30 Worlds: Megaforce, Episode X: "Five Factions"

by William "Blissey" Raymer

Based on characters and situations in the Divergent book series

Written by Veronica Roth (Published by Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)

and the Divergent film series

Released by Summit Entertainment, LLC., a division of Lionsgate Entertainment

"Princess Scarlett" character taken from the Sofia the First fanfiction series The Scarlet Saga

Written by jakevoronkov1

"Skips" character taken from the Cartoon Network series Regular Show

Created by J.G. Quintel

"Xur" character taken from the Universal Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures (as successor-in-interest to Lorimar Productions) film The Last Starfighter

Written by Jonathan Betuel

Before we begin, a note from the author:

"In writing this story, I have blatantly violated one of the cardinal rules of fan fiction that I established for myself when I first wrote for this site ten years ago: that I should have intimate knowledge of the world I am borrowing.

Until this point, I have not read a single page of any of the books in Veronica Roth's Divergent series, nor have I yet seen the first motion picture based on that series. All the knowledge I have of the world of Divergent comes from a book entitled Inside 'Divergent': The Initiate's World, which describes the world seen in the books and film: the five factions, their habits, their rituals and their roles in the future Chicago.

As a result, my treatment of the world of Divergent may not mesh with the world that Veronica Roth created or the treatment of that world as done by fan-fiction writers more experienced in it than I. Please bear with me.

-William 'Blissey' Raymer"

Previously on 30 Worlds...

In our last episode, the Enterprise arrived in the World of Zenon, where their mission was to locate Ensign Zenon Kar, a resident and civilian crewmember on the Liberty space station. Kar's fame in adventures past made her a target of the Army of Inter-Universal Chaos, who planned to break disgraced former Liberty owner Parker Wyndham out of prison as part of a plot of revenge against Kar.

Despite the Enterprise crew's best efforts, the A.I.C. succeeded in the jailbreak. In a message claiming responsibility, old enemy Kalabar said, "If you are listening to this, old friend, come and find me where the girl meets the world. You'll be home soon."

William put the clues together and determined the A.I.C.'s next destination. So, after picking up Zenon from Liberty, the Enterprise headed to William's adopted homeworld: the World of Girl Meets World.

However, the Enterprise arrived on a sad day: September 11th, 2001. William felt frustrated, as a rule of Master Yen Sid's prevented him from taking any action to stop the terrorist attacks that occurred on that tragic day.

Fortunately, the crew discovered that the Girl Meets World Key—a woman named Topanga Matthews—was among the dead in the timeline that William originally came from. So, William went undercover inside one of the doomed World Trade Center towers to rescue Topanga.

Once the attacks occurred, William was able to save Topanga. It was then that William realized that Topanga was pregnant. After reuniting Topanga with her husband, Cory, the Enterprise was sent thirteen years into the future via a temporal wave.

By then, Topanga's daughter, Riley, had assumed Topanga's Key powers and responsibilities. After retrieving Riley, the Enterprise was accosted by Kalabar's dreadnought. After activation the Enterprise's Ship Change System, the ship dealt massive damage to the A.I.C. dreadnought.

However, Kalabar had an ace in the hole and sent a message to the A.I.C.'s Great Leader, asking for assistance. All seemed lost, until William was visited by the leader of the 38th Super Sentai team, Ressha Sentai ToQger, who proposed a tactic using the now-otherwise-useless Ship Change Keys.

As the Great Leader approached, Princess Scarlett visited William, revealing to him the final piece of William's true heritage: the fact that William was her nephew and a blood heir to the throne of Cinnabar.

Once the Great Leader's fleet arrived, the Great Leader identified himself as Xur, a disgraced alien diplomat who attempted but failed to take over his home dimension thirty years before. William then set the ToQger Plan into motion, causing a reversal of fortunes.

William and Sofia then personally joined the battle, changing Gavan's Glory into the craft that had thwarted Xur's first ambition. However, the killer attack Death Blossom left Gavan's Glory in a precarious situation.

Fortunately, one of Scarlett's allies—the angelic warrior Bayonetta—arrived and rescued Gavan's Glory. Once Bayonetta rendezvoused with the Enterprise, the ship began the next phase of its mission.

That is where our story begins...again...

PROLOGUE

In the combat and intelligence center of the Dimensional Defense Vessel Enterprise, Prince William of Cinnabar was escorting his four newest crewmembers—Zenon Kar, Riley Matthews, Bayonetta and Jeanne—on a tour of the ship.

"This is a most impressive ship, Your Highness," Zenon said. William smiled. "Thank you, Zenon. But, on this ship, we do not stand on titles," he said. "Except for Sergeant Calhoun, of course."

"Captain, we are approaching the dimensional interphase coordinates for the Unaligned World of Divergent," Sergeant Tamora Calhoun said from her console next to the ship's Galaxy Map. "Thank you, Sergeant," William said. "All senior staff to the briefing room. Zenon, you have the conn."

Zenon nodded before taking William's place as the senior staff exited the C.I.C.

In the enormous new briefing room, the senior staff sat down as William took his place. "E.R.I.N., engage Briefing Mode," William said. The humanoid simulation of E.R.I.N., the Enterprise's artificial intelligence system appeared as the lights dimmed.

"An unknown time ago to the citizens of this world, a cataclysm of unfathomable size and intensity caused civilization to fall apart," E.R.I.N. said. "The city of Chicago began to rebuild by separating their citizenry into five different factions, each built on a single principle."

The holographic projector activated, revealing five different symbols. "Abnegation, believing in selflessness; Candor, believing in total truth in all matters; Erudite, believing in intelligence; Amity, believing in peacefulness and harmony with all life forms; and Dauntless, believing in bravery. Each faction has its own responsibilities to the new Chicago," E.R.I.N. said.

"Each year, all sixteen-year-olds must undergo a test to determine their personality type and aptitude for the factions, then choose which Faction they will swear undying loyalty to for the rest of their life," E.R.I.N. continued. "However, this test may reveal a sixth personality type."

"What type is that, E.R.I.N.?" Kelsi Nielsen said. "Divergent," E.R.I.N. said. "This means that they have an aptitude for more than one personality type and Faction. The Divergents must keep their status as such a secret, for the unpredictability of being a Divergent may put themselves and others in danger."

"What's the plot, E.R.I.N.?" William said. "Isabella, Vannellope and I have created a full psych profile for the five members of the away team—yourself, Sofia, Phineas, Ferb and Kelsi. Using the briefing files provided by Master Yen Sid as a base, I have prepared appropriate credentials for each of you, including the Faction you were born in...if you were born in this world," E.R.I.N. said.

E.R.I.N.'s simulation stepped up to each away team member and handed them a personal access device with their name and assigned Faction symbol on its screen. William saw that his "birth Faction" was determined to be Abnegation.

"Faction-appropriate clothing and other gear will be delivered to your quarters," E.R.I.N. said. "Very well," William said. "So, who is the Key in this world?"

A holographic image of a young auburn-haired girl in Dauntless faction clothing appeared in place of the Faction symbols. "Beatrice Prior, also known as 'Tris,'" E.R.I.N. said. "Born in the Abnegation faction, or specifically to Andrew Prior, the leader of the entire Abnegation population. On her sixteenth birthday, Tris chose to join the Dauntless."

"So we all need to choose to join Dauntless," Kelsi said. "Not necessarily," William said. "Exactly, William," E.R.I.N. said. "Just one of you five needs to join Dauntless in order to keep an eye on Tris. It's more important than just protecting a Key component, though."

"Why?" Sofia said. "Because...Tris is a Divergent," E.R.I.N. said. "I see," William said. "All right, away team members, you are relieved of duty so you can study your briefing files. Each of us will beam down separately to the living compound of your assigned faction. Then, on our Choosing Day, we need to have at least one of us choose Dauntless in order to keep an eye on Tris Prior. Dismissed."

The crew began to disperse. As they did, William walked out of the briefing room and got into the central access turbolift. "Deck One—Captain's Cabin," William said.

::TBC::