Keybladelight: Sorry, haven't seen the Fate series yet and I don't plan on doing Multiverse of Madness any time soon.
INFNIT09: I might do another chapter based on Moon Knight someday.
Shadow-Proclamation8: I may do another Ben 10. I'll think about it.
SakuraAnne7583: Unfortunately not. The Fall of Cybertron chapters are finished for the time being and I don't intend on continuing it.
Avatar Conner: Glad you enjoyed it. As mentioned before, I might do another chapter on Moon Knight and we may see Khonshu there. We'll never know.
Gamelover41592: Thanks
Wanderer No.96: Thanks. I really enjoyed the series and thought it was done well.
Blue Phantasm: Could happen.
Alexdel27: Will do.
Jorge Azure: I do think it would be a good idea to expand on. It definitely does have potential. As for multiple personas, I do have some ideas on them. It's something I'm definitely gonna work on.
GhostFang GF: Sorry, haven't seen Bad Guys yet. As for God of War, I would like to do that one day. But I prefer having Jaune's kid as Atreus then Ruby, it makes much more sense.
HalloweenJackal0w0: I might do that. I just haven't read that much Moon Knight before. Except for the series I used for the fic.
Fmjl101: Thanks, I'm glad you think so highly of it.
A Gothic Writer: Sorry, I'm saving the Clone Wars reactions for the potential sequel.
Team Zephyr: Ozpin's reaction to Khonshu would definitely concern him a lot. I can see where you're coming from by the way Jaune acts and talks. The fic itself serves as more of a test. To see what it were like if Jaune acted as Mr. Knight. If I do another Moon Knight chapter, it'll definitely be more thought out and who Jaune is when he is Moon Knight.
Sardarhassan503: I'm sorry, but I haven't seen, nor do I intend to watch, Kamen Rider any time soon. I'm not doubting its quality, it's just not something I'm interested in seeing at the moment.
SPARTAN-626: I might do Moon Knight as said before. Anyways, thanks.
Snakeboy33: It would definitely trouble him to know that one of his students is in the service of a god.
Axelm94: glad you caught that.
Maximum Rhapsody: Sorry, but I'm going to have that in the story. I will get into the timeline changes in the potential sequel.
Reader: Interesting ideas. I'm sorry to say that the DBS Broly movie isn't happening. I did plan on doing that someday. But in the current state I'm in, I just wouldn't be willing to do it.
Guest: Maybe another time.
Fyr RedNight: Thank you.
Hecseferblade: I can get why.
WearyCurmudgeon: Thanks.
BL4Z3: I would love nothing more to do a Forever Red chapter, especially since Jason David Frank sadly passed away recently.
ZonalJump97: I felt that Ozpin being Otto would get a far more emotional response than if it were someone they already knew was evil. I thought that Ozpin and Otto share some qualities with each other.
NoXIV: That would be a good episode to do.
Narsh Vm Sigma: I never watched Megaforce or Super Megaforce all the way through, I stopped watching by the time RPM came around. But what I have seen or heard about it made me think that it's definitely one of the worst seasons.
Silverking77: Neither is happening I'm afraid. Jaune, I don't think it's as good as the Mandalorian and I stopped watching Rick and Morty a while ago.
StormWolf16: I agree with you there.
Wearedeadpool: Sorry, I like your ideas and suggestions. But I don't think I'm going to be doing the Injustice Movie.
GodsReader15: Thanks for the input. I might do John Wick, but I think other reaction fics did it better then I could.
Guest: You are right that I lost a bit of my passion while writing. But I do intend to improve on it while I can. Thank you for your honest opinion.
Pharamine: That's fine. I don't expect everyone to like everything I put out. I may do a list of future reactions for the sequel, probably in the epilogue.
: Sorry, I'm not bringing in any more new people this late into the story. I might bring her in the sequel. As for my choices for the six, they'll be revealed once they show up.
"Alright then." View said as he came into the room. "Who's ready to watch another world?" View, gaining a few "Yeahs" and nods.
It was then that Ruby spoke up. "Um, View? There's actually something I wanna ask."
View was a little surprised by this but went along with it. "And what might that be?" View asked curiously.
"Is there any chance we could go back to the last world, the one with Spider-Jaune?" Ruby asked.
View was quite surprised to hear this. "Really? This soon?" View said. "Are you sure? Considering what recently happened in that world, do you really want to continue with it?"
Ruby however wasn't deterred from this. "I just think that we need to know how things play out for Jaune. And to see him beat Adam and the Demons."
"I agree." Weiss said.
"Me too." Sun chimed in.
"I think we are all in agreement over this, View." Ozpin said as most if not all of the audience were in agreement.
"Well alright then." View said as with the snap of his fingers. The orb belonging to the Spider-Man world. "Let's continue on where we last left off." View said as he started putting the orb in.
"Good." Yang said. "I can't wait to see Jaune give it to those Demon Jerks for what they did at the rally and what they did to Jeff." Yang said.
"Hopefully, he'll be stopped." Blake said with some hope in her tone as the screen started up once more as everyone put their attention on it to see what happens next.
The screen turned on to show the aftermath of Jeff's funeral, with Jaune currently in his Spider-Man suit, perched on a building as he watched over the cemetery in sorrow and guilt. "I'm sorry, Jeff." Jaune spoke with remorse in his tone.
"Oh yeah...The funeral." Ruby remembered where the last viewing of this left off.
"I just hope Oscar and his mom are going to be okay." Weiss hoped.
"He's bound to be in a troubled state." Glynda said. "Losing a parent is not something easy to get through."
Ironwood nodded in agreement. "Hopefully, Mr Arc and Miss Nikos can put Mr. Taurus to justice."
Deciding not to stay there any further, Jaune leaped from the building and swung off in a different direction. He decided to call Blake for any information she might've had.
"I'm busy, What's up?" Blake's voice spoke from the other line.
"Have you started to look for Adam Taurus yet?" Spidey asked.
"No. I told you, I can't start a manhunt based on a hunch from Spider-Man." Blake said.
"But I'm telling you, he's the guy." Jaune insisted as he swung through the streets.
Blake was still in doubt over this. "Get me some solid evidence and we'll talk." Blake said.
"Solid evidence. Right." Jaune said to himself before he hung up on the phone with Blake. But not before calling Pyrrha.
"Can't believe they don't believe him." Nora huffed as she crossed her arms.
Ren placed a hand on his partner's shoulder. "It's like Blake said, Nora. he needs to find something that connects Adam to the Demon."
"It's probably why Taurus eliminated the witness." Ironwood said.
"Hey, it's me." Jaune greeted.
"Hey. So what are you thinking?" Pyrrha asked softly to the blonde.
"I'm thinking I screwed up." Jaune said in a bitter tone towards himself. "And that kid lost his father."
Ruby and Jaune's team and friends looked in sadness at their friend blaming himself.
"He shouldn't blame himself." Ruby said. "He couldn't have known what could've happened."
"Plus, he was knocked out when the attack happened." Yang pointed out. "He was even trying to stop Adam."
"That may be. But that's not gonna stop him feeling guilty about what happened." Blake said.
"It's a hard lesson to learn that everyone can be saved." Ozpin solemnly said.
"I know you too well to say you should give yourself a break." Pyrrha said. "What about the police, do they have any leads on Taurus?" Pyrrha asked.
"They're not even looking for him." Jaune said in disappointment. "Even Blake doesn't believe me."
"Then it's up to us to find him." Pyrrha said in a determined tone. "I've been doing some research...Go to this address." Pyrrha said as the location appeared in a small hub inside of mask HUD. "Adam Taurus bought a controlling interest in this recycling center last year." Pyrrha explained.
"You think he's hiding out there?" Jaune wondered.
"Maybe. We know he's not at F.E.A.S.T. If he's not at the recycling center, maybe you'll find some evidence as to where he might be." Pyrrha theorized.
"Very good work on your part Miss Nikos," Winter complimented the redhead student.
Pyrrha smiled and nodded. "Thank you, Miss Schnee."
"I can see why you and Mr Arc make for a good pair." Winter said, unintentionally making Pyrrha slightly blush at that.
"Yeah." Jaune said with some optimism in stopping him coming to the young man. "Good work, Pyr." Jaune complimented his partner. "I'll let you know what I find." Jaune said as he proceeded to swing his way down to the recycling center to find Adam or anything leading to him.
"Oh, one more thing." Pyrrha said. "I talked with a detective about questioning the arrested Demons. They're all calming Adam Taurus has the power to, quote, 'corrupt' people."
"Corrupt?" Jaune said in a tone that was a mix of disbelief and surprise. "What does that mean?"
"They say it's sort of like mind control. It brings out the 'negative' parts of you. Makes you do things you wouldn't normally do." Pyrrha explained.
"Sounds creepy." Sun commented.
"To have that power in your hands." Tai said. "You could control millions to do your bidding."
"Not unless you have a strong will to resist it." Ozpin countered.
"Hmm. Sounds a little far-fetched." Jaune said in a doubtful tone.
"This coming from a guy who can run up walls." Pyrrha said in an amused tone as they hung up on each other and Spider-Man continued with his travel to the recycling center.
Just as Jaune was swinging, he was getting an oncoming podcast alert from J Jonah. And instead of hearing the angry rants as usual, it started off very differently.
"Today is a day for somber reflection. For mourning and honoring fallen heroes like Jefferson Pine. But it's also a day to vow: never again. It stops here." Jonah said, his voice conveying his absolute seriousness.
"Some people say I blame everything on Spider-Man. Well, I don't blame him for the bombing. That cowardly act is squarely the responsibility of whoever committed it. But if we're going to keep the city safe. We can no longer tolerate the kind of lawlessness Spider-Man and his ilk represent. This is our city. And by god, we are going to take it back."
"Huh, I...wasn't expecting that from him." Velvet said.
"Shows how serious he really is about his city."
"He is right about one thing." Ruby said. "It's going to stop." Ruby said with a serious tone in her voice, something that everyone agreed with.
After a few minutes of web swinging, Spider-Man had finally made his way to the recycling center, where there were several Demon henchmen located in the area. "Pyr's hunch was right. Place is crawling with Demons." Jaune thought to himself as he was positioned on top of a lamppost near the entrance, surveying the area. "Gotta take these guys out, then have a look around."
"Alright!" Sun grinned as he eagerly watched the screen. "Can't wait to see these jerks get what's coming to them."
"Hell yeah." Coco nodded in agreement.
Spider-Man web-zipped himself into the center, landing on a post that was nearby to two unsuspecting demons who were nearby a truck. Jaune needed those two apart from each other, so he sent a stray web shot onto a nearby board at the front of the truck, gaining the attention of the two demons. One of them moved over to investigate the disturbance, but as he left his comrade alone, Jaune jumped down onto the ground and instantly webbed the demon to the back of the truck. He then snaked over to the other Demon and knocked him over to the ground and webbed him up there.
"Very good." Winter complimented. "Despite him standing out in bright red and blue, he blends in very well."
"I know if this were that Mr. Knight guy. He'd just walk right in and beat all of those guys up." Yang said.
"Maybe." Weiss said. "But I don't know how he'd handle their powers."
"Still would be cool though." Yang shrugged.
"No doubt." Nora said in agreement.
Jaune was quickly on the move as he proceeded to make his way through the center, taking out any Demons that was in his way, either by knocking them down to the ground, webbing them up by a lamppost or just using his strength to take down any unsuspecting Demon until he was met with a locked door.
"Very impressive work." Tai complimented. "It takes some skill to take out all those guys without causing an alarm."
Jaune inspected the door with interest. "Hmm. High-security lock. They use these on banks, not recycling centers." Jaune said to himself as he stepped back from the door. "Maybe if I can find where it gets its power from." Jaune thought as he used his lenses to see a control panel behind a bunch of boxes, which he promptly destroyed.
"Ah ha! That's it!" Spidey said as he used his electric webs to open the door's lock. He proceeded his way through the room until he found himself inside of a room filled with maps, devices and other things.
"Very good observation on Mr. Arc's part." Penny said.
"Man, these Demons are really keen on their security." Sun commented.
"I imagine that'll be the least of their concerns by now." Glynda said.
He looked over at the map of the city and saw several circled in ares. "These must be where they're planning to attack." Jaune theorized until he noticed something. "Wait, these are Schnee campaign offices." Jaune said in surprise. "All the paths originate from the same address." Jaune said.
Woah," Yang breathed out. "He really hates the Schnees." Yang said, causing Weiss to look down at the floor while her partner looks at her with worry.
"I think in this case, it's just Jacques." Pyrrha said.
He then noticed some of the devices and tech the Demons had in inspected them. "Lots of high tech equipment." Jaune commented. "Maybe later I can recycle this stuff into some weapons of my own."
"Would be rather useful." Ozpin said.
"I am quite curious to see what Mr Arc. would make from that." Penny said.
"I am as well." Ironwood said in agreement.
"Plus, taking stuff away from the Demons will sure piss 'em off for sure." Qrow said.
Jaune continued to investigate the area for more things the Demons had planned. Starting with a box filled with explosives to weapon crates. "Explosives from Xiong's construction site, Guns from Xiong's armory" Jaune listed off as he found a schematic of a truck bomb. "Truck bombs? This is crazy..." Jaune said in shock at all of this. "This wasn't a gang war. The Demons were stealing from Xiong to go after Mayor Schnee." Jaune said as he then decided to call Pyrrha to let her know what he found out.
"At least the Demons aren't going to get their hands back on any of this stuff." Yang said.
"Maybe, but it does make me wonder how much more of it they have already." Ren said.
"Hopefully, Jaune will stop them before they use it to take any more lives." Ruby hoped.
"Hey, did you find Taurus?" Pyrrha asked.
"No. But you were right. Taurus's using this place as a front for the Demons. Bomb-making, gun running..." Jaune said as he opened up a nearby grate wall, pulled on it and leaded his way out of the room and started swinging through the city.
"Oh my god..." Pyrrha gasped in shock.
"And it looks like they're planning another attack, this time on Jacques Schnee's campaign offices..." Jaune informed.
"Taurus must have some kind of beef with Jacques Schnee." Pyrrha theorized.
"But what could he have done to Adam to cause him to do any of this?" Ruby asked.
"It's my father. The list with him isn't bound to be endless." Weiss bitterly remarked, causing her teammates to look at her with worry, along with her sister.
Ilia looked at the Schnee heiress with curiosity. Was she...? Ilia quickly shook her head at this, trying to ignore the possibility that she wasn't as bad as she knew. Was she?
"I found an address here. I think it's their staging area... If I hurry, I might be able to stop them." Jaune said as he started to make his way there.
"Be careful!" Pyrrha warred with worry as the call went off and Jaune started to call Blake.
"Blake, it's me." Spidey said.
"Make it quick, I'm busy getting yelled at by my boss..." Blake said in a hurried tone.
"What for?" Yang asked with a frown at her partner, possibly being chastised.
"Her boss is probably not happy with the Demon's actions." Coco suggested.
"Not for long." Nora said with a grin.
"Adam Taurus and the demons are planning another attack, this time on Jacques Schnee's campaign offices." Spider-Man explained.
"Are you sure?" Blake said with some doubt in her tone. "We've had a lot of false leads in the past week."
"Trust me on this one I'm sending you the address of a recycling center, you'll find all the evidence there." Spider-Man said with certainty.
"Got it. I'll get those campaign offices evacuated. But if you're wrong about this, you're gonna help me find a new job." Blake said as the call went off and Jaune continued to travel to the location.
"No chance." Yang said with assurance. "Jaune's got everything to put those bastards away!"
"Language!" Tai chastised, causing Yang to shrink slightly and Ruby to giggle at her sister's reaction.
"Besides, maybe Blake will probably make a good sidekick for Jaune!" Nora grinned, causing Blake to give her a look of shock and annoyance.
"What!?" Blake exclaimed, much to the amusement of Sun, her parents and Ilia.
After a few Web-Swinging, Spider-Man had made his way to the next location of where the Demons where held. He saw that the place was being guarded with Demons, not only on the ground, but there were also snipers surveying the area as well.
"Consolidated Shipping. Lotta guys. I should try to do this quietly. But also with style." Spidey said to himself. An idea then formed in his head, deciding to use the tech he found at the recycling center, he made himself a new web gadget to use. He fired it at a stack of boxes down below as a Demon was walking by it. When suddenly, a web line fired from the trap, latched onto the Demon and stuck him on the stack.
"Nice!" Yang grinned. "Looks like he's sticking around for a while!"
Groans were heard by the audience, except for Tai.
"Yang, please stop..." Ruby muttered.
Penny was quite impressed herself with the way Jaune handled the Demon with his new tech. "Impressive!" Penny complimented. "This version of Jaune Arc truly does have quite the intelligence."
"And that, my friends, is what karmic justice looks like."Spidey said to himself as he proceeded on with taking out the rest of the Demons. He started with taking out the snipers positioned on the roofs first by either taking them down from behind or webbing them up to poles. He then went to take care of the Demons on the ground. He was very quick and angled when taking the rest of them out, webbing them to the wall, using his new trap gadget, making stuff fall on them or just using his fighting skills.
"Man, he isn't messing around." Sun said, amazed by the sheer force and speed Jaune was going at.
"Considering what they did at the rally, I can hardly blame him if he has some pent up aggression." Winter said.
After dealing with all of the Demons, Spider-Man leaped down onto the ground and looked around the area. "Taurus's not out here." Spider-Man muttered a slight annoyance. "Better check inside." Jaune said as he headed towards a nearby door to the building.
"There may be something that could lead to his position." Ironwood suggested.
"Hopefully so, old friend." Ozpin said as he took a sip from his coffee.
He entered inside to see what appeared to be a workplace office. What caught his eye in the room was the poster with markings on it, indicating different bases and locations the Demons were holding up in.
"Those must be their hideouts." Blake theorized.
"Man, there sure are a lot of them." Ruby commented.
"I wouldn't worry about them for too long, sis." Yang said with assurance. "Now that Jaune's found them, they're gonna get an ass-kicking to remember."
"They have bases all around the city..." Spider-Man said with worry in his tone. "This is bigger than I thought. Looks like the Demons have an army." Spider-Man said as he then proceeded to exit out of the room.
"At least now He can let Blake know about this and cut down their bases." Tai said with optimism.
"That's a good start." Glynda said.
But the moment he walked out of the room, he noticed one Demon henchman standing on a rooftop in front of him. But this Demon was equipped with negative powered whips as he whipped them on the ground, showing off it's power as Spidey got into a defensive stand as the Demon jumped down before him, showing off his skills with the whips as Spidey dodged out of the way of an attempt on him.
"Woah! Look at the whips on this guy." Coco exclaimed in shock, as did the audience.
"Man, I'd be geeking out about those whips if they weren't being used to try and kill Jaune." Ruby said.
"They wouldn't get the chance," Saphron said in support of her little brother.
"Let's hope so." Ilia said quietly.
"As if one deadly glowing whip wasn't enough..." Spider-Man jokingly remarked. He tried to fire a couple of web rounds to incapacitate him, but the Demon just merely whipped them out of the way. The Demon then tried to slash Spider-Man for that as he narrowly dodged out of the way of his whips. He knew he needed to do something else to take this guy down.
"There should be a name for guys like these." Sun said.
"You mean like, Whiplash?" Ruby suggested.
"Ah, no." View pipped up. "That name is already taken by someone else."
"Oh." Ruby said in disappointment.
Suddenly an idea formed in his head once he saw a nearby box. He fired two web lines onto it and threw it at the Demon, stunning him. Smirking under his mask, Jaune threw more and more stuff at the Demon as he was too stunned to retaliate. This gave Jaune the opening he needed. He fired a web line onto the Demons chest and the pulled himself towards him while sliding on the ground so that he could be right behind him, started to threw a wave of punches at the Demon, even ending up in the air as he did so and then gave one final right hook that knocked the down back onto the ground.
"Nice!" Yang cheered. "Score one for lo-vomit boy!" Yang quickly corrected herself.
"What was that Yang?" Tai asked, raising a brow.
"Nothing!" Yang whistled innocently, gaining looks from Pyrrha and Velvet.
"Subtle." Weiss remarked with a small smirk, prompting Yang to stick her tongue out at the heiress.
"Well, that takes care of that." Spidey commented as he fired a web line and leaped off the ground and was about to let Pyrrha know of what he learned.
But before he could properly leave the area, two cable lines descended from a building nearby as two soldiers in white and gray armor started to descend down the wire and onto the ground.
The audience were taken aback by the sudden appearance of what appeared to be armed forces entering onto the scene.
"Who the heck are these guys?" Sun said.
"Don't know, they look military though." Ghira said. "Maybe called in to handle the Demons."
"Well, they're a little too late." Nora said with a grin as she crossed her arms. "Spider-Jaune's already taken care of the Demons."
"...Copy Silver Bird, we are descending to location. "One of the armored men said as they reached the bottom. "There's another one. Safeties off." The other soldier said as they brought out rifles and aimed it at the Demon who was struggling to get up.
"Well This is new." Spider-Man commented on the sight he continued to watch from his vantage point.
The Demon tried to get up, but he was met with the butt of the soldier's rifle. He then kicked the Demon to the ground. "No, no, no. This one's mine." The first soldier said in an intense tone.
"What are they doing?" Ironwood growled in anger at this. This wasn't how soldiers were supposed to act. Which led to him coming to the conclusion that these were mercenaries instead.
"Doesn't look like these guys are gonna be exactly restrained against the Demons." Yang said.
"It does look like it." Penny said in agreement
"Alright..." His partner said as the first soldier put the Demon on his knees and aimed his rifle at the back of his head. "I'm executing this son of a...
"What!?" Ruby exclaimed in shock.
"That is completely unnecessary!" Pyrrha said. While she did think that the Demons should answer for their crimes, she didn't believe killing them would solve things.
"Hey!" Spidey said as he webbed the other soldier down on the ground from behind. "That's not how we do things... down... town!" Spidey said as he leaped off of the other soldier and kicked the first soldier down.
But suddenly, his Spider Sense was going off, warning him of incoming danger. He immediately turned himself around to see two more soldiers in white aiming their guns at him. "Code SM one." One of the soldiers announced on their coms. As Spidey looked around he saw that there were more soldiers around him pointing their weapons at him.
"Code SM one?" Terra questions.
"Sounds like they were prepared for him." Ironwood said.
"But why?" Saphron asked. "He's trying to stop the Demons as well."
"Maybe they don't like the competition?" Nora suggested.
"Doesn't seem like it." Ren said.
Spidey raised his hands up in a relaxed fashion. "Whoa, whoa! Before we do this... who the hell are you guys?" Spider-Man asked.
"Code SM one, code SM one, holding for orders." The soldier repeated as small, circular objects then fell seemingly out of the sky and right behind Spider-Man, not noticing what was happening behind him.
"Well, that's gonna be concerning, I'll bet." Tai said.
"At this point, anything could happen." Qrow said.
"Copy code SM one. I have a visual." Another soldier said as a helicopter flew into the scene. "Hold for Silver Bird."
"Silver bird?" Blake said with a curious look.
Spider-Man watched as the helicopter hovered in the area. He then noticed that inside of the helicopter was a woman in a silver trench coat with a fierce look on her face as she looked down at Spider-Man as he narrowed his eyes at this new woman.
"Winter!?" Weiss exclaimed in shock that her elder sister is the one who the mercenaries answer to.
"I'm...in this?" Winter said, surprised that she was in this world.
"And it looks like you're the leader." Ozpin said.
"And trying to kill Arc." Qrow remarked, prompting glares from both of the Schnee sisters.
"Well we don't know just yet." Ruby said in defense of her partner's sister. "She might be nice and try to help Jaune."
Pulling out a pair of hand guns, the woman jumped out of the helicopter and down at the ground, shooting at Spider-Man while she did so, forcing the Wall-Crawler jump back away from the shots, and where the objects where, as she then landed right behind him, aiming her pistols at him as Police started arriving at the scene.
"Yep. That looks really helpful alright." Coco remarked, causing Ruby to shrink slightly at being wrong.
"Pretty impressive she's doing that in the air." Kali said.
"Yeah, just wished she wasn't trying to kill my brother." Saphron said with a small glare.
"Those are warning shots." Ironwood observed. "She's pushing him back to those objects on the ground."
"Nice entrance. Solid 8 out of 10." Spider-Man complimented as the woman slowly walked towards him. All of a sudden, ropes started to shoot out of the objects and they wrapped themselves around Spider-Man's body, immobilizing him as he grunted in pain as the ropes were electric ropes. The woman gave a small smirk at this as Spider-Man continued to struggle.
"NINE out of 10..." Spider-Man quickly remarked.
"Why are they trapping him?" Ruby asked. "He's trying to help."
"Maybe they were hired to take on him as well." Velvet suggested.
"Oh great!" Yang sarcastically exclaimed, throwing her hands up. "As if he didn't have enough on his plate."
Just then, a police car rolled up right where Spider-Man and this new woman were, with Captain Blake coming right out of him. "Release him, he works with us." Blake demanded.
"Alright, Blake to the rescue!" Yang cheered her partner.
"Hopefully this will get sorted soon." Glynda said.
After a few seconds, the woman pressed a button on her pistol as she holstered them away as the ropes around Spider-Man deactivated, freeing him as he got up from the ground.
"Blake? Explanation, please." Spidey requested, a little in pain after being stunned.
"This is Winter Sablinova, head of Sable International, a private security force. Paid for by Mayor Schnee." Blake explained.
"Wait...Sablinova?" Weiss repeated as she looked shocked by the last name. "Not Schnee?"
"Is it...an alias perhaps?" Winter asked as she looked up at View for an explanation.
"Not quite." View said. "You see, in this universe...you and Jacques are not related."
The audience was quite shocked to hear about this. They didn't think there would be a chance that some universes where they wouldn't have relatives or loved ones with them.
Winter wasn't sure how to feel about this. A part of her felt...relieved at this. Winter had tried to form a meaningful bond with her father in her younger years, but felt little to no love from her father, seeing her, Weiss and even Whitley as nothing more than assets. But she was curious as to why she would work for someone like Jacques, even if they weren't related in this world.
"Oh, the mayor has a pet army now?" Spider-Man remarked.
But Winter was not so easily charmed by Spider-Man's banter. "Next time you get in my way, I will not be so gentle." Winter said in a threatening tone.
"Sounds like she means it too." Sun said.
"If only I could see that Mr. Arc has good intentions." Winter said.
"Probably doesn't care for his banter in battle." Glynda said.
"I could see that." Winter admitted. "But still, it would be good to have him as an asset with his power and knowledge."
Blake turned to Spider-Man, who noticed him staring down Winter. "Go. We'll talk later."
Spider-Man stared down Winter for a few more seconds before walking away and web swinging his way out of the area.
"Well. that went well." Yang remarked.
"At least Jaune found out what he needed." Weiss said. "With that, he'll be closer in dismantling the Demons operations."
"And hopefully stop Adam." Ren added.
After leaving the scene, Spider-Man was currently perched on top of a pole as he was currently getting a call from Blake.
"Hey, sorry about that Winter thing…" Blake apologized. "I should have told you earlier, but it all happened so fast."
But Jaune wasn't bothered by this. "It's okay. We're still best buds."
"We're not best buds." Blake said in a stern and annoyed tone.
"Well, that took a dark turn." Jaune remarked.
"Blake!" Yang cried out dramatically. "How could you be so cruel!"
Blake rolled her eyes at her partner. "Very funny." Blake said dryly, but still left a small smirk.
"Anyway," Blake said. "Winter has the mayor's ear and unchecked authority. We've searched that address you gave me, found plenty evidence of a bomb plot. But nothing that leads back to Adam Taurus."
"Damn!" Coco quietly cursed.
"They have to find something on him." Terra said.
"They will." Ren said. "It's just a matter of finding the right evidence."
"I'm working on that." Jaune said as he hung up on Blake and called Pyrrha. "Hey Pyr." Jaune greeted.
"Hey, so I dredged up some records on Adam Taurus's other business holdings. He's got places all over the city." Pyrrha informed.
"Hm." Jaune hummed in interest. "The locations lineup with a map I found at that shipping business. I'll check 'em out."
"Let me know what you find at each one, and I'll work on building a case." Pyrrha said.
"Hopefully, it'll be enough to incriminate him." Glynda said.
"Agreed." Penny nodded. "As well as stopping whatever his intention may be with Devil's Breath."
"Hopefully, he won't get a chance to use it." Pyrrha said.
"You got it. I'm headed to Taurus's office at F.E.A.S.T. to see if I can learn more about why he's doing this, and what he's got planned next." Jaune said as he made a leap off the pole he was on and made his way to FEAST.
"Okay. Say hi to Glynda for me..." Pyrrha said before a thought entered her head. "Wait, you don't think she's in danger, do you?" Pyrrha asked with concern.
"No. Taurus's only got one target on his mind. Jacques Schnee." Jaune assured as the call went off and Jaune continued to swing to FEAST.
"Considering the number of people he killed at the rally, I wouldn't be surprised." Winter said as she crossed her arms.
"Best to be sure." Ironwood said. "I wouldn't put it past him to use Glynda as a hostage."
As he was swinging, Jaune noticed a voicemail from Ozpin. "Missed another call from Doc…" Jaune said as he began wearing what his mentor wanted to say to him.
"Jaune. I wanted to make sure you're still available. I can't pay you yet, but I've pulled enough strings to keep the wolves from the door a bit longer. If we can get up and running, I know this new version of the project will attract investment. Massive investment. Stay ready." Ozpin said as the voice mail stopped.
"Sounds like I'm making good progress in my research." Ozpin said.
"Hopefully, it goes well." Ruby said with optimism.
"Fingers triple crossed, Doc." Jaune said with hope in his tone as he eventually made it to FEAST.
"At least there is some good news with Ozpin's counterpart." Velvet said in a slightly optimistic tone.
The scene changed to Glynda organizing her duties in the FEAST kitchen when she noticed her nephew entering the room
"Jaune!"
"So, if you're running this place while Mr. Taurus is out of town, who's doing your old job?" Jaune asked as he walked up to her.
"Ha... Me." Glynda chuckled. "But I could always use more help. You know anyone?" Glynda asked as Jaune picked up a nearby box.
"I do seem to do most of the work around Beacon." Glynda muttered to herself while sending a subtle glare at Ozpin, who was calmly sipping his coffee.
"Actually, I do." Jaune said. "His name is Oscar Pine." Jaune said as he placed the box down.
"Why does that sound familiar?" Glynda asked, trying to think of who it was.
"His father was being honored at City Hall." Jaune said with a somber tone.
Glynda then understood who he was talking about. "Oh." Glynda said in understanding.
"I talked to him at the funeral. He's a smart kid. He's just having a tough time." Jaune said.
"Maybe it could help him." Ruby said. "Helping others."
"Hopefully so, Ruby." Blake said.
"I knew a boy like that, once." Glynda said as she gave Jaune a small smile.
"I remember it helped to... stay busy. Might help him, too." Jaune said as he looked to his Aunt fondly. "Here's his mom's number." Jaune said as he handed Glynda the number.
"Thanks. I'll give her a call." Glynda said.
"That's a nice thing to do." Saphron smiled at her brother's counterpart.
"Let's hope that Oscar kid will be up for it." Coco said.
"It might help him with the grief." Velvet said. "Hopefully it does at least."
"Hey, You haven't heard from Mr. Taurus, have you?" Jaune asked.
"No, why?" Glynda asked.
"Just curious." Jaune asked, hoping that she hadn't been involved with him. "I've got a few minutes before work. I'm gonna... look around, see if there's anything else I can do to help you out." Jaune offered, though that would be on the side to finding out more about Adam and his goals.
Sun let out a small sigh of relief at this. "Okay, good thing to know."
"I'm hoping Jaune will be able to find something that may stop Adam." Pyrrha said.
"Oh, you don't have to..." Glynda said.
"I know. I want to." Jaune said as he smiled at his Aunt and left the room as Glynda smiled at her nephew as she went back to her duties.
"Y'know, they really do have a good bond in this world." Blake said with a small smile.
"I tend to agree." Weiss said
"Yes...I suppose." Glynda said, thinking about how this world's version and Jaune's bond is.
"I should check out Taurus's office." Jaune thought to himself as he made his way upstairs to the upper area. He walked down the hall and found Adam's office.
He tried to open the door but found that the office was locked. "His office is locked. How do I get in there? Quietly?" Jaune pondered to himself as he began looking around the area to find another entry point. He looked up to the ceiling and found a ventilation entry. Checking around to see no one could see him, Jaune used his web shooters to sling himself up onto the ceiling and climbed inside of the vents.
"Bingo." Nora said with a grin.
"He's incredibly lucky no one was there to notice that." Qrow said.
As he began crawling, he quickly noticed another entrance near him, to an unknown room to him. "Huh, never seen that room before." Jaune thought to himself. He kept crawling until he stopped when he saw voltage lines come near him, muck to his shock. "High voltage lines... what needs this much power?" Jaune wondered as he quickly turned it off using his webs and giving him a clear way.
"With all this extra security, he for sure has something to hide." Nora said.
"I agree. " Ren said to his partner. "The question is what exactly it is."
"Hopefully it'll be something that'll prove his involvement with the Demons." Pyrrha said.
He crawled until he heard the sound of his Aunt Glynda talking to someone on the phone directly below him. He looked down to see what his Aunt was talking about.
"...I understand, but the account number is in Mr. Taurus's office, which is, uh, inaccessible." Glynda explained. "I will call you back as soon as I can get that information. No. I don't know when that will be..." Glynda said as she turned off the call. "What would Ben do...?" Glynda wondered to herself as she walked away.
"Man, I really feel bad for Miss Goodwitch." Ruby said with sympathy.
"Me too." Yang said. "Can't imagine things are gonna be easy for her now."
Jaune let out a small sight at this. He went back to crawling through the ventilation shaft and finally found the one leading to Adam's office. He opened and jumped down into Adam's office as he was standing in the middle of it.
"Now to find a way into that secret room." Coco said.
"Hopefully it won't be that hard." Velvet hoped it was the case.
He looked over to the right to see a shrine. "That room I saw from the crawlspace should he fight on the other side of the shrine." Jaune said as he began looking around in Adam's office or a hint or really anything that would help him. He looked through the draws and found a journal with a key inside of it. "Taurus's journal..." Jaune said, but picking up the key first and inspecting it.
"His journal might give way to some clue about the secret room or anything else that may be of assistance." Ozpin said.
A key wonder where the lock is?" Jaune wondered, but not before reading Adam's journal to find out more about him and his involvement with the Demons.
Oct 2018
Junior Xiong has been arrested. I can barely believe it. The day I've planned for - dreamed of - is finally but for some reason I hesitate. Can I really go through with this?
Things will happen so quickly if I give the word. My men will claim Xiong's arms, his explosives, his secrets, We'll use that strength to teach Norman true pain. Hell knows what it is to see the things he loves destroyed by his own hands...
But achieving that end will mean giving up so much. Everything I've built here at F.E.A.S.T. - all the good I've done - could be wiped out if my plan succeeds. My chance is finally here yet still I should I turn back? A part of me wants to. But... the Demon is hungry... and I don't think I'm strong enough to hold it back..."
"Taurus sounds... conflicted." Jaune said as he finished reading his notes. "Almost like he didn't want to head down this path..."
"What caused him to do this?" Ruby wondered.
"I can't imagine it would be any good, Miss Rose." Ironwood said.
Jaune then walked over to the other end of Adam's desk and saw a photo of him and Glynda together, with the shrine behind them, but without the picture of Adam's parents.
"Hm. The shrine in the photo is missing the picture." Jaune noted He looked down and saw that there was a note. "Looks like this note is for Glynda..." Jaune thought as he began reading it.
Dear Glynda,
Very soon, you'll hear stories about me. Stories claiming I'm a terrorist and a murderer. Those stories will be true.
But the story we wrote together - the story of F.E.A.S.T. - is also true. I want you to know that I always believed in our mission. It wasn't a front, or a show. It was an honest expression of my heart. When you help someone, you truly do help everyone.
Please don't let my failings shake your belief. You are strong, Glynda. Strong enough to tell a new story at F.E.A.S.T., one unburdened by my faults.
Thank you for all you've done,
Adam
"Sounded like he actually did care about what he was doing with Glynda." Ghira said.
"Maybe." Blake said. "But it still doesn't change what he did at the rally."
Jaune inwardly sighed in disappointment at this. He always thought Adam did good things for the community. To see him like this was something he never thought possible.
He looked around the room and found a book nearby. "This is the ghost story Taurus's father read to him." Jaune recalled as he began reading from a page. "About a Demon that could only be mastered through balance"
"Remember," the old man said, "only balance can master the Demon's strength. Without balance, the monster will turn on any who attempt to control it."
"Truer words." Ozpin thought in agreement.
Jaune looked over to the wall where all of Adam's achievements and awards were placed. "Taurus did so much for the city…I can't believe he was hiding such darkness inside him." Jaune said.
"It truly is sad to see him like this." Ghira shook his head. "His rage always did blind him."
Jaune then decided to take a closer look at the shrine in the room, one with the portrait of his parents. Using the key he found, Jaune unlocked the side of the portrait, causing it to turn over, revealing the symbols from the photograph.
"Some kind of puzzle lock?" Jaune said out loud as he began twisting and turning things around to try and figure out the right combination that would hopefully lead to the other room. That seems right.
After careful deduction as he moved the symbols in a certain position, he heard gears click into place, finding the right combination.
"Yes!" Jaune quietly celebrated in succession as the cabinet started to open, making a small gap.
"Nice work." Qrow complimented.
"Indeed." Ozpin said. "You would have quite the mind to figure something like that out."
"Now hopefully there's something that can lead to Adam and whatever he's planning." Yang said.
Jaune opened the cabinet all the way, revealing the other secret room inside. "Whoa." Jaune said in awe as he entered the inside of the secret room, revealing a whole room filled with secrets and information. "What are you hiding, Taurus?" Jaune asked as he began investigating around the room.
"Man, now there's a secret room if I've ever seen one." Sun whistled.
"And how many have you seen?" Blake asked with a raised brow.
"Not...a lot admittedly." Sun chuckled.
"Looks like there's plenty of stuff here Adam has hidden." Pyrrha said.
Jaune walked over to a table which held one Demon Mask and a few weapons embedded with negative energy. "Taurus's sure is obsessed with masks…" Jaune remarked as he held one up in his hand. "Is it a Jungian thing? Like…he needed to pretend to be someone else to let his darkest feelings out?" Jaune theorized as he placed the mask back down.
"For what purpose?" Tai wondered.
"Guess we'll find out soon enough." Qrow said.
He looked down over to the weapons. "Taurus's giving his powers to the others." Jaune said as he held up the sword. "How does Taurus imbue these with his powers?" Jaune questions. "Bio-electic induction? Compressed phase shift?" He guessed as he placed the sword back down.
"Interesting suggestions." Penny said to herself while logging them down in her database.
Jaune moved to where there was a wall filled with clips, newspaper articles and all sorts of information. All of them involve one man. "This is all about Jacques Schnee. His whole career. Taurus must have been obsessed with him." Jaune said as he looked over the wall.
"But what could he have possibly done to make Adam go on this path?" Ironwood wondered.
"Whatever it is, it must've been, it might be something worse than we could've imagined." Glynda said.
"He can't be that bad." Saphron said.
"It's my father." Weiss bitterly said. "I don't doubt whatever it is, it would be highly damaging."
He then decided to check out the other table. He walked over to see a photograph, a folder, and a tape recorder. Checking the recorder first, he pressed the play button and heard Taurus's voice. "Can feel my power growing, feeding off my anger. Father would say I've lost the path of balance, but he could never understand, the only way to fight a monster is to become one." Adam spoke with a haunting tone as the tape ended.
"Well, that was...unnerving." Yang remarked.
"What is the cause of his powers?" Winter pondered. "They can't have come from nowhere."
Jaune looked over at the photograph and saw that it was Adam's parents. Except it was done in a photo-negative style.
"Creepy." Jaune shuddered at the sight of the disturbing picture.
"Well, as if there wasn't enough nightmare fuel in this room." Sun commented.
Jaune then decided to look over the last piece of evidence on the table and that was the folder. "Whoa. This is the folder Pyr found at the auction house." Jaune recalled as he opened it up, revealing a map of the city and a circle with a red haze around it. "This might help us figure out what Taurus's planning next."
Taking the folder with him, Jaune took a step away from the table, only to quickly realize with his spider sense that he was stepping on a pressure pad. He quickly launched himself up onto the ceiling as the room was suddenly electrified all around.
"Oh shit, no!" Yang said in worry
"Get out of there, Jaune!" Ruby cried out.
"Whew." Jaune let out a sigh of relief. He looked around and saw the electricity volt around the room. "It's a burn room wired to destroy evidence!" Jaune thought. He looked around for an electrical switch that would turn it off. Luckily for him, he found one nearby and fired a few electric web shots at it, turning off the power and allowing Jaune to step back onto the ground.
Saphron let out a sigh of relief. "Oh thank god." Saphron breathed. "I was worried that he might not have made it out in time.
"Good thing that spider senses, huh?" Coco chuckled.
"The real question is, how is he gonna get out of there?" Pyrrha asked.
"If the police had found this... or Glynda...don't want to think of what could've happened…" Jaune said as he quickly removed those dreaded thoughts from his head.
Yang shook her head. "I don't even wanna think about that." Yang said as everyone else agreed.
Jaune looked around for a different exit and noticed the floor grate. Opening it up, he jumped down below to the lower area.
"Now, how do I get outta here?" Jaune asked himself as he looked around for a door. He just managed to find one nearby, blocked by some large equipment. He walked over to it and began pushing it away from the door, giving him access to it.
Jaune opened the door and exited out of the room. But as soon as he moved into the hallway… "Hello, Jaune." A voice greeted him immediately, prompting Jaune to turn to see Adam standing there near him.
"OH CRAP!" Nora exclaimed in shock
"This isn't good." Coco said with worry for her fellow leader.
"No, it isn't." Blake said gravely as she glared at the screen.
"Mr. Taurus." Jaune said, surprised to see as he walked towards him. "I thought you were out of town."
"Did you find what you were looking for?" Adam asked, causing Jaune to gain a look of worry. Did he know he was looking around in his room? But before that question could be answered…
"You...You don't think he knows that he's Spider-Man?" Ruby asked.
"It's unlikely." Ironwood said. "But I do think Taurus knows that Mr. Arc was looking around in his hidden room."
"What's he gonna do?" Nora asked, worried for her leader, friend and brother.
"He wouldn't attack him, would he?" Terra asked.
"At this point, anything is possible." Qrow said.
"Adam! You're back!" Glynda said happily as she entered the hallway with a box in her arms.
"Let me get that." Jaune offered as he took the box.
"Thank you." Glynda said.
"And heading off again shortly, I'm afraid." Adam said in a polite tone. "Just needed a few things from my office." Adam said as Jaune gave a look of suspicion.
"You must have heard about City Hall." Glynda asked.
"Yes." Adam said as he looked over at Jaune." Tragic." He said in a tone that did not in any way convey the word.
"Yeah, you sound real torn up about it." Qrow remarked with a glare..
"Jaune was there, he was very lucky." Glynda said as she placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Glynda, you fool!" Glynda mentally chastised herself for unintentionally putting Jaune at risk.
"At an Schneecorp rally?" Adam said in a surprised tone as he placed his hands on his hips. "I didn't know you were a fan." Adam said with a different tone as he and Jaune stared each other down. "Well. What matters is you are both safe."
"Amen." Glynda said in agreement.
"But the bombers are still out there." Jaune pointed out. "Who knows what they've planned next."
Adam shook his head at this. "Oh, I don't think you, or Glynda have anything to worry about." Adam said in a tone that sounded to be assuring. "As long as you stay away from places you're not supposed to be." Adam said, looking directly at Jaune.
"Oh come on!" Nora exclaimed. "That is shady as hell!"
"Easy, Nora." Ren calmed his partner down.
"Well, I should go." Adam said as he began to walk.
"When will you be back?" Glynda asked, causing Adam to stop.
Adam turned to the pair. "When my work is done." Adam ominously said as he began walking away from the two.
"Oh yeah, like that couldn't possibly mean anything else!" Nora exclaimed.
Outside of FEAST, Adam was walking towards his car, his eyes notably having a familiar glow to them. He looked up once he saw Jaune exiting the building, looking for him as he spotted Adam near his car, the two staring each other down for a brief moment.
When suddenly Jaune's spider sense went off again, warning him of trouble. He quickly turned to see corrupted civilians suddenly attacking him.
"Bastard." Winter cursed under her breath. "Using civilians to cover his escape."
Jaune swiftly dodged a punch as another person went to punch him. "Wait, wait, wait!" Jaune tried to plead as Adam watched with a small smile on his face as he got inside of the car. Jaune on defense as he fought off against the corrupted people as Adam drove away from the area.
"Damn it! He's getting away." Ironwood cursed.
"At least now Jaune will use the evidence he found against him." Ozpin said.
One person grabbed Jaune from behind, holding him in place as he briefly struggled before kicking away one person in front of him. He maneuvered his way out of the hold, tossing the corrupted people aside.
"What the..." Jaune breathed in shock as he looked around to find that Adam had left while he was fighting. Jaune sighed in annoyance at this. But one way or another, Adam Taurus would be stopped before he could use Devil's Breath, whatever it may be.
The screen stopped as View looked down to his audience. "So then, any thoughts so far?".
"Well for one thing, I know this was a pretty cool and yet pretty intimidating viewing." Yang said.
"Yeah, I also wasn't expecting to see Weiss's sister to show up." Pyrrha said.
"And I couldn't imagine that she would be against Jaune." Weiss said.
"She just hasn't had a chance to know him more!" Nora said.
"Yeah," Qrow said. "If she did, then she'd be definitely more annoyed." Qrow remarked, taking a small swig from his flask.
"Well there's one thing I know." Ruby spoke up. "Adam's gonna be on the move again. And I know Jaune's not gonna stop till he stops him.
Ironwood nodded. "On that you are right, Miss Rose."
"Indeed, let's just hope that Jaune will be able to stop him and whatever this Devil's breath may be." Ozpin said as the whole audience agreed and hoped that Jaune would be able to stop Adam and his plans.
Thanks for reading this chapter of Worlds of Arc
Thanks for waiting patiently for the chapter. Sorry that I had to make you wait for this, I do try to work as quickly as I can. I found that if I took breaks every now and then, I managed to get a lot done and even found myself enjoying writing, so long as I don't force myself to do it.
Next chapter will either be a continuation of the Spider-Man story or a different chapter. I'll just have to wait and see. Thanks and see you around!