Chapter 5
Welcome to Smack Town
The division of the Protection Force came back with photos to show to Robin Hood and anyone that is a member of the Haphaz Militia. They all are in the briefing room to see pictures of the slaughter from the bandit camp with all the bandits completely annihilated. It is not easy to see such a sight as there are pictures of mutilations and various gore. Almost as if someone took their sweet time ripping them all apart. Ruby covers her eyes from such a sight with Weiss wincing at it. Not meant for everyone.
Doraleous takes the stage with a microphone, "As you can see here, there is trouble brewing that caused all of this. Whatever we are facing, we aren't dealing with bandits anymore."
"So what are we dealing with?" Noggin asks.
"We have no idea." Doraleous rubs the back of his head. "That's what we're trying to figure out."
"Looks like a Souleater went down and dirty on them." Cooter tilts his head.
"YOU SHOULD NOT JOKE ABOUT THAT!" Thick scolds his son.
Everyone looks at Cooter with disappointed glares while staring daggers at him. Almost all of them are disapproval at him.
Cooter says, "It wasn't a joke! I swear!"
"A Souleater?" Superman is confused.
Ruby looks at everyone around her seat, "There are beings that eat souls?"
"Settle down, everyone!" Doraleous orders. "It could be the case, but we're not sure as of this moment. Right now, we're investigating every possibility for the safety of everyone in Haphaz. It could be someone from Smack Town that did all of this, it could be a Souleater, who knows. But we need to investigate on who these guys were. From what we have gathered, they got their weapons from Dump City. So we're gonna have to divide into teams to learn what the hell is happening."
"So who's going where?" Wolverine lays back.
"We do need a tracker and some of you guys do need experience. Logan, you're gonna go with Arend and see about tracking down who did all that."
Wolverine looks at Arend, "I get to work with that guy?"
Neebs shouts, "Just deal with it!"
"Team RWBY." Doraleous focus his attention on Team RWBY, "You get to go to Smack Town and ask if there has been anyone doing some bandit killing. And be prepare for a little surprise while down there."
"Surprise?" Weiss tilts her head.
"What kind?" Yang asks.
"You'll see. Superman!" Doraleous continues, "You along with Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Batman go to Dump City and ask the scavengers there if they sold any weapons or anything bizarre."
Flash runs up, "What about me?!"
Doraleous startles from Flash's sudden appearance. He regained his composure.
"Um, you get to do some patrolling to make sure there isn't any bandits that have survived raiding us. With your speed, you can move more quickly and apprehend them without difficulty." He looks at everyone, "And we need them alive!"
"AWWWW!" some of the people in the room are disappointed.
"Well, we need to know what we are dealing with and we need them for questioning."
"Fair." Neebs shrugs.
"Cyborg and Vixen along with me, Neebs, Thick and Cooter will check the perimeter to make sure the defenses are still good. Everyone else will have to keep an eye out and play defense. Any questions?"
Team RWBY and the Justice League raise their hands.
"Team RWBY will have Simon to guide them."
"That isn't our question." Blake states with her hand still raised.
"You can ask him."
Weiss is a little annoyed, "Then what is the point of-"
"Okay, let's get to work and find whatever the hell did this. Dismissed."
Everyone gets up and ready for whatever is out there.
"So what exactly is out there, Simon?" Yang asks as they head towards the exit.
"We got a lot of stuff, other than Pokemon and Pals and slimes and all the crap you guys saw. Dragons, mutants, a few intelligent monsters. Zarcy was a playground for biologists that wanted to play god."
"But I doubt what we saw was caused by some ordinary creature." Blake worries.
"That's true."
Ruby is a bit concerned, "What's a Souleater though? What's all that about?"
"Oh boy." Simon is now worried as they get into the garage. "I'll explain upon the way."
Everyone loads up in a Chevillon Centurion 1000 truck that is modified to handle any sort of dangerous creatures. Armor plating covering the six wheels, diamond glass windows, heavy armor on the sides and front, and a few spikes at the front. Instead of CHOOH2, it uses a more reliable source of energy as a fuel source to get from place to place.
The garage doors opens and they drove-off. Heading south through the mountains and into Smack Town, a town full of fighting game characters.
One the way Simon explains, "Souleaters are the modern boogeymen and are very rare. Extremely dangerous. In a galaxy like ours, things like the afterlife exist. Heaven. Hell. Whatever. Once you die, your soul goes to such places. Yet Souleaters are considered dangerous because they eat souls, which many shun from society. Even hunt them down. But that's not the only reason why they're being hunted."
Weiss gives her hypothesis, "Is it because all the souls they absorb causes them to go mad?"
"Right on the money there, Weiss!"
Weiss smugs at how smart she is.
"The Souleaters are known to go insane after absorbing a certain amount of souls. They gain all their experiences, powers, skills, everything. There are certain types of Souleaters that have to deal with various voices in their heads. First, we have the Beast Souleater."
Ruby tries to prove her smartness, "A Souleater that only absorb animals and monsters, based on the name."
"Right. They can gain various abilities from all kinds of creatures. Pokemon, Pals, regular animals, and even monsters. They can do a fire-type Pokemon's flamethrower, have dragon scales, use wings, whatever. Whatever creature soul they absorb, they can use their abilities including those they used in the past. Say a Pokemon that used thunder punch but switched it out for fire punch, they can learn from that."
"That sounds pretty broken." said Yang.
"Wait until you hear the others. The next two are similar yet different. One is the Being Souleater while the other is a Clone Souleater. Being Souleaters can only absorb the souls of non-fic-clones. The other does absorb fic-clone souls. They can absorb their memories, fighting styles and powers. Making them just as deadly and as dangerous. But unlike the Beast Souleaters, these other two prefer to use deception unless they have absorb enough souls that involve physical strength and martial instinct to overcome any large numbers. Like the one that massacred all those bandits. Probably. I hope not."
Yang shudders, "Don't want to come across those."
"You said it."
"Anymore?" Blake asks.
"Well, there is one that is even rarer and the most powerful of them all. The Omni-Souleater." Simon starts to sweat a little, "Those guys are capable of devouring all souls of any type. Dangerous. Skillful. Incredibly terrifying if one does come across one of those bastards."
"Yikes." Yang is a little disturbed.
Weiss speaks, "If they're so rare, then the possibility of coming across them are lower than zero percent."
Ruby sighs in relief, "That's a relief."
"They sound like real version of a demon lord." Blake holds up a book.
"Well, we did come across one." Simon states.
All members of Team RWBY look at Simon with a surprised look on their faces.
"When was that?" Blake asks.
"It's a bit of a long story. Turns out the one we came across didn't become insane. That guy has a strong will with his mind still intact. He made himself a code to follow so he will not lose his way. That, and a reason for living."
"Who was his name?!" Ruby sounds excited and anxious.
"Yeah! Tell us!" Yang is interested.
"Spill it!" Weiss demands.
"The truth is- HOLY!"
Simon swerves the truck to the side as there is something in the way on the road. The truck screeches on the gravel road and comes to a complete stop. It stopped in front of a wagon with a wheel missing and it looks like the kind that would sell bizarre goods.
Simon look at everyone, "Is everyone okay?!"
"I'm good." Yang is okay. "But Ruby..."
Ruby has her hand on her nose, "I think I hit Yang's seat too hard."
Blake feels a little soar, "This seat belt is a little too right."
As for Weiss, "I think I'm okay. Did we hit something?"
Simon looks out the window, "Nope. But it looks like someone is in trouble."
Everyone gets out of the truck and see what is going on. They approach the wagon and see a younger version of Shang Tsung.
"Are you all alright?" he asks with a worried look.
"We're okay for the most part, Shang." Simon replies.
He looks at the others with Simon, "Glad to see that. And looks like you found your own Team RWBY."
"Wait, what?" Weiss went.
"We'll talk about that later." Simon turns his attention to Shang Tsung, "What happened to your wagon?"
"The damn wheel broke off." he replies. "Should've listened about checking the wheels, but no." He is getting frustrated, "And I'm stuck here until Shao comes back with the spare."
"Didn't see him on the road."
Blake asks, "What does he look like?"
"Big man. Demonic horns, red eyes, and wears metal armor."
"Sorry, we haven't seen him."
Ruby looks back at the road, "Must've missed him."
"Oh by the way," Simon begins, "do you know anyone that has taken down the bandits lately? We found a whole mess of them utterly destroyed up in the mountains."
Shang Tsung shrugs, "Not that I'm aware of. Been on the road the whole time with Shao until now. Been selling my goods and business has been booming." He grins at Team RWBY, "Would you like to see my wares?"
"Now's not the right time." Simon says, "We gotta head to Smack Town to ask some questions on who took down those bandits."
Shang Tsung shrugs again, "Fair enough. Safe travels." he gives them a friendly goodbye.
"Bye!"
"Hope to see you again!"
"You take care now!"
"Hope the guys back at Haphaz can help!"
"We'll check your wares another time!"
Everyone gets back into the truck and roll out.
"He seemed nice." Blake stated.
"Yeah." chuckles Simon, "Hard to believe that guy was one of the big bad guys from the Mortal Kombat fighting games."
"Really!?" Ruby is surprised, "That guy was a fighting game villain?!"
"Yeah, but finding out he was a fic-clone broke him. Him and the other fighting game characters. But they gotten over it and started a community."
"But there is one thing I would like to know." Weiss seems inquisitive, "The thing he said about our team."
"Well, you guys did get a fighting game. Sorta. You girls aren't the first Team RWBY on this planet, which you should've figured that out since you girls are fic-clones."
"I kinda knew it." Blake glares out the window.
"What're they like?" Yang seems interested.
"Best to see for yourself." Simon does a small smile, "You'll be in for quite the shock."
The drive goes on for many miles until they finally made it to Smack Town. Everything is more denser and closer together than Haphaz with a lot more buildings. There are a few interesting points to the town such as Honda's Chanko Stew, a store that shows the Blanka-chan doll that stands in front of the window, a massive arena for all fighters to fight in, and a stretch of street with a ton of stalls and stores. They even see people fighting on the street as some sort of entertainment that people love. Hey, this is a town full of fighting game characters.
"Wow!" Yang is impressed by what she sees, "This is something I would like to live in."
"Well, a part of you is already living here." Simon smugs. "Now keep in mind that we aren't here for fun. We need to conduct an investigation about who attacked those bandits." He unbuckles and turns off the engine, "Just hope we don't have to face what I fear the most."
Everyone gets out of the truck and head out.
"I'll check with the mayor's office." Simon heads out, "Stick together and don't start trouble!"
"GOT IT!" the girls say.
"Where should we start first?" Ruby asks her team.
"I think we should find the most powerful fighter there is and ask them if they were involved with killing the bandits." Weiss suggests.
"Oh come on." Yang grins, "Who better at beating the bandits than us? I mean, the other us'. I mean..." Yang's grin drops. "This is gonna get confusing."
Weiss looks at Yang, "As much as I like to, but I don't think we can take on those bandits with just the four of us."
"I think we should ask everyone." Blake makes a suggestion, "Judging from what I'm seeing, anyone could take on those bandits."
SMACK! Ryu from Street Fighter is sent flying and lands near Team RWBY.
"Haha!" a laugh can be heard.
The team look at the direction and see Ken Masters of Street Fighting approaching.
"Looks like I win again, Ryu. You owe me a..." Ken stops as he sees Team RWBY. "Team RWBY? Why do you ladies look like- Wait. You're not our Team RWBY."
Ryu gets back up and take notice of Team RWBY.
"Where are you four from?" he asks.
"Haphaz." Weiss replies.
Ken chuckles a little, "So Haphaz finally got their own Team RWBY. Welcome to Smack Town!"
Ryu cross his arms and looks serious, "Is there a reason why you are here?"
"Probably here to see themselves." Ken jokes.
"Actually," Ruby starts to explain, "we're here to find the person that was responsible for killing all those bandits that were up in the mountains."
Both Ken and Ryu's eyes widen by the shock of this news as they look at each other before facing the team again.
"There were bandits up in the mountains?" Ken is surprised to hear the news.
"And someone took them down?" Ryu is also shocked.
"Guess you guys didn't know." Yang look at the expressions of the two.
"First time I heard of it." Ken looks at the mountains to the north, "Didn't even noticed."
"How did they die?" Ryu just get to the point.
"Hold on." Weiss pulls out a device from her pocket and show the pictures.
The two look at the pictures and try to figure out who would be behind the massacre they see.
"Looks like one of the Mortal Kombat character's work." Ken concludes. "Since this was done by bare-hand, it might have been one of them. Doesn't look like Sub-Zero's work because there's no ice. No slice marks on some that I can see, so that rules out anyone of them with a weapon unless they use the bandits' own weapons."
"I wouldn't rule out Akuma." Ryu makes his own suggestion, "It looks like it can be his handy work."
"Right. There's him."
"Where should we start?" Ruby asks.
AN: Hey everyone. I'm re-uploading this chapter because I have been getting some private messages about wanting to commission artwork for my stories. You know what, go ahead. Go make your artwork, online comics, or whatever you want. You guys can do it without my permission because I support free stuff. Although I'm not gonna do any payment because the way things are, I need every dollar and every cent at this point since I got fired and doing night shifts at a gas station. So yeah, you guys are free to make artwork off of my stories if you want. Do it.
While I have your attention, I have some things to say about the new Snow White movie trailer. Here's 12 things I would like to say if I had an account on YouTube and type in the comments.
1.
Lord of the Rings: Have people look like real dwarves and it is convincing.
Game of Thrones: Hire real dwarves. Peter Dinklage's best role.
Disney: Make ugly as hell CGI dwarves to insult real dwarves. So much for a diverse and inclusive company.
2.
Disney: "Coming to a theater near you."
Me: Call the police to warn them of the massive threat.
3.
Queen: "Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all."
Magic Mirror:"Obviously you! Roll the credits, bitch!"
4.
The movie should be released on March 1st instead of the 21st because I'll be the 1st to march out of the theater.
5.
If Peter Dinklage was actually hire in this movie, he would be grumpy because he is pissed as hell that he's in this movie.
6.
The comments section of the trailer on YouTube is the real Magic Mirror.
7.
If everyone hate this movie instead of each other, we would have world peace at this point.
8.
Disney started with Snow White and it will end with Snow White.
Me: Free Marvel Comics and Star Wars from Disney when it collapses after the movie. Fuck the Disney Star Wars trilogy and do the Kyle Katarn saga.
9.
Movie bombed.
Mickey: "Sorry, Walt." *hangs self*
10.
Walt Disney rolling in his grave so hard that Earth will plummet into the sun to erase this.
11.
The Prince would hang out in the queen's house instead of kissing Snow White because she is sue happy.
12.
If the movie was playing on a plane, I would walk out without a parachute.