There was a small group of people in the dining hall, discussing which character would emerge victorious. Both were picking sides, and pointing out feats and skills.
However, since this was an in-franchise fight, and the franchises were owned by the guys who own Death Battle, there was actually something very odd about the debate.
Both sides were actually being civil to one another.
"Well, I agree that Meta can take an awful lot of damage, but you must remember that Carolina has the speed advantage." Sonic pointed out.
Dante nodded, "However, Meta has durability as well. The only time he died was by drowning, and that only happened because the Reds tied a tow-cable to him and shoved the Puma off a cliff."
"Puma?" Cloud asked, "It looked more like a warthog to me." he replied. "Besides, Carolina was at the top of the leaderboard at Project: Freelancer before Agent Texas showed up."
"I would also like to add that even after she showed up, Carolina was ranked second. And she was the only one in her squad without an A.I." Flash pointed out.
"What about Wash, Four-Seven Niner, and South?" Spider-Man asked.
Flash smacked his head, "Totally forgot about them. Thanks Spidey."
Spider-Man waved him off as Iron Man interjected to show some more support for Meta, "The Meta has that Brute Shot. We can't forget about his superior firepower."
"Why are you on that side Tony?"
"Cap's on your side." He replied.
Steve sighed, "You of all people should know that 'more firepower' doesn't mean an automatic win, Stark."
"Both Long-Range, and Melee functions, Steve. Plus, he has the bubble shield." Tony replied, "You of all people should appreciate a good defense."
"Shots fired!" Deadpool called.
"Speaking of 'fired'," Spider-Man continued, "Carolina's likely to have Epsilon helping her out, right?"
"Probably. He would give her a massive edge in the fight. Even if Meta somehow got Sigma back." Flash recalled.
"He's a scary son of a bitch though," Deadpool mentioned, somehow eating a taco through his mask, "By that aspect alone, he would win."
"Pfft, please. The only thing Carolina's afraid of is watching her family die. The Meta probably only reminds her of how she caused his descent into madness." Bowser commented.
"You gotta be kidding me." Spider-Man groaned, "The it's all my fault shpiel is my thing."
"You got that right." Tony muttered.
"Aside from that, Carolina was able to shoot her grapple at a grenade, and fling it around as a melee weapon. I do that sort of stuff all the time, and I have to say, it's effective." Spider-Man added.
"Hey Yang, I'm going down to the mess hall for some food. Y'want anything?" Tifa asked.
Yang sighed, "Just… Some meatloaf." she finally decided.
"Anything else? Mashed potatoes? Steamed vegetables? Or whatever?" Tifa asked.
"You decide for me." Yang called out.
"Alright. Don't do anything stupid while I'm out." Tifa joked, hoping to get the blonde's spirits up.
"No promises!" Yang called as Tifa closed the door.
Yang unsheathed the blade that was in her artificial arm prosthetic (Or, as she called it, her 'arm-ificial prosthetic') and sighed, "I'm done with this mask…"
"Carolina has more variety in weapons though. Those options would give her an edge in versatility." Mega Man pointed out
"That's true," Cap realized, "If both of them get disarmed of their primary weapon, Carolina has options, while Former Agent Maine doesn't."
"But even then, Meta has all that strength. Enough to smash a small concrete structure." Tony replied.
"Oh crap. Are we really bringing 'pillars' into this? I thought we banned those since Blondie's fight with Lock-tits over here." Wade complained, while pointing to Tifa getting dinner.
"Hey, Tifa!" Cloud called.
"What?" Tifa asked, wanting to get back to her roommate soon.
"You've roomed with Yang pretty long, who does she think will win?"
Tifa rolled her eyes, "She told me, and I quote, I don't care who wins. These guys can let the grimm dragon beat Hopper and still be called biased." Tifa replied using her best Yang impression.
"Wait, Hopper from A Bug's Life?" Spider-Man asked.
"Uh huh." Tifa nodded.
"Well, that's ridiculous! Are your fans really that bad?" He asked.
Tifa shrugged, carefully balancing the dinners she had stacked, "Not all of them. Some of them are pretty nice. But, humans tend to remember negative aspects better than positive aspects, so not much you can do about that."
"Poetic." Beast noted, "And unfortunately accurate." He sighed.
"In fairness, Yang did say that she'd enjoy sparring with Carolina." Cloud recalled, "Maybe she's rooting for her."
"Considering the win-loss record of guys vs. girls…" Chief drawed out before Iron Man cut him off.
"What about Yoshi and Dante?"
"First off," Spider-Man set up, "Riptor was unconfirmed as a female at the time, and secondly, Dante is an exception." He finished.
"What makes me 'an exception'?" Dante asked.
"Eh, they were probably worried that they would get flak for bias on account of Bayo getting into Smash, so…" Spidey drew out.
"Oh, Screw you, Web-Head!"
"Case in point…"
Deadpool: Dude. Did you have to emphasize that it was a civil debate?
Yes Wade. Yes I did. The debates have been getting so bad to the point where Death Battle might end after season three.
Alexis: Tweet tweet?
Yeah. Fan complaints, bias accusations, and just the hosts being general dicks to the audience. Though if I had to deal with fan complaints every day, I guess I'd get a little jaded too.
Deadpool: Whatever. The Meta will FUCK. CAROLINA. UP!
Isn't that York's job?
Deadpool: Why you…
*Fighting in the background*
Alexis: *Sigs, and holds up a sign that says "The characters in this story are owned by other franchises. This is simply a fan-made story that portrays them in a common environment. Please support the official release of these characters"
