That's gotta hurt!" Yang winced.
"Ugh.. I'm gonna have nerve damage after today!" Jaune groans as they suddenly appear on a monitor. "Hey, why didn't you warn me?" Jaune groans.
"I didn't know it would happen! I haven't tried to break out!" Reese said.
"Well, why not?" Jaune asks.
"I'm chained here!" Reese answers, annoyed.
"Well, that's sexy." Jaune said.
"Jaune!" Saphron scolded.
"You mean, sexist?" Polendina asks, appearing before the group.
"Well, it's a little sexy." Merlot admitted as he appeared as well.
"Not even close." Glynda shook her head.
"I'm just glad Pietro hasn't lost his sense of right and wrong in this world." Ironwood said.
Midas gasps in shock. "Oh, my goodness! Is that a brain?" Midas asked. "...Why is it the size of a Greyhound?"
"The BUS?!" Polendina shouts in shock.
"This is the magnificent Dr. Polendina!" Merlot dramatically introduced "And we'd like to welcome you to our evil lair!"
"This is neither a lair, nor is it evil!" Polendina interrupted in annoyance. "This is a laboratory! For science!"
"Yes...evil science!" Merlot exclaims.
"No! Neutral science, at worst!"
"Man, I really feel bad for this guy." Sun said.
"Hopefully things will be sorted soon." Kali hoped.
"I don't see it happening so easily, dear." Ghira said.
"I don't care what kind of science you're cooking up!" Jaune said in a determined and serious tone. "I'm here for two things: to rescue my friends, and correct a mistake! I am Jaune Arc! And I am the world's strongest!"
"Yeah! You tell 'em!" Nora cheered on.
"Okay, we believe you." Merlot said.
"Good. Then, if you don't mind, I'ma just grab my friends, and be on my wa-" Jaune says until he's blasted by a red being that emanated from the floor as he screams out in pain.
"Pride cometh before the fall, eh Dad?" Midas comments.
"Right you are, son." Weiss said in agreement.
"Son?" Coco said with a raised brow and a smirk.
"Come on, Midas!" Neptune encouraged as he charges towards Reese and Merlot. "It's two against-" He stopped in his tracks once a familiar figure blocked his path. Qrow, standing before him.
"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby smiled! "He's okay!"
Qrow sighed in relief at this. "Least I'm not dead."
"Thank goodness for that." Ozpin said.
"Good thing he managed to make it out." Yang said.
"Huh! Three! Three against one! Ha-ha!" Neptune laughs in relief.
"Mr. Qrow!" Midas said with a smile on his face.
"Wait, how long have we had him?" Polendina asks.
"About a week?" Merlot answers.
"Just give me his body!" Polendina exclaims.
"Can't. No penis." Merlot answers.
"Why do you know that?!" Polendina exclaims as Merlot smiles.
"Ah! GROSS!" Qrow yelled out. "AND ALSO DAMN IT!"
"Yo, I broke out of the thingy." Jaune announces, no longer in pain and wearing a smile on his face. "Oh, hey, Qrow!" Jaune greeted as he saw his rival now bearing red eyes. "Wow, your eyes are red... You been hanging around Master Roshi?"
"Wait, why are eyes red?" Ilia asked.
"Don't know, but I don't have a good feeling about it." Blake said as she looked at the screen with worry.
Midas comes running up to Qrow. "Mr. Qrow!" Midas said with glee until he was punched across the face by Qrow and sent to the floor.
"You dare strike my nephew!" Winter yells out.
Qrow raised his hands up in defense. "It wasn't me!"
Don't you dare hit my son!" Jaune angrily says. "...Unless you're training right now. In which case, Midas, get back up." Jaune said in a lightly stern tone to his son.
Midas gets himself up. "Dad, I think Dr. Polendina's controlling him!" Midas warns.
"But I am a brain in a jar!" Polendina tries to defend himself.
"So you admit it!" Jaune accuses
"Merlot, please explain..." Polendina pleaded.
"KILL THEM ALL!" Merlot orders in a manic tone
"WHY?!" Polendina cries out.
"He really doesn't deserve what's happening to him." Pyrrha said with sympathy.
"I mean all he wants is a body." Ruby said. "Couldn't Jaune and the others wish for one?"
"Tossing aside his turban and cloak, Qrow comes charging straight at them, causing Neptune to immediately scream and dive out of the way. Qrow screams as he and Jaune glare back and forth at each other, for what seemed like quite a while as Neptune still covered himself. Qrow then finally came towards Jaune and the two came to blows. proceeds to engage Jaune in battle. Jaune was on the defensive as he dodged all of Qrow's attempts on him as he continued to back away from the green man.
As the two fought , Midas came running up towards Merlot and Polendina. "Stop this! You are men of science! How could you commit such atrocities?!"
"Excuse you, mustard gas would like a word..." Merlot remarks.
"Uh, excuse YOU, solar energy has something to say!" Midas shot back.
"Excuse YOU, anthrax has an opinion on that!" Merlot retorts.
"Excuse YOU, penicillin would like to chime in!" Midas fires back.
"Are these even insults?" Yang asks.
"I understand them." Penny said.
"How?" Velvet asks.
"S-She's just that smart!" Ruby smiled nervously.
Merlot smirks. "...The atom bomb."
Midas screams in anger as he lets out a powerful shock wave that makes the entire lab tremble.
"Merlot, stop antagonizing him!" Polendina orders.
"You're right. He's incredibly strong! In fact..." Merlot begins with a sickening grin.
Weiss glares at the screen with murderous intent. "Don't you dare finish that sentence."
"Merlot, he is a child!" Polendina begged for him to stop.
"With a penis!" Merlot said with glee.
"Kill him..." Weiss mutters darkly.
"Merlot, please!" Polendina pleaded.
"You're right... I should CHECK!" Merlot yells as he fires a blast from his cane at Midas, who manages to hold his spot while blocking the blast. Letting out another scream, he fires off another shock wave that creates a crater around him, which causes him to slip and fall.
Merlot growls in anger. "Insolent boy... He's in for such a caning..." Merlot said as he reached for his cane, only for it to be kicked away by Neptune who stood over him.
Sun smiled at his alternate teammate. "Nice one, buddy!"
"Not so tough without your cane, huh old man?" Neptune remarks.
Merlot merely smiles at Neptune as he reaches out his hand to him, much to his confusion. "Um..." Neptune says until Merlot's hand transforms int (the hand transforms into a gatling gun.
"Ah!" Neptune exclaimed in shock.
"Oh no!" Kali said in worry,
Merlot then proceeds to open fire at Neptune...with the bullets harmlessly bouncing off Neptune as he looks passively at Merlot. "Whatever happened to Yang?" Neptune asked himself.
"Uh, forgot about that." Coco said.
"Wait, I'm in this!" Yang says before grinning. "Alright! I bet I'm gonna show up later on!"
View darted his eyes back and forth at this.
Suddenly, coming right from the ceiling, comes Master Roshi as he quickly takes out Merlot.
"And that's for ruinin' my Sunday." Roshi said.
"Nice one, old timer." Tai grins.
The mind controlling device on Qrow's head shatters, freeing his mind as he looks around. "Huh?" Qrow mutters
"Alright! He's back to normal." Yang cheers.
"Mr. Qrow!" Midas yells out in glee
"DODGE!" Qrow yells as he punches Midas in the face,
Midas sighs in pain. "Back to normal." Midas thoughts to himself.
Winter and Weiss sent glares to the older huntsman for his treatment of Midas.
Smoke started to emanate from the wall where Polendina was. "Fifty years I was alone... And when I'm finally saved from that loneliness, all I find is horror. In this form, I am powerless; doomed to witness these atrocities." Polendina said in a grave tone as bubbles formed in his brain dome. "I need a body...I WILL have a body!" Polendina proclaims as his brain glows as the surrounding area around him starts to break apart. Mechanical arms bursting through the walls as Reese screamed in fear.
The audience looked on in shock and awe at the large mech.
"Father." Penny spoke with a tone of worry and concern. Sad to see the extreme lengths he was forced to go through.
The smoke cleared, lights turned and electricity sparked all around the room as standing before the Z-Warriors was a large mechanized body with the brain of Dr. Polendina up piloting the body as he stood menacingly before everyone.
"Holy hell..." Ironwood breathed out in awe.
"HOW LONG HAVE I HAD THIS?!" Polendina piloting exclaims as he looks down in frustration, annoyance, shock and anger all at once.
"Oh, he didn't know about that?" Terra asks.
"It appears not." Ren said.
"Man, Merlot is really bad at his job, whatever it is." Yang said.
"Wait, you seriously never noticed the exo-body I left for you?" Merlot questions. "Did you think I'd literally just leave you in a jar?" Merlot asks as Pietro glared at him. "What kind of monster do you think I am?"
Before he could even fish, Dr. Polendina stomps the floor, sending Merlot falling down into the abyss. Fair enoooooooough!" Merlot yells out as he descends down.
"And he will not be missed." Winter comments.
"See? Now you got a body." Jaune smiles.
"This is not a body!" Polendina says with irritation. "This can't taste, or smell, or touch! I am a brain trapped in an exoskeleton!"
"Well, when you think about it, aren't we all just-" Qrow was about to say until Dr. Polendina slaps him to the ground.
"NO!" Polendina yells out.
Qrow huffed. "Well excuse me for trying to help."
"A Kame and a Hame and a Send-him-home-to-mommy!" Master Roshi yells out as he, Jaune and Neptune get into their stances.
"KA... ME... HA... ME..." All three of them said in unison as Polendina reached towards them. "... HA!" all of them yelled as they fired a combined Kamehameha wave at Dr. Polendina, causing a massive explosion.
"Woah!" Sun exclaims.
Penny was still worried for her father, despite his anger, she didn't wanna see him be destroyed.
But the wave did nothing as Polendina continued after them.
"Neptune, you better not have held back!" Roshi chastised as he gets knocked away by the robot.
"Oh, come on! We both know it was Jaune!" Neptune quickly said as he too gets struck by Polendina, letting out a quick scream.
"Yeah, it might have been me." Jaune sheepishly admitted.
"Why?" Weiss questions.
Reese peaks out from her hiding spot near Neptune "Can you take me home?" Reese asked.
"Not the time, Reese." Coco said.
"All right, everyone. Stand back." Jaune advised. "I'ma Kaio-kening."
Tossing his cloak away, Midas attempts to help out with the Power Pole, but he too gets whacked away by Dr. Polendina's.
"That means you too, Midas." Jaune said as Midas hit the ground.
"Can you be more concerned!" Weiss exclaims.
"Ow..." Midas groans.
"Kaio-ken times three!" Jaune yells out as a red aura surrounds him and starts charging toward Dr. Polendina.
Polendina turns to Jaune in response. "Kaio-what?" Polendina questions as Jaune attacks and removes his right arm.
"Aah!" Polendina yells out in pain.
"Classic joke." Yang grinned.
Jaune lands on the ground, as does the arm, as he prepares for his next move. "Ka... Me... Ha... Me..." Jaune chanted as his aura flared up. "HA!" Jaune yells out as he fires a Kaio-Ken powered Kamehameha wave at Dr. Polendina, who counters by firing a mouth blast, resulting in a beam struggle with Dr. Polendina having an advantage.
"Things are getting intense!" Sun exclaims
The audience were mixed about this, they wanted Jaune to win, but they also felt bad for Pietro and what he had to go through.
"Kaio-ken...times three..." Jaune thought to himself. "AND A HALF!" Jaune yelled out loud as his Kamehameha wave completely engulfed Dr. Polendina.
"Didn't think that was possible." Ren said. "To half power like that.
Polendina briefly screams as the screen quickly cuts to the outside of the laboratory, until the roof blows off as Polendina's screams continue. The light faded as it is shown that the laboratory is shown to be completely destroyed.
"Is he...?" Penny asked with worry in her tone.
"I...I don't know Penny." Ruby said as she looked at her friend with concern. "He might've made it."
Jaune pants a bit as he catches his breath. "And point...proven!"
"Wow, that was...quicker than expected." Neptune said, impressed.
"Naw, he's alive up there." Jaune said as he looked up to the skies. "Plotting like the evil scientist he is."
The screen then cuts to Dr. Polendina, floating in outer space as he watches the planet. "Look at this planet. So beautiful." Polendina said in awe. "I'll never see it with my own eyes again..." Polendina sadly uttered as he began sobbing.
"Father." Penny said sadly as she looked down. "He's a good person. He doesn't deserve this."
Ruby then gave the robot girl a much needed hug.
The screen cuts back to the destroyed lab.
"Someone needs to kill him." Jaune said with conviction in his tone. "And by someone...I mean Remnant!" Jaune said as he raised both arms up.
"Wait, Jaune, no." Pyrrha pleaded, wishing he could hear her.
But Midas wasn't as keen as his dad was. "Wait, this doesn't seem right..."
"Yeah! Kill him, Jaune!" Neptune cheered on.
"Come on, dude," Sun groans.
"I'll be right back." Midas said as he flew to where Polendina was.
"Yeah! Kill him, Midas!" Neptune cheered.
"Hopefully Midas will be able to put a stop to this." Weiss said.
"You think he might be able to?" Velvet asked. "He's rather young."
"He has been shown to be quite smart for his age." Ren said. "He might be able to think of a solution."
"Hopefully so, Mr Ren." Ozpin says while looking to see what the young Arc does.
Back in space, Dr. Polendina continues crying as Midas suddenly appears near him.
"Hey, Dr. Polendina," Midas greeted until he noticed his sobbing. "I... Wait, are you crying?"
"I physically can't, but I'm just so sad..." Polendina sobbed.
"You're...not really evil at all, are you?" Midas asked.
"See, he sees he's not bad." Ruby smiled.
"No... I just want a body. Fifty years alone and trapped..." Polendina whimpered as he continued to cry,
An idea suddenly formed in Midas's head. "Can you wait one more?" Midas asked.
Then Neptune suddenly appeared onto the scene. "It's NEPTUNE TI-" Neptune cries out only for Dr. Polendina to casually slap him away.
"I mean, I guess..." Polendina accepted.
"At least he's willing to listen." Sun said, wincing at Neptune being slapped away.
Penny smiled at this. Her father was going to be alright after all.
Midas could then hear his father call from the planet below. "All right! Ready to kill him!"
"Jaune no!" Ruby cried out.
"Dad, no, we worked it out! He's not evil!" Midas quickly said.
"Oh." Jaune said as he's seen holding the Spirit Bomb in his hand. "Well, I can't just turn this off." Jaune said.
"Maybe if I just set it down..." Jaune mutters as an exploding sound is heard. The screen then shows Jaune lying in rubble. "Good work, team..." Jaune groans.
"Oh Jaune..." Pyrrha sighs but still smiles at her lovable partner.
ONE YEAR LATER
The skies have darken as lightning shot around as a beam of light emanating at Capsule Corp. The Dragon Balls shoot out the magical form of Shenron as he floats before Jaune and his friends.
"I am the Eternal Dragon." Shenron greeted in a deep tone. "State your..." He says until he sees it's the Z-Fighters and sighs. "Okay, who died?"
"Straight to it, huh?" Yang comments.
"Actually, nobody. In fact, we want you to create a whole new body." Midas asks.
"...I'm listening." Sheron said, interested.
"We want you to make a human body, and put that brain inside of it." Midas requests.
"Huh." Shenron lets out an impressed grunt. "Well, at least it's better than that last wish. Who summons the Eternal Dragon to melt some ice?"
"Hmm..." Polendina hummed in agreement.
"Your wish is granted." Shenron bellows as his eyes glow red, granting them their wish as Pietro Polendina is given his new human body.
"Thank you, everyone." Polendina said happily as everyone around him gave him horrified looks.
The screen peels back to show that the crown of Polendina's head is humongous in order to fit his already large brain, which is making loud heartbeat sounds. "Now I can live a normal life again."
The audience looked in horror and shock at the sight, even Saphron shielding her son's eyes.
"I think they might need to wait another year." Tai said.
"Ya think?" Qrow remarks.
"I would have a joke for this, but I'm too freaked out to say anything." Yang said, not taking her eyes off the screen.
"M-Maybe they should've used the Namek Dragon Balls." Ruby said, still freaked out by the large head.
They're Merlot and the Brain
Yes, Merlot and the Brain
Each is a genius
But one is insane
Their lair is girt by ice
Their ambitions, not nice
They're Merlot
They're Merlot and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain
Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain
Brain
They're making plans to steal
The world's strongest guy
By the ending of this spiel
One of them may just die
They're Merlot and the Brain
Yes, Merlot and the Brain
Their science seems arcane
And their practice inhumane
Attain new body lies
In Jaune Arc's demise
They're Merlot
They're Merlot and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain
Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain
Narf
The peak of the iceberg reveals Pinky and The Brain, with The Brain inside the exoskeleton as the screen fades to black.
"Huh, catchy." Nora said,
Ruby then looked at Penny. "I'm sorry about your dad."
Penny turned to Ruby with a small smile. "Thank you, friend Ruby. While his current circumstance is...unfortunate, I know now that he is at least happy. And that is all I want." Penny said with a bright smile.
Ruby smiled at her friend's optimism. "Yeah. and plus, they can use them again to downsize his brain a little."
Penny smiled once more. "That would be sensational!" Penny said as she gave Ruby a bone crushing hug.
"Uh, y-yeah! Definitely!" Ruby said in slight pain but still smiled at her robotic friend.
Thanks for reading this chapter of Worlds of Arc
This chapter was a lot easier compared to the last ones I've done, maybe because it was something different, but still, it was nice. Glad I was able to do a DBZA based chapter, it will probably be the last one I do for a while.
Anyways, I might go on break for a bit, or just work on my other stories for a while. I've neglected ones like my Avengers/Justice League crossover story, my own take on Transformers, my Spider-Man multiverse story, my own Avengers take. Just letting you know I do other stuff in case you're interested.
Anyways, next chapter will probably be another episode of Ben 10, we'll have to wait and see. Thanks and see you around!