Jormungand: The Stories
By: Ominae
NOTE:
All characters/organizations of Jormungand are under the copyright of Keitaro Takahashi and WHITE FOX. Depending on the crossover used, they are used under the copyright of their respective creators. Anything else belongs to me.
SPOILER:
Do note that most of the stuff here is based on the manga/anime that you may not have seen yet. If this applies to you and you think you could be spoiled, back away from this for now and come back later. Same thing with the crossover stuff.
Summary:
A variety of stories set in the Jormungand world crossed over with various franchises/series from various medias in exploring various scenarios and topics. This focuses on various characters/organizations in the Jormungand world and their relations to the crossed franchise/series and vice versa as a part of the story, depending on the circumstances at hand. Crossover with many franchises/series.
Chapter 1: Before Action
September 12, 2011
2:30 PM
Corridor, somewhere in Firebase Lilley, Shkin, Barmal, Paktika, Afghanistan
A brown-haired Caucasian woman with neck-length hair, who wore a shirt, jeans and black military boots, walked in one of the many corridors of Firebase Lilley, which served as the Central Intelligence Agency's main overseas base in Afghanistan after toppling the Taliban from power. With Al-Qaeda, Taliban remnants, Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin and the Haqqani network still a threat to Afghan stability under the rule of President Hamid Karzai, the CIA made it a priority that they should be able to neutralize most of the groups out of commission before an eventual withdraw of NATO-led forces would take place.
The woman smiled and greeted American soldiers who happened to pass by her. But there was one person who caught her full attention.
"Nice to see you, Ms. Hex."
Hex stood near a Caucasian man in his early 30s with gray hair. He wore a black windbreaker jacket with a hoodie on alongside brown tactical pants and military boots.
Hex smiled after seeing the man greet her. "I didn't expect to see you here so soon, Mr. Reese. Especially since you were supposed to be in Morocco."
"Please." The man insisted. "Just call me John, Hex. I insist. And I've completed my work back in Morocco, so there shouldn't be any further problems."
"Of course, John." Hex nodded at him. "What can I do for you?"
"It's not what." John shook his head. "But what you need to do..."
"Okay." Hex walked together with John. "What is that I need to do?"
"You'll see. It's something to do with an upcoming operation."
"An operation, huh?"
Hex could only give a smirk.
"Well I look forward to it."
"Oh I'm sure you will, Hex."
A few seconds later, a blonde Caucasian US Army soldier came to see the two CIA agents and informed them that their presence is immediately required in one of the firebase's briefing room ASAP.
September 12, 2011
2:36 PM
Briefing Room, Firebase Lilley, Shkin, Barmal, Paktika, Afghanistan
All of the people inside the briefing room are CIA agents stationed with the Special Activities Division or the SAD, known publicly to be the agency's special forces unit. The briefing been given today is with regards to an upcoming operation that required the apprehension of certain targets in cooperation with Afghan/NATO special forces.
Specifically, all of the agents inside are with the SAD's Special Operations Group. The SOG is the most secretive group within all American special forces units that the American government would not publicly say that they are with the CIA if they are captured or killed in any operation in a place that the United States doesn't want to be associated with publicly.
Among those who watched the briefing from the back of the room was a Caucasian man with fair skin, combed hair and glasses and without any business suit on. Instead, he wore a white polo shirt with a brown windbreaker and hood alongside tactical pants and brown military boots.
"Good to see you in high spirits, Bookman."
Bookman, aka George Black, was greeted by an African American man in his late 30s, who wore a desert yellow windbreaker and hoodie with tactical pants and boots of the same color. Considering the desert-like environment that the base is in, Bookman considered his clothes to be the appropriate clothes he has to wear until he gets back to America.
"Ah..." Bookman murmured for the man to hear since the debriefing was still going on that he didn't want to disturb the agents in the briefing room. He conversed with the man by whispering. "Same here."
"Why are you here? Your jurisdiction is suppose to be in Europe within the National Clandestine Service back in Langley."
"I know." Bookman nodded, hearing the man's concerns. "It also surprised me too." The two men continued to whisper to each other.
"Then what are you doing in Firebase..."
"I need to check out potential candidates from the SOG for a future operation I'm planning."
The man raised an eyebrow. "What operation?"
Bookman leaned in towards the man's and whispered some of the details at his left ear.
"No way..." The man murmured after hearing what George told him. "Is that... true Bookman?"
George grinned at the man while he watched the briefing wrap up with the SOG operatives slowly filling out of the room.
Looks like I'll decide if Hex or John Reese would become a part of Operation Undershaft when the chance is there.
September 12, 2011
2:40 PM
Corridor, somewhere in Firebase Lilley, Shkin, Barmal, Paktika, Afghanistan
Hex and John continued to go over the details they had from the briefing a while ago. Among the details included information on a planned operation to capture a Muslim extremist from the Haqqani network. The briefing stated that he was to be captured alive, not dead. The only problem that they'll have is both of these HVTs will force the agents to shoot them instead of apprehending them.
The big catch that they, alongside all SOG operators had gotten from the briefing, was that he was of Japanese origin. They were also informed that there were some other extremists of foreign nationalities that they needed to capture or kill. Another one was of Singaporean origin, but they had no idea what his name was, aside from confirmation that he was of Chinese origin. The other man was to be captured alive as well.
"This is quite interesting." John mused as he walked with Hex. "Never knew that a Japanese Muslim would throw his lot with the Haqqani network of all groups. I thought that he'd be with Al-Qaeda or maybe the Taliban. Reminds of John Walker Lindh."
"Well as long as I can shoot every one of them terrorists dead, it'll be fine with me." Hex told John her intentions plain and simple.
John raised an eyebrow after hearing what Hex had told him. The CIA agent knew that they'd have to move out either later in the evening or by early morning alongside a Counterterrorist Pursuit Team unit to apprehend the two men alongside any potential HVTs on the way, should they be called out later on, while having assistance from Afghan/NATO special forces should things get a bit wild.
The two suddenly met up with Bookman, who stood near the two agents in the corridor. While John was a bit surprised to see Bookman in Firebase Lilley, Hex wasn't since she had met with him after he convinced her to join the CIA's SAD after the woman was forced to resign from the Wide Range Communications Platoon due to the fact that it was suppose to be an all-female special forces unit in the US Army.
"Chief Bookman." John greeted the glasses-wearing CIA officer in the hallway.
"Ah, Mr. Reese." Bookman nodded at John. "Please. Just call me Bookman."
"What are you doing here?" Hex asked him. "Aren't you suppose to be in Virginia, chief?"
"Some things have required my attention here in Afghanistan." Bookman replied to the woman. "Things that need my personal attention so much that just being in my office would not suffice."
"And what kind of attention does that need, Bookman?" John asked Bookman. "Most of us here know that Europe is your specialty."
Bookman could only grin at the gray-haired CIA agent.
"I'm afraid that's quite classified for now, Mr. Reese."
Chapter 1 END
PS - Note that I decided to remove "Small Talk" because I feel that it's not a story worth placing on this website. Not to mention that it was done in the day when I was just starting to do this. For that decision, I decided to remove it. But as a consolation, you get to see me write up stories on Jormungand! YAY! I've been a fan of it recently after I started reading the manga first before watching the anime adaptation. White Fox did a good job here, in addition to expanding a bit to give some more character backgrounds to certain people, like to Chinatsu for example.
Anyhow, this fic is meant for me to do in case I feel bored/need a break from reality once in a while in terms of work or whatever. However, I'll try to finish my two fics ASAP. Since I'm in a Jormungand fix right now, this'll have to do. Only plans for Jormungand is with a story when an amnesiac joins with Koko out of necessity and gets eventually involved with her group and find out who/what was responsible for the memory loss, going along with the group in the middle of the Dubai arc. But I don't know if I'll be able to write this stuff. Trust me, I don't. The only thing I can do is play it all on my head.
For now, this story has Jormungand crossed over with other franchises/series. This doesn't mean that all the chapters are linked with each other since they are stand alone, although there may be a chance (and there will be) that some are linked together in terms of plot. In the meantime, you can suggest a potential crossover if you think makes sense with Jormungand. Be warned that not all of them will be honored due to a.) It won't make sense. b.) I'm not that familiar with the franchise/series you want to use. c.) The suggestion is not applicable at all. Period.
I apologize if the chapters will jump up and about that most of them are not linked chronologically later on. I also added the time in terms of the location and details. Something I first did in my Martin Mystery fics and considering the COD series, I thought that it would be more realistic and cool in a way.
For this crossovered chapter, I give you Person of Interest. This takes place before Hex starts to go further ballistic and John's eventual assignment to China. The only thing I had to change is with Reese's time in China from May 2010 to September 2011 in order to coincide with an upcoming RL Afghan event that I plan to put up in the next chapter. Other than that, nothing else has been touched in either Jormungand or POI canon.
Apologies for a lack of action. The next chapter should offer that. As well as perhaps another franchise/series being crossed over aside from POI. More content should be there too.
In the meantime, I hope you folks enjoy the story. Let me know how it is in the reviews, yeah? Feel free to let me know as well if I made a mistake somewhere or what I can do in future chapters.
