"It's The Scout."

"Well, of course it's The Scout. We all knew it was The Scout. If it wasn't The Scout, that would just be ridiculous." Oliver replied.

"No need to be sarcastic, Ollie. It was expected." Flash replied.

"I was making a reference to my reveal with that Clint guy." The Emerald Archer replied.

"I know. So, who do you think's going to win?"

"Going off of stats, and the guy vs. girl win-loss ratio, I'd have to side with Tracer." Oliver reasoned.

"She does have a higher HP stat than The Scout, and can manipulate her personal time to blink all over the place." Flash noted.

"Blinking definitely gives her an edge." Oliver replied.

"The Scout can do that 'Bonk!' Thing. I'd have to say that would give him an incredible edge." Jak said as he walked into the room.

"Oh yeah," Daxter agreed, "Invincibility could win out."

"You know he can't attack while using it, right?" Oliver called.

"So? Invincibility is invincibility," Jak replied, "It can win in almost any situation."

"Except for your fight with the walking armory" Flash quipped.

"Nice." Oliver high-fived his friend.

"Well, we'll find out soon enough then, huh?" Daxter challenged.

"Game on!"

"Loser has to become the winning combatant's servant for three weeks!" Flash wagered.

The four fighters agreed on the deal.


"Uh, Cloud. What are you doing?"

Cloud, Dante and Bayonetta all had their hands on their ears, with their eyes shut tight. Thus, they didn't hear, nor did they see Yang walking by.

"Bayo? Dante?" She tried again.

Yang searched her memories, to try and see what could have caused this behavior. Only one thing came to mind.

She groaned, "Oh, for fuck's sake," She cleared her throat, took a deep breath, and calmly said the five words she hoped would get the three to stop freaking out, "We're not in a relationship."

"Hey, Yang. What's up?"

"Not much, Cloud." Yang replied with a half-hearted wave, "What were you two talking about that made the conversation go in the direction of 'Tifang'?"

"We were looking at the message boards. People are freaking out over a chick who's probably going to get gameplay mechanics to gauge her stats-"

"She's fighting The Scout from the TF2 universe. Both of them are gonna get gameplay mechanics to gauge stats." Yang interrupted.

"Hmm." Bayonetta muttered, "Oh, hey! There are people coming back to defend you, Love." Bayonetta realized.

"Great. What now?" Yang groaned.

"One of those assholes who makes his hate for you practically his M.O is apparently getting accused of not even knowing Tifa's world that well. Or yours for that matter." Dante mentioned.

"And if his comments are any indicator, he's insisting that one of your fans isn't allowed to use that Word of God trope that he's used for nearly a year." Cloud added.

"Wait, seriously?" Yang asked, "Which asshole?"

"Hmm? Oh it's-"

"UGH!"

The four people turned to see Batman holding a package and grumbling about something.

"Yo Bats! What's up?"

"It's Joker. He sent me a nose." The Dark Knight grumbled.

"A fake nose? Like those Groucho Marx glasses?" Dante asked hopefuly.

"No. A real, genuine human nose. Where he got it from, I have no idea, but I'm not keeping it." He growled.

"Well, no sane human being would want to carry around a severed body part." Yang agreed.

"Wait, what about the theory that Blake is carrying your severed hand around to delude herself into thinking you're fighting alongside her?" Bayonetta asked.

Everyone stared at the Umbra Witch.

"Hey, I'm more partial to her using the other half of Celica, but it's still a theory." She defended.

"Actually, both weapons are named 'Ember Celica'. I don't know why people think they're separate names, but they're both basically the same weapon." Yang corrected, "But, if there's anyone I'd trust to have it, it would be her…" She trailed off.

"Well, her and Ruby. But that's about it." She backtracked, "Not that it matters. With my luck, Adam probably has it as a trophy." She muttered.

Dante rolled his eyes, "Blondie, buddy old pal-O-mine, I doubt that you have that kind of luck. Now Guts or Spider-Man, I can see. But you? I don't see it." He said as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder.

"Thanks for the pep-talk, but I'm hitting the gym. I have some… issues to work out." Yang sighed, and then she left.

The trio went back to talking amongst themselves, "Seriously, someone needs to snap her back to her old self."

"I doubt that there are a whole lot of people who can do that, Dante." Cloud sighed, "By the looks of it, she just hates everything. Herself, her world, a few of the fans…"

"Well, who could we get to snap her out of it?"

"It'd have to be someone who can remind her that she's not alone. Or someone who has experience dealing with the sort of stuff she's gone through."

"Who here would want to do that?"

"I can think of one, but I don't think that he'd want to do it in the first place."

"Right. Maybe Carolina? Maybe hearing a familiar voice would help her get back on her feet…"

"No. T told me that Yang felt uncomfortable around her. We can't count on Carolina."

"I know that she isn't someone who's lost the most, but she hasn't had the best life."

A sigh, "Since when did she deserve all this hate?"

"I don't know…"

Footsteps started towards the gym. Following it was a large metal object rattling a bit.


And cliffhanger's over. I'll be working on a Teamup of the Eon after the battle, so you guys have that to look forward to.

Deadpol: Okay, coo- HEY!

Alexis: Tweet tweet?

Deadpol: He spelled my name wrong back there- AND HE DID IT AGAIN!

Get the disclaimer back, and it won't happen again. Promise.

Deadpol: Like you misspelled Grif's name back in chapter 51?

Yeah yeah. One 'f'. I've watched the series enough times, y'know.