A/N : This should be the 5th installment of the series, but I decided to jump a few stories, sorry. Not much spoilers, although there may be some. I'll tell you some now :
1. Jalal and Celis died, but resurrected into a Necris.
2. Celis is actually the biological daughter of the Necris High Inquisitor (bitch) Akasha.
3. UT3 has happened, but Jester, Othello and Bishop didn't die.
4. Universe additions : STH and TLAB (figure that out yourself)
Instead of the usual mission format, all will be told in 3rd person, and there might be some 1st person, temporarily.
Disclaimer : I don't own anything except things I own.
List of IMPORTANT OCs, excluding myself :
Koden (darknessDemon)
Tabby Monson (xMemeto(dot)Morix)
Jacob Mason (OSHUJAX)
Starlight (Shadow's Party Girl 96)
Anatoly 'Grass' Levinski (Me)
Karen Miller (Me)
Celis McDodd (Me)
Xavier Cole (Me)
Romulus (Half-me, half Epic Games(dot)inc)
On with the wa… er… I mean, show!
Chapter 1 : Once again, FNGs
The Axon's action of opening the portal to another dimension results such a great effect. Miraculously they weren't banned; instead the NEG opened the portal as openly as possible. The other dimensions were suddenly connected. Despite their unpreparedness, they travelled on the dimension that had opened the gateway. The dimension was eventually dubbed as 'the Gateway source'.
It's been 2 years since Malcolm's betrayal. The Epsilons and Deltas were separated, and finally no longer existed. The people who used to be part of them, were scattering around the galaxy, but most of them are settled on one place : Kalydon.
Kalydon, 0900 Hours.
Several kinds of species were walking on the street of Kalydon. Most of them were human, but the non-humans were also dominant. Despite the awkwardness, all people greeted each other like friends. There were also TCA squads patrolling on the streets, and they were also consisted of different species.
Koden glanced at the Whos on his right, who was waving their hands cheerfully at him. He replied it with a smile, though he felt really strange. On his left was Jacob, also feeling the same way. He greeted some humans with some green old-fashioned outfit, complete with a big steel hat with a slight, but visible sign of awkwardness on his face, at least for Koden it was visible.
"Really peculiar sights, don't you agree, Mason?" he said.
"Totally, NEG's spreading its territories without being seen by these peoples." Jacob replied.
Koden could barely see 2 Mobian figures sliding on the Hoverboard among the crowd. He quickly recognized them as Sonic and Tails. They both landed on their feet, and held the Boards with their hands, "Koden, Jacob! So glad to see you here!" said Sonic.
"Not riding an Extreme Gears, aren't you?" replied Jacob.
"Street's full, and I'm not in the mood right now."
"You see our Ex-captain?"
"Hmm, yeah. I saw him when I stopped by a chili dog stand. He and Ray entered an Izanagi Restaurant."
"Lead the way, blue blur." Koden spoke, earning a cocky grin from the blue hedgehog.
On the restaurant, Ramirez and Isa were sitting on separate sofas, both drinking lemonade. "Life sucks…" muttered Ramirez.
"Yeah, who knows Malcolm would sell us, ALL of us, to the hand of the Necris?"
Both war veteran looked at each other, and chuckled. Yeah, both of them had expected that their supposedly good friend would turn them over.
"Ya, know? I'm starting to hate money. It's all the people ever think about in here. Money, power, assets, those things are nothing to me now."
"Asset, yeah. That's the term I want to hear the last. I still remember those 2 words Reaper told me on Tokaido, keeps haunting me until today."
"'Disposable assets', I know." A voice spoke to them. Both men turned around to see Koden, Jacob, Sonic and Tails. "Got some space for us?" asked Sonic.
"Plenty. Just sit down."
All 4 sat on the space available. They started their little talk again after all the boys had sat down. "So…" Ramirez began, "What were you guys doing for a filler?"
"Running" Replied Sonic.
"Fighting with holographic opponents" Replied Koden.
"Target practice" Replied Jacob.
"Tinkering and reading science books" Replied Tails.
"Looking for the news whether Malcolm's dead or not" This earned the ex-captain strange looks from his friends, "Just kidding, I'm looking for a job, found that TCA's recruiting people this month."
"You all want to join the Authority?" asked Jacob.
All 6 of them began to think, but was cut short when 2 Whos entered the restaurant. They had recognized them as Tabby and Karen. "Hi!" called Tabby, "You guys are coming here!"
"A pure coincidence…" muttered Ramirez, "Well, you want to bring some seats here?"
Both girls pulled out 2 empty seats and placed them by the table. "So, what are you guys talking about?" asked Tabby.
"TCA's recruiting until the next Tuesday." Replied Koden.
"What's a TCA?" asked Karen.
"'Terran Colonial Authority', the police of this world. Well, they're more like a minor soldier organization, trained to protect the borders. Not as much action as the marine offers though."
"You're interested in becoming one of us?" suddenly a gruff voice spoke. Everyone turned around to see 5 people with TCA overalls stood with ease position, "That can be arranged. Staff Sergeant Dawson, at your service. You must be the UTTF remains…"
Isa shook the man's hand. It was pretty strong, meaning that this particular soldier has gone through hell. "We haven't decided yet, sir."
"Ah, but you're going to make a fine group of soldiers on the Colonial Authority. We need people so badly since the last Skaarj invasion. They're attacking our borders even aggressively. And you know how our forces were crippled by the Necris on Taryd. Plus, now that you're being jobless this is a good chance."
Everyone was in deep thought, but before they can even decide, Dawson spoke again, "We're picking up the recruits on 10 AM tomorrow. That's the last transport so make your choices." The TCA soldiers left the restaurant.
"So… what do you think?" asked Isa.
"I think they have a point, Hande. We need job, TCA got some rooms, this is too good to pass." Said Koden.
"We still need some more people. Guys, maybe we should talk to our friends on Kalydon." Suggested Tabby.
"Great idea." Jacob agreed. "So, we're all in?"
"I'm in."
"Me too."
"In."
Everyone put their hands together, "Then we're all in this together." Said Isa.
The next day, 0900 Hours.
All eight of them were standing on the starport by an enormous shuttlecraft with TCA insignia on it. They were waiting for their friends who had yet to show up.
"I'm waaaaaiting!" said Sonic tapping his foot impatiently.
"You think they'll come?" asked Jacob.
"I have faith on them." Replied Ramirez.
As if the cue, several people began to show up from the east. They slowly emerged, walking rather coolly as the Kalydon primary star rose on the sky.
*UT2003 Intro Soundtrack [Juggernaut Entrance] - Playing*
The group consisted of some Delta-Eps team and some additions. There were Brock, Lauren, Jayce, Johnatan, Trip, Amy, Shadow, Aang, Toph, Celis, Xavier, Hildy, Othello and finally, Bishop. They slowly approached the port (a little bit much to Sonic's disappointment.). The eight stared at the approaching group of soon-to-be new recruits. "Wow, just wow…" said Koden.
"Cool…" commented Tabby.
"They're slowpokes! Come on get over here already!" Sonic shouted, unheard by the group unfortunately.
As all 14 recruits arrived, Othello was the first to greet them, "Hey, long time no see, ol' pals."
"Heh, heh. Looks like we're kicking asses again Terence, only in a government organization." Said Isa.
"The governments and the corporations have but slight differences." Bishop spoke. "If the leadership falls to yet the hands of sinful people, our fate will be the same as the day we fight the Necris."
"Being a wise guy as always…" muttered Trip.
"SONIKKU!"
At that point, Sonic was tackled by a certain pink hedgehog to the ground. "Help!"
Everyone (except perhaps, Bishop and Shadow.) chuckled at the sight of the Hero of Mobius being held on the concrete floor. "Should we help him?" asked Jacob.
"We should, or we're gonna be late." Said Isa.
The group entered the shuttlecraft and seated themselves on the available seats. They put on the seat belts and sat calmly, waiting for the ship to take off.
"Ex-UTTF, huh?"
Everyone turned to a grass green Mobian fox who just spoke with a Russian accent. He wore a leather jacket and camouflage jeans. On his shoulder was an Inuit corporation insignia. What really made everyone freaked out was how similar his physical appearances were compared to Tails, safe the tails. The fox only had one. "Name's Levinski, Anatoly Levinski. But call me Lev."
"You're from… Inuit?" asked Ramirez.
"Kicked out and was transferred here." 'Levinski' calmly answered, "I've been there for 5 years, and finally they got tired of me."
"Wait… 5 years?" said Jacob. "The portal's opened just 2 years ago!"
"He's local here." Came a female voice from the other side. It was from a Mobian cat with purple fur with red highlights. She had green eyes and long tail with white fluff at the end. She wore a purple vest and red skirt. "Just talked to him a little while ago. Name's Starlight by the way."
Everyone wanted to ask more, but it seemed that Levinski didn't want to talk anymore and this 'Starlight' character seemed to be done talking with them.
Another group of people walked inside the shuttle and sat on the empty seats. One of them was a human with brown hair standing up. He had a green military outfit and a metal mask. "Lev, you're here too!" He spoke excitedly.
"They got no other place to send me, Romulus. What about your job?"
"Kicked out of marine. Sorry haven't told you about it yet. So we're both rejects, huh?"
"Da, I think so."
The shuttle took off shortly. Everyone awaited for their arrival on the TCA headquarters. No one spoke a word as they were completely thrilled. Soon enough, the shuttle landed on a planet.
Everyone stepped out and was greeted by a tropical sight of the planet. Jacob looked at his surroundings and took a deep breath. "I thought I'd never see this beautiful place again…"
Isa looked at the TCA base. It was built by a lake. The scenery was really beautiful. He could hear the serene sound from the birds, he could feel the cold breeze of the mountain. He turned to his friends and spoke.
"We're here guys. We're in Avalon."
A/N : Those who haven't played Unreal II : The Awakening can look at Avalon at liandri(dot)beyondunreal(dot)com. The page of the mission hasn't been built yet, but the training mission was set on Avalon. It was quite a sight.
I've been torn between using the Mercs or Jugs entrance music. I think jugs is better. The mercs are on 'watch?v=fOm9Lv12rkQ', the jugs are on 'watch?v=MTCfkI1pfVM', both in youtube.
Before you ask, yeah I have used Karen and Xavier before. Karen was on my Vampire Incident story and Xavier was on my deleted NX-03 story. Both are vampires.
Special thanks from those who had willingly let me use their OCs! Without you these story won't exist!
One little note for UT2004 player (that means you OSHUJAX), this version of Othello is not from Thunder Crash. It was from the Ronin one here liandri(dot)beyondunreal(dot)com/Ronin. The individual character can be looked up here : liandri(dot)beyondunreal(dot)com/Othello. For Bishop, just do the same, but put 'Bishop' instead of Othello.
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