Here's the first chapter of the sequel! This chapter starts with a letter from Sayre contacting Grand Captain Natsumi, so bear with us. Enjoy!

"Text"-talking

"Text"-cryptid talk

Text-thoughts

/text\- journal/reading

A Letter and Good News

/Dear Natsumi, glad to hear you're still alive. I still can't believe its' taken us 3 months to hear from each other. You said in your letter that you haven't been able to hear what's going on outside of your area, so here's an update.

Argost has unified the world armies. They follow his command without question. Some of the armies have even helped him in overthrowing world leaders who resisted his command. Those who were lucky enough to keep their positions now follow him out of fear. Too late have they realized they've been tricked and forced into servitude.

The Sanctuary Cities that were refuges for the humans and alien descendants of the Novus Ordo, who were the civilians in all of this, were now under military occupation of the world's armies. They live in constant fear of the Ordo Ferrum Elite, soldiers assigned to keep "order" in the cities. Many have lost their lives just because the soldiers were bored.

Cryptids have been hunted all over the world. People either fear them or think it merely sport. With the info provided by the Ordo Ferrum, they are finding many cryptids that once lived in peace near them. But now, they push the cryptids out of their homes.

That's the only major news. Did you hear about the other knights resisting that are classified as dangerous? Besides you and those of us here with this makeshift fleet in hiding, there's the Greek named Demetrius, the daughters of Grand Captain Alice, Doyle, and Doyle's second-in-command Eric. We heard from Demetrius saying he had reached Australia with the 32nd, 68th, 105th, and 59th armies as well as the few other European knights that survived the purge in Greece and Iceland. Sarah and Alexis also sent word that survivors kept showing up in Australia, but something still doesn't add up.

According to the reports we keep getting in, we lost nearly half of our forces all over the world. Most of the survivors have mad it to Australia, but there are still 30% of the remaining forces missing. No new forces have arrived in Australia for weeks now. That many ships and personnel can't hide for long, even if they're scattered across the world. My fleet now consists of 6 frigates, 2 destroyers, 1 cruiser, 1 carrier, and the flagship super carrier of the entire Novus Ordo fleet. I've sent most of these ships to join the knights in Australia, but 2 frigates remain with me and the flagship.

We will send out a silent shuttle to probe the Southeast Asia countries for any signal that is used by the Novus Ordo before heading to Australia. I suggest you try and make your way there as well. Hoping to see you at the rendezvous. Signed, Sayre.\

Sayre stopped writing the letter and looked over it once before putting it into a carrier pouch. She handed the pouch to Asagi, who tied it to the leg of the sonic falcon waiting to take the message back to Natsumi. She opened the window of the room and sent the bird on its' way. It took off as fast as a rocket, heading towards the Asian coast line.

"Glad to hear from her huh?" Asagi inquired, sitting back down in the chair next to Sayre. They were in one of the few rooms left in the once great outpost of the Novus Ordo. It had been abandoned long ago and erased from all the maps. The only way they found the place was because Chris recalled one of his missions in the future that brought him here. The ships were hidden under water in the lake on the island, waiting for the command to lift off and take to the skies again.

"Yeah. It's good to hear from anyone nowadays. But we still haven't found where the rest of the survivors are." Sayre answered, looking back at the stack of reports on the desk she was at. There were several that had been sent to hear from the Australian twins about units that arrived in the safe place for the Novus Ordo, but not enough to satisfy her. She still held out the hope that her brother was alive somewhere and trying to get back to the other knights.

"Sayre, you should take a break. Working for hours like this won't do you any good."

"Alright sis, I'll relax. Let's go outside." Sayre agreed. They walked out of the room and out of the building. They stretched outside, watching the other knights lying around or doing small projects of their own. The island didn't have much in the way of entertainment and after the first few weeks of training, everyone stopped and pretty much sat around bored. The defeat had left them pretty demoralized.

They still had fun occasionally though. Some knights were playing a game of football. The Abeos that were playing would turn into their wolf form to get some extra speed and outrun the opposite team. Sayre and Asagi walked over to join the spectators watching. They found Ren, Daisuke, and Kasumi watching.

"Hey guys, who's winning?" Asagi asked, looking at the game.

"Aron and Wadi's team. They keep stealing the ball." Daisuke answered, watching his girlfriend magically get the ball yet again and run for the makeshift end zone.

"Well, she is a very experienced thief. She stole your heart, remember?" Kasumi said, teasing her twin brother.

Everyone laughed at the joke. Even Sayre, who hadn't been laughing much as of late. Just then the game ended with Aron and Wadi's team winning. As they came over to celebrate with their friends, Kenshin came running over from the comm unit. He stopped in the middle of the group and turned to face Sayre. Everyone had agreed that she be the one to lead the group, so she always had to deal with reports and concerns.

"Sayre! You won't believe the good news I have!" he yelled, breathing heavy from running so fast.

"Ok, easy though, it looks like you're going to pass out. What did you get on the comms?" Sayre inquired.

"We accidentally found an Ordo Ferrum channel. It was talking about prisoners being kept in Thailand at the old Ordo Ferrum Research base. There aren't many there apparently, just a few dozen, but guess what? Your brother's name was brought up!" he informed her.

Sayre stood shocked, her mouth hanging wide open. Could it really be? "Are you positive?"

"Yes, the troopers were saying that Michael and a few other knights would be transferred out tomorrow to the main prison in China. We're only a few hours away and the silent shuttle already confirmed it. We have their location and can get to them by this afternoon."

"What do you want us to do?" Daisuke inquired, a smirk coming to his face.

"Gather 2 small battalions and prepare enough silent shuttles to ferry us in and bring the prisoners back." Sayre ordered, a spark of life showing in her again. "We've already lost so many knights, I don't intend to lose anymore! Let's go!"

The knights sprung into action. The 2 battalions (each numbering at 300) boarded 8 silent shuttles and strapped into the seats. Sayre went to the cockpit with Ren on the one she was in. She watched as they lifted off and began their flight to Thailand. Don't worry brother, I'm coming for you.

Thailand Ordo Ferrum Research Center (temporarily occupied to guard 50 knights)

The guard turned to look at the prisoners in the courtyard. He needed to ask one of them about something that was going out on the knight's secure channel.

"Hey you! Come over here for a second!" he yelled at the leader of the knights. The man walked over and stopped right in front of him. "Do you recognize this signal? It started going out over the knight's old channel about an hour ago."

The man looked at the signal's number and nodded. "This is code used by the Dragons of Kur and the other elites Kur had at his command such as the Tiger Commandos and the Abeo Guards. But the only ones who could break the code were the commanders of those forces."

"Well can you break it?"

"Yes, but I don't think it will be easy. It might take me a few hours."

"Fine, go into the tech room and see what you can do. But no funny business, okay?"

The troopers and knights here were pretty relaxed around each other. That is until a knight questioned them or tried to escape. The man walked to the tech room, closed the door, and input his code for the signal. He hadn't had the chance to use it in so long. He watched as a holo recording came on. The man's jaw dropped when he realized who it was. The stranger in the signal repeated the same command over and over. Once the man had it memorized, he shut it off and began to "work" on hacking it. The recording said 2 things. One had been for him saying a team was coming to rescue him and the knights imprisoned here. The other revealed a set of coordinates for him. Don't worry. I'll be sure to get everyone down to see you, old friend.

Who is the man in the recording? What is he saying? Review and we'll let you know! Till next time, this is Knight1, Knight5, and Knight14 saying enjoy. Oh and also, Knight2 and Knight6 have started a crossover story that has been posted as well. Please go and see that one too.