Holy hell, how do I keep getting followers and favorites every other day? No seriously, how? There are that many who like reaction fanfics? I mean, I kept getting them even after I made the announcement, but I guess I shouldn't think too much of this.
Okay, time for a reaction. Let's resume where we left off.
Side note, after this chapter I will write the inspirations for the universes.
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Chapter 4: Merciless jaws
Ruby gave a relieved sigh as she stretched in her seat all the while drinking a bottle of a special drink that Watcher gave all of them.
"Man, this is pretty good! What did you say this drink is again?" Yang asked as she drank another gulp from the drink feeling surprisingly refreshed.
"Re-energizer. It helps heal your muscles and gives you additional energy." He replied while looking through the cards and taking some of them but shaking his head and put them back on and kept searching.
"I wish we had something like this in our world. Imagine how much we could train with these and how much easier it would be." Ruby said while taking another gulp and felt ready for another round with the drones. Her teammates nodded as they drank their own bottles.
"Don't go overboard with them. If you drink too much, you will start feeling like you are on drugs and then you will wake up in some alleyway, your pants and underwear down with no memory of how you got there." Watcher nonchalantly told them as Weiss and Blake spat out their drinks, Yang cautiously looked at her drink before slowly putting it down, as did Ruby.
"I am the fuckmothering queen of the motherfucking castle!" The four turned to Nora and saw her raising her hands up with her body having lighting arcs dancing around as Pyrrha and Ren were trying to calm her down, seven bottles of Re-energizer lay around her. A manic smile on the - face as she shook and tried to break free.
"Nora calm down!" Ren said as he tried to hold her down. Instead, he ended up thrown over her shoulder as Nora then head butted Pyrrha before she grabbed her hammer.
"Fear me and serve me bitches!" She declared before she jumped up and slammed her hammer down on the seats. She gave a manic laugh and looked at RWBY who gulped at the look that she had.
"Alright here is the deal you four." She said menacingly before she pointed her hammer at them "You either give your spotlight in the show to JNPR or I am breaking your legs so hard, Yang's arm is gonna have a leg friend in heaven." Blake raised an eyebrow at that.
"Wait what? What spotlight?" Nora narrowed her eyes at that
"Give us your spotlight or I am flattening your Bellabooty, Blake!" The cat faunus's eyes widened at her words.
"Bella-what now?!"
"I warned you! Have at thee!"
Nora shouted before she leapt at them and the four dispersed as Nora smashed her hammer on their seats.
"Woah, Nora calm down!" Yang said as she looked at the crazed girl.
"Shut your mouth you shallow, PTSD ridden, Bumblebee bait cyborg!" Yang dodged a hit from Nora who then proceeded to look at Ruby.
"Hey! Miss No-character-development! Get back here so I can show you the reality of the world!"
"What are you even talking about?!" Ruby asked her before she used her Semblance to escape her blows and appeared at Yang's side.
"What's going on with her?!" She asked as she looked at the crazy ginger.
"Oi Ice Queen!" Nora shouted as she looked at Weiss "Make up your fucking mind! Are you racist or is your father racist?! What's the deal with your brother and mother anyway?! And why are you the best girl instead of someone else?!" Weiss looked utterly lost.
"What?" Nora gave a battle cry as she used grenades to launch herself up and towards Weiss, who used a Glyph to get away from the girl. Nora smashed more seats and looked behind her to see RWBY looking at her while brandishing their weapons.
"Would you calm down Nora?!" Blake shouted at her.
"Shut your fucking mouth, you spoiled brat! You are only good for being a ship bait!" Nora shouted before she raised up her hammer.
"I am not staying in this stupid ass show anymore! Glory to JNPR! Glory to Pyrrha the Great One! Glory to Arkos-!"
"That's enough." Watcher said as he stabbed into Nora's neck. The girl stood stiff as her pupil's shrank and widened before she coughed out some sort of smoke and looked around to see everyone giving her weird looks.
"What just happened?" she asked while seeing RWBY looking at her warily, Pyrrha and Ren looking confused.
"You drank too much and started saying things. Now sit down, we are about to watch the next world." Watcher told her while fixing the smashed seats and the other indents that Nora made.
"What did I say?" Nora asked as she looked at her friends.
"You said-"
"Nothing important. Just crazy talk. Happens when you drink too much Re-energizer." Watcher interrupted as he took out a blue card and smiled as he saw it.
"Ah this is one of my favorites." He threw the card and it entered the screen as the lights dimmed and the students sat down on the repaired seats.
Out in the sea, on a starry night far away from the beaches of Patch, a single boat floated on water, its name on the stern. Birds flew above the boat, squawking as they flew away. Time fast-forwarded showing the sun rising.
"This is rather peaceful." Weiss commented. The quiet scenery gave them some much-needed peace after training and witnessing two tense worlds.
"Yeah, almost boringly peaceful." Yang said, propping her chin on her hand. She lazily ate her food, waiting for something to happen.
"I guess you don't like anything peaceful Yang." Blake said as Yang shook her head.
"Not really, I just prefer action more than just quiet boring silence."
On the boat, two people worked on the engines while the third watched over the wheel.
"Hey chief." A voice called out followed by a hand coming out of one of the hatches "Pull the wheel to the left. Pull your left hand down."
On the boat's wheel, a blonde haired man in his late thirties held the wheel, holding it firmly in his hands. His attire consisted of a black long sleeved shirt and gray pants. He looked average, especially with his glasses.
"I can't." Jaune said as he looked at the wheel "It will only go about three inches."
The students blinked when they saw this version of Jaune, wondering why he looked like that.
"He looks so…average." Yang said as she looked at this Jaune, wondering how he could survive.
"I have to agree with Yang here. He doesn't look like someone who could survive anything." Weiss said as she tilted her head. Whereas the first two Jaunes looked very impressive and capable of survival, this Jaune looked like an average Joe with nothing special about himself.
"He looks more unimpressive than our Jaune." Blake followed up while drinking her tea.
"Hey, don't start judging him just because he looks like that!" Nora exclaimed at the three girls who only gave her pointed looks.
"Nora, look at him" Weiss pointed a finger at the Jaune on screen "and don't tell me that you see him surviving whatever it is that we will see." Nora gave her a grin.
"I know that he will survive. I have faith in any version of my leader." She then grabbed Ren and Pyrrha and hugged them "We all do." The two nodded at her as WBY still looked skeptical.
"Guys, let's not start a fight. Instead, let us see what this world has. Who knows? We might be surprised." Ruby said, trying to stop any fights that might break out. The six looked at each other before they nodded and sat down as Watcher looked at them with a critical eye.
"Our injectors got scorched from the salt water in the fuel." A third voice said as a hand came out of the second hatch, holding a glass with seawater mixed with fuel.
"Yeah the hull is bent." The first voice said as the owner's hand grabbed a wrench and a missing part before pulling them down.
"Turn that rudder again. To the left." Jaune did so "Good."
"I wonder, what are they doing out in the sea with a broken boat?" Pyrrha asked while stroking her chin.
"Who knows? Maybe they are just fishing or looking for something." Yang offered as she drank her soda.
Behind the boat, a yellow barrel came out of the sea, drawing Jaune's attention.
"Where did that come from?" Weiss asked.
"Well, they were hunting something and shot it with a harpoon attached to that barrel." Watcher said whilst playing with a coin.
"Wait, wait, wait. There it is." Jaune said as he went away from the wheel. Down in the hatch an old looking man appeared whilst holding a wrench. He is a man with a gray moustache and graying hair with a bald spot and he appears to be slightly overweight. His outfit consisted of a blue shirt and black pants and a blue headband on his forehead.
"What did you say chief?" Peter Port asked as he looked up at Jaune. Behind him, from a different hatch a green haired man with glasses and a beard came out of the hatch while wearing the same outfit as Port.
The students had looks of surprise as they saw the two.
"Professor Port and Professor Oobleck? What are they-?" Ruby wanted to ask.
"DOCTOR!" But was cut off as they heard another yell.
"Fine. Doctor Oobleck. What are they doing out there?" The silver-eyed girl asked as she turned towards Watcher.
"Well, Port kinda volunteered to help with a big problem and Oobleck just kinda went with them because Jaune insisted." He answered.
"Why are they calling Jaune chief?"
"He is a police chief."
"The barrel is up. It's right at the stern." Jaune said while pointing at it as Port and Oobleck got out of their hatches and went towards the stern to see it. Port leaned over the boat and looked at it.
"Think he's run out of the cable. Grab the boathook." Oobleck took out a large pole with a hook on the end and went to get the rope.
"Port," He said as he tried to get the rope but failed "If we can get close enough," He tried again and missed the rope "I got things on board that will kill him." He used the hook again and once again failed.
"Yes, we will goose him up, come on." Port answered as Oobleck stood up, used the hook again and finally caught the rope before he started to drag it back.
"Okay. When he runs, drop the rope or you will lose your hands." He said as Oobleck began to drag the rest of the rope "I've seen torn out of the knuckles, full of them." He looked at Oobleck dragging the ropes and went to him.
"Boy, give it to me." The green haired man gave him the rope and Port began to gather it.
Yang looked bored as she drank her soda through a straw, making a loud slurping noise in the process.
"Yang, can you stop that?" Blake asked her partner who looked at her.
"Well sorry Blake. I'm really bored by this world here. You would think it would be a lot more exciting than watching old men fish for something." She said as she kept slurping her drink.
"We understand that Yang. We just want you to stop slurping so loudly." Weiss said as Yang sighed.
"Fine. Nothing interesting to see here anyways." She said as she put down her soda and leaned back on her seat. The others somewhat agreed with her as the scene they saw wasn't really what they expected when Watcher said that this world was one of his favorites. Still they watched on, curious as to what will happen next.
Port kept pulling the rope and gathering it…
Until a shark came out of the water, startling the two as Oobleck let go of the rope, the shark swam away, dragging the rope with it and cut Port's palm in the process.
Though the shark slightly startled them, the seven became confused at it appearing out of nowhere.
"What's that shark doing? Is it looking for something or what?" Ruby asked Watcher. He simply sighed though and rubbed his neck.
"That shark is what they are hunting." Now every single one of the students looked at him as if he was crazy.
"You are joking right?" Yang asked, not believing that a mere shark is what they were hunting.
"They are hunting very far away from the beaches and have a broken boat and all of that is for a shark?" Weiss asked with an incredulous look on her face, even more so when Watcher nodded. The seven sat still on their seats…before Yang stood up.
"Nope, I ain't watching a bunch of old men hunt a shark of all things. Call me back when it gets interesting." She went to the door and went to push it.
Only for a force field to push her back as she fell on the floor with wide eyes.
"What the fu-" She stood up again and went to punch the door, but the force field pushed her back again.
"What the hell is this?!" She asked as she turned towards Watcher.
"Well, you can't really leave the room during the viewing, unless we have a break, if it is really important or if you are me." He explained as Yang glared at him.
"The hell kind of bullshit is that?!" He shrugged at her.
"Hey, I wasn't the one who built this place. It works like that for some reason, so please sit down and watch the world Yang. Who knows? You might be surprised." The blonde bombshell glared at him before she stood up and went back to her seat while crossing her arms as Watcher resumed the viewing.
The shark dove back into the sea, splashing Oobleck and Port in the process. Jaune watched as its dorsal fin disappeared into the sea.
"Start the engine." Port told Jaune as he stood up and Oobleck pulled the barrel into the boat. Jaune though did not listen as he came down to the lower deck much to Port's confusion.
"What are you doing?" Jaune turned to him.
"I'm gonna make a phone call." He went to the radio and phone as Port had a frown on his face.
"I have a bad feeling about him guys." Ruby said, not liking the frown.
"You are not the only one Ruby." Ren told her as he narrowed his eyes.
In the boat's inner parts, Jaune took the radio.
"Hello? Hello? Mayday, Mayday Orca. Coast guard?" He tried to change the frequency. Behind him, Port took one of the bats on the wall.
The students' eyes widened at that/
"Is he going to-"
Jaune looked behind to see Port swing the bat…
"Watch out!"
Right at the radio, hitting it several times and breaking it.
That surprised the students while also relieving them. Blake and Weiss raised an eyebrow at that.
"Why did he just destroy the only thing that would send them help?" The faunus asked as Watcher chuckled.
"Well, Port in that world isn't exactly…well, normal or sane. He has been hunting sharks and this action is his opportunity to get the biggest one possible." He explained as the students frowned.
"He is willing to put the lives of others in danger for a shark?" Pyrrha asked as Watcher nodded at her.
Out on the stern, Oobleck watched as Port broke the radio and Jaune looked away as the radio pieces flew everywhere.
Once Port stopped, Jaune gave him a look of disbelief and the old man simply shrugged.
"Excuse me chief." He casually said while giving the bat to the blonde man and his reaction was, well…
"That's great!" Jaune shouted as he threw away the remains and began to hit the table with the bat "That's just great!" He hit the table again with all the pent up frustration of the last few days.
"NOW WHERE THE HELL ARE WE, HUH?!" He shouted towards the possibly insane man who simply scratched his head in response.
"You're a certifiable Port! You know that?! You are certifiable!" Jaune pointed his bat at him before continuing to hit the table, knocking a bottle of whiskey over in the process.
"Yah, yah, yah." Port nonchalantly waved him off.
"You're certifiable! But I'll tell you this-"
NPR laughed as they saw Jaune flip-out like that. In all the time they spent together, they never once saw their leader flip his shit like that. Now seeing the scene, it made them wonder how their leader would flip-out.
RWBY also chuckled as they saw that.
"Heh, never seen Vomit Boy flip-out like that. Not even with Cardin." Yang said while giggling slightly.
"He is funnier than that version of Headmaster Ozpin when he does that." Ruby said as Weiss and Blake nodded at her.
"Hey, what does certifiable mean?" Nora asked with a raised eyebrow.
"It's when a person is in need of treatment for a mental disorder Nora." Weiss told her.
"Oh boys. Boys," Oobleck called out as he used the rope to stand on a higher place "I think he's come back for his noon feeding." Jaune stopped his rant as he and Port looked out at the sea and saw the dorsal fin appear again.
"Hook me up another barrel!" He told Oobleck and the green haired scientist went to get the harpoon gun ready. Meanwhile, Port watched the shark swim and went to the boat's nose as Oobleck put the harpoon and connected it to a barrel. Once he did it, he gave it to Port who took it and went to ramp at the nose. He aimed the gun and pulled the trigger.
Hitting the shark right at the fin. The rope connected to the barrel eventually pulled it into the water as the other barrels replaced it.
"Bring it around after him!" Port shouted as Oobleck followed his command and Jaune watched from the cabin as the shark pulled the yellow barrel with it.
The boat swam after the yellow barrel, its speed slower due to the broken engine.
"Do you guys hear the music?" Blake asked as she heard a strange music coming from the screen, which shouldn't be possible given that there were no radio or stereo in the boat.
"I hear it. Where is it coming from?" Weiss asked as she looked around before setting her eyes on Watcher.
"Why are we hearing an upbeat song?" He shrugged at her.
"Well, it is to enhance the experience while you watch the world. It happens while you watch it and I recommend not paying it much attention." They nodded at him and looked back at the screen.
"I hope it gets more interesting. So far it feels like a documentary." Yang said while eating a handful of popcorn.
The breeze shook Oobleck's hair as he drove the boat.
"Full throttle! Get me right up alongside him!" Port shouted from the nose as Oobleck shook his head at him.
"I can't rev it up that high! It's not gonna take it!" Oobleck shouted back, on deck Jaune put his revolver on his belt. He then looked out the boat's side and saw the barrel getting far.
"Five degrees port!" Port said as Oobleck turned the wheel to the left, causing the boat to turn as well.
"Alright, hold your course." The boat started coming closer and closer to the barrel.
"Five degrees port now." Oobleck turned the wheel again as the boat turned "Hold your course!"
"Fast fish!" Oobleck muttered under his breath as he saw the shark quickly swim away. On the stern, Jaune watched with a smile as they came closer and closer, feeling the wind on his face and excitement in his heart.
"I will admit: this is somewhat entertaining." Blake said as she watched the three hunt the shark whilst eating her tuna sandwich.
"For you, but this is boring for me." Yang said as she leaned on her hand and waited for something else to happen.
"Well, this isn't like the other two, but I wouldn't say it's boring." Ruby told her sister.
"Maybe you should try to appreciate simple things in life Yang." Watcher told her "Besides, life isn't only about the thrill of action."
"Watch my arm!" Port said while raising his hand to the left before raising his right hand and pointing it slightly forward "Alright! Starboard! Starboard Run him down Oobleck!" The boat came closer and closer to the barrel and soon enough it hit it. Port aimed his gun as the dorsal fin showed itself before firing the harpoon and hitting the shark. The rope pulled the barrel into the water as the shark swam by the boat.
Jaune looked out from the side and aimed his revolver at it. He fired once, but missed, he fired again and missed once more. He fired a third time and hit below the fin, spraying some blood but his other shots missed it.
The shark swam away, going down and pulling the barrels with it.
"I can't believe it, two barrels and he is still going down again." The blonde man said as Port and Oobleck watched with disbelief.
"He is incredible." Was all that Port could say as he stared at the empty sea.
"Not really. Still it's surprising that it can dive with two barrels to tug him back." Pyrrha said while nibbling on her food.
"Well, it is one the biggest shark species there is so it's not that much of a surprise." Watcher told her whilst playing with several cards in his hands.
Slightly to the left of the boat, the two barrels emerged again, which Jaune and Oobleck noticed.
"They are up again!" Oobleck came down to the deck and looked at the barrels.
"Now what?" Was that shark playing with them or something?
Port turned the wheel and started driving the boat towards the barrels, as Juane had an idea.
"Why don't we try leading the shark into the shore instead of it leading us out into the sea?" Jaune offered only for Oobleck to simply look at Port and Jaune understood.
"That's actually a good idea. Why not do that instead of hunting it out in the open sea?" Ruby asked
"Well, Port said that he will be able to kill the shark and isn't gonna let anyone stop him from doing so, which is why he destroyed the radio. He is not a bad guy," He quickly said as he saw the frowns on their faces "He is just…well, not normal."
"Grab a couple of poles. Hang on we are going around." The boat came closer to the barrels and stopped as they were right at the stern "Alright pick the ropes and tie them to the stern. Bring it around the cleat Arc!" Jaune and Oobleck took the ropes and began tying them to the stern. However, Jaune accidentally put the rope over Oobleck and as the rope tightened…
"Argh!" Oobleck shouted as he felt the rope tighten behind his legs, causing him pain.
"Get off the line!" Port said as Jaune went to Oobleck to help him, freeing him as Oobleck fell to the ground before he stood back up.
"Watch it, stand clear." Jaune told him. The ropes started to get pulled, causing the boat to turn.
"Get away from those stern cleats!" Port shouted as the boat tipped to the right, making Jaune and Oobleck fall on the deck. Jaune saw the oxygen tanks shake and immediately went to them to make sure they weren't damaged.
"A shark is able to tip a boat that big all by itself?" Weiss asked in wonder.
"This is a Great White Shark, one of the biggest and most dangerous species of sharks there is. It may not be a Grimm like a Sea FeiLong or any other type but that doesn't mean that you should underestimate it." Watcher told them.
Port drove the boat forward towards the beach with a big smile on his face.
"Back home we'll get a taxidermy man. He is gonna have a heart attack when he sees what I brought him! Ha ha!" The middle aged had a joyous smile and was laughing heartily at the fish that they caught.
"Same old Professor Port." Yang said.
"I feel sorry for anyone who will have to listen to his tale of catching the shark." Ruby said, causing the group to chuckle.
"He will probably start with 'This is a tale of how I caught the mighty shark with my bare bandaged hands'." Yang said as they chuckled some more.
"And then he will probably say something like 'It wanted to wrestle so I jumped into the water to fight it like a man'." Nora followed suit imitating his voice as best as she could as the students laughed.
"After that his next words will be 'It tried to bite me but broke its teeth on my butt'." Ruby said and the group laughed harder.
"And then-And then he will end it with 'And that's how I pulled both the shark and the boat back to the beach with only my teeth'." Weiss said, surprising the group but they laughed nonetheless as Watcher chuckled with them.
Oobleck meanwhile checked the cleats and the rope to make sure they didn't snap. However, he noticed something off.
"Crawl back!" He shouted at Port "You are losing a cleat!" The shark's head emerged from the water "Look at this mother! God, this one too, they are both going!" He said as he looked at the ropes. Jaune however noticed what the shark is trying to do.
"He is eating his way right through that line!"
"Yeah, and he is working way right to us! Port! Come on Port!" Port took the harpoon gun and went to the stern.
"Get here quick Port!" Port came up to the two and pushed Jaune aside.
"Out of my way." The shark appeared again as Port shot another harpoon at it, hitting it right in the lower jaw. The shark dove back, splashing the three with seawater as Port put his weapon down and started to remove one of the ropes.
"Untie us!" He said as the boat leaned backwards "He'll pull out the-"
"I can't! It's trying to run!" A barrel connected to the harpoon that Port shot out of the deck, hitting Jaune in the face and making him lose his glasses.
"Well he lost his glasses." Yang said, still somewhat bored with the world.
"I think it makes him look better." Pyrrha said.
"We better get another line! Pull you son of a bitch! I hope your back breaks!" Port said while tying the rope with Jaune helping him. The shark thrashed pulling the boat back
"It's impossible! It's impossible! The line is too tight!" The water entered the boat and flowed into the hatch where the engine was located.
"That doesn't seem good." Ren said.
"We need to cut the line. Port get the axe!" Port squinted his eyes before going to the cabin to find a machete leaning on a wall. He took it and went to the stern.
"Port, hurry up! I can't hold it!" Oobleck shouted while pulling the rope with all his might. Port came in and raised his machete to cut the lines-
CRACK.
Only for the cleats to break off, and the lines followed suit as the shark swam down. The three huffed, as they felt drained from pulling the ropes. The barrels emerged again as Port nodded and turned to Jaune.
"He can't stay down with three barrels."
"What about us? Are we gonna sink?" Jaune asked as Port turned towards Oobleck.
"Oobleck, get the pump out of the locker in front of you." The green haired scientist did so pulling out an orange pump "Now keep an eye on the barrels. Chief, you pump out the water." Port stood up and put the machete into the stern by stabbing it into the wood.
"He is going under!" Oobleck said as he saw the barrels start to sink.
"He can't dive with three barrels on him. Not with three barrels!" Right after he said that, the three barrels disappeared under water leaving the trio confused as they silently stared into the sea.
"Would you look at that? It CAN go under with three barrels." Yang said, now slightly interested in what they are watching.
"It must really be big if it can do that." Blake said.
Port stared around in confusion, not expecting that. All the sharks that he ever killed in his life could not dive down with three barrels on them, yet this one is able to do so quite easily. He kept looking around as Oobleck came down to the deck, also looking around before he looked at Port.
"Have you ever had one do this before?" Port shook his head at that.
"Not really." Down on the deck, Jaune looked around, a pump in hand as he stared at the sea, looking for the barrels.
Suddenly, the boat leaned to the right as Jaune quickly grabbed onto the ladder, Oobleck and Port fell down before they stood up and looked out the left side of the boat. To their shock, they saw that the shark in the sea was not only under them, it was almost as big as the boat!
"Holy hell. Look at the size of that thing!" Yang exclaimed upon seeing the size.
"No wonder it tipped the boat and dove down. It must weigh a lot in order to even make the boat shake." Weiss said.
"That's one big shark!" Nora exclaimed.
"How do they even plan to kill it?" Ruby asked Watcher and he simply chuckled at her.
"You will see."
Port immediately started the engine and put it on full throttle towards the coast as the shark began to chase them.
"We are gonna draw him into shallow water and drown him. We are heading in Bartholomew!" Jaune sighed at that.
"Thank Brother Gods!" He said as he looked at the barrels closing in on their boat "You ever seen a Great White do this?"
"No." Oobleck replied to him. Port meanwhile whistled a tune as he drove the boat to the coast.
"How far do we have to go?" Jaune asked to which Port simply whistled.
"Port, don't put that much pressure on the boat." After he said that, Port sped up the boat as smoke started appearing in one of the hatches.
"Port you are gonna-!"
BRACK.
One of the hatches exploded, the engine completely broken as Oobleck went into the cabin and picked up a shark dart repeater. Port meanwhile took a fire extinguisher and used it on the broken engine to put out the smoke.
"Well, there goes their plan." Blake said as she sipped her drink.
"What are they gonna do now? They are pretty much trapped at this point."
Luckily for them, the shark left them and dove back down with Jaune watching it from the bridge. His eyes trailed down to Oobleck who looked around to make sure it was gone. In the cabin Port searched for something to help them and found three vests and his coat and cap. Putting them on, he then took the vests and gave them to Oobleck and Jaune. He then noticed the dart gun and raised an eyebrow.
"Oobleck," The green haired man turned towards him "What exactly are you trying to do with those things of yours?" He asked while holding the dart gun in his hand. Oobleck looked at the gun before pulling a small white kit.
"Well, I am thinking of pumping twenty ccs of strychnine nitrate into him, if I can get close enough." He showed the needle and the bottle with the chemical in it. Port took them and stared at them with a raised eyebrow.
"You plan to use this against his thick skin?" He made a point by putting his thumb on the needle as Oobleck went to a disassembled cage.
"No, not really. But, if I can get him close enough to this cage, I think I can-"
"That has to be the dumbest idea ever. It's like killing Grimm by letting it swallow you." Weiss commented as her friends nodded at her.
"That shark will tear the cage to pieces!" Jaune interrupted while throwing the vest away as Oobleck looked at him with frustration.
"You got any better ideas?!" At that, Juane stayed silent as Oobleck gave him one of the cage's pieces and Port took another as they quickly began to assemble it. Once they did that, Oobleck opened the bottle with the toxin and used the needle to pour it into the dart.
"By the way, what is this strikenine thing he is using?" Nora asked.
"Strychnine is a very toxic chemical that is used as a pesticide. Inhaling or drinking it will cause violent muscle convulsion before ending in death by asphyxia." Watcher explained.
"That is one dangerous chemical. Wouldn't wanna die like that." Yang said getting nods from the others.
Finally, they managed to build it and carefully lifted it up.
"Easy." Port said as he held it by the lower part, Oobleck holding the opposite and Jaune holding it by the top "All right. Ease her down."
After a few minutes, Oobleck stood in a diver's suit as Port gave him the oxygen tank and Jaune took his goggles and the dart gun. Soon enough, Oobleck was ready and got himself in the cage as Jaune gave him his goggles after taking his glasses.
"Try to keep him off until I'm lower. Okay, I am ready" The two nodded at him and closed the cage before they started lowering it.
"I bet ten Lien that he gets killed." Yang suddenly said.
"I wager fifteen Lien that he survives." Nora offered.
"Deal." The other five shook their heads at that as Watcher simply chuckled.
Now underwater, Oobleck looked around and squinted his eyes trying to find the shark. Soon enough, he saw the outline of the shark coming close to him. He readied his dart gun as the shark passed by the cage and seemingly swam away. He was confused and watched to where it swam away, waiting for it to reappear. After several moments, nothing happened. No shark, no tail, nothing. Where did it go?
"I gotta admit, it is a bit scary when you are looking for a shark under the water and in a cage." Blake said.
BAM.
Oobleck was startled as he felt the cage shake and looked back to see the shark swimming away. He accidentally dropped his dart gun and his breathing mask. He put it back on but looked down and felt his heart drop when he saw the dart gun lying on the seafloor.
Looking for a way to get it, he looked around the cage, seeking a weak place, even shaking the lower parts to see if it would work. It didn't and he wondered how he was going to get it back. And then, he remembered-
The shark!
He looked behind and screamed behind his mask as the shark knocked on the cage again. It knocked him back, the shark kept hitting the cage, successfully starting to break it. The bars bent and eventually broke as the shark tried to get him.
"Well, he is dead."
Desperate, Oobleck pulled out his knife and began to stab it in the head, drawing blood. The shark backed off before attacking again, trying to bite him. Oobleck barely dodged its mouth and kept stabbing it while trying to open the cage from the top. Fortunately, he managed to get it open, got out of the cage and swam towards the sea floor as the shark kept thrashing and breaking the cage.
Up on the boat Jaune was pulling the rope and trying to bring the cage back up.
"Damn it! Pull Port, pull him up!" Port went to the lever and tried to pull the cage up but the added weight of the shark forced the chains and the wood that held the cage to start breaking.
"It's giving away!" Port shouted when he saw it happen and the wood along with metal broke and fell on the deck and the shark swam away.
"C'mon bring him up!" The two used the broken parts and improved to try to bring the cage back, but their hopes fell when they saw the cage's state. Broken, with no Oobleck inside.
"They are gonna be surprised when he comes back alive."
The mechanism holding it broke and the cage fell into the water again, causing Jaune to start using the lever to pull it back. But before he could even do that-
Crack.
The shark had jumped onto the stern, causing the boat to tip back and start to sink.
"Holy shit." Yang exclaimed as she saw it happen.
Port and Jaune fell down in the cabin and held on as the shark started dragging the boat down with its weight. Port held the table to not fall to its teeth filled mouth.
"Aah!" but an oxygen tank had crushed his fingers, forcing him to let go. Jaune quickly grabbed his hand to keep him in place, however the slippery gloves that Port wore made it hard to hold him and Port screamed as he slid down right up to the shark.
He tried to use his legs to keep himself away from it, desperation and fear in his eyes as he watched it close and open its large mouth.
Only for his legs to go inside the mouth and the shark bit down.
"AARRGH!" Unimaginable pain filled his body as he felt his legs get crushed by the shark's powerful jaws, his bones breaking and snapping as the shark kept swallowing him.
Jaune watched helplessly as the shark started devouring Port, the man himself cried and screamed in agony as he felt the sharp teeth pierce his skin and bones. The shark flailed him around and he saw a machete and grabbed it before using it to stab the shark to no avail. He screamed helplessly as the shark finally bit down on his chest cavity, killing him and dragging his corpse to the sea.
The students all stared in horror as they saw it all happen, some of them clenched their fists wanting to help but knew that they couldn't.
"You all say that hunting sharks is boring only because you all have Aura." Watcher said as he looked at them "You think it is easy when it is not for normal people. A single mistake or lapse in judgement can lead to a horrible death. Being a Hunter is thrilling but being a normal human is perhaps much more dangerous than you could ever imagine, in the direst times they are helpless with no Aura or Semblance to protect them, yet they go on this dangerous journey armed with only the most basic weapons. Can you really say that you can do the same thing without your Aura?" The seven looked at each other and considered his words. True, they knew how it felt like when their Aura broke, but they never knew that being normal was potentially much more dangerous.
Jaune stood in the cabin as it started filling up with water, forcing him to find an escape.
However, the shark came back and broke through the wood to get him. Jaune leaned back to avoid it and saw an oxygen tank. Having an idea, he grabbed it with both hands and waited. The shark opened its mouth, its teeth having the remains of flesh stuck in between as Juane shoved the tank into its mouth and watched it retreat.
He used that moment to get out of the cabin and into the bridge where he found a semi auto rifle and hoisted it on his back.
"He shoved a tank full of compressed air into its mouth." Blake observed as she started getting the idea.
"And if you shoot something with a lot of pressure in it," Weiss followed up.
"It will explode!" Nora and Ruby said as they grinned.
Wasting no time, Jaune crawled up the mast after taking a pole with him and soon enough the shark appeared trying to get him. Jaune immediately used the pole to stab at the shark and noticed that the tank was still in its mouth. Unfortunately, the mast started sinking, the shark retreated again for several feet and Jaune saw its fin turn towards him and took his gun before he aimed it. The shark started swimming towards him with the tank in its mouth.
He shot once and missed.
He shot again and missed.
He shot another bullet and missed.
"Alright come on, show me the tank." He shot the fourth time but missed again. He needed to aim, lest he shoot away all of the eight bullets.
"Come on Jaune, you can do this." Ruby said, clenching her fists.
"Blow up!" Jaune said as he shot the fifth bullet, missing the tank once more. He shot the sixth and seventh bullets and missed, leaving him with only one chance.
"Smile you son of a-" He shot the final bullet.
Ka- Boom!
And struck true. The shark blew up, its remains flying around, blood painting the sea as its lower half sunk into the sea floor.
The seven students cheered at that.
"Yeah! Go Leader!" Nora cheered as her popcorn went flying.
"Nice shot." Ruby said as Pyrrha nodded.
"This is more interesting than I thought." Yang said as Weiss and Blake nodded beside her.
"I guess I was wrong. He can survive."
Jaune was covered by water before he cheered as he saw the remains before his smile died down as he gave a nod of satisfaction. A few meters away from him, Oobleck emerged from the water, removed his breathing mask and looked around. He saw Jaune floating on one of the broken parts and went to him. The blonde police chief saw Oobleck and smiled.
"Ha ha." Oobleck smiled as well.
"Port?" Jaune sadly shook his head.
"No." He looked around and saw two barrels.
"Can we use those to get back?" Oobleck nodded and a few moments later, the two were using the two barrels and a piece of broken wood and kicking their legs. Jaune though was happy: he got rid of the shark, now it was time to go home to his wife and kids.
Pyrrha perked up at the mention of wife and kids but the lights lit up and the card emerged from the screen. It expanded and showed Jaune, Oobleck and Port in a boat with the shark right under them. Watcher took the card and placed it back on the shelf.
"Not so boring now is it?" The seven looked at each other before they looked at him and nodded.
"I have a question?" Pyrrha asked and he nodded at her "Who are his wife and kids?" They looked at him for answers but he simply made a hush motion.
"That's a secret." They looked bummed out and he chuckled at that before he noticed something.
"Wait, where did it go?" he looked around searching for it, confusing the students.
"Where did what go?" Blake asked.
"The Displacer. I put it here after I fixed it and now it's gone." Watcher said as he scratched his head before he snapped his fingers "Wait, is it still looking for Jaune?" He asked out loud making the seven widen their eyes as they heard that, forgetting about their own Jaune.
"You think he is okay out there?" Pyrrha worriedly asked as Yang put a hand on her shoulder
"Relax P-Money, he is probably in some paradise world being surrounded by girls that look like Weiss Cream." Weiss frowned at that but Yang's words calmed Pyrrha down.
"I hope he is okay."
Jaune was NOT okay.
"Get the fuck down!" He ducked his head and heard an explosion sound against his cover as he held a sub-machine gun in his hands.
"How the hell did I end up here?" He wondered as he leapt from his cover and rant to a different one, all the while dodging the continuous fire. The war torn city that was New York was a warzone with soldiers firing at each other. For the last hour or so he spent time shooting at the so called 'Russians' with the so called 'Americans' and trying to survive while shooting as best as he could.
'If only I had my scroll with me.' Jaune thought as he looked out of the cover and began to shoot at his enemies. One soldier tried to ambush him but he took out his sword and stabbed the man in the chest. Feeling slightly nauseous at another kill, Jaune stood up and looked for a different cover, wincing in pain as he felt bullets nearly pierce his aura. He didn't know how much Aura he had but he wasn't gonna risk it.
His thoughts were cut short as he heard a strange sound and looked behind him, raising his weapon.
Only to see the Displacer right in front of him…
And accidentally shot it causing it to spark.
"Aw shit." He couldn't say anything as the Displacer exploded in a bright blue light, enveloping him, leaving only a scorched ground where he used to be.
TO BE CONTINUED…
A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry for not updating sooner, I was just busy with other stuff and I was lazy so I didn't have time to update it.
Now, let's be clear: Jaune is not dead, just somewhere else again.
But I finally have this chapter out and boy I love Jaws (1975). It's such an influential movie that I am genuinely surprised no one is using it.
Okay, I realize that in my notice I said 'don't like it, don't watch it' and I regret writing it now cause I realize how bad this argument is.
Now to the reviewer EiNyx: I already said that critics do have a point, I KNOW that RWBY is wasted potential, but it doesn't mean those arguments aren't redundant. You might find it ridiculous that I get tired of those arguments, but do you really think that people wouldn't be tired of hearing the same criticisms?
Also, before you all ask, I am not gonna keep using only horror movies. I will probably write an action one for the next chapters. It's just horror movies are best for the whole 'Jaune is a survivor' route that I am taking.
Thank you for reading this chapter and until next time. See you soon.