"Talk"

'Thought'


"Ugh… Surviving explosions always makes my body so sore…"

Deep within a dark and nasty alleyway, a few familiar young ladies could be seen slowly waking up and sitting back up right, no doubt the blast from earlier took a lot out of them. Of the girls who had awoken was Ruby Rose, and she couldn't help but slightly whine in discomfort from how achy her body felt.

"The many examples of our Aura protecting us…"

The next to be awake is Weiss Schnee, who was gripping her head and trying to stop and message a major headache that was forming in her head after such an ordeal.

"See Blake, told you I always go out with a "Yang", hehe~"

The last one to wake up was Yang Xiao Long. While just as sore and full of aches as everyone else, she still tried to make light of the situation, even going so far as to make another one of her infamous bad puns, which just somehow made both her sister and friend feel even more physical and mental pain from such a horrible joke.

"Blake?"

Yet however, Yang immediately noticed a certain someone not reacting to her puns.

"BLAKE!?!"

It didn't take long for Yang to realize who was not here with them, that being their emo black ninja book worm cat faunus, Blake Belladonna, which no doubt caught everyone else's attention and extreme worry and shock.

"W-WHERE DID SHE GO!?!"

Ruby was the first to instantly freak out once realizing her friend and teammates had just disappeared.

"T-Team JNPR Are Also Missing!"

Weiss, while a bit more level-headed compared to the rest, was still expressing extreme and pure emotion about the situation, even more so when realizing that not only was Blake gone, but also all of Team JNPR.

"Oh No! Oh No! This Is Super Bad!"

Of course, this only made Ruby panic even more so.

"Y-You don't think that the explosion, well, you know-"

Yang, after taking a moment to consider what just happened, couldn't help but remember the explosion and slowly started to come to a very grim conclusion.

"DON'T YOU DARE SAY IT!"

Though Ruby immediately rejected such an idea, clearly refusing such things.

"Since we're still alive, it's safe to assume they're also OK, maybe very injured in the worst case scenario, but I can at least guarantee that they're at least fine enough to have survived."

Luckily Weiss seemed to agree with Rose, though she had more logical reasoning for why it was the case.

"B-But that still doesn't change the fact that we're separated from our friends…"

But even with such hope, Ruby was still very aware that it probably didn't mean much if they didn't know where they were and how to go look for them, a feeling shared with her remaining teammates.

"Not to sound rude, but for now, let's worry about ourselves and find a place to rest and recover, we need to be at our best before we can start searching for them."

Weiss, now having had a chance to process everything and calmed down enough, was able to think more clearly and consider the next possible route to take in their current situation.

"That does sound like the smart thing to do."

Something Yang couldn't really argue against, even though she still wanted to go look and find her friends and teammates, again a feeling shared by everyone.

"Sis, try to at least contact Glynda or any cops, even if our friends weren't missing, we still need to let someone know what we saw and what just happened."

As Ruby, Xiao Long, and Schnee fully stood back up, ready to leave to find a place to rest, as well as preparing to call for backup of some kind, to let them know what had just happened, and hopefully get the backup to look for their teammates, unknown to them, they were being watched.

"Fresh meat~"

"I claim the child with the silver eyes~"

What remains of Team RW(B)Y were being watched by those with very hungry and eager eyes.

"That's strange, my Scroll isn't picking up a signal?..."

Yang, while trying to make a call or send a message of any kind, was only met with complete and utter silence from her communication device, known as a Scroll, much to the concern of her younger sibling and friend.

"How odd, neither is mine."

"Yeah, me too?"

And when both Ruby and Weiss tried to do the same thing and look into their Scrolls, their worries came true and got worse, as they were also met with no signal, which means they no longer had the ability to call for backup or help.

"What should we do now-"

"LOOK OUT!!!"

However, before anyone could fully comprehend the situation they found themselves in, Yang immediately noticed that both Rose and Schnee were about to be grabbed by two very large reptile-like claws. Xiao Long, once seeing this, did not hesitate to push the two away before they could be grabbed. Of course, this at first confused them as to why their teammate would do such a thing, but they were soon able to get the answer to their question once they saw the two that were planning to grab and harm them.

"What lovely girls~"

One of the people, well, more accurately called them monsters, and one of those monsters was a large anthropomorphic green lizard creature, wearing torn jeans and a lab coat of some kind. He was once known as Dr. Curtis "Curt" Connors, but now he goes by "THE LIZARD".

"I claim the silver eyes, she seems like a very sweet treat to devour."

The second of the two monsters was another green reptile-like anthropomorphic lizard creature, though resembling more of a crocodile-like hybrid. His only clothes were stretched-out muscle pants and prison pants. He was once known as Waylon Jones, but now he goes by "KILLER CROC".

"A-Are these Faunuses?"

Ruby quickly pulled out her Crescent Rose, though even if she was ready to fight these reptile-like monsters, she was still hesitant and worried when she saw how threatening they looked.

"Something tells me they're not…"

Weiss ready her Myrtenaster, she was also concerned with their new arrivals of danger, but was prepared to do battle and defend herself if necessary.

"Well, if they're looking for a fight, then who am I to ignore the opportunity to relieve some stress and pent up emotions~"

As for Yang, she just saw this as a chance to let out her anger and stress, so after unfolding her Ember Celica, she didn't hesitate to charge forward and attempt to deliver a full-power punch at her new opponents. However, instead of the fist connecting and dealing damage, her fist was instead grabbed by one of the reptiles and crushed instantly, which caused her immense pain, as well as a horrifying realization.

"N-No Aura?"

All Yang could think about, before being picked up and thrown aside, was the force and speed with which she hit a nearby dumpster. Not only did the dumpster bend and get crushed from the impact, but most of her bones were shattered, causing her to cough up blood. The worst part, however, was yet to come. A moment later, she realized that a significant portion of her body was missing, specifically her entire arm, as one of the two monsters hadn't let go when throwing her.

"YANG!"

Both Ruby and Schnee rushed to the side of the very hurt blonde. Unfortunately, they weren't really given a chance to help in any way. The two green creatures started walking up to them, very menacing. One of them was currently eating and devouring what remained of the arm they took from one of their teammates.

"Weiss! Try to freeze them!"

Ruby held her now unconscious sister tightly, as she begged her partner to stop the large reptiles from getting closer. Her partner nodded and attempted to do so, stabbing her Myrtenaster into the ground, in the hopes of summoning ice to stop her foes.

"N-No way, my Dust, it's… It's not working?..."

But just like her teammate, Weiss was met with nothing, as the Dust she always relied on, well, she was just met with nothing, which definitely caused some terrible panic.

"Awww, are your toys and powers not working?~"

The Lizard mocked as he finished eating the arm he stole from Xiao Long.

"That's too bad, that means we won't have any fun before we feast on your bones~..."

Kill Croc replied while chuckling and drooling in hunger. What remained of Team RWBY just fearfully huddled together, confused about what was going on, as well as unsure what they should do. A mix of being in a new world, losing their powers, and having their weapons become absolutely useless well, let's just say it doesn't really give them much confidence in themselves to run away. They could only beg that all of this was just a horrible nightmare and that they would hopefully wake up soon.

"See Batsy, told you I could find them~"

"After your 5th attempt."

But just as both the Lizard and Kill Croc could have their feasts and eat Team RWBY, they were quickly interrupted by new arrivals. Specifically, the face of the monstrous crocodile was instantly covered in web, which not only paused him from taking a bite, but also resulted in him being pulled away and met with a strong red fist to the face. The punch hit with enough force to knock away most of his fangs, but also sent him flying and hitting the ground, unconscious. Seeing this happen to the man alligator, the beastly reptile got on guard and tried to swipe away at his attacker. However, not only did he hit nothing, but he was hit instead. He swiped again, but was punched instead. Swipe, punched, swipe, punched, swipe, punched, this lasted for quite a while, before the green creature roared loudly and swiped all around, finally managing to knock away the one hidden in the shadow. Unfortunately, instead of thinking he had the upper hand, the Lizard soon realized that all the punches he received were not meant to hurt him, but instead, to get him covered in bat-shaped gel. A mistake he couldn't fix, as he exploded and was knocked back, crashing through a wall and also rendered unconscious, if not slightly and literally burnt-out.

"Hey, you three ok?"

Once the fight was over, the remaining teammates of RWBY, who weren't missing or unconscious, looked up at the ones that not only had appeared before them, but had also rescued them.

"T-Thank you, um?..."

Though as Weiss tried to thank them, she realized she didn't know who they were and didn't know what to call the ones that saved their lives. Luckily, she didn't have to wait long to learn the names of their saviors.

"I'm just your friendly neighborhood, Spiderman~"

The one in red and blue, with black webbing themed, as well as spider symbol on his chest, he was the superhero known as Spider-Man.

"You may refer to me as the Dark Knight, Batman."

And as for the one dressed in black and gray, with a black cape, yellow belt, a cowl with horns or ears on the head, and a bat symbol on his chest, he was the vigilante known as the Batman. However, despite this introduction, instead of names that should be known and recognized, the two heroes were met with confusion from both Weiss and Ruby.

"Are you both Faunus too?..."


I didn't mean to make Team RWBY look weak, I just wanted to express that their usual ways of fighting, relying on Aura and Dust, well, let's just say they would need to find a new way to fight moving forward.

(Don't worry, they're not weak or defenseless, Yang is still strong, Ruby is still fast and Weiss is still skillful, but they just won't have their usual powers and such like before)

/New Weapons OR Powers For Team RWBY\

Ruby Rose: Pandora from DMC 4 OR World Items/Weapons from Overlord.

Weiss Schnee: Anti Magic Grimoire from Black Clover OR Curse Energy from Jujutsu Kaisen.

Blake Belladonna: Darkness from Darkness.

Yang Xiao Long: Power Ranger Armor OR Black Virus from Prototype.